There appears to be no end to the stream of staunch Ore
gonians who writhe under the treatment \\ ebfoots gridiron
exploits have received from California peddlers of sports com
ment. First to vent his spleen was our “Stanford Grad from
Oregon” who was breaking out with an arritating rash over
object comment l^iy.area writers were shovelling this way
in view of the mimbejr of California boys.on the Oregon football
team. Sandwiched in between an annonymous note censuring
the Emerald sports department for its unflattering use of the
descriptive term, “muscle women,” and the roof of our mail
box was a communique from Miami. Oklahoma. Squeezed inside
the envelope was ^.jipnk of the “Tulsa Daily World” and
about three paragraphs of explanation, to wit:
‘ ‘ Dear Sir—Just want you to know that support of this
year’s crop of Gold and Green is spread far and wide.
Witness the enclosed clipping from the “Tulsa Daily
World’’ in which Oregon gained a little lost prestige
that California’s high-powered publicity agents had stolen,
Incidentally my wife and I and a party of other instructors
from this army air corps primary school will be among
those present December 6 at Austin!’’ (Oregon and Dana
X. Bible’s Texas Longhorns tangle there on that date).
Ih1.-Ter of this self-imposed martyrdom is Ralph O. Romaine,
ar Albany-reared young fellow who, at present, is grooming
RAF pilots for their tangle with Adolph's airmen. Romaine,
it, seems, scribbled now and then for the “Albany Democrat
Herald.” and picked up flying when he wasn’t selling tickets
out at the city’s airport, shining propellers, or gorging the
ships with gasoline.
Pouring over the enclosed clipping, we read: “When Stan
ford opened its season by barely edging out Oregon, lb to 15,
our A.P. story said ‘Stanford had an off day.' " This is where
Firing Instructor Romanic's ire started rising. “Couldn’t it
be," he wrote us, “that Oregon had the off day?" In view of
subsequent games in which Oregon bowled over Idaho (21-7),
Southern California (20-6), and California (19-7) we'd say
Romanic's except ion is well taken.
Texas in Rose Bowl?
“‘Today (October 21) you used an entire column of The
\V rid weighing Texas university’s Rose Bowl chances.’ writes
Romanic, “hut not once in that long article did you apparently
recognize that the Rose Bowl hopes of Texas will most likely
be decided December 6 at Austin, when Texas plays the pres
ent Pacific coast conference leader, the mighty Webfoots of
Oregon. ’
“But reagrdless of what comes up later, Oregon at this
writing, is a most formidable factor on the Pacific coast
college football map, and we’re glad to concede to Cor
respondent Romaine it may be due entirely to the Web
foots ’ strength rather than to any weakness of the usually
dominating teams like Stanford, California, and Southern
Cal. Hats off to Oregon and best wishes to boot.
“ 'I'm not griping,’ concludes Correspondent Romaine. sob
ering bis criticism. ‘I like your paper and your articles. But
} ,'rill remember and will forever praise . . . Oregon!’
Well! Let's hang a medal on the old boy!
Uyerconfidence Insurance
Harking: haVk to those Texas Longhorns, who've recorded an
amazing string of victories this season—a 34 to 0 smashing
of Louisiana State, a bruising 40 to 7 win over Oklahoma (con
querors of Santa (’lara), a 40 to 0 crushing of Rice—we observe
that the Lone Star enthusiasts have invested in something they
hope will smofher 'tiff* attempted cropping up of that ugly
j n; t g g o t. o y e r - c o n f i d e n c e.
Thousands of stickers pleading: “One at a Time,” have
been glued on cars around the campus and city. We’re
almost certain Oregon won’t be plagued with this when
they lure WSC down to Eugene next Saturday. In fact, a
large portion of, fh$ comment being poured about puts the
Cougars a shade over the Webfoots in their fray this
weekend.
Illegitimate Yelling
Ha, misery loves company. Oregon's eheering section appar
erl\ isn’t the only one that reeks of gutter breeding. Hon
0; union, upon viewing the Trojan-Bear clash, wails in the
Li i Franciseo News: “The Holden Bear ensemble came, too.
Ti ' California rooting section—which must have made the
eo nent idealist. Dr. Robert Cordon Sproul. blush; a rooting
•. Con that booed officials, chanting: “ t-*2-3-47;V. . . you . . .
(I> s" every time that California was penalized; a rooting
n. ion tlud was boorish, elieap. ugly, and which exuded bad
s,i •ri'inanship and wbieh made many a taxpayer wonder what
H Sj iou-1 meat^ when he says you have to have a B average
1 > ,'i‘t into California. A B average in what'.’"
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Would st that Mr. Clendou leiuls his ear around l lav ward
am next Saturday,
Blocked Kick
Sets Betas Back
By 6 to 0 Score
Halfback Bob Ballard broke
through the Beta line late in the
first period to block a punt and
set the stage for the winning
touchdown as the SAEs dumped
the Betas, 6 to 0, to march into
the finals of the intramural foot
ball playoff.
The blocked kick rolled out of
bounds on the ten-yard line and
the SAEs promptly shoved the
ball over the goal for the score.
Slingin' Ozzie Redfield shot two
shovel passes to Bud Leonard and
he stumbled over the goal with
the second one for the six points.
The SAEs started the game
with a potent drive to the ten
yard line before being stopped;
Redfield took a Beta punt and
danced down the sufeiines for
30 yards to the 15. Two passes
gained five and the stubborn
Beta defense batted down the
final pass to smother the drive.
On the first play the Betas
punted and Ballard broke
through to block the kick.
Third Quarter Spurt
The Betas made a lightning
dash to the SAE ten in the third
period but they couldn't click
with a series of passes and the
SAEs took over on the ten.
