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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1945)
Sherry Ross Tips Barons: 6-0 * - -- By Bill Walkenshaw Although there haven't been many Irish monikers on the Notre Dame grid roster for many years, the Fighting Irish still continue to have the most colorful gridiron history of any eleven in the history of the game. Year after year the team from South Bend, Indiana, continues to be the greatest draw ing attraction. Irish History Outstanding \V|,v_Because the Irish never disappoint the paying customer, or even the interested radio listener. Fvery year for as long as you care to remember, Notre Dame has played the toughest schedule of any college team in the nation: Army, Naw, Georgia Tech and Northwestern are always included on their list. Notre Dame tradition seems to stem from immortal l\nutc Ivockne who developed Notre Dame into a team to be feared by all comers. It was he, who while still attending school, teamed up with Gus Dorais to develop the little used forward pass, an innovation that led to the Irishmen's stunning upset of mights' Army that year. Rockne put such great players and ptaver combinations as the hour Horsemen, George Gipp, and the" Seven Mules on the field and gave Notre Dame a reputation to live up to, and it has. Rockne’s Ideal Hut now to get hack to the point I wish to talk ahont. Roekne also fought for an ideal. He wanted to keep from making ri hnsmess out of college loothall. lie hehe\ed that the game should serve the purpose of making finer men; men who would h t the'sportsmanship and fair play they had learned in football c. rrv over into their life after college. He wanted football to put men in matchless physical condition. Proselyting Rules I ’rose! v ting players, which means nothing more than paying a plav to plav in college, is now almost the stile method b\ which colleges obtain future grid stars, hrotn the standpoint of the universities all over the nation, proselyting has its good fea tures. A good football team is a good source til revenue at the box office, and 1 suppose even economists have a theory that states that a good commodity brings a good price. Not much has been done to squelch this buying of players, and so the “Rock's" ideal has been smothered and almost for gotten. Hereon the Pacific Coast, a number of rules have been drawn up concerning prosclvting, and there was a time when the name Kdwin Atherton meant a headache to many coast con ference schools. One of those rules staled that if any school, and that included alumni of that school, even suggested that a person, whether he was a good athlete or not, attended that school, he was for ce cr barred from participating in athletics at that institution. Mr. Atherton enforced that rule to the limit. Of course, the lute ing of plavers still went on in the most unholy manner, and as vet no solution has been ottered, but the question of whether o not a team should be doomed to mediocrity because of its low purchasing' power is certainK something for someone to think about. \nd now to shoot the breeze and let all my groggy readers in on some quickies. St. Mary's sensational halfback Herman W’edemver has been voted the outstanding back of the country this season. (As if vou hadn't guessed). St. Mary's may play the professional Honolulu Packers in Honolulu on Dec. 2 in a post season game. The Cadets from army's \\ <.-st Point have been granted permission bv officials to journey to the Pasadena Ruse Howl on New Year's Pas if thev receive a bid from the Pacific Coast Champs. Ouote “Pest" Welch of Washington, “if we do go to the Howl, we won’t ask Army, we don't want anvthing to do w ith those guys." Stanford will have a football team this season. Thee have 120 men out for practice now and will schedule some service teams in the remainder of the season. Those few allots should be enough for you to ponder on 'till tomorrow. Anyhow. I'm aw ful sleep), so 1 think I'll sav “30" for now. News 1 and Interviews t.... . By DALE TYLER Today’s honors in the football field go to hefty Harry Edwards who has been playing a wonderful brand of college ball this year at right tackle on Coach Oliver's var sity eleven. Fellow Webfoots can be thank ful when football-minded Harry boarded the train at Santa Cruz, California, and headed for his new home, the University of Oregon. Upon his arrival, the big 225 pound tackle donned lemon and green colors for his first year as a Physical Education major. Catches Coach’s Eye ’Twas not long before Oliver noticed he had a capable tackle to fill a vital position in his first string line. Hairy had' gained valuable experience as a tackle by playing two years of varsity ball at Santa Cruz high school. As the season started Harry was on the bad end as far as breaks go. Before the first conference game was under his belt, he was carried off the field with a bad leg injury that has kept him on the side lines constantly up until the last game with Washington Huskies. Although this year’s sea son has but three games left, Edwards will be a threat at his right tackle position, ready for full-blast