By Jo'nn Whitty
Emerald Sporltwriter
^'bile thumbing through some hack issues of the Oregon
I'aily I'.meralil, we happened to rim across an i^uc of Decent
,,(I' 11 • I'M'); in which the headline read "OKLOON WILL
! L A i 11 \k \ A RI). living of an im|uisitive nature, we in
ligated further and discovered that the Oregon football
te.im oi that year had been selected as the representative
o, the I’aeific t'oa-t Confluence in the ixth Roc Howl game.
I be Ro e Howl game, first played in 1902 and then discon
tinued until I'd6, had been firmly established as an annual
aiiuii by 020, when Oregon was elected bv the Tournament
ol bo e committee a the team to represent the west again t
Harvard on January 1, 1920.
Ducks Had Good 1919 Season
Apparently, there !ia<l been little doubt that the “Lemon
;,i.d N eilow would he selected by the committee, for a news
'-ory hi the Lmerald of December 6, 1919. reports that, “Word
was also forwarded by an Associated Press dispatch yesterday
that Oregon seems to be the favorite with the committee.”
I hiring regular season play that year, the "Lemon and
^ ‘'How" had compiled a record of five wins and one loss to
\\ a.-Kington State by a 7 0 core. The records also rejiort that
( urgon v\on a contest with a chool known as (trefoil Agri
cultural College during the regular season by a 9-0 count.
I b ad < h'cgou coach "Shy Huntington wasted no time when
l e v.at a-sured that his eleven had been selected to play in
the New 'i ear - Day c !a ;c, for the story of December 11.
continues, “Fifteen minutes after the faculty gave out their
favorable decision 24 members of the varsity football squad
were on Kincaid field practicing. The frigid weather and six
inches of crusted snow were no obstacle to them.”
Further down in this same story, we -ce that “Without
question this will be one of the largest football games ever
staged in the United States.” i lie tory continues, “The vim
with which the Oregon eleven has already started practice
leaves no doubt but their sincerity of purpose and determina
tion to uphold the name and reputation of the West which the
Oregon eleven established in 1917 when the Lemon-Yellow
gridsters won the inter-collegiate title of the United States by
defeating the Pennsylvania State team.” (Oregon won the Rose
How l in 1916 by beating Pennsylvania, 14-0.)
Oregon vs. Harvard? Never!
Scamingly the Pacific Coast Conference was somewhat
lightly regarded in football circles in those days, and as proof
we quote from tlie Kmerald of December 13, 1919. “If some
one had made the statement a few years ago that the Univer
sity of Oregon would meet Harvard’s football team in 1920,
he would have been put in the class of Charles Chaplin, and
the man who said Germany would win the war.”
The story cqntim,ies, "To think that the greatest football
institution of the world would meet a team representing a
state which, according to Frank Branch Riley, most New Eng
■ landers believe is across some bay from the Phillipines seemed
absurebat that time, and had it not been for the aggressiveness
of the west, such a clash would never have been arranged.”
From the above, it appears that Oregon was given little hope
of wiiming the fray,.even in her own back yard. - •—
H'owfevcf, for once Oregon w as not destined to* become the
Victim of a rout, for the "Lemon-Yellow” gridmen refused to
admit that the Harvard squad were more than average football
players, aud although the_ .Crimson Tide wen W-a 7-6 score,
■they knew that they had' been in a football game* -when the
final gun sounded.' ", ..
; Moral Win for LerhonrYellow
’ During the contest, the easterners gained <KU.y 169 Yards
from scrimmage, white-the Oregon eleven . rolled-ti'pC a. total of;
293 yards, to give them a definite statistical, edge.;To quote
from an after-game .storyon January 8, 1920, "All the sport
critics gave Oregon an edge on the playing in that greatest
of all classics and the one outstanding factor that appealed to
the spectators was the ‘Oregon fight’ which predominated
from whistle to whistle.”
It seems* that this game-had much to do w ith increasing the
football prestige of the west, at least here in theweSt, for the
headlines on this story reads, "Western Football is Placed on
Level with Best in East.’’ This combined with the Oregon
victory over Pennsylvania in the 1917 Rose Bowl, shows that
-the Wcbfuois of,tblit,period certainly did their part in gaining
national recognition for the infant PCC.
To finish with 6he ftidre quote from those forgotten days,
"When the varsity played to a standstill the much touted
heavy Harvard eleven, losing 7 to 6, it made history for the
Lemon-Yellow that will never be forgotten."
Halberg Twice on JC
All-American Quintet
Twenty-three points. That
wa - the nliinher niarle hy Jvl
llalborg, junior forward on'the
I niversitv of (trefoil's hasket
hall team, in last Saturday
night- encounter with the
Idaho \ andals. However, it
j was not the first twent', three
point performance in Ivl’s bas
j kethall hi lory, and in ail prob
! ability it will not he the la t.
