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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1945)
By Bill Walkenshaw Taking a quick look over the nation, we find Oregon isn’t lhe onO school having “coach" trouble. Now that the war is over, it'seems victory-eager students are tired of the coaches’ worn out lament “The material is green and inexperienced. PIT REBELS Clark Shaughnessy, Stanford's idol, is ever about to get the axe in his coaching berth at Pittsburgh. The students at the University of Pittsburgh have accused him of being inadequate for his j.ob of football coach there. Pitt de-emphasized football in 1938 when the university felt that the Panther teams were too good. Pittsburgh then be came a second rate power and absorbed bad beatings at the hands of eastern schools. Then in 1943, the administration did a right about face, and hired the best they could get—Shaughnessy—to produce a representative team from the skyscraper university. Immediately the university plunged Shaughnessy into a tough schedule against all of the Eastern grid giants. (Notre ) )ame, Illinois. Ohio State). The first year his team was pretty poor. Last vear the team was progressively better and this sea son against top competition, he turned out a fairly represen tative team. Why the university students feel that Shaughnessy is inade quate we don’t know. Maybe they are thinking too much about lock Satherband's powerhouse at Pitt ten years ago. Ma\be the students don't like the colorful razzle-dazzle plays that we saw Shaughnessy use at Stanford. Maybe they feel like the majority of students feel here at Oregon. Beats Me! THEM TOO! Nuw comes the killer diller! Relieve it or not. mighty Ohio State under Coach Carroll Widdoes is even having a little re volt here and there. Last year the Buckeyes, under Widdoes, ran wild to capture the ‘‘Big Ten!’ title and have lost only one this season to Purdue. In spite of all this, it seems Widdoes is still having team trouble. His ace halfback Paul Sarringhaus and other back field members claim he isn’t being fair to them and threatened to quit. We wonder about this! GOPHER TROUBLE Pernio Bierman out at Minnesota too is bothered by team inutinv. Bernie is being accused by critics and sc \ e l a 1 placets of being cold and distant. 11 nun! lie has given the Gophers six “Big Ton" titles in nine years but he is still faced with a bitter team and has an incipient revolt on his hands. I'roni up in the (Harks too comes a little fire. Coach (den Rose has been having a bad time with his Arkansas squad which was expected to be great and yet has lost five games. I his one reads smoldered. Seems like wo are not alone! 1 he students there are in revolt and demanding a new deal in football and a new coach. How familiar! When even coaches like these are about to get the proverbial gale, we wonder just what is behind it all. In some cases per haps it is a general steam-lotting, but in others your guess is as good as mine. HERE WE GO This week basketball season comes in like “'Gang’ blusters" when the Oregon Webfoot live starts oft with the University of ]tlitish Columbia. The 1 hicks have their entire starting line up back this \ ear from their last season’s Northwest champs five. "What with Coach Hobby Hobson's return the \\ ebfoots are looking up to a repeat performance of last winter's fine squad under Coach John Warren. Tlobby lias planned an cx . tensive eastern schedule and plans to make the Oregon Web foots well known. Stanford comes back to football for the first time in three years whim thev open their informal season Saturday against the Stockton Commandoes. A crowd of 25,000 is expected to see the Hig Red Machine in action. The Stockton sendee team is a mvsterv, no one knowing much about them except thev have beaten C.O.lk. tied Albany Xavy. and lost to St. Mary's |>* a 26-point margin. Whether they win or not, we welcome Stanford back to football and wish them luck. BOB HAMILTON Star guard and captain of the Webfoot basketball quintet is Bob Hamilton dropping one in for two points. Coach Hobby and Crew Go North; Big Two Game Series in Session Coach Howard Hobson and his ten letterman basketball players left the campus Friday afternoon for the Friday night game in Vancouver, B. C. Distance is a small item to Hobby,— now that travel by plane is available. This speed in transporta tion means a great deal to the team. It relieves the players of school work piling up while they journey to remote spots. The team will be back in Eugene Sunday af ternoon, after the Friday-Saturday night series is over. This week’s basketball game starts Oregon’s intercollegiate schedule. The next big games will be played in Chicago, New York, and Columbus during the month of December. This will be a trans continental plane jaunt. Four Regulars Return Oregon, the Pacific coast con ference champs and the NACC title holders from last season have the same squad as last year. These men include Dick Wilkins, Chuck Stamper, Reedy Berg, forwards; Ken Hays, Ed Allen, Centers; Bob Hamilton, Jim Bartelt, Frank Hoffine, Les Wright, guards; George Bray, 1943-1944 letterman forward. These men made the journey to Canada yesterday to play the Uni versity of British Columbia. The regular conference season does not get underway until Jan uary. But 16 pre-season tilts have been arranged. Return games have been scheduled with the UBC for January 2 and 3 in Eugene. Ideal Chance Coach Hobby will be much in formed after the weekend is over. These men are all men to the re turned mbntor, and their ability to DICK WILKINS Ili^h scoring forward of last season’s championship casaba #(ll,ad 's Dick \\ ilkins. \\ ilkins was a runner-up in the nation’s high scoring list during last year's cage battles. perform under pressure is what the basketball chief wants to see. The reserve problem is one of the ironies that confronts Hobby. Too little men with too little height makes the Oregon five con sidered a small college ball club. The close of football season will find some grid men reverting their talents to indoor activitiy, and the freshmen teams will be on hand to add strength. Practice games ahead will give Hobson a good chance to fvork in his nation-wide fame of basket ball strategy. THE * f f * * * * 4 4 * 4« * * * * 4* 4* 4* By TOM RILEY Dope Bucket This week let's shove the pre dictions down a bit and get in a few words on the contemporary subject Bill W alkenshaw has caused so much comment about. “Why can’t Oregon win?” Like everyone else put it “that’s a good question.” A few people are very resentful to the discusion coming at “mid season” and are afraid that it will cause dissention among the players. Since when is “mid-season” given the name, with only two games remaining on the Oregon schedule?” As for dissention among the team, the players know what they want and what they can do a foot ball field, they too want someone to lead the way to victory. It certainly is an obvious fact question from the letters tne student body is behind the question from the letters sent in. Also, when news like this circu lates to other papers and is hash ed over by men who write for a living, there’s plenty in the facts to give Oregon students thought. Walkenshaw’s doing a swell job in presenting the facts, and I for one, am with him, how about you? Well now for some predictions. First is Oregon vs. California. Oregon has some new plays ready to throw at the Golden Bears, and both teams are light ing to keep clean of the cellar^ Oregon by 6. Oregon State vs. Washington State. The Beavers have greatly im proved since these two first play ed. The Cougars are the favorites but I lean towards Oregon State to win by 7. St. Marys vs. UCLA. The Uclans lost five first string men, while in the meantime the Gaels won another game. St. Marys to win by 13. Washington vs. Idaho. Poor Idaho, Huskies by 21. Army vs. Penn. Looks like Army all over the again. Army by 4 touchdowns. Here s this week’s quickies: Navy over Wisconsin, Alabama on top of Vanderbilt. Notre Dame over Northwestern and Lou Little’s boys to beat Princeton. See you Tuesday, in the mean time I’ll think up alibies for Sat urday’s predictions. American nationals own about--*» o7.7 per cent of the world's pres ent proved crude-oil reserves, es timated at almost 64 billion bar rels.