Batter Bruin
Rose Bowl
Hopes. 14-7
By BILL STRATTON
UCLA was cursed with a
jinx before they entered the
annual homecoming fracas
on rain-soaked Hayward Held
against the Ducks Saturday,
but there was never a title at
stake before, and it appears
that the lowly Webfoots have
robbed the Bruins of a ticket
to the Rose Bowl.
In the three years, 1938, '-10.
and '42, tj^at the two clubs have
m e t on Hayward field, UCLA
lias been unable to record a vic
tory. Last year the Bruins won
14 to 7 at Los Angeles, but this
year the Ducks just reversed the
score.
They Lined Up
Oregon UCLA
Shephard.LE .- ... Smith
iVToshofslty.. LT... Finlay
Khea.LG. Compton
Bodner. C ...... Armstrong
Culwell.RG.j. Sparlis
Ashcom.RT. . Fears
Bowling.RE.. Wiener
Surles.QB. Waterfield
Reynolds .LH. Solari
Dyer.RH. Riddle
Roblin. <.FB. . Snelling
W h e n the victory - hungry
Ducks and apparently bowl-bound
Bruins trotted onto the “marsh"
•Saturday, the Uclans were heavy
it to 1 favorites over the Ducks,
despite the rain. Oregon was
ready, however, and pulled the
biggest upset of the day in the
i acific coast conference race.
Rain Slows
Pre-game dope hinted that the
tboys from the south would be
.slowed up by the rain, and the
prognosticators weren't far off.
H W'asn’t only the rain that slow
ed up the tense Bruins, however.
■Tohn Warren’s boys came into
their own for the first time this
year, and literally mopped up
Wayward field with the bruins.
Perhaps they hadn’t forgot
ten the trouncing- they had tak
en from Cal the week before
and wanted to take it out on
someone else.
Before the Bruin upset, the
Oregons had been an “almost"
team. They had almost beaten
St. Mary's Pre-flight, but we
robbed in the last 20 seconds by
a 37-yard eld goal; they almost
beat Washington State, but were
Jiosed out 7 to 0; they almost
Peat Washington, but injuries
and bad breaks gave the Huskies
a If) to 7 victory; they came into
their own for the first time and
trounced the Idaho Vandals; then
they almost beat Cal but a pen
alty on a blocked kick and the
display of power by the ever ir
ritable Jurkovieli gave the Bears
a 20 to 7 victory.
This last week, most every
one was betting against the
Ducks because of their past
record and the apparent power
of the Bruins.
Nobody can say that Oregon
beat the Bruins because of lucky
breaks. Both of their touch
downs came as the result of
drives of 50 yards or more. If
the Ducks had recovered a fum
ble, blocked a punt, or intercept
ed a pass deep in Uclan terri
tory', the Bruins might be able
to chalk the loss up to bad
breaks. But the Ducks played
straight hard driving football
with Bobby Reynolds and Tommy
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DISHEARTENED BRUINS DRIVE TO SCORE ONLY TOUCHDOWN AS DUCKS PULL UPSET OF THE COAST . . .
. . . AI lzmarian, alternate Uclan half, is shown being puiled down by Russ Nowling, Duck w'ingman, after picking up 41 yards on a
pass from Bob Walerfield. The Bruins scored shortly afterwards. Scotty Deeds (12) and Merritt Kuffcrman (72) close in to give un
needed aid to Nowling.
230 Runners
Enter PE Meet
Cross-country aspirants of the
track and field physical fitness
program, some 230 of them, un
der the direction of Oregon’s vet
eran track coach, Colonel Bill
Hayward, will meet at 4:10 p.m.
Wednesday in the unfinished area
of the physical education depart
ment ready for action in the
year's first test under the newly
developed program.