Smiling, easy-going Ed Hal
j ljerg has been throwing inflated
■ basketballs through netted hoops
' ever since his grade school days at
Roosevelt junior high in Port An
, geles, Washington, which, inci
dentally, is still his home town.
‘Pur,lied Into It’
Ed was born in Port Angeles
| on October 19, 1931, and spent
his grade school days at a nearby
school in the city. His first con
tact with basketball came when
he entered junior high school, and
in the words of the Webfoot for
ward, ‘'I sort of got pushed into
He continues, "My two best
♦ ♦ ♦
ED HALBERD
Hit 23 against Idaho
friends were out for basketball, j
and I started work(jkg rajtt and
made the team.” Lucftily far the
University of Oregon, the 6-foot,
5-inch 190-pounder’s interest in
the game didn't end there. Ed
went on to play ball for Roose
velt high school in Port Angeles,
while, there he drew the atten
tion M John Warren, then head
basketball coach for the Ducks.
However, Ed broke his arm the
summer after he left high school
and decided to try a year of jun
ior college ball before deciding‘on
a four-year school. He enrolled at
Olympic J. C. in the fall of 1949
and turned out for basketball. By
the time the season ended, Halberg
had been chosen on the junior col
lege All-America team as a for
ward, although his regular posi
. tion. was center. ‘ * ~ *-- -* •
"t. . All-American Twice
During the school year of 1950
51, he .did even better. After scor
ing 694 points in 32 games for a
21.7 points per game average, the
blond hoopster was chosen on the
J. C. All-American five for the
second straight year.
After leaving junior college,
Ed registered for the fall term
of 1951 here at the university.
He was destined not to play any
basketball for the U. of O. that
year, however. An old knee in
jury began bothering him soon
after the start of the season, and
a chip the size of a silver dollar
was taken out in an operation.
As if that was not enough bad
luck, Ed’s other knee was bruised
in an automobile accident during
Christmas vacation, and he was
1 forccd to stay out of school during
winter term.
The big boy finally shook off
the jinx this year, though, and he
lias certainly been making up for
lost time.
•Jump Shot Good Enough
When asked why he never uses
a hook shot, Ed replied “I just
never had any need for it. I al
ways seems to be able to get my
jump shot away.” He added that
he has been working on a hook
/or the past few days. Apparently,
Hal berg’s twisting jump shot is
reliable enough, for he has an ap
proximate .500 average on shots
from the field, which is good in
any league.
EJ is a member of the Sigma
C hi fraternity and is an English
major. After graduation ire
plans to coach and teach Eng
lish ii high school. He has no
intention of going into profes
sional basketball.
During the summer, big Ed
works work.s for the Crown Zel
lerbaeh company's plant in Port
Angeles. His hobbies are swim
ming and water skiing, and he also
plays baseball in the summer.
MeClary fJost liebounder
When asked who is the toughest
rebounder he has played against
in the Northern Division, Haiberg
replied without hesitation, “Mc
Clary, I've still got sore spots on
my back from that guy’s elbows.
If his performance in the Idaho
series is any criterion, the sore
spots don't seem to bother Ed
when he is on the basketball floor.
At least we ho4.e they don’t.
Kid KO's Opponent
(Continued from page four)
nine only to run into a left hook
which draped him on the floor
again. Once more he took a count
of nine. Davey arose wobbly but
game.
Gavilan wound up and whistled
a right hander which sent Davey
sailing through the ropes. Davey
nearly fell off the ring apron. He
took the nine count on one knee
and then wearily fought off di
saster until the bell intervened.
Davey appeared to be almost I
in a trance as he slumped onto
his stool. It was obvious the bout
was over—and Davey failed to,
answer the bell for the 10th. Un- !
der Illinois boxing rules, it wu
scored as a tenth round technitfS!
knockout. Gavilan danced gayly
around the ring while the 20,000
fans buzzed and roared at the
termination of the scheduled 15
rounder.
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Wlcfscn Asks For
Army Induction
SAN FRANC.SCO (AP)~ All*
America Football star Ollie Mat
son is asking -for immediate in
duction into the army. Apparently
he’ll get his wish.
His draft board said it would
be happy to oblige and ordered
tjie 23-year-olc athlete to report
for duty February 20th. Matson,
now a star with the professional
Chicago Cardinals, had been de
ferred on a 1-A basis because of a
broken wrist suffered in a Card
football game.
Matson also was a track ace,
placing third in the 1952 Olympic
400-meter race.
SPORTS FARE |
Thursday. Feb. 12
‘ :50 Court 40 Sr,ma Hall H vs. Chi Phi B
• Ffl Court 4.5 Stitzvr II:.;! fi vs. Sherry
4:. = Coun 4> Counselors B vs. Phi Karpa
A!p*ia B
4:55 Court 13 pj Kappa Phi A vs. Beta
1 beta Pi A
5:15 Court 40 Sigma Alpha Epsilon A. vs.
Jau Kappa Epsilon A
5:15 Court 45 Alpha Hail A vs. Sigma Hall
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