All-American Jake Leicht lugging the leather on one of his yar d eating jaunts against Oregon State college
Saturday afternoon. Leicht broke away twice going all the way on s uch gallops to keen Oregon in the game eveh
nosed out the Ducks 13-12.
on Hayward field
though the Beavers
Barons Stand
At Intramurals’
Top Scoreboard
With two more days of vollyball
games to be played, the Barons
are leading the Intramural sports
program. The Barons have won
six games and lost one in the tour
nament this season.
__The only team that could tie the
Barons are the Omega hall men
who have won four and lost one
game. With the possibility that
this does happen, a final cham
pionship game would be played
between Omega hall and the
Barons.
Standings to date of the rest of
the teams are: Independent Seven,
three wins and three losses; Zeta
Hall, two wins and three losses;
Campbell co-cp, two wins and
three losses. Emery’s, one win and
five losses; Sigma hall, three wins
and two losses; and Sherry Ross,
two wins and three losses.
Referees for' all the volleyball
games, have been. Herman Mills
and Bud Rossum.
Paul R. - Washke, intramural
sports program director, stated
Tuesday .that basketball “A” and
“B" would be played during the
winter term. He also added that
handball would be on the schedule
during winter term.
'During the fall term; touch foot
ball was sponsored by the intra
'Playful' Gale
Litters Campus
The gentle breeze which tore
limbs from campus fir trees,
banged the windows, and in
general kept everyone awake
Monday morning just before
daybreak, was a 50-mile gale
according to U. S. weather
bureau reports.
The wind, which lasted for
several of Monday's early morn
ing hours, averaged a velocity
of about 25 miles per hour,
reaching its 50-mile climax at
5:30 a.m. *
The chief damage caused the
' campus was in the form of limbs
I —giant limbs, tiny limbs, twigs
—that littered the lawns on the
old campus after the gale had
i ripped its way through the tall
, evergreens.
The wind, according to Louie
Jensen, assistant at the physical
plant, was probably the worst
that has hit Eugene in some
time. Jensen was in charge of
the crew who raked up and dis
posed of the debris.
mural sports office. The winning
team was the Greeks who coped
the' championship from Sherry
Ross in an overtime period. Points
scored by teams entered in the
touch football league were: Zeta
Hall, 87; Sherry Ross, 80; Inde
pendent seven, 80; Greeks, 150;
Lodgers, 0; Omega hall, 60; Camp
bell co-op, 80; Sigma hall, C2; ana
Emery’s, 75.
Puzzling Points of Pigskin
Play Perused by Protagonist
By LIZ GILMORE
In order to enjoy a football game,
the first essential is to know what it
is all about, and I am sure that a
great many girls and even boys are
still bewildered by the finer points
of tlie game.
For example, how many of you
know that a football is called a
pig's kin because it is related to a
pig, or that tactics arrc what the
players use to hold up their pants?
For this information, I took ac
curate pains to get it from no other
than Mr. Tex Oliver himself.
Playboy Passers
To begin with, let’s take tli<
players. (I’d love to). There are 11
conisting of a wholeback, two half
backs, four quarterbacks, a referee
an umpire, an announcer and e
water boy. There are also the sub
stitutes that sit on the bench to root
for the team.
The object of the game is to see
how many players can jump on th-.
man with the ball. The referee giver
them 15 seconds to do this and ther
he blows his whistle. The team
with the most players on the ball
carrier gets the ball for the next
play.
Touchdown Tactics
The boys are all trying to make j
a touchdown (so they can get theii
letter). A touchdown is when s
player runs between the goal posts
and touches his fingers down to the
ground. If he is able to put the ball
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' on the ground and sit on it, that is
i caled a touchback. If a player is,
hurt, he scrimmages for help,
j When the ball is thrown by a
j player who has a free ticket to the
game, that is called a pass, and he
is an eligible passer. If he has no
! free ticket he is an ineligible passer.
Sometimes a player is caught play
ing cn the other side, then the play
is called “offside.” Another impor
tant term is “punt." That is what
•>. player does when he has run a
long way.
As soon a,s the referee gets tired
}f blowing his whistle, the game is
mded. This is usually after about
two hours, depending on the
eferee's wind.
Would anyone like to play a game
>f ping pong?
Wesley House to Hold
Foundation Day Dec. 9
Wesley Foundation day will be
Jake Leicht
Picked as Top
Backfield Ace
Twinkled-toed Jake Leicht trot
ted up the ladder to fame and grid
fortunes last weekend, pulling
down a slot on the New York Sun’s
All-American football team for
1 1945.
The skim of the overnight milk,
in the fall classic of the sports
world also included six Army
I gridders, two stars from Alabama,
and lone representatives from Ohio
State and the Navy elevens.
Wedemeyer Close Second
Jake Leicht barely nosed out
Herman Wedemeyer of St. Mary’*
for the backfield position. Statis
ticians gave information for the
final nod when they pointed out
that Wedemeyer had a superior
line and inferior opponents with
which to work.
Dick Strite, spcrts editor of the
local Eugene Register-Guard was
the real final voice in the selec
| tion. He compared the UCLA
I Oregon tilt and the UCLA-St.
I Mary’s fray. In the former Leicht
averaged 6.75 from scrimmage
While in the latter game Wede
meyer failed to make a one-yard
average.
The touchdown twins of the
Army, Glenn Davis and "Doc”
Blanchard, had almost unanimous
approval from the judges for their
two positions on the team. The
backfield quartet is rounded out by
Harry Gilmer of Alabama.
Ends: Richard Duden, Navy;
The team:
Henry Foldberg, Army.
Tackles: Albert Nemetz, Army;
Dewitt Coulter, Army.
Guards: John Green, Army;
! Warren Amling, Ohio State.
Center: Vaughn Mancha, Ala*
' bama.
Backs: Hary Gilmer, Alabama;
Jake Leicht, Oregon; Glenn Davis,
Army; Doc, Blanbhard, Army.
observed Sunday at the Methodist
church and at Wesley house. John
L. Knight, assistant professor of
religion at Willamette university,
will give the morning sermon at
the church.
An open house at Wesley will be
held from 3 to 5 p.m.
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Russel McPhail chocolates, 1 lb:
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Berkley all-metal windproof cigarette
lighter .
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Roger and Gallet Soap, 3 bar box.—$1.15
Evening in Paris perfume .$1.25
Skylark body powder .$1.00
Skylark lilting fragrance cologne .$1.25
Chen Yu gifts .$1.75—$7.50
Bill Folds for men ...$1.00—$10.80
Bill Folds for women .$2.50—$4.80
Congress playing cards .$.89
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