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Duck Tracks By KEN CHRISTIANSON, Co-Editor of Sports The Oregon Ducks should be bubbling over with enthusiasm, ready to massacre all the Califor nia football players now. But, if they are, it won’t be because of the sendoff the Oregon student body gave them yesterday noon. Barely 25 or 30 students braved the chill and the thought of miss ing lunch to bid the footballers “bon voyage.’’ This was due large ly to the scheduling of 10 o'clocks at 11 which threw all the plans of the rally squad out of the window. But, it was still a poor send-off for a team which had just smashed "UCLA and Montana. Enougy of that. Now, comes the time for all sportswriters to turn to their prognosticating. For three weeks or so I have foreborn to bore the readers with my selec tions. Now, the urge comes on me to predict. Oregon Wins or Else Oregon will beat Cal. They've got to or I throw Messrs. Dick Ashcom, Marsh Stenstrom, Jim Harris, and Elliott Wilson in the race—that is if they line up pa tiently and let me push them in one by one. Oregon showed plenty of pep in the secret practices which we caught a glimpse of, and the letdown of the Ducks should be less than that of California which was ■highly keyed for SC. Washington will de - glamorize the SC Trojan. Any team would look pathetic to have first a two, three, and on up to an eight-man line thrown against the Offense to confuse it. The Huskies always make the Trojans look and feel in effective, and this year Southern Cal just doesn’t have all it takes. We’d like to pick Oregon State over Stanford, but we’d also like to see our result from these predic tions look good, so it’s Stanford. Norm Standlee may be out, but this Substitute Milt Vucinich is only a step behind and besides there’s Frankie Albert. The other game completes the four northern division versus sou thern division contests. This occa REMEMBER . . . that we have a large variety of fresh sea foods in season at all times. Phone 2309 Newman's Fish Market 39 East Broadway sion is unique for Saturday’s list of attractions this season. Washing ton State will drop UCLA for Its eighth consecutive loss in the sea son. The Bruin just doesn’t live that can keep at a high morale after being smacked down so often. It's practically a habit to be beaten. Gianelli and Leovich We asked John Warren yester day what Bert Giansill would do next year on the varsity. Warren holds the kid in high regard. He claims that he'll be to Oliver what Johnny Leovich has been to Stiner for a couple of seasons. In other words, Warren rates him on a par with Leovich. John ran into a lot of trouble from Leovich a couple of years ago when Bill Regner, Bob Davis, Val Culwell, and Roy Dyer were playing for the frosh. Most of the Oregon freshmen concurred that year In that Leo was the toughest cookie on the Oregon State rook team. He was the best defensively and very good offensively. Warren also likes Brad Ecklund, Chuck El liott, Pete James, Jim Newquist, Pat Wynne, Merritt Kuffermun, Inky Boe, Larry Olsen, Gene Peterson, Bob Herndon, Tom Oxman, and a couple of others to play varsity ball. It’s a long, tough jump bfttween frosh ball and varsity, but we’ll wager most of these fellows will stick it. Hoyman Again Mike Hoyman has his work cut out for him with Oregon's swim mers this season. All he has to do is to find a couple of distance men, a diver, and a breast stroker and he is set for the season. Now, where to find the same is a more troublesome question. Jack Dallas, breast stroke champ, is becoming adept at diving, but still distance men are at a premium. Hoyman has coached several northern division winners in years past, and once again he is at the helm. He hopes for a win over Washington, victors last yeur over Oregon, 72 to 71. Mike has six Iettermen on hand to, do this in Dallas, Sherm Wetmore, Jerry Macdonald, A1 Sandner, Jim Marnic, and Gerald Huestis. Tom Corbett and Dick Allan, I? RICHARD'S MEN’S STORE 873 'Willamette offers the Oregon man MANHATTAN PRODUCTS JOE RICHARDS MEN’S STORE Exclusive agent in Eugene for LEE HATS villi a wev LEE Water-Bloc'Hat The LEE TEL 85.00 W ill not only improve your Hat-i-tude but your appearance a3 well. It's not the same old hat. The mirror tells the story. Makers of the Aetna Insured Hat... 13.50. f LEE HATS 35S FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. !