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By Jim Fisher
OS( Haromctc-r Sport» Kditor
(Ed. Notel At the request of the Emerald, Sports Editor
Jim Fisher of the Oregon State Daily Barometer, Oregon
State’s campus newspaper, has written a guest Duck Tracks.
Subject: The Beavers of Corvallis.)
What’s wrong with the Beavers? Such is the question that
i currently being asked around the Oregon State campus in
Corvallis. Its being asked because the Beavers have had the
v orst season an OSC football team has ever had since the
‘port was inaugurated at Oregon Agriculture college in the
• 1890’s.
After beating the University of Utah Redskins 14-7 in the
season’s opener, the Orangemen have failed to register a vic
tory. Seven straight times the Beavers have gone down to
defeat. Last weekend was the most humiliating loss of all.
Idaho beat the Beavers 27-6 in the Beavers’ homecoming
game at Corvallis. It seems that since the Beavers beat Utah,
all they have been able to win at times was the proverbial
toss of the coin.
OSC has been beaten in succe-Mon by Miehgan State, Stan
f 'id. Southern Cal, W ashington State, Washington, UCLA,
•u.d dually Idaho. 'I he Beaver.-* gave Michigan State’s Spartans
the closest contest the nation"' So. one team has had this year.
It took a field goal with two seconds left in the game for the
Spurts to win, 17-14.
Beavers Whittled Margin
Alter that heart breaker the < Jrangemcn traveled to Palo
Ado to face Stanford’s Indians. After a futile first half the
Beavers rallied in the last quarter with a 21-point scoring spree,
1 t an early Stanford lead was too much to overcome. The
i diaits won 41-28.
Then came USC. The Beavers scored first in this contest
but were on the short end of a 28 to 6 score when the final
gun sounded. Kip Taylor, OSC s headman, credited the Tro
jans with virtually wrecking the Beaver ball club. After be
ing mauled around by USC’s terrific line, the Beavers have
never recovered. Many members of the Beaver club are still
suffering from the effects of injuries received in that game.
It looked like the Orangemen would have a victory in the
n<\t game, but Wa-hington State staged a terrific comeback
in the final quarter, scoring 20 points to top the Beavers, 33
to 20. Then Washington handed the Orange a 38 to 13 setback,
f Mowed by UCLA who gave the Beavers a 57 to 0 drubbing,
the word defeat (JSC has ever received.
East week the Beavers were picked to win by some prognos
ticator', but after leading 6 to 0 at the half, the club fell apart
in the second half. Idaho took quick advantage. Thus the 27
to 6 defeat.
Two Big Headaches
Now tlie OSC coaching staff is faced with that same old
problem of pulling the team together, both physically and in
morale. The latter problem has seemed to he just as much a
worry during the season as the injuries.
For instance, the Beavers looked reasonably good in the
first half of the Idaho game and were leading in the score
column. But when the second half started the Staters couldn’t
seem to block or tackle, and couldn’t work togeher as a
team.
The team had its usual share of hard players who were out
to win, but without the efforts coordinated the cause was lost.
Fullback Sam Baker, the lad who literally had a field day last
.'ear in leading OSC to a victory over Oregon, played his usual
hard game, both on defense and offense. Jimmy Cordial, team
captain and defensive end, was also playing his usual good
game. Bob Hartman, who was transferred from end to tackle
for the Vandal game, also was worthy of plaudits. But the club
didn’t work like a team.
But Multnomah Gets Game
Now comes the big game, the often called Benton-Lane
county championship .
The Ducks haven’t had a much better season than OSC, but
the Webfoots can boas! an upset victory over Stanford.
Around the Corvallis-campus much optimism is heard con
e rning the team’s final game. Fans point out that in this con
test all past records will be forgotten as usual, and the rivalry
will regain the sought after team spirit. That remains to be
seen.
Coach Len Casanova and bis Oregon Ducks can he sure of
two things come Saturday. One is that the Oregon club will un
doubtedly be favored and the second is that the Beavers wifi
he playing to win. And if the latter is true, don’t be too sur
prised at an Oregon State victory.
SOME THINGS TO EXPECT—If Withrow recovers he'll
he passing to the Beavers’ top pass grabber, End Jack Gotta.
Sam Baker will be playing his last college hall game as will
he other seniors. And after a poor year for the one-time all
American candidate, the bruising fullback might run wild.
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(Continued from page jour)
l nivt-rsity of Idaho. Four men
an* on the doubtful list—Quar
terback .Jim Withrow, the Van
N'uys, Calif, sophomore; Bill
West, linebacker, who has a
shoulder hurt; La Verne Fergu
son, guard and John Witte, tac
Withrow has a broken
thfimb on his right hand, his
throning flipper.
