Webfoots Drill for Husky Battle
University of Oregon’s Webfoots head into the home stretch
of the 1946 grid season when they trek north this weekend, for
a tussel with University of Washington s Huskies. Both the
Ducks and the Huskies will be gunning for their fourth win of
the season in the Saturday clash.
Coach Tex Oliver's w enroots,
fresh from a gallant stand
against the league-leading UCLA
Bruins, are busy preparing a
defense deemed fit to stop the
Washington offense that last Sat
urday dropped Stanford 21-15. In
last night’s session, the Duck var
sity squad was broken into units—
offensive and defensive, with one
of the teams running Husky plays.
Thus far in the present season,
the Washington crew has a record
of three wins and two losses in
conference competition. Coach
“Pest” Welch’s gridders have bat
tered Washington State College
21-7, University of California 20-6,
and Stanford 21-15. The Purple
and Gold has dipped its flag before
the onslaughts of UCLA 39-13, and
bowed to the rampaging Southern
California Trojans 28-0. In a non
conference engagement, the Wash
ington team was defeated 20-24
by St. Mary’s.
Both Have .600
Oregon and Washington are both
tied with .600 averages in Pacific
Coast conference standings. The
Webfoots, however, are riding one
notch higher because they have
played one more game. The Hus
ky offense has rolled up a total of
75 points against five conference
opponents. Ninety-five points have
been racked up through Washing
ton defenses by opposing ball clubs.
Oregon’s offensive record is
one point lower than the Wash
ington total. The Thicks have
pounded out a total of 74 points,
while allowing opponents to roll
for 83.
Biggest problem faced by the
Oregon coaching staff and Trainer
Tom Hughes at present are the
numerous injuries hampering the
Duck squad. Listed by Trainer
Hughes as injured members of the
Webfoot forces are Ends I-Iymie
Harris, Wayne Bartholemy, and
Tony Crish; Tackles Chuck Elli
ott, and Don Stanton; Fullbacks
Bob Koch and Bob Oas, and Cen
ter Lou Busch.
Ankle Injuries
Harris and Bartholemy are both
recovering from ankle injuries, but
are given a good chance of being'
ready for 60-minute action Satur
day. Crish, who received a broken
leg early in the season, is improv
ing so rapidly that he may be in
conditioh for some action against
the Huskies.
Elliott, who was held out of
action against the Uclans, is ex
pected to ne on deck for tb»v
Husky tiff. Large Don Stanton,
who played 58 straight minutes
of football in the llruin-Duck
clash, before injuring a leg, is
still in sweat clothes for practice
but will probably round into
shape by the weekend. Koch,
Oas and, Busch are all suffering
from shoulder injuries.
Huskies Given Taste
Of Webfoot Offense
SEATTLE, Nov. 12. — (API—
Backfield Coach Johnny Cherberg
has the University of Washington
passers shooting aerials this after
noon off University of Oregon for
mations, giving the line and Secon
dary an idea of what they may ex
pect come Saturday at the stadium
here.
Most of the Huskies’ worries con
cerning injuries are localized on
Sammy Robinson’s ankle. The
fullback was the only casualty of
last week’s game at Stanford and
is a doubtful starter against Ore
gon.
Phi Psis, Chi Psis
Groom for Annual
'Fish Bowl' Fracas
With both houses at full
strength for the first time since
Uncle Sam began making his
depredations in 1942, the annual
“Fish Bowl” game between the
Phi Psis and the Chi Psis has
been scheduled for Sunday after
noon, November 24.
The Phi Psi aggregation looks
powerful, (on paper) and they
have been holding secret scrim
mages over a bridge table stuck
away in the basement. The Chi
Psi eleven has been somewhat
handicapped by a shortage of
ping-pong balls, (which they use
to get their men used to the feel
of athletic equipment) and are
not known to have held any prac
tices as yet.
The Phi Psis hold the silver cup
that goes to the winner, as a re
sult of a G-0 win in 1941. To pro
vide a bit more incentive, this
year’s winning team will be pre
sented with a keg of beer.
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GliH QiHin
One of tiie main cogs in the Ore
gon line last Saturday was 240
pound Cliff Giffin who logged bet
ter than 54 minutes at the tackle
spot against the Bruins.
Giffin thinks UCLA has a fine
team, but thought they were more
impressive against St. Mary’s on
the dry Coliseum turf. “Our defen
sive play in the first half had them
stymied and I think that we could
have, and should have gone on to
win,” Cliff commented. “I felt con
fident during the first half that we
would at least hold them as they
didn’t seem to be in their full stride,
and we were keeping them in their
own backyard.”
Giffin is definitely not a green
horn at the business of football. Al
though he has a total of five years
of collegiate experience behind him,
he is not ineligible this season. He
played frosh ball for John Warren
in 1940 and was a varsity player in
1941 and 1942. He played one year
of V-12 ball at Washington and this
year will round out his collegiate
football career.
Looking for Win
According to Cliff, the Husky
fray this week should be a great
struggle, and he feels confident that
Oregon can bring home a victory if
they can put out like they did
against the high-flying Ukes. He is
looking forward to the game this
weekend and meeting some of his
old friends, both on the campus and
on the gridiron.
Big Cliff declined to name liis
choice for the best opponent he has
faced. His theory is that names are
insignificant on the gridiron; his
only thought being to stop the ball
carrier regardless of whether his
name is Glenn Davis of Molly
Pootch.
