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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1941)
Down Palo Alto way Harold Shafer of tlu* Stanford Daily wakes it known that Frankie Albert has been “knifed in the back.” The reference doesn't go back to any activity on the football field but to an article published in the September 27 edition of the Saturday Evening Post. The article about Albert was written by Emerson L. Spencer and is entitled “lie Clowns to Touchdowns.” This column read the article and got a great bang out 1 of it but it seems that the Stanfordites didn’t share quite ‘ the same opinion. For the benefit of any reader this col ' umn might have that didn’t read the article, we make a ‘ few quotes. Says the Article „ ;; It was after the Washington-Stanford game last year and the excerpt read like this: “One of the mob to fall on our ffero (Albert) was a gal who threw soft arms around him and ••creamed: ‘Oh, Frankie, you were wonderful.’ Frankie grinned end gently guided her aside from the mob. He Said: ‘I)o that rfgain, Beautifullyul I’ll get the gang and play the game over again. Still another was: “Frankie was interviewed a few days • later by washing feminine reporter. She asked what t FrankieAt#.^tt|ieft-handed troubadour didn’t even crack » a smil<j$it$tji^JBilj^r: ‘I love raw eggs. I eat raw meat. • And I chest like this, and then I’m plain t dynamite.’ ” The Stanford Daily editorial member didn’t criticize the literary merit of the article, instead he had words of encouragc «mnt for it, but it was his conviction that, “the quotations are 4b».s»ed on hearsayjji^d idle rumor.” Furthermore he said that the •reticle “makes Frankie and the Stanford Man in the eyes of the nation a cocky, egotistical puppy.” Cockiness J^o Shortcoming 1 This co%i$I no pretense of knowing Albert, his per •ronal aetidffs jSfn^ii’iTS'ff the field, nor of his temperment. It has, However, talked with people on this campus that know Albert •fulireetlv. One acquaintance has a close friend who rooms with Albert and who says he is cocky. Another knew intimately of Albert’s escapades when he was going to high school and who *»Uo says he is cocky. But cockiness is no insult nor shortcom ing, instead perhaps it’s just a little advantage. Editor Shafer claims that the article has injured the * reputation of Albert and that it portrays him as an “All * American chump.” This column sincerely hopes that this t isn’t so. No observation can be made on the truthfulness ! of the article (and this column suggests you read it because it’s good, be it true or false) because of the before-men 1 tioned fact that we don’t know Albert. But it would be • tragic to have the career of a fellow, who this column * thinks borders on football greatness, be slurred by remarks < that were not the truth. So Editor Shafer, bt Albert cocky 1 or not, this column has a great deal of respect for his 1 football potency and hopes that the article will be less injurious than you think. Statistics Lie While browsing around in Bruce Hamby’s Athletic News bureau yesterday, the column ran across some figures that Don Pi a th was preparing for his “dope sheet” for the 1941 frosh football team. Included were the statistics for the last year’s yearling team. Kemember, the frosh won two games and lost one last year. Here are the statistics: Frosh Opponents Total yards gained from scrimmage .315 579 ; Total yards gained by passing.152 155 Total yards lost .. 66 56 ► Total yards gained .401 668 ' Total first downs 23 28 Passes attempted . 34 30 . Passes completed 9 12 | Average for punting (scrimmage) . 33.9 35.S t Total score for year . 20 22 1 Hey John! How in the world did you win those two 1 games? Coliseum-Bound Oregon Eleven Stop Over for Sacramento Drill; Saturday’s Fracas Called Tossup By FRED TREADGOLD Los Angeles, here come those determined Webfoots! Yes sir, back to California-land after a three-week’s leave, once again go Tex Oliver’s undermanned but overly-spirited group from Eugene. The roaming Ducks have but one thought uppermost in their minds—that of duplicating the smashing Ohio State “blitz” of last week in which the Trojans went down for the count as never a Southern California team has in modern times, by the fantastic score of 33 to 0. Three weeks ago Oregon made its first invasion of the neighbor state to the south, stopping over at Palo Alto in a “guinea pig” role, to test out the ingredients of the famed Stanford “T” formar tion. After 60 minutes of furious play the Rose Bowl defenders emerged victorious, 