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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1941)
% This is a wretched season for Saturday morning quarter backs, those sagacious lads (and we say this with a snicker) Who have an amazing facility for perceiving the outcome of athletic contests before they’re ever played, and who have the audacity to continue this practice, unabated, despite gross re verses time after time. If you doubt this, glance through pre dictions in Saturday morning's papers then seen how accurate these are beside Sunday morn accounts. Everybody, well, practically everybody—the haphazard guessers, those who labor for hours comparing statistics, and thpse who don’t give an ounce of damn—rcould have told you that California, after smashing St. Mary’s 31 to 0, would massacre Washington State, 7 to 6 losers to UCLA.. 4 However, the Cougars, bound-and-gagged Big Jim Jurko vitch, apparently lashed an iron ball to Fullback Mc ‘ Quary’s boots, amd proceded to outgain the Bears in every vital department of the contest while winning, 13 to 6. ! The under-dog northern eleven piled up 10 first downs to seven for California and rushed for 103 yards from scrim- ^ mage to the Golden Bears’ 69. Bill Sewell on the business - end, the Cougars connected with eight of 13 passes for 125 yards, while California completed four out of 14 for a 1 measley 27 yards. IVrhaps it's true that the Golden Bear is “losing some of its hair” (to paraphrase that nasty little tune), along with Coach Stub Allison ... if lie lias any more to lose. Conference o Jumble Southern California, was supposed to have beaten Ohio State in Los Angeles Saturday (if you don't believe it. just ask Russ Newland, Al’ sports writer). Ohio State not only won, but humbled the Trojans terribly, 33 to 0 . . . worst CSC defeat in the last decade. Incidentally, Oregon should have waxed Idaho, 3.S to 0, but we don’t talk about that. What a glorious mess the Pacific coast grid conference got itself into. After two weeks, every team has been dumped in league play except Stanford and USC. Oregon State plowed through with a thrilling 9 to G triumph over a University of Washington eleven still a bit v boozy after a battering by Minnesota's Golden Gophers the Saturday previous. This, however, isn't intended to belittle the Beavers’ win. Every Stanfordite but the coaching staff and the water boy had a chance to play in Palo Alto's alphabet battle (with apologies to colleague Lee Flatberg), as the Indians’ ’1' made' a farce out of UCLA's QT—33 to 0. WSC, as previously ex plained, dumped California. This leaves Stanford with two wins and no losses, USC with one win (over OSC a week ago) and no losses, OSC 1 and WSC with a win and loss apiece, and Oregon, Wash ington, and California with a loss apiece and no wins. Now we’ll be swamped by a horde of mathematicians ■ who’ll have figured down to the nearest ten-thousandth how this team or the other will squirm into the Rose Bowl comes New Year’s day. UCLA Verbally Lashed UCLA will have a rash time living down its protest of Los MeLenuan, star WSC halfback, the morning afore their tangle in Los Angeles September 26. Northwest sports writers have hearkened to the “rank injustice” and are plugging their copy with vermin-infested adjectives directed at Labe llorrell and company. Now I have no lost love for Horrell and am just a coldly - dispassionate observer in the case. However, perhaps some i of the fault lies with Washington State for not checking thoroughly on the eligibility of its players. Of course that old adage “Judge not, lest ye be judged” could be applied •' to the Bruins, for not so long back they were hauled down ■ and chastized for throwing a “ringer” into their athletic . lists ... a Ted Key, whose complexion was more profes sional than simon pure. Then too, I don’t think UCLA’s “trick” was particularly cute ... in fact, it was rather distasteful, though within the letter of the law. Never J tlieless, Washington State should not be completely ab solved and bewailed as some sort of a virgin wronged. Yanks Again Well, another World Series has raced by, and like any great’ national event, will leave its etch. New York’s Yankees may be world champs, but Brooklyn fans for a long time to come an ill be discoursing on what would have happened IF . . . Marius Husso’s screaming drive in the third game hadn’t laid up Fat Freddy Fitzimmons, after the elderly Dodger hurler had muffled Yankee bats for six and two-third innings . . . JF Brooklyn Catcher Mickey Owen hadn’t let Curt Davis’ Hied strike on New York Outfielder Tom llenrieh dribble b> him in the top of the ninth of game No. 4. This gave birth Oliver Sends Squad Against Frosh In Scrimmage; Newquist, Oxman Show Well in Afternoon Fracas Heartened by the ease with which they knocked over Francis Schmidt’s Idaho Vandals Friday night, 21 