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DUCK TRACKS ■mmnioiiHiinmiminnuiiMiiin'.iiiiuiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiHiinmiuiiimij^iiiiiiiniiiiiiiiii By ELBERT HAWKINS L Idaho’s Coach Ted Bank started ,tho season with four fullbacks— two one-year men and two lads up from the frosh team. He had to fire one of the vets, lost the other through injuries, and didn’t even use his two sophs against Mon tana. He used a quarterback. But this quiet Vandal skipper doesn’t alibi. He frankly admits it’s the best Idaho club he ever coached, and—fullback or no full back—has beaten or tied every team played this year with the exception of UCLA. "They were hot—could have beaten any team in the confer t cnce,” summarized Coach Bank of the Los Angeles contest , which his unbeaten Vandals dropped, S3 to 0. Mike Mikulak, who scouted the game, affirmed Bank. “Everything Idaho did was wrong, everything UCLA did was right. It would have been different on another field.” The fullback Bank fired was George Chrape. He and Left Half back Frank Reynolds were kicked off the squad after the Bruin game for breaking training rules. “Chrape was one of the confer ence’s best blocking fullbacks,” said Bank of his self-imposed loss. * * • Harold “Bull” Durham, Idaho’s only other experienced fullback, is out of the Oregon game with a bad knee. Incidentally, Steve Bel ko, the chunky little Cantor-eyed, light - haired basketball - football player, hurt his leg in spring training, according to Bank, and isn’t even playing on the squad. Alert Coach Bank beat the press to the draw when cornered in the Idaho dressing room after yesterday's practice. “I can’t tell you who'll win,” he chuckled, be fore a question had been asked. Southern California or Califor nia? “It’s a toss-up—I’ll string along with Southern Cal," answered Bank. “I—of course — thought Washington had one of the best prospective teams in the confer ence at the start of the season. We were plenty lucky to tie them. Oregon State was another team lauded by Coach Ted Bank. About Idaho’s 13 to 0 win over the Bea vers: “We were lucky to hit them before they got started. Kissel burgh caused us plenty of trou ble—he’s good.” ■ * :|: :|« One of (he “forgotten men” of Iduho’s lineup is Walter IMusiul, senior guard, who weighs only 180 . pounds. “I’ll—gosh—I'll stack him up against any guard,” said Coach < Bank of this midget. Heaviest man in Idaho's start ing line-up is big I)iek Trzuskow ■ ski, tackle of this year, fullback ’ of last year, and tackle during his ■sophomore. Vandals say this be hemoth only weighs 215, but in a ■ football uniform he looks like an , other Turk Kdwards—nearer 240. ■ It’s the smallest Idaho team, 1 still the best, Bank lias ever coached. He brought only 20 men ■ on the Oregon trip. In stature it’s also a small team. Only eight men ■ of the squad's spring roster of 45 hits 200 pounds. Contrast that •with Southern California which has a starting line which averages close to 205. The field? "Your lurf lien* in a fine idea,” said the Vandal head man, referring to a few .years ago when his Vandals "played in mud that was mud.” As to whether a wet field today will ham|M*r Idaho, C'oaeli Bank said, “It's just as fair for one team as the other.” The Vaiulal coach calls Gordon Price, right half, one of his most improved men . . . lie's got another year . . . Hal Roiso, two-year vet eran at left half, will he in there at the start, oh yes . . . Harold Durham, injured fullback, is wlmt Banks calls "dynamite and fast” when he's ship shape . . . over half of Idaho's squad is fro mother states . . . Howard Hobson, like1 Bank thinks Southern California has too much power for California in today's game which will almost certainly settle the coast's choice for January 1, 1939 in the Rose Bowl. A glance at Idaho's first string End Tony Knap the best Vanda! end, fast and glue-fingered on passes . . . End Emory Howard bis forte is defensive play . . . Tackle Dick Trzuskowski a myth ical "all-team” possibility . . . Tackle Itay Kaczmarek bushlul but powerful . . . Guard Jack Don ovan—like our Donovan is plenty hard to hurt . . . Guard Walter ■Musial Coach Ted-(.Bank's choice lor an all-coaster .. . Center Rudy Revamped Webfoots, Classy Idahoans Tangle Today sports Tex Oliver, Ted Bank Match Gridiron Strategy In Vital ’King's-* Battle By GEORGE^PASERO Oregon’s thrice-beaten Webfoots will attempt to rediscover a victory formula this afternoon when they clash with Idaho’s winning Vandals on the Hayward field turf in the annual Home coming contest. Game time is 2 o’clock. A crowd of 9000 