Web foots Finis hHeavy Drills; Vandals Arrive Here Today By FRED TAYLOR Heavy preparations for the Idaho \ andals were finished Thursday by the Webfoot grid scpiad as they drilled on the de fense to be used against the invader's Notre Dame box offense. The Idaho club is due to arrive in Eugene at noon today by train, and will test Hayward field turf briefly this afternoon. The Ducks will follow the visitors with a brief workout oi their ow.li. the last before Saturadv s game. Norm Van Brocklin took the part of the Idaho squad's.chief threat, ace passer Billy W illiams, as he perfoimed from the box formation to give the Ducks a look at what awaits them Batui dny. Williams is the leading offensive threat for Idaho, and is second in passing on the Pacific coast. Oregon's Van Brocklin is first. With these two top notch tossers leading their respective elevens a torrid aerial game iau be expected if the weather permits. Last week against San Francisco the Webfoot quarterback gave his arm a rest as the fast developing power backfield did the work. The runners may again do the heavy work this week if rain grounds hte air offensive. 39 See Action Last week 39 of the 40 gridders Oil the Eugene squad saw action. Wayne Bartholemy • suffered a broken nose against Washington, and saw no action but he will be ready to go against Idaho. The only other Oregon casualty, George Bell, who was out., of practice early in the week with an infected leg, has been working out, and will see action against the Moscow eleven. Duck practice sessions this week give evidences that more speed merchant ball-carriers are likely to see service Saturday than have thus far this season. Besides the regular speedsters, Jalco Leicht and Jim Newquist, and George Bell, it is expected Keith DcCour cey and Benny Holcomb will also see duty. Oregon will be heavy favorites to cop the tilt tomorrow, for the first time in four games. Dopesters buying given the Ducks margins Varying from two touchdowns to five, on I lie face of the trouncing registered by the Oregon crew over the USF Dons. Idaho at present has a better percentage record than Oregon, having won three games and drop ped only two this season. The first Victory was a surprise upset in ■ their first start against Stanford, which left coast grid circles amaz ed. The Vandals have bowed only ti Washington State in a close 7 to 0 tilt and to Oregon State. HI .. '■■■' —"i Bert Shy As I Bookies Tab Bruins to Win fir SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 30 The elimination battle between Calif ornia. and UCLA for the number two spot in the Rose Bowl scram ble found the Bruins in the favor ite role tonight, but neither Coach Bort Labrucherie of the UCL ,'M.is nor Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf of •the Bears could understand it. As odds climbed to 10-6 favoring the Bruins, Labrucherie repeated an, earlier comment: “If anybody tells us we are fav orites, I’m going to shoot him right between the eyes." Waldorf was more reticent, but la said he wasn’t going to be the man to tell Labrucherie anything about it. “We’ve made some progress in plugging up defensive weaknesses," Waldorf declared, "and we should play a much sounder game of ball th in against USC.” Managers Needed Leo Harris, athletic director, issued u call for basketball man agers yesterday. About three managers are needed with one to be appointed assistant varsity basketball manager. The assis tant will have an excellent chance of working his way up to manager for next year. Any one interested should contact varsity manager, Paul Edlund, at McArthur court at 3 p.m. or later. Duck'Cagers To Scrimmage John Warren’s varsity basket 1,ail squad will hold its second com plete scrimmage of the season to day at 4 p.m. at McArthur court. The 31 candidates, have been doing through limbering up exer cises and short intra-squad games throughout this week. Picked quintets will each play 15 minutes working on the traditional Oregon fast break and a variety of plays. Big Bob Amacher, the 6'8” Hills boro sophomore, has been improv ing noticeably this week. A strong man on the boards if he keeps de veloping he could earn himself a starting center position. Forward Archie Gasek has been finding the basket range, and with li i s rough-and-ready backboard play, has moved into the thick of the fight for a forward posi tion. Bob Lavey, the fastest man on the court, is taking up where he left off last season at