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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1946)
Blocking Workouts Occupy Webfoots By WALLY HUNTER Oregon’s weather man turned a surly eye, in the form of rain, on the University of Oregon’s football proceedings last night, but preparations for the Saturday engagement with the University of California went ahead on schedule. In yesterday’s workout the Webfoots continued to spend their time in putting a razor edge on offensive blocking assignments. Offensive blocking, or lack of it, was one of the Webfoots key rea sons for coming away with such narrow win margin of 7 to 6 in the season opener with Alonzo Stagg’s Pacific Tigers. Coach Oliver’s Ducks, while rolling up an impressive statisti cal record against the Tigers, foundered badly at times when approaching payoff soil. Accord ingly the Wehfoot staff has seen fit to school the Oregon forward on its offensive assignments. | JV’s Use Cal Plays Coach John Warren and his junior varsity “nuggets” are provid ing the varsity with a first hand look at the California style of of fensive play. Though the California Bear lost a bit of his lustre in re ceiving a resounding 28 to 7 thump ing from Wisconsin, the Oregon team is not taking the game lightly. Backfield Coach Ben Winkel tnan returned from the VVisonsin California fiasco with opinions alKHit California strength not based altogether on tin; final score. Winkelman was especially impressed with California reserve strength. In the meantime the Oregon var sity received a boost at right tackle, when husky Merritt Kufferman, pre-war two year lotterman, re ported for duty. Kufferman lettered at tackle for Oregon in 1941- and 1942. Besides a year of frosh foot ball and two seasons with the Ore gon varsity, Kufferman played ser vice football with the 89th Division overseas, serving as player-line coach. At guard the Webfoots lost one man and gained two, when Bill Hanna was declared ineligible be cause of scholastic difficulties, and Henry and Howdie Steers turned out for practice. Both of the Steers twins have had varsity experience at Oregon, with Henry making his letter at left guard in 1942. Unofficial Travel Squad Though Oregon officials have not named a traveling squad to take the junket south unofficial observers are making choices as to possible travelers. At left end will probably be Tony Crisli, Hymie Harris and Dick Brown. Left tackles having the best chance to get the nod will be Chuck Elliott, Howard Frary and possibly Harold Mayer or Cliff Giffen. A1 left guard Oliver lias John Kauffman and possibly Ted Me land. Ollier left guards on the doubtful side are Jack Sehnieder man, Don Kuecker and Pete Torchia. Torchia, an end, has been shifted to holster the hard hit guard spot. Centers to go will probably be Brad Eeklund, Lou Busch, and Clark Stokes. Leading the right guards will be Bill Murphy, Tony Novicic and possibly Harry Ed wards or Steve Mezzera. At right tackle Line Coach Corley can muster Don Stanton and Fete Miller. Bill Abbey Recovered Right flank men standing near the top of the list will be Wayne Rartholomy, George Dugan and Art Milne. Leading the Quarterbacks are Duke Iverson, Don Shaffer and Bill Abbey, who has recovered from an injured shoulder. To back Bob Koch at the fullback post will be Boh Oas anil Ken Maine. Bob Sanders who lias shown well in the season, thus far, will not make the trip because of a leg injury. George Bell, Sam Ramey and Walt Donovan will probably do the chores at right half. Jim O’Neal, who was lately switched from end, still needs more sea soning and will not go. Glenn Bostwick is being held because of a shoulder injury. All-American Jake Leicht tops the list of left halfbacks. Also scheduled to see duty at this post will be Jim Newquist, who is back in his pre-COP spot, and Bob Reynolds. Other possibles at left halfback are Ben Holcomb, George Redden and Norm Van Brocklin. Be There Tonight! At 7:50 this evening the University of Oregon football team departs on the Southern Pacific train Beaver for Berke ley and the University of California football game there next Saturday. The team will be accompanied by Head Coach Tex Oliver, assistants, and trainer. According to information revealed late last night, no send off rally has yet been planned. Should the activities board act favorably this afternoon, the rally squad will be present for the departure. However, in the "case of no action being taken this afternoon, no official representation will be available for the departure. An appeal, therefore, is expressed to the 5000 students who jammed the grandstands last Saturday. Redouble your enthus iasm this evening bv giving the team a heartwarming sendoff. The team is crippled with injuries and ineligibilities. They need your backing. Be there tonight! Cal Bears Get Big Shakeup The University of California Bears underwent a big' shakeup ear ly this week, as Grid Coach Frank Wickhorst expressed dissatisfac tion with the Golden Bear showing against Wisconsin last week. “I had hopes for better things,” he said, ‘‘but I am not discouraged. The personnel is okay and will get better. Right now it’s a question of finding the strongest combination.” Wickhorst conceded that the elev en he started against the Midwest erners was not the answer to his problem and added, “1 11 have to ad mit that the reserves did a better job.” Scheduled for promotion are at least three second and third string men with a like number demoted from the top