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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1947)
Norm Van Brocklin, Williams To Match Ability in Passing — Ducks to Use Power Offense Against Idaho If Weather Grounds Air Attack J f the sloppy turf of Hayward field doesn’t hinder the ball handling too much a top-notch passing duel may take place when the Webfoot gridders hit the Idaho \ andals at 2 p.m. Norm Van Jirocklin, one of the nation’s top aerial artists and leading passer on the coast, will be thatching bosses with Billy Williams, who is second in Coast passing Both the Oregon quarterback and William^ are sophomores, having broken into first-string positions in sensational ways. Van Brocklin had trouble staying on the fourth string of the Webfoot crew last fall, and the Ida ho flash was drafted from an in tramural touch grid team during tire season to take over the passing duties of the undermanned Van dals. Van Brocklin was spotted as the man to lead the T for the Ducks this season in spring prac tice by Coach Jim Aiken. After Williams’ outstanding work last fail he was a cinch to lead his mates again this season. May Use Power If bad weather grounds the aer ial attacks Oregon will rely on their vastly-improved power offen sive to blast the Vandals. Indica tions of a first-rate ground attack showed up against Washington, but tiie powerhouse really showed its peak last week against the San Francisco Dons, as Van Brocklin’s passing was stowed away after the first quarter. Various combinations of backs have been worked during the week by Aiken to select the most effec tive trio of ball-carriers. Still working together are Jake Leicht, Jim Newquist, and Bob Koch, but W ith plenly of assistance by George Kell at right halfback and Bob Sanders at fullback. Also expected to see action in the halfback spots Will be Keith DeCourcey and Ben Holcomb, former running piates at The Dalles high school. Vandals Outweighed When the Oregon gridders meet the Vandals this afternoon the Ducks will be against their lightest opposition of the 1947 season. The <r I > Eugene club has a 12-pound team advantage over the invaders, with 197 pounds to Idaho’s 185. The hefty Oregon line, averaging 208 pounds per man, will have the greatest advantage, as they will be up against a forward wall av eraging 196 pounds. The Webfoot backfield has a ten pound margin over the 177 pounders of the Van dals. Oregon will start the men who have opened in the past, with pos sibly the exception of right end Larry Stoeven, Pete Torehia, and Lou Kobinson have all been bat tling for the opening berth. Despite the fact that Idaho has ( a better season’s reel'd than Ore gon at the present time, the Van dals are lower in the conference standings. The Vandals have a rec ord of three victories and two loss es, against Oregon’s three and three, but both the Moscow club’s defeats were by conference teams. Washington State and Oregon Sta(,e knocked off the invader, j Francisco Dons, as Van Blocklin’s Idaho has beaten College of Pu-1 get Sound, Stanford, and Portland university. The latter was a thrill er that was decided in the last min (Flense turn to paiie si.v) The Boss Doing- wonders in his first year as coach at Oregon, Jim Aiken will seek his second conference win today against Idaho in an ef fort to place the Ducks near the top of the pile. Rooters Separated For Idaho Contest “No pigg'gin’ at today’s game.” That is the edict from Order of “O” President Ed Dick. Three section will be set up in the rooting section. There will be one at the south end of the stands for girls, one for men in the middle and a special section for veterans and their wives at the north end. All students are asked to enter the stands through the gates nearest the stands. Order of “O” men will meet Rog Wiley in front of the rooting section before 12:30 i and set up the ropes at that time. 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UCLA’s Losses Fumbles and a string of tough breaks dumped the Bruins for a one-point decision to Northwestern and four disasrous UCLA bobbles against Southern Methodist last week handed the outgained and outplayed Mustangs their victory on a platter. If the Bears get by UCLA, their major obstacle, the “new wonder team” will have an outside chance of deadlocking for the title—pro viding one of Southern California’s three remaining league opponents is obliging enough to knock over the pace-setting Trojans. UCLA still would have to nose out USC after beating California, but the speedy Brains are an un predictable outfit that just might turn the trick. Trojans to Win The Trojans of USC meanwhile were expected to lengthen their un beaten victory string tomorrow against an off-and-on Washington eleven. Southern California hasn’t beaten the Huskies on their home grid-iron in 15 years, but the 1947 Trojans are no respecter of tradi tions, and should win handily. Oregon State’s big, powerful Beavers run into a soft touch against Stanford at Palo Alto. The Indians have lost five games straight, and figure as 3-1 under dogs against OSC. Oregon also has an easy afternoon ahead' in another conference game, taking on Idaho on the Ducks’ gridiron. A screwdriver that furnishes its own light is one of the latest in tool novelties. A tiny light bulb and battery are in its handle. Building new telephone lines for you takes well planned teamwork by "He'‘ these two » Behind this giant plow train, burying a new transcontinental telephone cable, there’s a story of typical teamwork by Western Electric in help ing the Bell Telephone Companies to give you faster, even better service. As the supply member of the Bell Telephone team, Western Electric is producing the coaxial cable which can carry 1800 telephone messages at once — can transmit television network pro grams, too. Complex machines — designed by Western Electrio engineers—are turning out this cable mile after mile to keep the plow trains pushing forward on schedule. Ever since 1882, W estern Electric has been an in tegral part of Bell Telephone service—helping to make it the world s best at the lowest possible cost. Western Electric A UNIT OF THE BELL ^ SYSTEM SINCE 1882