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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1936)
On paper, it's Oregon State. On past history, it’s Oregon. That sums up the Big Game. Many times in the long ago and in the not-so-long ago Oregon teams have beaten supposedly superior aggregations of Beavers. There’s no law that says this year's Ducks can’t do it. Only three times in history has Oregon State tumbled the Web foots in Corvallis. Time and again Oregon teams have jogged to the metropolis of Benton county and mussed up the Staters in their own back yard. Nevertheless, if you want to be material and literal, if you wish to look it up on the books, you'll find Oregon State favored. Com parative scores show it. And they also brand the Beavers as a team coming up and the Webfoots as a team going absolutely nowhere. But the records don’t tell the tale of how Oregon got to its nowhere. The Webfoots have outplayed more than one opponent, only to take the short end of the count. Yes, so have the Beavers, so forget the alibis. They’re both second division out fits, and they probably belong down where they are. But it won’t matter where they are or why to day. The championship of Lane and Benton counties sounds like some rustic old cheese title fought for by Fodunk and Mud Center junior highs. But, be assured, It’s not. To the citizens of our beloved commonwealth, honors in Lane and Benton are almost as good as the Rose Bowl. * * * I'm getting off the track. What you want is probably a description of how Del Bjork and his Oregon team mates will trip the Benton bunch. Or you want an advance saga of how Joe Gray will make the Webfoots see more red than just his hair and pass ’em silly. But you won’t get it. There aren't any pre-game odds, there isn’t any dope bucket to boot over. There never is in this ball game. If Oregon gets a jump, the Web foots ought to win, bu it’ll be all the more occasion for a Beaver rally. If Oregon State passes to a couple of touchdowns right off the bat, the Ducks still aren't out of it. Anything goes and anything can happen. Make it 13 to 7, take your choice. It'll be the end of the collegiate trail today for Del Bjork. Del ought to be an all-American and he's already an all-coast. He’s starred for three years in that left tackle spot. For Bob Braddock it’s twilight, too. Several little birds are whis pering that Braddock will complete his Webfoot days at a new position, fullback. He’s an all-coast candi date. Ed Farrar has been coming fast er and faster these late weeks, and now, as he takes his final turn, big Ed is not only a hard-plugging, re liable center, but a star. John Engstrom, who played tackle last fall and is now an end, finishes today also. So does Pat Fury, Bjork's understudy. That's all. The other Ducks will be back in 1937. So watch these five this afternoon, before their gridiron prowess is stored aw^y in that thick and seldom studied vol ume called memory'. - V erbally your commentator snaps his fingers and utters ex clamations. Today is prognostica tion day. Shucks. I forgot (on purpose). Well, Stanford and California tangle in what is known down south as THE big game. It’s sup posed to be the greatest spectacle In football’s world. Probably it is. Also it’s another of those games in which dope' doesn’t exist. To pick a winner is to stick your neck way out and wait for the axe. So it’s another 13 to 7, take your pick. * * » A few you can't bank on: Stanta Clara- Loyola j Sunday) J Tough from lyhistle to gun. but give it to the Brones, who’ll stay in the race for all bowls but the Rose Bowl. 13 to 7. Idaho - North Dakota State — Homecoming at Moscow. The Van dals will make the grads chortle with glee. Idaho 13. N. D. State 0. San Francisco U. - Montana — Oregon Must Crack Beavers’ Aerial Attack to Win Today YeomenTeam’s 261 Total Tops Donut League Independent Men Take Football Title; Second Place Taken by SAEs; Betas Close Third The Yeomen, men's independent organization composed