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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1941)
I wanta World Series. A nice little series all of my own in anybody’s back yard that will bold about 68,540 people. Then I want said number of people to shell out money to see my ^series. Don’t say I’m nuts—take a look at the gate receipts jfor the opening game of the 1941 baseball elassie. $265,396 is Approximately the amount that the baseball fans poured into ,44ie tills to see the first game. Yep Brother, over two hundred «md fifty thousand pieces of iron to see some eighteen men nock, throw, and kick a little white ball around. -What About It? Go ahead, give it some serious consideration. Of course that $265,396 only begins to tell the very first installment , of the financial story. I could sell radio rights—that would i mean a lot of shekels. Think of all the nickels I could rake in from peanut venders. And the movie rights—the news reel companies are loaded with tin. I could give with : a lot more monetary angles but my brain is spinning already. Some High Lights As every series opener, the 1941 edition had its thrills, hc-roes, and high points. Far out in front of the pack for high honors was Charles “Red” Ruffing, the Yankee number one liurler. Big Red was right at his peak in the Wednesday elassie. The big righthander pitched for some five innings before giving up a bit, and was untouchable in the pinches. Undoubtedly, the surprise package of the series was little “Peewee” Reese, Brooklyn shortstop. A weak sticker through the season, Reese came through with three straight safeties to take first day batting laurels. Another surprise was the quieting of some of the big guns on both teams. .Joe DiMaggio, heavy clouter for the Yanks, Was stifled in the hit column with four trips to the plate, as was also Dolph Camilli of the “Bums.” Next Friday Most writers promise a three ring aerial circus this Friday night when Oregon plays host to Idaho on Hayward field. Francis Schmidt, frankly states that his Vandal squad is a razzle-dazzle type. Plenty of laterals, passes, and wide open ,|d.iy. With Schmidt, he has little other choice, llis team is just not the hone crushing type. Manny Vezie, after seeing the Idaho-Utah game in which the Utes took the Vandals scalps to the tune of a 26 to 7 score, cautions not to take the score as indicative of the Idaho strength. The Idaho offense has got a punch, he ' pointed out, and during the Utah game it worked well on the mid-field stripes but bogged down when the goal posts were in view. The T in Common The Ducks and Vandals have one very sad experience in »l*ommon. They took it on the chin from the T last week, and what’s more, both teyms that employed the T bore the name .of Redskins. For the Webfoots, as you’ll sadly recall, it was at the hands of Shauglmessy’s T while for the Vandals.it was the T of Ike Armstrong’s Fte.s. Some More T 1 hate to keep bringing up the subject bht it just seems to <be all over. Early last spring sports writers said the T was not now as it had been used before back east in football circles. Well, that’s not the only place. Ike Armstrong at Utah may bo the first coach in the Big Seven to get any publicity for-its • usage but he is not the first in the Rockies to use it. Not so many years ago when I lived with the Mormons ; and attended the University of Utah, I used to watch Big '? Seven teams play on my free Saturday afternoons. Utah : State has used variations of the T for many years. Dick )j Romney, at the helm of the Utah Aggie school team has shot various slants of the T at Big Seven schools but has i never had the speed and deception to give the T the wide ' spread attention it received at the hands of Shaughnessy. ' It just goes to show that there is nothing new under the gridiron sun. YANK ARTILLERY Oregon Webfoots Test Idaho Maneuvers ~ LINE BOSS Vaughn Corley, who’s had a busy week preparing the Oregon front wall for Schmidt’s razzle daczle. Warren Expects Strong Frosh Line Honest John Warren sent the VVehfoot yearlings through the first dummy scrimmage of the season yesterday as the squad settled down to serious work. The huge turnout of 66 has been whittled down to 44 by withdrawals. After the usual calesthenics the linemen worked on the tack ling dummy and the backs bat tered the blocking bags for the next hour. Strong Line Coach Warren said that he ex pected the line to be very strong. They