students, alumni, and townspeople is ex pected to view the first Oregon-Idaho gridiron battle since 1936. In that year the Webfoots took a 13 to 0 decision at Portland. Kevamped and ready for a tough contest on a. slippery, wet turf, Coach G. A. (Tex) Oliver’s helmet men may go into the game as a slight favorite, although up to last night, the contest was regarded as a toss-up affair. Continual rain during the week has softened the Hayward turf, and may bother the passing attacks of both teams. But, as Coach Ted Bank of Idaho said yesterday, this will affect one team as much as the other. Impressive Record The visiting Vandals will enter the game with an impressive rec ord of four victories and a tie in six starts this season. The Vandals boast a 13-0 win over Oregon State, and a 12-12 tie with the Washington Huskies in addition to wins over North Dakota State, Gonzaga, and Montana. Their only defeat was at the hands of a “very hot” UCLA team, 33 to 0. The Webfoots, on the other hand, have not won a game since they left for New York, losing to Stan ford, Fordham, and Southern Cali fornia in succession. Oliver is expected to start the same eleven men who have formed the first string all week. A new set of ends, Larry Lance and Don Mabee, will probably open the contest for Oregon. Vic Regi nato, regular right end, has been out of play all week, nursing a swollen ankle, but he is ready for duty should Oliver issue the call. John Yerby, regular left end, is still on the third string. u'liicr i' ivo Elroy Jensen and Big Bill Fos kett are .due for duty at the tackle positions; Cece Walden and Nello Giovanini at the guard posts, and Jim Cadenasso at center. Unless Oliver makes last-minute changes in his plans, Webfoot fol lowers will see a new halfback combination in Triple-threater Ted Gebhardt and Bob Smith. Frank Emmons is expected to be at fullback and Hank Nilsen at quarterback when the two teams face each other this afternoon. Idaho will be minus two stars, George Chiapc who was notched from the squad for breaking train ing rules, and Steve Belko, basket ball flash, who injured a knee. Both were backs. Today Coach Ted Bank will pre sent a veteran lineup. Tony Knap and Ray Smith will be at ends; big Truck Trzuskowski and Ray Kacz marek, tackles; Walter Musial and Jack Donovan, guards, and Rudy Aschenbrenner, center. The backflelct will have Earl Gregory at quarterback, Harold Roi.se, left halfback; Eddie Wilson, right halfback, and Mac Beall in George Chrape’s fullback post. The contest will mark the final home appearance of seven seniors: Giovanini, Foskett, Yerby, Bud Robertson, Nilsen, Nicholson, Geb hardt. Coed Hockey Game Billed for Saturday llio traditional PK Homecoming hockey game, now sponsored by Hie recently organised girls’ sport .'lull, will be played on Gerlingcr field today at 10 a.m. Aschenbrenner rugged both of fensively and defensively . Quarterback Karl Gregory the baseball pitcher who beat Oregon ;>n Howe field last spring . . . con sidered Idaho s fastest regular . . Lett Half Harold Poise this Low-head is considered Idaho's "brains” . . . Right Half Edgar Wilson playing his second year, tnd rates because of defensive ability . . . Fullback take your . boice it was Mac Beall against Montana . . . that heady quarter back transfer from, a California iiihior college 'is picked by Bank to ‘‘really develop” in time. Freshman Eleven Awaits Coming Of Orange Babes Team Fails to Beat Rivals in Couple of Previous Clashes A fighting band of Freshman football toters continued drill last night in defensive and offensive formations getting set for their final encounter with the Oregon State rooks on Hayward field,. November 11. John Warren's crew has yet to beat the eleven from Corvallis. The first contest, at Portland, ended in a scoreless tie. The second battle went to the rooks, 7 to 6, in a pass- | ing splurge at Klamath Falls. The frosh won one of the other two games played. They defeated; Southern Oregon Normal school j 26 to 13 in a turf dedication at Grants Pass, but lost to the Wash-; ington university frosh at Seattle,1 6 to 0. Brenner Boots Well Bill Brenner, Seattle triple threater, has led the Duckling of fensive in every game and has re ceived considerable comment on his polished punting. Walt Lidstrom, 180-pound end, hurt his knee last night in prac tice while going up in the air for a pass. The extent of the injury is not yet known. Warren has been candicapped with two of his squad out for the rest of the season. Val Culwell is out with stomach trouble and Jack Beaver was lost earlier in the sea son with a bad leg