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By WABLY HUNTER
Sports Editor
Saturday Oregon’s Webfoots lost their second ball game, and
. if we are to be fashionable during football season we should
take time out right now to decide whose fault that loss was.
That’s always the way it goes. When a ball club wins, then
~ John Railbird will point the finger to the coach or to some in
dividual player and say, “there’s the guy responsible. He’s the
- guy we can thank for that one.”
And the routine isn't so
_ much different when a team
loses one. The same lads fig
ure they are duty-bound' to
pick the goat. They've just got
to point out what was wrong
* and say, “there’s the trouble.”
Well, for this time we aren't
- going to be fashionable and
pick* out a guy or guys we
- think should be the "goat.”
Why not admit the Webfoots
lost Saturday because they
’ just didn’t have it. Possibly
there were quarterbacking er
- rors, but does that mean the
guarter wasn't trying? Pos
_ siblv a touchdown pass or two
was dropped. Does that mean
- the end dropped those passes
on purpose? Chances are there
JIM AIKEN
was more than one block missed that would have opened tlie
glory road to the picnic grounds for the Ducks, but does that
mean the blocker layed down on his job just because he felt
that way?
Where Does He Look for Reserves?
» The Webfoots Saturday lost inumerable chances to win
that ball game, but a fumble or dropped pass, or just a play
that failed to gain, ended the threat. What’s a coach going to
do about that? Is he going to jerk the guy mainly responsible
- for the failure? Well, he could if he had someone to fill the
vacancy. But, here at Oregon there just aren’t enough re
placements to go around. Take a close check on just how
deep Aiken can go for substitutes and this becomes all too
apparent. At present he’s using available material to what
he believes is the best advantage, and if that material does
not measure up to the job at hand—then can we point to
- the coach of athletics and tell him, or them, they are a
bunch of tramps? If we do that doesn’t mean we’re right.
. So why say it?
Then there’s the guy that says the Ducks didn t have the
.fire against Nevada that they had against Texas. Maybe and
ma\be not. But there’s a word or two we can say in this re
-spect. When an end or a halfback is free in the end zone and
drops a pass that would have been a sure score—does that
* prove he lacks the.fire he had the previous weekend? We don’t
think so. And when a back catches a pass a scant foot out of
bounds, does it necessarily follow that he w.ould have been an
inch further towards the center of the field when he made his
* catch if he had been fired-up to the point of insanity? It just
isn't logical to believe that a large emotional edge would be the
answer to all problems.
How Long Can You Win on Just Emotion?
Granted, an emotional edge can do wonders for a team.
The Nevada victory is partial proof of this. And one would
not have to go far back in the books to find similar examples
- of what a team can accomplish when it is steamed up men
tally. But, can any team, or any coach, go through an entire
season like a hopped-up gook-wagon? A coach can possibly
win one or two by having a psychological edge, but just how
long does anyone figure a team can win strictly on emotion?
That edge is important. But it’s not the secret to success in
the gridiron world.
To be a winner a coach or team has to have a gang of guys
"that can do everything well, consistantly. If emotion were the
complete answer to the losing problem then Aiken would be
. smart to head for the grandstand and pick off a squad of stu
. "dents at halftime to take over on the field. The grandstand is
-admittedly packed to the rafters with guys fired with excite
nKmt and strong spirits. But as any fool can tell you, they
.wouldn’t work out.
They have to be classy in all respects. They have to know
their job, and must do it perfectly the biggest percentage of
time—or else the other outfit will trample them and even
tually win. Just as Nevada won Saturday.
So we belive it’s a large mistake to believe that any team
can roll through a season victoriously on a sustained emo
- tional jag. A team has to have class, in depth to knock ’em
- Off Saturday after Saturday. Why not admit the Ducks aren’t
- world-beaters this year and let it go at that?
IM Favorites Run Rough-shod
Over Foes, with Record Scores
TODAY’S SCHEDULE
Kappa Sig vs. Delts, 3:50.
Phi Delt vs. Nestor Hall, 3:50.
Sigma Hall vs. Pi Kappa Alpha,
3:50.
ATO vs. Sigma Chi, 4:45.
Campbell Club vs. Tau Kappa
Epsilon, 4:45.
SAE vs. French Hall, 4:45.
By BOB REINHART
Totaling the highest score in one
day’s play yet recorded, the favor
ites in the intramural football race
again ruled supreme.
The Sigma Nus got off to a fly
ing start and kept things flying
through the contest as they white
washed Stitzer hall, 61-0, in the
highest scoring encounter recorded
this year. Meanwhile, the Fijis
were notching a 27-0 triumph over
a scrappy crew from Omega hall,
and across the turf the Sig Eps
were having a track meet of their
own as they dumped Cherney hall,
27-0. The Chi Psis also retained
their unblemished record as they
stopped a battling gang of DUs,
20-0, while the Betas were having
all they could handle in Slinging
Joe Tom, as they barely eked out
a shaky 7-0 win over a fired up
Minturn squad. In the tightest tilt
of the day Westminster out downed
the Legal Eagles, 5 to 1 and gained
the nod for a 1-0 victory. A total
of 133 points were tallied in yes
terday’s play, and established a
new high for the 1947 intramural
action.
