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V A I \ DUCK TRACKS munitniNMiiiimnimmmmiiiMntiiKiimiiiiiiiiiinmimiiiiiiiiiHiiiHiiimiMmiuiiii By ELBERT HAWKINS Co-Sports Editor Oregon Daily Emerald Some benevolent individual around this school ought to dig deeply into his jeans and donate funds for a plaque or trophy in hon or of what a couple of friendly, hard-working guys named Jack rabbit Jay Graybeal and Lefty Bob Smith did for University of Oregon in four years of football here. Their four-year joint careers are at an end now, and the returns are in . . . the score is Oregon 367 points and Jay and Bob, 186. That's just what the “touchdown twins’’ did in three years of var sity ball and one great frosh sea son—they either directly scored or passed for over half Oregon’s points. Until last Thursday’s Thanks giving day game in Seattle against Washington, tl^e twins hadn’t quite matched the point total of all the rest of their mates combined, but the game ended Washington 20,: Graybeal 13 so Jay and Bob final ly balanced the books. Another From Bob to Jay It was a great parting gesture they made in Seattle too, Bob toss- j ing one of those long high touch down passes to Jay Graybeal who stole it out of the arms of two Huskies for a touchdown. Just a carbon copy of touchdown passes from Bob to Jay you watched in 1936, 1937, 1938, and again this season. The Webfoots played like daffy sophs at times in their loss to the Huskies. They passed once with i fourth down and plenty to go on' the Washington 38 when football judgment called for a punt. The pass was no good but they got a completion on interference for a first down. And then, doggoned if the Ducks didn’t score a touch down just to prove that it pays to play crazy football. Jay and Bob and the rest of Tex Oliver's thirteen seniors—Jim Cadenasso, Ernie Robertson, Cece Walden, Bud Nestor, Merle Peters, Roy Jensen, Vic Reginato, Dennis Donovan, Steve Anderson, Willie Reynolds, and Frank Emmons— didn’t get the cheer they deserved in Seattle after leaving the field for the last time. Jay made tire long walk from the bench, around the end of the field, and into the tunnel of the big concrete Wash ington stadium alone with a man ager during the fourth quarter, and the crowd gave him a big hand. But it wasn’t the final trib ute he’d have heard from Oregon fans . . . the same for the other seniors. Some Topsy-Turvy Football The Webfoots sort of folded up late in the season after they tied Southern California’s Rose Bowl Trojans, and whipped California and Stanford to lead the coast con ference, bat they never quit or gave up on the field of battle. Oregon promised the coast some > topsy-turvy football before the season started and didn't cheat a soul on that. Honors for the season's foxiest job of slickering the officials ought to go to Tex Oliver and one of his reserves for a stunt they pulled just seconds before the first half of the Washington game end ed. Tex wanted the clock stopped so the Webfoots could have another play, and he didn’t want to draw a penalty for too many times out in one half, so he fooled 'em and had the referee call the time out. The Oregon reserve dashed on the field after a lengthy conference ; with Tex and after just one play put on the greatest act of a bad leg injury you ever saw. The ref eree called time out, stopping the clock for Oregon. Tex's clever sub, in the best of health, re-entered the game later. Jimmie Phelan's New Play? Coach Jimmie I’helan of Wash ington is regarded by football scouts as one of the conference's easiest to scout because he’s sup posed to use the same plays sea son after season with little alter ing . . . that's what a coach told us. One of the plays his Huskies used in scoring cn Oregon was a corker one of Washington's closest followers swore he had never seen before. On a fake reverse, the in terference and ball packer started on a dash around their own left cod. But instead of reversirg the ball, the Husky just back of cen ter faked it and started on a quick dash off his own right tackle with only one man ahead tor interfer ence. The Oregon end, intent on following the play around the oth er side, dashed in and right by the ball packer. He dashed untouched about tea jaxds to a touchdown. Colorful WebfootsMakeFinal Bow of1939Campaign Husky Team Trims Duck Eleven, 20-13 Thirteen Seniors Finish Careers At Seattle By BAY FOSTER Football as it is played under the spectacular Tex Oliver system took its bow for the 1939 season in Seattle last Thanksgiving day, the 20 to 13 loss throwing the Ducks into a tie for fourth place in the Coast conference with the Huskies. It was the most successful con ference windup in five years for Oregon and two of the three wins and the tie were scored