DUCK TRACKS
By WALLY HUNTER
Sports Editor
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Down at Palo Alto the average fan is well aware of the sad
grid record thus far compiled by Stanford and is figuring the
Indians stand their best chance of winning a conference game
- this weekend. And that belief in itself is an indication of how
Oregon stock soared after*the USF victory and how low Ore
, gon State is rated after the Southern Cal debacle. Left on the
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PEST WELCH
Cardinal schedule are Oregon
State. Southern Cal, Oregon
and California.
As things stand now the
Marchie Swartz outfit doesn't
stand to take anything but
lumps from here on in. but the
Bevos are expected to be the
easiest of them all. Following
the Southern Cal crackdown on
the Orangemen Lon Stiner's
crew dropped immeasurably
in the opinion of California
grid followers, and that is
something that hasn’t hap
pened in many a long year.
Oregon on the other hand is
figured as quite a ball club af
ter they heavy-handed the
Dons, and that too is something that hasn t happened for many
a year.
- Oregon-USF-"A top-drawef surprise"
That Webfoot victory is still hurting the operators in the Bay
__ area and many a good line of type has been devoted to discus
sions pro and con as to what happened to the unbeatables from
USF. Bud Spencer sports editor of the San Francisco News
"had this to say about it Tuesday, ... I still think USF's defeat
can be written down as the top drawer surprise of the football
" season to date, even more so than Columbia’s win over Army.. ”
yjfhat is a pretty fair indication that the local boys figured the
Kd McKeever gang was a red-hot outfit. They couldn’t have
underestimated the Ducks too much after the fine exhibition
they put on in losing to UCLA.
Both Universtiy of Washington and Southern Cal are
booming the 15-year jinx the Huskies hold over the Trojans
- as being important in their Saturday encounter. Jeff Cra
vath is a wee bit mournful over prospects of overcoming the
jinx and though Pest Welch is not counting on the hex work
ing this season, Husky publicity is operating overtime on
that angle. The fact still remains that anyone wanting to
bet on Washington should take the advice of one United
Press sports writer. His advice was, “. . .if you bet on the
* Huskies and the 15-year jinx—then you’d also better ask for
20 points. . .”
* Extra Shoes—Different Cleats
Numerous football fans have been wondering why a dozen
or more extra pairs of football shoes are always carefully
. placed on the sidelines near the Oregon bench on game days.
The explanation is simple enough. When the field is wet or
*' is lable to be supy Coach Jim Aiken is taking no chances
on his athletes being caught short with the wrong type of
“ cleat for the field. The extra shoes are all equipped with mud
cleats and are available for any player not satified with
- cleats chosen at the beginning of the game.
Incidentally, the condition of the field is something that
„ Aiken has thus far this season taken into consideration at every
turn. For example, before the Washington game he was out on
the field hours ahead of time in football shoes himself running,
* cutting and stopping in order to know the exact condition of
the turf. By actually testing the fiekHiimslf he figures to better
“advise his ball club as to the length of cleat that would be
- preferable for conditions that day.
-A New East-West Game
Plans for a new and additional East-West game sponsored
by tlve American Legion were recently revealed in Football
News. If ideas mature the game would be played at the Los
Angeles Memorial Coliseum on December 20. Not invited to
,XSend players would be members of the PCC and the Western
-conference, and any other schools already pledged to participate
- in established bowl games. On the Coast this would leave only
University of San Francisco. St. Mary’s, San Jose, Loyola, and
.Santa Clara to send representatives.
John's Record is Good
Not counting the period during the war when he took over
as varsity Coach John Warren has a really impressive win-loss
basketball record. In a seven year period at Astoria high school
'“Honest" John’s lads rambled through a 340 game schedule and
lost only 36. Figuring percentages that isn’t so bad. Also of
'note were state high school court championships in 1930-32-34
. 33. Four titles in seven years is a fair average. His frosh teams
.here at Oregon won 108 games out of 130 chances.
IM Volleyball Results
By BOB REINHART
The second week of intramural
volleyball action came to a close
yesterday afternoon as siv pen
nan t-concious outfits battled past
their opponents by healthy mar
gins and took one more step to
ward the finals and the blue ribbon
in their respective leagues.
