*Duc& j8*f *dregon \\ 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. SPORTS FARE j INTRAMURAL VOLLEYBALL Thursday, November 20 .3:50 Court 40 Phi Gamma Delta B vs. Phi Delta Theta P, 3 :j|a|pgirt 43 Sherry Ross B vs. Stitzer 4:35 Court 40 Barrister Inn B vs. Kane ft \ 3 3 C ourt 43 Counselors A Katies A 5.1.5 four. 40 Si<