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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1946)
Both Teams Unconvincing In Opening Performance University of Oregon’s Webfoots and the California Golden Bear match grid wits today at Berkeley, in a battle which will see both teams struggling to regain some measure of prestige lost in dismal season openers. Oregon’s Ducks, an unknown quantity in Pacific Coast Con ference play, will be fighting to prove that they still rate the dark horse” title given them by pre-sea son dopesters. A gallant band of College of Pacific Tigers made the Ducks go all out to tack down a 7 to 6 victory in the Hayward field opener last Saturday. The Oregon team is determined to show the 40,000 spectators that will cram the Berkeley stadium that they are still a power to be reckoned with. The Golden Bears stumbled on to the gridiron stage last Saturday in a debut that left Bay area sports writers groping for adjectives to tell the story of a resounding defeat. A none-too-strong gang of Wisconsin Badgers slapped Coach Frank Wickhorst's Bears aroundjn a 28 to 7 defeat. Notwithstanding, the Califor nia team is well-supplied with re serve strength, and according to Oregon’s backfield coach Ben YVinkelman, is not to he taken lightly. Oregon’s gridders figure that the Cal team that lost to Wisconsin will be an improved organization today. Though Oregon's incomparable left halfback Jake Leicht went South with the Ducks, a knee injury will, in all probability, keep him on the sidelines. Therein lies one of the W'ebfoots main reasons for singing the blues. Leicht, a versatile and truly great ball player, is Oregon’s meal ticket. Without him the Ducks may be just another squad. Duck Backfield Classy In spite of the lack of Leicht, Coach Oliver will still be able to field one of the classier backfields on the Coast. Starting the game at left half will be veteran Jim New quist, who docs many things well. Right half chores will be done by Bob Reynolds, who will probably start. Blocking back Duke Iversen, wlio is classed as one of Oregon’s all time best, will start at Quarterback. Fullbacking duties will be taken care of by 203 pound Bob Koch. Starting at left end will be tough Tony Crish, who played pre-war ball at Oregon. Chuck Elliott, the larg est man on the Duck team, will get the nod at left tackle. At left guard, Line Coach Vaughn Corley can start John Kauffman or Ted Meland if he becomes eligible. Center will be Brad Ecklund. Bill Murphy will be starter at right guard. Big Don Stanton will be right tackle choice. Pass catching Wayne Bartholemy wilt be Oregon’s right flank man. Texas Leads on Offense NEW YORK—The Texas Long horns, who have swamped their first two opponents this season, rate as the top offensive eleven of the young football season. The Longhorns have moved for 947 yards by rushing and passing in two games. Detroit is second, with a total •yardage gained of 937. Tulsa is third, at 922. On the basis of a single game, however, little Davidson college is the leader. Davidson picked up 097 yards in its lone game of the season, against Erskine. The best figures available indi cate that the present petroleum sup ply will be exhausted in less than 14 years. Radio Here are today’s football broad casts: 10:15—Army vs. Cornell, KUGN (1400 Kc.), ABC. 1:455—Oregon State vs. Portland U., KUGN (1400 Kc.), ABC. 2:15—Oregon vs. California, KORE (1440 Kc.), Mutual. Probable Starting Lineups Oregon California Tony Crish (187).TER. (190) Ken Groefsema Chuck Elliott (240) .LTR. (220) Jim Turner John Kauffman (190) .LGR. (180) Jack Bailey Brad Eckluncl (200). C (190) Dong Duncan Bill Murphy (195) .RGL. (191) Bob Dodds Don Stanton (220) .RTL. (220) Ron Sockolov Wayne Bartholemy (190) ....REL. (190) Bill Diffenbaugh Duke Iversen (210). Q . (175) Charley Erb Jim Newquist (185) .EHR. (188) Bob Dal Porto George Bell (185) .RHE. (185) Jack Jensen Bob Koch (203) -. F .