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Oregon’s football team opens its
1940 season in a eouple of days
against one of the few teams whieh
was untied and undefeated in the
1939 season. This team, the San
Diego Marines, boasts of 241 points
scored during the fall while its op
ponents were able to score 48.
It seems that Tex Oliver and
company bit off quite a chew for
the first game. For, the Marines
swamped Dixie Howell’s Arizona
State (Tempe) team 18 to 0 after
it had won the Border conference
crown. Tempe later tied Catholic
university of Washington, D.C.,
0 to 0, in the Sun Bowl on New
Year’s day.
The Marines also cracked do\?n
on Alonzo Stagg’s College of Pa
cific team, 14 to 0. Pacific had
previously beaten California.
Superior Reserves
Oregon’s ball players will be
able to match the Marines in near
ly every department except one.
The Marines are far superior In
experienced reserve strength. Also,
some of the Marines will be far
ahead of the Ducks in condition
ing—some started workouts as
early as July 1, while the Webfoots
will have had two weeks of condi
tioning and scrimmage behind
them by game time Friday night.
The roster of the Marines in
clude some really tough boys. As
one’s eye sweeps down the list,
names pop out like Hal Roise, for
mer coast conference punting king
from Idaho, Johnny Ryland, all
coast center from UCLA, and Low
ell English, all Big-Six choice from
Nebraska.
Lt. Colonel Elmer E. Hall, for
mer Oregon lineman and present
head coach of the Marines, has
some 19 lettermen with which to
work plus Roise, Ryland, and Eng
lish, the more promising of the
new recruits. Length of eligibility
is determned by the length of en
listment and is not the usual three
years as in college, so for this rea
son, some of the Marines have five
or six years to their credit under
Hall.
Veteran Linemen
Others in the lineup include A1
Montrief, former Texas A. and M.
end, who was the iron man of the
squad and was the outstanding
wingman last year. He holds down
left end. Bill Thrash who graduated
from Georgia Tech is the other
probable starter at the other end.
Two 215-pound ackles have been
regulars for two years. These are
Dick Patch, ace tackle for three
years and Felix “Meat Head’’
Krause, Patch’s running mate for
two years and a former UCLA
freshman ball player.
Glenn Hammon and Max Cow
sert are the two guards. Both
weigh near the 200-pound mark
Duck
Tracks
By KEN CHRISTIANSON,
Co-Sports Editor
Marines Open Webfoot Season Here Friday
Oregons Practice
For Tough Hurdle
Sophomores and Transfers Move
Into First and Second Positions;
New Players Report to Oliver
After this Friday night, Oregon students and other curious folk who
have been wondering just what Tex Oliver has up his sleeve will have
a better idea of the potentialities of the 1940 football team.
For the first trial and by no means an easy one is the San Diego
Marine aggregation which was placed on the schedule more as a tune-up
game than enything else and which now has assumed the proportions
of a large hurdle.
The Marines which appear be
neath the Hayward field lights,
September 27, open the season for
Oregon and come to Eugene with
and are aggressive. Cowsert gradu
ated from Annapolis and was run
ning mate of the Navy football
captain. He ran Montrief a close
race for iron man honors last year.
Ryland is the probable choice at
center.
Experienced Backfield
English will probably start at
quarterback. Rolsc may draw the
nod at left half although Don Gib
son is more likely. Gibson has
been one of the shiftiest ball pack
ers and pass-receivers on the squad
for the past five years.
Robert Hughey and Max Tafoya
will alternate at right half. Hughey
is the ace place kicker, while Ta
foya is a former California inter
scholastic all-star. Almon Cole
man, 200-pound fullback, will prob
ably retain his position. He is the
fastest man on the squad.
Football Beckons Jeffrey
From another football front
comes news which will cause anx
iety in many another camp before
the year is over. Clyde Jeffrey, co
holder of the world’s record for
the 100-yard dash, donned football
toggery and turned out at Stan
ford. The first time he handled
the ball in scrimmage, he shifted
his hips, changed his pace a couple
of times, and made 65 yards to a
touchdown.
