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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 31, 1942)
Dave Way, sports editor of the Daily Californian, wrote a guest column in the Emerald yesterday and remarked: “The Bears are really booming now. Even the great can fall before as much potential talent as the Bears can field. So better .watch out, Oregon!’’ We come right back and say, better watch out Cal, because if Oregon is due for a win from a major foe, this is the time for them to do it. This is the firsttime thisseason the Web Oot clan is close to fidl strength, and the only man out of vxnnmission is Tommy Oxman, but he has been out since the start of the season, and Bill Davis has certainly held his posi tion intact very well to date. Mr. Way stated in his guest column that the Cal de fense is not so sharp, and that is a tip for Oregon’s “pow erhouse” Davis. Bill is only a sophomore and doesn’t look like a line-plunging fullback, but he has hit oppo nents’ lines continually this season for a creditable per centage of yards gained. Duck Backfield Plenty Potent The Cal sports editor wasn't kidding when he said lie could hardly expect to see the Bears stop the Ducks from scoring. The plunging ability of Davis, the passing and kick ing of Bobby Reynolds and Leroy Erickson, and the superior blocking of Tommy Roblin all go together to make a plenty potent Duck offense. Moreover, a big veteran Oregon line will cause the Bears trouble no little. Ends Russ Nowling and Jim Shep ^Jrard click beautifully with the passes from Reynolds and Erickson. These ends aren’t asleep on defense, either. Nowling’s arms are full of power and when he gets them laced around an opponent’s legs, he doesn’t let go. May we quote our guest columnist again? He remarked, “Our hopes of victory hinge upon a superior offense.” We add, it will have to be a plenty good offense to crack through the center of the Oregon line composed of Ashcom and Mo shofsky, tackles; Rhea and Culwell, guards; and Bodner, cen ter. Who could ask for a beter and more experienced line? Having Roblin to back up the line will cause the Califor nians plenty of bruises, too—we guarantee. Oregon Defensive Record Good Oregon has one of the best defensive records in tire con ference, even though they do rate next to the cellar in the PCC standings. Washington State managed to score only seven points against the Ducks, and the other 15 were in the Washington fracas, but the loss of Roy Dyer early in the ajjvpie. is largely responsible for that loss. Idaho failed to ^Bre. Dyer is back in the lineup; in fact, he was ready for the Vandal game, and he is r’aring to go. With him in the right half spot, Bobby Reynolds at left half, Bill Davis at full, and Roblin clearing the way from the quar terback position, the Duck offensive should be their best this year. This bit of prognosticating is truly high and mighty, but we sincerely think that if the Ducks are due for a major win, this is the time. The odds are against the Oregons, though. Down Berkeley way, the odds are 10 to 8 for the Bears, but it there is an upset, don’t be surprised. Oregon could hope for only one thing . . . the return of Tommy Oxman. Bill Davis was a 60-minute man in the Washington State and Washington games. He was in jured late in the fourth quarter of the Idaho game, and an experienced fullback to spell him off in the game to day would help. As it is now, Bud Cote is the only alter nate and he is green. He has tremendous potentialities, *ut lacks experience. Davis’ shoulder may start acting up in the Cal game, and this would leave a weak spot in the Oregon backfield, but the harness, Bill Hayward concocted to hold it steady a few days ago makes it entirely possible for him to play the full game without any trouble. Davis looked like a completely harnessed work-horse when Colonel Bill finished with him. It appears that we will be the goat if the Bears trample the Ducks, but we have more confidence in Oregon this week than any other time this season, and will not be surprised if Oregon upsets the Cal squad on their home grounds. !ndee-Greek Game in the Air We were talking to Steve Worth yesterday, and he re tested that the Emerald sports staff boom an Independent Creek touch, football game for Thanksgiving day seeing as how most everyone will still be on the campus since they cut it down to a one-day holiday. It is a swell idea, but who would be the Greek all iiiiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiii Jhu&etti. . . Sell-made Man By FRED BECKWITH Saga of Sportville: Didja ever whip through your desk and drag out a bunch of no tations and papers that you had filed months ago? Kind of takes you back a few years, doesn’t it? —That’s what happened to this writer the other night . . . Got to thinking about some of the coast’s leading athletes . . . Fel lows like Hank Luisetti, Stan ford’s All-American basketball star. “Hank" was a self-made athlete. He had a craving for the leather ball when he was still in gram mar school. He played on the lightweight team then, but after a good dose of vitamins, began to put on inches and pounds, and when Angelo, that’s his real name, hit high school, he was ready for varsity ball. Practice? That kid would spend every af ternoon out at a San Francisco playground and shoot and shoot and shoot! Free throws, shucks! Hank could drop eight of ’em in without once missing. Haunted Playgrounds All year around Hank would haunt that playground’s basket ball courts. While the rest of his schoolmates were engaged in oth er activities, Hank was swishing the ball through the hoop. He made the all-city selec tions in his junior and senior years at high school. And then he went to Stanford, the univer sity which was destined to be come famous for producing basketball’s greatest star. Cinema Debut Hank always was a quiet guy. Never talked much about himself. He had a mania for slot ma chines, and many's the nickel he’s dropped in a drug store slot machine. Funny thing, although those little machines are sup posed to gyp the playing sucker for 85 per cent of what he’s worth, Luisetti managed to do no worse than break even. The Hollywood moguls got the idea of putting Luisetti in a bas ketball picture. You probably saw it. It was called “Campus Con fessions.” 