Oregon Readies for El Troy
With Rough Contact Session
...
Pass Defense,
Rushing Game
Show up well
Working again in “closed”
practice Jiin Aiken sent his
charges through the first con
tact workout of the week,1
stressing especially passing
and pass-defense, as Saturday’s
tiff with Southern Cal ap
proaches.
The major part of the session
was taken up with the number one
offensive squad running plays
against the top defensive unit.
Running Attack Clicks
The attack was moving well on
the ground, with Tommy Hines,
Bob Oas and Keith DeCourcey do
ing some nice running.
However, though they were un
able to stop the ground attack con
sistently, the defensive unit was
effective in stopping the aerial
game. Van Brocklin’s receivers
were having a rough time break
ing into the clear, as the defensive
unit bottled them up very effi
ciently.
Without any pass receivers, Van
was caught several times behind
the line by the opposing line.
Wilkins Looks liooil
When he did throw, however, he
laid the ball light down the line..
His favorite target was Dick Wil
kins, who palled in several tosses.
Neither George Bell nor Johnny
McKay, regular halfbacks, took
part in the scrimmage, though
Bell was wearing pads. They ran
around the field, loosening up dur
ing most of the session. Aiken was
hoping that they will both be
a vailable for duty Saturday against
use.
“We expect the Trojans to be
plenty tough, and I hope we’ll be
at full strength for the game,” he
said.
Tradition Favors
Lettermen -Stocked
Eleven From Troy
This Saturday, the Webfoots
meet a team ttiey haven’t beaten
since 1941, a team that has lost
only twice to them in the history
of the rivalry.
The University of Southern Cali
fornia, to name the culprits, has
won 11 out of the 14 games be
tween the two schools, and has
only been held to a tie once.
Coached by Jeff Cravath, they
have a veteran team with 19 let
termen as a nucleus. And, as his
ardent advocates point out, Cra
vnth has never lost a game to Ore
gon since becoming head coach.
Cravath 88, Ducks 0
In 1942, in his first year at Troy,
Oravath's boys battered the Web
foots 40-0. In their only other
meeting since then, the Trojans
swamped the invaders from the
North, 43-0.
Cravath feels that his team this
year is underrated. "After all, we
are the defending champions, and
we have a lot of men back from
that team. We’ll be tough this
year,” he said before the season be
gan, and he hasn't publicly changed
his mind since then.
The Trojans lost 19 lettermen
from the 1948 Rose Bowl team,
but they have 19 left to build upon.
Also reutrning are three letter
CAGEY CATCHER—That’s Dick Wilkins, who glittered yesterday
as one of the most dependable receptacles for Norm Van Brocklin’s
aerial slants. And Dick’s “cagey” in more ways than one, for he is
<liiite some shakes as a basketball player.
Bowerman's Yearlings
Dash Through Workouts
Oregon's football Ducklings resumed full-scale practice op
erations yesterday afternoon after last weekend's successful
opener against the Washington freshmen.
Coach Mill Bowerman sent his first team up against an ag
gregation composed of mostly third and fourth stringers,
while the second sauad scrim-1 --
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maged another scrub outfit.
Assistant coaches Bill Abbey and
Steve Mezzera took charge of the
second team.
Regulars Pressed
Although the regulars found the
offensive going rough at times,
Quarterback Calderwood’s pitch
outs to halves Holeman and Ed
wards were consistent ground
gainers, while Missfeldt through
the line was usually good for
about five yards.
When the first team went on de
fense Tackle Dick Hudson, Guard
Don McCauley, and End Bob Wil
cox stood out in the line.
Tackle John McAloon played a
rugged brand of defense for the
scrub outfit along with Guard Mal
com Marsh.
Timms Goes Well
At the other end of the field
where the second squad was
scrimmaging, halfbacks Herb
Timms and Hay Karnofski spark
led offensively.
Timms especially got off several
long runs that would have been
sure touchdowns under game con
ditions. A small, speedy left half
back, Timms will probably give
first string backs a run for their
money in the future.
During pre-scrimmage drills,
Bowerman put plenty of emphasis
on pass defense, a weakness in the
Washington game.
nit 11 irora years previous to i,
including: Art Battles, a regular in
19-16 who has again been awarded
the first string right half berth.
Raft of Transfers
Also around are nine members
of last year’s squad who failed to
letter .and 10 are outstanding
stars from the SC freshman team.
Numerous transfers have also re
ported to Cravath and the six oth
er Trojan grid coaches, all but one
working with the varsity.
The men of Troy will run out of
a regular "T,” and have speed and
passing to run the system.
Stengel Comes Back to Majors
As Pilot of New York Yankees
NEW YORK, Oct. 12—(AP)—Casey Stengel, one of baseball's
most colorful characters, today returned to the majors as managei
of the New York Yankeees for the next two years.
Fresh from a pennant and playoff victory with Oakland of the
Pacific Coast league, Stengel flew in for a conference with Yankee
officials last night that won for him one of the most coveted jobs
in the gamee.
No salary terms were announced by President Dan Topping, but
it was understood that Casey will be paid about $25,000 a year under
a two-year contract.
Now 57, Stengel has been knocking around baseball since he started
playing the outfield for Kankakee, 111., back in 1910.
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