“The two and one-half mile
run will start on the track and
finish on the track,” Hayward
announced Monday, “and every
one who has taken this work is
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Fijis Loom as Contenders
In fB’ V-Ball; DUs Win
Babe ’ Horrell Lays Blaim of Uclan
Loss to Weather. Determined Ducks
By FRED BECKWITH
You would have thought the
UCLA dressing room was the
headquarters for a crepe-hang
ers’ convention along about 5
p.m. Saturday afternoon.
Their heads drooping', the mud
spattered Bruins trudged slowly
into the locker-room after the
game.
Somebody shouted: "That s all
right, gang. We'll win the rest of
theip!" Gone was the usual as
sortment of gags and shower
room jokes. Some of the boys
were so camouflaged with grime
that it is doubtful whether their
own parents would have recog
nized them.
■’Babe" Horrell, head man of
the UCLA "Q-T" formation
st<H)d in the center of a semi-cir
cle of coaches and newspaper
men.
Rain Bothered
"Of course the rain bothered
us. It was the first time this
year the boys have had to play
in this kind of weather. I thought
we had a couple of bad breaks,
but on the whole, the officiating
was good."
Horrell singled out Tommy
Koblin for his running.
Of Bobby Reynolds, Duck tail
back, Horrell said: ‘‘That boy
played strictly head-up football.
We might have had a couple of
more scores if he hadn't come
through with two interceptions.”
Bob Waterfield, UCLA quar
back, tried to blame his team’s
defeat on himself.
“Those Oregon linemen were
giving me a bad time all after
noon." the Bruin back comment
ed.
The boys dressed quickly, si
lently.
Two Injured
Only UCLA injuries in the
game were suffered by Ev Riddle,
halfback, and “Red” Pearson,
fullback.
“Our offense was slowed down
when Ev (Riddle) went out of
the ball game,” stated Coach
Horrell. “Pearson’s loss left us
with only Snelling, and he wasn’t
in good shape himself.”
UCLA rests this week and then
journeys to Seattle to play the
Washington Huskies.
'Wioe Is Us ’ — Upsets
Blotch Scribes ’ Record
These football teams in the
Pacific Coast conference just
don't behave the way they should.
As if the fans on the fertile
slopes of the Pacific hadn't had
their share of form-chart rever
sals, the boys in the moleskins
hit the jackpot this week with
three “lulus.”
OREGON, (put it in caps, mis
ter printer) did the impossible,
by hanging- a 14-7 pasting on
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“B” league volleyball swung
ito action today with high scores
featuring all games.
Phi Gamma Delta completely
outclassed their opponents,
Kappa Alpha, 15-2 and 15-3 to
set themselves up as one of the
contenders for the championship.
Although they started slow, th* i
Fijis put together a terrifil
front game backed by their
stars, Lonigan and Wison, to
completely run away from the
hapless Pi Kaps.
At the same time Delta Upsi
lon was coming from behind to
take a two to one decision from
Gamma hall, 10-15, 15-4, and lo
ll. The final game was a thriller,
with both teams earning every
point they scored. However, su
perior net play decided the out
come for the DUs.
Phi Sigs Win
The crown chasing Phi Sigma
Kappas swamped a bewildered
Theta Chi outfit taking the last
game, 15-1 after eking out a 15
10 win the first encounter.
“Bouncing Bert’’ Shoemaker led
the Alder street boys to the win. ,
ably backed by Wyatt and Jinl ,
Parsons.
Omega hall, led by Pane ha
Gregos took a pair of victories
from Phi Kappa Psi in a slop
pily-played series. The unor
ganized Phi Psis could not stop
the hall men and their star
Krcsse was unable to stem the
Omega onslaught. The final
scores were 15-4 and 15-6.
The fighting Kappa Sigs, al
though playing a beautiful game
found the breaks against them,
and dropped the third and decid
ing game after winning the sec
ond. 15-10, 15-11 to Sigma Phi
Epsilon. The losers looked thm .
part of a winner in the second
game but were unable to main
tain the pace during the last en
counter.
Campbell club won by forfeit
from Zeta hall.