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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1947)
One Texan Touifh Dan Garza, who played his prep hall at San Antonio, Texas, will' anchor down the l)uck forward wall from his left end position. Rain May Change Texas Plans for Oregon Grid Tilt Possibilities of a muddy field for the University of Oregon-Texas grid battle in Portland Saturday loomed Thursday night with the report that it was sprinkling rain in the big city, with more expect ed. The official Portland weather report read: “Cloudy Thursday night, cooler Saturday with in creasing rain." A sloppy field is expected to harm the Texas style of play more than it will Oregon’s. The Long horns’ offensive is supposedly geared completely to its speedy backfield men, with only slight at tention given to power. The Web foots are not as completely depen dent upon speed to make their plays click, because of only one ex ceptionally fast man doing ball carrying chores, Jake Leicht. And Leicht has proved to be a pretty capable mudder in past action. Other Duck leather merchants who have had their share of work in the rain with satisfactory show ings include Fullback Bob Koch and Halfback Jim Newquist. Keith DeCourcey, fast-moving transfer reserve halfback, also served time on a slippery field when he per formed for Washington. A big question is how the rain will affect the performance of the p issing quarterbacks, who are such 'important cogs in the T-formation machine. Both Bobby Layne, Tex as’ great throwing star, and t he VTebfoots’ Norm Van Brocklin are practically untried with a slick Pall. This is Van Broeklin’s first season of steady action, and Layne has seldom run into wet weather. Condition of the turf itself will remain unknown until game time. Multnomah stadium, scene of the battle, underwent a complete re vamping during the winter. Ac cording to James J. Richardson, stadium manager, the new drain age system is expected to carry off any surplus water that falls. Portland prep schools open their football season at Midtnomah sta dium Friday night, and if the wea ther is really bad it may result in a badly mangled turf for Saturday’s tilt. Early in the season Coach Jim Aiken expressed his intention to tention is that although* the T re Oregon football weather. His con tention is that alhtough the T re quires more ball-handling there is no more chance for a fumble than in the single-wing, where the ball must be centered all the way to the backs. A remote chance that Dick Wil kins, basketball player turned end, who was recently declared ineligi ble, may be reinstated was voiced Thursday by Leo Harris, director of athletics. Wilkins' petition for review of the case is to be submit ted to members of the Pacific coast conference for a vote, according to an official announcement. Wilkins, who had demonstrated sensational pass-catching and kick ing ability in his first try at col legiate football, was ineligible be cause of a technicality in the con ference regulation. He supposedly made up three needed credit hours in an extension course this summer to become eligible for football. The difficulty lies in the definition of the term “extension course.” Decision of the conference is not expected to be made in time for Wilkins to play Saturday. He was not named on the traveling squad. -’^ea Longhorns Work Out Kinks On Multnomah Stadium Turf Sports staff for this issue: Fred Taylor Dick Mase Bob Reinhart Elwin Paxson Jo Rawline Wally Hunter Wally Adams All intramural football officials will meet at 3 p.m. at room 122 in the physical education building. Left End Dan Garza made a re mark On the practice field typical of the Ducks’ attitude toward the Texas game—“Come on gang, two days till "T” day.” ... Meefs Another Saturday Veteran rootnaiier Hick Harris has moved over to plug a tackle spot in the Texas line, after two years as All-Conference center. Frosh Pass in Preparation For Impending Rook Battle Forty tough Texans went through a light workout late yes terday afternoon on Multnomah field under the eyes of Coach Blair Cherry and his two aides, Horace C.Gilstrap and Ed Price.The Long horn squad arrived by air about 3 p.m. and shortly after were per fecting their signal drills on the Stadium’s revamped turf. The Texas aggregation is ex pected to be in top shape for to morrow’s encounter with the Ore gon Webfoots, slated to start at 2 p.m. Although no members of this year’s Texas team played on the ’41 eleven which handed the Oregonians that 71-7 thumping, they will all be out to convince Pacific Coast fans they play a good brand of ball in the Lone Star state. Key man in the Longhorn of fense will be bounding Bobby Lane who is playing his first year as a T-formation quarterback. Layne was fullback for three seasons in the former Texas single wing. He piled up a terrific record during the 1946 season and is being boom ed this year for an All-American backfield post. Placing second nationally last year in the total offense and forward passing col umns, he led the Southwest Con-' ference in total offense, passing, punting, and scoring. Possible starters for the Long horns, on the basis 'of recent show ings, will find Max Bumgardner (co-captain) and Dale Schwartz koph at ends; Dick Harris and Ed Kelly at tackles; Joe Magliolo and Joe Mitchell at guards; Joel Wil liams, center; Layne at quarter back; Byron Gillory and Jim Canady at halves, and Raymond Jones (co-captain) at fullback. Canady at right half can be ex pected to haul down his share of Layne’s heaves if he lives up to his reputation as the top receiver in the Southwest Conference. Joe Mitchell at right guard plays mi nus a left hand, but is considered the hardest man to ^et by in the line. Gillory, Canady’s running mate at left half, is a 9.8 sprinter on the Texas track team, and the trickiest runner among the host of fast, shifty halfbacks on Coach Cherry’s roster. J. lit; UrcgUU liuan oucoow sing, on both an offensive and de fensive basis yesterday afternoon, as Coach Carl Heldt^fcent his charges through another stiff practice session in preparation for the looming Frosh-Rook battle one week from today. Heldt, aided by assistant back majority of the afternoon eyeing passers and receivers in an effort to put together several combina tions which will click when the season starts. Working from the “T” all backfield' candidates re ceived a chance to show their skill as they ran off several variations of plays which kept the defense > guessing as well as the spectators viewing the skirmish. The running attack also is being primed for action as the ballcarriers have greatly improved in both running condition and timing. Following the passing ses sion the squad was divided into separate groups where they ran through assignments and smooth ed the ragged ball handling which has hampered the improvement of the club during the past few days. The traveling squad of 35 play ers will be selected within the next few days for the Rook tilt, which will open the five game slate of the freshman ball club. The game will take place on Bell Field at Corvallis, For Every Occasion at THE GIFT COTTAGE 1394 Willamette Phone 212