Sigma Chi Trips Sigma
Sigma Chi notched its second
consecutive triumph in as many
outings as it took two straight over
an outmanned gang of hustlers
from Sigma hall. In the first con
test the Hallman jumped into an
early three point advantage as
they displayed a terrific setup
game. However the Sigs had
things to their own liking in the
final phase as they took the game
15-7. Still hot from the first tilt,
the Sigma Chis took up in the
second game where they left off
in the first and tallied a 15-2 win
ning margin.
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In the closest game of the af
ternoon an inspired team from
Westminster house knocked off
Sherry Ross two straight and
to nab their first victory of the
season. Matching point for point,
both squads flashed an excellent
spiking game which time after
time put them back into the ball
game. It was only after tiipy had
brotj'n a 14-14 deadlock that
Westminster gained her first
win 16-14. In the second game
the proceedings were not so
tight. Westminster rallied in the
opening phases and was not
beaded from that time on in
grabbing an easy 15-9 victory.
Si4M Tops SAE
Sigma Alpha Mu jumped back
into the winners circle yesterday
as they toppled SAE in two
straight games by scoring twin
15-8 victories. The Sammies were
never headed as they battled their
way into an early 6-1 lead on the
strength of a powerful setup and
spiking game. SAE rallied late in
each tilt, but to no avail.
Yeoman Drops TKEs
In the final upper division ac
tion the Yoeman made it two
straight over the TKEs as they
turned the trick 15-7 and 15-11.
The first game was never in ■
doubt as tile “Y”mcn won hand
ily after building up an early ad
vantage. In the second game,
the issue was not settled until
the final moments as the TKEs
seemingly found they key to vie
tory, and rallied to within one
point of the leaders.
ATO, DU Triumph
In the "B” division, both the
ATOs and DUs notched easy tri
umphs as they found little oppo
sition in Lambda Chi Alpha and
the Chi Psis. ATO turned the
trick against Lambda Chi Alpha
as they scored 15-5 and 15-3 vic
tories over the later. In the second
lower division tilt of the afternoon,
the DUs dumped the Chi Psis 15-13
and 15-2. The initial outing was
in doubt until the final whistle as
first one team would jump into
command, and then the other. Vic
tory finally came to the DUs after
they came from behind in the
closing seconds.
Chess Club Party
Tonight at 'Y'
The University chess club will
hold a Hallowe’en party tonight
from 8 to 11 p. m. at the YMCA.
Chess club officers extended a cor
dial invitation to all members and
their friends to attend hte event.
Apple Sale to Continue
The Gamma Alpha Chi apple
sale will continue today at the
regular booths, Joan Mimnaugh,
chairman announced Thursday.
Plans originally scheduled the sale
to end Thursday.
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Longhorn Flinger
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Bobby Layne, University of Texas
quarterback whose passing ability
will probably give him a spot on
many post-season all-star teams.
A heady T-formation operator,
Layne has been in the driver’s
seat in all Longhorn victories this
season.
Eight Fern Teams Remain
Unbeaten in V-Ball Play
MONDAY GAMES
Alpha Delta Pi vs. Alpha Chi
Omega
I Ann Judson vs. Gamma Hall
Highland vs. Kappa Alpha Theta
By Coral ie Thomson
Sigma Kappa and Alpha Delta
Gamma remained among the eight
unbeaten volleyball teams after the
final whistle had blown in Ger
linger Thursday night.
The Gamma Phis were the vic
tims in a close and thrilling ball
game which found Sigma Kappa on
the long end of a 22-20 score. Fran
cis Robson for the SKs and the
Gamma Phi’s Barbara Wheat shar
ed scoring honors with six each.
The lifeless Theta team managed
to score 10 points while allowing
the Alpha Gams 44. Joan Thorson
scored 15 points for the Alpha
Gams.
In a game played completely un
der the non-rotation system the
Alpha Chis bested the Pi Phis
21-15. Joan Carr put across eight
good serves for the Pi Phis while
Jane Grace was high point for
AXO with five.
NIGHT STAFF
Betty Lagomarsino, night editor
Betty Lowrey
Joan Lewis
Larry Davidson
Bill Howlett
Dick Humphrey
Boyd Dautoff, copy boy
Rita Davis
Walt Freauff
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