Driving Rain Sends Webfoots to Cover
Why this voluminous moaning ancl groaning over the possi
bility that the team eventually waking up in the Rose Bowl
comes January 1 will have dropped two games in the cm rent
Pacific coast round robin series? AVe ve heard it and winced.
fTou’ve lent an ear to a few wails of that particular species:
•“Wouldn't it be simply terrible if Stanford hobbled into the
bowl with two defeats?” . . . and Oregon State for that matter.
Now what’s too bad about that? Does a team that romps
through its schedule without keeping its hide intact stink?
- We can point to a few examples of teams that have lost
games in round robin competition and still commandeer
the utmost respect from critics and opponents. In fact, any
attachment of “stink” to its playing, though more harm
less than not (the term has grown innocuous through
, excess use), would be considered rank blasphemy.
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one, admits that the Bears are nothin" short of terrific. Their
JModol T., a cousin of Stanford’s, lias purred with precision and
roomed through, over, and around opponents for tremendous
yardage and huge scores. But even the Bears weren t invinci
ble on their rampage last year.
Bears Lost
At least Ohce "tliSy had been knifed before they roared up
<tml down ijje^ f^efcj, .against a hapless tribe of Washington
Redskins'and made .a :corner of the scoreboard look like an
adding machine gone berserk. Incidentally, the Bears von the
pame, 73 to 0, and strutted off the field with the national pro
fessional' fodfb.Vll 'crown roosting between their collective ears.
They've lost a game again this year in donut eompet—to the
Green Bay■TflPlOT*7‘T6 to 14—and are behind the Packers in
current league standing, but nobody howls, 1 hey stink!
Now if Stanford pours itself into the Rose Bowl, please, don’t
ehriek, “They’re lousy . . . they’ve lost a game!’’
Exeunt Yell King Earl Russell who with Dukes “Bud”
. Steele and Max Miller, formed a trio of the finest rah rah
men Oregon has ever had, Russell wielded a large spade,
and with vigor, to shovel away the moss that enveloped
last year’s Webfoot cheering section, a section that, sad
but true, was one of the most anemic and feeble on the
coast. Of course, a great deal of the credit should be doled
out to the students themselves for their excellent coopera
tion and to the t^ani that gave them the incentive to howl
themselves hoars# Saturday after Saturday. But this
doesn’t <J0r&ct., frpm Russell’s superb work fronting the
chorus.
Ere football season bad gathered momentum, Coach Howard
Hobson was sending basketball aspirants scurrying around the
floor of tlu> Igloo in preparation for this year's Webfoot hoop
campaign. Already the Ducks have flapped off Eugene s
Rubenstein outfit in scrimmage tilts. After watching them
whip through drills and these scrimmages, we seriously con
sidered staging a contest in quest of a monicker to replace the
now-a-misnomer ‘' Tall
Firs.
Jackson, Marshik Tallest
Two-yeai* Letterman Archie Marshik ami Sophomore Lloyd
Jackson protrude (> feet 7 inches up there. One-year Letterman
"Warren Taylor and Sophomore Les (Butch) Thompson hover
up there (i feet 5 inches immediately upon rising in the morn
ing, but that about exhausts the ‘'Paul Runyan" category.
No matter how you attempt to classify their physiques,
however—round, square, short, long’, skinny, fat—what
we’ve seen of their maneuvers we've liked. On November
21 in Eugene, the Webfoots take on the Signal Oil quintet
and launch their season's schedule.
Ducks Splash Regularly
If one meanders up to the men s pool every afternoon, one
will see Oregon’s swimming team churning through the water
on seemingly endless journeys, all this supervised by Coach
Mike Hoy man and in preparation for this years northern
division swim competition, a year that should see exceptional
local interest revived in this sport.
Both the northern division clambake and the Washing
ton-Oregon dual encounter will unravel in the men's pool
here on the campus. This is quite an accomplishment on
Hoyman's part, getting both meets to be staged here;
for years Oregon had to fiddle in second chair while Wash
ington, with vastly superior facilities, garnered both the
roundup and dual meets.
