Bear Back
Tops PCC
Statistics
All-American candidate, Jackie
Jensen, of the University of Cali
fornia took over the top spot in
Pacific Coast conference total of
fense this week, and at the same
time widened his lead in Confer
ence rushing to over 100 yards
ahead of his nearest competitor.
The Bear fullback ran and
passed for 169 yards against the
Oregon State Beavers last Satur
day to give him a total of 587
yards gained in five games.
Don Samuel of OSC, last week's
total offense leader, slipped to
third place as Ray Nagel of UCLA
also moved ahead of him. Nagel’s
578 total leaves him within strik
ing distance of Jensen.
Jensen Top Ground-Gainer
The statistics released by the
conference commissioner’s office
show that Jensen has gained 484
yards on the ground in 44 attempts
for an 11.2-yard average per try.
Oregon's Johnny McKay, the
number two rusher in the league
with 385 yards, did not play
against Southern California and so
could not increase his total.
Norm Van Brocklin and Nagel,
the PCC’s leading passers, pulled
farther ahead of the field in the
matter of passes completed.
Van Completed 35
Webfoot Quarterback Van
Brocklin has completed 35 tosses
in 69 attempts, while Nagel has
completed 32 out of 60. Dick Erick
son of California has the highest
passing efficiency rating, com
pleting 12 out of 17 for 70.6 per
cent.
Van Brocklin and McKay hold
down fourth and fifth spots in to
tal conference offense, with 433
and 385 yards respectively. George
Bell is third in PCC rushing, with
327 yards in 75 tries.
McKay, Sarver are tied for the
the conference scoring lead, each
with 36 points on six touchdowns.
Duck End Dan Garza rates third
in the pass receiving column, with
nine catches for 92 yards. Dick
Wilkins, with eight passes caught
.for 140 yards, is in fifth position.
Lynn Waldorf’s mighty Golden
Bear also pulled up as the PCC’s
undisputed leader in both offensive
and defensive play at the half-way
mark in the 1948 football cam
paign.
Bears’ Offensive Leader
California, which has led in to
tal offense since the start of the
season, moved into the top posi
tion in the defensive standings too
by holding Oregon State to 131
yards from rushing and passing.
The Bears, with a 2107 total,
have averaged 421 yards per game
this season in total offense, while
holding their opposition to less
than half of that, 201 yards per
game.
Ducks Behind Cal
The Berkeley monopoly on con
ference figures goes even farther.
'Hie Bears are the conference’s best
rushing team, averaging 303 yards
on the ground in each of their
games this season, and they have
put up the best defense against a
running attack, limiting their five
opponents to 119 yards from rush
ing per game.
Jim Aiken’s Oregon Ducks hold
■down second total offense position,
with 1706 yards in five games. The
Webfoots rate as the third toughest
defensive team, limiting their op
position to 1146 yards in the five
games, a 220.2 per game average.
Sports Staff:
Dick Ryalls
Dick Cramer
John Barton
Glenn Gillespie
Beaver End
ONE END spot on Lon Stiner’s
Beaver eleven will be taken care
of by lanky Bob Grove, when
Oregon State meets UCLA this
Saturday in Los Angeles.
Top Lineman Laurie Niemi
To Lead Upset-Minded WSC
By DICK CRAMER
Led by the lineman of the week
Laurie Niemi, Washington State
will romp onto Hayward field with
upset in their eyes this Saturday.
Niemi, who played the full 60
minutes against Washington last
week, was named in a nation-wide
Associated Press poll as the out
standing collegiate lineman of the
week, being named over the other
34 players nominated.
The 6-foot, 240-pound tackle is
quick on his feet and has tremen
dous charge. He likes the going
rough, and spearheads the rugged
Cougar line. Against the Huskies,
Niemi consistently stopped plays
on his side of the line for losses,
and also opened many holes when
WSC was on the attack.
The Cougars have a fast flotilla
of backs to spring from behind
their big line, and have two highly
efficient quarterbacks in lefty
Frank Mataya and Bob Gambold.
Though passing had been their
major weapon up to the Washing
ton game, they rolled over the
Huskies by moving on the ground.
Frosh Right Half Injured;
Powerful Rooks Prepared
The Oregon Frosh may miss the
McKay and Sarver are tied for
Holeman next Saturday in the OSC
Rook game at Corvallis.
Holeman has been in the Uni
versity infirmary since Tuesday
with an infected finger, Coach Bill
Bowerman said yesterday, and it
is not known whether he will be
ready for the Rook game Satur
day.
Filling in for Holeman on the
first eleven is Ray Karnofski. Kar
nofski has been turning in good
performances nightly, and may
prove an able substitute in the
event Holeman is not in shape to
play.
OSC Ready for Game '
On the OSC side of the picture,
all hands appear to be in good
shape after the trimming admin
istered to the Pacific frosh last
Saturday. A1 Cox has a star laden
quartet to carry the ball for the
baby-Aggies, with three all-Stat
ers in the backfield.
At quarterback for Cox will be
175-pound Carlos Houck, from Sa
lem high school. Doing the passing
from the left half spot will be All
Stater Gene Morrow from The
Dalles. Morrow can be depended
upon to turn in some flashy pass
ing, but is not a runner, and will
probably carry the ball very little
on running plays.
Sheffold All-Stater
At the other half is Bill Sheffold,
from Bend high, also an All-Stater.
Sheffold will do most of the end
running Saturday, but can also put
165 pounds worth of punch through
the line. Big Sam Baker, the most
valuable player in the Shrine game
last August, will carry the duties
at fullback.
Baker weighs 192 pounds, and
earned from Dick Sutherland, the
Shrine All-State coach, the title of
“one of the few high school players
I ever saw who really knows how
to run through the line.” The big
fullback will also take the punting
chores for the Rooks.
Elliott Draws Release
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20—
(AP)—The San Francisco Forty
Niners have signed up 230-pound
Roman Bentz, former New York
Yankee’s guard out of Tulane uni
versity.
To make room for the 27-year
old native of Iron Bridge, Wis.,
Coach Buck Shaw released Chuck
Elliott, former University of Ore
gon star.
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Against the Webfoots they plan to
do both.
Mataya and Gambold can both
pass very well, and the leave lit
tle to be desired in their ball-hand
ling. Both can run if all receivers
are covered.
The running attack will be led by
little Jerry Williams, one of the
best backs on the coast a year
back and still better, now. He will
have able assistance from Don
Paul, Marv Cross, Bob McGuire,
Bob George and Gordie Brunswick,
all of whom are slated for duty in
Coach Phil Sarboe’s split “T.”
For the first part of this week,
the Cougars have been working on
pass defense, trying to stop Norm
Van Brocklin’s accurate passes to
Ends Dick Wilkins and Dan Garza.
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Northwest, and thinks they will
stop Van Brocklin’s effectiveness
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