(Ducks Prepare for Second Foe Defense Plays Revised To Stop Texans‘ Attack By FRED TAYLOR New defensive formations, against both air attack and ground play, have been devised by Coach Jim Aiken for his Oregon gridmen, aimed at stopping the fast-moving, accurate-passing Texas Longhorns in Saturday's tilt at Multnomah stadium in Portland. In a light workout Monday Aiken attempted to correct the mistakes in the defense tactics that allowed the Montana State college bobcats to score twice last weekend and throw such a scare into the Ducks, at the same time introducing the variations to be employed against the Longhorns. " The gridders worked without pads in the fy'st practice of the week, but heavy scrimmages are sched *'tiled for today and Wednesday. Backfield coach Frank Zazula, ' just returned from scouting the Texas-Texas Tech game, in which the longhorns overan a strong Tech squad, 33-0, reported that the invaders have eight backfield men as fast as Oregon’s Jake iLeicht. Offensive operations are . geared to these speedsters, using the T-formation as a basis. Coach Blair Cherry, of the Texans, re lying on the fleet-footedness of his backs, uses plays in which the whole forward wall breaks down field immediately upon centering the ball to act as interference for the backs against the secondary defense, instead of blocking out the charging opposition. Good Shape Oregon came out of Saturday’s fray in excellent physical condi d.ion, according to Aiken, with none of the members suffering more than minor bumps and bruises. Every man on the squad is expected to be ready to play against the Longhorns. Superior conditioning was attributed by .Aiken to be one of the reasons for . the Ducks’ victory over Montana. The visitors were unable to stand up under the constant Webfoot {pounding, and finally came apart in the crucial last quarter. Lightning Jake Leicht, Oregon’s All-American hope, proved to be the workhorse ball-carrier for the Webfoots. Besides his two touch down jaunts Leicht packed the ball 13 times, for an average of 7.9 yards per try. Right, behind him was Jim Newquist, who lug ged the leather 7 times, for an average of 7.0 yards per carry. Honors for leading ground-gainer • of the day, however, fell to the Bobcats' right halfback, Buzz • Erisbin, who crashed through 0 times for an average of 9.16 yards. Unbent Oul passes Quarterback .Gene Bourdet managed to outpass Oregon’s t quarter, Norm Van Brocklin, com pleting 16 out of 25 passes, against • 0 completes out of 15 tosses by the latter. In comparison with these figures, Texas’ quarterback, rifle • armed Bobby Layne against whom Van Brocklin will be slinging the •pigskin Saturday, completed 11 • out of 12 passes in the 1946 Cotton Bowl game agaiyst Missouri. His record for the 1946 grid season \ was .550. Oregon's lineup Saturday will - remain about the same. Aiken used 29 players in the tilt last weekend, of which about 20 were • in-and-out of the lineup frequent ly. With the unlimited substitution rule the lineup was constantly ■•changed to keep the squad at peak ■effectiveness on both the offense : a ltd defense. Gridmen Lost Two more gridmen have been declared scholastically ineligible. Last week basketball player Dick Wilkins, who proved a sensation at pass-catching and kicking in his first try at college football, and Bud Boqua, Springfield flash, who showed signs of developing into a rugged halfback, were de clared ineligible, and an appeal to Commissioner Schmitt of the Pacific coast conference was turn ed down. This makes three grid men who have .been given the axe, as earlier in the week it was an nounced that Fullback Ken Maine was ineligible. Night Staff Dean Blankenburg Donna Kletzing Helen Sherman Hans Wold Sports Writers El win Paxson Eddie Artzt Gravel-voiced Andy Devine; Hollywood comedian, was once a football player at the University of Santa Clara. Oregon# Emerald SPORTS Wally Hunter, Editor Don Fair, Fred Taylor, Assistant Editors — BOB BY RANKS AS ONE OP THE FINEST COLLEGE PASSERS OF ALL TIME ff / /why don’t ^ \TOD GO AND ) T PLAY WITH \YOUR FOOTBALL?/ ' ... A LOT DEPENDS ON LAY NT's ABILITY TO MASTER THE QUARTERBACK POST IF COACH BLAIR CHERRY IS TO llC J HAVE A POTENT •T' ATTACK... — ME COMPLETED V OFU PASSES IN THE 1946 COTTON ftOWL GAME AGAINST MISSOURI... ...AS A PITCHER, BOBBY HAS WON 2^ GAMES IN 3 YEARS OF SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE BASEBALL.... Forty Texas Cridders Leave Thursday for Webfoot Battle AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 22—Forty Texas Longhorns will leave here by air early Thursday, bound for Port land, Ore., and a date Saturday af ternoon in Multnomah stadium with the regon Webfoots. This is the first all-air journey for a Texas football squad. A four engine DC-4 will carry the party to Portland, with plans to arrive in time for a short workout there in the afternoon. The party will pause en route at Denver for 20 minutes. Besides the 40 players, the party w;ll include Athletic Director D. X. Bible, Head Coach Blair Cherry and two of his aides, H. C. (Bully) Gilstrap and Ed Price, Student Manager Johnny Thompson, Train er Frank Medina and Team Physi cian, Dr. Charles Bintliff. The squad will leave Portland, on the return journey, early Sun day, and will be on hand for classes Monday morning. M N.. This is your chance to buy a mum for your girl at the Co-op. Sales through Friday noon at $1.00 Tick them up at TOMMY LUKES Saturday morning. Southern California reports that | non-student fans have only small 1 chance of obtaining tickets for the Trojan-Notre Dame game this year. Frosh Begin Schedule Soon The Oregon Frosh football squad opens the 1947 season in the first game of the home-and-home series with the OSC Rooks on Bell field on October 4, according to the schedule recently released. In the last “little civil war” en counter in 1942, the Rooks power ed over the Lemon and Green froS^i 27-0, and in the season opener dur ing the same season squeezed out a 6-2 triumph over the Eugene gridmen. The next week-end the first year men again journey into the enemy camp, this time meeting the Eastern Oregon Collegia of Education at Pendleton, and wind up the scheduled tilts away from home against the Washington Babes in Seattle. The records re veal that the frosh hit the victory trail in their last northern trek in ’42, by eking out a 7-6 win over the Huskies. Game Slated There are no games slated for October 25 and November 1. After that the fresmen roll into action against Portland in the inaugural Hayward field contest. 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