Gathers 'Em in for Frosh
JAKE WILLIAMS, Oregon’s Frosh end, who has dazzled spectators
in his first two games with his spectacular pass catching and hroken
f'lcld running. Jake, from Bo.vstown, Neh., is slated to see plenty of
action for the remainder of the Frosh schedule and is figured to gain
a name in conference play next season.
Star Frosh End Chooses
Oregon for Many Reasons
By Marty Woitzner
We knocked' on the door pf room
I t B in Stan Ray Hall, and a voice
answered, “come in.” We stepped
into the room, and noticed two boys
1,‘lining over a desk studying a text
book. Introductions were made, and
the boys turned to shake hands.
“I'm Jake Williams,” said the six
foot one, smaller of the two, extend
ing his hand, “and this is Emery
Karnes." He pointed to his com
ipanion who seized our hand in an
oversized mitt and gave it a vigor
ous wring.
We steeled ourselves in a nearby
chair, and while Emery continued
Jug exploration of the math text, we
endeavored to get a little of the
background of Jarrod Bar rid
“Jake” Williams, the most talked
about freshman football performer
in many a campaign.
lake, in case you don't know, is
t e nimble fingered boy who is
handling the offensive left end bur
den for Bill Bowerman’s football
team.
After only two appearances, Jake
is being mentioned as the coming
edition in the series of fine Oregon
cuds that included Garza, Wilkins,
Robinson, Anderson, etc. He is a
1 , uge part of the reason why
attendance at the freshman battles
,lus reached a new high.
“What brought you to Oregon?”
v e asked the 20-year-old 185
j . under.
Jake thought a while. “Well, I
wasn't sure where I was going to
g. . I’ve got some folks down in L.
A and they told me about Woodley
L -wis and some of the other boys
c the team. Then I played against.
■ B ill Easter when he was at North
,Piatte, Neb., High in 1910, and I'd
been writing to him.”
Actually, it's ail that and just a
f v of the little changes that some
time crop up in one’s life that
brought Jake to Oregon. After fin
ishing high school at Boy’s Town,
Neb., Jake was looking around for
a school to go to. A good friend of
his, Tom Carradine, had been play
ing at quarterback at Loyola of
Los Angeles and he had just about
talked Jake into going there. Then
Tom decided to go home and get
married.
By that, time, Williams had been
getting a few letters from his folks
in California, and had seen the Cot
ton Bowl pictures of the 1948 club.
“I got a kick out of watching
Johnny McKay run, and some of the
other boys,” he explained.
Still cautious, Jake sought out
his high school coach, Maurice
“Skip” Palrang. It is he to whom
Jake gives credit for the football
sense that has thus far made his
college play so outstanding. “Skip
said it was a good school, so I came
here.”
We asked Jake for a litle des
cription of his background. “I
come from Kansas City, but you'd
better begin from when I came to
Boy’s Town about seven year s ago.
(According to University files
that would be when he was 13.) I
played football, boxed, played bas
ketball, and high jumped in track.”
“Do you think you’ll go out for
any of those sports here?” we
asked.
He looked back at the text over
which he and Emory were labor
] ing. “I'd like to if I can find the
I time.”
“What was your big thrill in
high school ball?” we continued.
Jake laughed again, and thought
for a while. “We did a lot of travel
j ing and I guess it came in Detroit
! and Pittsburgh. I’ve always want
! ed to get out atrd run, and usually
: as soon as I got the pass they
j caught tire. Those two times, T got
1 a chance to go.”
I
Ducks Ready for Major Ti|t
With USC Troians Saturday
• By Sam Ficlman
Jijn Aiken’s hard-charging Ore
gon Webfoots ran through a two
hours scrimmage session Tuesday,
as they prepared for their Satur
day clash with the University of
Southern California.
The drill lacked some of the
early-season viciousness, Aiken ex
plained, because the risk of injury
at this point in the season is too
great.
Jim Calderwood and Earl Stelle
kept the skies full of forward
passes, and Oregon’s ream of
thundering backs ran through a
series of plays in what was termed
a general polishing of offensive
play.
Aiken plans for another scrim
mage this afternoon at the var
sity practice field, with tapering
off drills slated for Thursday.
DUCKS FLY TO L. A.
Oregon’s 33-man traveling squad
Pups Next Foe
On Frosh Slate
Traveling to Seattle Saturday,
the Oregon Frosh will be seeking
their third gridiron victory when
they tangle with the University of
Washington yearlings.
The Husky Pups have trampled
two foes so far this season as have
the Ducklings, one being the Idaho
Frosh, who succumbed to the Pups,
20 to 7. In last week’s battle with
the OSC Rooks the Frosh showed
power in their ground and passing
attacks and should give the Wash
ington lads a terrific time.
During practice session yester
day, Bill Bowerman’s crew snapped
through the drills with the offensive
line looking sharp as they opened
gaps in the opposing line for the
speedy Frosh backs. Phil Turner,
Don Sloan, and Jack Cook scam
pered around and through the de
fensive squad as the Ducklings pre
pared for the coming clash.
It was coming out now. A frus
trated back perhaps. “How about
that?” we questioned.
“I always did want to play full
back,” he admitted. “I played that
spot in grade school. In' high
school there was too much compe
tition, and they had few ends and
a good passer. The coach promised
me I could go back to fullback the
next year, but... I got to like end.”
Sports Staff
Sam Fidman
John Barton
Marty YVeitzner
Dick Cramer
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13th and Alder
will leave Eugene Friday morning
via the airlanes, and is scheduled
to arrive in time for a workout at
the Coliseum that same day.
Coach Aiken showed films of
the Colorado game Tuesday, and
pointed out several “expensive
errors.’’ He conceded that the
errors did not occur until the Duck
lead was too wide to make any dif
ference.
Riding the crest of a four out of
five victory streak, the Ducks are
mentally set for USC. They have
now won two consecutive games
since the UCLA misfire.
Oregon has shown a champion’s
trait in bouncing up off the floor
to soundly trounce Washington
State, 21-0, and then follow
through by mopping up Colorado,
42-14.
NOW OR NEVER
Oregon’s biggest test of the
season, however, is the Trojan
game where it boils down to do-or
die. The Californians will be in
the same nerve-racking boat, since
they picked up their first confer
ence defeat, at the hands of tha
University of California.
The importance of the USC
game is in the fact that the loser
is virtually eliminated from any
chance of gaining the Rose Bawl
bid.
The Trojans will be gunning for
Oregon. Their purpose is three
fold: to avenge last year’s 8-7 loss;
to remain in contention for the
PCC crown; to prove last Satur
day’s loss to Cal was a mistake.
The story then concerns two do
or-die ball clubs, both fired up and
both under pressure. The site of
the game, the Los Angeles Coli
seum, might possibly make some
difference in the eventual results,
it is belived by local Webfoot ob
servers.
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orary, will hold a meeting tonight
for old members in studio A,
Villard.
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