Taylor, who coached at Michigan
State college before coming West
in 1949, mixes the single wing with
the T for Oregon State. If the Bea
vers switch into the wing after
lining up in the standard T, full
back Sam Baker will handle the
ball. Baker either smashes into the
line or spins and hands off to either
Oregon—State Records
OREGON'
6 UCLA 13
13 Nebraska 28
7 ( ali tornia 41
‘ Washington 49
14 Montana 14
fi Pacific 14
fi Wash. St. 19
21 Stanford 20
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OREGON STATE
14 l tah
14 Michigan St. 17
28 Stanford 41
6 Southern Gal. 28
2" Wash. St. 33
13 Washington 38
0 UCLA 57
6 Idaho 27
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Jack Pinion or Wally Jackson, his
halfbacks. Withrow, or his under
study, Kaye Booth, will do most of
the passing from the T.
Jack Gotta and Jim Cordial are
the two principal targets although
Claret Taylor occasionally is
singled out. Bulwarks of a good
sized Oregon State line are 195
pound center Joe Fulwyler; Doug
Hogland, 215 pound tackle; and
Witte, a 215-pound tackle.
But the main boy to watch is
Baker, who dynamited a 7-0 Ore
gon lead last year and powered his
way to a single-handed triumph
over the Ducks. Baker, overlooked
for the first quarter by Taylor, was
worked overtime in the last three
until he wore down the Duck wall.
OREGON OREGON STATE
(offense)
Monte Brethauer.l.E. Jack Gotta
Hal Reeve .LT. Dour Hogland
Ken Sweitzer .I.G. Cal Moore
Ron Pheister . C. Joe Fulwyler
Emmett \\ illiams ,...RG.... Clarence Womack
ten Berrie .RT John Witte
Kon Lyman .RE. Rill Storey
Harney Holland . Q.Jim Withrow
led Anderson .Id!. Wally Jackson
C. ecc Hodges .RH.Jack Pinion
lorn Novikoft' . F. Sam Baker
(defense)
Emery Barnes .LE.
Hal Simmons .LT.
Len Berrie .LG.
Hal Reeve .RG I
Dick Stoutt .RT.
Don Hedgepeth .RE.
Emmett Williams .. .LL1L .
John Adams .RLB...
Monte Brethauer.Idl.
Merritt Barber .Rll.
George Shaw . S.
. Jim Cordial
.... Doug Holland
. Fred Burri
aVerne Ferguson
. John Witte
. Rill Storey
. Rill West
.Joe Fulwyler
. Kaye Booth
Chuck Brackett
. Ron Seigrist
A beautiful young movie aspir
ant slipped into what doctors said
was a “trance-like” state last
week when she listened to a
crooner in a Las Vegas night club.
The same thing happens on the
campus every day when students
listen to professors in class.
Fiji's Clinch Volley League Title
(Louhnued from parje four)
Neil Mattheson, tom Lekas,
Steve Gornick, Roger Zener, John
Bowles and Ben Lloyd *fexhibited
fine teamwork and skill in taking
their league title. Mattheson was
outstanding spiker for the winners
while Keith Farnam was the Phi
Delt's best spiker. Bud Covey, Dick
Zimmerman and Farnam were the
outstanding Phi Delt players.
The Earrister Inn E team failed
to make an appearance to play the
unbeaten Hale Kane team.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s A team
looked below their usual standard
as they downed Phi Sigma Kappa
15-4, 15-2. Fred Baltz and Harlan
Henry of Phi Sigma Kappa led
their team to a couple of fruitless
rallies with good spiking. The set
shots of SAE’s Jay McMurren,
Frank Franciscovich and Jim Gan
ong, and the spiking of Pat Dignan
and Bob Carlson were not as ac
curate as usually seen. Bob White’s
crushing spikes for the SAE’s were
the best seen on either side.
In other volleyball action Thurs
day afternoon, Beta Theta Pi rolled
over Lambda Chi Alpha in two
straight games 15-10, 15-6. The
Lambda Chi’s got going several
times but couldn’t seem to keep it
up against the hard playing Beta
A squad. The Beta’s were led by
Ridgers Dickstader and Sogges
Chandler.
The Sherry Ross's B team
watched two games slip quickly
away to fast moving Stitzer halL
Stitzer's tall Art Weatherford was
the outstanding spiker for his
team who won by scores of 15-2,
15-5.
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