#«.i- - i. - atf ii Kappa Volleyball Reign Crumbled Hendricks Hall Tips Champs to Climax 3-Year Supremacy Kappa has been defeated. Hendricks hall last night ended three consecutive years of Kappa volleyball supremacy on the Ore gon campus by whitewashing the title holders 28-17. Leading at the first period stop signal to the tune of 12-10 the Kappas held the lead until the mid dle of the second half. A Hendricks hall rally spelled doom to the de fenders when Captain Beverly Goetz, Elizabeth Hecht, and Ethel Dixon went into action. Alpha Delta Pi won a landslide victory over the unorganized Gam ma Phi Beta eight by the out weighted score of 49 to 10. The ADPis led during the entire game with the Gamma Phis scoring one point in the second half. Janet Ross, Doris Ann Shoe maker, and Mildred McCarthy showed excellent teamwork in the ADPi court. Captain Neva Haight led Gamma Phi scoring attempts with her fast service. The Susies won their game by a 10-point margin downing Alpha. Chi Omega 39 to 28. Captain Mary Jane Ford, Dorothy Gustafson, and Babs Dupuy marked up victory points for the Susies. Ducks Sign Elk Boxers Oregon’s boxing squad will get its first taste of actual competi tion December 11, according to boxing coach Pete Riley. The Duck mittmen will at that time go up against the boxers from the Eu gene Elks club. The 1940-41 Webfoot boxers are being sent against the Elks’ con tingent mainly to give them a chance to show their wares under fire. Riley has been especially en thused over the prospects for the boxing squad so far this year and this smoker will prove whether they really have the goods. The Elks have a really fine amateur group and should be a very good means to measure the power of the Oregon men. If pre-season work outs mean anything the Webfoots this year should be really "hot.” They have thus far shown plenty of spirit and fire and the railbirds arc predicting a banner season af ter several lean years. frcestylcrs, from the frosli will help some. Cub Callis, backstrokcr from Fullerton jaysee, should furnish power in that event as will Stu Randall, Annapolis, in the free style events. Bill Moore seems a likely prospect for the breast stroke. Dallas, Wetmore, and Macdonald will furnish the backbone for the team. They set records last year in the breast stroke, back stroke, and freestyle, and in the medley relay. Even should Hoyman find these replacements which he so badly needs, he still realizes that Wash ington has one of the strongest teams in years. If they were tough last year, they're doubly hard to beat this. Prospects from the frosh squad and few graduations from the varsity make this so. Registration at Oregon sank to 2386 in the depression year of 1932. This is the lowest point of the past 19 years. 'GOLDEN BEAR' Martin Beck, 190-pound Califor nia tackle, who will face Oregon across the scrimmage line in Sat- < urday’s game. the dope bucket By TOMMY WRIGHT Two down this week and two Saturdays to go, and if something j doesn’t bring up our average, we | might end up on the wrong end! of the prediction percentage. The Golden Bears of Cal, ham-1 strung the Trojans on Saturday for our number one setback, and Du quesne got in an upset storm to humble St. Mary’s by one point. Arizona State, better known as Tempe, upset the dope bucket by tying the Gonzaga Bulldogs for another strike out. Bears Favored Two days ago we had decided Oregon would skate the California Bears all over the turf, but after coming back to earth and reality we take the Golden boys from Berkeley 13 to 6. If it rains it may be the other way round. The worse-than-bad-luck Idaho Vandals finally find a team they can whip. Idaho over Nevada, 12-0. The Beavers of Oregon State col lege are all set to take the last “N” out of Indian and bounce the Stanford Reds all the way to the Taj Mahal. With a Rose Bowl bid awaiting the outcome, we like Ore gon State 7, Stanford 3. It’ll be a photo finish when the Broncs of Santa Clara, and St. Mary’s