Beavers Hurdle Last Bowl Barrier
“The tumult and the shoutin'; dies . . . the captains and tlie
bings depart . . . It ’s December, and football is dying. Soon
■wintry winds will screech though trees left ugly and naked
l>y the ravages of autumn and will swell into an eerie wail,
a dirge. Then will descend a flurry of snow to smother the
land and bury the king of sports. True, there is a flimsy
thread of life, uncut, lingering in its withered body, a thread
that will be manifest in a pimple-full of intersectional grid
games this weekend . . . like the painful gasps that wrack the
body of someone dying: true, football will stagger up from
its grave like a “zombie" on January 1 and weave a dizzy
pattern in the various bowls—Hose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton,
bun, Pineapple, and what have you—but to all intents and
purposes, football is dying.
Make Way for the Obits
C!lowing obituuries will stream from thousands of pens and
will be shovelled into the grave that will gape and then eluteh
football to its bosom. Heroes who struggled valiantly and who
possessed, among other thing's, that veritable sine qua non—a
rabid press agent—will have* their names carved on the myriad
of All-American teams for the next nine months of posterity,
learns now peeking their ways through their respective shells
and soon to be heralded by the collective clucks of “author
ities” the nation oVr.
Yes, it’s December, and soon now people will be able to
settle down to the less colorful rigors of life ... at least,
until next fall, when the gridiron spirit will again grip the
country in a vice of mass insanity, when thousands of
usually mild citizens will trudge through the exits of
' stadiums all over the nation weak from having experi
enced the gamut of emotions during the past two or three
hours and from having publicly demonstrated thereof.
Soon now people will be able to relax on weekends without
1 fear of being obtruded upon and bewitched by Army vs.
Notre Dame or Oregon vs. Oregon State.
Oregon vs. Oregon State? And the results make my mouth
feel and smell like a trench for the Serbian army . . . very
unpleasant. Perhaps it’s exaggerated nationalism on my part,
and perhaps it was an expression on the referee’s part of his
being imbued with the Yultetide spirit, but that first Oregon
■State touchdown looked like a refugee from Santa’s bag. and
if you don’t believe it. ask Emerald Sports Writer Wally
Hunter.
Wally.Swears It's So
“The play was stopped,” swears Wally, “and this fellow
“Lloyd Wickett, OSO left tackle) came bullying at Curt
Medium with intentions of throwing an open-field block into
him. Medium pushed at him with both hands, and Wickett
immediately yelped to the referee. If Medium tried to slug
the guy, I’m the lowest worm crawling around on the turf
out theiijfr.il’ ", V
“h Jit r t
On this piece of misfortune, Oregon was penalized 15
yards for unnecessary roughness, shoving the ball up inside
the three-yard line. On the third crack at the Webfoot
line, Beaver Fullback Lewis Shelton bulldozed through.
Oregon State won the game, however, which made most of
the state of Oregon .jump for joy. Kali (yawn), rah (yawn),
says 1. as I cuddle*up with the funny papers.
Oregon vs. Texas
At 8:40 p.m. Sunday eve. Coach 'Pox Oliver huddled his
"Webfoots, hurts and all, aboard a southbound train and rolled
toward Austin, Texas, for the Oregon-Texas game there De
cember (>. The situation is eloaked in gloom. for Texas, with a
crushing line to spring Triple-threat Halfback Pete Layden
and “Pudgy" dark Crain into the open, boasts an offense that
rolled implacably until crippled by lethargitis against Saylor
and Texas Christian, but which exploded with terrifying
vehemence last week against Texas A. and M.
Gather around and shed a tear while we unfurl the
scroll on Dana X. Bible’s snorting Longhorns. Texas, 34,
Colorado, G; Texas, 34, Louisiana State, 0; Texas, 40.
Oklahoma, 7; Texas, 43, Arkansas, 14; Texas- 40- Rice, 0;
Texas, 34, Southern Methodist, 0; Texas 7, Baylor. 7;
Texas, 7, Texas Christian, 14; Texas 23, Texas A. and M., 0.
The Longhorns mooed into a slump and allowed Baylor to
tie them in the final 30 seconds, and failed to bounce back
the following week enabling Texas Christian to squeeze
over the winning score in the last 20 seconds. Anyway you
. squint at it, Texas has a marvelous team. To aggravate
’ conditions, Oregon isn’t in the best of physical shape.
Ducks Head Southward
To Battle Texas Longhorns
By WALLY HUNTER
Oregon State goes to the Rose Bowl.
