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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1949)
Oregon w Emerald SPORTS COASTING By Bill Willard Emerald Sports Writer Scribes to the North and South are suddenly picking1 Cal for the Rose Bowl instead of U. S. C. (needless to say why). It’s not that we disagree with the other grid predictors, but the Big Bears still have three tough contests to remain an undefeated eleven again this year. They still have to play a potent U.C.L.A., a power-packed Oregon aggregation that wants nothing more than that vic tory, and the scrappy, unpredictable Stanford eleven. We wouldn’t like to have a bet to the effect that Cal will have an undefeated season. There are still four other teams that can go to the “sacred land" undefeated in conference play. U.C.L.A., once beaten Ore gon, Stanford, and U. S. C. The do-or-die contest this weekend I will feature our Webfoots against U. S. C., a loss by either team will put them out of the running. Oh! My Aiken .... ! With an anti-climatical twist, the favored U. S. C. Horses will meet the Webfoots at the Los Angeles Coliseum. An impressive win for either would bolster their Bowl stock. The Trojans have a powerful, well-rounded eleven with such standout backs as Jim Powers, Art Battle, Jay Roundy, Pat Duff,' Billy Martin, and Frank Pucci. In a strong forward wall Boyd Hachten and Don Platfield are the backbones. The central weaknesses displayed by the Men of Troy has been in ball handling and poor blocking (which cost them the Cal game). Again these are fundamentals and one can be sure that is what Jeff Cravath has been practicing this week. Somehow' we can’t help but feel that this Saturday will be a battle of coaches. The two teams are “even steven.” Both elevens are well seasoned by now with U. S. C. having met tougher com petition. Jim Aiken has been pointing for this contest since the U. C. L. A. fracas. For the contest this Saturday can well decide whether or not we will be in the Rose Parade. “Gentleman Jim” and his men can do it if they play heads-up ball like they have done only once this year, against St. Marys in the season open er. It is not school spirit that sends us to this limp climbing con clusion that it will be a Webfootecl Victory a la Sanders, Lewis, Bell, McKay, Stelle, Nevills, Gibson, Chrobot, Dotur, the Rob inson’s, the reserves, and last, but far from least, Coach Jim Aiken. Oregon 21, U. S. C. 13. The P. C. C. Yankees ► . A likely title for the Golden Bears of California, these boys have had nothing but injuries all season, but like the Yankees, they continue to roll to the tune of another injury another victory although the forward wall is pretty well intact. This Saturday, the Cal-men entertain the Washington Huskies and obvious as the result seems, the game must be played. Cal boasts the strongest defensive team on the coast, Washington the weakest. Call will roll on. Cal 42, Washington 7. Idaho plays Montana for the cellar spot of the Pacific Coast Conference. (Providing Washington doesn’t take the title). This should be a good game with Dixie Howell’s Boys finally win ning a league game. Montana hasn’t looked good since the W. S. C. contest. Idaho 27, Montana 13. On the Farm The big Indians from down Palo Alto way are on the war path again. This week it is our rivals from Corn-Vallis that are in for a mighty rough afternoon. The Stanford machine has started to roll and it will take a top team to stop them now. O. S. C. is at full strength for the first time in many weeks so they will have no excuses this time. Coach Taylor has done a good job with the material that he has this year while March ie Swartz is on the well-known alumni black list. A reasonable score would be Stanford 33, O. S. C. 7. Still wondering “wot-happened,” the U. C, L. A. Bruins ven ture to Pullman to play W. S. C. The Cougars are going to lick a few more teams, but probably not Ernie Johnson and Co. The Bruins won’t open up since they are being scouted by Cal for their bitter contest the following weekend. However, it doesn't figure to be a pushover. Xo one has really beaten \\ ashington _i,State bad this year. U. C. L. A. 21, \\ . S. C. 0. • Junior Ducks Set to Quack At Husky Pups Playing on alien turf for the first time this season, the Oregon Frosh clash with the University of Wash ington Pups in Seattle tomorrow afternoon at 2 p. m. The Ducklings leave Eugene early this morning by hus for Se attle but will not arrive there in time for a workout before to morrow’s encounter. When the Husky Pups tangled with the Ducklings last year, they were edged out 25 to 24 by the Eu gene eleven. Tomorrow’s tilt may be a deciding game in the race for Northern Division yearling grid crown with the Pups eager to recti fy the humbling defeat handed to them by the Oregon lads last sea son. Bill Bowerman’s rampaging football crew have smacked the Portland Frosh, 26 to 6, and the ri val OSC Rooks, 33 to 6, for a pair of convincing wins. Blasting two teams also by scores of 20 to 7 and 43 to 0, Washington's freshmen have shown a powerful offensive, rolling up 400 yards in their last contest. Air-minded Oregon will probably rely a great deal on the accurate tossing of Hal Dunham and the glue-finger receiving of end Jake Williams. Ground-gainers Phil Tur ner, Don Sloan, Carl Ervin, Jack Cook, and Rod Lyman should stack up points and yardage if the rug ged forward wall of the Ducklings opens holes in the opposing line as they have in previous games. Way ne Parsons will try for extra points for the Frosh with his exacting booting. 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