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.
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