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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1945)
By Leonard Turnbull Why doesn’t Western football rank with the rest of the na tion? Latest Associated I’ress rating's place six Keastern and one Southern grid eleven in first seven positions before allowing undefeated St. Mary’s grid men to slip in eighth place. Granted, all teams in the Pacific Coast Conference have suffered at least one defeat, but is it a fair estimation of placing- prowess to stufl the I'niversity of Washington in the 18th s1o,t and just give honorable mention to high-calibre teams such as UCLA and Southern California? Commercialized Play The controversial problem can be hammered out with per sonal knowledge of commercial angles Eastern and Southern schools employ. College football there is propping work for later entry into professional ranks. Power booms—nat’chally mentors carry an asortment of wide-open plays, but nothing to compare with T wist affairs of Tex Oliver and varied "T” for mations of other mentors on the West coast. Southern California Trojans have broken into the top strato sphere of nationwide polls of outstanding elevens in years gone by . Put here I am right back at the starting point of a big circle. I say the western schools should have more teams chosen in the polls—ma\ 1 have reader comment? Rose Bowl For Army. West Point officials remain silent on whether or not the .Army eleven will accept a Rose Bowl hid, if proffered. If the cadets do receive and accept the hid it will mean the opening-of a new field, lever since the classic began, mutterings have been heard over the nation that teams participating were not the best. Big Ten officials ruled the post-season game out for members, and powerhouses from Army and Navy have privately cold shouldered bids. Maybe this will mark the beginning of the end for all grousing—the day may soon come when all teams will be declared eligible for Rose Bowl competition. Army line coach I lerman I lickman puts it. “we’ve got to win a few more.” Glory Hard for Ducks Our Webfoot gridders are going through a period of manv trials and few tribulations. Sports writers are referring to this weekend’s affair at Multonomah stadium as a ‘“prePasedcna” review for the Huskies, hour games won', over Oregon, Ore gon State. Washington State and the Universitv of Southern California, compared with one relapse before the Universitv of California, is record of the far-north eleven. It can always be pointed out that Ducks treked into Cou gars as underdogs of the day, and emerged with a 20-13 win. 11 uskies and Webfoots have added star plac ers, and the two are I pointing for the clash, the'outcome will he decided bv Saturday afternoon around 5:30 p. m. BULL WITH BULL ... i Mountains of traspoflalion worries are heaped upon Phil Sor boe, Cougar coach his men w ill spend the first night in day 1 coaches in first lap of long trip to meet Golden Bears of Cali- ! forma Rogers Hornsby, lifetime .358 slugger in 26 years base- | I) ill turned dow n lucrativ e managerial job to continue as in- f structor tor Chicago Daily News kids baseball school—Senator l Happy Chandler quit upper house post in order to devote full f time to his position as baseball commisisoner—Capt. Bob Fla- 1 velle, l . S. Marine Corps, and former co-sports editor of the * bmerald, will re enter Oregon s school of journauism next term, j if discharged Pacific Coast has claimant for nations top-scor- s ing honors in Terre Ragan who piled up 72 points while withO Universitv of Redlands eleven before being transferred to * Southern California by navy -20 gridiron outfits remain unde- *' feated in the nation following a weekend that blasted eight per- n feet records till the list -clash between Navy and Notre Dame this weekend will marr another perfect record—Australia’s top- s ranking race horse, St. Fairy, is coming to the United States 11 for the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap—wonder if New Zealand 1 will ever forget the case of the poisoned nag and scud any more t racers to the United States? Pass Snagger Deluxe Bob Anderson, varsity right end who will be depended on to pull dou-n Jake Leicht’s passes against the Washington Huskies this Saturday in Portland. And erson is also a very rugged de fensive end and should also come in handy in breaking up the Huskies’ end runs. Big Pep Rally Before Game The opportunity to raise already high Oregon spirit will present it self at the big pre-game rally to be held in Portland Friday night, announced Lois McConkey, chair man of the rally squad. The rally squad sponsored affair will be held : Friday at 9:00 