19 to 15, but Oregon’s football prestige had been gained for this year. Be cause of the sterling performance of the Ducks in the Indian tilt, and the strength displayed against Idaho a week later, 21-7, Oliver’s boys have been elevated to a position just below Stanford in the Rose Bowl scramble. Oregon Tough Many coast grid prognostica tors have rated the Duck-Trojan tussle as strictly “even-Stephen,” while other are wavering to the Oregon side of the ledger. Re gardless of the experts’ choices, the Webfoots’ morale, before em barking Wednesday, was good being rendered incapable from a knee injury in the Stanford game. Right half Kenny Oli phant is still bothered by a and all were confident of a suc cessful campaign in the south land. Numerically the Oregon out-: fit of 32 men seemed insuffi cient, especially after losing two of their top men to the injury ward. Veteran guard Val Culwell is still out of action, shoulder hurt obtained last week. Newquist Moved to Half To alleviate the discrepancy at Sigma Nus Bash Yoemen i 'immm In Donut Touch ball, 31-0; Sigma Chis, Phi Delis Win Mighty Sigma Nu yesterday swamped the Yeomen under an avalanche of passes, 31 to 0, to label themselves definite conten ders for the 1940-41 touch foot ball crown. While the Sigma Nus were looking very impressive the de fending champions Phi Delta The ta had difficulty in oozing past a stubborn Phi Sigma Kappa team, in an overtime period, 1 to 0. In the only other game played the Sigma Chis outfoxed Zeta hall, 12 to 0. The Sigma Nus showed plen ty of power both aground and in the air but it was the good right arm of Dick Whitman that tossed the passes that paid off. Quarterback John Bubalo was on the receiving end of Whitman’s first pass and the conversion was good. Centers Stan Skillicorn and Bill Car ney, and End Jim Carney also received touchdown throws. Two of these conversions were good. Four other points were added to the Sigma Nus’ staggering to tal by way of two safeties. The Yeomen were never dangerous and the Sigma Nus won going away. Phi Delts Squeak Through The Phi Delts and Phi Sigs played to a scoreless tie in the regular period—and it took an overtime period to decide the winner. In the extra period both teams had the ball for four downs. The Phi Sigs made a minus five total and the Phi Delts made eight—which made them automatic winners, 1 to 0. Sigma Chi Dunks Zeta A1 Pederson, Sigma Chi half back was the shining light in the Sigma Chi's 12 to 6 win over Zeta hall. Pederson flashed 80 yards through the entire dorm de ■ fense to chalk up the Chi’s first score. Zeta hull’s Sully Wasnuth matched this run with a 55-yard chunk of magic later in the game to tie the score up 6 to 6. In the overtime period a pass from Dick Burns to Gordon Morene was good enough to put the game on ice. Play will be resumed again to day on the lower athletic intra mural fields. BENCHED Frankie Boyd, Oregon half back, whose maimed foot will force him out of Saturday’s Ore gon-USC tilt. left half, Oliver has moved over Jimmy Newquist, talented sopha^ more ace, from his former full-; back post. This gives Tommy Roblin, who reajly got “hot” 'against Idaho, aijti Chet Steven son, who is coming along in fine style, a third alternate. Replacing Oliphant on the traveling equad at right half back is tiny Clyde (Tex) Lee, numb&r one passer on the team,.’ who has yet to appear in ac tual competition. Curt Mecham, one of the leading ground gain ers of the nation, will undoubt edly start at right half ahead' of Lee and Tommy Oxman, an other sophomore. ^ ^ Remainder of the Oregon squa$l includes six ends, si?c tackles, five guards, three centers, three quar terbacks, and two fullbacks. Not since 1915 have the Ducks managed to wreak out a victory over the Trojan horse. In that year Southern California was pummelled 35 to 0. Since then, the closest thing to breaking the famine was the 7 to 7 tie which Oregon pulled down in 1939. Oregon stopped off at Sacra mento, California, en route for a workout on the Sacramento Jun ior college turf Thursday before proceeding to Los Angeles. FinaJ pre-game practice is scheduled for this afternoon on the coliseum greensward. JOE RICHARDS MEN’S STORE Exclusive agent in Eugene for LEE HATS • Buy yourself The University Gab—a brand new LEE Water-Bloc* that costs only $5, You’re in one of the smoothest bats you ever wore (with matching gabardine band and brim binding) . . . you’re in style with yotir I bat and in clover with | the gals! ’ I LEE HATS ♦ Reg. U S. Pat. Off. O' • 358 Fifth Avenue, New York » r