Leicht on Sidelines Saturday
- "Will Play First Class Ball*
Says Tex Oliver ofWebfoots
University of Oregon’s Webfoots, after four days of prepara
tion for the Oregon-Montana game, were pronounced ready to
"play some first class ball Saturday,” according to Head Coach
Tex Oliver. At the conclusion of last night’s scrimmage session
the Oregon mentor said, “the team as a whole has shown a lot of
improvement. The blocking was sharp, and the team looked very
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Bernie Hammerbeck
Bill Stratton
Wally Hunter
A1 Pietschman
Larry Lau
Fred Taylor
The Doug Fessenden-coached
Montana Grizzlies arrive in Eu
gene this morning- and are
scheduled to work out on Hay
ward field this afternoon.
goo a.
While Coach Oliver was injecting
a note of optimism into the Webfoot
grid picture last night, he also re
vealed the fact that Webfoot All
American Jake Leicht would not be
ready for the Saturday game. Leicht
injured a knee in the season’s open
ing game with College of Pacific
and his condition has been doubtful
since.
First definite news of Leicht’s
condition came from Oliver when
he said, “Leicht won’t be able to
play this week.” Oliver did indi
cate that Leicht might be used in
a pinch, but that even this was
unlikely.
In last night’s scrimmage the
Ducks devoted most of their time to
drills designed to sharpen Oregon
offensive play. The Webfoots ear
lier in the week concentrated on de
fensive formations to use against
Coach Fessenden’s Grizzlies.
Hutchinson Moved Up
Second junior varsity ball player
to make the big jump from John
Warren’s “nuggets” to Oliver’s var
sity was halfback Bill Hutchinson.
Hutchinson had several “hot”
nights while running JV plays
against the varsity so Oliver gave
the stocky, ex-Eugene high school
Star a promotion.
Coming along in fine shape at
tackle is Merritt Kufferman ex
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IM Standings
Through Thursday, October 10
League I
W. L. T.
ATO . 10 0
Big Eps . 0 0 1
V, Dorm A. 0 0 1
Sherry Ross . 0 10
League II
W. L. T.
SAE . 10 0
Omega hall . 10 0
DU . 0 10
vV Dorm B. 0 1 0
League III
W. L. T.
Sigma Chi. 10 0
Pi Rapp. 0 0 1
Chi Psi. 0 0 1
V Dorm C . 0 1 0
League IYr
W. L. T.
'■ 'Phi Delt. 10 0
DTD . 10 0
JKappa Sig. 0 10
v Villa rd . 0 1 0
League V
W. L. T.
Beta . 10 0
Vi Dorm E . 10 0
Fiji . 0 10
.Yeomen . 0 10
League VI
W. L. T.
V Dorm AA . 10 0
iThela Chi . 0 0 1
Sammies . 0 0 1
vV Dorm BB .0 1 0
League VII
- W. L. T.
Sigma Nil . 10 0
Campbell club . 10 0
V Dorm CC. 0 10
V Dorm DD . 0 10
League VIII
W. L.» T.
Legal Eagles . 10 0
Phi Psi .0 0 1
Sigma hall . 0 0 l
Vet Dorm EE. 0 10
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Ore-Mont . 14-12 20- 6 14- 7 14- 7 16- 0 21-13 16- 7
USC-OSC. 6-13 12- 7 13- 7 19- 7 7-13 20- 7 13- 9
UCLA-Stan . 34-21 21-14 33-19 26-13 26-13 32-13 29-19
Wash-WSC . 12- 7 12-13 7-18 13-14 0- 7 14-19 13-10
Idaho-Marq . 6- 7 7- 6 7-10 6-26 0-13 7-14 7-11
Army-Mich . 24-21 26-12 14- 7 20-13 20- 7 27- 7 22-11
Navy-Duke . 12-14 12- 0 7- 6 7-13 0- 7 0-14 6- 9
Yale-Col. 0-21 7-21 7- 0 9-19 12-26 0-18 6-17
Ill-Ind . 33-13 7-20 13- 0 14- 7 20- 7 19-13 18-10
Texas-Okla. 33-12 32- 7 27- 7 33-14 33-13 34- 7 32-10
UCLA Over Stanford in
Top Game on West Coast
By LARRY LAU
This greatest of all football seasons grinds into it’s third week
Saturday with the list of undefeated teams slated to be cut nearly
in half. On the Pacific slope, four unbeaten teams will lay their
hopes for the 1946 Rose Bowl bid on the line.
The Stanford-UCLA tilt, boomed as the game of the week on
the Coast, brings together two of California’s three unbeaten
teams. Stanford, although unde
feated, has not played against the
competition the Bruins have . . .
UCLA by 13 points.
At Ann Arbor, Mich., Fritz Cris
ler’s Michigan Wolverines are grim
ly readying for their toughest game
of the year, that with Army. With
Doc Blanchard back in the Cadet
lineup, the Wolverines figure to
have a rough afternoon ... Army by
two touchdowns.
At Pullman, Wash, the twice
beaten Washington Huskies tackle
a Washington State team that
looked good in its only defeat.
Washington is suffering from in
juries . . . Washington State by one
touchdown.
