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By Bill Walkenshaw
A very disgruntled Web foot eleven is now going through
the motions of practice in preparation for the California game
in Berkeley next Saturday afternoon.
Word comes to these ears, via some very reliable sources,
that all is not well within'the Duck camp after the last quarter
less to Washington State. Members of the football squad are
mumbling under their breaths at Tex Oliver’s commands on
Hayward field during practice sessions these cold rainy days.
Why? It seems our highly respected mentor pulled some very
tmcommendable stunts at and after the Cougar game.
Dirty Deal
Don Martin, although third stringer that he is, was highly
humiliated when Oliver asked him to lease the bench and run
the line sticks. Martin, entirely suited up, went out and ran
these sticks through the entire game in front of the Pullman
crowd. This is hardly any way to treat a boy w ho has come out
night after night and taken a beating on a practice field.
This is a practice no other coach on the Pacific Coast has
ever been known to employ. We wonder just what the managers
are for. Does a boy take a w hole season's pounding just to be
sent in to run the yard sticks? If this is Mr. Oliver's idea of a
joke it surely wasn't funny. If it' is his idea of a player's dutv,
I’m sure we'll have hundreds out next fall.
Oliver Says No!
No. dear readers, this writer did not get steamed up over this
one incident. It seems that after a tough game, members of the
beaten Duck eleven were not entitled to their expense money
which some of them needed badly.
According to standing rules, the players on any athletic
traveling squad are entitled to one dollar a day expense money
outside of board and room, w hether they lose the game or not.
Coach Oliver doesn’t seem to think so. as he flatlv refused the
Duck gridders their money after game time. This sort of thing
looks kind of shady to this pair of optics.
leam Says No!
The drifting rumor, via grapevine, also has it that certain
jdayers would rather lose a year of eligibility than return to
Oregon next year and play under the present regime. This is a
very bad state of mind to have a team in. How can a coach
expect a team to play winning ball for him when this sort of
feeling is present? I suggest that Mr. Oliver play ball with the
team and perhaps they wil play ball for him.
Kora team that had the potential material that Oregon did at
the season’s start, this writer is amazed to find only two wins
chalked up for the Ducks, with the season gasping its last. With
a back field such as Jake Leicht, Bobbv Reynolds, Walt Dono
van, and Deane Bond, Coach Oliver should have gone far. Lon
Stiner, over at Oregon State (bless them!) had far less to work
v\ ith and be built a team that has taken some mighty fine
elevens—just ask the Washington Huskies!
Alan for man, the Oregon squad stacks up to any team on
the coast. There is only one thing wrong. They do not plav
together. This all boils down to the coaching. This is not all!
\\ lien a team makes the same mistakes at the end of a season
that they did at the first, that also boils down to the eoaehing.
The Oregon eleven was supposed to have been green and
inexperienced early this autumn, and where arc they now?
Siill green and inexperienced. 1 believe a coach is paid to correct
a team’s faults and give them plays suited for them.
System Scrambled
The \\ ebfoot system has been changed more times than a
faded blue suit. When the players have new plays shot at them
before they know previous ones, how can a team go anvwhere?
Instead of ironing out the team's wrinkles and giving them
the necessary fundamentals of blocking and tackling when the
results are bad, Oliver changes to another s\stem. Scares me!
Somehow the whole situation smells to this writer, and it is
a situation that should certainh be dealt with and soon! When
a man turns out for a team he expects to give his best and
receive his coach's best; The team has done its part—Coach
Oliver, when do you start?
Gray Brings
Tears, Smiles
Washington squad cold on a rain
flashy Oregon State left halfback,
virtually wrecked the Washington
Huskies’ Rose Bowl hopes Satur
day when he churned over the
Husky goal line with four minutes
left to play in the last period, pav
ing the way for a 7-6 Beaver vic
tory.
Rated as pre-game underdogs,
Coach Lon Stiner’s freshman
loaded eleven stopped the vaunted
Washington squal cold on a rain
soaked field throughout the first
half.
After two Washington drives
carried to within inches of the OSC
goal line in the last half and a
third offensive gave the Huskies
| a 6-0 lead in the fourth period,
OSC’s freshman Jialfback opened
up with a series of flat passes that
won the ball game.
Rain held the crowd to 20,000.
Starting from his own 31, Gray
rifled a pass good for seven yards
following it with a second that
went to Washington’s 45. Switch
ing to a ground attack, OSC
quarterback John Karamanos fed
the ball through the Washington
line to the Husky 35.
Huskies Crossed Up
The young “Gray Ghost” shot a
pass to right half Dick Hartman,
who twisted his way to Washing
ton’s 26.
With the stunned Huskies set
for another pass, Gray tucked the
slippery leather under one arm
and galloped through right guard
to Washington’s 10. The former
Portland Roosevelt high school
star bucked through to the three
yard line, but was set back to the
15 on an offside.
Before Coach Ralph Welsch’s
squad could recover footage on the
muddy turf, Gray tore loose again,
bursting around left end for 12 and
a first down on the three yard
stripe. He smashed over on the
next play to even the score and
17-year-old Stan McGuire, OSC's
left end, booted the point that
squelched Washington’s Rose Bowl
dreams.
Desperate Washington attempts
to haul the game out of the loss
column with a series of passes
from midfield failed, as OSC’s
lighter, faster backfield swarmed
over Husky receivers.
