Dug down in yesterday’s mail bag, depleted as it was, and
came up clutching a rather inauspicious looking envelope.
However, its ordinary appearance belied its contents, for inside
.were meticulously scissored and clipped excerpts from the
San Francisco Chronicle sporting green scribbled by Will
Connolly, a horde of paragraphs that dribbled from the parti
san pen of Brother Prescott Sullivan, and an accompanying
irate commentary by ‘A Stanford Grad From Oregon,” now
fuming in San Francisco. •
Perhaps quoting the Stanford grad’s letter whole-hog
1 will expose a bit of his wrath for some of you readers, so:
Sports Editor, Oregon Emerald, Eugene. Dear Sir: For
the luvvamike get the dope on how many football players
on teams in California come from Oregon, Washington, and
! other places than the Golden State and PLAY IT UP! It
gives me a pain in the neck to note how these California
sports writers (he probably meant San Francisco) imply
that Oregon’s victory over California was really due to
the state of California after all. Such sportsmanship!
“I recall that Bobby Grayson came from Portland, and a
host of others have travelled to California for their educations.
.What is peculiar about a guy travelling in the opposite direc
tion?
“Go to it! Give the facts the proper publicity. Send it on
to Gregory of the Oregonian, etc.”
Our Loyal Friend Raves On
This wa* the formal declaration of dissension. However,
scribbled’in the margin of of a woeful Connolly refrain was
this juicy, surly morsel: “He (Connolly) also says that Ore
gon’s 'California baekfield’ won the game. Jeez, give ’em
hell!”
Also, underlined with apparent vehemence and in red *
were these Sullivan sulkings: Referring to Tommy Roblin,
“We don’t know what the folks back home are going to
say, but from this distance (Multnomah stadium) we’re say
ing that this is a heck of a long way to come to get beat by
a kid whose home town is Pittsburg, Calif., barely a whoop
and a holler from Berkeley.” . . . then “Curtis Mecham,
an Oregon importation from Bakersfield, Calif.” .
and “Tony Crish, an end from Youngstown, Ohio,” . . .
“Chris Iverson, of Petaluma, and a member of Oregon’s
‘All-California’ starting baekfield,” . . . “Bill Dunlap, an
Oregon fullback from Pasadena,” and so on into tomorrow.
Why All the Fuss?
Now why. all this Fanfare ami exhuming’ of Oregon players'
home towjjs? Obviously il sweetens the sanguine and humiliat
ing pill of defeat. It bloats out of proportion the petty pre
judices of some provincial San Franciscans and whets their
famished bellies for more tripe stew brewed by chefs like
Messrs. Connolly and Sullivan. You can rest assured that if
every team in the conference mopped up on Oregon, our neigh
bors to the south (San Francisco) would forfeit any and all
claims to Webroots from there . . . except the immediate family
and personal friends of the lads. In fact, they’ll probably gloat:
“Fh. eh, eh. Oregon got a demon.’ ”
Also, if the team of Connolly and Sullivan implies that
Oregon’s “All-California backfield” beat the Bears, such
would harbor only a portion of the truth, for there were
seven other Oregon players on the gooey field making it
miserable for Stub Allison’s crew. However, if those sports
writers were anxious to have people infer that the Web
I foots won because their backfield was given its first
bleaching in the California sun, they are committing a
mest elementary fallacy in logic. Irrelevant evidence.
Nuff said.
Apologies to George Bertz
h com comments that have been tingling in our dilated ears,
x\ e gather that readers of this sports page enjoy the profuse use
of pictures. This abundance of photos is due in large portion to
II . magnanimity of such papers as the Oregon Journal, the
Oregonian, the Fugene Daily News, the Register Guard, and
I be Los Angeles Times. Yesterday morn you probably gazed at
the two wonderful shots of Duck Wingmen Bill Regner and
Ton\ I’rish, and here we d like to spill a few apologies to
{■ “orge Berts, sports editor of the Oregon Journal. Wo obtained
1 h ' pictures from him, and for some reason or other, neglected
1.0 tag a few courtesy lines beneath. So sorry.
l*iil Rusik, one ot Navy s three football field generals, for
merly was captain of the Pasadena Junior college team.
