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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1951)
*Duc&07,mc6& r By Bill Gurney KmrraM Sport* F/lilor .for one to be an anient I'diversity of Oregon football fan hi season, one must possess in bis makeup some elements of in philosopher. A score like 41-6 should not bother him; after ill. football is only a game, like sack racing, and if you run tji'i a better tern and it beats you rather badly, there is nothing ulong with that. "It matters not who won or lost, but how i On played the game," and so forth. Yes, you should stock up *n platitudes. And there is always next weekend to look forward to with iew hope. Take this coming Saturday—the Ducks are re turning to Hayward field to play the Idaho Vandals. There is i very good chance that it will be a close game, and if Oregon ipcs lose, it will be only the fourth time in the 37 year history >f the rivalry. ** Personally, we don’t think they will lose. There is a certain isychological factor involved which should make itself mani fest. Ducks Should Get Mad It j,r<ics like this: The last four weekends, Oregon lias heen herally trampled into the turf of four football stadiums by our different teams. 'I'lie other teams, COI’, Washington, “‘( I.A, and \\ SC, have scored 17b points, while the Ihicks iave come forth with 18. Now after four defeats like that, you would think that there .yould be a certain resentment welling in the breasts of our ithletes. You would think that when they get a chance at a earn such as Idaho, which admittedly doesn’t have any Mc ilhennys or Camerons or Berrys, they would get just plain nad and take it out on the Vandals. They could have a lot of un winning a football game for a change. ’The) won't be playing against a bunch of old pros, as thee ia\ e the pa t four weekends, and perhaps the unpleasantness d being so thoroughly shellacked has made them wiser in the «ay s of tackling, blocking, and preventing fumbles. Their j'irit, which naturally has bent, but apparently not broken as •ct, should count for much more against talent she Idaho. (»f our.se, all this is just a theory; maybe adding machines will ,tr in order for storekeepers next week as well. It's Now or Never If it isn't next week that the Ducks come through to a fetory, it is going to be tolerably difficult to turn the trick or the rest of the season. After Idaho, they fly to Boston, there they will get to inspect the scene of the famous Tea ’arty, visit the Commons, and play a football game with ioston University. The sightseeing should be pleasant, but as for the game— veil COP lost 27-12 to Boston several weeks back, with a oung man named Harry (The Golden Greek) Agannis pitch ..footballs in All-American style for the Beantown men. tnd as you know what COP did to Oregon. Of course, it is bmforting to note that comparative scores don’t mean a thing. After Boston, the Ducks play California at Berkeley, of Inch little can be said except that we hope the injure list -n’t too long. OSC Tilt Looms In Offing And then there is the traditional battle with OSC for Ilome 3min" on November 24. The Beavers, who are much better off i the way of material than the Ducks, have been on the de line ever since they lost that 16-14 heartbreaker to the con ■tence “bad boys," the USC Trojans. .Apparrently movies show that the disputed SC touchdown 'as really illegal, but it is too late to change the score of the June, and OSC hasn't been the same since. So perhaps the aditional Civil War clash will be a close game. Both teams re usually “up” for it, however, and in view of superior eaver “horses,” we’d give them the edge. 