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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1950)
rage ^ Idaho Breaks 25 Year Jinx In Duck Win Dixie Howell’s Idaho Vandals trotted out a powerful array of running backs and a stout defense to humble Oregon’s Webfoots 14-0 before a jubilant homecoming crowd in Moscow’s Neale Stadium Saturday afternoon. The victory broke a 24-year spell the Ducks had wielded over Idaho, whose last win over Oregon was recorded in 1925. It was only the third win for the Vandals in the aeries between the two schools which dates back to 1901. Howell had called this year’s Idaho team the best he’d tiad since coming there, but it was not un til yesterday that his charges set about mailing good his predictions. Jhi three games up to the Oregon (tattle, the Vandal’s line had been crossed almost at will. Three ap pouents had scored 90 points which all but nullified the 86 point production of Idaho. It was a different story Satur day, though, and but for one touchdown which was called back it could have been even a sadder one for the Ducks, who have now won one game in four starts. TD Called Back Idaho set the tone for the con test in the first quarter when they stopped Oregon cold and started a .-drive which carried across the Oregon goal line only to be called back. Halfbacks Johnny Brogan and Glenn Christian sparked this march, with Brogan going into the end zone on the play which offi cials disallowed. Cuter in the opening stanza Idaho launched another drive which took then into pay dirt, blurting from their own 41, the Vandals went the distance in eight plays with King Block blasting through the middle from the two for the touchdown. Christian’s 21 yard run was the key play in the drive, and he ulso converted after the score. The homo team put on the clinch er midway through the fourth quaiter when the pesky Brogan intercepted an Earl Stollo pass and lugged it back to the Oregon 45. It took the Vandals ten plays to score, with Brogan going over from the eight. Christian again converted. Oregon Drives Fail In between the Idaho scoring, Oregon managed to launch a few drives but penalties and the alert Idaho defense kept the Ducks out of scoring territory. The nearest they got was in the second quart er when they went to the 12 before losing the ball on downs. Oregon’s ground game, which functioned well a week before Against Montana, was conspicuous My its absence Saturday. The best flic Ducks could .manage on the ground was a net of 82 yards, w Idle the air game clicked for 124 mostly on passes from Stelle to Jhonte Bret liauer. 'The Ducks return to Hayward P5old this Saturday when they renew their series with St. Marys College. USF Dons Dump St. Marys 33-7 SAN FRANCISCO (.PI Out •Tissing their rivals throughout the .|5wm6, the University of San Fran C .co Dons defeated St. Mary's Gaels 33 to 7 here today in their an nual football clash played before 20.007 fans. The Dons scored a touchdown in the first period, went X ! yards in a second quarter thrust o.id 39 yards more to another score before the half ended. Minturn Tops ATO For IM Grid Title By Jim Mendenhall A red hot Minturn hall grid aggregation annexed the intra mural football championships Friday by downing A.T.O., 25-0. The passing, running and field generalship of Joe Tom proved too much for a big, hard charging ATO team. Bob Muirhead and Joe Nisliimoto also played a large part in the lopsided win. Although Minturn led in al most every department, they were able to score but one touch down in the first half. It wasn’t until the third quarter that the vet’s dorm crew began to dem onstrate their scoring power. Neither team was able to mus ter a scoring threat in the first period and play centered around the fifty yard lines. Tom’s Passes Click Midway in the second quarter a pass interception gave Minturn the ball on the ATO 30 yard line. After a short end run Joe Tom chucked a pass to Muirhead who stepped out of the end-zone before he snagged the ball. Minturn wouldn’t take no for an answer and scored two plays later on another aerial from Tom to Muirhead. The conversion try failed and the score remained the same un til halftime. Just before the inter mission, ATO marched 40 yards on a sustained drive and might have scored if time hadn’t riin out. The passing combo of Tom to Muirhead clicked again early in the third period on a 30 yard touch down play. Coley converted. ATO Threatens ATO began to march after the second Minturn touchdown and reached the independent’s 40 yard line when the pesky Tom intercept ed a pass and ran 25 yards to the ATO 45. Just before being tagged IM Volleyball Men’s Intramural volleyball sche dule for Monday is as follows: 8:50 Court 40—Minium Hall A vs. Lambda Clii Alpha A Court 48—Kappa Sigma A vs. McChesney Hall A 4:85 Court 40—Phi Kappa Pst A vs. French Hall A Court 48—Chi Psl A vs. Hunt er Hall A 5:15 Court 40—Phi Gamma Delta A vs. Delta Tau Delta A Sourt 48—Nestor Hall A vs. Cherney Hall A Women’s Volley hall Women’s Volleyball schedule for Monday: 4:50 p.m.