DUCK TRACKS
By BERNIE HAMMERBECK
Sports Editor
Johnnie Cherberg, assistant to Pest Welch at the University
of Washington, has come up with the very latest in kickoff equip
ment—well, perhaps not the latest, but boasted as the best. Ac
cording to 1946 football rules, when kicking off the ball may be
placed upon a tee, and the rule specifically implies that it must
be a tee and not over one inch jig
in height.
It seems, that Cherberg ex- ||
perimented with different types |j
of kickoffs while coaching at j|
Queen Anne high school in Se- "I
attle and came up with some I
sort of a wooden semi-circle for 1
a tee. This year with rubber I
once again returning to the pub- |
lie he really went to work.
Presto! He comes up with the ;|
‘Sure-Kick Tee.”
The Seattle drum - beaters :
have been booming their toe- ||
expert Bob Mikalson all season, ||
both as a kickoff and as a try- ||
for-point artist. According to
FRITZ CRISLER
the Seattle scribes, Mr. Mikalson has had only one mediocre
kickoff thus far this season. Needless to say he uses the “Sure
Kick Tee.”
With all due credit to Cherberg’s device, however, it must be
said that Tex Oliver’s Webfoots have been doing fairly well this
season with the old fashioned “you hold the ball while I kick ’
method. In four games this year, the Ducks have kicked off 12
times for an average of just about 50 yards per try, and that’s a
fair kickoff average in any league.
Michigan Has Tee Sent b y Air
Cherberg’s tee has become quite popular throughout the na
tion, Tom Stidham, coach at Marquette, being the first distant
customers. Shortly after Stidham’s acceptance of the tee, Coach
r Fritz Crisler of Michigan sent in an order and had the tees air
expressed to the Ann Arbor school.
Other clubs currently using the tee are UCLA and St. Mary’s
on the Coast, and Notre Dame and North Carolina back East.
The gadget has also crept into the pro ranks with both the
Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees giving it a try.
The bulging enrollment at the many universities has resulted
in a number of problems .to the many administrative offices, and
definitely included in this category is the athletic department.
Oregon’s Anse Cornell, constant buffer between a conservative
athletic board and the streamlined thinking of the Oregon student
body, is currently losing his hair over football problems, but be
fore long will have some tough decisions coming up regarding
basketball as well.
McArthur Court Seats 6600
The Webfoots have been most fortunate in having the huge
McArthur court as an athletic pavilion. It has served adequately
for many years. This season, however, it looks as though the
Igloo will bulge come basketball time, with many a fan turned
away because of insufficient seating capacity. Maximum capacity
for a cage event is 6600 fans, and with 5600 students enrolled in
the school that leaves but 1000 seats to spare.
Such a margin is better than most schools can boast this
year, but it certainly does not care for all those who would
like to attend. There are still the faculty fans, complimentary
tickets to the players, working and complimentary passes to
the press, alums, etc., to be taken care of.
Several plans have already been proposed and vetoed by Cor
nell as being too severe. No definite word is expected for a few
weeks yet, but one thing is certain—there will be no attempt to
limit the students to a certain number of games for the year as
many of the other schools are doing. All students wishing to see
the games will be assured seats. One possible restriction, how
ever, might be to require all students to be on hand early so that
noses can be counted and the number of seats available for the
public determined.
Shorts From Here and Th ere
Latest glamour shot at Mac court is big Duke Iversen
strutting his stuff with the aid of a cane; a pulled leg muscle
leaves him hobbling a bit, but he’ll be ready for Southern
Cal . . . Down Texas way they are getting mighty proud of
those undefeated Longhorns; reports have it that they will
be mighty unhappy if they don’t receive Rose Bowl and
Sugar Bowl bids. Even should they be asked, however, it is
doubtful if the Texans would come West, as the conference
champs are committed to a New Years Day appearance in
the Cotton Bowl.