That phrase tells a story, but not a complete one. The score of
the annual feud between Oregon State and Oregon's Webfoots was
12 to 7, but it fails to tell the tale of an underdog Oregon team that
for four bitter quarters took the best that the mighty Beavers could
dish out and still fight until the big red hand on the timer’s clock
reeled off the final second of the ball game.
From the word “go,” until the
field was aswarm with the de
lirious and victorious Beavers at
the final gun, it was the most
hitter kind of a dog fight. In the
way of statistics the ball game
was Oregon State’s by a rather
comfortable margin—but that is
typical of a Tex Oliver coached
Oregon team. They can win a
game, 20 to 0, and still have one
foot in the gutter when you add
up the totals.
OSC Deserved Victory
It was a ball game that Ore
gon State deserved to win—but
there is many a die-hard Webfoot
fan who is still having nightmares
•when he ponders about the little
breaks that went the wrong way.
The game was jammed with
thrills and partisan spectators
and a grid fan would hobble for
many a moon before finding a
game that compared. It was hard
vicious football at its chilling
best and though the Beavers get
the free ticket to play Duke,
Oregon did its best to turn things
the other way.
Mecham’s Run
These things, Mecham’s 53-yard
swirl that brought the Oregon
touchdown — the thread and
needle place kick of Jimmy New
quist’s that followed — “Choc”
Shelton’s bull-like effort that
broke the Duck line—Joe Day's
through the center and then
down the sidelines tally run—
they are all old stuff now but
they will live eternally in the
minds of those that were wit
nesses.
Oregon tried to brush all
thoughts of the Beaver victory
aside Sunday night as they board
ed a train that will take them to
Austin, Texas, where they will
take a whirl at the University of
Texas. The Ducks and the power
ful Longhorns will play this Sat
urday in Austin.
Sigma Delta Psi
Winners Get
Medals Tonight
Oregon’s winners in the na
tional Sigma Delta Psi will meet
tonight at 7:30 in room 102 PE
building to receive medals for
their achievements in the meet.
The Oregon athletics ran away
with the meet for the third year,
posting an impressive margin of
victory over the closest contend
ers. Not content with winning
the meet hands down, the Oregon
team walked off with individual
scoring honors, Les Steers, Ray
Dickson, and Warren Fink, gar
nering the three top scoring hon
ors.
Medals Awarded
The medals to be received by
the team tonight will be gold for
the first place winners, silver for
the second place, and bronze for
third place.
Those receiving silver med
als will be Jerry Battles, Fran
cis Tuckweilers, Bill Kegner,
Elliott Wilson, Duke Warner,
and Warren Finke.
Gerry Huestis, Bill Beifus, and
Bob Newland will receive bronze
u
OSC Hits Jackpot; Wins '
Civil War, Title, Bowl Bid
It’s all over now but the shout
ing, and there is plenty of shout
ing in Corvallis. Oregon State de
feated Oregon Saturday to re
ceive the Rose Bowl bid, and
coupled vyith Stanford’s loss to
arch rival California, won the
Coast conference title also.
Joe Day, rugged Beaver back,
brought victory to the Orange
when he broke loose for a 28
yard touchdown run in the final
period to put OSC^in front again.
Oregon State scored in the third
q u a 1 t e r when Choc Shelton
plunged over after a penalty had
put the Beavers in scoring posi
tion.
For a while it looked like
the Beavers wouldn’t get their
victory, for Curt Mecham, star
Webfoot halfback, reeled off a
sensational 53-yard touchdown
run just as the final canto be
gan, and Jimmy Newquist add
ed the conversion to give the
Webfoots a 7 to 6 lead. But
Day’s run brought OSC a 12-7
victory, the title, and the Pasa
dena invite.
First for OSC
Official notification of the in
vitation was given Oregon State
Saturday night, and the Beavers
selected undefeated and untied
Duke for their opponent New
Year's day.
Oregon State’s appearance in
the Rose Bowl will be its first
in history, and the first state of
Oregon representative since Har
vard defeated Oregon there by a
score of 7 to 6 in 1920.
The third defeat of the sea
medals. Ray Dickson will receive
a gold medal.
Les Steers, who won high point
honors, will not be present at the
meeting, but he has two gold, one
silver, and one bronze medals
coming. Curt Mecham will receive
one gold, one silver, and one
bronze.
son to the famed T-formatirn
came Saturday when California
trounced Stanford by a 16 to 0
count. The Bears salvaged
something from a completely
wrecked football season by win
ning over the Indians in one of
the most colorful of all gridiron
classics.
Washington and Southern Cali
fornia locked horns in a tight foot
ball duel, and the Huskies ekeci
cut. a narrow 14-13 win over the
Trojans, to wind up in a tie for
second place in the standings.
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