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
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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!”
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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
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