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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1948)
;|DUCK TRACKSI By DICK CRAMER , Assistant Sports Editor Well, the reverberations of the Coast press will roll up and * clown the shores of the Pacific, chewing over the pros and cons of the case, but that won't help the Ducks into the Rose Bowl. ~ They might get another bid, and they certainly deserve one. But what about the Duck chances for next year? * It looks right now like the old problem of good reserves. The starting team will be good, though not on a par with this year’s brilliant eleven. The biggest loss will be in the line, with both ends, one tackle and one guard graduating from the top eleven. And men like Garza, Wilkins, Ecklund, Berwick and Stanton can’t ’ help but be missed. The back field losses are not serious, " with the starting quartet still available for duty when 1949 f, rolls around. There is a good neucleus on < which to build, and with Jim Aiken around to do the con r struction, the Ducks could well have another title contender. anse mccullough The ends will be weaker, though Darrell Robinson is a good ; pass receiver and Bob,Anderson has shown promise both on offense and defense. * Aiken Will Have Good Nucleus Steve Dotur will handle one tackle in a capable manner, * with Bob Roberts and Sam Nevills both able to do starting work at the other. Eddie Chrobot and Steve Meland will both I be around next year for offensive duty with “Icewater” Ches f ter Daniels ready to relieve one of them on defense. | No one will be able to fill Brad Ecklund’s shoes at f center, they just don’t come any better. But Dave Gibson ! could well develop into a better-than-average-pivotman when he has some more experience. And Dewayne Johnson will still be behind that defensive line, knocking down passes and throwing vicious tackles. The backfield losses are two good “spot” players, Jim Aik * en Jr. and Keith DeCourcey. But with Van Brocklin, Lewis. Sanders, Bell, McKay and others to build around, it should - again be one of the most effective quartets on the Coast. Swaner's Loss Will Hurt Pappy Waldorf The Bowl ward bound Golden Bears have some losses to worry about too. They keep their ‘‘boom-boom boys,” Jackie * Jensen at fullback and Rod Franz at guard, but the “two” of the Cal one-two punch, right half Jack Swaner, will see his last * collegiate grid duty on January 1. Bob Dal Porto and Paul Keckley, both veterans of a lot of * action this year in the backfield, join Swaner in graduation. Tim Minahan, reserve quarterback, and Dick Erickson who , shared that post with Bob Celeri this year also pull down the curtain on college football in the Rose Bowl. * Huskies Build on McCullough, Kirkby Washington’s Huskies won’t be helped by the graduation * of three backs who will have earned 12 college letters in football by the end of this season. Brooks Biddle is earning his fifth, , Gordy Hungar his fourth and Larry Hatch his third. Along the same idea, the center on the Husky line gradu ates in an even more impressive style. The guards, Alf Hem stad and Bob Levenhagen, are both on their fourth letter while center Bill McGovern is on his fifth. Six men leave along with 25 letters, and that will hurt the Husky cause no little, k True, in Anse McCullough, Roland Kirkby, George Bayer, * and Ernie Stein, Howie Odell has a good beginning, but he loses an awful lot. " Samuel Only Aggie Back Graduating Lon Stiner will have to find somebody to replace Bill Aus atin, who has held down the right tackle spot for four years. The L two top centers, Bob Krell and Jim Swarbrick leave also, along ' with Dick Lorenz and Bob Grove who handled the left end spot this year. Don Samuel, who never did live up to his All-Service rat ing after getting into Orange and Black togs again, will be a serious loss. A great player one game ond the goat the next, * Samuel’s graduation will rob the optional run, pass of much of its effectiveness. f UCLA loses Skip Rowland, Art Steffen, Bill Clements and ► Phil Tinsley, but boasts of its Sophomore stars, Howard Han * gon and Darrell Riggs. USC will have to do some line rebuild i ing". losing Bob Hendren, the giant 6-foot 8-inch tackle. Idaho, with Dixie Howell conducting a youth movement, i looks to be stronger in 1949. now that youthful flashes John L Brogan, Bob Mays and Bud Riley are more experienced, r