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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1949)
ob Sanders Carving Notch [mong Webfoot Immortals I By BILL CLOTHIER Bruising Bob Sanders, North Bend’s gift to the Green machine, s a calm, soft spoken senior, who by attitude and action on the cam pus, flatly contradicts his explosive qualities on the gridiron. Though somewhat bashful around the Sigma Chi house, his bashful manner on the football field has an entirely different connotation. Ask anybody from Washington State. Fullback to most of us, “Ore gon’s third halfback” to Jim Aik en (because of his blazing speed on end sweeps), he was nothing less than a small edition of a mark four tank to the hapless Cougars who couldn’t get out of his way. Including statistics from games played last Saturday, Sanders ranks as the eleventh highscoring collegiate player in the entire na tion with 54 pts. to his credit. This includes teams of all colors—from mighty Oklahoma to relatively un heard of McMurry College of Abi lene, Texas. In the PCC, Sanders is far out in K-f j'ont in rushing with a net gain of 596 yards in 109 times at bat for a neat 5.2 yards per carry. He has carried the ball thirty nine times more than any other player on the team. Small w’onder that he is tabbed the baekfield workhorse. Tom Hughes, Oregon trainer, calls Sanders one of the finest team players he has ever known. When Hughes was interviewed, he W’av ed his arm at the clippings kept on the training room bulletin board. A lot of them concerned Oregon’s fullback. “Bob doesn’t care about that—he plays for the team, not Sanders. He is our best blocking back. He is so fast Aiken calls him his third half back. and besides his great: speed on the end runs, he can blast for yardage through the center of the BOB SANDERS line. We will really miss him next year.” His savage rushing ability has won some rare praise from a noted critic. After the Iowa game, L. H. Gregory of the Oregonian sent a special delivery letter to Bob at the Sigma Chi house, congratulating him and his teammates for an out standing game, the score notwith standing. Hughes said such personal con gratulations were never tendered by Gregory before, either to Jake Leicht or Norman Van Brocklin. Sander’s post school plans are not as yet definite. Though a business administration major, lie indicated he was interested in playing professional football for a few years if the opportunity presented itself. When queried about the coming California game at Berkeley, he said, “They had better be very high for us. There is nothing we would rather do than defeat California. And I think we can do it.” And it wouldn’t pay to take his prediction too lightly. Bob Sanders believes in carrying a football—not talking about it. Bell Won't Ring Next Year ForLemonandGreenTeam By JACK LANDRUD To campus women he is known as “Gorgeous George,” but in the Oregon starting football lineup he is simply “G. Bell, halfback.” Of course, we’re referring to hand some George Bell, veteran back field star on Coach Jim Aiken’s varsity team. Bell pushes the scales up to a trim 185 pounds, and the height measurement doesn’t stop until it hits the six foot, One inch mark. He is twenty-four years old and has been married over a year to a very attractive Oregon lass, the former Nancy Swem, whom he met in the Spud Nut Shop and— but that’s a different story. Bell was bom in Oakland, Cali fornia, but he attended high school at Walnut Creek which is about three miles outside of Oakland. It was here that he met Bob Oas and Norm Van Brocklin, both ex Duck grid greats, and they all play ed on the same prep team. George also participated in high school basketball and track. Graduation canid in June of 1943 with Bell entering the Army Air Corps shortly after. He was discharged on January 2, 1946. The next day, January 3, he and Bob Oas both enrolled at the Uni versity of Oregon. During the fall of 1946 Bell turn ed out for football under Tex Oli ver, who was then head grid coach, and earned a varsity letter as a freshman. It was that year which produced his biggest football thrill. Playing the University of California at Berkeley before a huge throng of “home town folks,” Bell was called - mm® msmmmmmmmmmi m GEORGE BELL off the bench in the first quarter to play defense in his first conference game. Before he had been on the field one full minute, he intercepted a Jackie Jensen pass on the 50-yard stripe and ran all the way across the Cal goal line for a touchdown. Bell has been a standout on of fense and defense ever since that 1946 season and is currently earn ing his fourth major football award. As to his present surroundings, George commented, ‘‘I like Oregon very much and plan to make my home here.” Bell, who is a business Admin istration major, plans to graduate at the end of the present quarter. When quizzed as to future plans, he repled, “I’m not sure yet but defi nitely no professional football be | cause,” he added with a smile, “my j wife won’t let me!!” Ducks' McKay Stars On Cage Court, too By JOHN BARTON He's five feet, nine inches tall, with 170 points of tricky muscle attached to his 25 year old frame. That's Oregon's Johnny McKay, the consistent offensive and defen sive left halfback who is putting, in his final year on the gridiron for the Ducks. McKay is no stranger to a foot ball field. He played high school ball at Shinnston, W. Va., carried the oval for the 3rd Air Force team while in the service, and played one season at Purdue. While in high school, McKay was selected on the West Virginia all star team for two years, and, inci dentally, also gained all-state hon ors in basketball. Playing basket ball for Maxwell Field while in the Army Air Corps in 1945, he averag ed 12 points a game on the maples. On the third Air Force team with McKay were football names such as Charley Trippi and Bob Ken nedy. When playing for Purdue, in 1946 Johnny met Tom Hughes, who made All-American for the Boiler makers, Ed Chrobot, and Sam Nev ills. JOHNNY McKAY This, John says, was his main reason for coming to Oregon. Ho liked the country too, he asserts. While in the service, he passed through the state one fall and de cided that he wanted to live here. Majoring in physical education at Oregon, John says he wants to be a football coach after his graduation next spring. He will do some work on his master’s degree spring term, and will finish it later. 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