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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1940)
Duck Tracks By BOB FLAVELLE Sports Co-editor Oregon Daily Emerald Football season is over as far as the University of Oregon is concerned, and with its death comes the usual pigskin post mortems — all-American teams, all-coast teams, all-state teams, all-county teams, all-city teams . . . compiled by anyone from coaches and authorities of the sport, down to the thousands of gridiron - god worshippers who have seen Cabbage-on-the-Will amette play and are going to make sure that their small-town hero gets the honors that he has so rightfully earned. Many hours are spent picking most valuable players while statis ticians of the autumnal madness called football, throw in your face figures a mile long which are to prove that one man is better than another or that so-and-so leads the nation in yardage made sliding up and down the splintery bench. Forgotten Men But who remembers or perhaps oven sees the forgotten men of foot ball who practice faithfully all week, trying their best to imper sonate the national championship outfit that their alma mater is scheduled to meet on the following Sat in day. Their job is a thankless one, and it must be done well or when Saturday rolls around, alma mater will think the champs are playing an entirely different game ... so strange will their system be. .Sometimes the “tackling dum mies” do manage to get in the big games. ... If you are the patient soul that doesn’t mind taking hours to be jostled out of a tight ly jammed stadium after the last whistle has blown, you have probably seen one of the “minute men” of football in action. They can be identified as the men that run madly up and down in front Thirty - One Gridders Earn Varsity Awards of the bench during the entire last quarter and when there is 37 seconds left to play, jump high in the air, start on the dead run for center field, dash madly back to the bench for the forgot ten helmet, and then head non chalantly out to no-man’s-land to do or die for dear old alma mam my—and a letter—if eight games times 37 seconds would ONLY add up to 60 minutes. Oregon has twelve such men on their squad, and this column is re spectfully dedicated to the dozen Webfoots who have worked every bit as hard, if not harder, than any of the fortunate 31 players that will be awarded numerals as soon as the board okehs Oliver’s recom mendation. Give Them a Break They may not have done any thing worth writing about in the few seconds that they played dur ing the conference schedule, but they had a lot to do with each of the 100 points that Oregon scored against opponents this season . . . the first stringers have to practice and there is nothing like having someone to practice with, unless you want to look silly and run around by yourself throwing vic ious blows and crunching tackles on imaginary opponents. Yes, it’s all too true . . . they weren't first stringers or even second or third stringers, and they didn't meet the require ments necessary to earn a letter, but they worked hard and un selfishly for Oregon and deserve recognition. Sadly enough, there are no provisions for recognition of fourth string service, so all I can do is dedicate this column to our forgotten men of football— Neal Baumgardner, Norman Conaway, Bob Hendershott, Har old Johnson. Kenny Olipliant, Don O’Neill, Bill Boss, Jim Shep hard, Gerry Sciimerling, Len Surles, Bob Taylor, and Tom Terry. Pacific Lutheran of Tacoma is the only undefeated, untied foot ball team in the Northwest. STEEN’S MAPLEKIST HAMS Tenderized, Mild Sugar Maplewood Smoked Special prices to houses EUGENE Packing Company 67.j Will. Phone 38 Four Seniors Get Coveted Blankets Jacobsen, Mabee, Stenstrom, Stuart Given Three-Year Letters; Tex Oliver's Recommendation Submitted By JEAN SPEAROW Thirty-one members of Oregon’s varsity football squall will be awarded letter for their work this season, according to the recom mendation submitted to the student executive council by Head Coach Gerald “Tex” Oliver. Four members of the team have completed three years as football lettermen and will receive Oregon blankets with three stars for their hard work and effort put forth for the team. Teh four seniors who will receive blankets are Erling Jacobsen, Don Mabee, Marshall Stenstrom, and Jim Stuart. Oue black star on Stuart’s blanket will commemorate his year as captain of the varsity. The thirty-one players to receive letters are: Richard Ashcom. John Berry, Steve Bodner, Frank Boyd, Louis Butkovich, Tony Crish, Val Culwell, Bob Davis, Roy Dyer, Roy Ell, Chet Haliski, Jim Harris, Dick Horne, Leonard Isberg, Chris Iverson, Erling Jacobsen, Morris Jackson, Rodger Johnson, Don Mabee, Curtis Mecham, Ed Moshofsky, Stuart Nelson, Herschel Patton, Bill Regner, Floyd Rhea, Tom Roblin, Ray Segale, Marshall Stenstrom, Jim Stuart, George Van Pelt, and Elliott Wilson. Hobby’s Boys Point For East Hoop Trip When Coach Howard Hobson's Webfoot basketball team leaves on its third annual eastern trip Friday noon, it will be the third trip for one Webfoot of the ten-man squad, the second for five of the boys, and the first trip for four of the squad. Evert “Red” MeN'eeley, two-year letterman forward, is the only man besides Hobson and Trainer Bob Officer who was along on the All-Campus EndsTonight The intramural office announced Wednesday night that all sched uled all-campus games must be played by Thursday. Any games not played will automatically be forfeited. These games include ten nis, golf, and ping pong. Paul Washke of the physical education school stated that the winter term schedule for intra mural and all-campus sports will include, first, interhouse wrestling, “A” and “B” league basketball, handball, and ping pong following respectively. Arrangements for all games will be made through the intramural office in the physical education building. The Oregon super-varsity bas ketball team has two games sched uled this weekend against Southern Oregon College of Education at Ashland. Hundreds • oL' care fully selected, beaut i fut and appropriate gift items available now! Shop while our stocks are still com plete. Fountain Pen Se.ts Suitable for Mom, Dad, and even little Sister. Many combinations and prices available. $2.95 - $10.00 Gorgeous Stationery \ Everyone writes! So give stationery J this year. “Oregon” crested, f'enii- $ nine and masculine styles or your (j friend's monogram in gold or color. M “Oregon” Orest Gilts Something lie'll be proud of — a crested cigarette case. An ideal gift for active alums and school chum! the UNIVERSITY 'CO-OP 9 ez= other two trips. McNceley was a reserve on the squad of famed “Tall Firs” that first opened easterners eyes with Oregon’s fast-break play, and last year he was in a starting forward posi tion in some of the games. Second for Five Those who were also on last year’s squad and going again this year are Hank Anderson, Archie Marshik, Vic Townsend, Paul Jack son and George Andrews. Making their first trip and probably get ting their first look at such sights as New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Chicago, are Warren Taylor, Quentin Sidesing er, Wally Borrcvik, Don Kirsch, and Student Manager Leonard Ruecker. The team leaves JKugone at 12:04 p.m. on the Southern I’a iific “Klamath,” stopping off at Glendale, California, for a work out at Glendale high school Sat urday evening. Then the Ducks continue on to Norman, Okla homa where they meet the Uni versity of Oklahoma Monday. Next is a game against Canisius college at Buffalo. Madison Square Opener On Saturday, December 13, Long Island university’s famous Black birds will play in Madison Square Garden’s basketball opener. The team will have plenty of chance to view the “big town,” remaining until Tuesday, when they leave for Philadelphia to play Temple. The following night the Ducks play Duquesnc. From Pittsburgh the team will move over to Balti more to meet the University of Baltimore. 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