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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1942)
Standings m LEAGUE II ['hi Psis . 3 1 VTOs . 3 1 'i Kaps . 2 2 Jainma hall . 1 3 iherry Boss . 1 3 LEAGUE II iTOs . 3 ’hi Sigs . 3 theta Chis . 2 'hi Psis . 1 t'eomen . 0 0 0 2 2 4 LEAGUE III Delts . 4 , 0 Betas . 3 i Canard . 3 2 Sigma. Chis . I 3 LEAGUE III Fijis .,. 4 0 Pi Kaps . 2 1 Sigma Nus .,. 2 1 Delts . I 3 Alpha hall . 0 3 LEAGUE IV DUs .j. 3 O SAM . 2 1 Zeta hall . 1 2 Kirkwood . 0 3 LEAGUE IV DUs . 2 t Phi IJelts . 2 0 Gamma hall . 1 2 Sigma hall . 0 2 LEAGUE V Phi Delts .... Kappa Sigs Campbell .... Sigma hall LEAGUE V Sigma Chis . 2 0 SAEs . 2 1 Kappa Sigs ....;. 1 2 SAM . 0 2 LEAGUE VI Fijis . 3 0 Sigma Nils . 2 1 SAEs . I 2 Phi Sigs . 0 3 LEAGUE VI Kirkwood . 2 0 Sherry Ross . 2 0 Campbell . 1 2 /eta . 0 3 All season we’ve sat, chewed our finger nails and fretted. We wanted to say that Oregon’s pass defense was lousy. But we couldn’t because the coaches kindly advised us not to. But now we can. But what surprised us is that it wasn’t as bad as we thought. It wasn’t good but neither was it necessarily bad. But here are the figures tve managed to eke out of the year's records. These figures include all the conference games, plus the St. Mary's Pre-flight game. Read Em Qnd W68p Oregon Opponents Passes Attempted .. . 123 139 ^Passes Completed . 36 53 ^Yards Gained . 498 761 Passes intercepted by . 12 27 The percentages on completions, in case you're interest ed, read Oregon, .293 and the opponents a scant .380. Opponents Hit 1 Out of 3 A percentage of .380 means that opponents hit better than one out of three. One out of three doesn't sound bad till you figure that the opposing team was averaging over five yards on every one of those completions. Break those figures down a bit more and you find that the collective opponents garnered, on an average, 95 yards per game by passing. Keeps getting worse, doesn’t it? A ell, then take a look at the interceptions. Oregon made 12 interceptions in eight games. That a little better than one interception a game. Interceptions, a Crime 1 hat doesn t look so back But it means that Oregon made one interception in every 11 passes thrown by their oppon Wts- ^ *iat am 1 g'ooti- Especially when you look at the record hung- up by the opponents who collectively made 27 intercep tions. That means an interception every five passes attempted. The reasons. Oregon had a backfield that was well spiced with green men. And as backfields go it was a short backfield, especially at the right half position. And finally, I guess, they just didn’t know how to guard against passes. To-wit, the Oregon State game. And for a few bits at random. We talked with Lon Stiner after the Oregon State game. Here’s an Ode to Mayhem. Said Stiner, “We didn’t try to run the score up.” Does he mean that even his third string would run over Oregon? Maybe lie's right. If you can remember "when Oregon had a chance to score—they did you know—from within the Beaver 10, you also remember that Stiner sent in his first string. Not running up the score? I suppose you know that the frosh basketball is running £°und without a coach. The ruling handed down by the ath ^Pic meeting the first of next month will fix things up for them. Frosh Get a Coach Should the big- boys decide to make frosh eligible for com petition, as they are going to settle that question, they’ll have a coach—-Hobby Hobson, varsity coach. If not, the frosh coach will more than likely be John Warren. We heard that Tex Oliver and his Pre-flight boys are angling for a bowl bid. I guess it took a war to get Tex into a bowl game—Oregon couldn’t do it. Our friend, George Kapel. California, has straightened out that queer game the Rooks and Frosh played. He speaks of the numerous times the center passed the ball where the back field man wasn’t. Says George, “That’s a trick play. Sometime that ball’s ^|;oing to go flying back there only it won’t be the ball— a helmet or something—and some back is going to have it and he’ll run like a bunny for a touchdown.” Maybe you’re right, George.” Tankers Eye Swim Season Mike Hoyman, who coaches the Webfoot tank team between his PE classes, rubbed his hands to gether eagerly, as he watched his weary squad of less than ten members drag their waterlogged bodies from the Oregon pool. “The draft has cut our num ber considerably,” stated Mike, “but we’re proud of every swim mer in the services, and we’ll be right in there battling.” The loss of Chuck Wietzel to the army left the team with only Chuck Nelson to handle the backstroke, but things are brightening up with Ox Wilson successfully adapting himself to the inverted paddle, and sophomore Bob Prow ell showing considerable talent. Jack Robinson’s departure was the most disastrous blow to the tankmen, as last year Jack landed on the All-Coast team, and broke a Northern Division record in the 440 free style. In comparison with the Oregon State and Washington teams, the Duck tankers are definitely un dermanned, but none of the boys are shedding any tears over the scarcity of teammates. On the contrary, the squad is anxiously awaiting the season opener with Oregon State with one thought uppermost in the mind of the athletes—a team can only have a certain number of men in the pool at a time. Music Dean Tours Dr. Theodore Kratt, dean of the school of music, will inspect the Montana State School of Mu sic at Missoula in his official ca pacity as Northwest examiner of the National Association of Schools of Music this weekend. While at Montana State he will address a student assembly Wednesday, December 2, on “A Practical Lesson in Music Ap preciation,” illustrated on the piano, “Hi. Recognize me? I’m one of your crowd. You see, I speak for Coca-Cola, known, too, as Coke. I speak for both. They mean the same thing. The gang say I look just like Coke tastes. And you can’t get that delicious and refreshing taste this side of Coca-Cola. Nobody else can dupli cate it.” BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. OF EUGENE Art Scohol Lost, Found Awaits Owners’ Call A man's gloves, ring, and rain hat, a woman's ring, three lip sticks, a cigarette lighter, a watch charm, and a fountain pen await their owners at the art school library office. If they are. not claimed within a week, the articles will be turned over to the lost and found department. Students commuting from their homes to Massachusetts State college and back again pile up 2,479 miles each day. Tops in Entertainment! "MY SISTER EILEEN" BRIAN AHERNE ROSALIND RUSSELL "Springtime in the Rockies" BETTY GRABLE JOHN PAYNE Harry James & Orch. also "The Man in the Trunk" j 11 ?E3B "Beyond the Blue Horizon" DOT LAMOUR RICHARD DENNING also "Pacific Rendez vous" c That Gal Again ! ! LUPE VELEZ LEON ERROL in "Mexican Spitfire's Elephant"