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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1946)
DUCK TRACKS By BERNIE HAMMERBECK Sports Editor After nearly an hour’s delay, the undefeated and once tied Webfoots got underway shortly before 1 p. m. yesterday for Moscow and the homecoming game against Idaho Saturday. This is the first season in many moons that an Oregon football team has gone this far into the season undefeated, and still there were more players—oo, mat is —than supporters at the station. We counted two members of the rally squad, four sports writers, a sprinkling of close friends of the squad members, and per haps a dozen fans who went to the station for the purpose of wishing the team as a whole a successful trip. A rather miser able representation of the Ore gon student body that totals over 5600. We are not criticizing Tom Hazzard and his rally squad be cause he said the living organi zations were notified. Further more, there were two notices in the Emerald yesterday an nouncing the rally. It was meal time, that is granted, but it BEN WINKELMAN seems as though there should have been at least 25 per cent ot the students at the station to give the team the send-off they most certainly deserved. All of which brings up the question of incentive. How can you expect a football team to put out unless they know they are appreciated? They have a clean slate to date, and should bring home the bacon this week without straining themselves, but the next four games will really be rough. No one can deny that. The Ducks travel to Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, and Corvallis for the remainder of their schedule and if the send-off rallies continue to be as poor as yesterday, we wouldn’t blame the Webfoots for taking a “what have we got to win for” attitude. ? Ducks Back Sunday Morning It seems the least all of us can do is welcome them home when they arrive at 11:50 a. m. Sunday in a style that they will never forget, and continue that practice in the future. They’re a grand bunch of guys—don’t let them down. Unless the Vandals come up with one of the major upsets of the season, it is fairly safe to assume that Oregon will go into the Coliseum undefeated to tackle Southern California. Accord ing to reports from Los Angeles, even though the Webfoots will probably put their clean record on the block November 2, Bill Nichols, manager of the Coliseum, does not expect to draw a crowd of 80,000. He says the game will not be important enough. He obviously is basing that statement on the fact that in the past Oregon teams have not done very well there. Oregon catches USC on Saturday, and UCLA plays St. Mary’s the night before on the same field. That fact alone will undoubtedly cut down the attendance for the USC-Oregon fray. Furthermore, in the pro circuit, the Los Angeles Dons and the Cleveland Browns follow up on Sunday. Chance to Compare Leichtand Wedemeyer Los Angeles critics will have a good opportunity to compare St. Mary’s all-American Herman Wedemeyer and Jake Leicht that weekend. “Squirmin’ Herman” has done very well for him self this season and is being rated as one of the top backs of the nation, but Leicht has been plagued by a knee injury since the ^ first game and has not had a chance to prove himself. Jake might run away with first prize in Moscow tomorrow in what is consid ered a minor contest, but if his knee continues to improve, he will really have a chance to show his wares to the very critical Los Angeles crowd. First class backs are a dime-a-dozen this year, and Light nin’ Leicht has not been mentioned on many sport polls. They say you have to play ball to make all-American teams, and that probably is one of the principal reasons why Jake has not received any mid-season mention. The people in Southern California always have overlooked their country cousins in the northwest, but they might open their eyes November 2. Freshman fullback Ken Maine had a bad dream Wednesday night. He had a vision that when the final gun went off at Idaho, a weary bunch of Ducks limped off the field and remarked how lucky they were to get past Idaho. Backfield Coach Ben Winkelman said they were a scrappy bunch and that they would put on a good show for the homecom ing crowd, but unless it has started to snow in Moscow, the Ducks should win by a more comfortable margin. Incidentally, Winkelman has yet to see Oregon play this year, and he probably won’t see them until November 23, when they go to Corvallis. He has been Oliver’s official scout, and this weekend he goes to Palo Alto to look over the Trojans. ATO Dumps Sig Eps; SAE Tips Vet Drom E Third Period Score Gives ATO 6-0 Win Alpha Tau Omega turned on the heat in the third quarter to score the game’s only touchdown in their tilt with Sigma Phi Epsilon, to win 6-0. ATO stormed into action in the third quarter after the two teams had battled on even terms through