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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1940)
Duck Tracks By BOB FLAVELLE, Co-Sports Editor Oregon’s first game of the year, with the San Diego Marines to night, was originally booked as a limbering up contest to get the Webfoot athletes in condition for the strenuous Pacific coast confer ence competition. However, after watching the big red Devil Dogs go through their warm-ups yester day I am not sure that the game can be taken with any amount of casualness by Oliver's boys. Lt.-Col,. Elmer E. Hall brought three complete teams north for the contest tonight and each one of the players is the possessor of a build that would do honor to a phy sical culture advertisement. His men are not huge, but they are all big and in the peak of condition. When attired in their brilliant red uniforms with gold shoulder stripes they look like a picture book team. Tackles Outstanding Tex Oliver’s “mystery" team is no mystery as far as who will be in the starting lineup, but when it comes to rating their ability against tough competition, they must be rated in the dark horse class. The starting line will aver age well over 200 pounds, and in it will be two tackles of all-star po tentialities. Jim Stuart at left tac kle has already proved his ability by being named all-coast after last season’s play and Roger Johnson, 225-pound transfer, on the other side of the line will give the oppo sition plenty of trouble. Oregon will present a veteran starting backfield in Isberg, Halis ki, Berry, and Stenstrom that will crowd the 200-pound average mark. Buck Berry has added pass ing to his gridiron talents, and i3 ready to blossom into a triple threat star for the Webfoots. Double-Decker System The Devil Dogs use a double decker system of substitution with two full teams alternating through out the game. If there is any need for individual replacements at any stage, the relief men are taken from the third string reserve squad. Lt.-Col. Hall says he has no first string, but chooses his starting lineup after the coin has been tossed, and he knows whether his team will receive or kick-off. Most of the Marines are young men straight from the ROTC units from colleges throughout the coun try. The majority of these players never engaged in intercollegiate competition. However, several of their stars have already made foot ball history. Harold Roise, former ly of Idaho and Johnny Ryland, center of UCLA fame are two for mer collegiate threats. Roise is the lad who had quite a hand in upset ting the strong OSC squad a couple Have You Seen It Yet? —Our New Store, We Mean We’re proud of it! Completely designed to facilitate pleasing buying relations. We carry the finest line of cameras, films, Defender photo supplies, artist and archi tect materials and an exceptionally at tractive line of gretting cards. Phone 297 Engravers and Artists EUGENE 1047 Willamette SAVE on School Supplies — SHOP AT WOOLWORTH’S — • F iller Paper • Typewriter Paper, Ribbons • Letter Writing Materials • Many New Supplies GREETING CARDS FOR ALL OCCASIONS ZIPPER rkfi BINDERS I —r Two or Three Rings — STUDENT LAMPS — BOUDOIR LAMPS Globes up to 300 watts SHOE BAGS — RACKS — and many other items for your room • Photo Frames • Pictures • Party Favors NEW STYLE JEWELRY • Now Lunch and Fountain Unit Giant Cokes BULK CANDY Box Chocolates Candy favors made to order COME IN AND SEE OUR NEW STORE F. W. Woolworth COMPANY 930 Willamette Duck Captain Today Jim Stuart, all-coast tackle who will lead the Webfoots tonight against the rugged football crew from San Diego Marines. Stuart was appointed game-captain yesterday. of years back when the highl$ tout ed Aggies traveled to Moscow and were handed a 7-6 defeat at the start of the season. Huskies Favored Although this is the first Satur day of Pacific coast football, there are several games on tap that promise to give the experts quite a headache after the day of play has been completed. Outstanding of these guess-and-pray contests is the Washington-Minnesota game back in Minneapolis. The Huskies have been boomed as the Rose Bowl team by the majority of scribes both in the east and west, but that does not alter the fact that chanc es are glowing for an early season Huskie defeat by the Gophers. With a veteran team that includes the great back, Dean McAdams, and center Rudy Mucha, Washing ton will be meeting in Minnesota a team that is equally well splat tered with veterans. The usual horde of Gopher reserves are lack ing this year, however, and because of that, Washington should beat the Midwest crew this year if they are ever going to.—Washington by a shade. Harmon to Play Southern Methodist meets Jack ie Robinson and the UCLA squad ,at Los Angeles tonight and should gain their initial victory of the year. UCLA has a fine string of returning lettermen, but there is no Kenny Washington, and although Robinson is a great runner he can not match Washington in all around play.—Southern Methodist. Another tough one to pick is the California-Michigan affair which will give the sophomore-studded Golden Bear team a busy after noon trying to bottle up All-Amer ican Tommy Harmon and Forest Evashevski, his hard blocking mate. Lack of experience will tell in this game and Michigan should snatch the victory.