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Undefeated Ducks Return Lemon and Green Eleven Boasts Best Record Since Spears' Team of 1930 Tex Oliver’s University of Oregon Webfoots rolled along their undefeated way as they pounded an ambitious University of Idaho Vandal squad 26 to 13 Saturday at Moscow in a Pacific Coast Conference grid contest. For the first time since Coach Doc Spear s 1930 team, the Oregon Webfoots have completed the first five games of their schedule with no losses. The men from Oregon have made sad Saturdays for the College ot pa cific Tiger, California’s Golden Bear, Montana’s Grizzly and Sat urday gave the Vandals another loss to moan about. Only Mark on the otherwise clean slate of the Webfoot squad is a 0-0 tie with Coach Phil Sorboe’s Washington State College Cougars. Coach Oli ver’s Ducks are now riding high in Coast conference standings one notch behind the thus far unbeat able UCLA Bruins. Next Saturday the “big green machine” takes a journey into the land of Southern California’s mighty Trojan. El Trojan ranks just below the Ducks in confer ence standings, having taken a big one on the chin from Oregon State. The Trojan tussle is tabbed as tire toughest assign ment that the Ducks have drawn to date. In a rough tough contest Satur day the Webfoots added another one to the Idaho losing string. Coach Oliver's Webfoots exploded for three second-quarter touch downs and added another in the fourth to 'dampen the hopes of the Vandal. Oregon scored first on an aerial thrust from Bobby Reynolds to Lightnin’ Jake Leielit that was good for 10 yards and pay dirt. Following this Jim Newquist threaded his way for 29 yards through the Idaho defenses to rack up number two. Newquist was once more one of the main cogs in the Webfoot offense as he pitched a 30-yard pass which Bobby Reyn olds gathered in deep in the Van dal end zone for No. 3. Newquist successfully kicked his third bonus point try, after missing one and having one blocked. Score at half time was Oregon 19, Idaho 0. Reynolds made ms second scor ■ ing journey of the day when he legged it 14 yards over the Van dal right end into payoff territory. Newquist made it two-for-four as he place-kicked the extra point. Idaho spoiled a Webfoot shut out in the final quarter by virtue of a red hot passing attack led by Halfback Bill Williams. Wil liams came to the Vandal var sity via a fraternity team where his specialty was long, point gathering passes. Williams con nected with his first pay-off toss to End Orville Barnes late in the fourth quarter. Williams again proved that there was life left in the Vandal when (Please turn to page six) 'Pride of Islands'* Hits Eight for Ten Johnny Kahananui, “Pride of the Islands,” continued on the prog nostication comeback trail Saturday, as lie came through with eight win ners out of ten predictions. Kahana nui also topped the field in his pre dictions over the weekend of Oc tober 12. The entire “board of experts” was rudely slapped in the face when an inspired Washington Husky eleven tromped over California by a two touchdown margin. The Emerald crystal ball gazers had installed the Golden Bears a solid favorite. Weekend results: Hit Miss Pts. Kahananui . 8 2 210 Stratton . 7 3 250 Consensus . 7 3 256 Hammerbeck . 7 3 259 Lau . 7 3 272 Hunter . 6 4 294 Wright . 6 4 307 Season totals: Lau .33 17 1603 Wright .32 18 1673 Stratton .30 20 1743 Kahananui .33 17 1754 Consensus .29 21 1802 HammerJjeck.28 22 1899 Hunter .28 22 1907 —EMERALD photo by Don Jones. FIVE HUNDRED ROOTERS were on hand to greet the undefeated Webfoots when they returned Sunday from a succsesful journey into the Inland Empire. Shown above is Yell King Tom Hazzard and assistants as they led the cheering. Several squad members are shown with backs to the camera as they departed from the train. Nine Teams Maintain Clear Slates While Three Upset Over Weekend tiy LAKK Y LAU King Football must be holding his sides with laughter after this past weekend. The chest-thumping of the unbeaten has been cut down approximately fifty percent. Giant football machines lay scattered about tbe country, cogs and wheels awry, the shine and glitter all gone. Near hysterical gaiety hit some of the smaller campuses as their teams sallied forth to slay the dragon . . . and did. A few continued their re lentless march towards national fame while others lay gasping, blinking unbelievingly at the score boards that recorded their defeats. When the clouds of battle finally PiaiJzin. Review 2) a*t Shaken. • • • • By AL PIETSCHMAN A beachcomber! Don Shaffer, 'Oregon’s six foot, lc,0 pound quar terback, c 1 a i m s “lying on the beaches of sunny California is my favorite hobby, and 1 guess that 1 am what is known as a bcachrat.” However, Don forgets life's softer aspects when he is on the grid field for the fighting Ducks. He's no loafer in practice and is one of Tex Oliver’s top quarterbacks, when the I,emon and Green takes to battle. Don didn't pick up his football knowledge and experience from listening to football games while sunning himself on the seashores of California. He played two years at Doug Beach junior college, one year ;it Fresno State as a blocking hack, and saw action for two years at Dong Beach I’oly in the Southern California prep league. Shaffer claims 1600 hours in the air as a pilot of B-29’s and still gets in occasional flights. When asked what theater he served in, Don gave a “well, it’ sthis way” chuckle and explained that he was an instructor of the 29’s and didn't get to leave the states. First lieutenant bars graced his shoul ders as an instructor, but he quickly exchanged the bars for a civilian suit when he was dis charged in March, 1945. Oregon’s “Welcome