eleven. Among those due for advancement are Bob Dodds, guard; Roland Sockolov, tackle; and Doug Duncan, center. This trio put on an outstanding performance in the third quarter, the only portion of the game in which the Golden Bears outplayed the superior Wisconsin club. Through the remainder of the con test the Cal line took a terrific maul ing; from the rough Badger forward wall. Sockolov, a San Francisco lad, looked especially alert as he pounced upon a pair of fumbles which eventually led to the lone Cal touchdown. Also scheduled to move up is Jackie Jensen, the Oakland flash at a halfback post, who made the paydirt jaunt for the Bears with a thrilling 66-yard punt return. It is estimated that the United States will export 400,000,000 bush els of grain and grain products of 1946. •i Tickets Now on Sale Reserved seat tickets for the Oregon-Montana game are now on sale at the ASUO ticket office, Athletic Manager Anse Cornell reyealed today. All reserved seats for this game are priced at $2.00. The only general admission tickets now being sold are to Uni versity of Oregon students who are married and wish a ticket for the husband or wife. SPORTS STAFF Bernie Hammerbeck Bill Stratton Wally Hunter A1 Pietschman Elwood Paxon Net Pairings Posted Drawings for fall tennis tour nament are now posted on the bulletin board at the tennis courts. Players are asked to con tact opponents and arrange for matches as soon as weather per mits. Winners of the matches are responsible for posting the scores. ■f Bob Reynolds, flashy Webfoot halfback, expects to see plenty of action Saturday when Tex Oliver’s Oregon gridders take the field against California in Berkeley. Reynolds was a letterman in 1942 and again in 1945 and is now play ing his last season for the Lemon and Green eleven. JV’s Prepare For OSC Tilt John Warren, Jayvee mentor, re* ported Wednesday that his boys are slowly shaping themselves into trim for their game with the OSC JV’s October 12 at Corvallis. He said that much of their time had been devoted to scrimmages with the varsity and that there has been little time to run their own plays or to establish any definite^ starting lineup. There are a few men, however, who have demon strated good ability in blocking and line play. In the baclcfield Foster Thorton has been devoted to scrimmages may be depended upon to clear the way. In the line three ends Dulich, Ketchal and Murphy—have so far given a good account of themselves. Warren said he had no definite lineup in mind for the Beaver tilt and that positions are still open. Later in the week the Jayvee’s will hold intrasquad scrimmage and at that time Warren may have some idea of what his squad can do. Piaikin Reuieia.... jbuke OoenAen By AL PIETSCHMAN Would-be tacklers of Oregon’s ball carriers topple like wheat in the path of a combine as blocking back Duke Iversen moves down the field. The big 210-pound, 6-foot, 2 inch quarterback is one of the most effective blockers on the coast and leaves the men he takes out with the impression that they have been blocked not for just one play, but for two or three succeeding forma tions. The big Oregon blocker has had plenty of experience in this position as he played on the Oregon varsity in 1940 and 1941. In those pre-war days he was rated as one of the top blocking backs on the coast; since that time he has improved in both speed and power making him one of the big headaches in any oppos ing team’s “stop Oregon's back field” hope. A marine corps tech sergeant, Duke played for the Jacksonville Air Station in 1943 and was named on the all-service team. Later he took up the coaching chores for the “Gyrene” team at Kingston, North Carolina. His service period runs just short of four years as he put in 3 years and 11 months with the marine corps before his discharge March 23 of this year. Baseball also took up a few of his extra minutes in the service, as he played with several of the post teams throughout the country. At Oregon, however, he has jtept his athletic prowess strictly to the gridiron. Williamson All Wet Yesterday’s listing of Oregon as 90th in the nation’s football stand ings by Paul Williamson drew forth the comment “He’s all wet,” by the Duke. Duke couldn’t see how the newscaster could put Colorado ahead of Oregon when the former team lost to Texas 78-0 last Satur day. Iverson’s logic was supple mented by his saying that William son was “like all the eastern foot ball writers.” Oregon’s tiff with California this week will be a hard contest in his estimation but he expects the Ducks to take the Bears be fore the final gun sounds. He also expects Oregon to display a bet ter brand of ball against the Berkeley crowd than was shown in the contest against College of Pacific last Saturday. He feels that once Oregon can rid the in jury bug-a-boo the Ducks will surprise football fans and the aforementioned Paul Williamson. Never Carries Ball Most quarterbacks carry the ball once in a whil% but not Iversen. He confines himself to his specialty of knocking over hopeful tacklers. Only oil the T-formation does he get his hands on the ball. Physical education is Irversen’s major, and he expects to graduate this spring. Next fall he intends to play pro ball with a yet un-named professional team. With his superb blocking, some team will add a val uable member to the roster. _ _ _^ MAKE IT A PARTY! Bicycles for Rent Reserve Bikes For the Week-End New Radios, Electric Toasters and Shavers for sale at CAMPUS ^ CYCLERY llth& Alder Ph.4789