of men liv ing outside the dorms and houses, lead the intramural sports race with a total of 261 points. With 150 points for winning touch football, 71 for a close sec ond place in cross-country, and 40 for Sigma Delta Psi, Yeomen hold a lead of 31 points over their near rivals, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The SAE tribe, with 80 points in foot ball and two victories in other soprts bringing 75 points each, garnered 230 for second honors. Beta Theta Pi, with 125 in foot ball, 39 in Sigma Delta Psi, and 57 in cross-country, trails in third place, with 221 points. ATOs Fourth ATOs is fourth with 199, and Kappa Sigma, with 194, is fifth. Other organizations stand as fol lows: Phi Delta Theta, 158 points; Phi Psi, 155; Chi Psi, 152; Sigma Chi, 144; Sigma Phi Epsilon, 138; Delta Tau Delta, 132. Omega hall, 126; Gamma hall, 123; Theta Chi, 120; Delta Upsi lon, 109; Zeta hall, 102; Fijis, 80; Sigma hall, 80; Phi Sigma Kappa, 80; Sigma Nu, 70; Men’s Co-op, 60; Alpha hall, 50;; Canard hall, 50; Sigma Alpha Mu, 50; Pi Kappa Alpha, 0. S. F. U. Another 13 to 7. Northwestern - Notre Dame — Notre Dame (that pares the unde feated, untied list). Marquette - Duquesne — Pare it again Fordham - Georgia — Fordham, easily. Purdue-Indiana—Purdue. Nebraska - Kansas State — Neb raska. Yale-Harvard — With tongue in cheek, Yale. Dartmouth - Princeton — With tongue further in cheek, Princeton. Mississippi - Mississippi State — Another tossup. Mississippi. Southern Methoist - Baylor — There's never any dope in the Southwest. Southern Methodist. Ohio State - Michigan -— Ohio State. Rice - Texas Christian — Texas Christian. South Carolina-North Carolina— North Carolina. Minnesota-Wisconsin—Poor Wis consin. California’s Howard When the Golden Bears battle Stanford today, John Howard (above) will be in line for buck field service. Pass-Snatching Swanson Today Captain Del Bjork will lead a Lemon and Green team on the developed into the Beaver’s outstanding: pass receiver. Swanson will start his third varsity game against Oregon at right half today. Chi Psis And Phi Psis Stage Annual Classic Once more, men’s and women’s living organizations along the mill-race are quivering with anticipation over what promises to be the biggest event of the year . . . the annual Sunday morning grid iron classic between the embattled warriors of Phi Kappa Psi and the Chi Psi lodge. Feeling is running high in both camps, and assorted publicity directors say that compared to this game, the notorious knock-down Varsity Sketches By MORRIE HENDERSON JOHN YERBY John Yerby was just another football player at the first of the season, but he has come along so rapidly, gaining experience in ev ery game, that he has started in the last four games and tomorrow opens at end against Oregon State. Yerby has that sophomore en thusiasm of never wanting to qmt and his spirited playing cer tainly shows it. He still makes mistakes; but like every smart football player, he profits by them and never makes them twice. “I sure got tired in that Wash ington game, the first varsity game I played for any length of time,” Yerby said, “but I guess I was just nervoys. I was so keyed up that I got sucked in on a co.u ple of plays and missed tackles. There is a lot of difference between varsity and freshman football. There is smoother and smarter ball playing on the varsity and you can only get it by playing these big coast teams. In every game you1 pick up something that you don't get in the daily scrimmages. Some of those guys are plenty smart.” One outstanding feature of Yer by’s playing is his knack of catch ing passes. Up to the Washington game, Oregon’s passing was pretty lousy, but in that battle, this ex Grant star snagged passes way over his head, off his shoe strings, or anywhere near him, giving the Huskies plenty of exciting mo ments, His big hands and his ex perience playing baseball aids him a lot in catching and hanging on to that football. He should be one of the best with another year