Oregon Heads South for USC Game
After the fervor of every football game eoraes the rather
unpleasant task of “mopipng up the blood* and of tabulating
injuries accrued during' the battle—a fistful of broken noses
in the center of the line, a cracked rib or two farther out along
the forward wall, a dislocated shoulder and a bashed head in
Ifhe baekfield.
What, at .first glance, would appear as the most devastating
injury burdening any Pacific coast conference team at present
that plaguing California Halfback Jim Jurkovich. A head
oilmen tthat kept him bench-ridden during a large portion of
#ast season was again aggravated in last week’s Bear-Cougar
<game, and lias finally compelled the Allison speed merchant
4o desert the gridiron for keeps. However, a more thorough
survey would reveal that the Bears probably aren't as bad off
as the ordinary layman would suppose.
Len Casanova, who scouted the WSC-California brawl
for Buck Shaw and the Santa Clara Broncos, was very
much impressed by Jurkovich’s play but came away with
an almost unbelievable opinion—that “Big Jurk’s” under
study, Billy Reinhard, who passes, runs, kicks, and quick
kicks, is a better all-around back than Jurkovich.
Jim juries Plague Oregon
Oregon too is laboring under the handicap of injuries, latest
of which is the incapacitated foot of Frankie Boyd, This will
•helve the-Webfoot halfback for this Saturday’s Southern
California-'gumd.’-Bdyd’s Joss is magnified in view of Kenny
Oliphanf’s i 1'dah1 f 1 i cted shoulder dislocation, a hurt that
{retires Iiim’also tyom tliis weekend’s tilt.
Both these losses have riddle Oregon’s left halfback
“fort," for only Tommy Roblin of the veteran trio re
; mains. However, Jimmy Newquist, a regular fullback, may
reinforce Roblin at left halfback, along with two from the
reserve- bag—Clyde “Tex” Lee and Chester Stevenson—
leaving Bill Dunlap to plug up the fullback slot. In any
case, we are assured Oregon will field “a very representa
tive team.’’
vlot Since 1915
lucidentallv, not 'since 1915 lias Oregon dumped Southern
s • ■ , ••■’ip . . 1
California, ami then in glorious fashion, as the lopsided 35 to 0
«oore will reveal. Five years of inactivity, punctuated by a tiff
lin 1920, preceded a 10-year moulting period after which both
teams emerged to renew grid rivalry. Came the fall of 1939,
an i Oregon edged to within a tail feather of finally humbling
the Trojan nemesis.
After having the game all but sewed up and ready for
i delivery, the Webfoots were besieged with Dodger luck.
Jay Graybeal, Bob Smith, and company ran into a classy
battery—Doyle Nave-to-“Antelope” A1 Krueger — the
same one that wrenched the Rose Bowl classic away from
a avliant gang of Blue Devils from Duke university at the
termination of the previous season. Net result, a miscar
riage In the dying moments of the tussle Nave pitched to
Krueger in the end zone and USC converted to gain a
deadlock, 7 to 7.
Sksmford-OSC Battle Pending
A pending battle that is probably keeping more sports scribes
along the coast in suspense than any other will materialize this
♦Saturday about 40 miles north of Fugene. Stanford’s Model T
rolls into Corvallis for a joust with Oregon State’s Beaver
prnl machine, still fired up after messing Washington 9 to (5
mi Multnomah field last week.
Though there is no logical basis for comparing both teams,
•don’t go goggle-eyed over a Beaver victory should the field
•>e wet and soggy. The mud on that Corvallis field is mud from
%vav back and can very well be the undoing of Coach Clark
(JSli.n.ghnessy’s wild T attack. Profuse exchanging of the ball
•unoug baekt'ield men coupled with intricate criss-crossing and
#Mcktr«cking and whatever else those ball carriers may do be
tf'oie deciding to squirm through or around the line, requires
i-tplit-second timing. Slowed down by mud, the Indian club may
discover, to its dismay, that its timing is shot to that place
and back. In addition, increased passing around around of a
wet ball makes opportunities for fumbling soar out of normal
proportion.
Meager Squad of 31 Makes Trip;
Webfoots, Trojans Rated On Par
By WALLY HUNTER
University of Oregon's football team rolled south last night into
the land of eternal sunshine, to keep a date with a shell-shocked
bunch of Southern California Trojans on the turf of the Los Angeles
Memorial coliseum, Saturday.
A meager squad of 31 men boarded the train, along with Head Man
Tex Oliver, Line Coach Vaughn Corley, Trainer Bob Officer, and
INJURED
Val Cullwell, injured Duck line
man, who spent the w'eek on the
bench nursing an ailment.
Yearlings Drill
Tex’s Varsity
For Trojan Tilt
Coach John Warren’s freshman
pigskinners continued to furnish
the opposition for the Oregon
varsity as the final home prac
tice was held yesterday on the
Hayward field annex in prepara
tion for the Southern California
game on Saturday.
