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By ELBERT HAWKINS
Want to know the winner of
Oregon’s “civil war” classic in ad
vance? Odds will be about fifty
fifty at game time—they always
are—but by a brand new method
you’ll have a 5 to 3 chance of
picking the winner.
Thumb through any paper Fri
day that carries Paul B. William
son’s syndicated dope sheet and
game predictions. He rates the
nation’s football teams on a per
centage basis. Observe whether
he picks Oregon to win or lose, j
Place your money on the other
team, and the odds will be with
you, 5 to 3.
This isn’t to condemn I'aui b.
Williamson’s predictions, for he
"has a very elaborate system of
• rating teams, and over the great
| er part of a decade has an accur
• acy of 85 to 90 per cent. That is
, much past the guessing stage. But
• if all clubs were as unpredictable
< as Tex Oliver’s Webfoots, I’aui B.
Williamson ..would ..lose., his ..job.
Here’s how the odds of 5 to 3 are
figured, taking Williamson’s pre
dictions of Oregon games for the
. season as a basis.
His predictions:
Oregon over WSC—Oregon won.
UCLA over Oregon — Oregon
won.
Oregon over Stanford—Stanford
won.
Oregon over Fordham — Ford
ham.
USC over Oregon—Southern Cal
Idaho over Oregon — Oregon
■ won.
California over Oregon—Califcr
’ nia.
Washington over Oregon—Orc
• gon won.
• Tally: Bight 3, wrong 5.
x* * *
If Saturday's winner in the Ore
gon State-Oregon classic were to
■ be settled in favor of the team
having the shortest hospital list,
Tex Oliver and his Ducks might
do well to pick up their marbles
and stay home.
On paper the relative conditions
of both clubs shows Oregon State
a top - heavy favorite. Of course,
other factors are involved, or Ore
gon's crippled Webfoots wouldn’t
have packed the artillery to whip
I Washington. It wasn't a case of
' hospital list there . but Oregon
against Washington. Even more
• Oregonians might have been on
• the shelf for that game.
• Tex Oliver yesterday pealed
• forth a list of his ailing Webfoots.
’ It included Hank Nilsen, Nello
■ Giovanini, Bill Foskett, Ellroy Jen
II sen, Marshall Stenstrom, Frank
• Emmons, Jay Graybeal, and Jim
. my Niqholson. Meanwhile Oregon
\ Staters are calling their squad
• “injury - free and disgustingly
1 healthy,'' admitting they haven't
• had a major injury during the
1 season in either practice or game
; play.
Tex scoffed at the idea of an
' other Wednesday lay-off for his
Webfoots. That psychology of a
lay-off and common sense for a
■ crippled squad was good only
’ against Washington. Thursday
(Thanksgiving'l will be just an
” other day for Oregon's football
“ team.
** There art' a lew definite things
m you fail nay about the Webt'oots
“ and the Weavers. Against the
»■ same six clubs — Idaho, let',
_ Washington, WSC, California, and
” Stanford — Oregon State lias
m scored exactly three-fifths of the
* points Oliver’s machine has ac
„ eunuilated. But Oregon's defense
■* has yielded almost tiviee as many
«■ points.
They both shipped Washington
*• and Washington State, and lost to
«, California and Southern Culifor
" Ilia. Oregon beat Idaho, and Ore
» gon State didn’t, but the Beavers
edged out Stanford, the 77 to It!
Conqueror of Oregon.
It’ll bo an offensive club (Oro
• gon) against a defensive club (Orc
_ gon Slate).
- And still no tie . . . twenty-four
‘ coast conference games have been
played thus far, only four from
the end, and the deadlock column
-* in the standing: ha ; proven worth
less . . . Oregon State has played
five conference games, and every
- one has been within the margin of
“ one touchdown . . . that’s for one
- team out of eight and still no tie
... in the long 41-game history of
** Oregon-Oregon State competition
it’s the Webfoots in front by a
"mile . . . they have won Si. lost
11, and tied 7 . . . however “civil
war" classics know no favorite,
and respect none . . . "Doc" D. I.
, Allman is credited with keeping
Rivals Prepare Forces for Skirmish
Oregon and Oregon State
Mix on Portland Field
Saturday in 42nd Clash
By GEORGE PASERO
Seeking their first win over the Beavers in three years, Oregon's
football forces battle the OSC Orangemen on Multnomah stadium
field Saturday afternoon in the 42nd renewal of one of the nation's
greatest grid rivalries.
And in the opinion of football fans the state over, Saturday's pag
eant has all the earmarks of football festival that will rank with the
outstanding "civil war" clashes of the past.
