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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1945)
Ducks Set Sights for Upset i ft By Leonard Turnbull Somebody’s just bound to go ‘'boom! todays affair at Multonomah stadium in Portland between Webfoots, and Huskies is one of "those affairs" that seldom roll around. Take this with a grain of sugar in your highball, but mentors Oliver and Welch both state that "teams are. in grand condition." ATMOSPHERE TAUNTINGLY LIGHT Now old Bull is fazed a bit by the lack of moaning and groan ing from the rival grid camps. This must be absolutely the first time in football history that pre-game publicity didn’t sag news paper columns with long, doleful tales of ‘my squad is mint with injuries,” or, “blocking is bad, or the like. Coach Oliver pronounces his 39-man team in fine fettle, and adds that reserve’strength’ will he a lot stronger than that shown in previous games of the season. Pest \\ elcli, Iluskie top hired hand, breezingly aserts that his men are primed for a good showing. All this must lead to the best game of the season, without fail. JINXS HERE AND THERE Multnomah stadium has proved to he a bit of a jinx in past years’ scraps with W ashington. Stands there have been the scene of action for 11 of the 37 battles fought between the neighbors. Dukes have rested in Huskies’ athletic hall of fame following seven of the clashes. Ducks have stubbled oil the field with winning pigskin three times, while Oregon fans glowed. One \ ear ended in a deadlock and the duke was kept by fellows that grabbed it first after final timer’s shot. Last time the two outfits met at Multnomah was in 1942, with Washington skip ping off the field with a 15 to 7 win. Men will talk of jinxes ’n all that, but let a sports writer get hold of an unusual occurence, and, whoeeccc, wonder how the athletes live through it all! W'e are supposed to have the jinx on our side in this ga'mc, because we are the host team. Hut il \\c are due to win because it is a habit tor northwestern to take the cand\ awav from visitors, then what about theMultnomah stadium jinx that savs we just don't win often? You tell me. NOTRE DAME-NAVY TOP WEEKEND AFFAIR The Notre Dame-Navy game this weekend smears another pc rfcct record off the list. Both are meeting on alien soil when thev sprawl together in Cleveland’s municipal stadium Satur day . Comparative scores give slight nod to the1 fighting' Irish, hut five consecutive winnings by the Midshipmen over top las er competition rates no sneer with the shake. The game will reads he the one to see. hut who could possibly miss the Duck 11 uskie collision ? BULL WITH BULL Bills- Conn disagrees unprintable with Gene Tunney’s asser tion that the June title scrap with Joe Louis will he a flop— “talks like a playhbv admiral." mutters Billy. "1 can lick both Tunnes and anybody else."—major league baseball clubs art faced with an oversupply of players after four lean years—a three-s ear-old colt, purchased at a yearling sale for $400, won Great Britain’s top race at 40 to 1 odds—Sid Luckman svarms the Chicago Bears bench as Coach Ilunk Anderson tries to shake team out of a five-game losing streak. Add ideas—a senator from North Dakota wants the Army Navy football fray rotated from state to state so all can glimpse the ceremonious tilt—the Upper Willamette Winter Sports as sociation has begun a second and longer ski run near the Will amette highway summit—all sporting brush-burners are in vited there for a party November 11—Webfoot tackle Curtis Deskins is the smallest of nine athletic brothers, at 190 pounds— hd V. "Tubby" Graves Line Coach Roy "Sandy" Sandberg Backfield Coach Wai'Iy Dash, quarterback, entered the Husk'e-Trojan gridiron grind last week for what Californians thought would be an attempt at ids place-kicking specialty. Instead, the youthful signal caller tossed a pass to a teammate who raced distance for score. Ducks Seek Upset ---- i | ' (Continued from page one) ing a grid graph on to connect with 100 per cent baekfield. Background Cited In-and-out play has been haunt ing lemon and green clad warriors in games this season. Against Idaho, ground chopping members of the line pulled in front of ball carriers, bumped Vandals, and Oregon emerged with a 33 to 7 win. In the next game, with Ore gon State, blockers toned superb play down, and high stepping backs could not evade hosts of Beaver tacklers, entering the tilt in lost column, 19-6. Quacking Ducks fluttered back into form against Washington State with an afternoon of “won’t quit” football, for a 26 to 13 vic tory. The line showed promise of better performances to come, and the backs looked beautiful rag* ging the ball across the pay-dirt stripe four times. UCLA next played host to up-and-coming Webfcots, and were rocked back by a charging wall. But first stringers weakened, and reserves proved off-key for a final count of 12-0 in favor of Bruins. The Huskies have been given a rating of holding the best line in the Pacific Coast conference in their fold this year. Sprinting after these clearers is a light weight baekfield known for speed. Huskies Favored Saturday’s scrap will mark the 38th meeting in 46 years between the rival schools. Washington holds the edge in the series with 18 games won to Ducks 15, along with four stalemates. Duck gridmen ready for action with Huskies include: End's, All bright, Anderson, Hathaway, Marion, Ohmer, Pickens, Warberg; tackles, Edwards, Deskins, Gillis, Luck, Morin, Neuman, Nieder holeer, Pease, Roberts; guards, Hlapsich, Kauffman, Maclay, Mez zera, Reiton; centers, Anderson, Diess, Martin, Roberts; quarter backs, Reynolds, Abbey, Fauteck; half backs, Crites, Donovan, John son, Leicht, Rice, Weber; and full backs, Bodner, Bond, Grasle, Har gett, and Taylor. Steven Slivinski Line Coach Earl "Click" Clark Trainer Ralph “Pest" Welch, United Press’s coach of the, week, has trans formed the University of Washington football squad into a well coordinated, smooth working unit.