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. I i<»Ntcrcfl by the return of a sensible, curtailed substitution rule
;ukI a profitable four weeks of spring practice, the University
. 01 * Oregon \\ ehfoots have established themselves as the most im
l’roved football squad on the Pacific Coast. The coaches find it
- l|:il,l to disguise the fact; and the enthused athletic news bureau
1 n t in any mood to dampen this enthusiasm—not after four
. years of austerity.
What we are looking for,” Len Casanova repeated through
• out the sessions, “is consistency in efforts and results.” Appar
ently the Ducks have achieved measured success along these
lines, since the staff has done little moaning. The number one
task, by far, was converting some of the specialists into more
versatile, hence useful personnel.
An example: Emery Barnes, the elastic right end from I’ort
„ Imid, has been a defensive demon, but in less than a month
Barnes has exhibited enough progress offensively that he would
start against Nebraska if that game were today instead of Sept.
l'< Ron Pheister has an altogether different problem. The soph
omore center saw no action with the defensive platoon last year,
Put indications are that Pheister w ill back Up the line and thus
;.\e hi> job as fir>t string hiker.
Want Balanced Attack
It was obvious during the spring scrimmages that the Ducks
v i n working overtime in an attempt to get a workable running
. attack-, to balance the effective passing duo of George Shaw and
barney Holland. With Shaw and Stan Dmochowskv, another
UR. on leave with the Northern Division baseball champions and
I ed Anderson, track, missing from the drills, it gave Cas and hi>
a-'istant- a chance to concentrate on that running game.
And the two scrimmages produced but nine touchdowns.
Last year the football was fired with abandon; the Ducks
produced 14 tallies in three quarters of action and Casanova
mercifully called a halt to the proceedings.
What about this “most improved” ball club? Jack Roche,
Casanova's right hand man. attributes much of the improvement
t i the junior college transfers—'1 ini Maherlv, 207-jound junior
guard from Pasadena; W alt Gaffney, 174-pound junior halfback
from Binghampton, N. Y. via San Bernardino JC; Don Gran
L'-rg, 176-pound, 6 foot, 1 inch end from Everett, Wash.; and
Keith 1 ticker, 197-pound junior from Eresno.
Except in a few cases like that of 1 om Novikoff, Oregon has
had miserable luck with jaysee transfers. But Roche says this,
. crop is different. They all fill our needs.”
A Big Improvement
M'.st of the experts have tabbed Oregon's flank as the most
vulnerable, offensively and defensively. "Not so," contends
Roche. "The biggest surprise, and a pleasant one, has been the
pla\ of 'font Klliot, a converted halfback.” Klliot, an ex-marine,
started the 1952 season as a halfback, but a fractured leg side
lined him for the year.
Although the Ducks lack a power runner of the Novikoff
type at the fullback slot, Roche believes that Dean Van Leu
ven, 198-pound holdover from Bandon, is a good broken field
runner and elusive enough that the Webfoots will not suffer
there.
The center of the line is considerably strengthened and will
be a bit heavier than the 1952 forward wall. Competition is keen
and that’s a healthy condition.
At present the Ducks plan to carry 33 men, or three platoons.
“We'll probably play a first unit for one quarter, then substitute
with the entire first team made up entirely of seniors, the second,
junior and so on.”
Roche hinted that there wouldn’t be much difference between
the first and second units. “When we bring in a new team, so
will the opposition.”
Starting Assignments?
Here's a possible line-up which the Ducks could use against
Nebraska Sept. 19 in Lincoln.
The first unit: LE—Elliot (188); LT—Hal Reeve (222);
LG—Harry Mondale (196) ; C—Pheister (206) ; RG—George
Mutschler (193) ; RT—Jack Patera (213) ; RE—Barnes (207) ;
Q—Shaw (178); LH—Dick James (170); RH—G a f f n e y
(174); F—Van Leuven (198).
