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.
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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.
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