The yearling first string faced
the varsity first and second team
alternating on the plays to be
used against the Trojans Satur
day. Tex Oliver, varsity mentor,
engineered the offensive strate
gy and Warren had charge of
the fresh defense.
Varsity backs continued their
performance of the first frosh
varsity scrimmage and gained
yardage almost at will. The
frosh, however, showed a great
deal of fight and in spite of the
fact that the pea-greeners have
had only a week and a half of
work together, the squad gave
the varsity a tough workout. The
frosh line showed a lot of fight
and were forcing the varsity line
men to extend themselves to gain
ground.
Yesterday’s tussle with the
varsity was the last until the
team returns from the Trojan
game in Los Angeles next week.
Today Warren’s boys return to
intersquad practice with the us
ual scrimmaging scheduled.
The remainder of the frosh
squad spent the afternoon under
the watchful eye of Don Mabee,
assistant frosh coach, banging
away at the practice dummies
and engaging in dummy scrim
mage.
Cadet Robert Showalter, who
conducts a column in the Went
worth Military academy maga
zine called “Behind the 8 Ball,”
presents a real pool ball to ca
dets or faculty members who
make prize “boners.”
Anse Cornell.
Hold Secret Practice
One final practice session was
held by Oliver a few hours before
train time but no information
about Webfoot mumbo-jumbo
leaked through the official news
agency. So Duck tactics are still
a mystery.
Frank Boyd left halfback, and
Kenny Oliphant, right halfback,
are the only two on the sick list.
Oliphant injured his shoulder in
the Idaho game and Boyd has a
dislocated toe and ankle injuries.
Boyd made the trip but probably
won’t see action.
The Oregon team will run into
one of the Coast conferences’ fin
est pass pitchers Saturday in the
form of Pitchin’ Paul Taylor.
Taylor was one of the standouts
for the USC boys in the Ohio
State fiesta, and according to
Manny Vezie, who scouted the
game, he has plenty of football
savee. The Cal boys didn’t get
much of a chance to show their
offense, but when they did have
possession of the ball Taylor was
a shining light. Bob Robertson,
Trojan fullback, is another who
can cause the Webfoots no end
of trouble. Touted as one of the
hardest running backs in South
ern Cal history, powder-puff
blocking has been his main trou
ble thus far.
Boyd Makes Trip
With Oliphant and probably
Boyd out of the lineup Oliver has
been forced into shifting Jimmy
Newquist over to halfback. The
versatile sophomore will prob
ably see action at both halfback
and fullback — replacing Tommy
GONE SOUTH
Vaughn Corley, who headed
south last night to watch his line
tangle with the Trojan front waU^
Roblin and Bill Dunlap.
The complete traveling squad
follows:
Ends—Tony Crish, Jim Shep
hard, Bill Regner, Bill Borcher,
Russ Nowling, and George Van
Pelt.
Tackles—Ed Moshofsky, Chuck
Elliott, Tom Terry, Dick Ashcom,
Merritt Kufferman, and Cliff Gif
fin.
Guards — Ray Segale, Floyd
Rhea, Morris Jackson, Steve Bod
ner, and Bob Davis. ■>
Centers — Elliot Wilson, Ilersli
Patton, and Don O’NeilL
Quarterbacks — Duke Iverson,
Vic Collins, and Len Surles.
Left halfbacks — Tom Roblin,
Chet Stevenson, and Jimmy New
quist.
Right halfbacks — Curt Me
cham, Tom Oxman, Clyde Lee,
and Frank Boyd.
I Fullbacks — Bill Dunlap and
Bob Koch.
Average yearly earning of a
student working on the Univer
sity of Minnesota campus is $100.
Roblin, Mecham High
In Coast Offense Listing
Tommy Roblin and Curt Me
cham are running high in coast
conference offensive tactics and
they’ll still be running when Ol
iver and his Oregons meet South
ern California Saturday at the
Memorial coliseum. Gail Fowl
er’s Associated Press total of
fensice rankings have the elusive,
hard-running Duck duo ranking
next to Frankie Albert and
Troy’s Bob Robertson.
. Mecham gained 207 yards in
28 plays, giving him a higher
per-play average than the lead
ers. And Roblin collected 185
yards in 36 plays. Pete Kmetovic,
Stanford, Sew-ell of WSC, Deth
man of Oregon State and Howard
Manson of Idaho follow the list
in respective standings.
Respective averages of Me
cham and Roblin are 7.4 and 5.1
yards per play—and gains like
these don’t happen in every
game. Both men are booked for
the kickoff in Saturday's fray,
with a physical okay putting
them in top form. Dry weather
should lease a wide-open passing
attack, duplicating the Stanford
game in which both men made
their largest gains. An Oregon
victory would be the first over
the Trojans in 26 years—the
twelfth game on record—and
newspaper polling seems to give
the Ducks the edge in pre-game
odds.
Both Roblin and Mecham haif
from California and played op
positions in junior college ranks.
This will be their last season of
collegiate football. Smooth team
ing and coordinated playing have
figured largely to put them
among the coast’s, and probably
the nation’s, best ground gain
ers.
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