| DUCK TRACKS
By JOHN BARTON
Emerald Sports Editor
Spring football is rolling along at Northern Division schools
now. Oregon State reports that Kip Taylor is greatly pleased
with the spirit and hard working efforts of his men.
But, 1 aylor, admits, the technique in many departments is
still poor . . . and those are his words. The Aggies had an intra
squad game last Saturday. Quarterback Gene Morrow, a soph
omoie next fall, led one team to a tight victory over the other
half. Morrow threw two touchdown passes . . . both to halfback
Ralph Carr.
As is the case with Oregon Spring football, several sopho
mores look to be the best material on the field at OSC. That
quarterback Morrow is going to be a tough one to stop next
fall. Last season he was a standout as a sophomore. Morrow
took over the quarterback and signal calling duties around the
time of the California-OSC game last fall.
Morrow has always been a star on just about any team he has
played. \\ ith the Rooks two years ago, he was the main gun.
And in high school at The Dalles, he led his team to the state
championship from the passing fullback position of the single
wing.
Jake Leicht Lands Job
Speaking of The Dalles high school, you probably have heard
that Jake Leicht, Oregon star from 1945 through 1947, has land
ed the coaching job there. Leicht was the leading just-about
everything in the Pacific Coast Conference in 1947, his final year
with the Ducks.
He held the record in punt returns, kick-off returns, and scor
ing, plus two or three others which we haven’t been able to
track down. It will be interesting to see what kind of coaching
record Jake can build up at The Dalles high.
People in that little town are right interested in having win
ning ball clubs. They got the taste of it in 1947 when Morrow led
his team to the state crown, and the}' haven’t gotten it out of
their systems yet.
The retiring coach has been there just two seasons. He took
over from one Dick Sutherland, an ex-OSC end great, who went
to higher bidders after his great success with Morrow and com
pany. Anyway; this fella who is leaving is, like Leicht, an ex-pro.
He apparently was a good enough coach, but his system just
didn’t jell.
But Can He Hold It?
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Leicht will probably introduce a “T” formation. That high
school has never, in all its years of football, used a “T”. It has
always been a single-wing, double wing, or short-punt forma
tions school. Leicht will undoubtedly use a “T”, because that’s
what he has played under for the last three years. Will it work?
Can he produce? Those are the woes of a high school coach in a
town which wants, and almost demands, victory.
Quite a game on Howe Field yesterday. Looked like Idaho
had the game in the bag. As it turned out, the Vandals DID
have it in the bag, but that nine inning rally by Oregon was
really a rally.
Coach Don Kirsch had to go through almost his entire pitch
ing staff. At one point in the middle of the game, we couldn’t
take it any longer, and dropped down to one of the intramural
fields to watch an IM practice game.
They Come and Go
Just as we left Art Litchman announced on the public ad
dress system that a certain Oregon pitcher would now take his
stand on the mound in the face of the vicious Vandal hitting. We
watched the intramural practice game for no more than 10 or 15
minutes.
Then we heard the crowd cheer (or hoot) a few times and de
cided to go back to the varsity game and see what was up (or
who was up). As we passed the back door to Mac Court, who
should he coming out of the door to the shower room but the Ore
gon pitcher who had entered the game as we left. And he was
fully dressed, flushed with the thought of defeat. Yes sir, those
Vandals really went through them fast yesterday.
You’ve heard about it until you probably think you’ve al
ready seen it, but don’t forget the Duck-Cougar track meet
Saturday. Bill Bowerman himself said it will be one of the
greatest track affairs ever to hit Eugene. And coming from
Bowerman, that means a good show. It will probably be a race
of points right down to the final gun.
One of the big question marks of the meet is the sore leg be
longing to Jack Hutchins, Oregon distance star. Hutchins had
a lame limb before the Idaho meet last week, and that running
didn't do it any good. This week, he has been taking it fairly- easy
running on the grass. Track Manager Tom Ragadale said yes
terday Hutchins will probably run Saturday. His points could
mean the meet.
V
'God Knows'
Says Rabbi
Joseph Giten
By FRED SCHNEITER
Too many people think God is a
stupid, deaf, and dumb creature,
Rabbi Joseph Gitin said last night
in a lecture in 207 Chapman.
“They go to church,” he said,
“and then go out and do exactly
what they want. They think that
God doesn’t know what they’re
doing. But salvation requires pur
ity of heart, and God knows what’s
in your heart.”
Rabbi Gitin was discussing “The
Book of Psalms.” He is an expert
on this phase of Biblical study, ac
cording to English Professor R. H.
Ernst, chairman of the University
Lecture Series, which sponsored
the talk.
Purity Stressed
“The idea of purity of heart is
stressed throughout the Psalms,”
the rabbi explained. “It is an in
ward as well as outward purity.”
Rabbi Gitin declared that the
Book of Psalms is the greatest book
ever written, and is “as varied as
life itself.” He maintained that no
portion of the Bible is as well loved
as the Psalms.
“The Psalms cover the gamut of
human emotion. They’re human,
personal, and universal, and in
clude suffering, joy, frustration,
despair, and finding one’s self.
“They show man the way to find
God through his fellow man, by
echoing the Psalms’ thoughts and
words,” he said.
Written in Plural
“One of the greatest beauties of
the Psalms is that they are writ
ten in the plural, and indicate that
the psalmist is speaking for the
community, not just for himself.
This brings man closer to man,
which is one of the principal aims
of the Book.”
Man seems insignificant when
compared to the greatness of the
universe, but Rabbi Gitin explain
ed that in the Psalms, man appears
as a “majestic creature ... a lit
tle lower than angels, but crowned
with glory and honor.”
The Psalms indicate that al
though God is omnipotent and the
earth reflects his glory, man is
master of his own fate, he noted.
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