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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1942)
Our beloved varsity, still glowing from its victorious ef fort over UCLA last week, bumps into the Southern Cali fornia Trojans today at Troy's own gridiron hangout, the Coliseum. Despite the fact that they achieved the upset of upsets at Hayward field last Saturday, the Webfoots must rank as un derdogs to USC. Why? For several reasons, friends. Notabl v: The Trojans seldom lose a ball game on their own stamping grounds. Sunshine will undoubtedly prevail along about game time, and we all know that the Ducks are at their best when sloshing around a drenched turf. (3) The House of Troy can call on a galaxy of reserve backfield material. Some Other Reasons There are other reasons, too, for forecasting a gloomy out look for Oregon. Oregon has yet to face a back with the breakaway abilities of young Mr. Mickey McCardle, ace Tro jan ball carrier. 'S ou may argue that A1 Solari. Bruin tailback who per formed excellently last week against the Ducks, was fast. Mr. Solari, although he did leave tacklers standing in the mud. was still playing on a wet field, and we shudder to think what might have happened had the UCLA boy performed on dry sod. McCardle Like Warburton Needless to say, Mr. McCardle is regarded in most South California circles as the equal, if not the superior of Mr. ™.-ari. House of Troy fans hail him as the pigskin reincarna tion of the famous All-American of 1933-34 vintage, Irvine ‘‘Cotton" Warburton. Certainly, Mickey's efforts this far have warranted him praise from sports scribes up and down these fertile Pacific slopes. On the husky frame of Terrible Tommy Roblin will rest O. U.’s pigskin hopes today. He has demonstrated his ability to pick up heavy yardage when the chips are down, especially when the opposing ball club is laying for him. The Ducks are still not in the pinkest of condition. Dur able Dick Ashcom will be gracing the freshmen bench today • in Eugene, serving as temporary coach to the Ducklets in their game against a Medford Army team. Several Ducks Injured Boomin’ Bill Davis, sophomore fullback who’s carried the brunt of the heavy attack from his backfield position this sea son, is also on the injury list, and unless something drastic lumpens to the afore-mentioned Roblin, Davis’ activities will confined to that of an assistant trainer. Scrappy Rhea, Val Culwell and Jim Shephard, although making the L. A. trip, are still doubtful starters. But let’s throw away this crying towel we’ve been using. Oregon could, swing the trick and hang up their third win of the season. Don't think that Jeff Cravath, Trojan mentor, is not concerned over the outcome of today’s game. The reports brought back by his scouts who saw the UCLA-Oregon game last Satur day have caused him to send the Trojans through extensive, drilling all week. Trojan names that you may be familiar with, or may not have heard, include an assortment of the following: Heywood, Davis, ends; McCall, Verry, tackles; Clark, Seixas, guards; Bianchi, center; Bleeker, quarterback; McCardle, Taylor, halfbacks; and Musick, fullback. Names? There’s a good gang of stars in that list. Joe Da vis and Ralph Heywood can snag passes with the best of ’em, and the former is a stellar defensive wingman, just now hit ti^>' his peak of 1940. McCall is a soph, and Verry is a made o«r guard, turning in a good job at tackle. Bleeker, in his spare time, hits close to 25 feet for the Trojan track team. He’s a senior. McCardle we’ve discussed. Paul Taylor, south1 paw passer, can run with the oval when called upon, and Bob •Musick comes from a long dynastic line of Trojan football warriors. Troy has Lost Only One There’s a nice bunch of reserve backs, too. just hanging around on the USC bench, biding their time until Cravath signals the go-in call. Among these emergency performers are Callanan, Trout and Bledsoe, not to mention a good smat tering of frisky sophs. „ Here’s something to remember. Southern California has dropped only one Pacific Coast Conference game this year, llj^t. 14-6 to Stanford in San Francisco's Kezar Stadium two w^iks ago. Washington garnered a scoreless deadlock with the Trojans earlier in the season, but outside of that Southern California can claim a clean conference slate. This department hesitates to go out on the limb, but predicts a one touchdown victory for USC over Oregon. .....in;uimiiii..11,i,i. i,. ;i:. iiiiiiiiiumuimmiiiiniiu' Triumph in V-Ball In the closest game of a rather inactive afternoon, the Kappa Sig “B" volleyballers tipped the Sigma Alpha Mus in consecutive games, 15-9 and 15-11. The con tests were see-saw all