At stake will be the football championship of Oregon and the North
Susies Succumb
To Kappa Team i
In Volleyball Tiff j
-—- 1
Score at Half-Time
12-12; Rally in Final
Seconds Wins
Kappa Kappa Gamma defeated
Susan Campbell hall, 26-25, Tues
day to win the women’s volleyball
championship in one of the closest
games of the season. The teams
were evenly matched. Players were
competent and smooth, and there
was excellent teamwork through
out the game.
The score was .12-12 at half time
and remained even until Kappa
gained a one point lead. In the
last five seconds of play, Susan
Campbell attempted to balance the
score on a serving but Kappa re
turned the ball to deep center to
win the game.
Who They Played
To reach the finals, the dorm
players defeated Gamma Phi Beta,
Hendricks hall, Alpha Delta Pi,
Alpha Omicron Pi, and University
house. Kappa downed Pi Beta Phi,
Orides, Sigma Kappa, and Hilyard
house.
Playing Tuesday for the Kappa
team were Bette Morfitt, Marjorie
Bates, Mary Thatcher, June Brown,
Betty Plankington, Anne McCrea,
Johenc Woodruff, Pat Parker, and J
Dorothy Bates; and for Susan |
Campbell, Lucille Brauns, Carolyn 1
Kamm, Kathleen Brady, Dorothy
Kreis, Evelyn Scott, Mary Montag,
Ruthann Lakin, Pauline Johnson,
Pat Lawson, Beverlc Shumate, and
Jane Cattrall.
Webfoot Hoopsters
Bill Initial Game
Portland University
Meets Ducks Here
November 29
Three days after the final Ore
gon-Oregon State football game,
basketball takes over the center
spot of the sport stage with Coach
Hobby Hobson's Webfoot hoopsters
meeting Portland university’s cag
ers in McArthur court the night of
November 29.
The Ducks who have been prac
ticing for a month, will meet Mult
nomah club of December 2 and
Signal Oil on December 3. Both
games will be played in McArthur
; court.
After playing the Pacific Pack
ards in Portland December 10,
Coach Hobson’s crew will entrain
the next day for New York on the
first leg of their transcontinental
tour.
Nine Webfoot lettermen Wally
Johansen, Bobby A net. Slim Win
termute, Laddie Gale, Matt Pava
lunas. John Dick. Bob Hardy. Kord
Mullen, and Ted Sarpola have
been showing well in practice and
ore due to sec action against the
Pilots.
Sophomore prospects arc Porky
Andrews, Toivo Piippo, Archie
Marshik. Kvert McNeeley, and
Kail Saodness.
Oregon State footballers almost
injury-proof.
The Beaver-Webfoot clash look .
like a toss-up any way you look
at it . . . both lines are strong, and
have proven o under fire . . . Ore-1
gun uses passes more to advantage!
than the Beavers, but the Orange
men are called “pass conscious" on
detense . . . Oregon’s pass defense
won its spui . in the Washington
game . . . breaks will probably
. -ttlc the affair.
1 he University of Toledo has
added four accordions to its foot
ball baud.
west, ana plenty ot cash wagered
by the faithful followers of the
Lemon and the Orange. In the
balance hang the spoils of victory.
And in the stands, watching the
traditional battle, will be 30,000
football fans.
A “Natural”
Not since 1933 when Iron Mike
Mikulak led an immortal Oregon
team to a 13 to 3 victory over a
nationally - prominent Orange
eleven on this same Multnomah
field clay before a crowd of up
wards of 33,000 fans who jammed
the stadium and lined the house
tops overlooking the bowl has
there been such a pre-game “nat
ural.”
Lonnie Stiner’s bulky Beavers,
holding victories over Washington
State, Washington, and Stanford,
are expected by many to enter
t he game on the long end of the
odds despite Oregon.’s wins over
Washington, UCLA, and Washing
ton State. Fans, in installing the
Beavers as favorites, point to the
defensive record of the Corvallis
eleven which marched on nearly
even terms with the high-powered;
California elevens.
Coach Tex Oliver’s Webfoots,
apparently cured of their pass de.
fense weaknesses, and fresh from
a startling victory over the Hus
kies from Seattle, boast a tough
line of their own a line which has
held opponents to an average of
less than 100 yards over the
ground route.
May Not Play
Only two of the Olivermen, El
roy Jensen and Bill Fbskett, ap
peared out of the Oregon State
tussle. Jensen is still suffering
from a knee injury sustained in
the Cal game, but may sec ac
tion. Foskett has been on crutch
es since the Washington game,
resting a sprained ankle.
Other Webfoots on the injured
list arc Nello Giovanini, guard,
Hank Nilsen, quarterback, Mar
shall Stenstrom and Frank Em
mons .fullbacks, Jay Graybeal and
Jim Nicholson, halfbacks. Of this
six. Graybeal and Giovanini arc
the most serious. Graybeal, the
Pendleton Jackrabbit, appears
definitely out for the season, and
Giovanini is a doubtful starter.
