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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1935)
J Sport ❖ Quacks By Tom McCall There are certain occurrences that transpire in this game of foot ball that are calculated to take the wind out of the best of sails very suddenly. These occurrences are customarily known as the "breaks'' of the game. Under the heading of “breaks” might come such events as fumbles, blocked kicks, dropped passes, and innumerable happen ings of the same ilk, in which Lady Luck seems to be the patron saint. Take for instance the California Oregon game with the locals stag ing a determined, methodical ad vance on the Bear goal line. Every play was working to perfection, and the ball went forward to the vicin ity of the Cal 20-yard line. The Oregon backs were in the midst of their shift. Before they were set, their center, injured and groggy, snapped the ball. It rolled' well over the 40, untouched. There a disor ganized Oregon team recovered it, but their drive was gone. That scoring threat was done for. Late in the same game Larry Lutz, California tackle, lanced through a tired Oregon line to stop Stan Riordan’s punt while it was still balanced on the end of his toe. * * a: Those two slants on the Califor nia game exemplify the “break” proper. Stan Roirdan’s first punt in that contest sailed far over safety-man Fowler’s head. A murmur of sur prise and admiration went rolling through the legions of Multnomah stadium. The boot pulled the Web ioots out of a tight place. “A great kick. A lucky break for Oregon,” was the consensus . . . But the occupants of the stands were wrong. It was a great kick, but skill required through hours of practice gave the ball its impetus, rather than the foot of Lady Luck. It was natural and excusable to mislabel Riordan's kicking just that once. Later performances show that the apparently phenomenal was merely the habitual with the big end. He has punted 38 times, in four games, for a total yardage of 1591. It' averages out 41.86 per boot, counting the blocked punt which must not have traveled over five yards. Idaho suffered more than any other opponent from the ravages of that big Riordan boot. Eight times he swung on the oval, and eight times it rose and fell, spiralling, for various distances of from 35 to 70 yards. The afternoon’s work aver aged 49.33 yards per punt. At the same time the purportedly premier punters of the Northwest, Logg and Goddard, were matching their wares, at Rogers field, in Pull man. Their 40 and 37 respective av erages seem like child's play in comparison to Riordan's efforts. When Stan leaves the game, Jer ry Donnell, substitute fullback, is able to carry out the punting assign ments nearly as well. Donnell kicks about the highest, tightest spirals that I have ever seen . . . Nothing wrong with the length of them either; 39 yards a boot is his average. It looked as if the Webfoot war riors were going to last the season out without having converted after touchdown. At least that’s the way things appeared up till last Sat urday. On that day Prink reached into the grab bag and came oat with a real place-kicker in the form cf M in Pepper, second string guard . . . The iad really looked as if he knew what he was doing when he rushed in after each touchdown and sent the ball spinning square be tween tiie uprights in a most busi ness like manner. Harts Are Parents Of Baby Daghter Mr. and Mrs. Lance W. Hart are the parents of a baby born at the Pacific hospital Monday morning. The child has not been named as yet. Mr. Hart is assistant professor of drawing and painting on the art school faculty, and both he and Mrs. Hart are active in the Eugene Very Little Theatre group. Send the Emerald to your friends. SuboCiiption rates S-.30 a year. Callison Counts on Oregon Line to Stop ’Chuck’ Chesire Stan Riordan, the Pacific Coast conference’s premier punter and perhaps its number one all-around end, will captain Oregon's Web foots $n their highly important game with UCLA, in Los Angeles Saturday. With the Webfoots working fev erishly for what is probably the most crucial game of the season, one that wil make or break Ore gon as a conference contender, choice of Riordan to head the team is entirely fitting. The 6-foot, 3 inch, 194-pound left end has proved himself by far the outstanding kicking artist on the coast and one of the best in the country, but booting the oval is by no means his only forte. Riordan has starred defensively all autumn and in the Idaho fray surprised his admirers by turning in Oregon’s best offensive perfor mance. Against the Vandals, in ad dition to punting eight times for a phenomenal 49.4 yard average, he snagged three passes and