DU's Tip Omega 7-0;
Vet Dorm A Forfeits
The DU squad slipped and sloshed
to a 7-0 victory over Omega hall
yesterday afternoon in a makeup
game on Howe field.
The treacherous footing made of
fensive maneuvering extremely dif
ficult and, except for a pass inter
ception by DU Jim Nelson in the
second period which put the Greek
team on the Omega twenty, neither
team penetrated their opponents’
territory deeply enough to threaten
seriously.
The only touchdown of the fracas
was racked up early in the third
frame. The DU’s scoring march be
gan in their own territory after
they received the kickoff on their
on thirty and on a lateral from Les
Wright to Herb Tainer, returned
the ball nearly to midfield, A left
flank gallop and a short pass rolled
up a first down, and another well
executed lateral, Tainer to Wright,
picked up ten yards, placing the
ball on the Omega’s 35.
Wright Scores
Behind the outstanding blocking
of Gordie Jones, Les Wright skirted
his own right end for the remaining
distance to shove his club into a
six-point lead. Leader, ball-snag:
ging left end, slipped in behind the
opposing secondary to grab Tainer’s
aerial, making the score 7-0.
The only other DU scoring op
portunity failed to materialize af
ter they drove to the Omega 24 in
the final quarter, only to lose the
pigskin on downs.
Sherry Ross won by default when
Vets’ Dorm A failed to make an
appearance.
Line-ups:
DU (7).Omega (0)
Jones. C. Buchanan
Barney .KG.Seymour
Wright ..RE.Bradley
Liever .LG.Moorhead
Leader .LE. Olts
Nelson .F. Pickens
Jones .Q .... Van Vactor.. J
Mentor Meets
Distance Men
Col. Bill Hayward explained to
cross country aspirants the plans
for this season in a special meeting
of all distance runners yesterday.
Hayward pointed out that the only
meet scheduled for the cross coun
try season is the University of
Washington three-mile invitational
meet around Green Lake in Seattle.
“If everyone is in shape and wants
to go, we will send a team. I want
Oregon to be in the meet, but I don’t
want to send men not properly con
ditioned for the long grind,” Hay
ward said. He pointed out that
there must be organized practice in
the future to determine the proper
pace for the new men on the team.
Two running periods are now
scheduled. One at 10 a. m. with
Hugh Stapleton taking over the
chores of pacer. The other workout
will be at 3 p. m. Hayward plans to
be present at both times and stress
ed that group running was essential
in cross country.
Penn Tackle Rated
AP Lineman of Week
NEW YORK, Oct. 33 (AP)—A
former Marine lieutenant, once
believed killed in action on Oki
nawa, won the “lineman of the
week” award in this week’s Asso
ciated Press poll of outstanding
linemen on college gridirons. He
is Bernie Gallagher, tackle on the
unbeaten and untied University
of Pennsylvania eleven.
Standing six feet 14-inch in
height and weighing 3i3 pounds,
the 34-year-old Gallagher gained
the top spot by his work against
Virginia. All the Penn coaches
feel that he has played better than
any lineman on Franklin field
this season and that he is out
standing in every respect.
Sorboe Drills Cougars
For OSC Saturday
PULLMAN, Wash., October 23
(AP)—Coach Phil Sorboe drilled
three sets of backfield combina
tions today as he prepared his
Washington State College Con
gars for their Saturday mcetirig
here with Oregon State College.
On the defensive side, the squad
was practicing against Oregrfn
State formations.
Sorboe said he was pleased with
the spirit shown by the Cougar#
as they held the University Of
Oregon to a scoreless tie last
week and said that spirit was
missing when the team bow#d
earlier to the University of
Washington.
He said that instead of gettirig
tired, the Pullman crew actually
grew stronger in the last quarter.
Nine Idaho Players
Plagued by Injuries
MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 23 (AP)—
Coach Babe Brown today listed nine
University of Idaho players who
“may or may not” see service here
Saturday against the University of
Oregon because of injuries.