action. Acclimatized And Ready Agreeing with other Califor nians, Harry believes the Duck campus is ihuch nicer than any schools in his home state. His only complaint was that he found it hard to accustom him self to tlie weather up here but The camera eye catches Harry “Jumbo” Edwards lowering for a bruising charge. Injuries suffered in the fray with the Ida ho Vandals put the 200 pound tackle on the sidelines until last week when he returned to duty for the University of Washing ton fray. “Jumbo" will be ready for full time Cougar hunting in the snow at Pullman this weekend. By Tom Riley — • Sherry Ross settled the dispute in intramural leadership yes terday when they edged out the Barons 6-0 in a pass-a-play game. The slippery field forced both teams to take to the air lanes in probably the best pass game of the season. The game statistics favored the Barons, but the 6-0 score was against -—-—-, them. states, “Now that I’m used to it I like it fine.” Of course if one could look into Harry's past, they would readily see his reasons for liking the weather down south. His home is located just one mile from the beach and same distance from the mountains. Naturally his favorite “hobby” is surf-bathing on sunny days in the mighty Pacific break ers. All-Year Fitness In order to retain good physical condition during the summer, the big 6 foot 3 tackle holds down a responsible job in an ice plant jockeying huge blocks of ice into place. In reply to the where-abouts of his campus abode, Harry re marked, “I am rooming with Walt Donovan in the house of characters, otherwise known as Alder Hall. Trying to study at night is almost impossible, not forgetting the fact that it’s hard enough taking 13 hours and playing football too. But that’s college and aside from this I really think the fellows are swell.” Being registered for active duty in the Army, Harry’s plans for college may be held up for a couple of years. If he is not called for duty he plans on continuing at Oregon for his entire college edu cation and tc play football for his entire stay. Realizing that most of the boys on the squad are soon to be called, Harry believes that the possibilities for good football teams during the next few years rest largely cn the shoulders of retuning veterans. Upon completion of his college work, Harry plans on a few years of pro-fooiball before settling down as a coach. Sherry Ross made their six points early in the second quar ter when Perkusich kicked and Jim Ellison of Sherry Ross made a beautiful run back of 20 yards, bringing the ball to the Baron’s 30. The next play, Ellison threw a flat pass to Goldie Perkins, right end, who was off to pay dirt, but a speedy Baron back tagged him on the three yard line. Jim Ellison then cut off left tackle and fell safely into , promised land for 6 points. The ' conversion failed and Sherry ltoss with high spirit resumed the game. The half ended with Sherry Ross leading 6-0. Barons Rally The Barons staged a third quar ter rally when they came within 15 yards of the goal line with four downs to go. Dick Clark, ace Ba ron back, threw McClure a pass in the end zone, but an off-balance attempt for the ball caused him to drop it. Three more passes to Baron receivers by Clark ended the rally, after the Ross backfield killed the flying ball. Both teams were at a minimum in running plays as the slippery turf made it impossible to skirt the ends for any worthwhile yardage. Good kicking on the part of A1 Fredericki of Sherry Ross and Jack Perkiush of the Batons kept both teams fighting in mid field. Clark and McClure Outstanding Dick Clark and Dick McClure of the Baron seven were clicking throughout the afternoon on pass and catch plays, only to be jinxed when they entered Sherry Ross territory, which the Baron outfit penetrated many times. Sherry Ross with the exception of their touchdown play, were on the most part playing a defensive game in their successful attempt to keep the Barons from scoring. Gowan Outstanding Lineman Jerry Gowan, Sherry Ross lineman forced the Barons to put three men on him to keep Gowan from upsetting the offensive plays. This was a tough blow for the Barons outfit, as it made their men eligible for passes, busy try ing to keep Jerry out of the Baron backfield. This win entitles Sherry Ross to ' play the Greeks for the intramural championship. The game has yet to be scheduled, w'hen and where it will be played. 'Duck Pond’ Open House Booked Tonight at YWCA “Because it has proven to be quite successful in the past few weeks the ‘Y’ Duck Pend, an open house, will be held again tonight from 8 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at the YW,” Dedo Misley, one of the chairmen representing the YWCA, stated yesterday. These open houses are under the joint sponsorship of the YMCA and the YWCA, and will be held every Friday night in the future. The four chairmen who represent the YM and YW respectively and make all the arrangements for the informal entertainment and dancing are: Ed Coles, Don Claiij Myrl Sykes, and Dedo Misley. Veterans and their wives as well as other students who live on the 1 campus, are invited.