raced 18 yards on end-around plays. Riordan, a one-year letterman, hails from Pasadena. Announcement of Riordan’s se lection was made last night by Prink Callison, and at the same time the Duck tutor made known the traveling squad for the Bruin fracas. Thirty-two men will en train for the southern metropolis at one o'clock Thursday morning. “Stop Chesire,” Cry of Ducks Oregon’s big task in the UCLA struggle will be to stop the gal loping escapades of Mr. Chuck Chesire, the Bruins’ prospective all-American fullback, who has been running wild all year. It was Mr. Chesire’s unstoppable dashes which enabled Bill Spaulding’s hearties to crush Utah State, 39 to 0, and come from behind to beat Opegon State, 20 to 7, and, as a crowning achievement, upset the mighty Indians of Stanford, 7 to 6. Clearly it will be absolutely nec essary for the Webfoots to keep the dynamic Chesire at least rea sonably under control if they are to get anywhere against the Bruins. Callison is counting on his line, which from end to end rates on a par with any forward wall on the coast, to put a halt to the dashes of Mr. Chesire. The Web foots should be able to hold him if any team can. Chesire isn’t the only Uclan back worrying the Oregon board of strategy, for in Fred Funk and Ted Key the Westwood squad has a pair of ball toters who could star on anyone’s football team. Gene Shields, Duck line coach, scouted the Bruins in their games with Oregon State and Stanford and brought back glowing ac counts of their prowess. Passes Draw Webfoot Attention Forward and lateral pass de fense is the big order on the Web foot practice schedule this week, with the offensive aerial game coming in for plenty of work also. Callison is determined to have the team present a stronger obstacle to the Uclans’ overhead efforts tha^i it has to those of recent op ponents. Since the injury which benched Bud Goodin Oregon’s own passing attack has been virtually nonexistent, But Dale Lasselle, General Field Dick Bishop (above) reserve quarterback who may get a chance to help in planning the pelting of the Bruins of Westwood. Romey DePittard and Bobby King are working constantly in an ef fort to improve their heaving pro clivities and one of the trio may toss some surprises into the Uclas Saturday. Last night Callison drilled the lads on perfection of plays for two hours and then took them into the stadium for a bruising scrimmage under the lights with John War ren’s ponderous and proficient frosh crew. Should the Webfoots upset the dopesters and register a touch down or two against the Uclas, there will be little worry about adding the extra point. Winfred Pepper’s two perfect conversions in the Idaho game confirmed the toe artistry he has shown in prac tice, and Callison no longer is troubled with place kicking de ficiencies. Pepper is a 19-year old reserve guard from Fullerton Junior college. Traveling Squad Listed The following 32 players, ac companied by Coach Callison, Trainer Bill Hayward and Student Manager Boyd, are scheduled to make the Los Angeles journey: Ed Farrar, Vernon Moore, Denny Breaid, Chan Berry, cent ers; Ross Carter, Tony Amato, Andy Hurney, Winfred Pepper, Joe Houston, guards; Del Bjork, Ken Skinner, John Engstrom, Pat Fury, Bill Foskett, Chuck Shimo mura, tackles; Stan Riordan, Budd Jones, A1 Wilson, Leif Jacob sen, Leonard Holland, ends; Johnny Reischman, Dick Bishop, Bud Simpson, quarterbacks; Dale Lasselle, Bob Bradock, Romey De Pittard, Bobby King, I^ay Lopez, Bill Patrick, halfbacks; Frank Michek, Jerry Donnell, Chuck Bracher, fullbacks. All Campus Tournaments In Progress Fall Events In Full Swing Earl Boushey, supervisor of the “all-campus sports,’’ stated yester day that the various events are well under way, and a large entry list is already posted. There is still plenty of room for more men, however, in all the events. The all-campus tournaments are held each fall term in tennis, golf, ping pong, and handball. These con tests are run on a straight elimina tion basis, and points are awarded to individual winners, rather than to organizations. In this way, every man on the campus has an equal chance of winning, regardless of whether or not he is a fraternity man, or a member of some organi zation. Anyone interested in any of these tournaments should see Mr. Bou shey, or his graduate assistant, Marion AVietz, at the men’s gym. The following tournaments are in progress now: handball, singles and doubles; tennis, singles and dou bles; ping pong, singles and dou bles; and golf. FrosliTeam In Fine Shape In preparation for the all-im portant game with the OSC rooks Friday night, Coach John Warren sent his frosh football team through its last tough workout of the week yesterday