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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1942)
"OofU!—Ou>i Mistake!!" Atherton's Visit Erroneous Contrary to reports in Friday’s Emerald, Edwin G. Atherton, Pacific coast athletic commissioner of football, was not in Eu gene on his annual eligibility check-up. Extent of any Atherton check-up was the mere formality of questionnaire blanks which must be filled out by freshman athletes. HOPING FOR COMEBACK . . . . . . from liis Oregon Slate Beavers against Santa Clara in Port land today—Orange Coaeli Eon Stiller. Ducks Relax, Watch Other PCC 7I s Battle Emerald Oregon Yearling’s Team Takes Shape Under Cornell vvmi a Tentative nrst string- lineup taking shape, Anse Cornell whipped his t'rosh football squad through a quick but thorough scriin ... mage last night on the lower practice field. Although there have been no definite assignments made as yet, these boys so far have shown the stuff that makes for starting positions. At center last night was Russ Hawk, a capable boy who has snuwu a iul or iiusue anu lm provement. At the guard positions are Bill Hanna and Bill Murphy, two large and tough lads who played a lot of football before enrolling at Oregon. Don Stanton and Pete Miller started at the tackle spots, both boys hitting the scales over the 200 mark. Stanton played at Jef ferson high in Portland while Miller won • All-City honors at Lincoln high. The wing positions so far have been held down by Har old Abelson and Barney Barn wald, both of whom top the 6-foot mark and stand the weights near the 200 mark. The backfield was composed of Ben Holcomb, Eugene Crouch, Jim Porter, and Bill Bodner. This possible backfield has speed, weight, and experience behind it and with a few more days of practice should develop into a tightly woven unit. All in all the squad shows great possibilities and Oregon State and its 102 man freshman team had better be on its toes next Friday night when Anse and his boys travel to Corvallis for the first game of the annual Frosh-Rook “little civil war” series. 5 Gnid jb&ne On . . . rQud' Gate I By FltED BECKWITH My, can’t lu> ramble? Who? Nuymond “liinl” Cote, sophomore halfback on the Duck varsity, lie hasn't bad a chance to show His offensive wares yet, but his ship will come in. Bud’s a six-footer, tips the scales at one eighty-five and hails from down Californy way, Bur lingame to be exact. He spent three years of action in that t ’eninsula school’s football stadi um. His first two years of foot ball were spent as a center in the middle of the line. 90-Yard Bun Then towards the end of ins junior year he intercepted a pass and romped ninety yards for a Sports Staff Lee Flatberg, Co-editor Fred Treadgold, Co-editor Bill Stratton Ned Liebman Don Gassner Fred Beckwith Doug Donahue Mary Alderson “Stinky” Calise Si Sidesinger touchdown. The next season the high school coach moved him into the backfield and he made the first string- of the all-league back field selections. His greatest thrill was run ning' 85 yards to a touchdown with his parents in the stadium sta nds. Cote used to work as a ticket taker at the 1940 World's Fair on Treasure Island. “SPEED—DEEDS . . . . . . synomy 111011s. Little Scotty wiggles a fast and fancy hoof. Worked in S. F. This summer he worked as a sheet metal assistant in the San Francisco bay area. Bud is nine teen years of age and thus far he has not registered in any branch of the reserve corps. He thinks he may get into the coast guard, however. Studies? Mister Cote is taking a business administration course and hopes to become a second Rockefeller. Of course, he’ll settle for a $10,000 a year man. If Uncle Sammy doesn't tap him on the shoulder, Buddy’s got two years of eligibility left at Oregon. You'll be seeing his name in print again probably in connection with the manufactur ing of touchdowns for his alma mater. Monday IM Schedule 4:00—Field 1: Alpha hall vs. Chi Psi. Field 2—Theta Chi vs. Alpha Tau Omega. 