* * *
L. dio Star Rudy \ alloc traveled with the University of New
Ji impshiro football squad on its first 1040 trip.
Ducks Tee Off for LA
1
Oregon Heavy Favorite
To De-Starch Famed QT
By WALLY HUNTER
Thirty-three hard-eyed University of Oregon football players
boarded a southbound train last night which will take them into the
home of the hostile, and defiant UCLA Bruins.
Saturday is the time when Willy Webfoot gets a chance to take
a crack at the twice beaten but still tough Bruins. After slamming
the door in the face of California’s Golden Bears, and sawing the
underpinning^ off Troy's wooden horse, the Webfoots are prime
tavonr.es to win going away. It
means just another chance for
the Bruins to keep out of the
league gutter by tipping one of
the favorites. To Oregon’s Ducks
it is a key game that can either
send them spinning to the bot
tom of the heap with the other
often-losing rubble or put them
in a position where they can get
a foot in the door that leads to
the Rose Bowl.
QT Potent
Thus far in the season the
UCLANs have looked little bet
ter than any other cellar dweller,
but if an offeree like the QT ever
gets unwound it can get results.
They have played three games
and in this trio of starts they
have been able to score only two
touchdowns and two conversions.
This doesn’t sound exactly as
though the Bears are a power
house and able to compete with
the high-geared offense that Ore
gon has put on exhibition thi
season.
Still on the lame list was guard
Val Culwell who stayed home last
night to kiss the boys good-bye.
Every other injury on the Web
foot squad was well enough to
warrant a trip for its possessor.
The complete traveling squad is
as follows:
Left guards: Roy Segale, Floyd
Rhea, and Morrie Jackson.
Left Tackles—Tony Crish, Jim
Shephard, Bill Borcher, and Don
Vernier.
Centers: Ab Wilson, Hersch
Patton, and Don O'Neill.
Right guards: Steve Bodner,
and Bob Davis.
Right tackles: Dick Ashcom,
Merritt Kufferman, and Cliff
Giffen.
Right ends: Bill Regner, Russ
Nowling, and George Van Pelt.
Quanterbacks: Duke Iverson,
Len Surles, and Vic Collins.
Left halves: Tommy Roblin,
Jim Newquist, Franky Boyd, and
Clyde Lee.
Right halves—Curt Mecham,
Kenny Oliphant, and Tommy Ox
man.
Fullbacks: Bill Dunlap and Bob
Koch.
Added emphasis on home eco
nomics training is expected to
boost enrollment of women stu
dents at the University of Cali
fornia college of agriculture.
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Attention
Paul Washke, director of in
tramurals, urges all entrants
in the all-campus playoffs to
contact their opponents as
soon as possible to set a date
for the match.
Winners of first round
matches will please contact
their next opponents.
All-Campus Sports,
Enter First Round
Several of the first round re
sults in the fall term playoffs of
all-campus sports have been an
nounced by Paul Washke, direc
tor of the intramural program.
The fall term sports are* tennis,
handball, ping pong, and golf.
Both singles and doubles matches
are scheduled for the season.
First round winners in the
singles of the golf elimination are
Bill Hoyt, Bob Blair, and Ozzie
Redfield.
J. Whitaker and J. McClimat^
have posted wins in the tennfsT
singles tournament.
Ping pong winners were M.
Loew and B. Bloom in the open
ing matches.
Jerry Lakefish, J. McCarthy,
and L. Lang chalked up victories
in the handball singles.
The lone handball doubles win
ners are Barnet and Poehler. The
golf doubles, duo of P. Everett
and H. Kelly also won their
match.
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