out the first session. Fullback Dick Stoinoff took the kickoff on his own 15-yard line, raced to the 25, flipped a lateral to end Lynn Ham ilton, who ran to the 46 before be ing stopped. In two plays, a run and a pass by Stoinoff, put the ball on the Slg Eps’’ 40. The play following, speedster Stoinoff cut around left end for a first down on the 24, and followed this up with a pass to the sticky-fingered Hamilton, who fell on the one-foot line for another, first down. With four downs and goal to go, tragedy al most struck the ATOs. In three attempts they managed to ad vance the ball to only the two inch line. On the crucial fourth down Stoin off was hit behind the line of scrim mage for a loss, but the Sig Eps were offside, and the ATOs were Lawyers Tangle With Goop Today By BOB WHITELY (The opinions stated are solely those of this broken down scribe .. . and not of the Emerald sports staff.) One of the greatest tests of grid iron power will take place on Howe field this afternoon when the un beaten Legal Eagles take on the “Mystery Six’’ from the Campbell Coop at 3 p. m. in a challenge foot ball game to the finish. Little is known about the calibre of the Campbell Club’s pigskin neo phytes, but Coach Curly Walker of the law school, in a statement to the Emerald, reports that “My chief scout, Jesse James, reports that our junior varsity should be able to overwhelm all opposition this after* noon; thereby saving our first string for the numerous bowl offers we will be deluged with after the reg ular season is over.” Line Coach Marcus Winkler ex pressed indignation when the law school’s team was listed in the Wil liamson ratings far back in the clas sified ad section of the local news paper among the used car ads. Law School President Jacques La Coultier briefly blurted out, “We will succeed tomorrow.” (Editor’s note—Final reward in this grudge match will come when the winning team’s correspondent will be permitted to write the game story for the Emerald.) Law School Correspondent Bob Whitely has expressed such faith in his team that he has offered to eat the Campbell story in public should the Coop boys win. “Please pass the sugar.” Dads' Day Discussed Col. Tom Gunn, president of the Oregon Dads, conferred Tuesday with Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonnel administration, concerning plans for Dads’ Day, the date of which was recently set for Febru ary 15. The formation of new Dads’ clubs throughout the state was also discussed. given another chance. Stoinoff let fly with an aerial to Center Moe Thomas, who was standing in pay dirt over left end. On the conversion Stoinoff attempted another pass, but it was batted down. 0-0 Playoff Nets Win For SAE Gridders The SAE-Vets contest saw the; officials put into practice the over time playoff rule for the first time. The playoff, used when a second round game ends in a tie, gives each team four downs on the 50-yard line, and the squad which makes the most yardage wins the game. SAE gained nine yards to the Vets’ six, to chalk up a win. After two downs that saw the SAEs lose three yards, Jim Popp, a little speed merchant who had been a thorn in the Vets’ sides all after noon with his breakaway runs, took the ball and scooted around left end for 8 yards, which nullified the three lost yards and gave the SAEs five on the credit side. Fullback Chuck Beckner powered through guard for four yards on the last down to give the SAEs their winning yardage. The Vets actually gained 10 yards on their four downs, but a five-yard penalty nullified half of the total. Ducks Return Sunday The unbeaten Oregon Web foots, ranked 19th in the nation, left Eugene at noon yesterday amidst the wild cheering of near ly twenty enthusiastic fans. T&e Lemon and Green aggregation Js slated to arrive in Moscow tat 8:45 this morning, and what wi^h being pepped up by their majn moth sendoff, will enter the fi^y a top-heavy favorite. The team is due to leave Mos cow at 6:15 Saturday and will ar rive in Eugene at 11:50 a. m. Sun day. If still unbeaten, the te^pi may expect the usual welcoming crowd of fifteen or so. Should they lose, they will' receive the condol ences of the brakeman and t^e conductor. . . . Nothing like (he old school spirit! IM Schedule Today 3:50 DU vs Vet B. 4:45 Sig Ep vs. Vet A. Monday TjjH 3:50 SAE vs. Omega. 4:45 Pi Kap vs. Chi Psi. The games scheduled for 4 ;45 are tie games that are to be re played. -DANCING--1 FRIDAY & SATURDAY NIGHTS DANCING STARTS AT 9 P.M. MUSIC BY ART HOLMAN AND HIS ORCHESTRA WILLAMETTE PARK • For Table Reservations—Springfield S26 • HOUSE DANCES THIS WEEK! Make them a success with a P. A. System—Record Player From the SMEED SOUND SERVICE G. H. Smeed Phone 4402-M WHERE GOOD FRIENDS MEET ' TO ENJOY i " ) Good Food 5 p. m. to 9 p. m. DAILY DINNER.$1.00 Cafe Del Rey J. J. CIIAIRAMONTE, Prop. Sunday Dinners—$1.00 Open 7 a. m. till 11 p. m. daily 845 Willamette Phone 830