CHIEF VANDAL . . .
. . . Francis X. Schmidt, veteran
coach, brings Idaho here Satur
day.
(3 Coeds Qualify
For Amphibians
Thirteen coeds successfully
completed the requirements foi
lin' Amphibian chib Tuesday.
'The following- girls are to report
to Gerlinger at 7:30 tonight: El
mira Craig, Betty Lou Cramer,
Maureen Staub, Bobbie Edwards,
Lynn Ortman, Anne Graham,
Jean Fitzgerald, Lois Winsley.
Olivie Podmore, Dorothy Wieder
hold, Norma Van Matre, Betty
Crabb, and Mary Riley.
To become an Amphibian mem
ber the girls must swim two
lengths of the pool in 32 seconds,
demonstrate three different
strokes, excluding the crawl;
demonstrate three types of dives;
swim 22 lengths of the pool, us
ing any stroke.
Canard Bowlers
Issue Challenge
The Canard club bowling team
issued a challenge to meet any
five-man team from any campus
living organization to a three
game competition on the U-Bowl
alleys Wednesday night (tonight).
'The Canard team of Art Murphy,
Carl Backs!rum, Duane Wieden,
Bob Simpson, and Warren Braun
will meet any team on any Wed
nesday night. Any team interest
ed may contact the Canard team
by phoning 854.
By BILL STRATTON
News that Dick Ashcom and
Vul Culwell will be in the lineup
lor the Idaho fray Saturday was
good, but it would be much bet
ter if someone would dig up a
physically able right halfback
out of the night.
Indeed, it is a sad state of af
fairs. Roy Dyer was stricken with
a shoulder injury in the Washing
ton game, and if the plunging
wingback is ready for the Cal
game next week he will be lucky.
Ken Question Mark
Kenny Oliphant has been strick
en with something. What it is,
nobody seems to know, but he
will probably be second choice for
the right half position.
Sophomore Scotty Deeds is
the only man in near decent
shape to start in the right half
back spot. Scotty has been
banged around plenty already
this season, partly on account
of his light frame, but he is
the most likely candidate for
the starting role.
Aside from the right half po
sition, the team is fairly well in
tact—unless Bill Davis gets .hurt.
He has been a 60-minute man in
the last two games at the full
back spot, and rated one of the
top sophomore backs 'in the na
tion.
Bill is a swell guy, most any
one will testify when he is not in
a football suit, but when he gets
ahold of a pigskin he is a holy
terror. Even in scrimmage, he
tears through his teammates as
though they were Japs or the
like.
Davis 60-Minuter
Even though he is a tough
cookie, and has been playing'
“iron-man” ball for the last two
games, there is always a possi
bility that Davis might get hurt.
That would be nothing short of a
tragedy. Who would replace him?
You give the answer.
Tom Oxman’s leg injury kepi
him out for the first three
games, and he hanged it up
again in practice last week.
That keeps him out for the rest
of the season.
That leaves two potentialities
to replace Davis in the event he
is hurt.
Mayther at Full
Bill Mayther has been working
out at fullback, but has mainly
concentrated on the center po
sition. He could replace the
Grants Pass powerhouse, but it
wouldn’t be the best choice.
The other possibility is Bud
Cote, who hasn’t seen any action
this year. Bud has been shifted
Basketball Conditions Campus
Males; 300 Active in Program
Anywhere from one-third to
one-half of the men brought be
fore selective boards in the past
have been turned down because
of physical defects. Men, who
should know, say that active par
ticipation in competitive sports
is the best way of bringing the
physically-deficient up to par.
Basketball, because of its sim
plicity and economy, has taken
the leading spot in the vital role
of putting men into shape for
the services. At present Coach
Howard Hobson has working un
der his supervision almost 300
young athletes in his PE basket
ball courses.
Although 300 may seem a
largo number, with the coming
of intramural, varsity, and
freshman basketball, combined
with his PE classes, “Hobby”
hopes to have 500 students, one
third of the male enrollment in
Oregon, playing competitive
basketball.
Assisting' Coach Hobson in
this massive program are PE
majors Ralph Fuhrman, Warren
Taylor, Wally Borrevik, and Don
Kirsch, all prospective members
of the ’43 varsity club, Earl
Sandness, forward on the '39 na
tional champs, and Roy Dyer,
erstwhile halfback on the current
football squad, ,.,±4^
Order 'O' Meeting
The Order of the “O” meets
at the Chi Psi ledge Wednes
day |today). An important
meeting is planned. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
Emerald Scribes To Pick
Cream of Crop for All-Stars
This year s intramural tootnan
competition is rapidly drawing' to
a close, and the Emerald sports
staff, as its annual custom, will
take time out from its usual
work, to select an all-star intra
mural outfit.
Something new has been added,
however. Besides picking the
“cream of the crop” in the grunt
and groaners on the greensward,
our sports experts will select a
squad of the best fraternity gricl
ders and an aggreation of the
best independent fotball men.
