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Similarities arc a dime a dozen when you compare the lb.sl
• >regon \\ ehfoots with the cltih that hows out against (trefoil
State Saturday at Multnomah stadium.
The Ducks of a year ago started fast, holding Stanford to a
27-20 decision and drubbing Arizona 39-21, then lapsed into
one lost weekend after another only to finish strong against
California and the Beavers. And now the not-so-green Eugene
machine of 1952 has molded a record that more than slightly
resembles its predecessor’s.
l ighting tin- tropical, 112 degree heat of the I,os Angeles col
i-cum and a Bruin team that was given token opportunity to
trouble the favorites California. I SC and W ashington State—
the W'cbfoots came through with a brilliant, but losing effort
against Henry (Red) Sanders' unbeaten eleven. Injuries, an
old I tuck bugaboo, struck again and produced another mid
eason touchdown drought w hich only now is disappearing.
Ducks not Futile
-Not quite hale and hearty, but in better shape than they had
I" en for quite a spell, the Ducks surprised Stanford 21-20 last j
Saturday and immediately became the odds-on-choice to dump
ice Beavers, hor a while it looked as it the W ehfoots were a
prime candidate for Oscar Fraley's Futility Bowl; after Sat
urday's results the obvious candidate is OSC. W ho else?
Seriously, the Oregons have been badly crippled by a raft of
injuries and had they been more fortunate could have taken
the measure of Washington State and College of the Pacific
to say nothing of the Montana fiasco, which they should have
won regardless.
'I lie one big problem facing I.en Casanova is to see that the
W ehfoots remain in the same frame of mind for Oregon State
a they were for Stanford; so lar Cas has had little to worry
about. Be it the chilling temperatures or the fever to get even
with the Beavers, the Ducks have set a torrid clip in practice
this week.
Improvement Needed
Parsing, running, blocking and tackling all arc razor sharp.!
.\dmittedly the |>a>s defense could be better and mavbe it will,
have to be. 'I'he way (Oregon State press releases have been
treating the Jim Withrow thumb case you can’t be sure
whether they’re passing out a bunch of balonev or malarkv or
both.
From Palo Alto to Corvallis is a good 600 miles but from
reliable resources we hear that the Orange line was all but re
clining on their respective sit-downs, but the fast-charging
Idaho line is liable to do that to anyone. If the Beaver lines
men are hard at it Saturday they 11 prove a more difficult as
signment to run through than the Indian forward wall.
\\ e don’t believe in pne man outfits. That’s just whv Sam
Baker alone isn’t going to ruin the Ducks this year. Remember
last season that there were a few guys like Gene Morrow, Dave
Mann and Bill Sheffold to ease the pressure on Big Sam—even
if they didn’t run or pass much. They were still out there.
'1 hey’ll miss the Clark brothers and John Thomas in the line
too, if they haven’t already.
Go Get 'Em, Ducks
So here’s hoping that Tom Xovikott, Ccce Hodges, Ted An
derson, Emmett Williams, George Shaw, Barney Holland, Hal
Dunham, Don Hedgepeth, Len Berrie, Hal Reeve, Jack Patera,
Ron Phiester, Monte Brethauer, Ron Lyman and Emery Barnes
and company will click like they did at Palo Alto and hand our
country cousins a licking that have been due them since 1948.
And at long last it’s Oregon 20, Oregon State 7.
There’s another game on the coast this "week-end which
merits a little attention—USC vs. UCLA. With the aid of mir
lors, cards and dice, we have come up with a case for UCLA
which will satisfy the superstitious hut few others.
Here goes—Oregon was defeated by Stanford 27-20 in thfe
opening game of the season last year. Bob Mathias, the lead
ing Indian rusher, sat out the game with an injury. Mr. Ma
thias came back to sear the Trojans in a game which sent the
Cardinals into the Pacific Coast conference championship
and Rose Bowl.
This year the Webfoots opened with UCLA and lost—again
by seven points—ld-6. All-American Paul Cameron was hurt
and didn’t play against the Ducks. Cameron will be ready for
El Troy and he could be the difference Saturday.
Unfortunately we try to use logic. Southern Cal has the
better defensive club and has an offensive which you can single
out no one man as the hoy who makes the club go. Hence the
Bruins can stop Sears or Psaltis or Nickoloff and still they
won’t be sure they have the Trojans stopped. If a sound outfit
like SC can throttle Cameron (no one else has done it yet)
they’ll win in nothing flat. We think they will.
On Receiving End of Passes
JACK GOTTA
BILL STOREY
Hold Down End Spots on OSC Line
Three Catchers
LOS ANGELES— Three brilliant
West Coast ends are staging a
down-to-the-wire battle for honors
as the No. 1 pass receiver in the
Pacific Coast Conference, accord
ing to figures released today by the
PCC Commissioner's office.
Head for Record
George Black of Washington is
leading with 38 receptions for 536
yards. Monte Brethauer, Oregon,
has 37 for 419 and Sam Morley,
Stanford. 36 for 494. Each has one
game to play and the Conference
record of 46, set last year by Ed
Barker of Washington State, is
within sight.
Johnny Olszewski, California
fullback, has a big lead in rush
ing with 723 yards in 135 tries.
Teammate Bill Powell is second
with 597 yards. Don Heinrich,
Washington, who may be called
into military service before his
final game, has passing honors
all wrapped up with 130 com
pletions in 254 attempts. He has
pitched for 1502 yards and 13
touchdowns. Bob Garrett, Stan
ford quarterback out for the sea
son with a shoulder separation,
is second with 60 receptions.
Heinrich also leads in total off
ense with 1506 yards. Jim Sears,
Southern California’s all-purpose
back, is second with 826 yards and
Garrett third, 787.
The scoring race is wide open
with Don Johnson of California,
Black, Olszewski and Powell each
Van Brocklin
Leads Passers
(AP) — A great day Sunday
against the Chicago Bears has
boosted Norm Van Brocklin of the
Los Angeles Rams into first place
among passers in the National
Football league. Van Brocklin
jumped from tenth to first in the
standings by completing 11 of 20
passes for 304 yards. The former
Oregon star now has completed 59
of 115 attempts for 951 yards, an
average gain of 8.27 yards per pass.
Last week’s leader, Tobin Rote of
Green Bay, is second.
Fullback Eddie Price of the New
York Giants remains the leading
ground gainer. He has gained 641
yards to 601 for “Deacon” Dan Mc
Towler of the Rams. San Francis
co’s rookie, Hugh McElhenny, is
third with 589 and has the best av
erage per carry — about eight and
one-half yards each time.
End Gordon Soltau leads in scor
ing by one point over Cleveland’s
kicking specialist, Lou Groza. Sol
tau has scored 65 points on four
touchdowns, 26 extra points and
five field goals. Groza has 64 on 22
extra points and 14 field goals.
Vie for Honors
having seven touchdowns for 42
points.
Stits Leads Intercepters
Bill Stits, UCLA, has seven in
terceptions to six for teammate
Milt Davis and Southern Cal's Lin
don Crow and Jim Psaltis. Des
Koch of SC, Conference punting
record holder, has averaged 43.7
yards on his punts, and has had
one blocked, as has Sam Baker of
Oregon State, who ranks second.
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