afternoon on Hayward field. Although the freshmen have won their first two games handily, they are pointing heavily for the rooks and will undoubtedly open up with wide-open football. All players are in good shape and are ready to go. The rooks will enter the game undefeated and will be rated fav orites on paper Because of the fact that they defeated the SON team by a 20 to 0 score while the best the frosh could do against the same team was to eke out a 13 to 12 win. Friday’s game will feature a battle between two potentially great backfields and two strong lines. The Oregon ball-carriers, led by Nickolsen, Anet, Blackman, La Cau, Veronda, and Gammon, are far above the average while the Oregon State backfield is made up cf several former high school stars including Ben Ell, Jay Mercer, John Alexander, and Joe Enzler. Ell and Alexander particularly, are outstanding. Both are fast and capable of breaking away at any minute of the game. Hunter in Medford Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter is in Medford today where he will address a meeting of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers. He will return to the campus Thurs day. Send the Emerald to your friends. On a 1000-Mile Canoe Voy age J Waiter Davis, ‘JO, and I Seattle on an adventurous [ food and equipment lor a Kd'vard S. I onnolley, 31, both ol San Mateo, California, are enroute from 1000-mile voyage to Skagway, Alaska, via the inland passage. They carry mouth in au outboard-rigged canoe. Cap tain STAN BIORDAN. Outstanding Webfcot punter and vvingmnn whom Coach Callison has chosen to head Oregon forces in the UCLA clash. Cross-Country Men Practice The three-year trophy put up by Bill Hayward for the team winning the cross-country intramural race will again be at stake this year. Last year it was won by the Kappa Sigs and they have had it in their possession for one year. If they win it again they will need to win only once more in order to insure permanent possession. To the winner of this year’s race will go a real live turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. Each house ihust have at least three entries in order to gain any points. To the winning house 75 intramu ral points will be awarded. Thirty points will be given for each entry received. 6500 Fans Attend Vandal Contest Over 300 Oregon Dads took ad vantage of the special section re served for them at the Oregon-Ida ho game last Saturday, figures re- , leased from the graduate office last night proved. Total attendance at the game was ■ variously estimated from. 6500 to 7000 by Ralph Sehomp, assistant graduate manager. In addition to the Dads of this number 900 were school children, some .800 were gen eral admission, and 600 reserved seats were sold. The remainder of the spectators were holders of ASUO tickets and other persons connected with the University. Best Plays ’34, '35 Arrive at Librbrv Readers “in-t.he-know” of good books will be pleased to learn that the popular “Spring Came on For ever,” by Bess Streeter Aldrich is now available at the University li brary. The book deals with early pioneering in Nebraska. Also, there is Best Plays of 1931 35 by Burns Mantle, including such stories as “The Old Maid,” a Pulit zer prize wnner. “Don Fernando,” by W. Somerset Maugham is a re flective picture of Spain in the Gol den Age. Another of Archibald MacLeish’s plays in verse, “Panic,” has recently ar rived. Col. j. Leader (Continued from Page One) war and since then he has been in every major encounter experi enced by the British forces. At. the present time Colonel Leader is engaged in wiping out a gang of racketeer;, in Canada. He will leave today at 1:00 p. m. for Salem to be presented to the state senate. He will then go to! Vancouver via Portland and Seat tle. The first part of the assembly! will be taken up with student body business that has been piling up since the beginning of the term and outlining activities f-cr the fail term. Fallen Leaves From the Past Two years a so today- No paper. * * * Five years ago today—Sigma liall won the first touch football fracas of the season yesterday af ternoon by trouncing the Sherry Ross horde 8 to 0 on the military field. The game featured incom pleted passes and an occasional scrimmage which usually resulted in back yardage. * # * Ten years ago today—When the Oregon varsity meets the Califor nia aggregation tomorrow, they are entering a contest which the University demands they win. Clone are the days of “good losers,” combinations that held the opposi tion to low scores, and teams that entered the game defeated. Alibis nave been discarded and coaching staff is confident of a victory. Cam pus Calendar (Continued from Paije One) rt 