Gallopin’ Gaels meet Sun day. Bucket says St. Mary’s, but the Dope picks the Broncos. Santa Clara 9, Gaels 7. Huskies Best Bet With a highly rated Washington team and a comeback lineup from USC meeting in Seattle, anything cen happen. A big score on the out come. Southern Cal 14, Huskies 20. Washington State gets a chance to fatten the average with the dis gusted Uclans across the scrim mage line. Score should read, WSC 19, Bruins 6. Amen. Artie Shaw to Play After UO-Cal Game The Palace hotel of San Fran cisco will have a special evening of dancing and entertainment for Oregon students after the Univer sity of California game in Berke ley Saturday. Artie Shaw and his 22-piccc or chestra will be featured. For res ervations or further information telephone Chuck Mallory or Tiger Payne. Going home for Thanks giving? You will want to look your best fox the ^ folks, so— r Phone 75 Eugene Cleaners * Plan on making those nec essary house repairs now so that the workmen can complete the work while everyone is home for the Thanksgiving holidays. Drop in or phone us for estimates on materials TWIN OAKS BUILDERS SUPPLY COMPANY *599 High Sbiast m .... '' .. Webfoots Entrain For Bear Clash 35 Duck Gridders Leave for Berkeley; Oliver Plans Workout as Varsity Primes For California; Boyd in Lineup By JOHNNIE KAMANAM I Departure of Oregon's football team for California at noon yesterday had the misfortune of competing with lunch. While an overwhelming majority of Duck students were gobbling up hash and what-not at dinner tables, Coach Gerald "Tex" Oliver and 35 Webfoots slipped inauspiciously out of town for Berkeley and the lair of the University of Califor nia Bear. Oregon tackles Cal Sat urday. The Bears are even money favorites to win by seven points. All of 30 rabid rooters were on hand to lend moral support and noise, mostly moral support—their most noble efforts were ultimately drowned out by locomotive chugs and coughs and the rumble of wheels on tracks—to the Ducks’ final drive south. Sendoff Weak Despite the pffft of a sendoff and being sold short on bets, the Webfoots were “mentally" tops fo"r the tilt, something unnoticed before previous games, besides be ing in excellent physical condition. Oliver sent his players through a brief workout early yesterday morning, and will probably direct another rehearsal prior to kickoff time Saturday. The case for California sums up to something like those "Once-I Was-a - 97 - Pound - Weakling,” or “In-Seven-Days-You’ll-Become - a - New-Man" deals. Tommy Harmon humiliated the Bears 41 to 0 in their season’s opener, but then they came back a week later to eke out a 9 to 6 win over St. Mary's. Followed by a 9 to 6 loss to WSC, a 9 to 7 triumph over UCLA, a 6 to 17 defeat at the hands of Washington, and a 19 to 13 dunking by OSC, and a startling 20 to 7 victory over USC’s Trojans last week. improved Oregon Oregon, after an attack of “lethargicitis” earlier this season, finally decided to play football, and what a transformation! The team that trampled Montana 38 to 0 and rolled over UCLA 18 to 0 last Saturday wasn’t the same one, except in personnel, that lost to Stanford and USC 13 to 0. to Washington 10 to 0, and snoaked up to deadlock WSC 6 to (5. It seems the Wcbfoots have taken on a new lease in life —maybe they've finally learned their assignments. Nevertheless, they enter Satur day’s game ready for anything. Lineup Unchanged If the UCLA tilt is any stand ard, Coach Oliver has apparently found an effective starting back field combination in Left Halfback Frankie Boyd, Right Halfback Buck Berry, Quarterback Chet Haliski, and Fullback Marshall Stenstrom, not to mention a flock of other backs he can toss in at will, namely, Tommy Roblin, Lcn Isbcrg, Stuart Nelson, Duke Iver son, Kenny Oliphant, Curt Mc cham, Roy Dyer, and Don Mabee. In the above-mentioned stock it is quite likely the Webfoot mentor will be able to scrape up one, two, or more to match the feats of California’s two ramblers, Half backs Orv Hatcher and Jim Jurko vitch. Guard Ray Segale and Tackle Jim Stuart form the nucleus of Oregon’s very potent line, the for ward wall that so successfully smeared UCLA, swarming in on the Bruin backs before they could shift out of low gear, the same line that plowed "Babe” Horrcll’s forward wall under and made “Big Gun’’ Jackie Sommers pop off like a toy pistol. 