—Kappa Kappa Gamma (practice). Alpha Phi vs. Alpha Omieron Pi Gamma Phi Beta vs. Chi Omega. Tom flipped a lateral out to Muir head who romped to paydirt unmo lested. The final score of the game came in the final quarter on a lateral pass behind the line of scrimmage from Tom to Joe Nishimoto. With the ball on the 25 yard line Tom started to skirt his right end. Just before crossing the line of scrimmage he turned and lobbed a pass to Nishi moto who was standing alone back on the thirty. Frosh Trounce Willamette JVs In Opener 32-6 By Phil Johnson Coach Bill Bowerman’s Oregon Frosh gridders jumped to an early 13-0 first quarter lead and routed the Willamette University Jay vees 32-6 On Hayward Field Fri day afternoon. The Ducklings powered their way to touchdown territory after receiving the opening kickoff, and they added another 6-pointer when they next gained possession of the pigskin. Both touchdowns were en gineered through the air. Both touchdown passes were thrown by Quarterback John Spreen, and both were caught by Left Half Jack Morris. Willamette Strong Despite a 19-0 Oregon lead at halftime, the Bearcat Juniors re turned after the intermission with surprising strength and gained seven first downs to Oregon's five during the second half. Although the third quarter activities were dominated by the visitors, the Duck lings returned to form during the final stanza and scorSd an addi tional 13 points. Oregon’s initial score came at the end of a 55-yard drive, which was climaxed by a 25-yard Spreen aerial to the speedy Morris. Full back Howard Hostetler’s conver sion attempt was successful. A few minutes later, Oregon moved 42 yards in four plays to add another six points. The entire dis tance was covered in two plays—a 15-yard dash around left end by Hostetler and a 27-yard Spreen to (Please turn lo page five) OFF-CAMPUS MEN ATTENTION YEOMEN MEETING Every Monday Evening 7 p.m. STUDENT UNION BUILDING Social Activities Sports Campus Contacts Basketball Practice Starts Here Today; Eight Veterans Back Seven of eight returning lettermen will lead the squad which reports to Coach John Warren this afternoon for the initial var sity basketball practice of the year. The eighth stripe-winner, Forward Will Urban, broke a small bone in his left foot a month ago and will miss the first two weeks of drill. The squad will be taking advan tage of a Pacific Coast Conference rule which permits opening of prac tice the third Monday in October, although the first pre-season game isn’t until December 1. The Web foots will travel to Salt Lake City for an opening series against Utah and Utah State. Nine Vets Gone Nine lettermen are missing from Warren’s 1949-50 quintet, but trans fers and a bountiful crop of aspir ants from last season’s outstand ing Frosh squad should aid the vet eran in forming more than a mere “representative” ball club. Warren, who stresses condi tioning and speed, will be load ed with small, swift men such as Jack Keller, Don Peterson, Mel Krause, John Neeley, Ken Hunt, Hal Webb, Ernie Baldini, and Bud Covey. _ Height will be one of the main problems, for Center Jim Vrani zan and Forwards Urban and Mel Streeter are the only experienced big men. A pair of transfers are ex pected to bolster the under-the basket power. One is Center Jim Loscutoff, 6-foot, 5-inch, 215 pounder from Grant Tech of Sacra mento, who set a National JC tour ney record with a 33-point single game performance. The . other is Bob Peterson, a 6-foot, 6-inch, 213 pound forward from San Mateo JC. Both men were all-Northern Cali fornia hoopsters last year. Another transfer is Art Shep herd, a junior guard from Vanport and a former Grant High ace. Talent coming up from the 1949 50 Frosh squad includes Guards Covey and Jack Sherman; For wards Curt Barclay, Keith Farn um, Don Hoy, Jim Livesay, Harlan Mickey, and Ken Torgerson; and Centers Chet Noe and Hank Bonne man. Rookie's Error Gives Cal Win By Associated Press If a sub quarterback named Ed Demirjian hadn’t got the jitters, California’s Golden Bears might be reposing among the vanquished. As it happened, however, the boy dealt a bad one on the one yard line, the clock ran out, the Bears escap ed with a 13-7 triumph over South ern California and the Pacific Coast Conference Rose Bowl race re mained a three-way scramble among Cal., Stanford and Waslfc, Washington, the third con tender, also draws a whopper. The Huskies, who overcame first quarter fumbleitis and crushed Oregon State, 35-6, play their next one at Illinois, the same Big Ten outfit that dumped UCLA by 14-6 on Friday. The USC-Cal spectacle was the No. 1 conference game over a week end which found all but one of the other participants winning as an ticipated. For USC, it was a tough one to lose. For Demirjian, it was even tougher. This was his first appearance with the Trojans. After Cal had powered to the deciding touchdown in the fourth quarter, Demirjian came off the bench with one minute to go and passed USC down to Cal ifornia’s one. Then, with 27 seconds left, he cal led for a plunge by the fullback, Ralph Pucci. But Demirjian’s tim ing was off. When he spun for the handoff, nobody was there. Pucci had already crashed into the line and across the goal. Demirjian still held the ball, and the onrushing Bears made him eat it back on the 10-yard line. ington. AGAIN Strictly for the University of Oregon THE BEST CLEANERS 812 E. 13th — Presents — Best Wax Works Featuring the Top, the Best, and the Hottest on Wax MONDAY NIGHTS 10:30—11:00 p.m. KORE — on — 1450