-. (190) Tim Main Shysters Issue Grid Challenge “We are not a bunch of varsity rejects,” screamed head coach “Curly” Walker of the law school rugby aggregation. “We are 27 deep in all positions and we will run out so many able substitutes that it will look like a theater line. I am miffed at the obvious slander that is being maliciously circulated about the caliber of our fighting six, and hereby issue a challenge to any organization that is in need of a lesson on the finer points of the game.” According to line coach Mar cus Winkler, who is involved with a jurisdictional dispute with Walker over alleged duties, the law school line averages 219 pounds including such almost All American stalwarts as “Major” Gene llrown, Duke ’34; Brad Francher, Carlisle, ’18; Elliot “the face” Snedecor, Stanford, ’40; Uncle Bulgy Meldrum, Cook’s and Bakers School at Camp Grant, ’42; and “Crazy Legs” Carmae chal, Stephens college, (no dates available). Coach Walker’s starting back field is flooded with speed mer chants and the choice narrows down to Norm Wiener, Pershing Square College of Los Angeles, '43; Ray Kohler, Montana State Teachers, ’33; Joe “Kreml” Walker, Oregon, ’39; and Doug Hay, P.S. 301. “We are dickering for tune-up night game with the Thetas,” vol unteered Coach Walker, “and while our offense needs no polishing, our defense, to say the least is odifer ous! We have a new secret forma tion that should take them by sur prise,” he chuckled. Anyone inter ested in sure defeat should contact either Coach Don Walker or Marcus Winkler at the law school where amicable terms can be arranged. Wallace Wade, shrewd football mentor, will send his Duke eleven against the Tennessee \ ols today in one of the big grid attractions on the east coast. I,ast week the Dukesters were upset 18-7 by North Caro lina State, but are expected to give the Yols a stiff run today. BILL ABBEY . . .Oregon quarterback, who has been out of uniform for several weeks nursing a shoulder injury, will be ready to tame the Bear in Berkeley today. Abbey successfully engineered the Oliver “T-Twist” that romped over California 20 to 18 last year. UCLA -Washington Fray » At Seattle Tops in PCC Forty thousand people are ex pected to crowd Washington Stad ium at Seattle Saturday to watch the heavily favored UCLA Bruins tangle with the hard-luck Huskies from Washington. The Bruins, who crushed Oregon State 50-7 last week, are out for their second con ference win. For the Huskies, this game marks their 1946 conference debut, and despite the 24-20 spank ing given them by Herman Wede meyer and Co., they have the op portunity of starting out batting 1,000. One of the teams people are wonderinbg about, the Trojans of TJSC, take on the tough Buckeyes from Ohio State in a non-conference tussle at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Win, lost, or draw, the Trojans re tain their 1000 gained in last week’s narrow victory over Washington State. The other “big” doubtful Ore gon, travels south to Berkeley for their initial Conference game with the Golden Bears of Cali fornia. With Jake Leicht a doubt ful starter, and their poor show ing against the College of Pacific still tagging them, many venture some sports writers have made California a slight favorite. Both Washington State and Ore gon State got a chance to rest up from their discouraging openers in tangling with Idaho and Portland University respectively. Stanford, who recorded a surprising 46-0 win over Idaho in their opener last week, take on Clipper Smith’s ag gregation from the University of San Francisco. The potent St. Mary’s Gael's, fresh from a sweet victory over the Washington Huskies, play .Alameda Navy at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco Sunday. Oregon scouts will make the trek to Ellensburg to watch Montana in action against the Eastern Wash ington College of Education. -f-ia-J Oregon Developing Linguistic Interests “Oregon, with the other univer sities of the United! States, is de veloping a great interest in the unusual language of the world,” said Professor R, P. Bowen, head of the Romance language department Friday. The Russian language is especi ally being studied in earnest this year and has a beginning class of 25. The Japanese courses offered are also very popular. Professor Bowen stated that, the war and the air age are direct causes for the increased interest of American institutions in languages. Besides German, French and Span ish, which have also increased in attendance this year, there is grow ing interest iu Chinese, Malayan, and Turkish which are not offered at the University at present. Formal Rushing Off Winter Term Formal rushing for University women will not be held winter and spring term, according to a decision reached at a meeting of Panhellen ic Thursday evening. However, open rushing will begin October 7 and all girls wishing to register may do so in the dean of women’s office. Sports Staff: Bernie Hammerbeck Wally Hunter Bill Stratton Larry Lau Keith Crow Bob Whitely The average salinity of Great ■ Salt Lake, Utah, is almost six times greater than that of the ocean.