DUCK TRACKS | By WALLY HUNTER I j Sports Editor University of Oregon's Webfoots and Dixie Howell's Van dals meet today on Hayward field and the optimistic lads are being liberal with their points and taking the Ducks—and that might be a large mistake. Thus far this season the Webfoots ] mue oeen lommate in avoid ing sloppy playing fields, but -today things look a little dif ferent. . Though the Hayward turf hasn’t been worn thin it still .stands to be slippery, and that makes it a fairly unwise bet to figure the Ducks will wallop the Vandals by any astronomi cal figure. Granted the Oregon "team on paper looks much bet ter than Idaho, it still isn't -sound to believe the Ducks will •walk away with anything, es pecially on a soupy turf. The 0-0 Washington State-Oregon game last season illustrates what happens to ball clubs in the muck. Odd to this the fact that the Vandal outfit is a battler 'with morale, and the game te;: OLIVER I doesn't shape up as a pushover. Duck backfield Coach Frank Zazula scouted both the Idaho-Stanford and Idaho-OSC games and his opinion of the Vandals is high. According to his report, ‘the lads from Idaho played Stanford as though they were playing a losing or tied-up ball game, and were continually -battling for something better. Mix a bit of this with the passing - wizardry of diminutive Billy Williams and you have a pretty .fair combination. Another interesting Zazula report reveals the Vandals are great believers in unorthodox defenses.. Against Stanford they employed a 4-4 defense most of the time in order to confuse of fensive linemen. , i- % • - Ali-Coast for Garza Possible . Leading the Ducks today on the playing field will He game Captain Dan Garza, a footballer of note who stands a fine I "chance of hitting All-Coast paydirt this season. Though top notch offensive work has consistantly resulted in his gaining "ranking spots as a pass receiver, Garza does all other things well. Defensively his work has been far from mediocre, and "several prominent gentlemen of the press have commented fav orably on his past performances, which is fair indication that he - could make the grade. Among the many queries concerning Oregon athletics re ceived by Duck publicity director Art Litchman is a recent "letter from Pic magazine requesting pictures of Garza and half -back Lightnin’ Jake Leicht. According to Sports Editor David M. Camerer the Pic board of scouts is studying outstanding ■players before choosing an All-American team. The Babe Was Indeed Cagy ft In yesterday’s Oregonian Sports Editory L. H. Gregory told .of a time when cagy Babe Hollingberry, ex-WSC football coach, staged an “incident” with OSC Coach Lon Stiner in order to raise the spirit of his Cougars for a Cougar-Bevo battle. Which, incidentally, the Cougars won. As Greg said, “Old Babe was pretty slick.” Comes now a resounding second to that state ‘ment. Back in 1941—the year Oregon State went to the Rose * Bowl at Durham—Babe had a ball club that was good enough - to slap the OSC men around 7-0 in an encounter at Pullman. _ Following this ball game Hollingberry brought his team to Eugene for a Saturday fiesta with Coach Tex Oliver’s Ducks.' That year the Webfoots were a pretty fair outfit too—and old Babe pulled a similar trick, at least according to Tex. Only Tex didn’t figure it was a trick. According to Oliver the * Emerald sports page had made so many disparaging remarks ■„ about the abilities of the Cougars as ball players that when Hollingberry showed the ball club a copy of the Emerald they went right out and beat the Webfoots 13-0. . Now Tex was a fella- who had no use for the average news paper man and the scourge of his existence was anything that came from the Emerald. So when his Ducks took it 13-0 he was ready and willing to take the campus sheet apart piece by piece. The telephone Tex used that night to talk to sports staff members is still faultv. All of which is another example of a -trick pulled by the Babe that worked. It the Cougars that day were half as angry as was the Oregon coach—then it would he safe to say the Washington Staters were invincible. Speed merchant Jake Leicht, who scored the second touchdown against tile San Francisco Dons last weekend, will get a chance to show the fans this afternoon if he can perform just as \ve,l in the mud when the Ducks meet the Vandals. Football Coaches Wail Plight in Weekend Tilts NEW YORK, Oct. 31 (UP)—The tragic chorus from football's wail ing wall soared to a new high to day as