I DUCK TRACKS
By BERNIE HAMMERBECK
Sports Editor
With all the local furor in regards to Jim Newquist's try
for a field goal in the UCLA tilt, it may come as a surprise to
many that the California papers made very little of the affair.
in tact most ot tneir stories merely
referred to it as "an Oregon threat
that died on the five-yard line when
an attempted field goal went awry.”
This treatment can be interpret
ed in the light that the Californians
were confident of a UCLA win any
how and were not worried over one
Oregon score. It seems, however,
that they believed Oregon let its
chance to win get away by failing
to let Bob Reynolds play more than
small portion of the game, all that
being in the second half. A1 Wolf
of the Los Angeles Times dealt Texj
BOB REYNOLDS
unver a solid lett when he said the biggest asset UCLA had
was 1 ex Oliver when he failed to play Reynolds more than a
few minutes during the contest.”
The southerners to all appearance have a great deal of
respect for swivel-hipped Reynolds and remember well the
day in 1942 when Bob played a big role in Oregon’s upset
of the Rose Bowl-bound Bruins.
And the LA scribes may well have something there, too,
for Reynolds and Jake Leicht at the halves undoubtedly give
the Webfoots their most dangerous combination. The threat
available with one of the pair at a wingback and the other back
to pass or run as the situation may call was quite obvious in
the Saturday game in Portland. Bob’s passing exhibition in
the final seconds of the game w'as beautiful, and the ease with
which the Jaker broke loose in the end zone as a receiver made
the Bruin pass defense look none too sharp.
Erickson's Punt Not a Bad Break
Contrary- to the point stressed by certain writers both from
the Northwest and California, it should be made clear that Roy
Erickson’s punt which preceded the first UCLA score was not
\#hat one could call a break that set up a touchdown. Erick
son’s kick was very high and angled out of bounds on the UCLA
48. It was chalked up as a 25 yard kick.
The Webfoot punting for the day, less the UCLA run
backs, averaged only 27 yards. Erickson’s kick, therefore,
netted just two yards less than the average Oregon punt
for the afternoon. With the dangerous Skip Rowland in
the safety role, one can certainly not call a punt which
netted 25 yards a “bad break which set up the first UCLA
score.”
Many Good Performance s
Outstanding- performers in the Saturday tilt were a dime
a dozen, and from this observer’s viewpoint, the Webfoots had
the claim to some of the really outstanding exhibitions. The
work of the dependable Duke bordered on perfection. Iversen
was the dominant character in both defensive work and block
ing. Those, doubting this fact could refer to the Uclan All
American prospect, End Burr Baldwin. The Bruin ends were
a thorn in the Oregon backfield as the game opened, but soon
drifted into the list of the also-rans as Big Duke commenced
clearing the road with a violent blocking campaign. Fullback
Bob Koch also figured in several of the blocking assignments
that leveled the wingmen while Lightnin’ Leicht was getting
underway.
The performance of Leicht was one that caught the eye of
even the most cynical. He took a tremendous beating when
punching into the center of the line, and despite a still-weak
knee kept the Bruins in the hole throughout the first half with
his quick kicks. It caused many of the fans a few anxious,
moments as the 165-pound Leicht was so unmercifully pounced
upon when hitting over guard and tackle.
Line Looked Good
The Oregon line also gave a superb performance. Center
Brad Ecklund played the full sixty minutes at his linebacking
post. It was a beautiful comeback for the big blond Swede
after the USC tilt in which he was injured in the opening minutes
and spent the remainder of the contest in a complete fog.
At right tackle Don Stanton played 58 minutes and yield
ed nothing to the highly publicized UCLA line. At the
guards Bill Murphy and Ted Meland gave outstanding
performances, being spelled only briefly in the fourth quar
ter by Tony Novacic and John Kauffman.
Cliff Giffin at left tackle gave the boys in the pressbox plenty
to talk about’with his play. The big 235-pounder put on a
whale of a show and Chuck Elliott and Howard Frary may
"Tje"in for a rough time in trying to play ahead of the big blond
in the remaining two games.*
Sigma Bows to Eagles
In Semi-final Contest
By FRED TAYLOR
It took them an extra period to
do it, but the Legal Eagles man
aged to knock over Sigma hall,
6-0, in a bitterly fought intra
mural grid contest on muddy Howe
field that clinched the league
championship and insured a place
in the finals for the Barristers.
The game was all tied at 0-0 at
the end of the regular playing time,
so, under a new ruling, an extra
regulation-length quarter was
played, and it was in this canto
that the most action took place.