injury. Trainer-Manager Tiff Set for Sunday Ed Thomas, Officer Engage in Verbal Skirmishes That annual all-igloo classic, the Managers vs. Trainers super grid spectacle, will be one of the fea tures of Oregon's homecoming this week-end only it will be a day late, Sunday morning at S:30. According to Bob Officer, coach and captain of the Kubbergorkies, the game will be played under John Day conference rules. Officer, a John Day product, is the only one who knows these rules, so he contends there can be no mixups. What Hules? kiddie Ihomas, the Sage from Madras who leads the managers, believes Officer is trying to put! something over, so he comes forth ! with his own set of rules. These Wehfoots Gun for Win 21 Over Vandals Idaho Lineup Will Offer New Faces in King's-X Tilt Although the University of Ida ho football team has played sev eral games on Hayward field, the Vandals will be making their first appearance on the new turf field this afternoon at 2 o’clock. No old faces will appear in the Idaho lineup, as the team has not met the Webfoots here since 1935. Football fans may recall the re markable punting of Stan Riordan in that game. Riordan kicked for an average of 49.4 yards and, in addition, gained 18 yards on end-around plays. The Idaho Vandals outrushed Oregon in the ’35 game, but the Webfoots got the touchdowns. The margin of victory was two touch downs and two successful conver sions for extra points. Rivalry has always been keen between the Oregon and Idaho gridders. The Webfoot eleven is pointing to this big homecoming game with the hope of winning its twenty-first contest over the Van dals since the two teams first met in 1901. Idaho has won but two games at the expense of the Webfoots, while four have resulted in ties. Here are the scores of past Ore gon-Idaho games: Year Oregon Idaho 1»U1 . u u 1906 .,. 12 0 1908 . 27 21 1909 . 22 6 1910 . 29 0 1912 .■. 3 0 1913 . 27 0 1914 13 0 1915 .f..,. 19 7 1917 . 14 0 1919 . 27 6 1921 ..,. 7 7 1922 . 3 0 1923 . 0 0 1924 .^. 0 13 1925 .4. 0 6 1927 . 0 0 1928 . 34 ' 7 1930 . 20 6 1931 . 9 o 1932 . 32 0 1933 . 19 0 1934 .. 13 6 1935 . 14 0 1936 . 13 0 Total . 370 92 rules he has called the Madras Madcap regulations. Thomas claims he has enlisted John Warren as his conditioner, and feels Officer's men will be completely outrun. Officer, on the other hand, states <that his men are so used to keeping other men in shape, that condition is their by word. Each side will field a six-man team. Officer states that every man he has is an all-American, or an all-something. Bob (Boomer) Parkes, Dutch Schultz, Harry (Prexy) Weston, Rod (Vino) Han sen, and Johnny (Hitchhike) Lind blom, and Officer himself form the Rubbergorkie team. Bill Hay ward is coach, trainer, and head pallbearer. Eddie Thomas has proselyted Bill (Tub) Ralston, Frank Meek, Maury Stein, Dutch Rohwer, and George (Fatty) Arbuckle to play for the Madras Sage Hens. Walt Bouncy and Bill Kirtley will officiate. Piace your orders for the Emer tiou now! An Old Grad At A New Venture Cora I en Eyck—Class of ’24 Ten-Eyck Tea Room M2 IVarl St. I’liono i Lunches — Dinners — Home Cooking lie sure to phone for reservations. AM reservations for Xov. t are taken. Results Fa vor Ducks In Homecoming Tilts By CARL ROBERTSON When the Webfoots trot onto Hayward field today for their first stand against Idaho in a Homecoming game, more than a mere kings-ex tilt will be at stake. With criticizing eyes of old grads on them, the Ducks will be out for a moral victory, proving that the 1938 edition has as much fight as the teams which have given Oregon 12 Homecoming victories since ±»i.O. The Homecoming tally shows 12 wins, 6 losses, and 3 ties. Oregon is out to make it No. 13 and break a two-year loss slump. From 1916 up to 1923, Oregon marched on without a loss, defeat ing California, Oregon State,! Washington State, and Washing ton, tieing Oregon State and Wash ington. Bill Steers, great Oregon quar terback, led the team to a 21 to 0 \ victory over California in 1917 and again in 1920, his spectacular run ning proved the downfall of Wash ington as he scored all of Oregon’s points in a 17 to 0 win. The Ducks had their wings clip ped from 1923 to 1928, losing to Oregon State twice and Stanford before coming back to crush Mon tana in 1928 and to continue until 1936 without a Homecoming loss. During those banner years, Ore gon glowed with such stars as Johnny Kitzmiller, George Burrell, Bob Mautz, Ted Pope, Woodward Archer, Mark Temple, Bill Morgan, Leighton Gee, Maury Van Vliet, and Mike Mikulak. Washington State broke the line of victories in 1936, and last year Oregon State set the Ducks back for their second straight Home coming loss. Previous Homecoming results. 