of experience under his belt. When asked what he thought about the cusrent issue on the campus of limiting the eligible players for a school to 25 nen, Yerby replied, “It’s a bad idea. I am no authority on the subject but I think they have the wrong idea. Why shouldn’t a school wit a en rollment of eight or ten thousand students which has forty or fifty good football players on its squad i be able to play them. We are all out there practicing every night because we like the game and to play football. If the squads were limited, a lot of fellows would be sitting up in the stands watching instead of sitting on the bench waiting to get in there and play.” Get a shake at TAYLOR’S.—ad. ana arag-oui t>anta uiara-st. Mary’s feud is nothing more or less than a pleasant sort of a so cial hour. Bets are being laid at even money on both sides, although neither team will admit that the other has the remotest chance of winning. Ken Miller, Chi Psi prexy, has stated, “The Phi Psis haven’t got what it takes to win this year,” while Bill Marsh, presi dent of Phi Kappa Psi, informed the Emerald that “The Chi Psis will be lucky if they come out alive.” Scalper^ are offering tickets to the general public at prices rang ing all the way from one small beer to thirteen cents. Starting line-ups are inclined to uncertainty. Probably the players in at the kick-off will be 22 men picked at random from both hous es who have the least severe hang overs. After all, the game is being played on the morning following the Saturday night of the OSC tus sle. Eugene Victor, 40-0, as Ashland Smears Uni High Eugene high school’s Axemen strengthened their claim on the mythical state football title by run ning wild over McMinnville on Hayward field last night, 40 to 0. Fritz Kramer’s crew is still unde feated and untied. University high lost to Ashland there, 21 to 6. Frederic S. Dunn, head of the classics department, was slightly' better yesterday although still in a serious condition. t Professor Dunn has been ill with pneumonia for several weeks. Sunday Morning at 11 :0() THINKING AND THANKING (Sermon Subject) “Foi the beauty of the earth For the beauty of the skies, For the love from which oul birth Over and around us lies For Thyself, best gift divine! To our race so freely giv’n Christ our God, to Thee we raise This our hymn of grateful praise.” Sunday evening at 7 MO. MENDING A BROKEN HOME (Sermon Subject) FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Corner Broadway and High Minister: A. J. Harms, M.A., Th.D. This announcement provided by a friend Maybe I’m Wrong By ORVAL HOPKINS Last things I heard were the rau cous voices of Mattingly, Frizzell, and Casciato raised in heated, if not enlightened, argument. They all made so much noise I couldn't get a word in edgewise yet, so I said OK for youse guys a'nd stalked off in high dudgeon. I said I have got work to do und cannot be standing around listen ing to any dolts argue, and besides nobody is paying even twenty-five cents worth of attention to me. Also I wish to state publicly that one who goes by the name of Bill Marsh will soon be deep in my debt to the amount of $1.00 buck. .. A11 of which is beside the point and not what I’m paid (delete the word paid) to do. So—this aft when you dig for the two-bits to give the guy who tries to, and probably does, pick up a few nickles selling programs, think not of the two bits, paltry sum, but of how your throat will feel after cheering and gurgling for ol’ Oregon all afternoon and even ing. For Oregon will win. Oregon will-trounce 'em. Thus will arise thirsts and passions which have slept untroubled for lo these two unsullied weeks. ’Tis the fortieth, is this approaching joust, and the Beaver Weaver Kenneth Weaver, Beaver end, has been hard pressed this season, although a veteran, to hold his wing position against two scrappy sophomores. He may get the call today. prize is the cask of rare old Rhen ish which lies amoldering in the murk of the basement. Ride forth, Knights