Although Oliver will not be cer
tain of his eleven starters until
just prior to game time, the 21
men who saw action against
Washington, with the exception of
Foskett, will get first call.
Larry and Vie
Larry Lance and yic Reginato
form one end combination and
John Yerby and Bud Robertson
another.
At tackle, in Foskett and Jen
son's old posts, black-haired Merle
Peters and Jim Stuart, are set for
duty, backed by Sims Hamilton,
Russ inskccp, ami Art Winetrout.
Ernie Robertson and Cece Wal
den have first call on the guard
Posts, unless Giovanini is ready
for action.
Jim Cadenasso has the edge over
Al Sannielson at center.
The baekfield appears set with
Pennis Donovan at quarter, Frank
Emmons at fullback, and Bob
Smith and Ted Gebhardt at the
halfback posts. Marsh Stonstrom.
the soi'h sensation, Nicholson, and
Hank Nilsen. also will be ready
for duty.
The Beavers will line up with
Joe \\ emlliek and Don Coons, i
cuds; John Haekenbruek and Earl j
Younce, tackles; Prescott Hutch
ins and Eberle Schultz, guards;
Jim Orr, center; Jay Mercer, quar
terback; Jim Kisselburgh, fullback;
and the Kohler brothers, Morrie
and Vie, halfbacks.
Place your order for the Emer
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A Cinderman in Disguise, This Beaver
Hal Higgins, speedy Oregon State halfback, is, here taking a big hurdle during one of Coach
Lon Stiner’s practice sessions. Hal, a ten-second man in track, opposes Oregon Saturday.
Beavers Display
Chronic Ailment;
Improve-Always
Lon Stiner's Squad
Starts Slowly But
Finishes Strong
At the start of the current foot
ball campaign, Oregon State was
clipped by Idaho’s Vandals, 13 to 0,
and the dopesters dropped the
Beavers as much as they would a
hot potato, a prickly catfish, or the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
But the Beaver footballists dis
play a characteristic that is as
astonishing as it is chronic.
hio matter how poorly the Beav
ers 1 open their esason, they in
variably end it with a burst of
brilliant play.
Last year, too, they were bumped
by Idaho in early season play, and
then proceeded to end up near the
top in the conference race.
After submitting to Idaho, Sou
thern Cal, and California, the
Stinermen of 1938 have walloped
Washington State, Washington,
and Stanford, and forecast a suc
cessful season, that is, if they man
age to knock over the Oregons.
Watch the Beavers
They started slow, yes, these
Beavers. Maybe it was because
they were experimenting with re
placements for the Gray Ghost Joe
Gray and Elmer Kolberg. Yes,
Corvallis supporters admitted that
it was because Stiner had not found
a backfield that clicked. The Bcav
crs nact a line.
Without doubt, the line stacked
up with most forward walls on the
coast. Veterans filled in every
where in that line. Pass-catching
Joe Wendlick and Don Coons, a
pair of seniors, were at ends; Leon
Sterling, John Hackenbruck, and
Karl Younce, all veterans at the
tackle posts; All-coast Prescott
Hutchins and big Eberle Schultz
in the guard berths; and Senior
Jim Orr at the pivot position.
But the backfield was a problem.
1 hen one day. Coach Stincr re
membered that he had reached far
afield to California for a pass
pitching fullback named Jim Kis
selburgh, and to Nebraska for a I
couple of speedy halfbacks, Morrie!
and Vic Kohler, brothers. He sent
them into the game with Quarter
back Jay Mercer, a senior, calling
signals. This team clicked. Oregon
State began making it tough for
conference opponents.
And now the Beavers point for
Oregon.
Oberlin college has recinded its
rule that all town bills must be
paid before a student is graduated.
Charles Turek paid his tuition
at Washington university with
four bags of silver dollars.
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By CARL ROBERTSON
JIM NICHOLSON
Meet the boy whose kick gave
Oregon the three points that beat
Washington.
“No I didn’t realize the game
rested on that goal,” Jim Nichol
son said, “I just kicked and didn’t
think much about it."
After graduating from Salem
high where he played football and
baseball, Nicholson turned down
offers from other schools and came
] to Oregon because his friends were
here and well—he just likes Ore
gon, that’s all.
Now 22, he is a senior in busi
ness administration. When he
graduates he hopes to enter‘the
insurance business with his father.
As his last year of school and
football nears the end Jim’s not
sure how he feels about it, but
after the game Saturday he's going
to hang up his spikes for good.
“I feel fortunate not having been
injured so far,” he said, tapping on
wood.
According to the backfield star,
Southern California is the toughest
team Oregon has met this year.
Ever since he kicked a goal
against Washington State last
year, Jim has been kicking extra
points and field goals regularly.
