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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1946)
DUCK TRACKS By BERNIE HAMMERBECK Sports Editor Tex Oliver’s resignation yesterday as head coach effective at the end of the current season was big news to many Webfoot fol lowers, but certainly not unexepected to many others. The most newsworthy angle was un doubtedly the fact that Oliver is currently coaching an unde feated team with possibilities of continuing so, yet he decided to throw in the towel. The Register-Guard’s Dick Strite came out quite definitely a couple of months back with the statement that Oliver would not return even should he coach a vi*inner in 1946. Many of the locals gave him the big Bronx cheer at the time, but his shrewd observation has now become a reality. BOB REYNOLDS speculation as to tne ettect on tne morale of the team is per haps unwarranted. If the resignation does have any effect upon the squad it will undoubtedly be favorable, as it is now definitely known that Tex Oliver is not winning games this year to insure his job at Oregon. Several grid fans have expressed their disappointment at the poor showing of the Oregon supporters in welcoming their team home following the California win. The Thursday eve ning sendoff rally was only fair as far as the turnout was con cerned, while the rooters on hand for the return was scarcely visible, so few were their number. Oregon’s yell king, Tom Hazzard, deserves a few words of praise for his fine work at Berkeley during the game.Reports indicate that he did a fine job of organizing the 1400 Oregon root ers ora hand and giving the Lemon and Green eleven the backing they needed. Criticism Not Pointed at Hazzard And so when criticism is aimed at the sendoff and return raises it is certainly not pointed toward Hazzard. Rather it is directed toward the student body of 5600 sudents who shed bitter tears while demanding seats on the 50-yard line for the ball game, but somehow found it beyond their capacity to transverse those few blocks down to the train station to give the team the support it so richly deserved. Examples of team backing at other colleges could be quoted indefinitely. One might suffice. At West Point the Cadets meet their returning Army team en masse as the train comes in. The gridders are packed from the train and placed aboard a waiting bus. The return trip to the campus then includes a long hill, but the bus does not make this route under its own power. Instead the cheering Cadets pull the bus the remaining distance. Needless to say, the gridders are somewhat reluctant to accept such a display of loyalty when returning from a defeat. The tra dition holds, however, as the rooters prove their zeal in backing the team. Other schools make ample use of bands, local celebrities, organized stunts, etc. The rally prior to the Cal departure was limited in scope because of early-season redtape. That, how ever, was no excuse for the poor turnout of rooters. If the University of Oregon is ever to have a football team that will fight bitterly for victory despite odds or breaks, the Oregon rooters must stand behind it. And oddly enough, that was just the type of play that won the Cal game. The Webfoots were “Orttyardaged, outdowned, and out-figured in general. They won because they were the fighting team, the one that scrapped and made the best of the breaks. Their welcome home—perhaps fifty fans! "Country Club Sunday Morning" It is admitted that the Sunday noon return was a bit awkward to some. Student? attending church are certainly encouraged to do so. However, it is highly improbable that the entire student body, with the exception of those few at the station, was at church. It is more likely that the “Country Club School” had a “Country Club Sunday Morning.” From the bold and apparently somewhat cocky sportswriters of the Montana Kaimin, school paper for the Montana Griz zlies, comes the big prediction that the visiting Grizzlies expect to win in style. To quote Dick Kern in his column, Foul Shots: “This game will be the Grizzlies first real chance to let off steam. The result will give the coast papers something to write about for weeks because when the smoke goes away, the Ore goners will be beaten by two touchdowns.” However, on reviewing the potentialities of the Oregon club with its Iversens, Newquists, Kochs, Reynolds, Bells, and per hafls even Jake Leicht, there are pleijty of those greenbacks lying in wait in the Emerald Sports Shack, should any aspiring Mon tanans venture around. , _ Sigma Nus Smother Dorm ‘CC’, 21 to 6 By ELWIN PAXON A well-coordinated passing and running offense, combined with a heads-up defense enabled the Sigma Nu team to adminis ter a 21-6 thumping to a scrappy “CC” dorm