Webfoots Smother Grizzlies
Newquist, Bell\ Reynolds,
Koch Score in 3U-0 Win
After punching out a convincing 34 to 0 win over University
of Montana Saturday, University of Oregon’s undefeated Web
foots headed back to the practice grind that will lead them to a
Saturday engagement with Washington State College. Webfoot
stock soared to new heights Saturday after completely outclass
ing “the strongest team in Montana s history. From the opening
kickoff the Ducks were in the driver’s set. Within 1 minute 55
seconds of the opening quarter the
Webfoots had tallied their first
touchdown, and from there on it
was all Oregon.
Oregon started their scoring
after Montana had fumbled the
Initial kickoff. Ball hawking Hy
mie Harris first captured the free
ball, but lost it. Guard Tony No
vacic, in his first starting role at
right guard, however, picked up
the bounding oval on the Montana
82-yard line, and Oregon was on
the way.
Score in Five Plays
In five plays the Webfoots had
scored. Right half George Bell and
fullback Bob Koch alternated in
carrying down to the Grizzly 1-yard
line, where Koch boomed over right
guard for the score. Oregon's auto
matic converting machine, Jim
Newquist, added the extra point via
placement.
Oregon’s line backing center,
Brad Ecklund, set the Webfoots up
for their second score by intercept
ing a first down Montana pass on
the Grizzly 41 and lugging it to the
32-yard stripe. From there, jack-of
all backfield chores, Jim Newquist,
floated a pass to Bell on the Mon
tana 11, and Bell scored unmo
lested. Newquist failed to convert
after an Oregon holding penalty
added 15 yards to the kicking dis
tance.
Coach Oliver’s Webfoots were
held scoreless in the second quar
ter 1ml managed to rack up two
more touchdowns In the third pe
riod. Left Half Newquist climaxed
a drive from the Oregon 34 to
score on a sweep around right
end. Newquist again added the
extra point from placement.
Big Bob Koch, who had a fine day
at fullback for Oregon, scooped in
a Montana pass late in the quarter
on the Oregon 49-yard line, and
from there rambled untouched to
score. Newquist upped his conver
sion total by place kicking the point
after touchdown.
Final Score in Fourth
Final Webfoot score came in the
fourth quarter after Coach Oliver
had cleaned the bench of substi
tutes. Webfoot hard luck man,
Bobby Reynolds, finally scored a
touchdown that was not nullified by
an Oregon penalty.
Montana punted to the Oregon
28-yard line, and from here the
Webfoots moved to the goal.
Featured plays of this drive w’ere
two 10-yard passes thrown by
Reynolds, one to quarterback Bill
Abbey, and the other to end Dar
rel Robinson. Tricky Bob clinched
the score with a 12-yard dash
around right end. NVwquist
kicked his final extra point of the
day to make the final total of 34
points.
Only serious Oregon casualty of
the game was halfback Bell, who
bruised a hip and may not be ready
for WSC. All-American Jake
Leicht and guard Jim Berwick,
Kahananui Tops
With Nine for Ten
The Emerald pigskin experts
raised their neads to look about the
world again after a week of hiding,
as the October 12 predictions re-es
tablished them as “fair” even if not
“experts” in the field of prognos
ticating.
Tops for the week was Johnny
Kahananui with nine out of a possi
ble ten correct. His only miss was
the Indiana-Illinois game.
Missing two predictions but still
leading the field n the season’s to
tals was Larry Lau. He ran into
trouble in the Hoosier-Illini tilt and
the Washington-WSC game as well.
Results for October 12:
Kahananui ...
Lau .
Stratton .
Hunter .
Consensus .....
Wright.
Hammerbeck
Hit Miss Pts.
....9 1 209
....8 2 219
....7 3 284
....7 3 291
...7 3 297
...6 4 364
...5 5 421
neither of whom saw action Satur
day, are both expected to be ready
to go against the Washington State
Cougars.
Lineups and summary:
Montana.Oregon
Reynolds .LE.Harris
Kampuris .LT. Elliott
Thiebes .LG .....Meland
Leeper.C.Ecklund
Rossmiller .RG. Novacic
Cork .RT.Stanton
Yovtetich .RE .... Bartholemy
Helding .QB. Iversen
Palmer .LH. Redden
Wardien .RH. Bell
Radakovich .FB. Koch
Score by quarters:
Montana .0 0 0 0— 0
Oregon.13....0..14....7—34
Touchdowns—Oregon: Koch 2,
Bell, Nequist, Reynolds.
