DUCK TRACKS
By DON FAIR
Assistant Sports Editor
This Saturday, the Oregon gridders tackle the San Fran
cisco Dons, rated as the top independent eleven on the Coast
thi s season. Comparative scores to base this week’s contest on
are the Nevada contests.
While the Ducks were being upset 13-6 by the Wolt'pack,
oan rrancisco humbled the
Reno squad 37-13 in a power
ful display of running and
passing. Lone loss suffered by
the Bay city team was at the
hands of Mississippi State in
a 21-14 reversal. Last week, the
Dons overwhelmed Marquette
34-14, rolling up 229 yards on
the ground and 225 more in the
air for a grand total of 454
yards. That’s some traveling!
Late this summer, the San
Francisco team, coached by Ed
McKeever, was right in the
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middle of a minor football scandal, when Boston College mentor
Denny Myers accused the Coast squad of trying to bribe some
of his players away from him. Myers leashed a verbal attack
against the Dons which intimated that some quite enticing
sums had been offered to promising Boston College players
to make a trip out west. Don Panciera, incidentally, was one of
the more promising Eagle frosh backs, until he turned up at
San Francisco this season.
Dons Fast and Cocky
Offensively the Dons are fast—they get the jump on the
other team, .and keep pressing until the end of the game. The
team is big, rangy, and from all reports, very cocky. No mercy
is spared, for if they get a chance to roll up a big score, they
will throw everything but the book in an attempt to pile up
the count.
In the lone setback suffered from Mississippi State, the
southerners got the jump on San Francisco, and rode to the
win on this advantage. Therefore it will be up to the Web
foots to drive their punches home from the opening whistle,
and keep forcing SFU all the way. If Oregon can maintain
the standard set in last Saturday’s Washington tilt, the Ducks
will stand a good chance to throw the dope bucket out the
window. But it’s a big IF!
Again the Aikenmen will have to match a bulky, speedy,
hard-hitting squad, with a minimum of reserves. San hran
c^sco, on the other hand, has plenty of beef, and is long on
good assistance from the bench. McKeever, an ex-Notie Dame
and Cornell coach, will no doubt have his men primed for this
O'e. especially after the manner in which the Webfoots per
ched against the Huskies.
Nant>s Are Tongue-Twisters
A qrhk look-see at the San Francisco line-up reveals such
startling names as Gastineau and Krsak ends; Clerico and
\\ estenkir<qner tackles; Prowell and Psarnas guards; Sabuco
center; Buk^r and Mocha halfbacks; Matisi fullback; and low
and behold, there’s a boy named Ryan at quarter. Oregon will
have enough trouble pronouncing the names, let alone playing
against them.
We noted, with seme satisfaction, that Alex bhults, who
threw some of those tasty remarks at the Oregon team fol
lowing the Texas gamt, didn’t write up the Husky battle for
his Seattle Times newspaper. However, he was sufficiently
impressed to ask for some further dope on Norm Van Brock
lin, which means that he has finally recognized Oregon as a
team which bears watching.
George Varnell, an ex-official, wrote up the game for the
Puget Sound paper, and gave the Webfoots some good words,
but seemed to be a little perturbed at the way Aiken was jump
ing up and down on the player’s pencil. Varnell cites the rule
that the coach must remain seated instead of running out to
greet his boys, as bull-voiced Jim did when the men were com
ing off or going on the field.
Leicht Rambles Again
Against the Huskies, Jake Leicht once more projected him
self into the spotlight by picking up 128 yards to increase his
average to 4.9 yards per try. The winged-foot halfback will
probably have plenty of chances to ramble this Saturday, but
the Dons will offer him no soft touches.
Down in Palo Alto, things aren’t going so smoothly for
Marchie Schwartz and his Stanford team. After dropping four
straight, the Indians find themselves in a crippled, weakened
condition, with no better outlook in store. Bill Leiser of the
San Francisco Chronicle remarked, after a 13-7 loss to Santa
Clara, that “a Stanford man has yet to block a Santa Clara
man out of a play.”
Varsity Reserves Scrimmage
As Ducks Prepare for Dons
Zazula Tells Team
About USF Speed
By FRED TAYLOR
Giving his top gridders another
reprieve from heavy practice Tues
day, Coach Jim Aiken spent most
of the afternoon practice session
concentrating on the performance
of his reserves.
After a short dummy scrim
mage, the first eleven and the
number one substitutes spent the
workout period running through
offensive plays. The first-string
ers worked without pads, as
Aiken rewarded his charges for
the Saturday performance
against Washington.