the way, but the boys from the mill race, led by Don Beardsley and Doc Lium, had just enough extra punch to break through the op ponent defenses for the victory. Dick Reingold' and Len Bardee sparked the losers. Although winning by identical scores, 15-9 and 15-11, the I’i Kaps had an easier time polish ing off the Delta Tau Delta out fit. Sizzling drives by Ollie Burg man had the Delta ducking all afternoon. Hank Martin and Moon McMullin did the setting-up for Ollie. Brilliant play by Ziggie Phillips and Bill Foul kept the Delts in the running. The Delta Upsilon "B” volley ball team fought valiantly but hopelessly as they bowed to Phi Delts. Bud Steele, setting up and Dwair.e Harbard dropping spikes in, around and between the DUs' were the Phi Delts’ stars. Bob Shot and Roy Cobbelebdick were the “big guns” for the DUs. The Yeomen forfeited to the Phi Sigs as did Omega hall to Beta. Tlie battle of the dorm failed to materialize, as neither Zeta or Sherry Ross volleyballers showed up for action. Sports staff: Bill Stratton Fred Beckwith Doug Donahue Shirley Davis Ned Lieman Fans to View (Continued from page four) The ice review will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by the regular evening skating ses sion. Varsity Cagers (Continued from page four) Two sophomores, to gladden Coaeh Hobson’s heart are Wally Chulo and A1 Popick, both press ing their upper-classmen for starting berths. Chulo at forward pulls off some almost impossible back-board shots, while Popick at guard, short in comparison with most of his teammates, is no less than sensational. Time and again he takes on two charging forward opponents, and comes up with the ball. He is also “dead” on set shots from outside the foul circle. Conspicuous by his absence on either of the first two outfits is Walt Reynolds. The dusky guard is one of the best defensive men on the squad, and will make things plenty uncomfortable for opposing coast conference for wards. The frosh have been scrimmag ing two nights weekly, and will continue for the rest of the fall term. Highlighting these work outs is the closeness of the games. Ed Dick, Roger Wiley and Dean Sempert keep the nets sizzling with their accurate shots. Council States (Continued from page one) Eugene butchers, and other ma terials will be sold to scrap deal ers. Proceeds from the drive will be given to the service scholar ship fund for students who will be returning after the war. Ee wisely worldly, be not worldly wise. —Francis Quarles. GRID STRATEGIST THE VUE BOTH CAGEY . . . . . . Honest John Warren and Hobby Hobson, Oregon Coaches in football and basketball. 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If the huge crowd does not frighten our beloved varsity, and Tommy Robiin and Scrappy Rhea are hard boys to frighten, it will be a slam-bang affair from start to finish. The Stanford Indians, still drunk with victory after slapping down Washington last week, find themselves in the position of 2-1 favorites over the Oregon State Beavers. This T-party is slated for Palo Alto. Close Game U.C.L.A. runs afoul of an an gry Washington Husky. Both Bruin and Husky were victims of upsets last week and will be in no mood for dropping another contest. This one is at Seattle. Washington State, for the fun of it, and the idea of adding more points to Bob Kennedy’s over swollen total, hits poor Idaho to day. The Vandals have been pointing for this one, but per haps they haven’t a compass with them. California will perform pigskin tricks before their student body of 15,000 while an under-manned Montana team creeps shyly into the Berkeley bowl to play foot ball with the Bears. Briefly summed up, this is how they look to us: TJSC-OREGON: This is the To jans’ Homecoming. You know what happened at our Home coming L'SC by a touchdown, maybe less. Oregon State-Starford: The In dians have not forgotten that it was these same Beavers that derailed their Rose Bowl ex press last season. Give it to the Indians by a touchdown. Washington-UCLA: Very diffi cult to call, but offhand, we would say that the Bruins will pick up their lost prestige and claw out a touchdown ver dict over the Huskies. Washington State-Idaho: The Vandals were never mean to anyone. Why do all the PCC teams delight in beating them? Kennedy and the Cougar kids by plenty. California-Montana: Some of the teams have to win some of the time, ,but Montana just loses all of the time. A Bear victory parade, and it’s lucky for Mon tana that there is a 28-man player limit. See you at the stadium where our freshmen take on the Camp White boys. Just for fun we’ll call it to the freshmen by two touch downs. 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