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Bruised Duck Team Starts SC Practice That's All for This Vandal DARRELL ROBINSON, WEBFOOT end, throws a hefty shoulder to stop Vandal Bob Mays at the scrimmage line in Saturday’s Idalio-Oregon clash, which Oregon won, 15-8. Ducks coming up on play are Jim Berwick (54) and Chet Daniels (69). (Emerald photo by Kirk Braun.) Weekend Upsets Hurt Grid Guesses Average by LARKY LA IT Rt. Wg. T’d. Pctg. Last Week .25 10 0 .714 .Season Ttl. . 44 18 4 .709 Last Saturday's football provid ed more major upsets than the two previous weeks put together. There Were no big ball games that ended in a tie, which is some indication of how football fortunes fluctuated. This column weathered the storm by hitting 25 for 35. Upset of the week was the Mis souri victory, 20-14, over vaunted Southern Methodist. Also in this category was Baylor’s 23-7 triumph over Arkansas, Oklahoma’s 20-14 win over Texas, Clemson’s 20-14 upset of Mississippi State, Colo rado's trimming of Nebraska 19-G, TCU’s 7-6 startler over Indiana, Iowa’s 14-7 drubbing of the high flying Ohio State crew, and the 'University of Washington’s dump ing of the bewildered Bruins of UCLA. To complete the games we took a nose dive on, Michigan made Oregon look even better with their easy 40-0 win over Purdue, and Duke flattened the Middies of the Navy 28-7. Glad that’s over with. The rest of these games we caught right. The Correct Games Cornell trounced a favored Har vard crew 40-0, Rutgers had a tough time dropping little 'Temple 34-20, Pen State overpowered Syracuse 34-14, Brown walloped Rhode Island 23-0, Colgate edged Boston U 14-13 in a night thriller. Penn ground out a 29-7 win over Princeton, and Pittsburg upset a favored W. Virginia eleven 16-6. Down South, North Carolina came back from a 0-0 deadlock at halftime and went on to beat a game Wake Forest crew 28-6. Tu lnne grabbed a 14-0 win from South Carolina, Mississippi, behind 7-0 at halftime, roared back to win 20-7 from Vanderbilt, Georgia smashed Kentucky 35-12, LSU eked out a 14-13 win over Texas A & M in a night tilt, and Kansas tabbed Iowa State with a 20-7 loss. In the Midwest the Minnesota Northwestern game has the fans (Please turn to page eight) Webfoot Coach Still Hopeful A not-at-all discouraged Coach Jim Aiken told radio listeners last night that he thought the Oregon football team played a "fairly normal” game against Idaho Sat urday. Interviewed by Harry Sackett on the program “Webfoot Huddle Time,” Aiken declared that a lot of people under-estimate Idaho. The Idaho homecoming had a lot to do with it, he added. “They were a bunch of fighting fanatics and our boys were just playing a football game. We might have played the game wide open and try to run up the score but we decided to play it close, do our best, and come home and get ready for the next game. “It was the forst fumbling we’ve done in quite a while,” was Aiken's only comment on the many Ore gon bobbles of the game. The University of Southern Cal ifornia is going to be a rough game, too. Scout Frank Zazula declared at the interview. “I think they’re the best team outside of Michigan that I’v£ seen this year.” Zazula rates the USC line the best they have ever had. That, plus their speed, determina tion, good passing, and fast ends means Oregon is running into a first rate team Saturday, he con cluded. Holeman Lauded For Game Play Frosh Coach Bill Bowerman gave his Duckling football players a light, loosening-up drill yester day on the upper practice field, af ter their bruising game last Friday with the Washington Pups, Bowerman had praise Monday for the freshman line, saying they gave excellent protection on pass ing plays and for punt formations. Bowerman picked End Jerry Les lie, Tackle Dick Hudson, and Cen ter Johnny Adams as the outstand ing players in the line for Friday’s tilt. Stocky little Emile Holeman re ceived plaudits from Bowerman for his game against the Pups. The Duckling mentor said that Hole man, although he scored no touch downs and made no spectacular runs, was outstanding on his block ing plays, very seldom missing an assignment. MONOGRAMMED NAPKINS ,'2T MATCHES STATIONERY PLAYING CARDS VALLEY Stationery Co. 76 West Broadwav Cravath's 'll' Slated in Key Game; John McKay Hurt, May Be Ready The Oregon Ducks returned to the practice wars yesterday afternoon, looking to the “big” conference game against the Trojans of Southern California this Saturday in Portland's Multnomah stadium. Oregon’s 15-8 defeat of the Idaho \ andals last Saturday at Moscow was costly in several respects. The Webfots, by playing a none-too-impressive ball game, lost some ot tneir i'CAJ nose duwi prestige, and suffered injuries that may keep the team below par for the USC contest. McKay May Be Beady Lefthalf Johnny McKay, lead ing Duck scorer and ground-gainer, received a bruised knee in the Van dal game, but will probably be ready for the Trojans. McKay is expected to spend this week’s prac tice jogging to loosen up the knee, and probably won’t scrimmage. Brad Ecklund, bumped up in the Inaho game, is in good shape for the Portland game, and Half back George Bell, after a bruising by the Vandals, will be ready to start against SC. Closed Practices Coach Jim Aiken has called for closed practices the rest of the week, and will probably concen trate on a sluggish Webfoot of fense. Woodley Lewis will work out on the first string, in case Mc Kay isn’t ready. Quarterback Norm Van Brocklin completed another touchdown pass against Idaho, and is expected to open up in the Trojan game. Dan Garza, Dick Wilkins, and McKay will be on the receiving end of most of Van Brocklin’s aerials. Duck line-backer D e W a y n e Johnson, whose father died last week in Silverton, is expected to return to Eugene today. Jeff Cravath’s men of Troy, fresh from a tough 7-0 victory over Rice Institute, are expected to be at full strength for the Oregon game. Southern California played a bruising defensive game against the Owls, holding in the game’s final minutes to prevent a des peration Rice drive. Indians Announce Harvard Grid Series PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 12— (AP) — Stanford' university, through General Athletic Manager Alfred R. Masters, announced yes terday a home and home football series with Harvard, beginning next year. The Harvard team will play at Palo Alto September 24, next season, and Stanford will journey to Cambridge, Mass., for a meet ing September 30, 1950. It will mark the first time Har vard had played in the Far West or met a western team since its 1919 club defeated University of Oregon, 7 to 6, in the 1920 New Year’s Rose Bowl game. Fish 'n' Chips Delicious Snacks MIDWAY DRIVE-IN Main Highway South f A Fashioned For Fall ARROW SPORTS SHIRTS ST. 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