MIGHTY DUCKS 21, CARDS 20
— San Francisco Chronicle photo by Bob Campbell
THIS IS IT—Cece Hodges (36). Webfoot right half, cracked through a wide break in the Stanford
defense for eleven yards and Oregon’s third touchdown—the winning out*—at Palo Alto Saturday.
Dave Eldredge (64) was no problem to Hodges, who butted him into the end/.one. Ted Tanner (20) is no
hope to the Indians either. Oregon upset Stanford, 21-20.
Dazed Ducks Accept Upset In Stride;
Novikoff Trap-runs Stun Scribes
PALO ALTO, Calif.-A dazed but
happy Oregon football team took
its 21-20 upset victory over Stan
ford's Indians in stride here Sat
urday.
There were no boisterous out
cries, but the vitors broke into a
spontaneous ’Mighty Oregon.’ Oth
er than a few “wait until we get a
hold of Oregon State” yells there
was little noise. Len Eerrie, who
played a whale of a ball game
said “it feels great to wip." And
that summed up the feeling of the
squad.
That Last Minute
Coach Len Casanova was greeted
toy a couple of dozen well wishers.
Asked if he was pleased with the
IfThe case of the
| Unapproachable
A umnus
OR
How Do You Get That Gift
Horse to Open His Mouth?
I
Once there was a Wealthy
Alumnus who was also a
Soft Touch. Tie an Old
School Tie around your
neck and he’d give you
his 9hirt to go with it.
One day he realized
that this habit of always
saying “Yes” to the Big Question was costing
him a Pretty Penny. So he became a Hard
Man to Cet To. Letters, phone calls and per
sonal visits all encountered a secretary with
a face like a flint and a 4-word vo—^ulary.
(“He’s out of town.”)
t This was Rough on the Old School, but no
body had a solution—until the football coach,
a Brain in his own right, came up with a
Magnificent but Simple Idea. He dashed down
to the Western Union office and dispatched a
;Telegram saturated with Old-School spirit
and dedicated to the theme that unless some
Noble Soul came through pronto, the eleven
would he playing barefoot and jersey-less.
I The ice jam was broken. A Fat Check ar
rived the next day. Today things are back
on a Normal Financial Basis.
I There’s nothing more practical than using
jTelegrams to Hurdle Barriers and get to the
Cuy (or the Cal) you want to talk to. When
you want something . . . Cash from Home, a
I Date with a Dreamboat, an Interview with the
IMan who does the Hiring ... it pay3 to Make
Western Union.
Webfoots; showing, he just smiled.
Then, collecting his thoughts, Cas
said: ‘T thought that last minute
would never run oufr"
There was little doubt that
Casanova and his coaching staff
were prepared for this one. Tom
Xovikoff, the burly fullback, was
running harder than ever and
Cas had just the place for him
to use his talents—the old trap
play.
It worked like a charm. Press
box patrons, expecting a Stanford
rout, stood in dumbfounded amaze
ment as Novikoff punched through
holes in the Indian line for six,
seven and eight yards a crack.
When the Indians did manage to
plug the gaps in the line the Ducks
opened up with a counter play
which shook Cece Hodges into the
open for a couple of good-sized
gainers, one for a touchdown.
Dean Van Leuven or Novikoff
would fake a sti aight-a-head buck
and instead Hodges would shoot
through tackle and cut back. No
thing sensational but it was de
ceptive.
Eggs Manske, Cal line coach, re
marked to the radio audience that
Stanford was operating at 40 per
cent efficiency all season.
Casanova retorted, "We've been
that way all year.”
Barney Holland, the Duck quar
terback, two weeks ago was just
a third string signal caller; Sat
urday he starts against Oregon
State.
But how times have changed.
When workouts were light—on
Mondays and Thursdays—Holl
and was permitted to leave prac
<Please turn tu page five)
New Football Schedule Formula
Would Send Cal Teams North
SPOKANE, Wash. <£>)—'The Spo
kane Chronicle says the Coast con
ference will be asked next month to
adopt a new football scheduling
formula to transport the four Cali
fornia schools up north more often.
The plan was revealed over the
weekend. Golden Romney of Wash
ington State College was quoted
as saying, “The idea is mainly
intended to help Washington State,
Oregon State and Oregon. The
proposal would mean, for instance,
HAIRCUTS
As you like 'em
• Linn
• Jack
• Ed
• Charlie
Elliott's Barber Shop
1239 Alder
that one of the four California
schools would play Washington
State at Pullman every year and
two would travel north every third
year. Romney said, “The plan
would likely be opposed by the
four southern coast conference
members, Stanford, California, UC
LA and USC.
Except for the University of
Washington and its 50,000-seat
stadium, The southern schools have
been reluctant to play at Washing
ton State, Oregon State and Ore
gon. This, because of small seat
ing capacities. At least, this is how
the Spokane paper describes it.
Romney also mentioned another
angle which has been brought up
before—the player limit on coast
conference traveling teams. Rom
ney noted that Washington State
was allowed to take only 37 men
to Berkeley Saturday while Cali
fornia, which won the game, had
at least 60 men on the bench. Rom
ney said, “The PCC may be asked
to fix a manpower limit on both
sides."
NO MORAL VICTORY
Webfoots Throttle
Defending Champs
By Larry Lavelle
Emerald Sports Editor
J’.YI.O ALTO, Calif-—l’uddles may be dead hut tlu- I'nivn
>itv of Oregon footballers were far from it Saturday afternoon.
