DUCK
TRACKS
By ELBERT HAWKINS
We’re in the fourth week since
Oregon and UCLA opened confer
ence football for 19:57, and if Tiny
Thornhill, Stub Allison, and sev
eral other mentors are correct, you
can still figure eight teams with a
chance at the Rose Bowl.
It all comes from pre-season pre
dictions of said Mr. Thornhill and
brethren that this season’s cham
pionship eleven won't go through
undefeated. California’s Golden
Bears have swept through two
games to lead the pack alone, but
each of the seven other clubs has
one, and only one, defeat marring
its record.
There’s no possible way, say the
coaches, to keep a team keyed up
to a peak for perhaps eight con
secutive Saturdays. Somewhere
the pressure must fall, and a dif
ference of one or two touchdowns
in each team’s performance is apt
to bring about one of these classic
upsets, like—for instance—the one
Oregon State provided against
Washington last week.
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“Football is like baseball now,”
said California’s Stub Allison re
cently, “any team that can win 70
per cent of its games through a
hard schedule has turned out a
good season. Any team that goes
through unbeaten through a hard
schedule, I mean has to be lucky.”
California is out in front now,
and in pre-season gossip was
picked to finish in the top three
mainly on the basis of good sound
material. But, you see what the
Golden Bears must face. On five
successive Saturday’s beginning
next week, California plays USC,
UCLA, Washington, Oregon, and
Stanford. Three arc met on the
road.
Squads like Oregon’s booming
sophomores are constantly learn
ing, anti get more powerful by the
game. Wins over Stanford and
Gonzaga, in the style Frink’s boys
exhibited, will attest to that. Then
there is the possibility of injuries
which California is bucking. One
let-down in that five-game stretch
anti the damage is done.
Scrimmage plays, not passes, ac
counted f o r Oregon’s terrific
amount of yardage against Gon
zaga Saturday. The Webfoots con
nected oil four out of 12 aerial
heaves for 75 yards, but running
plays amassed 350 yards. You can.
also add Nicholson’s 70-yard touch
down i nn from an intercepted pass.
Eighteen first downs to three was
the ratio.
Nino boys packed the mail for
Oregon against Gonzaga, and five
of them averaged over six yards
per try. Even more interesting is
the fact that the lowest was 2.7
enough to make a first down in
every four plays. Speed-boy Jim
my Nicholson averaged 17 for three
tries, Fullback Paul Howe aver
aged eight, while Graybeal and
Speetzcn each lugged it once for j
seven.
Senior Dale Lasselle continued
his flashy ball-packing by carrying
it 11 times for a -1.3 average. Steve
Anderson’s was 0.2 per for eight
trips. Arlcigh Bentley was Ore
gon’s workhorse for the afternoon,
netting 59 yards in 15 shots at the
goal line for a 3.0 average. Bob
Smith, and Ted Gobhardt averaged
four and 2.7 in three and four
trips, respectively.
Short shots ... In order to pro
vide a good double for UCLA's |
negro halfback Kenny Washington, ;
Stanford coaches used burnt cork
on the face of Hen Maguire, Indian
halfback . . . Keith Belton, deaf
mute who is a recruit for the New
York American hockey team, ran ■
into trouble when he broke his
thumb . . . Belton talks with his
hands.
Julie Bescos, former Southern
California football luminary, now
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Callison Tapers Drill for Coming Trojan Tilt
Ducks Polish
Aerial Attack
For Trojans
Two Sets of Backs Are
Drilling on Passes;
Amato Returns to
Starting Lineup
Apparently hoping to subdue
USC’s vaunted Trojans with an
aerial barrage of gigantic propor
tions, Coach Prink Callison had
Jimmy Nicholson, Steven Ander
son, and Jay Graybeal throwing
passes for quite some time yester
day afternoon.
In another move which it is cal
culated will help bolster the end
situation, Coach Callison kept for
mer halfback Don Kennedy at the
position he held during part of the
Gonzaga game at right end.
May Shift Later
It was expected by sideline ob
servers that upon Bud Robertson’s
return, Kennedy would be shifted
to the backfield, but the "Grape
nuts Kid" showed so much promise
in Oregon’s decisive win that it
was decided to leave him at end.
Callison had two backficlds al
ternating in trying to defend
against Messrs. Graybeal, Ander
son, and Nicholson. The first one
was composed of Denny Breaid,
Steve Anderson, Dale Lasselle,
Paul Rowe, and Hank Nilsen, while
Bob Smith, Vern Moore, Denny
Donovan, Arleigh Bentley, and Jay
Graybeal were in the second.
Starters Not Certain
It is thought that the first string
of backs, with the possible excep
tion of Center Denny Breaid in the
line, will bo the boys that will be in
the starting lineup Saturday, with
Oregon’s touchdown twins, Jay
Graybeal and Bob Smith, held in
reserve.
Captain Tony Amato showed up
at practice without the trouble
some face guard that he has been
wearing in sessions to date. The
injured member has improved so
rapidly that chances are that he
may discard the guard permanent
iy by game time Saturday.
