DUCK TRACKS
By BERNIE HAMMERBECK
Sports Editor
Today’s column marks the end of another term in Duck
Tracks history. Thus far this year we have seen a potentially
powerful football team sputter.through early season wins, then
stop cold in mid-season to end
the campaign with four con
secutive defeats.
Quickly following the ig
nominious finale of the grid
ders was the birth of a high
scoring basketball team, one
that has thus far registered
an average of 78.5 points per
game in four tries. And the
Duck cagers should go far as
they have the class and the will
to win as well.
A review of the fall grid
season brings to focus the
tremendous iob before Ore
HANK KUCHERA
gon fans in rebuilding football. Incoming freshmen were
plentiful during the fall, but they were not nearly what they
should have been.
If, and when, the Oregon campus can attract Oregon high
school football stars as it does the prep basketball stars, the
Lemon and Green should be able to sport a really respectable
pigskin machine.
Big Job Faces New Coach
That will be one of the biggest jobs facing the new football
coach when he is hired this winter. Outside of the work done
by “Honest John" Warren as freshman coach, little has been
done to sell Oregon prep gridders on the idea that the Eugene
campus is a good spot for them to spend their college careers.
The job will call for a lot of personality, a lot of hard
work, and a real interest in meeting the people of Oregon.
The new coach could do well by observing Basketball Coach
Hobby Hobson and his results. Hobby goes to work with
a personality that sells. He proves his interest in his ball
players is real and sincere. He is at the same time a gentle
man, a coach, a friend, and a prominent national basketball
authority.
Likewise it may prove an outstanding opportunity for Ore
gon high school gridders to enroll at Oregon and get in on
the ground floor of the rebuilding process. Freshmen will
not be eligible for varsity competition next fall, and the frosh
pigskin squad will be carefully groomed in hopes of develop
ing every bit of potential material for the varsity debut the
following year.
According to reports drifting down from Portland several
of the outstanding prep gridders have already decided upon
their colleges for entry this fall. Chuck O'Leary, the Hood
River sensation, is reportedly Notre Dame bound. He is not
the only star on the Columbia river squad however. They
boast one of the biggest and strongest lines in prep school his
tory. They would make welcome additions to the Lemon and
Green fold.
Lee and Reed Show Prom ise
Here in Eugene a pair of backfield aces, Robin Lee and
John Reed, have shown promise under Hank Kuchera. Lee
has been a sensation and though rather small, he has made
many a coach’s mouth water during the fall. Reed is the son
of Oregon’s end coach, Dick Reed.
Several outstanding prep gridders slipped out of state
this fall. All-stater Bob Watson went south to UCLA and
has looked great playing for the jayvees. Pete Withers, a
great guard at Grant high in Portland, went to the Univer
sity of Washington to enjoy skiing as well as basketball.
It will be the task of the new football coach to create a re
spectable football regime at Oregon, one that will, even in los
ing, appeal to the preppers of our own state, as well as to the
athletes of other states.
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7946 IM All Stars
FIRSTTEAM SECOND TEAM
Bill Cramer, Theta Chi.END.Tom Edlefson, Beta
Brad Francher, Legal Eagles.END.Duff Kimsey, Sigma Nu
Russ Rohwer, Phi Psi.GUARD.Bob Aiken, ATO
Glenn Wilson, SAE.GUARD.Bill Hanna, Phi Delt
Gordon Jones, DU..CENTER.Bud Helm, SAE
Dick Stoinoff, ATO.BACK.... .Winston Wright, Sigma Hall
Kay Hoff, Phi Delt.BACK.Jim Popp, SAE
Chuck Rufner, Chi Psi..BACK.Rog Dick, Legal Eagles
Leo Rubstello, Beta.BACK.Barney Koch, Sigma Chi
By FRED TAYLOR
and ELWIN PAXON
A quartet of triple-threat ball
carriers and five burly, hard-charg
ing linemen were selected from the
talent-loaded rosters of the intra
mural football squads this week ot
compose the 1946 Emerald All-Star
team.
Every squad that participated in
the season’s competition produced
at least one, and usually several,
outstanding gridders, and selecting
the best of the league proved to be !
a big task. As a result, most of the
men named are from the teams that
got into the semi-finals or farther,
and were seen in action more often
than the rest.
Because of the many fine back
field players that showed up in ac
tion this year four ball carriers
were chosen in place of the two back
positions regularly carried on an
intramural squad.
All four of the men named are
former high school stars. Dick
Stoinoff and Chuck Rufner per
formed for Washington high of
Portland as ball carriers, and Kay
Hoff was an All-city back from
Franklin high of the same city. Leo
Rubstello was a letterman back
field ace at Raymond, Washington,
before journeying down to the Uni
versity.
Talented Toe
Kay Hoff’s talented toe kept his
opponents in constant hot water, as
he time and again booted the pig
skin deep into enemy territory. In
addition to this he did a large share
of the passing duties for the Phi
Delts, anl also took a turn at carry
ing the ball.
Chuck Rufner’s accurate long
passes were largely responsible for
Chi Psi’s success on the gridiron.
He proved himelf adept at snag
ging the ball also when he was on
the reverse end of the play, scor
ing several touchdowns this way.
He also did well the kicking duties
for his mates.
ATO’s big gun, and one of the
large reasons for their champion
ship this season, was Dick Stoinoff,
who carried the ball on practically
every play for the team. His ability
to run in heavy mud contributed
greatly to his teams success, as well
as his accurate arm. An all around
good mudder, he even kicked the
ball well when it was wet.
Last but not least of the outstand
ing backs of the league was Leo
Rubstello, who was probably the
fastest man playing. A ten-second
man, he also functioned well as a
passer, receiver, and kicker for the
Beta squad. He sparkplugged his
mates in every game, and was be
hind nearly every major play they
pulled.
Linemen proved to be a tough
task to pick. Many big men played
in the league, and the job was to
pick out the top of the biggest and
best.
Jones at Center
At center, Gordon Jones proved
to be the most outstanding man.
Even though his team, the DUs,
did not get to the playoffs, he wa»
selected as pivot man, because of
his inspirational play of both of
fense and defense.
Two big fellows are in the guard
positions on the team, although one
of them did not play guard during
the season. SAE Glenn Wilson se
cured his position because of hie
speed and power in breaking up en
emy maneuvers, and his value in
any position on the squad. The other
guard named Russ Rohwer of the
Phi Psis, played most of the time
the end slot, but because of his bulk
and tough brand of play was shift
ed ..into., the ..other ..position... He
played a large part in his team’s
offense, and did even a bigger share
on defense. Largely because of his
great defensive tactics he was se
lected.
End positions on the squad were
wide open because of the many out
standing players that held down
these positions. Wild Bill Cramer
of the Theta Chis was probably
the best defensive end on the league
roster. The other end post was
awarded to Legal Eagle Brad
FTancher.
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