4:45—Field 1: Omega hall vs. Campbell club. Field 2—Sigma Alpha .Mu vs. Sigma Phi Epsilon. Hobby To Greet 7 Lettermen By DOUG DONAHUE With seven lettermen from which to form the nucleus of his 1943 team, Coach Hobson will gather his varsity basketball as pirants together and hold the ini tial workouts of the coming sea son the 27th of this month. Main cogs of this year’s outfit are expected to be veterans Bob Wren and Warren Taylor, for wards; Wally Borrevik, center, and Captain Don Kirsch, guard. Backing this foursome will be Ralph Fuhrman, Wilson Maynard, and Warren Christianson. Don Kirsch at 5 feet 9 inches is the only one of the seven to measure less than 6 feet, while "Wally Borrevik towers over the pack at a trifling 6 feet 9 inches. Frosh Compete Sam Crowell, leading frosh scorer of last year; A1 Popick, Hoy Seeborg, Bill Bloomquist, Jack Hannum, Bob Aiken and Bob Reynolds, all members of the 1942 Duckling squad, will be bat tling for the coveted varsity starting roles — all of which points toward a good conference season for the Webfoot contin gent. In fact, Coach Hobson has even gone so far as to predict that, barring intervention by the armed forces, the Ducks will be right in there when the stretch drive for the priv ilege o f representing the Northern Division in the Coast conference play-offs rolls around next March. In Reserves And Uncle Sam probably won't bother “Hobby” and his cagers too much under present conditions because every letter man with the exception of Bor revik is enlisted in one of the re serves, and Wally has been de ferred by his draft board on ac count of his excessive longitude. Coach Hobson expects his toughest competition from Washington, who has all but one of its starters from 1912 back in school this year, and Oregon State, reinforced by a flock of junior college trans fers imported from Southern California. Despite the* transportation problem, which forced Oregon to cancel its barnstorming tour, the conference champions will be re warded by a trip to the national tournament, which is something. A warm-up schedule with the Warren,Vezie Eye Enemies While other coast clubs were feverishly awaiting opening whis tles which send them into an other round in this topsy-turvy grid race this afternoon, Q*(S gon’s tuckered varsity men!o*F! around at home, making the most of their first vacation this sea son. However, Head Coach John Warren and Assistant Manny Vezie, who told the Ducks to en joy their two-day furlough, will he far from idle. The two Oregon tacticians took advantage of the schedule lull and hit for the Bay region where two important bat tles are to be waged. warren Eyes Vandals John plans to sit in on the Ida hc-Stanford clash at Palo Alto, digesting Vandal formations, plays, and attack methods to aid in preparation for a warm wel come when Idaho “comes to town” October 24. Meanwhile, across the bay at Berkeley, Manny, No. 2 Webfoot director, will have his little black notebook. The ex-Notre Dame pass grabber will be jcllting down helpful hints and weaknesses about both UCLA and California clubs. Oregon meets the Gold en Bears October 31 in Berke ley and runs into the potent Bruin machine the following Saturday at the Oregon home coming. With one exception, Roy Dyer, the Green and Yellow troopers should be at top strength when they engage the up-and-coming Vandals next week. The brittle Tippy ran into another in a long list of injuries against Washing ton, when he smashed his shoul der early in the contest. Club medicos predict Dyer’s return to action within two weeks. Need High Half £ Meanwhile, Warren’s biggest worry is to find a replacement capable of clotting the gaping gash at the important right half block spot. Experimentation has been going on most of the week, but as yet no satisfactory “fill in” has been uncovered. “Heavy Cruiser” Dick Ash com, the booming-, slashing 225 pound tackle who was held out of the Husky encounter by a leg hurt, has terminated his convalescence period and is re ported set a return for duty. During Ashcom’s absence, Mer ritt Kufferman, strapping junior, caught Warren’s eye with his slam-bang tactics. Ashcom might find dark-thatched “Kuff” some what hard to dislodge from the starting right tackle slot. £ Morale Up Oregon morale, which took a definite dive after the rebuffs by the Navy Pie - Flighters, Washington State, and Wash ington, is reported on the up swing. If the Ducks can get a taste of a lucious victory dinner in the Idaho scuffle, many ob servers feel that “great things’’ still may be accomplished by our gang this year. Idaho, following the 32 to 0 Oregon State landslide which all but buried them, dug out, and now are looking for someone to (Please turn to page seven) strong independents of the coas is being arranged to condition the Webfoots for their conference opener against Idaho at Moscow, January 12. 9