Home” rally Sunday impressed Don, and he re marked that all the players felt the same way he did. He added that it was a swell idea, and he couldn’t have had a better feeling than he did when seeing the roaring students welcome the victorious and still un defeated team. Shame on the Beavers While on the subject of rallies, Don mentioned that Oregon State’s grid club had just gotten off the same train at Albany and there was not a soul there to welcome them. When the Ducks saw their rooters at the station they were really happy. Don believes that it is this spirit that wins games for a club when the going gets tough. He expects Southern Cal to be the toughest game of the season, but from the lessons learned in the Idaho fracas and the other con tests as well, he thinks Oregon will have a great day in Los Ange les at the Coliseum. “The hot j Southern California weather will not affect our type of play,” Don said. “In fact it should be an aid, as it will promote better ball handling and smoother play.” Don I also pointed out that a lot of the Ducks were from southern Cali fornia and the weather would be common to them. USC is not brushed off as just an other team by the blond quarter back. “They have definitely come out from wherever they were hiding at the first of th,e season and are showing themselves to be the team they were cracked up to be,” Don added. Likes Air Travel Air transportation for the football team this Friday to Los Angeles met with Don's approval as it saves time, energy, and allows the fellows to hit the books more than a train trip does. His only regret is that the idea wasn’t instituted sooner, as he thinks that it is the only way to travel. “Jerry Williams of WSC and Jack Jensen of California are the best players that I have seen this sea son,” was Donjs reply to the. ques tion “Who is the best player you have seen against Oregon so far this year.” Don's a journalism major, expects to graduate in the fall of 1947. After graduation be intends to work for Ids master’s degree. ronea away alter oaturuay s gnu contests, only Army, Notre Dame, U. C. L. A., Pennsylvania, Georgia and Harvard were left to boast of their unbeaten records. Three more teams, Northwestern, Oregon, and North Carolina follow closely be hind with only a tie separating them from the leading six. Army notched up its 24th con secutive victory Saturday when it powered its way over a stubborn, opportunity-missing Duke eleven, 19-0 . . . Notre Dame beat the Iowa City jinx in a most convincing manner when it trounced the highly touted Iowa team 41-6 . . . Penn steamrollered over an improved Navy squad 32-19 Saturday with Penn’s All-American hope, Skippy Minisi dazzling the capacity crowd with a stellar performance. UCLA Thumps Santa Clara UCLA’s high scoring Bruins bounced back from a narrow win over Cal to thump an out-gunned Santa Clara squad 33-7 . . . Harvard squeezed by a vengeful Holy Cross team 13-6 to remain with the six se lect, while Georgia ran wild over a weak Furman eleven, 74-19. Northwestern, tied once, but un beaten, used reserves and fourth stringers by the carloadful Satur day in notching an easy win over an outclassed College of the Pa cific team. Oregon, also once tied, but un defeated, with the U3C game firmly in mind, offered nothing but fundamental football to the scouts watching the game in coasting to a 26-13 decision over Idaho . . . North Carolina added further support to its claim to national fame when it blasted a strong Florida team 41-19. Down Texas way, they’re still either whooping it up or crying the blues, over the Rice-Texas upset, while a little further to the East, the vaunted Yols from Tennessee, : beaten soundly by an underdog Wake Forest eleven, hold their heads in their hands and muse on the fickleness of fortune. Illini Tips Michigan Illinois completely upset the Big Nine picture by handing a strong Michigan squad a 13-9 spanking. .. . Twice beaten, twice tied Virginia Tech, an anonymity in the football world and a 40 point pre-game un derdog, have prognosticators ges turing helplessly because of their 14-6 win over previously unbeaten North Carolina State. A fair Mississippi team bounced out onto the field Saturday facing the once beaten, highly dangerous Arkansas Razorbacks; sixty min utes later the same team ran off the field with the shocked silence of a partisan home crowd ringing pleasantly in its ears. Miss. 9 Ark. 7. Tiny Cincinnati, the team that un ceremoniously dumped Indiana in its opener, staged another surprise when it beat a still-indignant Michi gan State eleven 18-7. West Vir ginia, the team that is nervously awaiting its forthcoming game with Army, lifted Eastern eyebrows with a 13-0 win over a much-heralded Syracuse eleven. In the “come close’ Dept., St. Mary’s had a really hard time in ekeing out a 13-12 win over a sur prising" Nevada team. A crowd of 50,000 witnessed the thriller. Up Pullman way, a Homecom ing crowd of 14,000 walked away from the stands almost limp from excitement in a contest which saw the visiting Beavers from Oregon State leave the field, still clutch ing desperately to their 13-12 lead. In the Pro ranks the New York Giants staged an upset in handing the previously undefeated Chicago Bears a 14-0 setback. The Phila delphia Eagles scored 28 points in the first half and then held on stub bornly to edge the Washington Red skins 28-24, their first defeat of the season. Five Clear Hurdle (Continued from page one) tee, customarily meeting in Port land, will choose three men from among all Oregonians competing. From 18 nationwide nominees, 6 scholars will be eventually culled and awarded the coveted two years at Oxford, culminated by the re nowned degree of “B.A. (Oxon).”