guard. Warren said (hat the (earn is beginning to lose the clumsiness and after effects of (he first week’s drills, with several men rounding into shape for the rug ged pre-season slate facing the Webfoot cagers. The Ducks will play such touted quints as Kan sas, Niagara, N. V. University, and Stanford, before the north ern division opener witli Wash ington. U of Iowa Official Visits U O Library Dr. Ralph Ellsworth, director of libraries, State University of Iowa, arrived in Eugene Tuesday to spend three days looking over the University library. One of the foremost authorities on library architecture, Ellsworth planned the new library at the University of Colorado, one of the best examples of recent library buildings. He is now planning a new library for the University of Iowa. He is a member of the Building Committee of Association of College and Reference Libraries. Ellsworth will act as consultant on the new plans for expansion of the library and help reorganize the library services. SPORTS STAFF Don Fair Dick Mace Eddie Artzt Duck Mermen Gird For Thursday's Time Trials Oregon’s prospective 1948 swimming team, climaxes the first few weeks of muscle loosening and conditioning with its time trials next Thursday. A host of returning lettermen and promising newcomers have been whipping the men’s pool into a lather the past few weeks in piepara tion for what promises to be a slam-bang season. Coach Ray Kireilis, who has replaced John Warren as Duck swim boss, made the statement that his pre-season turnout of freshmen ----paddiers could hand the varsity I Offensive Blaster I Rough and ready Ted Melanc) who is generally rated the top offensive guard on Coach Jim Aiken’s 1947 varsity. A solid citizen in the for ward wall, Meland gets in his best licks when the Webfoot gang has control of the ball. Make or Break Contests Slated For Top Teams NEW YORK, Oct. 30—Michi gan's mighty Wolverines and the stampeding Texas Longhorns were on the gridiron spot today in "make or break” contests against rebounding Illinois and smooth working Southern Methodist, feat uring the weekend football sched ule. Undeafeated Michigan, going against a fighting Illini eleven ! which was upset last week, drop ped from a 10 to 8 point favorite I as it moved on Champaign. And j powerful Texas meanwhile rose' from a 6 to a 6 and one-half point cnoice against SMU in a battle of i undefeateds. _ Notre Dame, forming the na I fions’ big three with Texas and Michigan, was a 21 point selec , tion against Navy at Cleveland in | one of four intersectional games a | Temple entertained the Oklahoma ■Aggies in a pick 'em tilt. Army was a prohibitive rebound against W. &L.. and St. Mary’s went against j Detroit. a shellacking. A flood of talent from arious places in the United States and Hawaii has laid the foundation for one of the most powerful frosh. outfits in Duck history. On the varsity side of the fence, quality far outshines qauntity, and though several of last year’s top riotchers are back, Kireilis needs more men. For this reason the time trials on November 6 are open to everyone. Sure to pile up valuable points in Oregon’s quest for the North ern Division crown are Earl, Walters, ace breast stroker and backstroke man, George Moore liead, 1947 high point man for the Ducks and free style flash, Benny Holcomb, now playing football, who will fill a gap on the springboard, and Paul Thompson, and John Miller, both freestyle standouts. Required to compete in fresh man competition only, are the Duckling newcomers. Kireilis places his confidence in men like Tom Nekota, 220 and 440 men from Hawaii, probably the fastest 220 in Kireilis’s fold; Roger Har man, 200 yard breast stroker and free style man from Portland; Jim Stanley from Great Falls, Mon tana who performs on the spring board as well as swimming the 60 and 100 yard dashes; and Jim An derson from Austin, Minn., also a dash man. Newcomers in the varsity divi sion are Pete Hill from Southern California, a potential medley man whose eligibility is as yet uncer tain and Bill Varmatta, a two year letterman from University of Ha waii who swims the 10Q, and 220. Only two Northern Division meets will be hoi J in Eugene this year, toe first and last. A five meet schedule is on the fire for the varsity in league competi tion, while plans for practice Show the little lady that you care! Send her a mum tor 1 he Oregon vs. Idaho game tomorrow EUGENE'S FLOWER HOME Corner 13th and Patterson Phone 654