1916— Oregon 0, Washington 0. 1917— Oregon 21, California 0. 1919— Oregon 9, OSC, 0. 1920— Oregon 17, Washington 0. 1921— Oregon 0, OSC 0. 1922— Oregon 13, WSC 0. 1923— Oregon 0, OSC 6. 1924— Oregon 7, Washington 3. 1925— Oregon 13, OSC 24. 1926— Oregon 12, Stanford 29. 1927— Oregon 7, OSC 21. 1928— Oregon 31, Montana 6. 1929— Oregon 16, OSC 0. 1930— Oregon 7, UCLA 0. 1931— Oregon 0, OSC 0. 1932— Oregon 12, OSC 6. 1933— Oregon 7, UCLA 0. 1934— Oregon 13, Montana 0. 1935— Oregon 13, OSC 0. 1936— Oregon 0, WSC 3. 1937— Oregon 0, OSC 14. Girl Sports Clubs Formed on Campus Girls' sports clubs are being ini tiated on the campus this year to give all girls interested a chance to participate in campus sports. Inter-school games are a feature of the new arrangement. Intramural sports have held the spotlight in previous years, allow ing only a few girls actual sports practice. The Women's Athletic association feels that now the teams will be composed of more girls, whereas, when, they were < strictly intramural, only a few could play. The recently organized sports clubs endeavor to promote demo cracy as well as schedule inter school, class, and club games. Bears, Trojans Draw Spotlight In Conference Rivals for Top Spot Meet With Possible Title at Stake Coast Conference Standings W L Pet. California. 4 0 1.000 Southern California .... 4 0 1.000 Oregon . 2 2 .500 Oregon State . 2 2 .500 Stanford . 2 2 .500 UCLA . 2 2 .500 Washington . 0 3 .000 Washington State. 0 5 .000 Today’s coast conference cham pionship spotlight will focus on the California-Southern Cal game. Ap proximately 100,000 fans will watch this battle for first place to be fought at Los Angeles. The Bears and the Trojans are at pres ent holding the top spot and one’s gain will be the other’s loss. California had a tough battle last week with the Oregon State Beavers, but came through with a 13-7 win. Southern Cal, on the other hand, met and conquered the Oregon eleven, 31-7. Fans will be expecting a nip - and - tuck battle, and by comparing the achieve ments of both teams, shouldn't be disappointed. Four-Way Scrap The second rung of the ladder offers the most interesting ar rangement thus far. Four teams are sharing this spot, and probably they will be living together for another week. UCLA pushed itself on Oregon, Stanford and Oregon State last week, by edging out a win over the Stanford Indians. Stanford and UCLA meet the two cellar teams, to try to remain neighbors for another week. The Indians play host to the Washing ton Huskies at Palo Alto, while the Uclans travel to Pullman for Washington State. Neither of the Washington |teams have broken into the win column as yet, the Cougars having five losses chalked up against them, while the Huskies have three. Two of the second place teams sacrifice nothing in the standings today. Oregon State’s Beavers are taking a much-needed rest after last week's fray, while the Oregon Webfoots tackle S, non-conference Idaho team at Eugene. To complete all of the courses offered by the University of Illi nois would take one individual at least 150 years. “College Bred, or the Four Year Loaf’’ was the title of this year’s campus musical at Wesleyan uni versity. ‘Hello ^ Headquarters’ During Homecoming MR. AND MRS. NEWT i Nineteen Grunt and Groan Men Turn Out Colwell and Dimit Plead for Material To Mold Team Fifteen varsity wrestlers have turned out in the hopes of develop ing into letterman bone-crushers. A quartet of freshmen have also signed for yearling wrestling. Jim Dimit, captain of the Mitt and Mat club, stressed the fact that Oregon has possibilities as a wrestling team. He also stated that there should be more material —• at least three men in each weight. Coach Colwell is segregat ing the material. With boxing well organized, at* tention is being turned to the or ganization of a wrestling squad. The team works out every Tues day, Wednesday, and Thursday af ternoon in the physical education building from 4 to 6 o’clock. The first organized workout a3 a team was Thursday. Condition and skill are aimed at for the meets beginning in the win ter term. Varsity prospects include — AI Conger, Glen Carrol, Burt Dake, Bob Douglas, Clarence Francis, Harold Hansen, Harold Kaschko, Ronald Long, William Lauderback, Jim Mountain, Morton Myers, Dale Peterson, Hal Spence, Willie Wil liams, and Jim Dimit. The lone Duckling quarter in cludes : Collier, Dave Griffiths, Tom McCall, and Jack Moriarty. WHY SUFFER A LET-DOWN? 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