(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.
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Don Fair, Fred Taylor, Assistant Editors
— BOB BY RANKS AS
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COLLEGE PASSERS
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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.
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Southern California reports that |
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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.
Winding up the seson will be
the final Rook affair on the Duck
lings own gridiron, set for Octo
ber 14th.
The 1947 schedule:
Oct. 4-OSC at Corvallis
11 - EOCE at Pendleton
18 - U. of Wash, at Seattle
25 - Open
Nov. 1 - Open
8 - U. of Portland at Eugene
14 -OSC at Eugene
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