The rains came. As if in answer to an Oregon prayer, the
rain fell Saturday iike manna from heaven, turning Hayward
field into a quagmire, treacherous underfoot.
The Ducks, laughing gayly as the deluge pounded like
buckshot on their shoulders, plunged into the thick of the
muck and mire, fired-up with the intention of chastising that
insurgent Bruin within an inch of his life. The Bruin, con
founded and perplexed with the oozy, unstable turf, and un
certain and unnerved by the eel-like slipperiness of the pig
eon, cursed the weather and dreamed of his sun-kissed lair
to the south.
Yes, the-elements, on one of the most turbulent rampages
of the year, had a lot to do with the upset which dethroned
the premature Rose Bowl hopefuls from Westwood. Yes. on
a dry field things might have been a little different—-surely
the scores would have been higher.
But, hold on there! It wasn't the uncontrollable weepings
of Jupe Pluvius and the sponge-like greensward alone that
turned the trick for John Warren’s clan. Par from it!
Ducks Moke Great Stand
Did you ever see a gang of boys show such gallant deter
mination and fight against overwhelming odds? They played
like anything but a second-division club who had just salvaged
one rather unimportant win out of a lot of five. There was no
dejection or remorse among them over these earlier losses.
Past mistakes were forgotten. The task thing at hand was
tfie important thing . . . and believe you me, those Webfoots
J'ne through like real champions!
Dark clouds of gloom hung over the Oregon bench when
the scintillating Uclans Started things off in their best offen
sive manner, as the elusive A1 Solari threaded his way 72
yards on the opening kickoff. This 170-pound mite, loaded
with greased-lightning, after hobbling the ball momentarily
on the two, scooped it up and with the dispatch of a greyhound
hit for the west sidelines. It looked as if he was away but
that tenacious little Bobby Reynolds (bless "imj, decided also
to show off some of his speed, overtaking the turf-pounding
Solari, piling him up on the Oregon 26.
Dejection was the rule in the Oregon stands, but wasn't
even given a look-see by these plucky Ducks. After Solari cir
cled end for three, ball-hefting Bob Waterfield, the dangerous
l:ke tosser, dropped back for a flip. Surveying the field, Wat
erfield picked his man and threw.
Reynolds Comes Through
a But “Bobby-on-the Spot" Reynolds also had been sizing
ewJthe situation, saw Waterfield’s aerial zoom throught the
ether. The next thing people knew, Reynolds was clutching
the ball to his bosom and dashing upfield. That dissipated
Uclan threat number one.
On just two more occasions were the Bruins able to
cut any swath in the stalwart Duck defensive unit. They
scored on this third drive when Waterfield finally got a
good grip on that slithery oval and found the range. The
play was from 1214 yards out with the scampering Solari
going over. The score culminated a 67-yard drive.
Although Tommy (Laughing Boy) Roblin and Bobby
Reynolds were leading ground gainers, you couldn’t pick out
any single individual as the kingpin. They were all “hot.”
Roblin's Terrific Legs
The power packed in those stubby legs of Roblin is noth
ing short of terrific. Must have a small dynamo in each one.
Seems like you can't say enough about this Reynolds boy,
<J^ier. Assistant Coach Manny Yezie claims he never saw
any player improve in such a short time as has this slippery,
swivel-hipped sophomore, that the strides made by Reynolds
were nothing short of a miracle.
Don’t pin “Bounding Bobby” down as purely an offen
sive man. Sure, he can pass and gallop with the coast’s
best, but that defensive alertness, deadly tackling and a
mania for breaking up passes, whets him as a two-edged
sword.
The whole line deserves plaudits for that low, fast, hard
charging. Solari, with the exceptions of his two lengthy
jaunts, averaged less than one net yard per try through it.
Callback Ken Snclling, reputed to be as tough a full as the
Pacific slopes can boast, averaged, mind you, just 2 yards
per crack.
•Best Uclan offensive bet was A1 Izmarian, unheralded
. nomore, in his first "big league” debut. He picked up 5.2
average per ball tote.
Needless to say “Laughing Boy" Roblin was Oregon’s big
traveler. He covered 151 yards in 29 trips! Brother, that's
moving!
—See Story, Column 3
“MUD, NO It RAIN, NOR WATER” C)Ut,D STOP OREGON’S DUCKS0?11.6 Register'Gl,ard)
. . . who put on a great offensive show Saturday in clubbing UCLA, 14 to 7. Here Jim Shephard,
Oregon end, bulls over the goal for the first W'ebf >ot score, after catching a Bobby Reynolds pass.
Halfback A1 Solari attempts to haul down the driv'ng Shephard.
Cornells Fresh Nuzzle Out
Washington Pups In Upset
By SI SIDESINGEK
Trailing- till the last six minutes of the fourth quarter, the Ore
gon Ducklings came from behind with a perfect Holcomb-to-Barne
wolt flat pass and upset the favored Washington Babes 7-6 at Seat
tle last Saturday.
The Babes started off with a bang, with Halfback Larry Ha+oh
running 31 yards for a touch down on the Huskie first play of the
game, two minutes after the game had started.
me rest or tne game me wasn
ington yearlings smashed against
the Ducklings’ front line, but to
no avail. The Huskies outrushed
the Oregon fresh by 31 yards but
could never quite get the pigskin
over the goal line again.
Oregon Scores Late
Oregon’s score came in the last
few minutes when the frosh be
came frenzied and began throw
ing all the tricks in the bag at
the hapless Huskies. Barnewolt
tock Holcomb’s flat pass four
yards behind the scrimmage line
and roared 60 yards behind per
fect and plentiful blocking. Jim
Porter, quarterback, came
through in the big pinch and
booted a perfect conversion.
Washington came back im
mediately to the Oregon 5-yard
line but a fumble recovered on
the Ducklings’ goal line by Hol
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Statistics favored Washington
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