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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1946)
Duck Gridders Roll Today; Huskies Heavy Favorites University .of-Oregon’s Victory-hungry Webfoots scpiare off witli an off-again-on-again University of, Washington football team in Seattle today. Both the Ducks and Huskies will be Struggling to rack up a win that will keep them out of the three time loser class. Coach “Pest” Welch’s crew will go into the game as heavy favorites to stop the Webfoot clock. Latest betting odds make the Husky team 12 points bet ter than the best that Oregon can muster. Coach Tex Oliver's Ducks, fresh from a game and a gallant stand against the class of the league— UCLA—arrived in Seattle Friday where they had a short brisk work out. Though the Oregon team will be hampered by injuries, all first line men are expected to see some action. The Husky gridders, on the other hand, are singing the bhfes over the loss of Fullback Sam Robinson. Robinson is scheduled to sit this one out with a leg injury. Expected to take over in his slot is Marshall Dallas. Big guns in the Washington attack will probably be Freddy Provo, and Larry Hatch at the halfback posts. Provo, a diminu tive speed merchant is classed as one of the better runners on the Coast. Hatch, a wide awake gent on defense, leads the na tion in pass interceptions. Mainstays in me wasnmgLun forward wall will be a pair of gold plated ends in Gail Brude and Dick Hagen. In the center of the Husky line Coach ‘'Pest” Welch will in sert Bill McGovern, who was good enough to rate the All-American nod in some quarters in 1945. Leading the scoring forays of the Ducks will be Lightnin Jake Leicht. Rated as the fastest man in Pacific Coast conference foot ball, Leicht runs, passes, and specializes in drop-kicking. Though an early season injury had the di minutive speeder logging plenty' of bvnch-time he has returned to pre injury form and is now one of the more serious Duck threats. Probable starting lineups: Washington Oregon Hagen .L E.Harris Rice .L T. Giffin Zeger .L G. Meland Meyers .R G. Murphy Berlin .C. Ecklund Bayer .R T. Stanton Bruce .R E. Bartholemy Ottele .Q. Iversen Provo .E H. Leicht Hungar.R H. Ramey Dallas .F. Koch. The dirt island at the end of Uni versity street has been eliminated by the city of Eugene. WEBFOOT OFFENSIVE FLASH . .. Bobby Reynolds, shown here on a long dash in the Oregon-YVashlng ton game at Seattle last year which the Ducks lost 20 to 6. The Huskies are expected to get another look at the Reynolds brand of offensive magic today. A break-away special is, lie should give the Husky defense a bad time. He sparked the Duck attack in the final' moments of the UCLA game in Portland last week. Sports staff this issue: Wally Hunter Don Gruening Don Tylceson Bill Stratton A1 Pietscliman Bob Bradlee JOHN ZEGER . . . Washington guard who will sliar in Duck- Hus ky festivities in Seattle today. Seattle Alums Organize President Harry K. Newburn and Les Anderson, alumni secretary tor the University, left the campus for Seattle Friday to aid in organizing an active alumni chapter in that city. They will return Sunday. Rugged Battles Mark IM Volleyball Contests Vet A's, Phi Delt, Sigma Hall Teams Win; Kappa Sig, Vet B's Advance Vet Dorm A, ATO, Phi Delt, and | Sigma hall were winners in yester day afternoon’s intramural volley ball league play. Two vet dorms, A and CC put on a battle which might be reminiscent to some of the ac tion thy saw overseas. It took Dorm CC three full periods to con quer their ex^CI opponents. The first heat was of a see-saw variety with the CC boys winning, 15 to 9. It was the second contest that was the thriller, with the Dorm A squad winning in an extra game affair, 16 to 14. Dorm A had just a little more power left and went on to win the final canto, 15 to 5. ATO floored one of the smooth est working outfits of the after noon in their rout of the Campbell club boys. It was pretty much an ATO day, with the exception of the first contest, which the Greeks won by four points, 15 to 11 in the final tussle, however, the ATO outfit ran wild and scored an impressive 15 to 2 win. The Phi Delt, SAM affair was pretty much a repetition of the ..-- --- JiaiJzUt Review-. . . • ^bick Bbown By AL FIET8CHMAN Knd Dick Brown looks for an Ore gon win against Washington al though the dope books and informa tion sheets give the Huskies at least a two-touchdown lead. He plays his last game for the Ducks against Oregon State next week, winding up four years of collegiate ball. Two of tticse years have been with Oregon in 1942 and this season, plus two years with the Fullerton Junior col lege in California, Dick’s career at Oregon was interrupted by the navy. He served three years, seeing action as a damage control lieutenant on a destroyer. Dick picked up two battle stars in the Philippines and three in the Asiatic-Pacific cam paign. Pre-dentistry is his major, after a change from physical education. When questioned as to whether he would continue his dentistry train ing in Portland, lie answered that he was undecided and that he would enroll either at Portland or South ern California. UCLA dominated the talk on football teams and Dick picks them as the best eleven on the coast. He figures that if