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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1948)
Webfoots Ready for Opener With the Greatest of Ease • • • tilG SAM NEVILLS, 240-POUND chunk of gridiron power, will be crowding Ed Chrobot for the starting right guard position on Oregon’s first string when the Ducks face off with Santa Barbara college today on Hayward field. Nevills is a transfer from Purdue university. Californians Arrive by Greyhound Instead of Air; Oreaon Eleven After Seventh Straight Grid Win “Thump”- and with the sound of a large foot contacting' a regulation size football, the pigsKin-parade starts anew. It has often been said that there •are two sides to every story. One side of this afternoon’s story con cerns 2,274 pounds of prime Web foots. On the other side are the Oauchos from Santa Barbara. The Oregon Ducks are pointing for their seventh straight win, dat ing from their last season defeat by UCLA, and the odds are leaning heavily in their favor. On paper the local squad looks like at least 20 point favorites. In fact, the time was never more opportune for a Webfoot team to attain lasting na tional prominence than during this season. * Briefly, the Ducks are loaded. And with pleasure it is noted that bona fide football authorities con cur. Grantland Rice chose Don Stanton on his pre-season All American team for Look magazine. Satevepost gave Norm Van Broclt lin the nod as first-string quarter back with Dan Garza as second string left end. Brad Ecklund is an other player who has received prominent mention by coaches and writers in national magazines and newspapers. As a unit this bunch should be hard to stop. On the other hand, the enemy camp isn't loaded with cousins. The Gauchos, though in another league, have a line-up replete with hot shots. Of their 23 returning letter men. several are standouts. Sam Cathcart was All-CCAA halfback last year. This year’s standout line We invite and will appreciate your banking business. EUGENE BRANCH U.S. National Bank of Portland, Ore. man promises to be Frank Kirk land, All-CCAA second team cen ter, and Glen Munaney win be the lad called upon to do the tossing. These talented Gauchos, 33 in number, arrived in Eugene by char tered bus late yesterday afternoon, with just time for a short limber ing-up drill. The Californians were originally scheduled to fly in from Santa Barbara, but bad weather made it necessary to make other arrangements. Nothing is known about the of fense Williamson plans to throw at the Ducks this afternoon, and this factor is in the Gauchos’ favor. An other rfiatter to consider is tradi tion. The “breathers” have caused the UO football team many a scare in the past. One has but to reflect a moment and remember the close scores turned in against the “pat sies" of last year. Montana State almost refused to capitulate, and two games later Nevada did even better, from a Nevadan’s view point. However, such a situation seems remote this season, for after all, how would it look for the Rose Bowl champions to have been beat en in their opening ball game? Add novelties: An electric black board and an alluminated walking stick. Morale High On Frosh Squad Frosh Coach Bill Bowerman sent his Ducklings through a rough hour and one-half scrimmage yes terday in preparation for next week’s cracking down. The yearling boss set up offen sive and defensive teams, but left no doubt that the line-ups were not final. Bowerman stated that the past week has been the most hectic he has ever seen as a frosh coach, con sidering it is his first week on the job. “I don’t even know how many men I have turning out yet, because of the lengthy registration sched ule,” Bowerman said. The new mentor commented on the high spirit of his charges, say ing that they act as if their first game was tomorrow. ‘‘The kids are catcnmg onto the Aiken system of play very rapidly, and although they are still green, they should go places with the spirit they have now,” Bowerman promised. The ex-M,edford coach said he realized he was putting himself on the spot. “Which,” he added, “is exactly where I like to be!” WE WELCOME YOU to Eugene and the Campus You are invited to make our store your camera headquarters while here. You will find us qualified and sincerely interested in helping you make better pictures. East 11th Near Oak Phone 24S Authorized dealers for Eastman, Ansco, Bell & Howell, Zeiss and practically all other good names in photography. * ?r w * * Aiken's Charges Favored To Tip Lighter Gauchos; 12,000 to See Initial Game Jim Aiken, starting' his second year as head coach for the University of Oregon football team, will send his griclders onto Hayward Field this afternoon at 2:00 in the opening game of the 1948 football season. The opposition will be the Santa Barbara college Gauchos, coached by Stan Williamson, former All American center from USC. The Ducks will have a decided weight advantage over the visiting Gauchos. the overall weights being 203 for Oregon and 188 for Santa Barbara. The Wrebfoot line holds a 12- pound bulge per man, and in the back field the advantage will be about 13 pounds. The Oregon line will average 210, the backs 185. For Santa Barbara, it wil be a 172 pound backfield running behind a 198 line. Both teams boast outstanding players, the Webfoots especially sitting on the bench when the open ing whistle sounds. The big guns in the Santa Barba ra attack will be the aforemention ed Cathcart, his running mate at halfback Kenny Duddridge, and quarterback Glen Mullaney. The first two are of the swift scatback type, while Mullaney is a promising Starting Lineups 195 Dan Garza.LER. Bernie Paulson 205 - 222 Steve Dotur.LTR. Bob Wooldridge 195 214 Ted Meland.LGft.Joe Rossi 200 217 Brad Ecklund. C Frank Kirkland 208 224 Don Stanton.RTL.Max Pickarts 215 190 Ed Chrobot .RGL.George Crilley,195 208 Bob Anderson.REL.. Fred Baker 190 or 190 Dick Wilkins 190 Nor Van Brocklin. Q ... Glen Mullany 165 182 Woodley Lewis .LH.Sam Cathcart 165 or 170 Johnny McKay 190 George Bell .BH.Kenny Duddridge 162 198 Bob Sanders. FB.1. Sam Dimas 196 rolling in well-publicized material. Jim Aiken will start two men al ready chosen as pre-season all american, another a second string all-american, plus an all-coast choice from last season. In reserve will be a guard that has been chosen all-american sophomore. The Gau chos will start all-CCAA halfback Sam Cathcart and an outstanding center in Frank Kirkland. Many Veterans Both teams are loaded with ex perienced players, only one of the 22 starters being a non-letterman. The Santa Barbara team will open with 11 veterans and have 12 more lettermen to back them up. Oregon has lettermen at every position ex cept left half where either Woodley Lewis or Johnny McKay, both transfers, will open, and the Ducits will have ten more award-winners passer and a fine ballhandler. Topi man in the line will be Kirkland at center, Wingman Bernie Paulson and Tackle Max Pickarts. Pickarts, at 215 pounds, will be the heaviest starter for the Californians. Left Half Undecided The Webfoot backfield will open with last year’s Cinderella man, Norm Van Brocklin at quarterback, George Bell at right half, and Bob Sanders at fullback. At left half will be either Woodey Lewis or Johnny McKay, and Aiken reported he won’t know which one until game time. The same is true at right end, where either Bob Anderson or bas ketballer Dick Wilkins will get the call. But the rest of the line is set and loaded with veterans from end to end. At center will be Brad Eck-< lund, at the guards, Ed Chrobot and (Please turn to page seven) VNV03VO 6P61 hjqoa Ana onv ihoih jiasnnoA ias tllOA OI AAHni—ASdOl H¥3dd¥ SIHJ, saoa