are big and have enough speed to develop into a dangerous unit. The backs are slow and need speed before they will become dangerous, Warren said. One of the best-looking line men on the field is Marty Feld mun, 220 pounds of vicious looking guard. Feldman hails from South Gate, California, and should make quite an im pression on the opposition throughout the season. Johnny Daniels at center, Pete Torcia and J. D. McCowan at end, Earl Imboden, at 240-pound tac kle, all drew a good wotd for their hard tackling and blocking. Boyd’s Brother Stan Boyd, brother of varsity halfback Frank Boyd, is a candi date for a halfback post. He is reputed to be a better kicker than his brother. The squad worked with a few fundamental plays yesterday for the first time this season. Don Mabee, assistant coach, worked with the backs on their assign ments. Les Steers, former Oregon high jumper, is now working on a de fense job in Portland. Oliver Sends Varsity Through Vandal Formations: Val Culwell Still in Infirmary With Injury Oregon’s battered and bruised Ducks, rapidly on the mend on the eve of their initial home appearance, went through an hour’s scrimmage against the third team which served as the guinea pig, using the Idaho razzle-dazzle system. l All the ailing Webfoots, who suffered injuries in the Stanford tilt, but Val Culwell, veteran guard from Salinas, Calif., were back in harness yesterday, though several were afflicted by minor bruises. Culwell is still in the infirmary with an injured leg. Idaho, likewise on tne oatieieu side after its clash with Utah last Saturday, is back at full strength for the Webfoot engage ment. Regular left halfback Ray Davis, 170-pounder, returned to action, after being stricken with a heavy cold. Vandal Lineup With Davis’ return, it appears that the Vandals will start the Oregon clash with the same line up that opened the Utah tiff. If so the Webfoots can expect to face the following men: Milo An derson, 185-pounder at left end; Irving Kanopa, 195-pounder at left tackle; Bill Lockey, weigh ing 190 at left guard; Tony Aschenbrenner, 185, at center; Cleo Rowe, one of the bulkiest of the Vandals at 226 pounds, at right guard;.Joe Piedmont, 215 pounds at right tackle, and Veto Berlins, 200-pounder, at right end, in the line. Besides Davis at left half, Pete Hecomovich will start at quarter; Earl Chandler, 182 pounds at right half; and Bill Micklich, 188, at fullback. Oregon Wins Since 1901 the Vandals and the Ducks have met on 27 oc casions, with the Oregon teams holding the lion’s share of the triumphs, 21 all told. Four have ended in deadlocks, while the Vandals have captured just two —13-0 in 1924, and 6-0 in 1925. COUGAR Bill Gissberg, Atnersonized at Oregon last year, has reported for basketball at Washington State. Scores of Oregon-Idaho rivalry for the past ten meetings: Year Idaho Oregon 1925 . 6 0 1927 .. 0 0 1930 ... 6 20 1931 .:... 0 9 1932 .;.. 0 32 1933 . 0 19 1934 . 6 13 Dance Petitions Due Dean of Women Hazel Schwering’s office announces that time is drawing short for hand ing in fall dance dates and re quests these to be brought to the dean’s office as soon as possible. The student affairs committee will meet Monday to consider a fall schedule. Students will have an oppor tunity tonight to see motion pic tures of the Oregon-Stanford game to be shown in Chapman. THE rAiiWUKU rUK PLEASUR! IS NO MEAKMGM NO me NO UTTER TAJTI DR. GRABOW'E PATENTED CLEANER MADE BY M. IINKMAN & CO., CHICao MAKERS OF l!°llYcouH PIPES o? FREE Enter the PHILIP MORRIS SCORECAST Handsome Philco person al radio will be ^ given to the M student enter fl| ing the largest flu number of bal- 11 lots individu ally during the fl| contest. Seel y o u r bulletin board for de- ^ tails. SCORECAST SCHEDULE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Ut lUDtili A Varsity vs. Idaho (nite) U.S.C. vs. Ohio State California vs. W.S.C. (Boxes closed Friday, 6 p.m.) OCTOBER 11 Varsity vs. U.S.C. Calif, vs. Santa Clara Washington vs. W.S.C. OCTOBER 18 : Varsity vs. California ' U.C.L.A. vs. Washington W.S.C. vs. U.S.C. OCTOBER 25 Varsity vs. U.C.L.A. W.S.C. vs. Oregon State California vs. U.S.C. NOVEMBER 1 Varsity vs. W.S.C. Santa Clara vs. Stanford Washington vs. Calif. NOVEMBER 22 Varsity vs. Washington Oregon State vs. Mont. W.S.C. vs. Gonzaga NOVEMBER 29 Varsity vs. O.S.C. California vs. Stanford Washington vs. U.S.C. _ (Lnless otherwise noted ballot boxes close Saturday 10 a.m.)