Laurie Niemi’s graduation will hurt Phil Sarboe's Cougars, I but the wiley WSC mentor has plans for improvement. t IM V-Ball Tilts Won By Hallmen Monday’s Schedule 8:50 Court 40 Hunter Hall vs Sigma Phi Epsilon B 3:50 Court 43 Stitzer Hall B vs Theta Chi B 4:35 Court 40 Stan Ray B vs Phi Kappa Psi B Yesterdays games ended the IM volley ball play until after the Thanksgiving holidays, when it will be resumed and completed. The Hallmen’s teams seemed to be the most represented as the Lambda Chi’s and Chi Psi's were the only living organizations playing. Nestor opened the day’s playing by handing an underdog Stitzer six a 15-0 first game score. In the sec ond one Stitzer seemed to have more pep and rally as they lost a close one 15-13. Minturn Breezes In Minturn didn’t have much trou ble in upsetting MsChesney in two tilts 15-7, and 15-8. The boys from French hall could n’t seem to show any fire, as they dropped two games to Stan Ray 15-1, 15-11. Omega Hall had to play three games but came out on top by handing Westminster two defeats 15-6 and 15-8. in the game that the Westminster six won the Omega men almost overcame the opposi tion but the rally failed and they lost 15-11. The Lambda Chi’s weren’t ever pressed by the Sherry Ross men. They won 15-4, 15-5. Late Surge Cops In the best series of the day the French Hall B team won two very close ones from the Chi Psi’s. The first game wasn’t too close, 15-11. The real battle came in the second game as the Chi Psi’s were ahead 13-5 and things looked as if they were on the way to a victory but the stubborn six from French hall weren’t beaten yet. They began a rally and it wasn’t in vain as they caught up and tied the Chi Psi’s 13-13. Idaho Selects MOSCOW, Nov. 23 (AP)—The University of Idaho football squad chose an all-opponent team Tues day with six schools represented in the selections. The selections: Left end—Hafen, Utah. Left Tackle—Neimi, Washington State. Left Guard—Eaton, UCLA. Center—Ecklund, Oregon. Right Guard — Hempstead, Wash ington. Right Tackle—Precheck, Washing ton. Right End—Wilkins, Oregon. Quarterback — Van Brocklin, Ore gon Left Halfback—Williams, Washing ton State. Right Halfback—Johnson, UCLA. Fullback—Twenge, Oregon State. ATTENTION!! Men Veterans College Students Special Part Time Work If you can work from 5 to 9 P. M. each evening’ you can earn $65.00 per week and up. Intelligence and neat appear ance only qualifications. This is a proven plan operating in principal cities. For Details See: MR. G. G. SAMPSON EUGENE HOTEL WEDNESDAY, NOV. 24th 1948, 5 P. M. (Can use two men on full time basis) Three Ducks Land On All-Opponent Some All-America selectors will tell you that Northwest ern's big-boned center, Alex Sarkisian, is one of the top two pivots in the country, and if he is then the question is just where does Oregon s Brad Ecklund stand. Because, while the husky Rose Bowl bound Wildcat has captured most of the raves in the press-box, he hasn't captured quite as many on the field. At least not against Ecklund he hasn’t. All of which is to serve notice that a seven-time defeated iooioau ream, uula, picaea the strapping tow-head over Sarkisian on its all-opponent team, together with two other Webfoots. Signifi cantly, only two Cal Bears manag ed to make the club, which is color ed with intersectional flavor in the persons of two Northwesteners. Norm Unanimously Picked Ecklund took the Uclan nod by one vote over Sarkisian, in contrast to the unanimous selection of Norm Van Brocklin at quarterback. The third Webfoot to win Bruin acclaim, Dan Garza, tied with Washington State’s Fran Polsfoot at one end. Conspicuously absent from the team were Jackie Jensen and Rod Franz of Cal. It was Northwest ern’s All-Big Nine plunger, Art Murakowski, who edged the Coast’s leading statistical player at full back. At guard, Washington’s two buttresses, Alt Hemstead and Bob Levanhagen, superseded the All America Franz. Others composing the team are Fj-ank Van Deren, Cal, at end; Laurie Niemi, Washington State, and George Maddock, Northwest ern, at tackles; and Jerry Williams, Washington State, and Jack Swan er, Cal, at the halfbacks. Also worthy of note is the atten tion, or lack of it, payed to USC by the rival Bruins. Not one Trojan made the club, those being frozen out including last year’s All-Coast half, Don Doll. 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