Hobby Hobson must worry a bit
about his pitching staff next
spring. The first casualty was
Lanky Bob Reider. Bob leaves to
morrow for New York where he
will enter the naval reserve. At
first it was thought he would not
go until next summer, however, he
received his call a short time ago.
Word from Howard Robertson,
brother of Ernie, reports that
Ernie fared badly with the Brook
lyn Dodgers—he’s on his way home
with an injured leg that will do
better with no football. Robertson
was drafted last fall and went to
the Dodgers with Dennis Donovan.
Both were regular’s on Oregon’s
club last year.
a last year's record of no ties and
no defeats. They are one of the
few teams in the nation to hold
that record for 1939 play.
Webfoots Drill
However, Oliver has not been
asleep. For nearly two weeks, some
50 players have gone through their
paces and conditioning processes in
preparation for this first test. Oli
ver and his assistants have been
faced with no small task. Ten first
string positions were left wide
open from last year and a goodly
percentage of sophomores and
transfers have edged out the re
serves and the handful of letter
men.
The weakest points in the whole
team appear to be at the tackles
and guards, where experienced re
serve strength is the next thing to
nil. On the whole it would appear
that the Marines will have Oregon
hands down when it comes to vet
eran reserves. The Marines boast
19 lettermen while Tex can mus
ter but 13.
New Faces in Roster
Comparatively unfamiliar names
bob up in many of the first and
second string positions on the Ore
gon squad. Many railbirds were
more than a little surprised when
they saw names like Roger John
son, Val Culwell, Roy Ell, Dick
Ashcom, Curt Meacham, Butch
Nelson, Jerry Schmerling and oth
ers occupying starting or second
ary spots.
However, it is the veterans who
are expected to receive the starring
parts in the season to come. Dick
Horne, left end, and Jirp, Stuart,
left tackle, in the line and Buck
Berry, left half, and Marsh Sten
strom, fullback, have shown great
work and have admittedly glad
dened Tex’s heart.
The tentative lineup for Friday
night will put Horne, Stuart, Ray
Segale, Erling Jacobsen, Culwell,
Johnson, Bill Regner in the line
reading from left end to right end.
Probable Backfieid
The backfieid will probably be
Chet Haliski at quarterback, Berry,
Len Isberg at right half, and Sten
strom. Frankie Boyd will be a
likely replacement for Berry, Nel
son for Stenstrom, Mecham or Roj
Freshmen Slate
Three Grid Tilts
Ducklings Face
OSC Rooks Twice,
Babes Once
Freshmen will register in the
University next Saturday and Mon
day the Frosh football players will
report to Coach “Honest John"
Warren— when the curtain will rise
on the men of '44, and Oregon’s
first crop of athletes obtained un
der the guiding hand of Mr. Ed
Dyer for Isberg, and Ell for Hal
siki.
Two new jaysee transfers turned
out Tuesday, and these coupled
with three others who turned up
a week ago raise the squad num
ber by five. The two are halfbacks
—one, Ken Oliphant, is the Gray
beal type and the other, A1 Peder
sen, is a bit heavier. Oliphant is
from San Jose and Pedersen is
from Barin.
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code will go through their paces.
Today Coach Warren can only
guess who will or won't register at
Oregon, but he believes that he
will have a wealth of material,
especially backfield men, with
which to build a team.
Three games have been sched
uled to permit the Ducklings to
test their wares and prepare for a
season of varsity ball next year.
Their season will open in Portland
on October 18 against Oregon
State's usually scrapping Hooks,
who took the Ducklings into cam;)
last year three times. The Babes
of Washington University will play
the yearlings next in Seattle on
November 2, and Coach Warren
will lead his proteges against the
Hooks again at Hayward field six
clays after the Washington game
in the final contest of the season.
Coach Warren will be laboring
under difficulties, as he put his leg
through one of McArthur court's
stairways last week and suffered
a broken knee. Nevertheless, he
will lie out there directing the team
through their opening workout,
hobbling around on a cast-encased
leg.
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