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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1941)
/ Oregon Football Team Races Time To Get Ready for Shaughnessy’s Feared and Famed T Offensive By BILL PHELPS Coach Gerald “Tex” Oliver yesterday sent his Oregon football teams into their last week of practice before entraining for Palo Alto and the season opener against Stanford’s defending champion Indians. With a scant two weeks of practice behind his team, the Oregon mentor was racing against time in a desperate attempt to weld his squad into a formidable ma chine for Saturday’s clash. Riddled from end to end and all over the backfield by gradu ation, injuries, and the draft, the Ducks, highly regarded by pre season observers, will serve as the Guinea pigs for Clark Schaugnes sy’s 1942 edition of the feared and famed “T” formation. Practice Behind Locked Door Nobody but Coach Oliver and his squad knows what the Webfoots will use to at tempt to stop the Indians, for, except for two scrim mages, the Ducks have prac ticed behind closed doors since the season began. Cer tainly the Ducks will field an offensive team, for Oli ver has never made it a se cret that his own formula for victory over Stanford is to score more touchdowns than the Indians, a method brown a if d .well* done \ • '••• ’ V HAND-POLISHED CALFSKIN BY Your “best dressing” in footwear—an exclusive {Florsheim hand-rubbed treatment that brings out new lustre and hid den highlights in Amer ica’s choicest tannage. Aiost Styles which, alas, has never been used. But with just five days left to plug the holes which have devel oped this fall, Mr. Oliver will have to do some tall figuring as to just how to score those touch downs. However, the picture isn't as dark as it might he, and the I, """ 1 ■■ Ducks will probably go into the clash at almost even money. Nine of Oregon’s starters are veterans from last year's eleven, and added to them Oliver has a collection of outstanding transfers and frosh that would gladden any coach’s heart. More Speed Last year’s glaring deficit, lack of speed in the back field, is gone, with Jimmy Newquist, sensational sopho more, and Bob Koch, the far famed Athertonized trans fer from Stanford, heading a list of speedy backs. With them is a veteran baekfield of Tommy Roblin and Frank Boyd, at left half; Curt Me eham at right, and Duke Iverson at quarter. Up from the frosh is Tom Oxman, and up from down south is Bill Dunlop, both of whom are staging fierce fights for first-string berths. Draft, Injuries Hurt So, while flashy Jake Leicht, who was drafted, and Frank Boyd, who is out for the season with injuries, and Roy Ell, who isn’t back this year, all will be missed, the baekfield situation is pretty well taken care of. And, in addition, the Ducks can field an almost all-veteran line. Bill Regner and Jim Shepherd at ends, Dick Ashcom and Ed Wo shofsky at tackles, Steve Bod ner and Ray Segale at guards, and Elliot Wilson at center, will probably open for the Ducks. Warren in Dark Over Freshmen Football Squad Oregon's Duckling f o o t b a I ’ squad will open their 1941 season at Portland October 17, opposing their traditional rivals, the Hooks of Oregon State. That leaves Coach “Honest John-’ Warren approximately three weeks to meet his pros pective ball players; familiarize them with a new system of foot ball; and ready them for the opener plus two and possibly four more clashes. In addition to the initial game, the Washington Babes will travel to Eugene October 24 for their annual meeting. On November 7, the Frosh will play a second game with the Rooks at Cor vallis. Meanwhile, two Air Corps outfits from Boise, Idaho and Portland have been dickering for dates, and there is a possibility that one or both of these teams will be scheduled. All three regularly scheduled games will be played at night. Warren in Dark At present Warren hasn’t the faintest idea as to whom will comprise the squad as freshman registration does not open urttil Wednesday of this week. How ever, he expects to get a line on the chib at the opening workout, to be held shortly after registra tion. Until that time all he can do is hope for a couple of triple threat backs and some husky linemen. To improve over last year’s lecord. the present Frosh will have to raise their percentage just over the .500 mark, rvheie last season’s outfit finish* rt. Wooden Shoes) Oscar Aeusfad Models; at Dcmeloys 1.1th & Hilyard WELCOME i Wo wish to welcome the new students to Oregon. To old students return ing we say, '‘Glad you To back.” We have been serving the students or er 22 years. UNIVERSITY TAILOR 1128 Alder Welcome Stuacriti TIFFANY DAVIS DRUG CO. WELCOMES YOU BACK TO EUGENE AND EXTENDS A MOST HEARTY INVITATION TO YOU TO MAKE THEIR STORE YOUR HEADQUARTERS We are prepared to take care of your most discriminating needs. 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