of ol' Oregon! and take care, lest ye stumble and fall ’neath the thrusts of one Joe Gray. Ore gon 13, OSC 7. Down around Memorial stadium at Berkeley the ghost of Andy Smith swoops and swirls exhort ing the sons of California to bring forth a victory ere this thing be (Please turn to page four) Ducks End Practice With Pass Defense And Offense Play Alexander Is Reported Out of OSC Lineup; Teams Plan Open and Fast Attacks The big question on today's Bell field battleground is whether or not Oregon's desperate Ducks can halt the overhead onslaught of Joe Gray and his passing and receiv ing mates. All season Gray has had merely to chuck the ball into the atmos phere, and a good percentage of the time some helpful gentleman like Joe Wendlick or Don Coons or Tommy Swanson has gobbled it up. That’s the Beaver plan of attack for this afternoon. Final Drill Brisk This week the Webfoots have been drilling on pass defense. Prink Callison had the lads out last night for a final drill on stop ping aerial fireworks. It was a light tapering-off workout, and the players were full of zip and pepper. If the Webfoots knock down SEASON’S RECORDS OREGON Oregon 14, Portland 0. Oregon 0, USC 26. Oregon 7, Stanford 7. Oregon 18, Idaho 0. Oregon 0. WSC 3 Oregon 0, Washington 7. Oregon 0, UCLA 7. Oreon 0, California 28. OREGON STATE OSC 14, Willamette 0. OSC 7, USC 38. OSC 7, Washington 19. OSC 0, California 7. OSC 14, UCI.A 22. OSC 14, Montana 7. OSC 16, Washington State 6. OSC 14, Stanford 20. Gray’s passes, the next objective will be to complete a few of their own. Even if they don’t stop Gray and his barrage, they’ll fling the leather themselves. Ducks Have Passers Jimmy Nicholson can pass. Dale Lasselle can pass. Dave Gammon can pass. Bob Braddock can pass. (Please turn to page jour) WELCOME WEBFOOTS NO MATTER WHO WINS —THESE CORVALLIS FIRMS ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU FOR THE BIG GAME EAT AT THE Chat-’n-Chew Third* and Monroe Try our Special Weekend Dinners. Best Milkshakes in Town!! GREETINGS! RICHFIELD SUPER SERVICE Stop Here for Gas and Oil Third and Monroe Webfoot elevens have won 23 games from the Oorangemen, while losing hut nine times, since com petition began in 1894. Seven have been ties. 1894— Oregon 0; Oregon State 16. 1895— Oregon 44, Oregon State 4. 1896— Oregon 8; Oregon State 4. 1897— Oregon 8; Oregon State 26. 1898— Oregon 38; Oregon State 0. 1899— Oregon 38; Oregon State 0. 1900— No game. 1901— No game. 1902— Oregon 0; Oregon State 0. 1903— Oregon 5; Oregon State 0. 1904 —Oregon 6; Oregon State 5. 1905— Oregon 6; Oregon StateO. 1906— Oregon 0; Oregon State 0. 1907— OregonO; Oregon State 4. 1908— Oregon 8; Oregon State 0. 1909— Oregon 12; Oregon State 0. 1910— Oregon 12; Oregon State 0. 1911— No game. 1912 Oregon 3; Oregon State 0. After the game we’ll meet you at the Sunny Brook Dairy Quick, Dependable Fountain Service 119 South Third street, Corvallis WELCOME OREGON STUDENTS DUTCH LUNCH Next door to Montgomery Ward JUMBO HAMBURGERS AFTER THE GAME AT EILER’S Monroe at 26tJi, 3 blocks north of field BRING THE GANG! Welcome Oregon Students Midget Cafe LITTLE PLACE — BIG EATS Next to Model Clothiers 1913— Oregon 10; Oregon State 10. 1914— Oregon 3; Oregon State 3. 1915— Oregon 9; Oregon State 0. 1916— Oregon 27; Oregon State 0. 1917 Oregon 7; Oregon State 14. 1918— Oregon 13; Oregon State 6. 1919— Oregon 9; Oregon State 0. 1920— Oregon 0; Oregon State 0. 1921 Oregon 0; Oregon State 0. 1922 -Oregon 10; Oregon State 0. 1923— Oregon 0; Oregon State 6. 1924— Oregon 7; Oregon State 3. 1925— Oregon 13; Oregon State 24 1926— Oregon 0; Oregon State 16 1927— Oregon 7; Oregon State 2 1. 1928— Oregon 12; Oregon State 0. 1929— Oregon 16; Oregon State 0. 1930— Oregon 0; Oregon State 15. 1931— Oregon 0; Oregon State 0. 1932— Oregon 21; Oregon State 6. 1933— Oregon 13; Oregon State 3. 1934 Oregon 13; Oregon State 3. 1934 Oregon 9; Oregon State 6. 1935—Oregon 13; Oregon State 0. ! 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