squad yesterday afternoon. Campbell Club automatically received credit for the victory in the second game as Vet’s dorm “DD” failed to appear. After receiving the opening kick-off, the Vet’s were only auie 10 pick up live yards in rnree tries, and punted to their opponent’s 32 where the potent Sigma Nu atack lost no time in racking up a six point lead. A ten yard pass clicked and then Brown, rangy left end, snagged an aerial from Ed Crane to give the winners a first down on the Dorm's 25. Two short passes, one to Keith Watson and one to mountainous Hugh Steers, placed the ball on the 3, where it was a simple matter for Crane to fire a bullet heave to Ed Dick for the first counter of the game. Hugh Steers made the extra point on a short pass. The Sigma Nu’s nearly crossed the goal line again in the same quarter, as Ed Crane proved himself an able ball packer' as well is flinger, by skirting his own left end for thirty yards. However the TD was nullified by an illegal block thrown by an ov.er-eager in terference man. Early in the second period, the Dorm “CC” became the aggressor and opened up an aerial offense of their own, as signal-caller Fred Van Horn spiralled a 45 yard pass to Paul Huntsinger, and put his team in scoring position. The touchdown punch was supplied by Bob George on an end sprint, but the Vet’s failed to knot the score by missing the conversion try. Two plays later Sigma Nu grab bed a permanent lead after Watson displayed a fancy bit of running to return the kickoff 20 yrds, setting the ball on the 43. For the second time, Crane’s hurling arm was a deciding factor in the point-making as he unfurled a 50-yard pass to basketball star Dick Wilkins, who ran the total for his club up to 13 markers and the winning margin. Crane threw one down the slot to Ed Dick for the extra point. The out-classed Vet’s Dorm ag gregation received the second half boot in thir own territory and drove to the enemy 40; but there Dick Wilkins, playing in the secondary, intercepted a pass and raced to the twenty, where he was forced out of bounds by the only opponent be tween himself and the white stripe. The Sigma Nu march was halted, however, by another illegal blocking penalty, and they relinquished the ball within 20 yards of the goal. Sigma Nus, boasting both speed and size, added one more for good measure in the final stanza after the losers failed to make the necessary yardage for a first down with the ball on their foe’s 40. Glue-fingered Dick Wilkin’s rolled up 23 yards and Don Ma larkey made about 35 as the Greek gridders took to the air and brought the ball to the one foot line, where a line plunge by Crane chalked the final' TD of the game. Wilkins also hit the line to make the final score 21 to 6. Lineup: Sigma Nu (21) it’s Dorm CC (6) Steers.C. Nash Brown.RG.Frank Watson .LG.Hollowpeter Dick.RE.Duhaime Wilkins .LE.Schumaker Kimsey.F.George Crane.Q.Van Horn Malarkey .subs..Huntsinger Moores ...Tassock Sigma Nu.7 7 0 7—21 Vet’s.0 6 0 0— 6 Money on the Line In a recent issue of Montana’s student newspaper, the Montana Kaimin, sports columnist Dick Kerns made the statement that Oregon would be two touchdowns shy of a victory at the final gun. Last night the Emerald sports staff wired Mr. Kerns and told him that they would be willing to put 100 bucks on the line if he is still willing to give away 12 points. The sports-minded Emer ald staff is not quibbling over the possibility of two conversions— for Oregon. South Africa annually mines more gold than the United States, Canada and Australia. Board Appoves 7 Major Sports The educational activities board approved yesterday a proposal re ceived in a letter from Graduate Manager Anson B. Cornell asking that major letters be given for sev en sports at the University of Ore gon. The proposal, as approved by the board, would make football, basket ball, baseball, track, swimming, tennis, and golf sports in which major letters may be earned. Under the previous setup, only two of the aforementioned sports—tennis and golf—were considered minor. The approval is contingent upon unanimous acceptance of the other schools in the conference, however, and if full acceptance cannot be ob tained, the plan will be dropped at Oregon. The proposal was made in an effort to standardize major sports at all schools in the Pacific Coast conference. DUKE IVERSEN . . . Webfoot quarterback and ace linebacker, who will play a major role in the Montana game Saturday. The highly touted Grizzlies are expected to give the Ducks as tough a battle as they have* had this year. r il y/ YOU'LL / SEE YOUR V FAMILY REALLY N EAT WHEN THEY ARE SERVED OUR CHOICEST MEAT / “The House o£ Choice Steaks” EUGENE PACKING CO 675 Willamette Phone 38 or 39 S&H Green Stamps Fjree delivery