against California teams, for the initial time since the start of the coast league. With the farewell to football goes also 13 seniors who played their last game as collegians. One ended his career in a blaze of glory for his alma mater. It was Jack rabbit Jay Graybeal, the Pendleton whirlwind. Jay Tries Hard Jay played his heart out for his team, and when he slowly walked around the track to the dressing room late in the fourth quarter of the Washington game, the entire stands felt that they were seeing the end of a great grid career. All Jay did was score all 13 of his team’s points, and tackle a Husky so hard that he knocked himself out cold. Another of the graduates is one Bob Smith, who was the other end j of the famous Smith to Graybeal combination. The rest of the senior backfield to go is Denny Donovan and Frank Emmons. These two will be sorely missed when next fall comes around. Steve Anderson, a flashy half, is also through. Linemen Star In the line, Vic Reginato, stellar end for three years, Jim Cadenasso, center; Ernie Robertson, guard;, Cece Walden, guard; Merle Peters, tackle; Ellroy Jenson, tackle; Bob Blenkinsop, end; Bud Nestor, guard; and Melvin Passolt, guard; wind up their career. Of the returning members of the 1939 team, Johnny Berry, Lcn Is berg, Marsh Stenstrora, Bill Hawke, Chet Haliski, stand out in the backfield. Aided by Frank Boyd, Duke Iverson, Jim Shepard, and a few others, the prospects are good for 1940. In the forward wall, Hymie Har ris and Bill Regner return at left end. All-coast Jim Stuart is back at left tackle. Red Davis is back at guard. Bob Hendershott comes back at tackle, and Dick Horne and Jim Harris are returning at end. The season just closed saw foot ball in its most spectacular form for the home fans. The grudge battle against Oregon State proved to be the climax of an exciting sea son. Here points were rolled up as fast as in a hot bowling game. No less than 14 points in 54 seconds. OSC won, yet Oregon fans were satisfied. Not since 1900 did an Oregon team make as many points against a conference opponent as they did against Washington State, which they won 38 to 0. The early highlight was the 7 to 7 tie with the mighty Trojans down in Los Angeles. Then two other Cal teams felt the wings of the Ducks spreading over them, and California and Stanford went down to defeat, by scores of 0 to 0, and 10 to 0. Speech Records Will Be Done Winter Term Recordings of the voices of over oOO members of the extemporan eous speech classes will be com pleted during the winter term, it was announced by J. L. Casteel, di rector of the speech division. The purpose of the recordings is to let the individuals listen to and criticize their own voices. Subscribe for the Emerald. 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Kappa Sig, Phi Delt Clubs in O to O Tie Semi-Final Tilt in Touch Football Will Go Into Overtime Period This Afternoon To Settle It; Each to Get Five Plays By BERNIE ENGEL With the late fail darkness obscuring the final plays, Kappa Sigma and Phi Delta Theta fought to a scoreless tie yesterday in a semi final game of the touch football playoffs. Because playoff games must necessarily be decisive, an overtime period with each team alloted five plays will be run off today. Their rooters’ lids pulled down over their frosted ears, Kappa Sigma ; passed to a first down two plays after the kick-off. The Phi Delts then organized, held off the enemy threat, and forced the Kappa Sigs to kick, the ball going over the Phi Delt goal line, being brought out to the 20. Then They Moved Paul “PJ" Jackson sparked the Phi Delts as they marched to the Kappa Sig 40. Scooting around his own right end, Bob McAuliffe intercepted a Phi Delt pass and re turned it to their 33 to spike the drive. Although gaining some yard age, the Kappa Sigs lost the ball a few plays later when Bob (not Lefty Bob) Smith intercepted and ran to his 20. Protected by smart downfield blocking, the speedy Phi Delt back field carried the ball to the Kappa Sig 35 where another long boot shifted the action to the Phi Delt 15 as the half ended. Kappa Sigma again started off with a rush, intercepting on the opposition 40 and advancing to the 20. Jackson caught a pass on his own goal line and got away to his 15 before being stopped. Phi Delts Threaten The Phi Delts got down to the Kappa Sig 18 near the end of the game on a long kick, but the boys held and the horn sounded after a play or so. Lineups: Phi Delts (0) (0) Kappa Sigma Holmes .LE Knutson Valpiani .LG . Ek Burdick. C Lansing SchweigeV.RG.Evans Shipley .RE Moore . Q Lansdon Jackson.LH.Latourette Gilbert.RH Terjeson Blanchard. F .McAuliffe Dickson. S Stafford . S Gridmen Peters and Winetrout Hear Bells Merle Peters, three-year letter