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.
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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
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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.
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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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Bruised and beaten after last
Saturday’s series of staggering
upsets, the Emerald’s peerless
pigskin prognosticators turn an
appraising eye at today’s Pacific
Coast conference football games.
Yes, gents, we hit one out of five
last week. Oh, well, there was a
lot to do last weekend; Home
coining dance, Tommy Dorsey,
Saturday night, etc. No excuses,
you say? Okay, Columbus took
a chance, so we'll follow suit.
Ducks Fly South
Our Ducks have flown south
via a Pullman to combat a horde
2 potent Trojans. The ball game
will be played, of course in the
coast’s largest stadium, the Coli
seum at Los Angeles.
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. Adios.
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