Skiers Meet Today
All men interested in the Uni
versity of Oregon ski team are
asked to meet Jim Popp in the
balcony of McArthur court today
at 4 o’clock.
Time trials for downhill, sla
lom, and cross country will be
held later on in the season.
Jumpers are also needed as there
wilt be several four-way meets.
Oregon will send a varsity,, ski
team to various inter-collegiate
meets this winter with competi
tion scheduled against the Uni
versity of Washington, Univer
sity of British Columbia, WSC,
OSC, and Idaho. Several other
trips will be made if the season
is successful.
Those who are unable to attend
the meeting please phone Jim
Popp at the S AE House.
The Texas Longhorns, ranked as
the No. 1 team in the nation take
on their traditional rivals, the
Oklahoma Sooners in a game that
CHUCK ELLIOTT . . . rugged, 240-pound tackle, is expected to be in
the starting lineup tomorrow, when the Webfoots square off with the
Montana Grizzlies of Missoula. Elliott, a two-year letterman, is a home
town boy, having graduated from Eugene high school.
promises to be a thriller. Oklahoma
gave' a superb Army team a real
run for their money last week while
Texas was busy trampling the Okla
homa Aggies 54-6 ... Texas by three
touchdowns.
The Navy-Duke tilt, which in
years past has been consistently
one of “the” games, hasn’t the old
fire this year. With Navy beaten by
a fighting Columbia eleven last
week, the nou goes to Duke by one
touchdown.
In Portland, the badly trampled
Beavers from Oregon State will
attempt to get back into the run
ning in their game with USC. The
Trojan’s head coach, Jeff Cravath
has spent most of the week trying
new lineups after their disappoint
ing game with Ohio State last week.
The Beavers looked fully recovered
from the UCLA game in drubbing
week and so, going wayout on a
limb,... Oregon State by one touch
down.
A great Notre Dame eleven gets
a breather this week in tackling a
Purdue team that in no way re
sembles that school’s great elevens
of the past . . . Notre Dame by 33
points.
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PUfMUtt Review
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By AL PIETSCHMAN
Outstanding collegiate athletes
usually have part of their equip
ment shown in a display case when
they leave their alma mater. Tom
Harmon's famous “98” jersey is
preserved by the Michigan stu
dents; Red Grange’s “77” adorns
the trophy case at the University
of Illinois, and Oregon’s “Alley
cat’s” jerseys are preserved for the
future in McArthur court.
A pair of football shoes may
rightly be in that showcase some
day—the shoes that Jim Newquist
wore in the California game. Jim’s
pin-point accuracy in splitting the
goal post with those shoes was the
decisive factor in Oregon’s narrow
win over the Bears last week. After
the first Oregon touchdown and
with the Cal team leading 7-6, New
quist coolly booted across the ty
ing point.
With the score tied at 13-all
in the final quarter Newquist
again stepped up to try for the ex
tra point. The 40,000 football fans
fn Berkeley’s Memorial stadium
held their breath as the ball was
snapped, and the 1400 Oregon
rooters roared as Newquist
thumped the ball through the
goalpost again.
His historic kick was not the only
factor that made newsprint that
day. His sparkling play in the en
tire contest drew forth high praise
from all who watched him lead the
Duck attack. Combined with Bob
Koch, Duke Iversen, and Jack
Leicht, Newquist fills out the Ore
gon backfielri that is one of the
smoothest quartets in the coast
conference today.
Scored in COP Game
Newquist was also the only Duck
to hit touchdown territory in the
COP game. At present he leads Ore
gon backs in the point department
with 14 tallies chalked up to his
credit. Besides the one touchdown
in the COP contest, he picked up
the tying touchdown with an off
tackle slash in the Cal game. His
accurate toe contributed the other
two points to his total.
Jim was the subject of Sports
Commentator Sam Haye’s Pig
skin Review aired Monday. Sam
described the halfback’s glitter
ing play in the Cal game and had
the point-after-touchdown epi
sode re-enacted for the listen
ers. Hayes singled out this play
as the outstanding one in the
week's Pacific Coast conference
game.
Football has occupied Newquist's
athletic program since he played
for the Camas high school team. It
was while with this ball club that
he earned his first recognition as a
coming player. During the 1938 sea
son with Camas, he copped the title
of second highest scorer in the na
tion's prep race. Newquist also
paced his high school eleven to an
undefeated record that year.
Frosh Ball in 1940
He was an outstanding halfback
with the Duck freshman ball club
in 1940 and gained valuable expe
rience with the 1941 varsity befo.re
his football career was interrupted
at Oregon.
The Navy claimed Jim when
the war came along, and he saw
action as a carrier pilot on the
USS Ticonderoga and USS Han
cock. The Distinguished Flying
Cross and two air medals were
awarded to him during his duty
with the two aircraft carriers in
the Pacific.
Newquist stands 5-11 and weighs
185 pounds. He is 25 years old and
has another year of varsity compe
tition left before he graduates.
Like all this week’s stars inter
viewed, Newquist is also a married
man and has an attractive little
girl, Leslie Lynn to root for him at
the games.