man right tackle, was married Sunday at Vancouver, Wash., to Marian BjugstacT, daughter of Mrs. A. M. Bjugstad of Eugene. Peters is from Jefferson high in Portland. The couple will reside in Eugene until Peters completes his Univer i sity work. Clarence A. Winetrout, a second year left tackle man, man became engaged to Bettie L. Hobbs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl C. Hobbs, of Orange', California. Winetrout is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Winetrout of Grants Pass. The wedding will be held in Eugene, December 20. Pet Problem Solved Problem of transporting pets home from college over vacations and weekends is now being solved by many students who are making | use of American Railway Express i agency service. Winterize! It's time to winterize I your car now for the cold weather ahead. Drive in TODAY for complete win ter lubrication service and ■ anti freeze protection. GLEN ROBERTSON Your Smiling Associated Dealer 7th and Oak Rubensteins Tip Savidge Team, 40-36 Bobby Anet Leads Team in Late Drive To Win Thriller By KEN CHRISTIANSON It could have been a University of Oregon-University of Washing ton basketball game, because ex Oregon and Washington stars played and it was a typical close fast game such as the two teams play. But it was the Rubenstein Oregons vs. the Seattle Savidges. The Oregonians won, 40 to 36. It was the first game of the season for the Rubes. A 14-game winning streak was broken for the Savidges when the Rubensteins played the second game of the season to be staged on the Igloo floor. Last Vear’s Stars Last year’s stars for both col leges were in the starting lineups. Bobbie Anet and Laddie Gale, all Americans, Wally Johansen and Dave Silver, all-coasters, and Ford Danner, ex-freshman star, filled the starting lineup against the Seattle quintet. Pat Dorsey, Roy Williamson, and George Ziegenfuss were to start in the Savidge lineup but Ziegenfuss was injured in Port land and turned back to Seattle. Oregons Crippled The Oregonians were badly crippled— Gale’s sprained ankle was taped up, Johansen was just out of a sick bed, Danner had a bad leg, and Silver turned his an kle in the second half. Both teams fought bitterly throughout the game and the lead see-sawed. Three minutes before the end of the game, the game was tied at 36 points each. Laddie Gale dribbled in to score one basket and Gordon Wright put the Rubes ahead four points. Bob Anet played a stellar game for the winners and Endress and Williamson were accurate under the basket for the losers. Each made 13 points. Gordon wright was high man for the Rubes with nine points. Silver and Gale were runners-up for the winners with eight points each. The Savidges missed several Eugene’s Stores Christmas Opening This Evening • hollow the Em erald for Christmas shopping. Ducks Whip SONS in Clash, 64-44 Howard Hobson's National Champs Play Thursday Oregon’s defending national bas ketball champions behind the shot making of John Dick, all-western NCAA forward, overwhelmed the “best Southern Oregon Normal team in years” in the opening of the 1939-40 season in McArthur court Saturday. Hobby Hobson’s driving Web foots rolled up 64 points to 44 for the losers. Dick sank 18 points for high point honors. Sether of the SON team poured in 14 points. Bassman from Sou thern Oregon and Ted Sarpola and [Archie Marshik rolled in 10 points each to tie for third high point honors. At halftime the score was 28 to 17 for the Oregon team. The next opponent for the Hobson hoop players is Signal Oil of Portland Thursday night in McArthur court. Signal Oil is a perennial winner of the Portland independent hoop league. The Seattle Savidges, for mer Washington stars, defeated them this season by an 11-point margin. Oregon (64) (44) SON Dick, 18.F.10, Bassman Sarpola, 10 .F .4, Mulden Marshik, 10.C.14, Sether Pavalunas, 8.G .6, Cady Andrews, 4 .G . 6, Marchi Sandness.S . 2, Krietz Townsend, 6 .S .... 4, Strickland Anderson, 2 . S Piippo, 4 . S McNeeley, 2. S Gamma, Omega, and Alpha halls posted wins over Sherry Ross, Sig ma, and Zeta halls, respectively, in the opening rounds of the inter dorm basketball league. Alpha barely nosed out Zeta, 16 to 15, with McKevitt scoring 11 points for top scoring honors. Rey nolds and Landcen, with six and five points were high scorers for Zeta hall. Omega hall trounced Sigma, 30 to 13. Boice and Sever registered eight points apiece for Omega while Shackleford led the Sigma hoopsters with six points. Gamma hall’s superior manpow er was too much for Sherry Ross, as they ran wild to win by a score of 28 to 10. Seven men on the Gam ma team made points with Wilson and Le Clair being high point men with seven and six points respec tively. Warren scored four points for Sherry