to 7, the rejuvenated Oregon Ducks this week turned their eyes greedily to their next opponent—the Southern California Trojans, The Webfoot offense was chugging on all six cylinders against the fighting but outclassed Vandals, to indicate that Oregon’s fine per tormance against Stanford two weeks ago was no mere fluke. Tex’s Liemon and Green warriors rolled up 13 first downs compared to but three for the Vandals and accrued a total of 315 yards from scrimmage to just 68 for Idaho. Optimistic Another reason for the opti mistic trend in the Webfoot camp was the wholesale collapse of the Trojans who folded up be fore the supposedly inferior Ohio State eleven, 33 to 0 Saturday. Most coast experts at the outset of the season had tabbed the Tro jans as first division material. Against Oregon State two weeks ago S.C. fulfilled the confidence reposed in it by edging out the Beavers in a thriller, 13 to 7. But the Ohio State encounter was classified as a strictly “toss-up” tilt, with any edge at all going to Southern California. However, Coach Tex wasn’t letting his charges get any wrong impressions about the Trojans. He rated them as a “good team” that should be plenty tough and who would be trying to “save face” after the Ohio State fiasco. Ducks Leave Wednesday Monday Right the Webfoots were back at work, trying to gel in a few licks before weigh ing anchor for Los Angeles. Only two more days of practice are left on home sod, as the Oregons go south Wednesday evening. Most of last night’s scrim mage which was conducted against John Warren’s frosh team, gave those reserves who didn’t appear in Friday’s con test a chance to display their wares. Sophomore Tom Oxman showed Yearlings Add Tilt To Grid Schedule “Honest John” Warren and his Duckling football players stand to learn something about aerial warfare when, they meet the Portland air base football team on Hayward field, November 15. The Pursuits of the Portland air base played Portland univer sity two weeks ago and were washed under by a 26 to 0 score but have since been strengthened by new, experienced players. Among these are Ruben Mueller, a guard who played for Nebras ka, and Robert Fritz, an end who saw action with Oklahoma A & M. This game with a service team was just as scheduled and it is believed another may be added with a different service team also, to round out the frosh foot ball schedule. up very well and Oliver indicated that he might be used in the Southrn California engagement. Clyde Lee, the diminutive but ac curate pass pitcher, looked good, as did Jimmy Newquist, whose appearance against Idaho was sporadic due to slight injuries. Bob Koch, Atherton purgec from Portland who was ousted from Stanford last spring, was receiving plaudits for sterling work at fullback during the scrimmage. After the convincing showing of Big Bill Dunlap, 204 pounder, at the line-plunging po sition against the Vandals, Koch seems to have his work cut out for him. BOOMIN' DICK to a four-run rally that blasted a huge hole in the bag' in which Brooklyn apparently had the game sewed. However. Dodger fans who argue thus are committing a fallacy in logic ... no crime though. Nevertheless, there’s no denying the Yankees were truly a great ball club in capitalizing on both of these “breaks,” and I don’t believe anyone can justly begrudge their win ning the series, fifth time in six years. 'HONTEST JOHN Coach John Warren, who has been' working for the last week getting his frosh gridders in shape. Ducklings Hide Again; Warren^ _ Drills Offense Oregon’s Ducklings, working behind closed gates yesterday, engaged in the first team scrim mage of the season. Under the guiding hand of Manny Vezie, varsity backfield coach, the teams concentrated on offensive formations. Several frosh backs received particular attention as the yearlings set tled down to serious scrimmage. Jack Wi lis, Beverly Hills flash, and Johnny Garrison were heav ing the ball all over the field as the backs began to use passing plays for the first time in scrim mage. John Warren, regular frosh coach, was running the defensive formations against the offense of Vezie’s team. The practice was slowed down by occasional showers that hamp ered the passers and the pony backs. However, the big plunging power runners found the ground to their liking and at times were gaining consistently. Warren has only ten more days of practice to get the team ready for the first Oregon State tussle in Portland on October 17. Two teams stayed on the upper practice field with Assistant Coach Don M a b e e and ran through dummy scrimmage. This squad will probably start team scrimmage tomorrow. More than 600 rural California physicians are supplied with cur rent scientific literature by the University of California medical school. It 71 BEAUTY m JEWELRY REPAIRING WATCHES BRACELETS RINGS PINS BRISTOW'S JEWELRY STORE 620 Willamette