—Michigan. Other coast contests: Oregon State over Idaho, USC over WSC, OREGON over San Di ego Marines, and Stanford over San Francisco U. Hobby Plans Fall Training Fundamentals should be the least of Coach Howard Hobson's worries during the coming basketball and baseball season. Hobby has called a meeting of all prospective varsity candidates at 4 o’clock Monday, September 30, in room 101, PE building. Frosh hopefuls are asked to report suited for practice in McArthur court at 4:30. Freshman basketball drill will cover fundamentals for a few weeks while John Warren, regular frosh coach, is putting the yearling football squad through its paces. Tuesday at 4 both freshman and varsity baseball hopefuls are asked to report to 101 PE. Coach Hobson stated that there may be fall work in baseball this year. Back Max Tafoya, former all-Southern California interscholastic star, will be at halfback against the Ducks Friday night. You’ll Need a Leather Notebook For School Of course you will want to have a smart and snappy looking binder notebook for your classes this year. Call on us for the. best in genuine leather goods. Preston & Hales 857 Willamette Phone 665 Clothing Simplicity Byword for UO Coed By HELEN ANGELL Simplicity, quality, and smart ness those are the three by-words of the University of Oregon coed when she goes shopping. For the feminine VVebfoot* has learned that her clothes are more practical for campus wear, much easier to take care of, and last much longer when she buys with those three thoughts in mind. Like college women all up and down the coast, Oregon coeds dress for classes in skirts and sweaters, usually with crisp white collars at the neckline. Clever jew elry often alternates with the white trim. Two or three skirts and sev eral colorful sweaters and blouses will suffice for a girl’s "first year.” Saddles remain the classic in college footwear, with other sport shoes widely worn and anklets al most universal here from Septem ber until June. But on weekends girls blossom out in high heels and sheer hose for campus dances. A good date dress or two will take the girl of '44 through her round of first term social activities . . . any smart style, not too elab orate, in velvet, crepe, sheer wool, or other dressy material. Girls without much money usually choose accessories that go with all of their dresses—hat gloves, and purse. Campus coats range from casual tweeds and plain color reefers to the famous standby, the reversible. This style combines the rain coat and sport coal, with the mere mat ter of turning the garment inside out needed to change the whole ap pearance. The dress coat may be fur or a good-looking cloth coat. Many girls wear practical fur coats but just as many don't. It all depends on ;ne pocketbook, and certainly doesn’t have anything to do with a girl’s prestige. Miss Oregon dresses as unpre tentiously as possible—seldom with a hat — but when the weekend comes and formalc are in order, she can become suddenly glamor ous in swirling chiffon, stately vel vet, or crisp taffeta. One of her formals should have a jacket (if .•he’s being economical) that can be slipped off to provide a new costume. Wooly angora seeks . . . funny little jewelry weaknesses . . . flan nel pajamas for cold sleeping por ches . . . scarfs for her head in rainy weather . . . wooden shoes that go klompety-klomp . . . simple hair-dos that withstand misty Eu gene weather . . . gay belts that take your eye . . .wool dresses as a pleasant change from the perennial skirt and sweater ... all these typify the college girl that will grow out of the rookess of Sep tember, 1940. If she’s wise she'll remember this: She's going to be doing her own “upkeep” from now on . . . and eight yards of knife pleats before an 8 o’clock class is no picnic! So her motto is simplicity, but smart ness. Fall Extension Courses Slated Opening Set for Monday; Regular Fees Necessary University of Oregon fall term extension classes will begin Mon day, September 30, for those who show sufficient maturity and back ground to carry on the work profit ably to themselves, according to a report issued by the extension di vision yesterday. Courses included in the exten sion classes are: lower division ap plied design, business English, pub lic speaking, basic course in school administration, civilizations of China and Japan, metal crafts, maps, map-making and their use, public-school music, and problems of child welfare. Students not seeking college credit will be excused from all written work if they so desire, but all must pay the regular enroll ment fee, which is, for undergrad uate courses: one course, $5; two courses, $9, and three courses, $13 Graduate courses: one course, $G, and two courses, $11. Government Gives Choice Scholarship To Pierce Mallory Lester Pierce Mallory, Univer sity of Oregon student, was re cently awarded a scholarship in meteorology with all expenses paid by the federal government, ac cording to Carlton E. Spencer, head of the CAA at the University. This scholarship entitles him to go to any one of five institutions with all expanses paid. They are Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology, New York university, Uni versity of Chicago, California In stitute of Technology, or the Uni versity of California at Los An geles. His expenses will be sup posedly near $75 per month. This selection is a high honor for the University as there are only 100 such scholarships given out ovor the country to students in various colleges. Mallory is now taking advanced flying work at the Oregon Institute of Technology having been one of the six chosen from the University to continue in CAA. To date he is the only stu dent in the state picked for such a government scholarship. 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The University would be responsible to raise $30,000 of the total cost. Present plans provide for clast rooms, offices, rifle and pistol ranges, storage facilities, a band practice room, and a drill shed. Th' new building would replace th • structure whch is now located in back of the physical education building. Welcome to Oregon Students We carry a complete line of clothing for the students. Buy your Class Pants Here Sport Coats • Slacks • Sweaters “Quality for Less” ROBERTSON’S MEN’S WEAR 8,(1’ Willamette Next to Millers I j On the Campus The Lemon “O” ,0. L. IRELAND, Prop. hilms Candies Freshly Frozen Ice Cream Magazines Drugs Milkshakes Sundaes Sandwiches and a Bus Stop arsity Town’s 'DRAPERTOWN* 4‘ Ih'apertovvn” makes anyone 11 picture of stylo. Focus your eyes on its details . . , the eorreotly notched lapels . . the button place ment . . . the low set, pockets . . . yes, the masterful “drape” styling. 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