The team will hold its last prac
tice this afternoon before leaving
tonight for Los Angeles.
coaches the Trobabes, yearling
eleven . . . Stanford's Bill Paulman,
injured in the Oregon game, is
ready for action again . . . Oregon
State's turf field dedication is set
for this Saturday . . . Will they
outdraw Oregon? . . . Clint Evan’s
California yearling team recently
won its twenty-second consecutive
game . . . the Bruin Babes over a
seven-year period have been vic
torious in 42 out of 45 played.
Sam McGaughey, miler and cap
tain of the Oregon track squad
last season is in charge of cross
country while Bill Hayward is still
tied up with football . . . rumor has
it that end Larry Lance may retire
from school until next spring while
liis Injured shoulder mends . . . op
erative Bill Norene warns me that
3amma hall's ever-victorious ath
letic teams are out to clean up in
volleyball.
Is It Pride or ...
Coach Jim Crowley seems to be pleased, as he points at his Ford
ham Rams. Captain John Uruze stands by.
Golfer Clifton Smith
Casts Lot at Oregon
Frosh Basketeers
Work Under Hobby
Nearly fifty boys turned out
again last night for frosh basket
ball where Howard Hobson sent
them through another intensive
workout in fundemcntals and a few
offensive plays.
The super-varsity turned out the
first day but was dismissed until
next Monday.
Work yesterday consisted of the
fundamentals such as pivoting,
footwork, dribbling, passing and
shooting. Following these drills
Coach Hobson will pick the 15
whom he thinks are the most cap
able to scrimmage with the super
varsity and form the nucleus of
John Warren’s frosh squad.
Thus far Hobson has not picked
any particular squad although
Sandness, Piippo, Marshik, and
Rathburn have appeared in good
shape. Sandness is the boy who
set a now state scoring record last
year in the state tournament. Don
Mabee another all-district player
will turn out after football season
as will LeRoy Mason also a high
school flash.
The squad will be cut probably
the middle of next week.
Comet Manager
Predicts Success
For Cocky Cohorts
From the Comet News Bureau.
(Special to the Oregon Emerald).
Following a spirited workout slat
ed for tomorrow, Howard Over
back, Comet manager, will release
his A and B teams for the coming
volleyball tourney. Due to the un
precedented turnout expected, the
Comet manager plans to walk
through the tournament with lit
tle opposition.
The Cornels, who admit that they
Even though golf is a long way
off, Sid Milligan, captain and coach
of the University of Oregon golf
ing troupe, can sit down and erase
one item from his list of worries
concerning the freshman golf team.
The reason is the enrollment this
year of Clifton “Clint” Smith, one
of the lowest shooters in Portland's
younger set of divot diggers.
Smith, who was raised near the
Inverness links in Portland and
who learned his golf on the same
rolling terrain, carries a handicap
of four.
Last summer he collected tro
phies for winning the Broadmoor
and Colwood club championships
and pocketed a dozen golf balls as
booty for winning medal honors in
the Gearhart coast championships
played last year over the Astoria
club course.
Sunday Smith conquered the
Laurelwood course of Eugene, post
ing a par breaking 69.
didn’t win the golf tournament or
do so well in tennis besides count
less sports held last spring quar
ter, plan to go to work starting
with volleyball.
“Bombing Bob ” Alibi, diminu
tive member of last year's squad
will also be on hand along with
"Terrible Tom” DeFrietas, another
firecracker who returns. Rudy I
Kappcl, sparkplug transfer from ‘
Oregon State, is another man to
watch, although he may be held in
reserve.
Since taking up football in 1894
University of Oregon teams have!
played 307 games with 43 different
opponents. Of that total the Web
foots have won 178 games, lost1
101 and tied 28 for an all-time av-!
erage of .638. Oregon has scored |
4070 points against 2050 for op-;
ponents in this time.
One man, Allan Finke, partici- j
pated in ten different donut sports
for 1936-37.
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Ducklings Prepare
For Sons Contest
Cripples Returning to
Lineup for Game at
North Bend
With several Ducklings on the
casualty list, “Honest John" War
ren sent his charges through their
last scrimmage session last night
prior to the SONS game Friday.
Conaway, Stenstrom, and Hank
inson have been slightly crippled,
however, they should be in condi
tion to perform by whistle time.
The frosh will run through plays
this afternoon and tomorrow. Fri
day they will set sail to combat a
strong Normal eleven at North
Bend. Last year’s tussle saw the
Ducklings on the long end of a
26 to 6 tally. This year’s dope
gives Warren’s satellites an edge,
but it will be a plenty tough battle.
Particular attention will be paid
to the forward wall’s record, as
that was the weak spot in the rook
fracas.
CIGNALS...
JgIKE
By GEORGE PASERO
On the strong left arm of a guy
named Smith may hinge Oregon's
chances to upset the wooden horse
of Troy next Saturday afternoon
when the touchdown-frenzied men
of Callison dig their cleats into
the greensward of the huge Me- j
morial coliseum in Los Angeles j
bent on miking Howard Jones’ |
Southern California Trojans pay!
through the nose, and pay plenty,
for a few little matters of the past.
