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.
! Fine Wines at /
| NEWMAN’S PACKAGE STORE
1 ; 1:50 South Second, Corvallis
MEET US AT THE
IMPERIAL CAFE
Second and Monroe
Oriental Dishes in an Oriental Atmosphere
F or Good F4ome Cooking, Eat at the
TERMINAL- LUNCH
Greyhound Stage DePot 353 Monroe
WIN
LOOSE.OR.DRAW
BEAVER-DUCK TEA DANCE
35 c
Ladies
THE BENTON IS FOOTBALL HEADQUARTERS
('offer Tavern or Main Dining room, you'll find the Kenton ready with the finest foods
and the speediest service to assure your being in the grandstand for the opening kick-off.
40c
Sunday, 6*9 p.m.
Johnny Busch and His Music
Gentlemen
HOTEL BENTON
HAROLD McUJlKUOK. Mgr.
Telephone 8d(J