Washington's powerful line,
held impotent throughout the first
half by OSC’s determined fresh
man squad failed repeatedly to
open holes for a running attack.
The Huskies' only score came
after running attacks were aban
doned as the Welschmen belatedly
took to the air.
Stone Scores
Late in the third period after
being deadlocked for 10 minutes in
center field Washington's eel-hip
ped Leo Trask twisted his way to
Wasliinkton kick was blocked,
from Quarterback Joe Stone. After
the start of the fourth period,
sophomore halfback Gordon Hun
gar plunged to the one foot line
and Stone went over on tire next
play on a quarterback sneak. The
Washington gick was blocked.
From then on it was Oregon
State's game with the Beavers re
turning Washington’s kickoff to
their own 31 to set the stage for
Gray’s climactic passing attack.
Qisid StiGSuucj,
OutlaoJz Qaad
Arthur M. Bartley, general
manager of Ducks Unlimited for
the United States, stated migra
tion started last Saturday. Bartley
advises hunters to get ready for
the greatest duck and geese season
since '37.
The flight of geese and ducks is
southbound from the Canadian
prairies, and is the most spectacu
lar in more than a decade, he
said.
Although the organization in
‘Breaks’ Cause Webfoot Loss
Lippincott, Leicht Star
By DAVE GOSS
Unleasing a veritable tornado of football power in the person
of “Wild Bill” Lippincott, the men from the Palouse county^
tripped over Oregon 20-13 Saturday on Rogers Field. Bill did
about everything to the pigskin but make it squeal, and one
Orpcrnn fan said be heard that! Clever broken field runnine.
returning punts for long gains,
slipping passes to his team-mates,
and making s ti c k y-f i n g e r e d
catches, were factors too over
whelming for the Webfoots to
overcome. Jaunting Jake Leicht,
the little man with a lotta football
savy, went all the way, but
couldn’t do it all by himself.
Game Put on Ice
A touchdown by the Cougars
early in the fourth period made
the scoreboard score stand 13 all.
Bucking over again in the last
seven minutes of play, the States
men put the game on ice with the
final touchdown of the fray.
In the first period Oregon
boomed out on a 33 yard surge
that saw Walt Donovan break
through left tackle for the first
score. Running true to form,
Leicht intercepted a pass from the
Pullman quarterback, Dean Eg-*
gers, and twisted 40 yards before
being snared on the Cougar 46.
Answering quickly in the second
frame, Eggers tossed 19 yards to
sub end, Dick Brown. Playing the
Oregon defense for a loss, Brown
was a cigar store Indian on the
field, but not a single Webfoot
was able to touch him.
Bob Anderson and Leicht
teamed together for a second tally
to make the score at the half 13-6,
Oregon. Two long aerials in rapid
Leicht order sent Anderson to
score the touchdown. One toss was
good for 25 yards and the scoring
pitch was a 27 bullet pass.
Lippincott Hits Stride
This was as far as the Oregon
went offensively. Lippincott and
his Cougar clan flashed their foot
rally.
charge of Ducks Unlimited, is not
able to give information of the in
creased migrant population, this
feathered flying herd is something
to mai’vel at, they said.
Oregon Lakes project in south
ern Alberta is completed and the
“duck factory” will be in full pro
duction next spring, Mr. Bartley
said. This will mean a great deal
to men with guns in search of fly
ing specimens.
Moving into Webfoot territory
with the persistence of a bill col
lector, it was only a matter of
time before Phil Sorboe’s eleven
hit pay dirt. The opportunity came
when Gene Gillis, left tackle, got
snowed under by the three Cougar
blockers. Red Giske caught the
moleskin before it travelled sky
ward and fell with it on the 7-yard
line.
Hunton Calls Stiff Penalty
A much needed timeout was
called by Oregon and then a raw
deal was pulled by Ump “Pug”
Hunton. Hunton charged that
Trainer Bob Officer had “coached
the fellows regarding the de
fense” when he attended to the
battle weary Webfoots. An ex
plosive charge went up when this
was announced, but the ump re
fused to change his decision. A five
yard penalty was called, putting
the ball on the local’s two yard
stripe. Disillusioned, the line was
unable to stop hard charging
Chuck Eckert, Cougar fullback,
and he plunged over for the third
touchdown. Don, “I place ’em
between the uprights,” Cooley
made it 13-13.
Getting into step fast, the
Crimson and Gray went on a 50
yard jaunt for their third score. It
was just another of those breaks
that came across for W.S.C. in this
period.
The Lemon and Green made one
play before Eggers intercepted a
pass on the 50. Driving forward
for 2 first downs, W.S.C. made a
clever stab. On the fourth clown
they decided to carry the ball and
Lippincott took the ball to the one.
Eggers took over from there and
blasted over for the winning score.
Don Cooley made it 20-13 with his
second straight place kick.
Despite nature’s cold shoulder of
snow, 4,000 fans turned out to see
this closely fought struggle of the
north. Both squads showed plenty
of fire, and sensational plays were
factors keeping the game tightly
played.
-— u: tiic um vcibily
Washington Huskies. Rochon is playing a terriffic brand of ball
this year for the Huskies, although Oregon State did power
over them 7-6 to topple their Rose Bowl hopes.