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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1946)
Oliver Sends Gridmen Through Heavy Drill Jim Berwick Looking Good At Guard; Jake Leicht's Condition Still Uncertain University of Oregon’s Webfoots rounded out their final day of heavy practice in preparation for the annual Homecoming tiff with Washington State College Saturday, as they whipped through an inter-squad scrimmage last night. Coach Gerald A. Oliver again split his varsity into units.with a Red team facing the Whites. The Webfoot first string as a White team looked especially sharp offensively. With Duke Ivcrsen clearing the way, the first team backfield ot Jim Newquist, Sam Ramey and Bob Koch consistently made long gams through the second team line. Koch showed power a-plenty on line smashes, one, an off-tackle slant, going for a touchdown. Speedy Jim Newquist made an other touchdown on a short end run. T-Formation Shown Some idea of the potency of the Washington State “T”-formation was given when the Duck third team unit moved effectively against the second string line. Coach Phil Sor boe’s special brand of razzle-dazzle, including several variations of a “spread,” caught the Oregon line Off-guard several times in the drill. Also getting special' attention by the Duck squad was a defense against the Cougar passing at tack. After Backfield Coach Ben Winkolman scouted the WSC Washington tilt he said that the Cougars will pass at any and all times, so the Oregon secondary defense has been getting special attention from the coaching staff. Though ends Tofiy Crish and Dan Garza are the only Wrbfoots defi nitely benched for the Saturday fra cas there are still some Duck ball players on the “doubtful” list. Ore gon’s All-American Jake Leicht will possibly see action against the Cougars, but this is not definite. About Leicht, Coach Tex Oliver said, “I’m not willing to risk perma nent injury to any player by using him before he is fully recovered.” Berwick to nee Action Scheduled to see his first action against an Oregon opponent this season is husky Right Guard Jinr Berwick. Berwick injured a leg in a scrimmage before the College of Pacific clash and has been bench ridden since. This week, however, lie has been going great in practice. Halfback George Bell, who in jured a hip in the Montana game, is not a definite starter but will prob ably play. Quarterback Bill Abbey has an injured thigh, but it has been " ■a MAKE a DATE v or an EVENING of FUN DORSEY’S U-BOWL 12th it "Willamette Phone 4716 responding to treatment and will probably be improved enough for him to play. SPORTS STAFF THIS ISSUE Bernie Hammerbeek Bill Stratton Wally Hunter Fred Taylor Larry Lau A1 Pietschman Don Gruening BOB REYNOLDS . . . flashy half back scheduled for plenty of work in tomorrow’s Homecoming tilt with Washington State. Cle.a'i the. ^bech^!... ^ Emerald Experts Step Up With Weekend Forecasts 1 Step back, you national experts! Here (jorne the Emerald pigskin prognosticators with their weekly tips hot from the crystal bowl and the two-headed coin. Old Lady Luck smiled upon several of the lads last weekend, and at present the com bined efforts of Dobbs, Lee, and Stetson are unable to adequately shelter their nodding noggins. Says the official Emerald prog nosticator, Larry Lau, as his hands draped lazily from the pockets of his burlap vest, “Considering the fact that we ignore breathers, and choose only the toughies, I’d say Paul Williamson has nothing on us.” (Step down, brother; you’re John Tom WSC-Ore. 6-21 7-21 Wash.-U.S.C.- 13- 6 6-7 UCLA-Cal . 34-12 20-13 Mich.-North . 27-12 20-14 111.-Wise. 13- 6 7-6 Ok. A. & M.-.Geo. 6-21 7- 0 Geo. Tech-LSU.' 6-20 0-21 Ala.-Tenn. 14- 7 7-14 Army-Col. 28-13 20-10 Tex.-Ark. 35- 6 33- 7 choosing Texas ana uiey breathed hard yet.) Tommy Wright, now working newside but a former sports man, gladly jumped on the soapbox to expound on the prediction situation for a few thousand words: he was promptly stifled by his wife, how ever, with some remark referring to the dignity of an editor’s spouse. At a late hour last night, Bernie Hammerbeck, sports editor and cur rently trailing in the predicting race, was hounded for a statement, but had no comment as he pulled a tattered felt over his circled eyes and caught the mightnight freight for a weekend of solitude. ^ , Bernie 7-14 19- 13 20- 7 13- 0 7-13 0-30 0- 7 7- 9 28- 7 26-13 Bill \ 7-21 13- 7 28- 7 19-13 14- 12 7-26 0-13 7-13 27- 7 33-13 Larry 7-21 7- 0 20- 7 14- 0 6-13 6- 19 7- 20 7- 6 20- 6 13- 0 Wally 6-21 18- 14 21-14 19- 0 26-20 13- 20 6-21 14- 13 27- 7 35-14 Comp. 7-20 13- 8 24- 10 19- 7 12-11 7-19 3-17 10-10 25- 8 29- 9 UO-WSC In PCC Spotlight; Bruins Favored Over Bears By LARRY LATJ The Webfoot - Cougar fray in Eugene tomorrow afternoon takes tlie spotlight as the game-of-the week on the Pacific coast. For the Cougars