VOLUME XLVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY
NOV. 9, 1946
Number 33
UOHopes'Hinged on Weather
Pius All-Star Back Combination
By WALLY HUNTER
University of Oregon's cleat-marked Duck, with a come
back gleam in his eye, collides head-on with- the mightiest
UCLA team ever today on Multnomah Civic stadium turf
Webfcot followers are hinging- their hopes for an upset over the rambling UCLA Bruins on this backfield combination
that is expected to start in today’s game. Duke Iversen (lower left) will start at quarterback for the Ducks, and his prow
ess as an offensive blocker and defensive line-backer is highly recognized by coast football' critics. The work-horse of thq
Oregon backfield thus far this season has been Halfback Jim Newquist (lower right), who is slated for a starting assign
ment at right half. Paired with Newquist in the speed department is All-American Jake Leicht (upper right), who will be
the big gun of the Oregon offense. Handling punting and plunging duties for the Ducks will be Fullback Bob Koch who
has one of the best punting averages in the nation.
Rally Tops Pre-Game Activities
Webfoots will march from the Victory Center in
Portland at noon today in rally formation toward the
Duck-UCLA football game. The rally will be under
the direction of Tom Hazzard, yell king, and will be
sparkplugged by Oregon’s rally s uad.
Tonight at 6:30 Oregon alumni will meet at the Mult
nomah hot-el, where the athletic board will be honored
bv the "Duck boar 1,” a group i athletic boosters.
As the resu :ew c lg, any un
sportsmanlike conduct on the part of the spectators will
result in a 15-yard penalty for their team.
The Victory Center, where the rally will begin, is at
Sixth and Morrison at the Old Post office building. Ore
gon students will be admitted at gate B on Eighteenth
on presentation of their student body card.
Oregon women will follow tradition and wear “heels”
at the game, Beverly Carroll, campus social chairman,
has announced. Whether the women wear hats will
by their own choice, Miss Carroll said.
m i'oruana.
Oregon s \\ cbfoots, once reckoned one
of the grid powers on the Pacific slope until
a hopped-up gang of Southern Cal gridders
did everything but bury the Duck in Los
Angeles, will be gunning for an upset, face
saving win today. Coach Bert La Brucherie
brings the Uclans into the homeland of the
Duck with the most impressive record ever
stacked up by a Westwood team.
Bruins Ride Crest
'i'he souped-up B r u i n offense has
steamed head-on into six straight opponents
and has lowered the boom on all. At present
the Uclans are perched on the top-most rung
of the conference ladder and have only to
top Oregon, Montana, and Southern Cali
fornia to ramble into the Rose Bowl.
Oregon s Webfoots slipped victorious
through opposition provided by College
of Pacific, California, Montana and Idaho.
1 he fit st smear on the Duck ledger came
via a 0-0 tie with Washington State Col
lege. I he saddest spot in Oregon’s ’46 grid
history came when Southern California
unceremoniously dumped the Duck 43-0.
Weather—Is the Question 1
Biggest question of the day will be
whether the all-speeds-fonvard Bruin of
fense will operate in anything but low gear
on the soggy Civic stadium turf. Coach La
Biucherie provides one possible answer by
way of a beefy '‘wet-weather” backfiekl
composed of lads whose specialty is heavy
going. Listed by the invaders as members
of this quartette are Benny Keiges, 195
pound quarterback; Art Steffen, 205 pound,
left half; Jerry Shipkey, 215, right half; and
Jack Myers, 200 pound fullback.
Should the Bruins find the footing to
their liking, Ernie Case and Gene Rowland
will team with Shipkey and Myers. Case, a
brilliant passer, has been UCLA’s big-wheel
on overhead attempts. His record today
stands at 35 completions out of 67 tries,
and has accounted for an even-dozen UCLA
touchdowns. Should Rowland get the
starting nod, he will hit the turf with an
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Final Exam Procedure
Explained by Registrar
No regular scheduled-exam period will be giv
en at the end of the present term, C. E. Avery,
University registrar, said Friday.
Under the system, passed last spring by the
schedule committee, department heads and in
structors are free to utilize any class periods dur
ing the last regular term week for the purpose of
p'lviner final exams. Exams will not necessarily
fall upon a student’s class period of the week, Av*
ery pointed out, but may be given on any day of
days in the week of December 16 to 21. Depart*
ments desiring to give tests of more than one hour
duration may use extra class periods during the
week.
The change was made because of the shortened
terms, and the tight classroom schedules now mo*
isting at the University.
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Whiskerino Tickets Go on Sale
Tuesday at Co-op, Men's Houses
Tickets for the Whiskerino dance will go on
sale at the Co-op Tuesday noon, Joe Conroy, ticket
sale chairman, said Friday. They will be sold by
representatives in men’s living organizations at
the same time, he said.