Webfoot-Gaucho Grid Test Saturday * * * * 'Post' Puts Duck Ace On Team Oregon did it again! The Ducks, in an article by Francis Wallace in the latest Saturday Evening Post, are listed for the number two spot on the Coast, trailing only Calif ornia. Mr. Wallace also picked three pte-season teams of All-American .stature, with Norm Van Brocklin coming out with the best publicized in the land, landing a first-string berth. Norm is rated on a par with the fabulous Doak Walker of SMU, Charley Justice of North Carolina, and Georgia’s Johnny Rauch, all of whom have had at least twice the national publicity of the ace Duck quarterback. Also corning in for mention on the Post’s “dream team” is lanky Webfoot end Dan Garza, who finds himself in a second-string berth. And the Ducks get still further mention, with Chet Daniels gain ing recognition as a first-string guard on the all-sophomore team. Michigan Over Ducks . The Post article also includes a listing of some of the top games, Oregon participating in two of those mentioned. The Wolverines of Michigan are favored to top the Webfoots, with the U of O favored over Southern California. California is chosen as the top team on the Coast with a 9-1 record, Oregon coming in second with 8-2. Wallace„thinks the Ducks will fin ish high primarily because of Van Brocklin’s fine passing and all-' around quarterbacking. Another reason is Coach Jim Aiken, well enough regarded to be a dark-horse candidate for coach of the year. Here again, as in PCC standings, the Ducks take a back seat to Cal ifornia, Lynn Waldorf being the number one nominee for that honor. Webfoots 14th In the final choice of the top twenty teams of the coming year, Mr. Wallace lists three Coast teams. California’s Golden Bears pulled down the eighth spot, the Webfoots ranked 14th and South ern California came in 17th. Van Brocklin is not only picked for All-American, he is the number three choice for Back of the Year by a man that has picked six of the last eight men chosen for that honor. Versatile Van is headed only by highly touted Doak Walker of SMU and Choo-Choo Charley Jus tice of North Carolina. All-American ? THE SATURDAY EVENING POST’S SELECTION as first string All American quarterback for 1918, Norm Van Brocklin. The highly-touted field general of Ihe Jim Aiken T-formation has drawn pre-season praise from many of Ihe nation'^ top football experts. Darkhorse Aggie Team to Roll Against Idaho Eleven Saturday Up Corvallis way, Head coacn Lon Stiner and his latest Beaver football team are planning to give the invading Idaho Vandals a good idea of just how good both teams are. Stiner has his favorite position in the conference pre-season rat ings; a dark horse that might do something but probably won’t. Back in the 1941 race the Beavers were in the same position as they are now; that year they wound up playing Duke in the Rose Bowl. Despite ardent Idaho claims that this year the Vandals might well have their best team of all time, Oregon State will be the favorite in this Saturday’s game. But the Beavers will have to take a good team to come out on top. Dixie Howell, the Idaho coach, came up with the surprise team of the year, and though he lost his great little all-around back, Biily Williams, he still has a lot lett. The Vandals will boast a good front wall and some top-flight backs and figure that in John Christensen they have the man to take Williams’ place. Christensen is rated a fine passer, and he will have adequate backfield support from Sam Theis and Woody De Lorme, both veterans with a lot of experience. Top men in the Idaho line will be two highly seasoned performers at the tackle slots,' Carl Kiilsgaard and Will Overgaard. They will have top-flight talent around them, es pecially End McFaul and Center Ralph Paasch. The Beavers starting lineup has not as yet been set by Stiner, who does admit that this squad has been looking very good in the first two weeks of practice. Our Unbeatable Selection McGREGOR, EMRO, SIEBLER, HICKOCK REIS, PENDLETON, LORD JEFF INTERWOVEN ROUGHRIDER ARROW TIMELY University Sport Shop I’lionc 56%-J 881 1\. 13th Avc. Beside the Side Headman Stresses Duck Defense In Lengthy Afternoon Scrimmage With a near-capacity crowd expected to fill Hayward field Satur- , day for the first football game of the brand new 1948 season, Jim Aiken’s Webfoots continued defensive drills yesterday afternoon, ing for any kind of offense Stan Williamson may have in mind for Santa Barbara Gauchos.. A lengthy practice with pads kept the Ducks busy yesterday, with Aiken again stressing pass defense. The Gauchos are expected to em ploy a wide-open T formation, with Quarterback Glen Mullaney tossing the passes. The Webfoots enter this first contest as a favorite to tip the un tried Gaucho eleven, and Aiken is expected to dig into his reserve list ^ heavily. The Santa Barbara squad, 33 strong, will arrive in Eugene Friday in time for a light workout. Quarterback Norm Van Brocklin, Oregon’s pass-slinging signal- s caller, will carry his share of the offensive load against the Gauchos, assisted by rambling George Bell at right half, either Johnny McKay or Woodley Lewis at left half, and Bob Sanders at fullback. Speedster " Tommy Hines is also billed for some action at left half. During yesterday’s scrimmage, Van Brocklin completed a fair share t of passes, and will probably take to the air against Santa Barbara Sat urday. Although a number of bumps and bruises were accumulated by Duck gridders in the scrimmage, the squad seems to be in good physi- . cal shape for their first game. Aiken has called another light scrimmage for this afternoon, and will probably concentrate on adding a little polish to the Duck offense, Saturday Games Santa Barbara at Oregon San Jose State at Stanford Idaho at Oregon State Utah at Southern Cal WSC at UCLA (night) Santa Clara at California EWCE at Montana Tickets Necessary For Games Away A new conference procedure re garding sale of football tickets to Oregon students will be in effect this season, according to Howard Lemons, athletic business manager. Under the new plan, Oregon stu dents planning to attend the Stan ford game at Palo Alto or the Washington game at Seattle will have to purchase reserved seat tickets either here at the business office in Mac court, or buy them at the game. Heretofore, student body cards served for full admission, but from now on will be used only to gain admission to the Oregon root ing section. Ducats for the Stanford game September 25 will be on sale for $2, while tickets for the Duck-Husky game will be $1.50. Large Attendance Expected Saturday, The largest opening game crowd ' in the history of Oregon football is - predicted for this coming Saturday. Howard Lemons, athletic busi- . ness manager, said yesterday that near-capacity crowd is expected to fill Hayward field' to watch Oregon tangle with Santa Barbara college. Only a few hundred reserve seat‘ tickets in the west grandstand are still available, but ducats for seats in the north horseshoe of the sta dium have been printed and are on sale. At no other first game of the . season have tickets for the horse shoe portions of the stadium gone on sale. Members of the Knot Hole gang are expected to fill the bleacher , seats underneath the score board the south end of the stadium. 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