The actual touchdown came on
a pass over the center of thte line
from Roger Dick to A1 “Gumshoe”
Gray on fourth down, after Sigma
hall had put up a goal line stand
for three tries. But the Legalites
had been pushing steadily for their
points since the start of the extra
canto.
Sigma hall, with Carl Maxie do
ing the booting, kicked off to the
Lawyers in the overtime period,
and Gray ran the ball up to the 35
yard line. From there, Roger Dick,
who had been passing all after
noon, galloped over right end for
five yards and then followed this
up by pitching the pigskin to End
Brad Francher for a first down on
the 30. The push was temporarily
halted here when Winston Wright
of the Sigmas intercepted a Dick
pass on his own 17.
The Eagles’ machine started to
roll again on the next play, when
big Kerm Smith intercepted a
Wright pass and got to the 15.
From there the Shyster^ really got
tricky, as Dick received the ball,
lateraled to Gray, who then passed
back to Dick. This bit of razzle
dazzle confounded the defense
enough for the Eagles to get down
to the four yard line and a first
down.
Gray crashed over center to the
one before the defense could get to
him, but on the second down Dick
was caught back on the 6. The
defense was playing for a pass
on the third down, and Dick obliged
by nailing Sub-end Dave Williams
with a beauty right on the one
foot line, and on the last try Gray
snagged the aforementioned throw
from Dick. The attempt for extra
point was no good, and the Eagles
were ahead 6-0, with two minutes
left in the game.
Sigma hall then launched an at
tack of their own that threatened
to succeed, but time ran out on
them. After taking the kick-off on
their 15, long-armed Winston
Wright passed to Cliff James on
the 20 and repeated to Carl Maxie
at the 30 for a first down. Wright
again completed to James up to
the 40, and after the next heave
went astray, shot one to him
again, on the middle stripe for an
other first down. With the de
fense going frantic trying to stop
the advance, Wright hurled one to
the 40, and topped this off with one
more, to the 37. But the Hall
dwellers had shot their bolt, and
two more attempted aerials went
awry. The Eagles took over the
ball for one play as the horn
sounded.
Action in the regular playing
time see-saw^d back and forth,
with both clubs threatening to
break loose at any time, but never
quite managing to accomplish it.
Lineups:
Legal Eagles Sigma Hall
Brown .C .Cantrell
Schiller.R G. James
Brooks .L G. Iroka
Francher .R E. Gibson
Smith .L E. Swan
Dick ..F. Maxie
Gray .Q . Wright
: Volleyball
ATO, Sigma Chi, Phi Delt, Sig
Ep, Phi Psi, and Stitzer hall (L)
posted victories in intramural vol
leyball action yesterday. In the af
ternoon's first encounter, ATO ran
wild over SAE, winning the first
two games by the landslide margin
of 15 to 2. They were never in trou
ble and literally breezed through
their encounter.
The Phi Psis had trouble in win
ning their first game from the Vets
from Stitzer hall (U) 15 to 12. It
wasn’t until the closing minutes of
this heat that the Greek boys
pushed over the winning points. In
the second canto, however, they
poured on the fire and won easily,
15 to 2.
DU put up a grand fight but
couldn’t cope with Sig Ep’s power
and went down in defeat two games
out of three. The Sig Eps took the
first game easily, 15 to 5, and it
looked as if they were in for an easy
time. DU bounced back in the sec
ond encounter and walked away
with a 15 to 10 win. The Sig Eps
really tinned on the power in the
final heat and won 15 to 9.
The Pi Kaps couldn’t seem to get
started yesterday, and although
they showed flashes of power, they
went down in defeat at the hands of
Stitzer hall, 15 to 6 and 15 to 12.
The first game was uneventful, as
the vets dominated the play all the
way. In the second game, however,
the Alder street boys put up a terr»
rific battle but still couldn’t match
the flawless play of the vets.
Sigma Chi and the Phi Delt won
by forfeit.
They envy his prestige... his popularity
;. .his high pay.. .his ability to do more
with less material than anyone else in
football. He’s Lou Little—and even
though he has coached his reluctant
Columbia Lions to more defeats than
victories, he’s one of the highest
paid and probably the most firmly
entrenched football coach in the
East. In todays Post sports au
thority Stanley Frank writes a
fascinating article about Little’s
unique career.
HE DOESN’T HAVE TO WIN
by
STANLEY FRANK
*■ THE POST Will PUBLISH THE
All-American
Football Team
SELECTED BY THE AMERICAN
^FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION.