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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1938)
DUCK TRACKS iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiwiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinMiiiiiiiiiMiinniattiiiiiiu By Elbert Hawkins ORDER OF EVENTS . . . Spring ■—Oregon needs tackles badly . . . summer—G. A. Oliver ‘'vacations” in California . . . fall—two tackles, Sims Hamilton and Will Dolman, register as J. C. transfers from California. Ironically, though, new transfers won't carry the load against Wash ington State in Pullman, Saturday. It’ll be virtually the same material Oregon had a year ago with the ad dition of some very spry freshmen from Honest John Warren’s frosh team of 1937. Only two newcomers to the Ore gon squad, Guard John Nestor and Tackle Hamilton, made the travel ing squad. Both are rated as re serves. The return of big Bill Fos kett, star of two campaigns, to school has eased the tackle problem considerably. # * * Genial Tex Oliver, Oregon’s headman, who won his nickname— yes, because he’s from Texas—eyes a very tough football season for any coast team, and hirf bets for the Rose Bowl are Washington, Cali fornia, and Southern California. As you’ll notice, he doesn’t climb out on the proverbial limb by put ting his own Ducks on top, nor does any other coach. In his own crystal gazing for Bruce Hamby’s public ity on the Webfoots, “Duck Dope,” he says nothing drastic about Ore gon’s opponents of Saturday, Wash ington State, except that Coach' Babe Hollingl>ery “with seventeen (Please turn to page five) Ducks and Cougars Match Grid Powers At Pullman Saturday Coach Tex Oliver in Coast Conference Debut; Revived Offensive Power Gives Webfoot Fans Hope for Initial Win By GEORGE PASERO It will be the “Oliver Twist” of Oregon football versus Washington State’s “Susy Q” shift in the opening jam session of Pacific Coast conference football play at Pullman Saturday afternoon when the streamlined Duck squares off with the high-stepping Cougar. Making his conference debut in the role of Oregon headman, the “Little Napoleon" of Lemon anc Green fortunes, is expected tc show the northwest a new brand of football. Oliver’s football, com bining the Warner, Jones and Rockne systems, will definitely have a swingy tinge. Laterals, forwards, spread formations, and wide sweeps that are designed to break the ball-carrier into the open, have been predicted as char acteristic of the Oregon attack. Babe May “Wow ’Em” On the other hand, the cagy Babe Hollingbery of Washington State, one of the shrewdest tacti cians on the Pacific slope and cer tainly one of the longest-lived, is ready to spring a new, “puzzle ’em” shift of his own. Last year, the Ducks, under Prince Callison, feasted on Cougar meat, winning a torrid game in Jpin the Crowds McCradys Air-Conditioned CAFE Find out for yourself WHY everyone is eating the famous JUICY JUMBO HAMBURGERS Different - - Delicious Broiled Without Grease! NOW OPEN Your Campus fowling FIVE ALLEYS Enjoy the healthful exercise of bowling “Box Ball.” A pleasant pastime for “Eds” and “Coeds.” Play for 10 cents a line. THE ALLEY ON ALDER NEAR TWELFTH Arrangements can be made l’or Momentary and Advanced . . . CLASSES IN . . . RIDING Transportation provided tree to and from Riding Academy Instructions in riding and jumping by W, 0. Rife, proprietor. Covered Range—100 miles of brush, hills and mountain trail. Riding Academy Phone 2603 Located at Lane County Fair Grounds Multnomah stadium, 10-6. Jim Nicholson’s field goal and Jay Graybeal’s gallop turned the trick. On Oliver’s probable first string are practically the same eleven gridders who conquered the hip rolling Cougar band last year. But reports from the stadium that nestles in the midst of the Palouse | hills rate the Hollingbery-coached , squad as a much-improved aggre gation—one that is going to make it tough for the leaders in the pen nant race. Lineup Uncertain Oregon’s soft-spoken headman has not divulged his starting line up, but grandstand coaches are serving up starting assignments to John Yerby and Vic Reginato at ends; Elroy Jensen at right tackle; Nello Giovanini at left guard;. Jim Cadenasso at center; Hank Nilsen at quarterback, and Frank Em mons at fullback. The otiher positions 'are con sidered very much open. At left tackle the choice has been made difficult by the return to school of Bill Foskett, and the rapid rise of big Russ Inskeep to a contending position. Merle Peters, the starter at this position in spring practice, may also get the nod. Passolt vs. Walden Mel Passolt and Cece Walden l are staging a hot fight for the starting assignment at right guard, while both halfback berths are still up in the air. Most likely starter at left half back is Salem’s Jimmy Nicholson, the spry young man who is equally adept at running and passing. Speed boy Jay Graybeal, the Pendleton “Jackrabbit,” may get the nod, and will alternate with Nicholson. The right halfback job may go to Ted Gebhardt, the hard-block ing and long-kicking lad from California. Bob Smith, Graybeal’s passing mate, will see plenty of action even if he doesn’t start. All potential starters but Pas solt are lettermen. Cougar Line Strong Although losing his prize sopho more fullback find, Ted Zydowsky, to pro baseball, Hollingbery’s cause is looking up. Hollingbery’s line is his main forte. He has veteran ends and tackles, a veteran center and a pair of big rough sophomores at guards. George Hubert and Dick Farman are the tackles Holling bery hopes will find a place for themselves in the midst of the Duck bacfield quartet. John Klumb, one of the coast’s best ends, and Joe McClellan, hold down the wingposts, while Ken Devine is at center. Sophomores at Guard The sophomore guards are Don Knapp and 240-pound Hank Huo vila of Grays Harbor. Three triple-threaters — Eddie Bayne, Paul Callow, and Dick Emerson are available for left halfback duty. All are veterans. Wingman LARRY LANCE . .. Duck end, Is back in a Webfoot suit after most of last year recovering from a shoul-1 der Injury. Cougars Ahead OfDocksinTotal Past Grid Games Hollingbery Takes Two of Last Three Meetings A glance at the gridiron past between the Oregon Webfoots and Washington State college shows the Cougars holding an 8 to 5 edge in games won and lost. Out of 16 meetings, three were deadlocks. Babe Hollingbery, the daddy of coast mentors, has beaten Oregon; twice in three meetings, 7 to 0 in 1926, 3 to 0 in 1936, and he lost 10 to 6 last fall in a bitter struggle on Multnomah field in Portland. Tex Oliver, new Oregon headman, of course starts with a clean slate against the Cougars of W.S.C. Rivalry started back in 1901 be tween the two clubs, Washington State winning, 16 to 0. It wasn’t until the third meeting in 1911 that Oregon won, 6 to 0. Over the 16-game score, Oregon has scored 75 points, Washington State trot ting over 130. Scores: Year Ore. W.S.C. 1901 . 0 16 1903 . 0 0 1911 . 6 0 1912 . 0 7 1914 . 7 0 1915 . 3 28 1916 .12 3 OSC Beavers and Idaho Vandals AwaitSaturday’s Grid OpeneratCorvallis Stater Line Strong But Backs Untried; Stin er Hopeful OREGON STATE COLLEGE, Corvallis, Sept. 22—To climax a week of strenuous drill, the Ore gon State college Beaver football squad went through a gruelling two-hour scrimmage behind closed doors last Saturday to put on the final touches before easing off this week for the meeting with the University of Idaho Vandals on Bell field Saturday at 2 o’clock. Picked elevens battled for two full hours under the watchful eye of Lon Stiner, Beaver headman, and from the showing, the selec tions for the starting berths are likely to be made. Stiner failed to mention just who had the edge at the left half berth, where Hal Higgins, Jim Kisselburgh, Vic Kohler and Bob Olson are battling for the starting bid. Still out of action were John Hackenbruck and Don Coons, both lettermen from last .year who were benched with injuries. Coons broke his nose during a mid-week scrim mage but is expected to be on hand by game time this week-end. Hack enbruck has infection in both feet and hasn’t really turned out for practice this fall, but has been confined to conditioning exercises. Walt Jelsma, transfer, will likely get the nod at the left tackle berth which was slated for Hack enbruck. The starting backfield is still a matter for “guessing” on the part of the sideline “experts” for sev eral men seem to be getting equal attention. Jim Kisselburgh, Hal Higgins, Joe Tomich, Ben Ell, .Ken Dow, Bob Olson and Morrie Koh ler are top-flight contenders for kick-off berths behind the line, rhe only apparently “cinched” spot in the backfield is the quar terback post which Jay Mercer seems to have under his thumb. Mercer is the only returning regu lar in the rear rank. Reports from Idaho are begin ling to sift into the Beaver camp ind Stiner isn’t going to have his men expecting an early iseason ‘warm-up” with the Vandals. Still fresh in the memories of many is the 7 to 6 beating the Beavers took at Moscow last year in an jarly season upset. 1917 . 3 26 1919 . 0 7 1921 . 7 7 1922 .13 0 1923 . 7 13 1924 . 7 7 1926 . 0 7 1936 . 0 3 1937 ..10 6 863 E. 13th YOWSA there’s lots o’ energy in those swell barbe cued sandwiches at the PIT Drop in after the game Learn to Dance Dancing constitutes the major part of your social lift'. You'll miss half the fun of college life if you don't dance. ... ♦Join the now. beginners elass for Collejriates only. Learn the latest steps. Jneludinj* the Yam and the Lambeth. YOU’LL DANCE IN YOUR FIRST LESSON Special Collegiate Ratos 8 Lessons $5.50 — Co-eds $4.75 New beginners’ class starts Tues, Sept. 27, 8 P.M. 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