Second unit: LE—John Reed (187); LT—Tucker (197);
LG—Flaherty) (207) ; C—Dave Lowe (223) ; RG—Ken Sweit
zer (192) ; RT—Harry Johnson (213) ; RE—Len Berrie (210) ;
Q—Holland (186) ; LH—Anderson (183) ; RH—Cece Hodges
(174) ; F—Larry Rose (194).
Chances are you won't get a chance to see these Ducks again
until Oct. 3 at Hayward field when they host the UCLA Bruins,
the PCC favorite ... if it's anything like the 1952 opener in LA
you'll see the football game of a life time.
TROJANS SHOO-INS
Ducks In PCC Meet
i ne ' Oregon trackmen ring
flown the curtain on the 195.3
track and field season at Palo
Alto today and Saturday in the
annual I’CC championships.
'I he Ducks, who finished sixth
last year, have a good chance
of a better performance this
year, but Southern Cal is con
sidered a shoo-in for top hon
ors.
The Ducks finished third in the
dual meet season with a record of
two wins and two losses, and also
finished third in the Northern Divi
sion championships at Eugene last
Saturday. But Oregon has more
potential than they have displayed
to date.
Time Trials Held
Time trials will be held in the
100, 220, 440, high and low hurdles,
and any field events where it is
necessary.
The Ducks stand to pick up their
most points in the pole vault. Three
Webfoot vaulters took the trip,
and Oregon has a good chance of
placing two among the point win
ners. Ray Packwood seems like a
good choice for Oregon’s only first
place in the meet, having turned
in the best heights this season.
Packwood is consistent at 14 feet,
! and unless something very unus
ual happens, no one else in the
conference will top this.
Southern Cal's Trojans are
heavily favored to take the meet
for the thirteenth consecutive
year. The big SC farm system
has filled up every weak spot
and the Trojans will field two
world’s record holders. Perry O’
Brien and Sam Iness, shot put
and discus record holders, re
spectively, will be trying for big
ger and better records.
Jack Davis, SC's ace hurdler,
who has run the high hurdles in
13.7, just .2 of a second off the
world's record, will be heavily fav
ored to take both hurdles events,
but Willard Wright, another South
ern Cal boy, will furnish plenty
of competition. The Trojans are
also favored to capture the broad
jump, and Ernie Shelton is as good,
if not better than WSC’s Howard
McCants in the high jump.
Clement in 880
Doug Clement may place in the
880, and both Martin and Turner
could pick up points in the mTie
Duck Netmen
Post 2-7 Mark
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Oregon’s tennis team finished
conference play last weekend by
entering the ND finals held at the
University of Washington. Ron
Lowell and Neil George, two of
the team's outstanding players,
gained the semi-finals, but were
defeated by the championship
Washington team. The second
doubles, Bob Baker and Martin
Magi, were eliminated in the pre
liminaries by OSC.
During the season, the varsity
had a 2-7 record. In conference
play they posted a 1-4 mark.
The Frosh team played four
matches, winning one. They de
feated OCE 5-2, then lost the next
three contests, including two to
the OSC Rooks.
Although several of his varsity
players will graduate, Coach Capt.
Laurence predicted “a better sea
son next year.” He state that sev
eral Frosh players, including Dick
Gray, Don Bonime, Shannon Old
ham, Bill Dutton and Jerry Ogl,
would be of help in building the
team in 1954.
FRED TURNER
Duc k Miler in PCC Meet
run. Oregon’s two miler, Ken Reis
er should score in the distance
event, since the Southern Division
is particularly impotent in this
event.
The teams are rated in about
the„ following order: 1. Southern
Cal; 2. Stanford; 3. California; 4.
WSC; 5. UCLA; 6. Oregon; 7_
Washington; 8. Idaho; 9. OSC.
Sales Start July 1
Faculty season tickets will go
on sale July 1 for the coming
football and basketball seasons. -
The price will remain the same
as last year which was $13.00
per season ticket.
A married member of the fac
ulty may purchase one for each
member of his family for which
he claims a tax exemption; single
members may purchase two. All
civil service employees may pur
chase two tickets.
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