While we’re running along in this vein, we'd like to express
our gratitude to Washington officials who cooperated splen
didly in surrendering these meets to Oregon s rather cramped
quarters.
HOBBY
Hobby Hobson, whose “Tall
Firs” get their first taste of bas
ketball competition next week
when they mix with the Signal
Oil five.
Ducks Polish Running Plays
In Preparation for Huskies
By WALLY HUNTER
A driving rain forced the University of Oregon’s Webfoots to cover
last night—but plenty of work was on schedule for the Ducks so
practice went on as scheduled in the unfinished portion of the PE
building.
Washington has been scouted by the Oregon brain trust and th<$*
have plenty of respect for the Huskies. Manny Vezie reported that
the line is very strong. “They’re
experienced, big and those boys
are rugged,” says the Oregon end
tutor.
Polish Running Attack
As a result of this, and other
information that the Oregon
coaches have about the Huskies,
the Webfoots are polishing up
their running attack. Most of the
drill was spent in polishing up on
the Duck ground formations. Ore
gon will probably throw their
book of ground plays at the Hus
kies and are expecting the same
thing in return.
Injury Hex Threatens
Webfoot Basketeers
As long as the Igloo roof doesn’t spring a leak this raging
deluge of rain will hold no terror for Hobby Hobson’s basketeers.
While football is being held at a standstill by Jupe Pluvius’ merry
making, the Duck casaba aces carry on their workouts, totally ig
noring the erratic elements.
More offensive and defensive group work was on the bill for the
vv enroots m ary, oia MCArinur
court yesterday.
Three Injured
Injuries have caught up with
three members of the squad. Let
terman Rolph Fuhrman has been
out of play for a week after hav
ing infected* tonsils l’emoved.
However, the tall forward felt
good enough to shoot a few bas
kets last night and Hobby ex
pressed belief that by next week
he would be once more practic
ing regularly.
Boh Newland, stellar guard
from last year’s frosh outfit,
has been hampered by a bad
cold and sore throat, which has
kept him out of uniform for
over a week. He, too, it was
believed, will be able to see ac
tion in a few days.
Third ailing Duck was Cliff
Anet, varsity reserve, who was
bothered by a finger infection.
Astoria Newcomer
Offsetting this gloom which is
bound to pass over in time was
the turning out of a new basket
ball player, swelling the squad to
15 men. His name is John Erick
son, a sophomore from Astoria,
who up till now has been playing
for Rubenstein’s Oregonians. A
tall boy, Erickson played high
school ball two years ago, but
stayed out of competition in his
freshman year in 1940.
BIG CRUISER
......
Dick Ashcom, hefty Duck linesman, takes over the tackle spot
on the Oregon front wall with a great deal of regularity. Ashcom, a
junior, has seen a lot of action this season and is slated for plenty
more against the Huskies next Saturday.
The entire band of Ducks is
expected to be in suit and ready
for the Seattle clash. Several
of the regulars were played
only sparsely in the Santa
Clara game to give their minor
injuries a chance to heal.
Shaping Up
This week all of these men have
reported to practice in good con
dition and barring further injur
ies this week will be in A-l con
dition by game time. Frankie
Boyd, the hardest hit player in
the way of injuries is still in the
doubtful stage—but the coachirfg*
staff is still, hopeful. Vezie said
last night that Boyd is working
hard in order to be in condition to
play—although he isn’t working
in regular practice.
Today the Ducks will get an
extra day of rest. No practice is
scheduled until Monday and then
regular scrimmage sessions will
be in order.
In the meantime at Seattle
Coach Jimmy Phelan is follow
ing in the same general plan of
workouts for his Huskies. Light
conditioning practice have been
held all of this week and they
too will hit the road for the
hard work Monday*
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Textiles Displayed
On the second floor of the art
museum is a Cambodian textile
display which has just been hung
on the walls and will be there for
only a few weeks. This display
consists of skirts used in temple
dances. They are 8 feet long and
3 feet wide. The colors are very
rich and the design of the pat
terns are brought out by metal
threads. Mrs. G. B. Warner, di
rector of the art museum, pur
chased these textiles when she
was in Cambodia in 1923.
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