opposing coaches in a few of the week’s top games unfolded their tales of woe. There was extreme caution down in Texas where unbeaten Texas and Southern Methodist will rock that section with what shapes up as the tightest duel of the day. Matty Bell of SMU: “We’ll be in good condition and doing our best but I don’t know if that will be enough.” , Blair Cherry of Texas: “There’ll be no excuses. What at the time may appear to be a minor break may decide this one.” Out in the big nine, where Mich igan is struggling for a Rose Bowl assignment against Illinois, Coach Fritz Ciisler of Michigan praised the Illini as a superbly balanced team ‘‘fine both offensively and de fensively.” Ray Eliot of Illinois was almost indignant. "By no stretch of the imagina tion can Illinois be conceived as anything but a decided underdog,” he wailed. ‘‘We’re outmanned and full of injuries. But,” he added, "we'll show up for the game. You never can tell.” Frank Leahy of Notre Dame said he “hopes the Irish will keep on improving” in the Navy game at Cleveland and that’s a good idea Capt. Tom Hamilton of Navy i admits, “we’re not kidding our-1 selves about Notre Dame but it’s | a. real chance to square ourselves for our defeats so far. WILLAMETTE PARK PRESENTS ! MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR EVERYBODY "THE 01' WOOOtHOPPER' HIMSELF" ’Ufoedtf HERMAN ■BEBilfUHl kU 0%CkC4faX Saturday, November 8. v Dancing 9 to 1 / Table reservations on sale at Appliance Center, 70 W. 10th, Eugene There will probably be no admittance after £. table reservations have been filled. Don’t forget dancing at The Park Every Saturday Night Phone Spfd. 326 Ducks To Win Over Vandals PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 31. (UP) —Looking at the west coast grid picture from the north end of the telescope: (season record — 98 riprht, 35 wrong, 4 ties; percentage: .737. Cal by 6 California over UCLA—our five star special, with Bears on rebound from that slaughter last week. USC over Washington—Only thing that will save the Huskies is rain. If it’s muddy, Trojans by 6; on a dry field by 30. OSC Picked Oregon State over Stanford—In dians won’t start winning here. Beavers by 20. Oregon over Idaho—those Web feet are improving with age. Ida ho in tough league again. By 19. Washington State over Port land—Cougars have potential to win this one by 40. Herman and Co. Detroit over St. Mary's—This might be closer than expected if Herman Wedemeyer's health holds out. By 13. » University of San Francisco over Santa Clara—Dons boast two much class ift this one. By 14. Also: Central Washington over St. Martin's, Western Washington over Whitworth, Willamette over Pacific, Whitman over Linfield, Idaho State over College of Idaho, British Columbia over Lewis and Clark. Since 1900 a standard lamp socket and base has replaced 175 sizes formerly used in residential installations. By AL PIETSCHMAN CAMPUS: The death of Gover nor Snell, Secretary of State Far rell and Senator leader Cornett shocked everyone out of mid-term studying. In memorium of the state leaders we hope the school declares a legal holiday Monday. It should be one, after all. SOCIAL,: Tonight is the eve for house dances—and fellows—need anything for the dance—in way of clothes? If so call 422 JOE RICH ARDS men store for formal acces sories. By the way Joe just got back from the New York buyers market and is ready for Oregon to beat Idaho. WOMEN: Thanks, gals, for the rally last night. It was a treat to have you take us, but these ser pentine rallies! Ooh, our aching feet. The poor Kappas had a long haul, first up to the “hill” then on downtown. Fletcher, Robbins, Hoff man and the rest of Kappa crew will be sprinters yet. SPORTS: Northern Division sprint champion Dave Henthorne went through the season without an injury but now has a bungled foot. Got it from playing handball the other day. Save it for the big meets, Dave. CAMPUS: Order of “O” Presi dent Ed Dick was just in with a note on the game. The rope bar riers will be up again with three sections. One for gals, one for men and one for the married vets. That ought to keep everyone happy and make for a predominance of cider jugs in the men's section. Rog Wi ley will lead the vigilantes from "O.” SPORTS: If you want to see men in action drop around Mac court during basketball practice. John Warren is sending the boys through paces—and how. Popick, Rass, La vey and all the other aspirants will be fit for commando work—or even the next rally. (Pd. Adv.)