'Two and one-half reels were devoted to Betty Grable while Hank was in the back ground. Luisetti finally sneaked in front of the cameras for one of Hollywood’s “winning play in the last five seconds” gag rou tines. That’s Hollywood, however. Hank realized he wasn't a good actor and so left the cinema cap ital in a hurry. At the start, of the war, Hank was playing basketball for the Phillips’ Oilers of Tulsa. Angelo is one of the best ex amples of a self-made athlete that we can think of off hand. They come along once in an athletic cycle. Some other time we'll take a trip through our memory scrap book. There’s a lot of athletes that enjoyed a colorful back ground on the Pacific coast. 1943 Hoop OutlookGood When Coach Howard “Hobby” Hobson met his varsity basket ball prospects, he was greeted with some mighty fine ones. Es pecially heartening, was the re turn of Wally Borrevik, C foot 8 inch center from the team of two years ago. Lost from last year’s team are Archie Marshik, Porky Andrews, and Paul Jackson. Lloyd Jackson has not returned to school this year, but his place is more than capably filled by Borrevik. Form Nucleus Bob Wren, Don Kirsch, Warren Taylcr, and Bob Newland form a nucleus for Hobby to work around, and there are some po tential stars up from the last year’s frosh team, that show nothing but hustle. Sammy Crcwell and A1 Popic.k are not the tall firs that Hobson would like to see, but they are accurate and aggressive. Crow ell was high scorer for the frosh last year, and was all-state two years in high school. Also up from the Ducklings, are Boy Seeborg and Jack Ilannam. Both of these boys tower above six feet, and add much to Hobson’s prospects for a good season. In the height department, Bor revik, Taylor, Seeborg, Hannam, Newland, Walt Reynolds, and Wren all reach above six feet. This furnishes Hobby with a good squad, but the speed of Donny Kirsch, Crowell, and Popick contribute considerable. Good Defensively Reynolds is out for the first time in two' years, and is potent with his defensive tactics. His son is over. Bobby is a grand brother, Bobby, has said that he may turn out when football sea son is over .Bobby is a grand stander, no doubt about that, but he is dependable and will contrib ute much to the hopeful success of the 1943 squad. The Ducks will not take their traditional barnstorming tour back east this year, but are scheduling many pre-season games at home and the near vicinity. CLIFF GIFFIN . . . . . . burly junior tac kle who will spell off Ed Moshofsky against the Bears. omesiald PtedlicUbnA, After our first weekend of pre dicting- the winners in the Pacif ic Coast conference football race, we’re a bit groggy. You see Old Man Upset kind of kicked things around last week. Stanford and California, both accustomed) to taking it on the chin the past few Saturdays, rose from the depths to bat down favored USC and University of Washington elevens. So—we only hit three for five. But enough of this sob sister stuff. Here’s our peerless picks for today: Oregon - California: A close game, but wave it to the improv ing Bears by a gnat’s eyelash. Call it U.C. by a touch-me-down. Stanford-UCLA: Way out on. the branch that has been sawed previously, we’ll stick with the T-Party Kids. Sumpin’ like 20-14, Stanford. Ore. State-W’ash.: A toss-up but the Huskies are on the prowl. A conversion can settle this fracas. Idaho-Montana: We like those stars—the Sigma Nus? Furthermore, we doubt if the In dees could round up an aggregation to beat an all-Greek aggregation, much less the booming Nus. He also explained that there would be festivities galore for the one-day holiday, and if an athletic contest of some sort could he cooked up, it would undoubtedly be a success, Football Broadcasts Penn-Army, 10:45 a.in. (KOIN, 970 kc) Portland. Navy-Notre Dame, 11:15 a.m. KORE, 1450 kc), Eugene. Wisconsin-Ohio State, 12:00 (KGW, 620 kc) Portland. Minnesota-Northwestern, 1:30 p.m. (HALE, 1330 kc) Portland. , Washington - Oregon State, [i2:45 p.m. (KEX, 1190 kc) Port land. California-Oregon, 1:45 p.m. (KOIN, 970 kc) Portland. UCLA-S.t anford, 2:15 p.m (KQW, 740 kc) .San Francisco. game Vandals. They’ll hit the vic tory jack-pot this week-end. Two touchdowns, Idaho. USF - Santa Clara: This one goes off tomorrow and Buck Shaw’s Broncos are in a reveng ing mood after the UCLA loss of last weekend. Anywhere up to three touchdowns, Santa Clara. Dean Lists Pledges Pledges announced by the dean of men's office Friday were Roy Grice, Sigma Nu; Robert Martin, Sigma Chi; E. Clay Jones, Phi Sigma Kappa; Richard Schwan, Pi Kappa Alpha; Robert H. Pear son; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Charles M. Wakefield, Theta Chi; Glenn R. Spivey, Sigma Kappa; and Stanley Jones, Phi Kappa Psi.