Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 13, 1952, Page Four, Image 4

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    SPORTS WHIRL
Trojans Face Huskies Saturday;
Hope to Stop Heinrich's Passes
LOS ANGELES UP)—'The game
of the week on the Pacific Coast
v. ill find the powerful USC Trojans
meeting the fast moving Washing
ton Huskies. The Southern Cali
fornians are heading toward a
Kovember 22nd showdown with
UCLA for the conference champ
ionship. But the Huskies have be^n
picking up speed since losing an
early season game to UCLA, and
they'll be out to stop the Trojans.
The UCS stalwarts are well
ware of the threat, though and
they're getting in some secret work
in preparation for Saturday's chal
Yale May Renew Pact
Yale University is said to be
readying a new 3-year contract
for its surprising head football
coach, Jordan Olivar. A reliable
source has told the Associsfted
Press that Olivar wouldn't br in
terested in anything less than three
years—and that his terms prob
ably will be met. Olivar took the
coaching job at Yale only three
weeks before the start of the sea
son.
He moved east from Loyola of
Los Angeles after Loyola dropped
football. Olivar took over on short
notice and Yale has had its best
-season since 1946. The Bulldogs
have won 6 and lost only one.
Newsmen contacted Olivar at his
Yale office today. And the coach
said the contract talk is all news
to him.
Olivar repeated an earlier state
ment that he expects to return to
his home in Inglewood, Cal., right
after the season ends—and he
added that nothing has happened
yet to make him change his mind.
Newsmen asked the Yale coach if
he would consider any offer made
to him. And hfe replied ...:“Of
course, but it would have to be
very attractive.”
lenge. But there s no secret tney
are working on pass defense. Wa
shington's main hopes are pinned
on the mighty throwing arm of
Don Heinrich the nation's number
one passer. Coach Jess Hill of the
Trojans is emphasizing aerial de
fense almost exclusively.
Spartans Top Offense
Once again Michigan State, the
top-rated football team, is the
number one ground gaining team.
In sweeping past seven opponents,
the Spartans have rolled up 3.08S
yards for an average of 441 per
game.
Michigan State has picked up an
average of 267 yards on rushing
plays and an average of 174 yards
by passing.
Even so, the Spartans hold only
a one-yard advantage over San
Jose State. San Jose's average is
440 yards a game.
Terps Best Defenders
NEW YORK (AP)—The Mary
land football team has the most
rugged defense in the nation, ac
cording to figures compiled by the
NCAA Service Bureau. The figures
show that the Terrapins have
yielded an average of 156 yards a
game to seven opponents.
Georgia Tech is second with 166
yards a game; Tennessee is next
with 171 and Virginia is fourth
with 177. Only one other team is
under the 200-yard mark and that
is Southern California.
Michigan has the best defensive
record against a ground attack.
The Spartans have allowed only
an average of 78.7 yards a game.
Virginia has the best defense a
gainst aerial attacks, allowing an
average gain of 55 yards a game.
Duke is second. Undefeated Geor
gia Tech has yet to allow a touch
down via a pass this season.
Yeomen Whip
Campbell Club
In Volleyball
Stitzer hall, the Yeomen, and the
Counselors scored volleyball victor
ies in intramural action Wednes
day afternoon.
In other scheduled games Bar
rister Inn forfeited to Hale Kane
and Merrick hall forfeited to
French hall, while the game be
tween Susan Campbell hall and
Gamma hall was postponed and
rescheduled for some time next
week.
Stitzer outlasted the winless
Sherry Ross team 15-8, 11-15, and
15-12 in a slow game that was fea
tured by sloppy play on the part
of both sides. Underdog Sherry
Ross put up a stiff battle all the
way and with a few breaks might
have pulled an upset. Don Porter
and Max Anderson sparked the
winning Stitzer effort while Davis
played well for the losers.
The Yeomen spotted Campbell
club a 15-9 first game win and
then rallied back to down the
Clubbers 15-8 and 15-12 to nail
down the match. Pittman and
Wilcox were the main cogs' in tl«e
Yeomen comeback while Jim
Vickers and Don Monte played
outstanding ball for Campbell
club.
Playing with only three men,
Philadelphia House put up a ter
rific fight before finally succumb
ing to the Counselors. After the
Counselors had squeaked to a 15-12
first game win, the "Phillies' r
threesome of Jack Eurke, Paul
Weston, and Harold Long took
command and led their team to a
15-13 victory in the second en
counter. The third and final tussle
developed into a rout as the vic
ious spikes of Merv Englund and
Ken Ball of the Counselors was
too much for their opponents to
handle and Philadelphia House
went down to a 15-4 defeat.
WEBFOOTS HUSTLE
Rain Forces Duck Gridders Inside;
Defense Drills to Stop Stanfords
By Bob Cole
Emerald Sporttwriter
Heavy rain forced the Oregon gridders inside for the fir i
half of Wednesday's football drills hut failed to dampen their
spirits. The team showed fight and hustle in preparation for the
Saturday contest with Stanford at i’alo Alto.
hen Casanova sent his charges to the unfinished room in the
Rote, Price Top
Pro Grid Offense
NEW YORK (API — Fullback
Eddie Price of the New York Gi
ants has returned to a familiar role,
that of the leading runner in the
National Football league. Statistics
released Wednesday show Price,
the defending champion, back in
first place with a yardage total of
580 in seven games. He is 59 yards
ahead of last week's leader, Hugh
McElhenny of San Francisco and 60
better than Deacon Dan Towler of
the Los Angeles Rams. McElhenny
has the best average per play—
nearly nine yards. Towler has aver
aged 6.2 yards on 84 carries and
Price 4.4 yards on 132 attempts.
Tobin Rote and Babe Parilli of
Green Bay continue to rank one
two among pro football passers. .
Rote has averaged about eight and
one-half yards on his 97 attempts.
Parilli has an eight-yard average
and Otto Graham of Cleveland is
third, two-tenths of a yard behind
Parilli.
Mac Speedie of the Browns leads
in passes caught with 42, Gordon
Soltau of the 49ers is the leading
scorer with 60 points, and Horace
Gillom of Cleveland leads in punt
ing average with 48.4 for 40 kicks.
Other leaders are Woodley Lewis of
Los Angeles in punt returns, Eddy
Macon of the Chicago Bears in kick
off returns, and Herb Rich of Los
Angeles in pass interceptions.
Physical Kducation building fur
the first portion of the afternoon's
drill. The backs ran through run
ning plays in an attempt to iron
out the hall handling, which re
sulted in 10 fumbles against Wash
ington State last Saturday. Far
rell Albright, injured in the home
coming tilt, was taking part in the
workouts and should be ready for
action in the Southland. Line
Coach Vein Sterling had his men
woi king on blocking.
Passes Click
When the downpour halted.
Quarterbacks Hal Dunham and
Barney Holland were sent outside
with their receivers for passing
drills. The Webfoot aerial attack
looked sharp, and completions were
frequent as the drill followed its
course. The passers will have then
sights set on Monte Brethauer,
who needs only 12 catches to set a
national record. The Ducks' third
signal caller, George Shaw, spent
most of the afternoon with the de
fensive unit.
learning the individual assign
ments in the defensive forma
tions designed to stop the Stan
ford attack wan given the most
attention by the Webfoot de
fenders. The defense has im
proved in the last couple of
games ard could rise to the
heights attained against I'CI-A
in the season opener. This week's
work is cut out for the defensive
men, for they will be facing two
of the Coast’s top runners in the
persons of Boh Mathias and lion
Cook. The Indians also boast
an excellent passer, Boh (iarrett.
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