it will be a chance to get back into the winner’s circle in a big way by dumping one of the two unbeaten teams left in the confer ence. The Webfoots, who after last weekend rose to 22nd place in the nation in an Associated Press poll, have their first chance to test their dark horse machine against a tough opponent. Just as one can’t ignore Cougar stalwarts like Lippincott, Williams, Eggers, Abrams and Niemi, so one must also take into account the Webfoots' quiet determination to win. All things being equal, we pre dict Oregon’s fourth consecutive victory by 14 points. The number one team on the Pacific coast, UCLA, tangles with a California team that, after last weejr, cannot be counted upon to play tlie same brand of ball any two weekends in a row. The Golden Bears looked pitiful against the Wisconsin Badgers, were stubbornly troublesome to a spirited Webfoot team, and rose to great heights in slapping down an insistent St. Mary’s aggrega tion. St. Mary’s, despite the indi vidual stars, can’t be said to have fhe power of the teams the Bruins have staggered thus far . . . UCLA by 18 points. Before an expected crowd of 75, 000 the twice humbled Trojans will slink back into the Los Angeles col iseum Saturday to meet the Huskies from the University of Washing ton. SC fans are not accustomed to losing; the pressure must be on, and Cravath’s 1946 team doesn’t look like one that will respond to much pressure. As do most Northern Di vision teams when they travel south, (and especially after Washington’s sweet 21-7 triumph over Washing ton State last week), the Husky cry is “Get SC!’’ . . . Predicting much success . . . Washington by 7 points. Wolverines by 14 The Michigan Wolverines, who gave half a nation a thrill last week when they fought for three quarters on equal terms with the fabulous Army team, tackle a tough North western squad that mopped up on Ohio State last week. Keeping the Army-Mich. score in mind, the nod goes to the Wolverines by 14 points. The Longhorns of Texas, who edged a stubborn Oklahoma team 20-13 last week, have lined up an other lulu in the Razorbacks of Arkansas. The Arkies are unde feated to date, having beaten a tough Baylor squad 13-0 last Sat urday . . . Texas by 13 points. Army seeking it’s 23rd consecu tive victory, tackles an unbeaten Columbia that may prove to be tougher than many think. Cadet power is not to be denied, however . . . Army by 14 points. Old Eli by IS In the East, it’s Yale versus Cor nell in a game that should be a real thriller. Yale lost a close one last week to Columbia, but figures to bounce back into the winners’ circle this Saturday . . . Yale by 13 points. The ghosts of former mighty Fordham elevens will stir restlessly Saturday when the Galloping Gaels PIERCE FREIGHT LINES, INC. FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY Call 289 of St. Mary’s invade home territory. . . . St. Mary’s by 14 points. Holy Cross arid Syracuse tan gle in their annual tilt with neith er team going into the fray a po tential Bowlite . . . Holy Cross by 10 points. Down South, Texas A & M and TCU meet in a game which is stir ring up tremendous interest in the cow country. Neither will field a team that even slightly resembles the squads of better days. The Ag gies have a definite edge though . . . Texas A & M by 13 points. The Georgia Bulldogs tangle with an Oklahoma A & M team that, thus far, hasn’t lived up to its pre-season rating. Georgia on the other hand has been mentioned already in con nection with the “big” bowl bid . . . Georgia by 13 points. In the deep South, Alabama and Tennessee meet in a game which may decide much regarding bowl invitations. Both have had warm up games, and both are undefeat ed. The coin came up tails . . . Alabama by one point. A harassed Navy team will at tempt to hit paydirt Saturday in its tilt with the potent Tarheels of North Carolina. Navy reserve power is at a low ebb indeed . . . North Carolina by 7 points. Westminster house was erected in 1919. —— _ Deskins A Daddy Curt Deskins, varsity tackle, has an added reason to play inspired ball Saturday; he is a father! His wife Grace was delivered of a nine pound, eleven ounce girl, 6:29 a.m. Thursday morning at the Sacred Heart hospital. Dr. George F. Gul dager, team physician, presided. Outing Club Schedules Hendricks Park Hike Second hike on the schedule of the Outing club is a sunrise break fast jaunt to Hendricks park Sun day morning. The hiking group will meet in front of Gerlinger hall at 6 a.m., according to Lou Ann Mor rison, president, and eat breakfast at the park. Membership to the Outing club is made upon receiving 50 points for participation in hikes, ski trps, and other actvities of the group. An Emblem containing the figure of a duck hiking up a hill is received at time of membership, Miss Morrison said. 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