p.m. at the Victory Center, 0th and Morrison streets. It is hoped that all students in Portland for the Washington-Ore gon game will be present. Everyone is requested to bring pompoms and boys must wear their rooters lids. Girls may wear either heels or sports clothes, de pending upon their plans for the evening. The Oregon university band, led ay Mr. John Stehn, will be on land. Members of Skull and Dag ger, sophomore men’s honorary vill be present to handle policing. SPORTS STAFF THIS ISSUE Co-Editors— Leonard Turnbull William Walkenshaw Assistant Editor— David R. Goss Reporters This Issue— Thomas Riley Dale Tyler Honorary to Hear Mvertizing Agent ; Mrs. Ruth S. Foland, manager 1 f the Pacific Advertising agency < a Portland, will speak at a meet- ’ ag sponsored by Gamma Alpha ' 'hi, women's advertising honor- , 1 ry, next week. At the meeting, to 1 e held Wednesday, November 7 I t 8:00 p.m. in 105 Journalism, 5 Irs. Foland will discuss her ex- s eriences in advertising. • “We feel very fortunate in hav- 1 lg Mrs. Fbland on the campus,” aid Annamae Winship, Gamma lpha Chi president, "and speak- ( ig to us at this time. Her exper- i nice has been wide and varied and c ■e feel it will be a great advant- \ ge to hear her.” V It is hoped particularly that t tudents in advertising and busi- £ ess administration, who are in- a irested in learning more about f dvertising agencies, will attend h le meeting. It will be open to o iculty and townspeople as well. s AP Picks Coach Of Week Pest Welch UW Mefnor By BILL WALKENSHAW Coach of the week is Ralph “Pest” Welch says United Press, in their sruvey of worthy grid mentors. Welch’s philosophy that two minutes of quick thinking is worth two hours of ponderous pounding another team’s line may pay him off with a date to the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena, Cal., come New Year’s Day. He isn’t especially concerned with gridiron conventions and his trick ideas often drive the opposition to distraction. His nickname is “Pest” and the way he got in the hair of the Southern California rrojans last Saturday it couldn’t be more apt. Pesky Plays The Trojans were ahead 7-6 in the fourth period and appeared to lave enough momentum to roll on to a hard earned victory. But they iidn’t figure on Welch’s trickery. Suddenly he sent in his star place dicker, Wally Dash, and when the Dali, which was on the 23-yard ine near the edge of the field, was un back toward the middle on one ilay there seemed to be little ioubt that a field goal would be ittempted. Instead Dash caught the Trojans ’lat-footed, tossing a pass to Jordon Hungar in the end zone or a touchdown. It was too late hen for Southern California to ■atoli up and the Huskies came out vitli a 13-7 upset that is certain o put them in the bowl of roses if hey can get past their four re naming opponents, Oregon, Ore ,011 State, Idaho, and Washington State. The Huskies play a repeat chedule, meeting most teams wice, and they already have eaten all but Idaho, a weak team. No Fear of Trojans “We weren’t afraid of Southern California, even though we real sed that they hadn’t lost to a ollege team in two seasons,” Velch said. Psychologically, our ids were set tc win. We were on lie home field and we knew that outhern California was beatable fter that drubbing they took i-om San Diego Navy. I didn't ave to whip the kids up for this ] ne; they were all ready them ?lves.” The Huskies got off to a dis couraging start, losing their second game to California’s light ly-regarded Bears, 27-14. Chance Bowl Bid After that, Welch didn’t think they had much chance of going to the Rose Bowl, but now he thinks they are going to make it. Welch, who is married and has ^ two sons, earned his nickname*' when he was a “tagalong” young ster trying to get into games being played by older boys. He was a Sherman, Texas, high school ath letic star and played three seasons at Purdue under Jimmy Phelan in 1927, 1928,’ and 1929, earning almost unanimous acclaim as an All-American back in Purdue’s conference title, winning year of 1929. Baseball Not For Welch Welch was good enough to get offers as a professional baseball player, but he turned them down saying, “football is my game.” in stead, he came to Washington with Phelan as freshman coach in 1930, and was his aide for 11 years until Phelan was ousted in 1942. That year the Huskies had a so-so record, but in 1943 went unbeaten until losing to Southern California in the Rose Bowl game. They also *’ were drubbed by the Trojans last season, but they certainly squared iceounts last Saturday. -.OST: Green billfold, initialed A. R. w. Keep money but please return wallet. Phone 334.