'Incidentally, there probably will be more than one epic battle i connection with the Oregon Homecoming. It is almost a •rtainty that plots arc afoot in Corvallis to avenge the burning f. the Beaver bonfire two weeks back. But then again, perhaps le men of ?)SC operate on too high a moral plane to lower .emselves by attempting retaliation to such a vulgar action. Stanford, USC in Race ^\l any rate, the Oregon-OSC game will hardly decide any ling more momentous than the state football championship. Meanwhile, .USC and Stanford are still playing for blue chips „ id the scent of roses in the offing. The Indians got past the Washington »Huskies, 14-7 last Saturday, while USC edged CU 28-26 yi a non-conference battle. Oregon's Dunham, Novikoff, Brethauer Star Despite Loss (Continued from page four) tackier# and completed the dash after traveling the entire route. Roffler added his second of five conversions. The Duck# fried two running plays and a pass hut were forced to kick. Washington State needed five attempts to cover 63 yards. Halley boosted the lead when he accepted a pltchout from Head and romped down the left side of the gridiron for a 35 yard touchdown. WSC held an Insurmountable 2f 0 advantage nine minutes prior to halftime. Still the kingpins of Eastern Washington failed to ease the pressure. Burly Fullback Tom No vikoff of the Ducks took the en suing kick off on the 10 and started upfield, reached the 20, was tackled, fumbled on the 23 and lost possession to Hendrickson. Unrelenting Mr. Berry finished the patient in one operation with a break-through over left guard for the 27th point. Roffler again con verted from placement. Sonny Galloway's interception of Dunham's pass on the 17 yard line temporarily thwarted Oregon-s touchdown drive. Dunham and No vikoff, through the air and on the ground, had steered the Oregonians from the Duck 20 to the Cougar 14. Ron Lyman turned the tables on the victors by intercepting a Burk hart pass on the 50; Lyman re lumed to the State 37 where he was subsequently injured. Dun ham right armed a screen pass to Novikoff on the 40 and the full back followed a pair of escorting Ducks around left end to the one where he was forced out of bounds on a desparation lunge by a de fending Cougar. Dunham Scores Dunham nudged the WSC line and squirmed into the endzone for the score. The Washington line blocked Pat Curtis' point after touchdown attempt. Oregon out lasted the threatening Cougars in the final seconds of the half to trail 6-28. Tho Scarlet and Grey clad Nor therners recovered from a punt by Ken Sweitzer in the early seconds of the second half to march 99 yards for a fifth tally. Berry start ed the drive with a 30 yard run to the 31 yard stripe and completed it 14 plays later with an equally adept dash of six yards after tak ing a Burkhart passout in the flat. WSC held the upperhand 35-6 after Roffler had split the uprights. I Roffler showed his wide dex terity by returning Sweitzer's punt from the midfield marker to the Oregon 13. A1 Charlton, in two tries, rewarded Evashevski by bowling into the endzone from the two. Roffler’s point attempt was wide to the right. OREGON Left ends—Brethauer, Reeve, Dav enport, Sweitzer. Left tackles—Sikora. Left guards—Williams, Curtis. Centers — Moshosfskv, Mondale, Rollins. Right tackles—Bates, J. Shaw. Right ends — Campbell, Stoutt, Johnson, Van Leuven. Quarterbacks—Dunham, G. Shaw. Left halftracks—Edwards, Ander son, Powell. Right halfbacks—Ashworth, Lyon, Karnofski, .Sloan. Fullbacks—Novlkoff, Reed, Holm es, Lyman. WASHINGTON STATE Left ends—Steinbruner, Svare. I-oft tackles—Messinger, James, Schwenk, Mayberry, Stobie. Left guards—Reiger, Diethelm, Fulcher. Centers — Hardy, Carlson, Fry, Friberg. Right guards—Bowen, Kademach er, Squillance. Right tackles—Lokovsek, McCants, Geppert, Turner. Right ends—Barker, Holmes, Row ley England. Quarterback*—Burkhart, Camp bell, Bly. Left halfback*—-Bailey, Charlton, Galloway, I.anca*ter. Right halfback*—Roffler, Berry, Ho*kin«, Purnell. Fullback*—Head, Hobb*, Bower, Wa*hington. Score by Periods: OREGON . 0 6 0 0_6 WASH. STATE 7 91 13 0—41 Now Playing “Little Egypt” Mark Stevens & Rhonda Fleming also "This is Korea” Documentary Note: Heilig Theatre will be closed afternoons only, Monday thru Friday, for an indefinite period for repairs. Box office will be open at 6:00 for evening showings only. Sat. ll:45-Sun day 12:45. .now Playing “Strangers on a Train” Farley Granger & Ruth Roman also “Lucky Nick Crain” George Raft & Coleen Gray Now Playing “Shadow of a Doubt” Joseph Cotton & Teresa Wright 1l hr, PATRONIZE -OUR ADVERTISERS JftiislowQ GREYHOUND Orman daily EMERALD