4 p. m. in the AWS room at Gerlinger hall. All freshmen are nvited to attend. There will be a meeting of the foreign trade club tonight at 7:30 in Gerlinger hall. * * * Junior class meeting, 8 p. m. Thursday, 203 Vilalrd. Purpose: nominate class treasurer. Amphibian meeting at 4:30 to day in WAA social room. Social chairmen of all men’s liv ing organizations will meet this afternoon at 4 o’clock in 110 John con hall. The Dlll-Piekle club will enter tain the Question Mark club at the weekly noon luncheon Wednes day at the YWCA hut. * * <« Master fiance meets tonight in the dance room of Gerlinger at 7:30 sharp. All members and pledges arc; expected to be ready to dance at that time. * * * Time to Uve discussion group will meet, at 9 p. m. this evening at the YWCA. * # * There will NOT be an Emerald staff meeting tonight as stated in yesterday's campus calendar. The ’38-’3!) chib will meet at Westminster house Wednesday evening at 7:30. Send the EmeraJd to your friends. Hear the New DELCO RADIOS Phone 1619 806 Olive ** -- - .wm* *, ^,^0. ROTC Building To Be Moved On Drill Grounds Congressman MoSwain Views University Work The end of December will be mov ing time for the ROTC building, ac cording to tentative plans. As the new physical education building is to occupy the present military site, the familiar gray building will be moved directly backward toward Hayward field into the north end of the drill grounds. To date, no plans for a new arm ory have been formulated. The present building was erecteo dur ing the World War by the federal government and is of the conven tional frame barrack construction. In most cases armories of state colleges have been erected without aid from the army or federal gov ernment. However, if the need here is deemed urgent, University offi cials may petition for WPA or PWA funds to help in building a new mil itary unit. Congressman McSwain, chair man of the house military affairs committee, who stopped at the Uni versity Monuay, states that it is unlikely that he can do anything about a new building for Oregon. If steps are to be taken, the Univer sty or the state will probably be the only ones qualified to act. Skull, Dagger (Continued from Page One) The Sophomore Informal is this year built around the motif “Top Hat,” with the picture of the same name furnishing the general theme. Ed Cheney, formerly of the Univer sity and now of Portland, has been engaged for the dance. He will fea ture routines from the picture “Top Hat” which opens here at the Heilig Sunday, as well as original routines which he presented at Princeton ana which have never been given in the West. In accepting the en gage Cheney wired that ho is work ing on additional original dances and will have them ready for Sat urday night. Art Holman and his orchestra have been engaged for the dance and the trio is preparing special ar rangements of hits tunes from “Top Hat.” A falling meteorite develops a temperature of about 7000 degrees. Betas Show Rare Form in Winning Again Fijis and Yeomen Also Come Through With Victories In Swim Meets Today’s Swim Meet 4:00 p. m.—Phi Gamma Del ta vs. Yeomen. Today’s Water Polo Game 4:30 p. m. Sigma Phi Epsi lon vs. Kappa Sigma. Beta Theta Pi became one of the intramural swimming meet final ists last night by virtue of a crashing victory over ATO, in one of the i's most exciting meets. In order to win 32 to 17, the Betas had to flash some un believable time to meet the fast rushing ATO boys, who swam their hearts off, all to no avail. Probably the most thrilling race of the evening was the 120 yard free style. In this race the Betas were pushed hard to win but su perior swimming by Simpson prac tically won this event. It was close clear to the finish and Clark Thompson, ATO flash, who was swimming in this meet with a bad ly infected foot, nearly caught up with the anchor man wuth a super human burst of speed. The Betas started winning the meet right from the start because they annexed first and second places in the 40 yard free style event in rather lackadaisical stole. Hurd and Sexton, Betas, copped these two places. In the breast stroke event, Thompson, ATO, received the sur prise of his life when Hurd just did manage to get his nose ahead of him to the tape. Thompson, however, won the next race, 40 yard breast stroke, rather handily over Sexton, who seemed to tire toward the end of the race. In the other meet Phi Gamma Delta scored an easy triumph over the Chi Psi organization, 37 to 9. In this meet, the Fijis who did the damage against Chi Psi were Lichty, Maguire, Seufert, and Schofield. The Chi Psi boys who tried hard were Ramsey, Cole, Wells, and Brooks. 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