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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1945)
By Bob Chapman Monday morning' quarterbacks are backing the Huskies for the Rose Bowl after an underated Gold and Purple eleven smashed a determined Trojan horse in Seattle Saturday. Al though the Trojans outplayed the Washington club, this factor was not enough to bring victor)' to USC despite the fact that the visitors led 7-6 going into the last ten minutes of play. A fourth down pass from the 17 yard line proved to be the mar gin of victory (what a victory). To.all intents and purposes a field goal attempt was in order but Wally Dash, freshman place kicker, let go with a seventeen yard pass to Gordon Hangar in the end zone and victory was Washington’s. 'i'llat home town football jinx still rides high and after Satur dav’s results one might just as well forget about the Rose Bowl for three or four weeks. As far as Washington and UCLA are concerned, both squads face the unfortunate and deadly task of traveling; if the past is any indication of the future the Huskies and Bruins will suffer at least one more defeat before the close of the season. USC May Pull Comeback The Trojans have the breaks and what breaks, all of their games at the Los Angeles Coliseum; should the Webfoots come back and upset the ITuskv wrecking-crew Saturday, the Tro jans would assume their former position at the head of the pack. The traveling- jinx, as it is called, took the Webfoots for a ride again, the third time this season, even though Bobby Rey nolds and Jake Leicht gave the Bruin staff plenty to meditate about in the first half. Cal Rossi and Jack Porter came through in the second half to bring victory to the Bruins. Oregon just didn’t have the reserves and that was all there was to it,the Bruins used their 20 lettermen at will and the tide began to change late in the third quarter. The outcome might have been different if the Webfoots had not mulTed four excellent scoring Opportunities, three of them in the first half. Jake Leicht proved what the publicity and sports writers had been saving about him all season. Leicht played on a par with Cal Rossi even though the Bruin ace netted more yardage* whet) you consider everything as a whole. Although our line outweighed the Bruin forward wall the Uclans used their experience to crash through and open holes in the \\ ebfoot line for a throng of Bruin scat hacks_ Reynolds Rates High liven though Bobby Reynolds wasn't the leading ground gainer, he nevertheless caught the attention of the scribes in the press box and several Los Angeles columnists came across with the statement that Bobby was the best and smoothest ball handling quarter back since the days of Frankie Albert and the “T" at Stanford. 1 luring the halftime Hick- Strite, athletic publicitv director aud sports editor of the Eugene Register-Cuard made the stale incut that the football squad was a second half ball club just as the basketball team was last season. If the records are cor rect. the situation is just the reverse because in the five games played this season l ex and his boys have lost only when thev were tied or trailing at the half. Where the Lemon and Crecn were leading at the half, v ictory was ours. Every Other Week Charm Portland is not the home field, but considering that Oregon wills every other week on their home field, the odds will be turned in favor of the Webfoots by virtue of the jinx, even though the grid prognosticators will favor the Huskies bv Id points. Another factor which should help Revnolds and com psnv is the' fact that our boys are out ten- revenge after taking a 20-(i defeat at the hands oi the Welchmen in their first game .of the season. Gridmen Return From South | News i and I Interviews j By DALE TYLER Riding leisurely in the realm of popular football players is 6 foot, 188 pound, Dean Bond, prominent fullback on our mighty gridiron eleven. Liberal Arts Major A native from the fair city of j Eugene, Dean entered Oregon as a liberal arts major and is work ing toward a B.A. degree. Due to his army reserve status, however, he may spend several years in the khaki-clad corps. With sufficient experience ob tained in three years participation on Engene high’s football team, Oliver has made important use of , Dean as a hard-hitting, smooth- j tackling back. Not forgetting his magnificent blocking that enables j his teammaates to run up sizeable gains against their opponents. Photography Hobby Following a childhood hobby, the “man about the campus” sopho more, plans on following the art of photography for a profession, but remarks, “as yet, it is still a hobby.” After football work-out and an occasional hour or two of studying, Dean can often be seen trudging the long but well-beaten path to the fountain of his romance, the Tri-Delt house. Of course the center of his attractions go to none other than cute little Joanne Merwin, also a sophomore, and