Ross. ____ scoring opportunities in the clos ing minutes of the game. Savidges 36 46 Oregonians Dorsey 7.F. 8 Gale Williamson 13 F 8 Silver Endress 13.C. 4 Danner Loverich 2.G. 6 Johansen Gates. G. 1 Anet Fleming 1.S 9 G. Wright Lui.S.4 D. Wright Klein.S Officials: Small, Dietz. STOP at Eugene's only drive in for our tasty foods (served liy our smiling IJ u t e*h girls; when you GO downtown. We cater to the students. the Dutch Girl On Willamette between 12th and loth FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Today's touch football sched ule is as f< ’lows: 3:30, on field 1, Kappa Sigma vs. Phi Delta Theta overtime period; 4:00, on field 1, Sigma Nu vs. Phi Sig ma Kappa; on field 2, Beta Theta Pi vs. winner of Kappa Sig-Phi Delt game. Sigma Nus Tip ATOs In Touch Fijis and Canard Fight to Scoreless i Tie Monday - • ! Sigma Nu cinched its play-off berth by dropping Alpha Tau Omega, 7 to 0, and Canard club and Phi Gamma Delta battled lethargically to a scoreless stale mate in Monday's touch football games. Dick Whitman intercepted on the ATO 30 and ran the ball over to total the winning Sigma Nu score. The game was replayed be cause Sigma Nu had used an in eligible man in the original en counter. Lineups: ATO (0) (7) Sigma Nu Miller LE.... (0) Whitman Boone.LG. Pack Fugit.C. J. Carney Knoles.KG. Stretcher R. Dunn.RE.(l) W. Carney Swanson.Q. McCormack Bocci.RH. . Hodgcn Buck.LH. Schiller J. Dunn ...i.F. Bubalo PDG (0) .. (0) Canard Club Adams.LE. Carr Berg.LG. Butzin Risley.C. Roma Bladine. RG. Williams Griffith RE. Jacobsen Lonigan. . Q. . Holst McEachern.RH. Herndon Stinebaugh.LH. Baker Schulze.v.E.. Holcomb Exams Are Coming! build up your “lioalf h ” now ■\vil li one of our Vitamin-filled Milkshakes 10c CAMPUS SUPER CREAMED ICE CREAM SHOP Did You Know? Vacation Highlights: From all we’ve heard of Seattle and the big game, it must have been great, includ ing the Mcany Hotel ... we heai- that li i 11 K h r m a n checked out in time to have a cocktail part Friday night at his homo in Portland . . . lacking the essentials. Campus Creams All I" lavors 10c In the good old days when pins were pins . . . fraterni ties moved their member down to the sorority house in a mattress but Lhe I’lii Dolts ended the custom as the dean intervened . . . then the Sig ma < Ids became original and we had stocks . . . now the Phi Delta come through again and take them for a “ride.'' flay Dickson will fur nish all details. 1 he Big Lem-Ola 5c We hear that Nancy l.u tourolfe. entertained over the weekend. Her house party on Friday night was very nice; and the cocktail party on Saturday night was very good. Taylor’s jTrojans and Bruins Remain Unbeaten at Conference Top use. UCLA . Oregon State Oregon . Washington .. WSC . California . Stanford . Paeific. Coast Conference W L T . 4 .3 . 5 . 3 . 3 . 2 . 2 . 0 0 0 1 3 3 4 5 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 Pet. 1.000 1.000 .833 .500 .500 .333 .286 .000 Pts. Opp. 112 14 77 08 94 55 20 47 53 62 57 91 58 107 33 116 With only a few games remaining on schedule for Coast conference teams, the mighty Trojans seem to have the inside track for the Rose Bowl hid. The Oregon State-UCLA tie, however, leaves the Beavers an out side chance for the New Year’s game. The Staters remained in the run ning with Southern California and the UCLA Bruins as they held j Kenny Washington and his mates to 13-all. ! California made it four in a row over a weak Stanford team, 32 to 14. The parade of five touchdowns was the worst defeat for Stanford this year, and they go east to meet Dartmouth next Saturday with a record of six losses and one tie in conference play. In a wild fourth quarter which saw each team score twice, Sou thern California turned on the power and dumped Notre Dame 20 to 12. Trojans Too Strong For a time it looked as though Notre Dame was on the march, but the Trojans had too much weight for their smaller opponents. Sparked by their all-American guard, Harry Smith, the USC line opened large holes for the backs. Lansdell was the great star in the Southern California backfield. Gonzaga defeated but did not outfight a stubborn Portland Uni versity eleven on a sloppy field at Portland Sunday. The Bulldogs’ lone touchdown came as the result of straight power plays through the middle of the Pilots’ line. The game was close throughout as the 7 to 0 score indicates, with the Gonzaga eleven having a slight edge. The Santa Clara Broncos con tinued their power plays to run up a 41 to 0 score over a game but outclassed Loyola eleven, and San Jose walloped Fresno State 42 to 7 in the other games played outside the conference over the weekend. Tune Up! A Tune Up today means that you car ia pepped-up every day. 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