Extra points—Oregon: Nequist
4 (placement).
Substitutions — Montana: backs
—Reagan, Roberts, Stephens, Ty
Oregon - Montana
Statistics
Ore. Mont.
Rushing plays . 46 33
Yards gained rushing 302 139
Yards lost rushing. 15 8
Net yardage rushing.. 287 131
Passes attempted . 16 18
Passes completed. 7 4
Passes intercepted .... 2 5
Yards gained passes.. 85 50
Yards lost passes. 2 0
Yard, interc. returns.. 122 31
Net yardage passes.... 83 50
Yard., rush. & passes.. 380 181
Number of penalties ..7 1
Yardage penalties. 75 5
Total First Downs. 14 5
Rushing. 12 4
Forward passes ...... 2 1
Penalties . 0 0
Number of punts. 6 8
Punts had blocked. 0 0
Total punt yardage .... 229 249
Average length . 38.2 31.1
Punt returns. 4 4
Yardage punt returns 23 58
Average, punt returns..7.3 14.5
Kickoffs . 5 1
Total kickoff yardage 264 50
Average, kickoffs .... 52.8 50
Kickoff returns . 1 4
Average, kickoff ret... 24 21.5
Fumbles . 3 6
Ball lost on fumbles .... 3 4
Ball lost on downs. 2 1
Ball lost on penalties 0 0
vand, Jerman, Streit, Kalish; ends
—Semansky, Cheek, Reynolds;
tackles—Briney, Lodell, Normand;
guards — Gerner, Walterskirchen;
centers — Leaphart, Cook, Ford.
Oregon: backs—Newquist, Rey
nolds Ramey, Shaffer, Donovan,
Oas, Abbey, Holcomb, Maine, Van
Brocklin, Sanders; ends—Robinson,
Dugan, Milne, Brown, Huskey;
tackles—Kufferman, Giffin, Frary,
Mayer, Roberts, Deskin; guards—
Kauffman, Schneiderman, Mezzera,
WSC Big Test
For Webfoots
The most severe test yet this sea
son awaits the Oregon Webfoots in
their homecoming game against
Phil Sorboe’s Washington State
Cougars Saturday. Although the
Cougars have dropped two games
to USC and Washington, their sec
ond place team of the 1945 season
is almost intact.
The Cougar line, although conT^
paratively light, is considered one
of the better defensive lines on the
coast, boasting such outstanding
linemen as Center Andy Lazor,
Tackle Laurie Niemi, and End Fran
cis Bacoka.
The Ducks will probably field
a superior backfield, but Coach
Sorboe has a talented combina
tion in Fullback Dick Abrams,
Quarterback Dean Eggers, and
Halfbacks Bill Lippincott and
Darroil Waller.
Since the two teams commenced
their rivalry in 1901, the Cougars
have won 11 and the Webfoots 8,
Four games have ended in dead
locks.
Oliver coached teams hold a 3-2
edge over WSC, with one tie. Last
year the two teams split a home and
home series, Oregon winning 26 to
13 on Hayward field and the Cou
gars taking the second game at
Pullman 20 to 13.
Sorboe, who is coaching his sec
ond year at Washington State, ia#,
former WSC athlete who played pro
ball with the Boston Redskins, Chi
cago Cards, and Brooklyn. He is
considered the outstanding young
mentor in the Pacific Coast confer
ence this year.
Edwards Ruecker, Heidenrich; cen
ters—Busch, Stokes, Sherych, Mar
tin.
THE IIIGHLV REGARDED Oregon offensive broke out in full bloom Saturday as the
Webfoots roared to a 34-0 win over the Grizzlies of MSI'. The eontest was settled in
the first two minutes of play, when the Oliver eleven recovered a Montana fumble on
the opening kickoff and punched over a score in five plays.
Packing the bail in this action shot is Bob Reynolds, flashy halfback who shortly
after this picture was taken stepped across the goal for his first touchdown of his
varsity career. Also in the above action are Chuck Elliott (39), Montana's Darrell Wafw
dien (90) and in the foreground, Duke Iversen in the process cf blocking a would-be
tackier. (Courtesy the Register-Guard.)