Only 22 men saw action against
the Huskies last week. The serious
shortage of capable replacements,
both in the line and the backfield,
has already cost the Webfoots at
least one game, and probably more.
California writers who saw the
Oregon-UCLA battle in Los An
geles two weeks ago voiced strong
opinions on the superiority of the
Duck crew. But the Oregon club
wasn’t able to stand the pace
against the many fresh reserves
the Bruins threw into the fray, and
in the last quarter the Uclans sim
ply outran them.
Dons Next
This week the Webfoots face
the San Francisco Dons. Backfield
Coach Frank Zazula, head scout
for Aiken, reports they compare
favorably with the Texas Long
horns. The Longhorns are rated
as the fastest team in the coun
try, so this means that again the
Ducks will have the chore of at
tempting to keep up a fast pace
for the whole game with only One j
top-notch eleven and a few re- '
placements. And they will have
to do this while the Dons alter
nate three or more teams into the
game.
With one exception the Webfoots
came out of the hard-fought Hus
kies battle in good physical condi
tion. Bill Abbey, hard-tackling de
fensive quarterback, and one of the
mainstays of the secondary defense
this year, suffered a recurrence
of an old high school injury, and
may be sidelined until late in the
season.
George Bell, who has developed
into a rugged ball-carrier and has
shown plenty of talent on defense,
will take Abbey’s position on de
fense plus sharing ground-gaining
duties.
Oregon’s other gridder on the
sick list, Art Milne, was in uni
form Tuesday, although taking
it easy. Milne, a pass-snagging
substitute end, has missed the j
last two games because of ill
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Vail Boosts Record
Norm Van Brocklin, the man
who makes the Oregon aerial at
tack click boosted his passing av
erage in last week's tilt. Van
Brocklin connected for an amaz
ing 10 completions out of 17 at
tempts. This makes his sea
son’s record of 48 completes
in 111 attempts for 647 yards.
Dan Garza, leading target for
Van's passes and number one
receiver in the nation last week,
grabbed another toss to push his
record to 12 catches for 265 yards.
Jake Leicht took over first
place in the ground-gaining
department for the VVebfoots, re
placing Jim Newquist. He has
packed the ball 63 times for 308
yards, for a 4.9 per carry aver
age. Leicht has also scored the
most points, 19.
Aiken sent the reserves against
the Frosh gridders yesterday as he
labored to improve the offensive
tactics of the line and backfield.
Little Bob Oas, halfback speed
merchant, showed up well as he re
peatedly scampered through the
secondary.
By AL PIETSCHMAN
SPORTS Take it from Brat! Ek
liintl, he was mighty tired after
those sixty straight minutes
against Washington. Brad pulled
the “Iron Man” trick but admitted
that the last three or four minutes
were rough.
CAMPUS: Our secret spies tell
us that the name of the “Big
Name”-band coming for the Wis
kerino is Bob Summers. At $2.40
that is some band, it must be.
Maybe you are wondering if
there is any validity in the paying
off—take it from the United Press.
They are the ones that released the
story that has set off the search
for platters.
SPORTS: The Kappa Sigs pulled
a “goodie” on the Oregon-Washing
ton announcer when they wired
him that they didn’t like his broad
cast. There have been worse broad
casts, but few and far between.
Oregon didn’t sound sharp over the
loudspeaker at all. Jake Leicht,
Bell, Newquist and company sound
ed just like a bunch of ole men
thanks to the announcer.
One of the avid Oregon fans at
the game was CARL GREVE. Carl
is an ex-Duck himself and if you
want the straight goods on gifts for
Christmas make it a point to talk
to him at his modern jewelry store
in Portland. Modern, and how!
CAMPUS: Contests are floating
all over the place, lovely lassies in
Homecoming Hostess and Betty
Coed contests and sophomore men
in Joe College finals. Zeta, Joan,
Sally, Gladys, and Carol are all
lively candidates for the Homecom
ing honor.
And the sophomore men—Jim,
Bob, Carl, Perry and Joe are in
there for the final nod Saturday.
No, we didn’t forget Harry. Just
a bit partial, however. His collec
tion of pipes is something to see.
Strictly Joe College.
It is going to be hard to decide
on one gal from the six up for Bet
ty Coed. Here is wishing each one
of them luck—Jackie, Carol, Mari
lyn, Ann, Phyllis and Annie.