Six of the nine are regular start
ers. Bill Miklich, fullback, has a
broken hand; End Merlin Aldred has
a shoulder injury, and John Kivus,
reserve halfback, has a bruised hip.
Six others have leg injuries, in
cluding Ralph Paasch, center; Jim
Hatch, halfback; Jack Hatch, re
serve halfback; Frank Viro, tackle;
Andy Walsh, reserve halfback, and
John Christensen, halfback.
Pitflhin Pevieiu . , . .
*1ed Meland
By AL PIETSCHMAN
One of the mainstays of the Web
foot forward wall is Guard' Ted Me
land. This 5-foot 10-inch, 205-pound
lineman has proved hiself a valuable
starting guard and is being looked
upon for big things in the next three
years at Oregon.
Meland played three years of ball
for Bend high school, earning his
letter and learning the guard’s du
ties in this time for the Lava Bears.
He also saw action with St. Mary’s
Pre-flight last year.
Three years in the navy inter
rupted his collegiate schooling, but
upon his discharge he readied him
self for the higher book learning
and journeyed across the mountains
to Eugene and the Oregon campus.
“No plans yet,” was his retort
when questioned about his future.
Four years is a long way off and
Ted is waiting for the alum status
to take care of itself.
“We should have beaten Wash
ington State, and we would have
won on a dry field,” Ted said when
queried about football in general.
The wet field had slowed down
the usually “mudding” Ducks, as
revealed by the movies of the
game shown before the squad
dressed down yesterday, making
Ted’s remark just about the gen
eral attitude of the team.
Although he has not played in the
Pacific Coast Conference before, he
figures that it is tougher than be
fore and is glad that he is able to
get his Frosh experience against top
flight opponents.
This should serve Ted in good
stead in the coming years when the
current “big guns” of the Coast de
part and the quality of the players
returns to a normal status.
There is no doubt as to the cor
rectness of Meland's statement con
cerning the toughness of the confer
ence this year. Washington’s head
mentor, Pest Welch, recently men
tioned that he would like to have
had several of the men Southern
California cut from its squad for
regular starters in the positions the
Huskies are not too strong in. In
normal times the supposedly weak
positions would be above average,
but now the Washington coach calls
them question mark positions.
Impressed By Spirit
“Oregon’s a pretty darn good
club,” Ted remarked, and, like all
the other players interviewed, he is
UCLA Bruins Drill
For Santa Clara Tilt
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 (AP) —
The UCLA Bruins paid special at
tention today to ball-handling and
punting, two departments in which
they were shaky last week against
California.
Backs were sent through a long
drill guarding against fumbles, and
Quarterback Ernie Case practiced
getting punts away faster under
pressure.
Case's substitute, Ben Beiges,
flashed passing form which may be
put to use Saturday against Santa
Clara.
impressed with the spirit shown by
his teammates and their cooperation
shown in tight spots.
The prediction of Sam Hayes,
coast football prognosticator, that
Oregon would knock over the Van
dals this week by a 35-7 count, drew
forth a smile from the husky guard,
but that was all. Comments on the
subject were nil, but if types of
smiles can be interpreted, his was in
a “that’s O. K. by me” classifica
tion.
Paul Williamson’s rating of
Tuesday morning, putting Ore
gon in forty-ninth spot in the na
tion, caused Ted to erupt, “That
rating was kinda foul!” William
son’s listings are becoming a
iaugh as far as most of the play
ers are concerned.
Ted figures that we can beat USC
in the coming big tilt at Los An
geles and hopes that we turn the
trick against the Trojans who have
many wins posted against Oregon
on the record books.
Trojans Stress Defense
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23 (AP)—
The Southern California Trojans
went on the defense today against
off-tackle smashes and end sweeps,
such as Stanford’s Lloyd Merriman
specializes in.
The Trojans, who meet Stanford
Saturday at Palto Alto, were told
by Coach Jeff Cravath that to win
they must stop Merriman, ninth
ranking ground gainer in the na
tion.