Giffin has come to the conclusion
that tire league this year is every
bit as tough as it was before the
war. Evidence of this fact is the
number of pre-war lettermen that
are warming the bench this season,
and the men who are playing have
found it difficult to rest on their
laurels.
There has been considerable com
ment lately about the possibility of
Army coming west for the Rose
Fowl classic January 1. Giffin hopes
that UCLA will beat the men from
Troy, but he opined that Army
seems like the better team of the
two. He said, however, that it is dif
ficult to judge an eastern team he
has not seen play, although their
reputation and past record is quite
convincing.
On a dry field, Giffin thinks Ern
ie Case and his outfit will be able
to operate efficiently enough off
I the T-formation to outscore the
Trojans. Perhaps he is a bit preju
diced because of the merciless 43
to 0 trouncing handed Oregon two
weeks ago by USC.
Although Cliff is not enthusias
tic about receiving coach’s wages,
he thinks it is in his blood and that
after graduation he will be looking
for a job as football mentor.
Duck Mermaids Take to Water
Wednesday in Gerlinger Pool
Oregon aquaducks will take to
the water Wednesday evening in
the first meet of the intrannirals
scheduled at 6:30 in the Gerlinger
pool. Defending champions, Alpha
Phi, will be on hand to retain their
titles and team champions. They
have entered a quartet of swim
mers. Head referee will be Miss
Jeannette Masilionis, instructor in
PE and official starter will be Miss
Margaret Brewster, swimming in
structor and adviser to Amphibians.
The meet is to be held under the
sponsorship of the Amphibian club.
Events will include freestyle,
backstroke, breaststroke and relay
racing along with form swimming
and diving. Lists of heats and div
ing flights have been posted on the
bulletin board for the convenience
of students. The final meet is sched
uled for November 20.
Volleyball enthusiasts have
reached the playoffs despite much
fanfare. League winners compet
ing in the double elimination tour
ney are Sigma Kappa, Alpha hall,
Gerlinger hall, Rebec house, and
Susan Campbell.
Susy Wins
Susan Campbell came from be
hind and upset the Gerlinger hall
team in the first playoff Monday
afternoon with a 41 to 23 score. Ger
linger established a 15-9 lead over
the girls from Susie in the first half
using a rotational system but in the
second half, Susan Campbell, de
termined to retain her intramural
crown, overcame the deficit under
the non-rotational system and after
yielding a few points to their op
ponents, won the game handily.
Tuesday’s games were to pit Su
san Campbell again Rebec, and Al
pha hall against Sigma Kappa.
The coeds from Sigma Kappa
swept their league series with four
wins but the Alpha hall girls found
the victory path not so easy as they
had to have a playoff with the Al
pha Gams in order to insure them
selves a berth from League 2.
The remaining teams from
Leagues 3, 4, and 5, namely Gerlin
ger, Rebec, and Susan Campbell,
won all of their games.
Hockey Teams Drill
Oregon’s two field hockey teams,
the Cascades and the Evergreens,
have been practicing daily for their
first intercollegiate game against
Oregon State’s two teams on the
Beaver playing field, November 23.
Later in the term the teams will
travel to Portland to play against
teams representing northwest col
leges such as Washington, Idaho,
OSC, WSC, and Portland. Some 25
girls will make the jaunt. The date
for this has been set tentatively at
December 7-8.
Tuesday afternoon the two Ore
gon teams played a full game
against each other to help determ
ine, the weak points in each team.
Jackie Bogan and Beverly Bennett
are captains of the Cascades and
Evergreens, respectively.
Sports staff this issue:
Bill Stratton
Bernie Hammerbeck
Wally Hunter
Larry Lau
Fred THaylor
Mary Anne Hanson
Bob Bradlee
A1 Pietschman
Don Gruening
60 MINUTE MEN . . .
Oregon’s ace line-backing pair,
Duke Iverson (left) and Brad Eck
lund (above) went the full' route for
the Webfoots against UCDA last
Saturday and are expected to play
major roles in the W ashington game
this weekend in Seattle.
I
Jayvees Work
For Final Tilt
John Warren ran his Jayvee
squad through what will probabljji
be the last scrimmage of the season
Tuesday, and indicated that he still
does not have the team he had been
hoping for.
This Saturday the Jayvees play
the second and last game of the Ore
gon-Oregon State series at Eugene
with Oregon looking for it’s first win
of the season, and OSC gunning for
its third. i
Tuesday’s scrimmage was feat
ured by hard tackling, hard running
and some blocking. Lou Robinson
and Bill Ferson both played a hard
line game and Bob Wilson in the
backfield put on a good running
show.
Both lines charged and tackled
hard showing a lot of improvement
over the neck-tie type of tackles
they were using during the last
OSC-Oregon JV tilt.
Warren said the squad would not
win Saturday’s game or any other
game if they continued to play as
they have in the past.
The Jayvee boss, at one time,
summed up the previous games
with the statement that many ob
servers have already concluded. He_».
said that the majority of the team
has the ability but lacks the initia
tive to utilize that ability during a
game.
He went on to say that they won’t
try, and that no ball games would
be won until they get together and
worked. To Warren, football means
work and competition plus a natur
al love for the game which he de
mands of all his men.
Saturday will find the Jayvees in
top condition with Chuck Cobias
the only man on the injury list with
a bruised hip. George Bishop is
back in uniform as well as Jerry
Sherwood.
Saturday’s game should prove to
be the highlight around the Eugene
area with OSC journeying to Berke
ley and Oregon to Seattle.
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Germany, 3,587; in Italy 500; in.
the United States, 100; in Russia,
68.