In the final minutes of the
fourth quarter the SAEs stalled
for three minutes by running the
ball straight over the middle of
the line for a first down in spite
of the efforts of a frantic Beta
team to get possession of the
ball.
The last-minute passes of the
Betas resulted in the SAEs tak
BUCK
enmMMiMi
Buck Bailey, who most people
think of as the bucket-kicking
baseball coach of WSC but who
is also the tutor of the strong
Washington State line that
kicked OSC around last Satur
day.
Intramurals
The finals in the intramural
football playoff will be held
this afternoon at 4 o’clock—
Sigma Nus vs. SAEs.
•ing the ball on an interception
by Bob Farrow.
Starting lineups:
SAE Pos. Beta
Thomas.REL _ Rathbun
Beckner . C . Lyon
Leonard .LER . Moller
Tarola . Q . Parker
Farrow .RHL . Finke
Ballard .LHR .... Sidesinger
Redfield. F .Duden
Referees: Hodgson and McAr
thur.
Score:
SAE
Beta
060 0—6
000 0—0
Hobson Bemoans Loss
Of *4/ Basketball Talent
EIGHT PERSONS MISSING!
No, it isn’t a case for the police
or the bureau of missing: persons!
All eight have taken leave legal
ly, but oh, how a certain individ
ual wishes they were back. That
individual is Howard Hobson, af
fable Webfoot basketball mentor,
who bemoans the waywardness of
eight of his veteran hoopsters
from last year’s outfit.
When you scan the list of the
departing lettermen, who be
cause of graduation or some oth
^er reason are no longer sporting
the yellow' and green garb, you
can realize the gravity of the
matter.
Eight Missing
Included in the call list of
those who completed their eligi
bility in 1940 are Vic Townsend,
club's leading scorer and ball
hawking guard; Hank Anderson,
one of the taller “tall firs,” who
received plaudits in Ripley's car
toon for his “pinch-hitting” bas
ket shooting, and is now' head
coach at Baker high; the very
rugged Bill Borcher, at present
snaring passes for Grid Coach
Tex Oliver; and Red McNeeley,
long-shot expert. All had com
pleted four years of play.
The remaining four of the
“wayward eight” failed to re
turn to the Duck hoop courts
for other reasons. Wally Bor
revik, stilt-like 6 foot 8'2 inch
center, will be out for a year
after receiving serious head in
juries in an automobile acci
dent.
Ken Simonsen, frosh first
stringer who was being counted
upon heavily by Hobson, stayed
out because of illness in his fam
ily. Bob Sheridan and Bill Giss
berg, a pair of top flight sopho
mores, received the ineligibility
axe from Commissioner Edward
Atherton. Gissberg has since en
rolled at the University of Wash
ington. ' ■
Chi Os, Hilyard
Win Close Games
In Girls’ Volleyball
Battling fiercely for victory
over the mighty Orides, the Chi
Os were triumphant in a close
using good volleyball strategy.
Spirited and on the beam, the
Chi Os led the first half 13-10,
using good volleyball strategy
Nancy Lewis was the Chi O
spark, while Shirley Higgins led
the way for the Orides.
During the second half the
score see-sawed from one side
to the other, the Chi Os picking
up the scores in the last min
utes of play. This game marked
the first defeat of the year for
Orides.
In the other game on the floor
at Gerlinger, Hilyard house
dunked the Alpha Chi Os, 31-26.
At the half the Hilyard girls led
23-10 moving that score up until
victory was theirs.
Showing promising ability, Mil
dred Thomas held up her super
spirited team, while Ann Vcder
berg fought strongly on the de
fensive for the Alpha Chi O eight.
ATOs Toppled
From Football
Race, 9 to 0
Mighty Sigma Nu rolled into
the finals of the intramural foot-^
ball playoffs yesterday by sink
ing the ATOs ,9 to 0, with a brief
touchdown flurry early in the
first period.
Dick Whitman’s deadly arm ex
ploded for a 30-yard pay-dirt
pass to sticky-fingered Bill Car
ney for the winning touchdown.
Johnny Bubalo converted on a
pass. Late in the fourth period
Paul Bocci, ATO passer, was
trapped in the end zone to give
the Sigma Nus the final two
marched
touchdown the-3
points.
The Sigma Nus
yards to their
first time they had the ball.
Whitman’s short passes to Bu
balo and Carney rolled up 30
yards and the pay-off pass com
pleted the drive to the promised
land.
ATO’s stubborn attack threw
back every Sigma Nu surge for
the remainder of the game but
the damage was done. Early in
the second period the Sigma
Nus marched to the ATO 10
yard line before faltering be
fore the aroused defense.
Bocci Gets Loose
Paul Bocci almost broke up the
ball game by racing 50 yards
ter intercepting a Sigma Nu pass
deep in his own territory but
speedy Whitipan overtook him
on the 15-yard line and the ATO
attack bogged down on the ten
to end the most serious threat
they made all afternoon.
The third quarter was marked
by repeated interception of pass
es. Both teams were stopped by
the alert work of the opposing
secondary. Every time either
team would start to roll a pass
interception would halt the drive.
A spirited ATO passing at
tack in the fourth period was
finally smothered on the 20 yafEf
line.
Starting lineups:
Sigma Nu Pos ATO
Shiller.REL., Dunn
Skilicorn.C.. Fugit
B. Carney.LER. Brown
Bubalo.Q. Wilson
Nulty.RHL. Rouse
Fallgren.LHR. Boone
Whitman.F,...j...... Bocci
Score:
Sigma Nu .7 0 0 2—9
ATO .. ...0 0 0 0—0
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