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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1949)
Steve Ready for Trojans .STEVE DOTUR, Oregon’s left tackle, who will punch holes in the Trojan line in Saturday’s Eos Angeles tilt. Dotur, one of the originals fn the Duck 1947 “Iron Man” line, will weigh about 220 pounds for the contest. Big Steve is one reason why opponents have had a tough time cracking the Duck forward wall this season, and he is figured to have his eye peeled for USC hacks. Webs Leave by Plane To Battle Men of Troy Oregon’s 37-man gridiron con tingent took to the airlanes this morning en route to Los Angeles where the Ducks will do battle with the Men of Troy Saturday after noon. The spirited Webfoots went through a light drill on their home practice field Thursday. Coach Jim Aiken, who has brought his charges past the half v. ty mark of the current gridiron campaign without squad-disrupt iug injuries, has steamed up the Ducks to a red-hot mental-physical tempo for the big game. Bookmakers have established the Trojans as slight favorites, but ev er. “smart money” is divided in Us affiliation. Recalling their dismal 8-7 loss to the 1948 Webfoots, Southern Cali fornia’s Trojans are equally pepper ed up for the Coliseum tussle. Ore gon will try to catch USC ‘‘on the bounce" after their 16-10 loss to California last week. t'he 1948 Oregon victory over U8 < marked the second time in the trot ball rivalry between the two .Relax ami Rnjoy Your HEINE’S BLEND The Smoking- Tobacco with an M.S.* DEGREE! ^ 11 Mighty 'Satisfying A. schools that the Ducks have turned the trick. The Trojans, bolstered by 25 re timing lettermen, suffered only ane conference defeat last year, that to Oregon. Jeff Cravath has al ways had some mental trouble with :iis USC squad. They are tradition ally slow starters, but rugged at the ;nd of the eason. Notre Dame piays the Californians in the last game of their season. The Irish could gain no more than a 14-14 tie a year ago against this same USC club. The Ducks are anxious to make a renewed impression on the Coliseum critics. Their first showing there this year found them helpless against UCLA. Concerning possible victory or lefeat at Los Angeles on Saturday, Aiken maintained his usual cau _ious, businesslike attitude. His anly comment — ‘‘We’ll make a janae of it.” Gophers Look t Wolverines Out By United Press Mauling Minnesota’s Rose Bowl Ireains were on the line tonight as he Golden Gophers prepared to •isk their perfect record against smarting and determined Michigan in Saturday’s college football game >f the weekend. There were rugged foes in other rontests which put the undefeated m the spot but interest still center 'd on Minnesota’s march against Vfichigan as an 11-14 point favorite. The Wolverines from Ann Arbor ost three in a row since 1937. Now, jeaten twice in a row by Army and Northwestern, the mad men of Michigan weye out to knock Minne sota’s Pasadena plans into a cock ;d hat. Meanwhile, in the other headline srs, Penn was rated only 1-14 points jver Navy; Kentucky was figured 3y 6-14 over SMU, which will be Dlaying without the services of Doak Walker, bedded by influenza, md North Carolina was a seven point pick over LSU. With Notre Dame idle, such un beaten juggernauts as Army, Cornell, Pitt, Oklahoma and Cali fornia were favored to move along with comparative ease. Army was a prohibitive favorite )ver Columbia and Cornell was picked by 14 over Princeton. Pitt ruled by 10 against Indiana, Okla noma by 20 against Nebraska and California by 22 over Washington. Minnesota-Michigan held the Big ren spotlight but Illinois stacked up =>ven aeainst Purdue. Ohio State SigEps, ATOs, Delts, Victorious Intramural “A” league volleyball play continued yesterday afternoon i with victories being won by Sigma Phi Epsilon, Delta Upsilon, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi DeltatfTheta, Del ta Tau Delta, and Beta Theta Pi. The only contest which did not assume the proportions of a rout saw Sigma Phi Epsilon win a hard fought decision over Hunter Hall. The score of the first game was 14 14 when the Sig Eps scored two points to win 16-14. They repeated in the second game, winning 16-11. Alpha Tau Omega, 1940 cham pions, won their third and fourth consecutive victories as they crush ed Cherney Hall 15-5 and 15-4, while the 1947 champs from Phi Delta Theta were capturing routine 15-1 and 15-5 triumphs over the YMCA. Delta Tau Delta smothered Swit zer Hall 15-0 in the only shutout of the afternoon and easily won the second tilt 15-1. CHECK THESE POINTS • '‘No Shine" Gabardine Pressing • ShowerProofing • Instant Pressing lr»W «• IctE7 INSTANT PRESSING/ 2k o Rose Bowl to Keep Jug ranked only one point over Wiscon sin and Northwestern six over Iowa. In an independent clash, Michigan State figured by 12 over Penn State. In the Big Seven, in addition to Ok lahoma-Nebraska, Missouri was picked by 14 over Iowa State. In the Pacific Coast Conference, added to the California-Wasnington title, UCLA was an eight point pick over Washington State, USC by 7 */2 over Oregon and Stanford by 20 ov er Oregon State. Conqueror of SMU, Rice still was a six point underdog against Texas in the Southwest Conference with Baylor selected by 14 over the Tex as Aggies. Outside the conference, TCU, entertained Mississippi as a seven point choice. Tulane was expected to rebound from its defeat by Notre Dame as it meets Auburn in the Southern Conference, where Alabama was picked over Mississsippi State by 15 and' Georgia Tech by 12-14 over Florida. The Southern Conference card sent Duke against Virginia Tech, Maryland against North Carolina State, Richmond against Davidson and William and Mary against Wake Forest. Two other Southern contests pit Georgia against Miami and Vanderbilt against Arkansas. ”* In eastern standouts, Dartmouth, was favored by 13 over Harvard, Yale by 20 over Holy Cross, and Boston College 13 over Georgetown. Campbell Club Takes First Heat Of Cross-Country Campbell Club won the first heat of the Intramural cross-country race yesterday by virtue of the low est team score. Ten teams were left of the 16 team field which entered' the race. The surviving teams will run again next Thursday in two heats. The final race, to be run Nov. 3, will be between six teams. In yesterday’s grueling race, Jack Hutchins of Beta Theta Pi took top honors with a time of five minutes, 1-3/10 seconds. Second- behind Hutchins was Art Backlund of Delta Tau Delta. Both men ran distance races for the Frosh track team last spring. Many runners dropped out of the gruelling race. The course is about 1Vi miles long. Teams still in the running and the order they finished yesterday as follows: Campbell Club Independents Beta Theta Pi Sigma Chi Phi Kappa Psi Tau Kappa Epsilon Chi Psi Delta Tau Delta Phi Delta Theta Woodley Lewis has scored only 12 points in his two years at Ore gon. • This is a water hoy. Does thirst things first. Gets pail when coach hollers. Has his own money hut sponges off the team. Wins special cheers for his handsome "Manhattan” Sportshirt. 9 This is a "Manhattan” Sportshirt. Tailored to make the most of the man underneath. In a aide ranee, of fabrics and a world of colors. CAMPUS FAVORITE
