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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1949)
| DUCK TRACKS By SAM FIDMAN Assistant Sports Editor Oregon defeated the University of Southern California last yeai for the second time since the two schools started their foot ball rivalry in 1915. Just as a refresher, it was through a Norm Van Brocklin to Dick Wilkins TD pass and a blocked kick by Dan Garza that the Ducks pulled out an 8-7 victory. Don Doll tallied the lone Trojan 1 D. That taste of triumph was like am brosia. 11 vvaa ago wnen wantornia sports writers were booming to have Oregon and her cohort Northwest “aggie” schools bounced out of the Pacific Coast Conference. The North west just couldn't produce teams on a par with the “great” Cali-i fornians. Big Bad Bruin That general attitude persisted on the part of the Southern sports scribes until the Illinois-UCLA Rose Bowl game of Jan. 1, 1946. Remember those now-ridiculous cries of “Illinois is in ferior competition—bring us Army”! After the Bruins’ 45-14 debacle—they didn’t even belong on the same field with Illinois —those same red-faced scribes quaffed their own copy. Oregon is no longer on the aggie plain. The Ducks are feared, and they are respected for flashy backs and a rugged, hard-charg ing line. The names of Woodley Lewis, Johnny McKay, George t Bell, and company are ringing in the ears of the Californians— and that ring isn’t a pleasant one for them. It is something like the Michigan-USC Rose Bowl farce in January, 1948. In running up a 49-0 win. the Wolverines made the band play “Hail to the Conquering Heroes” so often that the tune is still bouncing back and forth off the Pasadena structure. Just recall it something that is hard to shake—. There seems to be no way out of it. Prognostications have got to start sometvhere or aspirin sales might drop, thus forcing the bottom out of one of the nation’s vital industries. Throw Navy Out? The top game of the week across the continent is Minnesota vs. Michigan. The Wolverines have not lost three straight foot ball games since 1937—but they will achieve this strange phe nomena after MINNESOTA powers its way to victory this af ternoon. Don’t sell Michigan short—they've still got a great ball club—but the bubble has burst, and the Golden Gophers are back on top. ILLINOIS is the pick over Purdue; CINCINNATI over Western Reserve; OKLAHOMA A&M over Kansas; MICH IGAN STATE over Penn State, and OKLAHOMA over Ne braska. Undefeated Iowa State does not stand to get past MIS SOURI, and PITT should take the measure of poor old Indiana. NORTHWESTERN should put away Iowa; DRAKE in a squeaker over St. Louis, DETROIT over Wayne, and OHIO STATE over Wisconsin. In the East, people are peeking at the Army-Columbfa tussle out of the corners of their eyes. It’s that American love of the up set—but there will he no love-making at West Point todav as mighty ARMY muffles the Lion’s roar. BOSTON COLLEGE rates the nod over Georgetown; BOSTON U. over New York -University; BROWN over Lehigh, and revamped FORDHAM to top Syracuse. Watch out for Princeton, but Princeton will have to watch out for herself against CORNELL—the Tigers will be tough though ; DARTMOUTH’S passing attack looks too sharp for Harvard and VILLANOVA still has enough left to stop Duquesne’s vastly improved Dukes. Another top-notcher throws Navy in with PENN—after the flip of the coin—throw Navy out. Cheese and Crackers Down Svmth the big game appears to be Louisiana State vs. North Carolina. Although the Bengals have impressed this sea son. there is no reason to pick against NORTH CAROLINA. ALABAMA showed enough life last week to rate the nod over Mississippi State; DUKE should take Virginia Tech well in hand; GEORGIA TECH over Florida; GEORGIA’S Bulldog— not what it used to be, but still tougher than Miami, Fla. MARY LAND is our choice against North Carolina State; TULANE over Auburn; TENNESSEE over Tennessee Tech; TEXAS CHRISTIAN over Ole Miss. High-riding BAYLOR over Texas A&M; KENTUCKY over Southern Methodist’s deflated Mus tangs. and in what should prove one of the wildest and wooliest games of the season, TEXAS over Rice. As an added attraction to this hectic grid era, old man base ball has not as vet died out. All over the great plains the old duf fers are propping their chairs up against the potbellied stove, munching cheese and crackers to glorify each slurp of brew, and talking of baseball glorv that was, is, and will be; and Branch Rickey savs the .Dodgers will win the National League pennant in 1950, and then go on to beat the New \ ork \ ankees in the ser ies. Oh well, it’s the season for talk. Ducklings Invade Seattle, Meet Pups for Frosh Crown Frosh football coach Bill Bower man’s Ducklings face the Univer sity of Washington Pups this after noon at 2 in the most vital game of the season as far as the Lemon-and Green Yearlings are concerned. The reason for this concern is if the Ducklings will be almost assured of in undefeated 1949 season. Two games, besides the Seattle tilt today, remaining on the Frosh schedule are with Vanport Junior College next week in Eugene and with the Oregon State Rooks on Ar mistice Day in Corvallis. In these james, Bowerman's charges will rate a heavy favored role on the ba sis of their routs of the Portland Yearlings and the Rooks in previous encounters this season. Spearheading the Bowerman at tack will be the stellar passing com bination of quarterback Hal Dun ham and end Jake Williams. This aerial duo have been nothing short of sensational in their two Eugene appearances so far this season. However, in their game this af ternoon, the Duckling squad will be up against a formidable Washing ton Pup eleven that boast a record almost equal that of their own. The Pups have run up 63 points in their two games thus far while holding their opponents to a mere 7. In the Frosh-Pup game last year, the Ducklings eeked a meager 25 to-24 triumph on their home grounds. Sports Staff Dave Taylor Sam Fidman Ron Spores Clyde Fahlman John Barton Yes, Camels are SO MILD that in a coast-to-coast test of hundreds of men and women who smoked Camels — and only Camels — for 30 consecutive days, noted throat specialists, making weekly examinations, reported NOT ONE SINGLE CASE OF THROAT IRRITATION