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
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