Southern California does beat them next week it will be through their tackles and around their ends. He noted that the Bruin ends were not all they were thought to be. and pointed out Oregon's first play against UCLA which left the ends gasping for air. “I think we could have beaten the Bruins if we had taken tli^ breaks. Under the conditions that we played them, the advantage was ours and the breaks were about even, but we failed to make the most of ours,” he said. He looks for today’s contest to be a close one and a very tough game. Brown said, “It will be a hard game -as all our former Washington shames have been—but I think that sve will fool the experts.” For those who thought those last minute passes against UCLA were strictly spot passes, Dick said that they were not and that all of them were thrown to the receiver and not just a zone. Oregon’s pass defense for the passer has been the main reason why we have completed so few in the past two games. The statistics show less than 1 for 10, and Dick figures that as soon as we get pro tection for the man doing the passing, we will start clicking off yardage via the air lanes. He was discharged from the navy on June 5, and immediately started summer school at Fullerton JC. Al though Fullerton is his home, he ad mits that he thinks Oregon is a pretty nice place. Nevertheless, he intends to make California his home once he has his drill and tooth pow der. ATO battle only the Phi Delts were in the driver’s seat. They won two straight games by 15 to 7 and 15 to 9 scores. SAM was game and scrap py right up to the final gun, but had one of those bad days in which they couldn’t cope with the strong Phi Delt attack. Sigma hall won their ball game against Vet Dorm BB in two straight contests. The first game wTas nip and tuck all’ the way and ended with the Sigs on the long end of the score, 15 to 12. The sec ond canto was much the same story as the hall boys took the vets, 15 to 8. Vet Dorm and Kappa Sigma won their games by forfeit. Two Mile Pass? PUYALLUP, Wash., Nov. 14— (AP)—A two-mile forward pass, believed somewhat of a record in football annals, broke up a game here and possibly ended the season for local independent “Sandlot” league. The ball, far wide of the intend ed receiver, wobbled over the edge of the Puyallup river, which paral lels the field, and floated away. Both teams gave chase along the river banks but were forced to give up when the ball lodged on an im passable sandbar in midstream. The “League” is looking for an other football and a rule that might possibly cover the situation. Fulmer Named Head Of Anthropology Club At the first meeting of the An thropology Club held November 14, the following officers were elected: president, Bobbie Fulmer; secre tary. Norma Gree; and treasurer, Katherine Cornell. Membership to this organization is open to all students who are tak ing courses in anthropology, to those majoring in the course, and to those who are generally inter ested in the subject. Meetings will be held every third Thursday of ach month at 7:30 in Gerlinger hall. Mr. A. F. Whiting, of the anthropology department is the club advisor. Beta Team Wins 0-0 IM Game Beta Theta Pi battled a strong Sigma Nu aggregation for five quarters and four downs to win on yardage. The game was decided in favor of the Betas in the final over time plays. Fighting an uphill bat tle most of the way, the Betas coiH*' pleted a 40-yard pass on the fourth down of the last overtime period to place their bid in the semi-final playoffs. After failing on three con secutive passes, the Betas placed their luck on a fourth try. On this deciding play Leo Rubstello whipped an aerial to Tom Edlesson for a 40-yard gain to place the ball on the ten. Since it was the fourth down that was their last play in the overtime period. The ball was returned to the 50 yard line with Sigma Nu in the hud dle. With four plays in this final overtime, they heaved a pass on the first down that rolled incomplete. On the second play Vic Smith was caught behind the line of scrimmage on an intended pass and thrown for a 16-yard loss. Sigma Nu tried vainly to get back in the game, but their chances ebbed as each suc ceeding play failed. Standing as one of the closest in tramural football tilts of the season both teams were evenly matched. In the five torrid quarters the Betas were in scoring territory only once. During the last minutes of the in** itial canto Vic Smith completed a long pass to Jim Barlow on the Sig ma Nu eight-yard line. In two plays the Betas drove the ball to the three, but were unable to crash the goal line. After failing on the third down they tried a pass. The ball slipped through the fingers of the waiting receiver and dribbled to the ground. Sigma Nu was held on their own territory most of the game. The strong defenses of the powerful Be tas held, blocking the Sigma Nus to a stalemate on every thrust. Not once did they advance beyond the Betas 40-yard line. Their two strong ends, Duff Kimsey and Mercer Brown, were guarded closely and were able to catch few passes dur ing the course of the game. On de fensive play the rugged line of the Betas blocked them out in more consistent fashion than has been done all year. The educational activities office2^ is in McArthur court.