one of high scholastic ability at that. Indeed they are the envy of all couples when seen engaged in their favorite pastime, (as far as we know), dancing. Motorcycle Causes Setback For the first few weeks of the term, Dean was seen streaking around on a flashy motorcycle, but due to an unfortunate acci dent, that prevented him from active participation in our game against Oregon State, he has ad mitted defeat when it comes to mastering the two-wheeled vehicle. This proved very unfortunate, because of a pet grudge against our “civil war” rivals, he had hoped to play a decided portion in ; Californians Acclaim Play By Ill-Fated Duck Eleven Arriving home on their own water-soaked campus in tne we? hours of yesterday morning, 33 Oregon \\ cbfoots wearily clam bered off the train at the end of a 2500-mile round trip to Los Angeles, with heartfelt applause sounded by 40,000 fans in rec ognation of outstanding 0-12 losing fight with UCLA resting m the hallowed hall ot personal memories. The afternoon practice session yesterday was devoted to tapering off drills and . light scrimmages. Many minor injuries were suffer ed by Webfoots in the UCLA game, but none serious enough to prevent play in Saturday’s tussle with the Trojan-dropping Univer sity' of Washington. Huskies Sure of Win Highly-touted Huskies will be confident of victory over the Ducks in Saturday’s game. Sev eral new players who did not see action against Oregon in the first home-and-home series played at Seattle, will be on Coach Ralph Welch’s tap keg to be drawn on for action. Gordon Hungar, high stepping backfield ace, will trip toward Ducks for the first time. Stepping back will be Oregon’s Jake Leicht, who didn’t join the Ducks until the Idaho game. Elliot Wilson, solid rock in the center of the line, has been erased from lemon and green roster since the setto. USC Rose Bowl Out Huskies rapped out a 20 to 6 win in the first game, and last weekend unsmoked Rose Bowl pipe dreams of the University of South ern California, with a 13-7 win. Multonomah stadium in Port land will be packed for the week end game. Officials estimate a crowd of 25,000 will watch Web foots meet the Huskies. Sports fol lowers’ question of the week is “Will the Huskies continue on the Rose Bowl road, or will the addi tion of speedster Jake Leicht to lineup that chalked up more first downs in first meeting be enough to plunk hopes of the Rose Bowl aspiring Washington eleven?” Ducks proved popular with Southerly California football fol lowers in the 0-12 loss to UCLA. the game. If all gees well he should prove to be an outstanding factor in our return engagement with the Beavers, not forgetting his valuable addition to the teams of future years. Leicht Sparkles Again Speedy Jake Leicht, shifty right half of the Webfoot eleven, who is a potential threat to any opposing team. Time and again brilliant play by Oregon brought cheers and ap plause from 40,000 fans. Pay-dirt bound plays raised enthusiasm among an heretofore unkonwn Webfoot rooting section in sunny southern climes. Bowl Dreams Lull Huskies After Victory Hose Bowl fever caught the vic torious University of Washington: ' Huskies as they smashed over the rose loving U.S.C. Trojans 13-7 Saturday. A couple of flat zone passes thrown by the Huskies caught the Trojans completely flat footed after the Southern Cal. gang had rang up a lot of yardage on the ground. As a result the Trojan, horse was completely upset for the first time in a conference game. Bowl Road Rocky Washington is not going to find the Rose Bowl read one of roses, although it already has chalked up victories over three of its remain ing four opponents. Tile Huskies may meet their Waterloo in next Saturday’s clash with the Univer sity of Oregon on Multnomah Civic Stadium Field in Portland. Coach Ralph Welch’s teapar clipped Oregon 20-6 in their first game of the season, but the Web foots were not set for that game. The Webfooters have lost three of their five games. Cougars Trip Idaho The Staters from Washington made it two in a row over Idaho, but the Cougars did not have as easy a time winning their second tilt as they did when they dumped the Vandals 43-12, in their open ing game of the season schedule. The Vandals, although unable to score ,held the W.S.C. team to three touchdowns, three less than in the first contest. Oregon’s failure to score against U.C.L.A. in Friday nights game was a surprise. The Bruins, thanks to Cal Rossi, outgained Oregon by a wTide margin, yet they could not make a single forward pass click, while Jake Leicht threw two com pleted ones. . All conference teams but UCLA-^ will be seen in action this week. The Washington-Oregon clash heads the program with the Cali fornia-Washington State game being second in importance. Idaho invades Corvallis and Southern California tangles with St. Mary’s. A drunkard is a guy suffering from bottle fatigue. 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