Emerald Sport* Editor
Several weeks ago a nationally known wire service came up
with a mid-season all-Coasl football team. Now mythical all
star squads have an uncomfortable habit of pleasing some of
the folks some of the time and—well, you’re familiar with the
rest of that line.
I'.ut we were slighted, perhaps unintentionally. The name
of Monte Hrethauer was nowhere to be found among the first
and second-string selections or even with the honorable men
tions. This is an amazing oversight since Hrcthauer, at that
time, had caught more passes than any player in the Pacific
Coast conference.
Easy to Overlook
It he natural to look for good material on a winning
outfit and since the I’CC is wallowing in football wealth this
. year, Oregon's unimpressive 1 7-1 mark with two games to go
may have served to repel the talent scouts. So what happens
to real stars like Brethauer and Idaho's Don Hinge and Bob
Holder and Oregon State's Sam Baker? Nothing. And that’s
what is wrong.
Ben Casanova, Webfoot grid coach, disagrees with the pre
vailing attitude that poor teams fail to produce outstanding
players. Says t.as: "One year when 1 was coaching at Sequoia
Jligh school in Redwood City, Calif., we had a championship
team, but not one of those boys could have made the grade
i in collegiate ball. \et on the worst team I ever coached there
were three fellows that could have stepped right up to a berth
, on any college team in the countrv."
Hold on to your chair, grandpa—this news’ll rock you:
MONTE BRETHAUER IS NOW THE NATIONAL
COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION’S LEAD
ING PASS RECEIVER. There won’t be a player in the
country who will take the field this Saturday with any more
catches to his credit than Brethauer's 94, which he has
picked up in slightly less than three seasons of competition.
What's more, the nation’s first and foremost receiving genius
is only 12 receptions away from Bill McColl's career record
of 106.
What does Casanova think of his prize protege? “He's def
initely a fine team player—good for team morale. He can get
1 into the open easily because of his ability to fake the secondary
out of position. His pass receiving is good. He has as much
football sense as anybody that I've coached. Monte has made
, himself a great football player through hard work.” These are
words of high praise from a coach who is not inclined to dish
► out flowery compliments.*
Knows What to Do
Hal Dunham, senior Webfoot quarterback, has this to say
about his teammate : Monte is the best team player the game will
ever see. lie knows just exactly what to do in every situation.
He’s cool-headed. He makes up for what he doesn’t have in
size by his ability to be in the right place at the right time.
p He's an ideal pass-catcher and his timing leaves nothing to be
desired. Monte’s a ball player’s ball plaver.”
Brethauer, at six-one and 172 lbs. isn’t the biggest target
in the world; neither is he the fastest man on the club. But
Brethauer, on the button-hooks down the middle and the
over and out passes to the sidelines, gives opposing coaches
the creeps. If they can stop Brethauer they’ve just about
f got the Webfoots by the throat.
Here's our reasons why Brethauer is betfbnd all doubt an
p all-l’acific Coast end: (1) The pressure is always on him be
cause the Duck running game isn’t potent enough to worry
the opposition; there is nothing like a high-geared ground game
to break down the pass defense. What would Black do without
Heinrich and Earley? How effective would Stockert or Jones
he with no All-American Paul Cameron?
r What Can't He Do?
(2).There is no limit to his versatility. Brethauer can kick
i- and punt with the best of them. Monte is one of the better
defensive halfbacks on the club—but Casanova hesitates to
use him too much because it might cut down on his offensive
skills. Against Washington State Saturday, Brethauer inter
cepted a Bob Burkhart pass and recovered a fumble.
He added nine more pass receptions to his total of 25 which
pulls him to within 12 of lid Barker’s national record of 46 for
h one season. His three-year yardage mark now stands at 961,
even though he is almost always knocked down immediately
after he receives the ball.
I here’s our candidate. If you doubt our word, just ask Wal
dorf or Odell or Sanders.
Tops NCAA Receivers
MONTE BRETHACER
Emerald’s All Coast Candidate
Dr. Leland A. Huff
Optometrist
43 W. 8th Ave. Ph. 5-3525
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Heinrich Heads
Total Offense
NEW YORK (AP)—The top six
offensive leaders in college football
ranks are T-formation quarter
backs. Only once in history has a
T-formation quarterback come.out;
first in total offense at the end of
the season. That was in 1948 when !
Stan Heath of Nevada turned the
trick.
But this year, it’s a virtual cinch
one of the six T-men will stave
off any outsiders. Washington’s
Don Heinrich is the leader with a
total of 1,492 yards in eight games.
Second is Gene Rossi of Cincinnati
who has accounted for 1,277 yards
in eight games. Tommy O'Connell
of Illinois is third with 1,276 yards
in seven games. Then come Ted
Marchibroda of Detroit, Johnny
Borton of Ohio State and Zeke
Bratkowski of Georgia. All of these
are T-quarterbacks.
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Oregon to Host
Hockey Conference
The Pacific Northwest Field
Hockey conference will be held on
the Oregon campus this weekend
sponsored by the Field Hockey as
sociation of the physical education
department.
Sixteen teams from the North
west will participate in the three
day meet. They include one team
from the University of British Co
lumbia, University of Washing
ton, Washington State college,
University of Idaho, Boise junior
college, Clark college, Linfield and
Reed, an independent club from
Southern Oregon communities, the
Vancouver Town Team, and1 two
teams from Western Washington
College of Education, Oregon State
and University of Oregon.
Teams will arrive on Friday
night and play three games in all.
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