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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1947)
cMo-jxe to- fi'ieatz fjinx . . . Ducks Picked to Tip Indians For Fifth Consecutive Victory By FRED TAYLOR Oregon's high-riding gridders go gunning for their fifth consecutive victory today when they tackle the winless Stanford Indians on the Palo Alto turf. Kickoff time is 2 p.m. Needing only one more triumph to sew up the greatest gridiron season since 1935, the Ducks go into the battle in the favorites’ role for the third straight game. Dopesters are giv ing the Eugene club a two-touchdown margin over the vastly improved Indians. Captains for the Ducks today are Norm Van Brocklin and George Bell, sophomores from the bay area.'Both gridders are seeing their first season of regular varsity action for the W ebfoots. The Oregon eleven will be out to break their greatest jinx by knocking off the Stanford ciuu. in rivalry aaung name co 1900, the Palo Alto crew has rack ed up 14 victories, while allowing the Ducks only two, and one tie. Stanford Eyes Upset Reports indicate the Indians are pointing for an upset over their visitors. The Stanford gridders want to register at least one vic tory this fall and with only two op i.ponents left, Oregon and Califor nia, the Ducks appear to be their greatest chance. Marchie Swartz’s charges have .shown more,, fire in losing their i last two tilts than any time this A two-touchdown victory mar gin for Oregon was predic ted on the eve of the Duck (ndinn clash by Stanford Coach Marchie Schwartz. University of Oregon Coach Jim Aiken stated briefly that the Cardinals were, “an up-and-coming team and the game will be anything but a pushover.” Though the Cardinal coacli is dour over his team’s pros pects for today the Indians w'ere high in spirits as result of fine showings against OSC and . Southern California. season. Oregon State was forced to battle bitterly to win 13-7, two weeks ago, and last Saturday USC . was held to 14 points. Oregon will again be at full istrength for today’s fray. The Ducks have escaped serious in jury all season, with only minor ,.bumps and bruises resulting from their contests. wasi run promised Fair weather at Palo Alto pro mises a fast turf, which turns the spotlight upon Lightning Jake Leicht, the Duck breakaway artist. Leicht flashed into sensational pre war form against San Francisco with several lengthy gallops, and topped his season's showing with . a 74-yard touchdown sp r i n t . against Idaho. On a dry field Leicht, a constant threat while he is carrying the ball, is expected to get away for considerable yardage. Main burden of Oregon’s grid iron duties will again fall to the •'Sacred Seventeen,” the 10 line men and seven backs who have seen the most action this fall.Back field workhorses who will see plenty of action besides Leicht are Jim Newquist and George Bell, who alternate right half burden, and Bob Koch and Bob Sanders who handle the fullback plunging chores. Van to Pass Norm Van Broeklin. the coast's leading passer, will benefit by the dry ball-handling. The aerial wiz ardry of the quarterback has been under wraps for the past three games while the Ducks capitalized upon their potent ground attack, hut plenty of tosses are expected today, especially if the Indians put up stiff opposition in the line. Oregon's stalwart forward wall will be the same that has carried the Ducks through the season thus far. Right end is the only dubious spot, with the starting assignment a toss-up between Larry Stoeven. Pete Torchia. Wayne Bartholemy, and Lou Robinson. UCLA-Husky Tilt Tops PCC Semi-Final Round San Francisco, Nov. 14.— (UP) The “semi-finals” of one of the Pacific Coast conference’s greatest football zuces will go on stage Saturday afternoon with four “still in the running” teams risking their chances for a Rose Bowl bid. The headliner sends UCLA,the team holding the key to all the hopes, against University of Washington Huskies in Los An geles before an expected throng of 50,000 in the coliseum. University of California lays its chances on the line against a Mon tana university team that hasn’t been beaten in conference play, with 35,000 expected to witness the battle in Berkeley. Oregon, with only one loss in I'CC competition, takes on the winless Stanford club at Stan ford and about 25,000 w ill see the contest. In the other Pacific Coast con ference clash of the day. Oregon State and Washington State, both hopelessly out of the running, tangle at Corvallis. USC. the team with the inside track for the bowl bid, is idle. ashiugton Troublesome Coach Ralph (Pest) Welch’s Washington Huskies are having one of their poorer years but the club looked exceptionally good in losing by only six points to Cali fornia a week ago, and may cause Coach Bert LaBrucherie’s team a lot of trouble. However, the Bruins are heavy favorites to win this one behind a great flock of backs and a powerful line—and, if they do, their battle a week from Satur day with USC will teli the tale. SODAS COKES SUNDAES MILK SHAKES — All Flavors at I JOHNSON'S Ice Cream Around the Corner from the Mac Co-Captains J II—MW—MBM—— Norm Van Brocklin (above) and George Bell (left) return to their home territory today to lead the Ducks in a scalping party as co-captains against the Stanford Cardinals. Bell, a hard-hitting 195-pounder, is expected to start at right halfback. Van Brocklin and his needle-thread ing passes have put the fear of God into Coast grid leaders, and he is expected to throw considerably from his quarterback post on the dry Stanford turf. Oregon Emerald SPORTS Wally Hunter, Editor Don Fair, Fred Taylor, Assistant Editors You're the man most likely to succeed! ...in You re the star wherever you go in Y an Heusen Shirts. 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