Sigma Nil 61, Stitzer 0
The Sigma Nus threw everything
into the ballgame yesterday but
the pig itself as they ran rough
shod over an out-manned, out
fought, and out-scored gang from
Stitzer hall, 61-0. Scoring almost
from the opening gun when Ed
Dick nailed a Stitzer back behind
his own goal for a safety and two
points, the boys from down by the
“old mill race,” began a race of
their own in which 10 men figured
in the scoring.
Rog Dick hit Jim Bartelt and
Dick Wilkins for 12 points, enabl
ing the Sigs to jump into a 16-0
lead at the quarter. Merce Brown's
gallop from 15 yards made it 23-0
at the half. In the second half there
were a total of six touchdowns,
which were scored as follows: 1—
Fred Wilson ran 50 yards. 2—John
Covenz intercepted a pass on the
Stitzer 30 and took it back all the
way. 3—Wilson threw a 40-yard
aerial to Jim Terjeson. 4—Ed Dick
scored on a double reverse. 5-6—
Dick Wilkins intercepted despera
tion passes by Stitzer and raced
back 65 and 70 yards to tally twice
in the closing minutes of play.
Fijis 27, Omega 0
Bouncing back into the win col
umn by virtue of their 27-0 lacing
of Omega hall, the Fijis displayed
a polished passing and running at
tack and proved that they could be
hard to beat from here on in.
Charley Taylor crossed the goal
line twice in the first half for the
victors as he grabbed a bullet pass
from Marty Pond for the first score
and then scored again as he ambled
across from 10 yards out. Pond
again found his mark a few mo
ments later as he hit Ban Dyke 30
yards down field for another score.
Bill Vannatta closed the scoring
in the final period as he intercept
ed a pass and raced it back 40
yards for the tally.
Sig Eps 27, Cherney 0
Sparked by Jim Northam who
tallied twice and big Jack Marshall
whose defensive work sparkled
throughout the contest, the Sig
Eps rolled over Cherney hall, 27-0.
The entire Sig Ep squad displayed
a fine brand of ball during the en
tire game as Jack Hanaan, Rex
Young and Don Bigger all figured
in the scoring along with Northam
to tally a total of 27 points.
Chi Psi 20, DU 0
Displaying a brilliant passing at
tack, with Chuck Rufner in the
throwing slot, the Chi Psis kept
their unblemished record intact
yesterday hobbling Delta Upsilon
20-0. Red haired Bob Maxwell took
a Rufner toss in the end zone for
the first tally of the game. It was
Rufner again for the second score
as he dashed around right end. The
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final score came on another of Ruf
ner’s aerials, being taken by John
Kroder in the end zone.
Betas 7, Minturn 0
Scoring on the third scrimmage
play of the game, the Betas man
aged to hang on to their slim lead
throughout the game and squeeze
out a narrow 7-0 win over Joe Tom
and his Minturn charges. It was
A1 Bullier, taking a pass from
Chuck Kitchell, who saved the day
for the red jerseyed gridsters as
he did a toe dance down the side
lines 75 yards to paydirt in the
opening minute of play. Minturn
lost two touchdowns in the final
quarter as Bob Melim snagged a
Tom toss just out of the end zone
and lanky Bob Amacher dropped a
heave in the end zone.
Westminster 1, Eagles 0
In the only scoreless game of the
day Westminster edged out the Le
gal Eagles 1-0 by virtue of posting
five first downs to one for the los
ers. Westminster threatened sev
eral times during the game, but at
no time were they able to muster
enough scoring punch to put the
ball across.
Sports Staff:
Don Fair
Fred Taylor
Wally Hunter
Elwin Paxson.
Dick Mace
Bob Reinhart
Jo Rawlins
Bill Stratton
By AL FIETSCHMAN
SPORTS: The Brooklyn Bums
and Oregon Ducks. Both lost, but
in losing both teams were fighting.
The victory by Nevada has had all
the so-called “experts” in a mud
dle. Oregon was all over the field,
but not over the goal line enough.
The “dead man” sleeper play
was the payoff. It isn’t used too
often in college ball and everyone
had their fingers crossed when
Jake snuk down the sidelines.
Everything was legal on the play
until he laid down. Then the play
until he lay down. Then the play
officials. However, like Nevada he
didn’t see Jake and didn’t know
about his lying down until after the
game. So—the play went unhin
dered by a penalty infraction.
WOMEN: The gals and guys in
their white blouses and shirts
looked good, even though coats had
to be donned in the second half.
Down in Kentucky the long
skirts are producing more than
talk. One “gentleman” started ar
guing with a woman about the
length of the skirts and ended up
by knocking her down. He was
haled into court, but the battered
defender didn’t press charges.
One of the more perplexing prob
lems is what to give as a wedding
gift. Silverware is often the solu
tion to the problem and in Portland,
you can find the finest silver at
CARL GREVES, Jeweler.
SPORTS: Several youngsters at
the game had a puzzled look on
their faces when the PA system
blared out, “Please leave by the
same entrance you came in.” The
kids had climbed over one of the
fences and snuck into the game.
No, they didn’t go back that way!
Herels hoping Hobson has plenty
of time at Yale to use the golf-cart
he was given at the game Satur
day. (Pd. Adv.)