We hear the Eugene merchants are moving into the sport
page’s (regular spot to give with predictions on today’s gam^
with the Vandals. That shows fine civic pride, but the game
itself isn’t very important on the coast grid front other than
to decide who is going to move into the cellar with Montana.
The top game on a rather unfestive football menu on the
coast this Saturday pits the Santa Clara Broncs against the
ambitious Uclan. And oddly enough, this game has no bear
ing on the coast set-up.
Getting away from King-exers and into the more juicy
meat we have Washington State and Oregon State in Port
land to settle Aggie honors.
WSC to Dump Beavers
We say the Cougars to win, and surprisingly enough, by
uncouple of touchdowns. Early in the season the surprising
climb of last year's Beavers fermented in the minds of sport
writers and they sang exalted praises of the Orangemen with
out much probing into the team itself.
Oregon State had a terrific team last year. They
* haven’t got it, or even a small part of it, this year. They
had a combination last year that coaches usually lie around
dreaming of. That combo—Deathman and Durdan. There
they had a threat—a passing, running combination.
But this year the Orangemen are floundering around try
ing to glean some sort of a threat in the backs. They haven’t
got it. There’s Joe Day and Choc Shelton but they arc both
power runners and the opposition merely has to pull their
line in, send their line backers up, and it’s stopped.
That Cougar Backfield . . .
And getting around to the Cougars—well, the backfield
will spell the difference. We still put a great deal of faith in
Babe Hollingbery and his quote, ‘‘If there’s better fullback
in the country than Bob Kennedy, I'd like to see him.”
If you move over to the left half spot you’ll find the
reason for the victory—Jay Stoves. Six foot four inches
and all, he’s a terrific runner, scooting the ends and tear
ing off tackle with a certain finesse. And as a passer he
makes some WSC supporters forget a little agent named
Billy Sewell. So we’ll say Oregon State, nothin’, Wash
ington State, 14.
Our favorites for the coast crown, Washington, plays host
to Cal in Seattle and should heat ’em. With the exception per
haps of UCLA the Huskies sport the best balanced backfield
on the coast. That man Bob Erickson shows, but in every
thing. We say the Huskies over the Bears, 20 to 7.
Trojans Coming Up
The Trojans, having shaken out of their very early season
slump, should knock Stanford. The Stanfordites knocked Idaho
.spinning last week by an impressive score, and sounded good
in press reports, but the score was not indicative of the real
strength of the Indian club. We’ll take the Trojans by a
j good substantial touchdown.
And now to our own little back yard. We bet it’s going
to be small, too. One apple gets you two that five thou
sand people will be a good crowd.
? Right here' is where we should say that the mighty Green
•and .Lemon will take the cork off of their potent offense, send
hapless Vandal flying over the green turf of Hayward field,
| and hold a parade toward the Idaho goal.
Oregon to Win—As they Like
Instead we’ll say that we hope the Ducks beat Idaho and
crawl out of the cellar. Should the Ducks lose this one they
might as well file an application to enter the Mountain States
conference.
The Oregon club that we’ve seen practice this week
should beat the Vandals by two touchdowns. The Oregon
club that we know John Warren has, if they hit that right
peak, could ramble over Idaho pretty much as they
pleased and you could pick the score—anything from 40
and up.
For a few quick quickies on the game. Look for Shephard
and Xowling to give Howard Manson a pretty tough time
with his passes.—Keep an eye on “77” and watch him bowl
over would-be tacklers as he paves touchdown paths.—Watch
a blond thatched lad named Roy Erickson; he may unhurl
some pretty heaves.
Last Quarter Score
Muffles Frosh Hopes
By SI SIDESINGER and BILL STRATTON
BELL FIELD, CORVALLIS, Oct. 23—(Special to the
Emerald)—Led by versatile Benny Holcomb, Anse Cornell's
Duckling gridders held a 2 to 0 lead on the Oregon State
Rooks here last night until the first play of the fourth quar
ter, when Don Samuel, Rook right half, plunged over from
the two-yard line to clinch the fray for the home team, 6 to 2.
The Ducklings played the first half like veterans, driving
deep into Rook territory three _
times, out never had the drive
to score.
Ducklings Drive
Oregon's first drive came ear
ly in the first quarter after an
exchange of punts that started
the Oregon march on their own
36-yard Jine. A series of three
first downs via the air route
put the Ducklings on the Ore
gon State four-yard line. Hol
comb went off tackle to the two,
Spud Crouch failed to gain, Hol
comb went off tackle to the one
yard striper and then lost two
yards and the ball.