Now there have been guys named
Smith dotting the football rosters
of different teams around the
country for years. There have
been all-American Smiths, and
just dokes named Smith.
There was Ernie Smith of South-1
ern California’s regime at the top
of the football heap, an all-Ameri
can tackle, and there was Riley)
Smith, Alabama’s great pass-sling
ing quarter of a couple of years
back. There were other Smiths,
and no doubt there’ll be other guys
named Smith around for centuries
to come.
But to Webfoot fans, there never
was another guy like Oregon’s own
Smith, christened Robert and called
just plain Bob.
They like his all-aroun|l play
back of that big green forward
wall, but what they like best is to
see him do is to fade back, pick
out his receiver, usually a winged
foot little fellow that answers to
the moniker of Jay Graybeal, and
fire away, right to the spot, you
might say.
Last year Coach John Warren of
the frosh spotted the capabilities
of these two aspiring yearlings,
and presto . . . you have the fam
ous Smith to Graybeal combina
tion which rival clubs fear and re
spect.
’’We’ve been working for this
game,” Smith said, and those feat
ures which can tighten up in that
bulldog expression, set just a little
tighter. “We're playing for keeps
Saturday.”
The six-foot, 187-pound Kappa
Sigma member who played three
years at Medford high, waxed en- |
thusiastic about Automatic George
Karamatic, the big Gonzaga full
back who flashed brilliantly even
in defeat.
“Karamatic, he is good. He’s the
best I've ever seen. Why, if he
lad a team behind him ...”
Coming back to Smith. Beaver ■
ind Duck fans alike are awaiting
the passing duel which will be
staged two weeks hence on Hay- :
vard field when Prinks boy I
Hatches passes with Oregon i
Take Notice, Hobby!
Perhaps when next spring comes, pretty Chi Ojnega Della Root
will be around to crowd Bill Sayles out of a job.
Daughter of Chicago
Pitcher Here; Hobbyrj
\May, Get New Hurler
Chi Omega Pledge Divides Sports Liking
Between Baseball and Football; Cubs
Best, Especially When Daddy Pitches
By BILL NORENE
Imagine a blue-eyed blond, words
coming in bursts like a Yankee
soldier playing tic-tac-toe with a
machine bun, and you have a very
good idea of Della Root, daughter
of Charlie Root, Chicago Cubs'
star pitcher, except that you have
left out the part about her hands,
which adding a bit of explanation
and description, go through the mo
tions with the speed of a deaf mute
sounding off after a piece of par
ticularly tough luck.
Miss Root, graduate of Cumnock
high in Los Angeles, and a Chi
Omega pledge, says that her sports
interests are about equally divided
between baseball and football.
A True Webfoot
About football she says, “It took
me about five years to get first
down and ten to go and all that.
Before that I didn’t pay any atten
tion to football.” She must have
gotten ino the swing of things very
quickly, however, for she says that
she almost went hoarse, “Fighting
on with Oregon" during the Stan
ford game.
Of course she is a rabid baseball
fan, especially when her dad pitch
es, although her finger nails take
quite a beating when she sees him
work on the mound. She also add
ed that she saw the all-star game
when it was played in Chicago,
quickly adding, “But they weren't
rs good as the Cubs I”
it’s Softball Now
Quite a bit of softball is played
on the Root home, a 2,500 acre
■anch, which is 130 miles south of
3an Francisco, near Hollister. Yes,
ler father gets knocked out of the
oox occasionally, but then the ball
>ames usually end up with scores
ike, 26 to 25.
Her 14-year-old brother. Charles
1 r., hoped to be both a football and
oaseball playen The parents ve
State’s Joe Gray. Maybe another
Smith will go tearing by. right
nto football’s hall of fame.
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toed football upon his entering
high school this fall, but he pitched
his first hardball game this sum
mer. The manager of the ball club
lifted him after 10 runs had been '
scored on his deliveries in two inn
ings.
That evening young Charlie was
very disgusted with the manager
for sending him to the showers so
soon. Charlie Grimm, manager of
the Cubs, agreed with Root Jr.,
adding that the manager was lia
ble to break down young Charlie’s
confidence in removing him from
the game so soon.
The Phi Defts scored 1008 points
in 12 sports of intramural compe
tion last year.
Tryouts on Tap
For Amphibians
TomorrowNight
Local Organization Is
Open to All Women
Passing Tests
Tryouts for Amphibians, wo
men’s local swimming honorary
will be held tomorrow evening at
7 o’clock in Gerlinger pool.
The main requirement for admis
sion is interest in swimming, and
in the Amphibians. Other require
ments are: one stroke for speed,
two strokes for form, some dis
tance swimming and a little diving.
Anyone interested at all may turn
out whether or not one feels she
has the required ability, as each
girl will be grftded and informed of
her weak points for further prac
tice.
Officers Listed
The officers for this year are:
Betty Riesch, president; Molly
Cunningham, vice-president; Mar
garet Van Meter, secretary; and
Jean Taylor, treasurer.
Several water projects are being
planned for the coming year.
Roma Theobald is in charge of
tryouts.
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