Playing on Hayward field seems
to give him more confidence, he
said. The cheering and noise of the
crowd is just a continual din out
there on the field.
“A drum majorette?
“Well,” Jim hesitated, “if they
can find the right girl it's not a
bad idea.”
Last summer Jim played outfield
for the Salem paper mill team that
won the state softball 'title. He
also plays a “fair” game of golf
in spare time.
The University of Kentucky has
recently established a department
of social work.
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ald now!
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Oregon Harriers
Compete Today
In Portland Meet
Six Webfoots Enter
Against Northwest
Top Runners
Six Webfoot harriers, headed by
Kirman Storli and Den Barker,
will carry the Lemon-O in compe
tition with the pick of the North
west’s if not the coast’s, top dis
tance runners in the first annual
Pacific coast cross-country cham
pionships this afternoon over the
Rocky Butte course in Portland.
The race will start at 2:30.
Last year the Webfoots finished
third to Idaho’s smooth-striding
Vandals and Washington’s Husk
ies.
Nine—University of Washing
ton, University of Oregon, Oregon
State College, University of Idaho,
Pacific university, University of
British Columbia, Willamette uni
versity, Linfield college, and Port
land university—have entered the
meet. Washington and Idaho have
been installed as slight favorites
by Portland followers of the
sport.
Idaho Worries ’Kni
Year in, year out, Coach Mike
Ryan of Idaho has a powerful
team, and this year is no excep
tion. The Vandals posted fast
times in beating Montana’s har
riers earlier this fall.
Coach Bill Hayward of the Web
foots has not predicted his team's
showing, but expects his boys to
tinish near the top.
Kirman Storli copped third in
last year’s long grind, losing only
to Wayne Getchell and Billy Hose,
Montana's great pair of runners.
The speedy Storli is being boomed
by Portlanders who have watched
him tour the four-mile Hill course
in practice runs this year as a po
tential winner.
Another Webfoot who is given a
chance for individual honors is Don
Barker, a boy who runs a nip-and
luck race with Storli.
Jim Schriver, Bob Mitchell,
Galen Morey, and Don Tower com
plete the Webfoot aggregation
which left for Portland yesterday
afternoon.
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Beavers Trail Ducks
In Long Rivalry
An Oregon team, determined to make the third time a charm, will
meet one of the strongest defensive Oregon State teams in years
when the Ducks and Beavers tangle Saturday at Multnomah stadium
in Portland.
The Beavers took both the 1936 and 1937 clashes between the long
time grid rivals by convincing scores. In 1936, with Joe Gray pitching
passes and Joe Wendlick catching
them, the Staters ran roughshod
over the Webfoots by a score of
18 to 0. Last year Joe Gray, Joe
Wendlick, plus Elmer Kolberg, Bill
Duncan, and a few other “iron
men,” ran over Oregon for two
touchdowns and two extra points,
while holding the Webfoots score
less for the second consecutive
year.
Despite the last two Beaver vic
tories, Oregon teams will retain
their huge lead in the matter of
all-time records. The Webfoots
have taken 23 games to 11 for Ore
gon State. Seven games have
wound up in ties.
If Oregon • State can take the
1938 tilt, it will be the second time
in the history of their rivalry that
they have won three consecutive
games. In the years 1925-26-27
they had both their first and last
three-game win streak.
The last dominant sweep by
Duck teams was from 1932 to 1935.
In those four years the Webfoots
won four games, all by close
scores.
Year Oregon OSC
1894 . 0 18
1895 . 42 o
1896 . 2 0
1896 . 8 4
1897 . 8 26
1898 . 38 o
1902 . 0 0
1903 . 5 o
1904 . 6 5
1905 . 6 0
1906 . 0 0
1907 . () 4
1908 . 12 o
1909 . 8 0
1910 .12 o
1912. 3 o
-LtU.,5 ...
1914 ...
1915 ....
1916 ...
1917 ...
1918 ...
1919 ...
1920 ...
1921 ...
1922 ...
1923 ....
1924 ...
1925 ...
1926 ...
1927 ...
1928 ....
1929 ...
1930 ...
1931 ...
1932 ...
1933 ...
1934 ...
1935 ...
1936 ...
1937 ....
10
3
9
27
7
13
9
0
0
10
0
7
13
0
7
12
16
0
0
12
13
9
13
0
0
10
3
, 0
0
14
6
0
0
0
0
6
3
24
16
21
0
0
15
0
6
3
6
0
l'8
14
Totals
.370
222
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four, one to five and one to six,
reveal interesting poker hands on
golf score cards.
The best hand ever held by golf
ers was a six-card draw when Har
old Nenninger, professional, scored
an ace on the 147-yard fourth hole
over the Mohawk course, Tulsa,
Oklahoma, and stood by to see the
other five players contribute scores
of two, three, four, five, and six.
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