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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1948)
DUCK TRACKS By TOM KING Assistant Sports Editor Seeing as how the larger chunk of the current grid season has already been filed away in the scrapbooks, we think it timely to do a little surveying about just which Webfoots are going to salvage just what laurels when all the returns are in. ' Insofar as this observer is concerned, we give neither hoop nor holler for these All-teams that are flooded upon a gul . lible public every fall. They make for interesting reading and they are something to chew the -proverbial rag over on rainy evenings. But sift ing out the best of the country’s collegians, they are about as accurate as a certain fellow called Gallup. When you learn how some schools deny press-box tickets to papers which refuse to put assistant water boys on their All - conference ballots, you can appreciate the absurdity of it all. Case in Point: Fraley's Folly The first instance of inanity we have seen thus far is one Oscar Fraley’s All-America eleven. Ossie is i nifty character with the typewriter, but evidently he got his wires crossed somewhere along the line because he has on his first string a cerain individual who is now warming the substitute’s bench at the institution for whom he is do-or-dying. Item number two is that Ossie, whose grey matter must have temporarily been ossified, has on his second string a center who is listed at tackle. All of which gives you a rough idea. True it is in that in a smattering of instances the right man is tagged. Fellows like Baugh and Dudley never slackened their pace once they hit the pro ranks where the final reckon ing may be had. It is with this soothing thought in mind that we return to our original task, the which has temporarily eluded us. Heath Is Trouble-Shooter The most obvious local product who seems headed for na tional glory, Norm Van Brocklin, may hit a slightly skiddy road due to the fancy gyrations of a guy called Stan Heath from out Nevada way. According to the grapevine, this kid Heath is collosal, stupendous, and also very good. Having already erased the former national passing yardage standard, Stanley, they say is destined for a memorable career in the play-for-your porridge game. But, like a certain man from Missouri, we will have to be shown. Conceded to be a better all-round handy man, Van Brocklin arches sharp, bull’s-eye passes, is an adequate ball handler and a punter par excellence. And what’s more, he has made nis niche in real big time football. ' Heath and Nevada, however, have donnybTooked with teams of distinctly dissimilar ilk. Just take a squint at some of the . squads on their schedule: mighty San Jose State; Oklahoma City College, as rowdy a bunch of maulers as ever came out of . the Dixie hills; Fresno State, which once had the misfortune of running into an average high school team; Wichita Univer sity, about whom we will reserve comment'; North Texas State; etc., etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseam. Another SmaITTime Operator Failed 6 We might add that the blade who shared the yardage record which Heath splattered across the landscape, a Mr. Bud - Schwenk, fizzled most admirably when he tried to keep step with the pros. He also issued from an also-ran school, Washington “ U. of St. Louis. Ergo, let Heath prove himself against major competition, lest he be kicked galley West when he does try it. Tow-headed Brad Ecklund probably won’t get the recogni tion he deserves because of the plethora of publicized centers sprinkled across the nation. But the big fellow is a great player every Saturday and certainly the finest lineman on the Coast, Bod Franz and Company notwithstanding. The Husky throw back to Neanderthal man will have to buck such worthies as Bednarik, Harris, Dworsky, and Sarkisian in order to horn in on the glory, and that’s a pretty steep order. Dick and Dan in Thick of It Unless Troy's Bob Stillwell and Cal's Frank Van Deren catch 1 someone’s eye, both Dick Wilkins and Danny Garza look like good bets. Wilkins, who snags ’em in almost the finest Hutson ' tradition, is a comer who has arrived. In this era of specialists, 1 his singleness of purpose (receiving) should not deter his chances of cracking the first eleven. His slashing end play notwithstanding, Garza, probably the best all-around wingman on the Coast, may not harvest too man}- garlands, at least not from a national point of view. Which reminds us of the fellow who couldn’t see the forest for the trees. I-M V-Ball Teams Win Close Title Today’s Schedule “B” Games Chi Fsi vs. Phi Kappa Sigma Sherry Ross vs. Sigma Nu Kappa Sig vs. Lambda Chi Hunter vs. SAM Delta TJpsilon vs. Sig Ep Stitzer vs. Phi Sigma Kappa Yesterday’s intramural volley ball games included exciting action, as eleven sextets and one trio bat tled it out for victories. Phi Kappa Psi stopped McChes ney hall 15-4 and 15-7, Sigma Nu downed Stan Ray 15-3 and 15-5, Phi Sigma Kappa ran over French 15-5 and 15-8, Chi Psi won two from Omega hall, 15-12 and 15-7, and Westminster won two of three from Campbell Club, 15-10 and 17-15. In the only “B” game played, French hall trounced Pi Kappa Al pha 15-1 and 15-5. Joe Fulford, Mai Brown and Roger Brown from Omega hall showed that three men can handle a full-sized team and still win one out of three games. The Omega trio whipped the Chi Psis 15-12 in the first game, but tired to lose the final pair, 15-12 and 15-7. All three boys played good games, with Ful ford' taking point honors. Bleacher Seats Given Rooters Special arrangements made by the University Athletic Director’s office with the Washington offi cials will make it possible for those Oregon students unable to obtain reserve seats to the Washington Oregon tilt to still get into the game. 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