'FLANKER' Jack I.eidholt, sophomore end for the University of California Bears, who should see action against the Ducks in Berkeley Sat urday. Close Tilts Mark Volleyball Play Phi Delts, Sig Eps, Fijis, Theta Chis, Zetas Win Sets Phi Delta Theta took Pi Kappa Alpha to task in their “A” league volleyball game yesterday by 15 to 9 and 15 to 7 counts. Meanwhile Phi Gamma Delta and Kirkwood co-op fought to the bitter end in another court in a match ttjat took a third game to decide. 4ftcr the .smoke of battle had cleared it was evident that the Fijis had a little the edge on the co-op boys by winning 15 to 8, •1 to 15, and 15 to 10. In their double bill Sigma Phi Epsilon managed to bring a 50-50 showing out of today’s matches. After the "B” team had won from the Terriers by default their “A” team went down to defeat before Campbell co-op, 13 to 15, 15 to 12, and 14 to 10. The other “B” game found Zcta hall vastly superior to Sigma Al pha Epsilon. Final score in this fracas read 15 to 11 and 15 to 1 for the dorm boys. Theta Chi also took a decision from Delta Tail Delta by 15 to 13 and 15 to 7 margins. Tomorrow all teams will rest, but Monday action commences again with an all “A” league schedule. At 4, Delta Upsilon and Beta Theta Pi meet in court 38 while Zeta and Gamma halls play in 43. At 4 :40 Phi Kappa Psi plays Al pha Tau Omega in 38 and Sherry Ross liall and Chi Psi lodge fight it out in 43. Sigma Chi versus Sig ma Alpha Epsilon in 38 and Alpha hall and the Terriers in 43 is the volleyball menu for 5:20. The campus of Drew university covers 120 acres. When Two Is Company Tables L'ur two are plenti ful here. Thai ’s ime reason | why the youn<' crowd wcl ! comes our hospitality ! i Our mcuu and music arc further reasons for.popu larity. Dance every even- i ill" except Monday to Lid dic Gipson’s hand from limit to 8 uJO. l’liouc IIDUU. EUGENE MOTEL DINING BOOM AND COFFEE SHOP Frankie Boyd Punts, Passes With the Best By TOMMY MAYES When the UCLA Bruins left wide open spaces right through the middle, they found it was the wrong sort of air to give Frankie Boyd, Tex Oliver's valuable “find” from the junior college ranks. Winning fame as a triple-threater in every sense of the word, Boyd has perhaps strung up enough hints to pin himself in a class with Oregon’s im mortals. Mike Mikulak and Jay Graybeal. Top Kicker With a healthy swat, Boyd ha3 outclassed Lcn Isberg with a 45 ynrd punting range and boasts the best pass-completion average of Oregon's widely conglomerated va ! riety of backs. Ho cuts a clean ! curve when outflanking the ends, J hits the line hard, and has that j certain “something” that makes ! one want to stand up and cheer. Boyd came Duck-ward from his Riverside, California alma mater j and made his first appearance on j an Oregon gridiron when he turned out for spring practice in 1939. However, an injury in his right leg left him on the shelf through out last season. He returned for - pre-season workouts this year and \ has shown considerable promise. Frankie CConfident Says Boyd: “I'm sure the team is in a good fighting mood and if they block like they have in the last few games, we’re going to give California a good game Saturday." And undoubtedly, those Berkeley fans will see plenty of thrills in tomorrow's panorama. Denouncing the vitamin “I," Boyd refused to make any personal comments when the team en trained for the Bay region at noon yesterday, but he seemed positive of another one-sided Webfoot win. \ Every Day is Thanksgiving at ARNOLD’S Roast Turkey—Dressing Cranberry Sauce 25c Get Your MIXERS at TED’S 958 Oak St. The Wide-Spread Collar is Way Out in Front Young men who go for hefty, handsome knitted ties welcome the space the Manhattan wide-spread collar provides! There’s continuous comfort, too, in the way it slopes gently down toward the front of the neck. Manhattan shirts with the wide-spread collar arc the college hit of the year’s upper, lower and middle classmen. 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