At the end of the first quar
ter Oregon had the ball as a
result of a Rook punt. Crouch
punted to the Oregon State
3-yard line with a towering
punt that barely missed the
coffin corner.
A bad pass from center caused
Samuel to fumble for the Rooks,
and Ducklings Hal Abelson and
Peter Miller smeared him in the
end zone to give Oregon a safety
and their only score.
Just Missed
OSC kicked off from their own
20 and the ever-present Holcomb
returned the ball from the 32 to
the Oregon 48. A long pass from
Holcomb to Barnewolt put the
ball on the OSC 22. Poor block
ing caused Holcomb to lose 10
yards, and a 16-yard pass from
Crouch to Holcomb just fell short
of a first down and the Rooks
took over on their own 14.
About midway in the third
quarter the first and only Ore
gon State drive started—al
though it was enough to beat
the frosh. They took the ball
on their own 46 and four con
secutive first downs put them
on the frosh ten-yard line.
Samuel smashed through tackle
for seven yards, Cole failed to
gain, Karamanos met a brick
wall and was stopped on the one
yard line. This ended the third
quarter.
Kooks Score
On the first play of the last
quarter, Samuel smashed through
the left side of the Oregon line
to score. Grove's try for the ex
tra point was no good.
The Kooks threatened again
late in the fourth, driving to
the Oregon two-yard line, but
a bad pass from center caused
Reyman to fumble. He recov
ered, but it was the fourth
down and the Ducklings took
over.
The rest of the quarter was a
see-saw affair with neither team
threatening.
Versatile Benny Holcomb was
the spearhead of the Duckling at
tack, running, driving, passing,
and even punting when Crouch
was taken out temporarily. Abel
son and Hanna sparked in the
Oregon line, as did Barnewolt,
who snagged long passes from
Holcomb. Cole, Karamanos, and
Samuel shone for the Rooks.
Bruce Griffing, Iowa State stu
dent, has been awarded a Roose
velt fellowship.
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Time Short
ForACSked
The drawings for att-campna
sports have been completed and
are posted in the entrance to the
men's FE plant.
The play in ping pong and ten
nis has already started and it is
urged that the participants, m
the remainder of the program be
gin.
It is especially requested that
the fellows in tennis contact their
opponents as soon as possible and
get the matches played as weath
er conditions later in the term
will make tennis ini|K>ssible.
Women students at Hunter col
lege, New York, are training to
become weather observers at air
ports and bureaus.
UCLA-Santa Clara Tilt
Tops Coast Grid Menu
King Football’s reign on the
slopes of the Pacific is fifty per
cent completed and all the pre
season "egg-sports’" have been
proven to be slightly wrong.
UCLA and Washington are cur
rently riding the roost as the Pa
cific coast conference pigskin ag
gregations swing into another
Saturday afternoon’s activity.
Here at Eugene, our Webfoots
strive for their initial conference
win against thrice beaten Idaho.
Multnomah stadium is the scene
of today's clash between the 1941
Canard Clips
Club Keglers
The Canard club howling team
successfully defended Its chal
lenge Wednesday night by de
feating Campbell club keglers
three straight games and a total
pin margin of 345 pins.
Team totals:
Canard
Backstrom ...125 147 149—421
Wieden .133 143 139—413
Murphy . 114 170 -33—417
Braun . 152 183 148—481
Simpson .177 132 178—487
701 775 747 2221
Campbell
Signer .134 154 123—411
Cook .115 127 119—361
Morris .102 159 123—384
Booras .109 121 75—303
Bakewell .149 166 100—415
609 727 540 1876
High series, Simpson—487.
High singles, Braun—183.
Rose Bowl champs, Oregon State,
and one of the coast's strongest
clubs, Washington State.
Cal.-Husky
The University of California,
still seeking a conference win,
battles the Washington Huskies
in Seattle. Stanford university
and the University of Southern
California Trojans swap blows in
San Francisco's Kezar stadium.
The Indians are fresh from their
scoring spree at the hands of Ida
ho last week, while the House of
Troy staged a major upset last
Saturday when they handed the
hitherto unbeaten Cougars of
Washington State a stiff lacing.
Today’s major ball game, how
ever, will be in the Coliseum at
Los Angeles, where UCLA's
mighty Bruins, at present lead
ing the conference, and Santa
Clara's undefeated Broncos,
match skill in a 60-minute thrill
er that should draw customers
like ants to a picnic.
Santa Clara, of course, is not
in the P.C.C., but in successive
Saturdays they have slapped
down Stanford, California, and
Oregon State.
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