And to prove it the Webfoots turned in an upset of such as
tounding proportions that experts faces were crimsoned from
Tatoosh Island to Tijuana.
Washington Pups
Stop Ducklings
In Final Fracas
SEATTLE, Wah. -Coach Bow
erman's frosh gridmen threatened
and almost snapped a win streak
of four year duration Saturday1
afternoon when they bowed, 47 to !
25, to the undefeated Washington !
Pups in Seattle.
Although the margin of victory
was 2 to 1 on the scoreboard, it
was almost even up on the playing
field; that is Oregon almost equal
led the winners in yards gained,
474 to 408. The Ducklings sur
passed their opponents on the
ground, 250 to 230, but lost via the
air lanes.
Four of the Washington TD’s
came on the accurate slants of
Quarterback Sandy Lederman. The
efficient southpaw passer threw
l touchdowns of 27, 11, four and 13
yards to a host of able Pup re
| ceivers. Usually on the end of his
passes were End Tom Fish or Half
! back Mike Monroe.
Future Bright
Oregon retaliated with an equal
ly encouraging amodnt of junior
footballers, making the future look
bright for Oregon Varsity squads
in the ensuing years, according to
Bowerman.
Drawing the plaudits of the par
tisan Washington rooters were the
fine performances put forth by
Oregon End Ted Overton and backs
Larry Rose and Dick James. Ore
gon's fine line, which outplayed
Washington from tackle to tackle,
was bulwarked by Lon Stiner Jr.
and George Mutchler.
It was the end sweeps of light
footed Monroe and the aerial
thrusts of Lederman that spelled
the difference. The first time
Washington got the ball, after
an interception put the Duck
lings on the defense on their own
25, Monroe streaked around right
end to the four. From there,
Clayton Evens again swept the
end for the score.
Washington built up the margin
with two more quick scores on the
strength of Lederman's accurate
throwing arm. The Pup’s second
six came on a pass from Lederman
to Nick McNamee, good for 27
yards; the third TD was the result
of another aerial by Lederman,
this time to Monroe from 11 yards
out.
Passing Fracas
Oregon fought back with an air
game of its own, Johnny Keller
being the passer. First he picked
out Overton with a 12 yard heave;
then he connected with Dick James
for 21. His last toss met Larry
Schweinfurt on the goal line for
the touchdown.
Washington got one more
score in the first half, a pass
from Lederman into the recep
tive hands of Fish. At halftime
Washington enjoyed a 28 to 12
advantage.
(Please him to page five)
For Lon Casanova and his vic
tory-famished ranks, the 21-20
decision over the Stanford In
dians, defending Pacific Coast
conference champs, was as well
deserved as it was overdue. Three
times in the last two years the
Ducks have been on the thresh
old of eye-opener wins only to he
forced to settle for what some
term moral victories.
But there was no moral win
Saturday. It was an Oregon
triumph — the first over a Cal
PCC Standings
RESULTS SATURDAY
OKKOON _>|. Sunluril J'i
Lf'ilu, 27, 1 Slate <>
Wti-hiiifiton Stair I*. ( aliforttia 2H
Washington 0. S qrtbrrll Caii' .ima .VI
ifornia school since 1948 when
the Ducks cleaned up on ever)
Southern team they faced—
L'C'L.-V, 1 SC and Stanford.
In the battle of wits, Casanova
buffaloed the Stanford strategist
The Indiana had their sights
trained on Monte Brcthauer, the
nation’s leading pass-catcher, but
the Webfoots worked the running
game overtime and did a great
job of it. Chuck Taylor's staff fig
ured that George Shaw would
alternate with Hal Dunham and
that both would do a lot of chin k
ing ( excuse, passing); instead,
third-string quarterback Barney
Holland was the signal-barker and
he was thoroughly equal to the
occasion, mixing his plays like a
chef tossing a Waldorf salad.
UCLA
Southern t’alihirtila
Wa-hin^tim
WaOiinifton St.»tr
( .tliforma
< >l< I'.I.OX
Stanford
Idaho
< >1 >n Slate
5 0
5 o
5 2
2 i
2 S
II f.
Ducks Outrush Injuns
The Webfoots netted only 305
yards to Stanford's 409, but the
Eugene machine rolled out 1G4 .
yards on the ground to the In
dian’s 88. Oregon lost only nine
yards rushing — a tribute to the
cool-headedness of the afore
mentioned Mr. Holland.
Jack Oebert, Sam Morley and
Bob Mathias did their level best
to monkey-wrench the Webfoot -
win. Gebert, who has been play
ing second fiddle to Bob Garrett,
injured in the Southern Cal -
game, fired 39 passes for two
touchdowns and 321 yards. He
missed 18 times and hud four
intercepted.
Morley and Mathias were on the
receiving end of 15 Gebert passes "
and were credited with 111 and 112
yards respectively. Mathias picked
up 117 yatds on wide sweeps
around end, but a couple of costly
fumbles on the part of the Olympic
decathlon crown-holder paved the
way for a pair of Oregon touch
downs.
A Lousy Start
The resume: First quarter. Ted
Anderson fumbled on the first .
play from scrimmage on the Ore
gon 31. Stanford picked up a first
down on the 14 but the Ducks .
held. The Webfoots moved to a
first and ten on their own 28 but -
Chuck Essegian swiped a Holland
pass and returned to the 23.
(Please turn to pane five)