Presto! Before you can say
backfield - in - motion we’ve
dreamed up the idea of a game
of-gaines, in short a gridiron
cmsn Detween me i\\u units,
the fraternity men, anti the in
dependent lads.
Rivalry should be at a fever
pitch. To insure reserves, we’ll
name squads of 14 men so that
both the Greeks and the Inde
pendents will be able to field two
different starting lineups.
All these plans, of course, are
at present in the tentative stage.
But you can put a check after
the month of November or the
latter part of this month for this
athletic event-of-events. _
posted on all the developments
of this intramural “bowl game.”
These pages will keep
THROWS STRIKES . . .
. . . to his receivers, Howard
Manson, ace Idaho passer. Con
stitutes threat to Ducks.
to left half, and if he had to go
in for Davis, it wouldn’t be the
best replacement—far from the
best replacement.
Have no fear, though. Warren
will have 11 men on the field
against the Vandals, and the
odds will favor Oregon—but defi
nitely.
Ducks Face Tough Foe In Rookt,
OSC Coach Prepares Charges
By SI SIDESINGER
With the Oregon frosh taper
ing off their workouts in prepa
ration for this Friday night's
clash at Corvallis with the Ore
gon State Rooks, comes news
from the northern branch that
Coach Jim Starr is drilling his
enormous squad intensively for
the “Little Civil War.”
Carr started the term with a
turnout of 106 prospective play
ers and has whittled the squad
down to 81 boys. As yet there
has been no mention of a start
ing lineup and all 81 of the aspi
rants are still gunning for start
ing positions in the big test this
weekend.
Last week the Rooks ran San
ta Clara plays against the OSC
varsity, using 220-pound Larry
Beil, a tackle, as the lead man in
interference.
Linemen Rate
A notice of two great defensive
linemen was sent out by Coach
Carr for he has nothing but
praise for Jack Usher, of Modes
to, Calif., and Rollie Haag, of
Salem, tackle and end respective
ly. A quantity of ends are bat
tling fiercely for the wing posi
tions with Haag, Sheldon Weisen
feld, Dick Lorenz, Dave Ander
son, Denny Miller, Bill Wall, and
Bob Grove showing their heels
to the rest of the squad.
Two left-handed backs in the
Babes ranks are giving Coach
Carr visions of another Dethman
Durdan combination. Don Samuel
and Les Peters are the two south
paws who along with tough Bill
Powell are dividing the right
halfback position among them
selves.
Left Half Open
At the left half spot are four
very tough and determined gen
tlemen who are stepping jupt
short of murder to cinch ^
starting position Friday night.
Johnny Parino, Vic Malen, Roy
Cole, and Walla Scales are the
aforementioned lads and if their
determination continues Carr will
have a tough job picking a start
ing lefthalf.
At the fullback spot is a form
idable gentleman, one John Kar
amanos, one of the strongest
line-crushers ever to hail from,
the city of Portland. Even with
out Roy Lindstrom, Bob Reiman,
or Eugene Hermansen to fill in,
Karamanos should play one of
the most spectacular games of
the evening.
Students Get 2nd Wind’ in PE Course
Uncle Sam needs highly co
ordinated men for his growing'
army and with that thought in
mind, Bill Hayward, track and
field coach, has installed a new
type of physical education for
his runners, jumpers, hurdlers,
and weight men.
In current physical education
classes in track and field, heavy
emphasis is being’placed on the
military aspect of this athletic
training.
As a result, students are now
engaged in cross-country run
ning, still calisthenic workouts,
and long sessions of endurance
running and spriting. Hayward,
entering his forty-first season of
coaching, states that the present.
sign-up for track and field class
es far exceeds the enrollment of
the past few years.
Varsity trackmen ate assisting
Hayward in instruction capaci
ties at present. Although Ore
gon’s record in track and field
last year was one of the most dis
mal to be witnessed on the Eu
gene campus for a number of
years, Webfoot sports enthusiasts
can be cheered by the size of the
athletic applicants that are now
circling the track in scantily
clad uniforms.
And that’s not all. There is
more than a handful of veteran
performers returning to the
1941 outfit to serve as a nu
cleus for productive efforts.
Among others, stand-outs in
clude Homer Thomas, pole-vault
er, Don Wilson, half-miler, Ralph
Kramer, hurdler, and Bob New
land, high jumper.
Bob McKinney, half-miler, did
not participate in track and field
competition last year and he \nn
be a member of next spring’s
running contingent.
Street Running
Students enrolled in these mil
itary-athletic classes are not con
fined to the premises of the ath
letic plant. Although the major
ity of their running is done on
Hayward field, students lately
have been running down the
streets of Eugene, in and around
the-block fashion.
Coach Hayward and his assist
ants are endeavoring to prepare
the youth of today for special
army tactics which will no doubt
come to our freshmen and soph*'
moies very shortiy. The ne®
time some trackman runs over
your rose-bed in the garden, don't
bawl him out, housewife! It’s all
part of the day’s action in track
and field!