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By Bob Robinson
^A»»i»t»nt Sports Editor
Some football prognosticators are poor but by far the worst of
all to our notion is none other than Paul H. Williamson. William
son. if you haven't already noticed, is the so-called noted football
•authority who each week ranks the top college football teams
.all over the L nitcd States. Supposedly, Williamson works out
his rankings by comparative scores and statistics. For those
people who haven’t discovered that it i- impossible to rank foot
ball teams accurately in this way, one look at Williamson's rat
ings will surely convince them.
'\ wo weeks ago when he came out with his first set of rank
ings fa few days after the (tregon-Xebraska game) he had
< >rcgon in 20th place, a very respectable rating. The following
Saturday, Stanford edged out the J)uck> 7-0 and immediately
.Williamson dropped Len Casanova's warriors all the way down
to 45th .-pot. This big drop was Reasonably understandable, con
sidering that the W ebfoots had gone into the game a- a slight
•favorite over the Indians.
p Downright Stupidity
But. in this week’s rankings Williamson demonstrated the
d iwnright stupidity of his system. As everyone in this area
knows, Oregon played a very good game last Saturday against
t . C. I.. A.'s highly-touted Bruins,. For three quarters the Ducks
held the powerful Californians at bay and only in the last quarter
did the \ isitors finally manage to score a pair of touchdowns to
win, 12-0.
Oregon, considered a three touchdown underdog, demon
strated in this game that they can take the field with the best
team- and make a very respectful showing. But. did Williamson
take notice of this? Xo, of course not. Instead, he put the Web
f iot- back to 73rd place. For the life of us we cannot see how in
Jhe world Oregon lost so much prestige after their great per
formance last week-end.
Look Who's Ahead of Us
. It is interesting to note some of the teams who are rated ahead
_bf the Ducks. A few of these are: Rutgers, Colorado A. & M.,
J'ordliam. and Wichita. It is hard for us to imagine any of these
-teams being able to defeat Oregon this year.
Big football game along the Pacific Coa>t this week-end will
• be in Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum Friday night when U. C.
L. A. matches plays with last year’s Big Ten Rose Bowl entry,
.the \\ isconsin Badgers. The Bruins will go into the game as the
. favorite but they will have to stop \\ isconsin’s hard running full
back, Alan Ameche, if they are to come out victorious. Anieche
'is considered one of the greatest backs of all time and could lead
.the Badgers to an upset if he is on.
Is That a Defense?
Interesting sidelight to the Oregon-Washington State game
.this Saturday is the Cougars’ statistical record thus far. In the
-three games they have played they have given up an average of
-410 yards per game to their opponents, ranking them ninth in
the Pacific Coast Conference in this respect. All the other con
ference schools have fared much better on defense than the
Cougars.
We noticed the other day that the Oregon State Rooks had a
turn-out of 114 aspirants for the first practice of the season. That
ought to please Varsity Coach Kip Taylor very much. Maybe he
'can find someone out of that bunch that will be able to generate a
scoring punch for next year's team. This year's Beaver squad
certainly lacks it. In their three games so far the Beavers have
"still to cross their opponent’s goal line.
Rags to Riches
Nags to Riches Story—That is the best term that can be ap
plied to the tremendous World Series performance of little Billy
Martin, New York Yankee second baseman. Martin, who has
•always been a good fielder but a weak hitter, put his name in the
record books as one of the most timely sluggers in World Series
-history. The fiery Yank pivot man banged out twelve hits during
the just completed scries to tie an all time record for number of
bits in a World Series. To make his feat seem even more remark
■able it should be mentioned that this year’s play-off with the
-Brooklyn Dodgers only lasted for six games. Had Martin had a
-chance to swing a bat in a seventh game he would no doubt have
-set a brand new record.
. 1 he ironic part of the story is that Martin might never of
got a chance to demonstrate his greatness if the Yanks’ regular
§econd sacker, Gerry Coleman, hadn’t been drafted into the
•Armed Services two years ago. When Coleman left the New
■Yorkers, Manager Casey Stengel, who had become acquainted
.with Martin when Billy was playing for the Oakland Oaks of the
Pacific Coast League, immediately called the little fellow up.
No one thought that Martin would make much of it for the
Yanks, but in the past two years Billy has proven that he is def
initely big league in all respects.
Duck Center
RON' PHEISTER
•Seen Plenty of Football
♦ ♦ ♦
Ron Playing
Third Year
By John Cory
Emerald Sports Writer
Ron Pheister, Oregon’s rough
ready center, is the main subject
of discussion this week, as the
Emerald sports staff begins a
series of short sketches on indiv
idual players.
Pheister is a twenty year old
junior from Grant high in Port
land, and this is his third season
as center for the Ducks. The 6’2”
205 pounder has been a stalwart
in the Oregon line all year.
Only Offense
Until this year, Ron was used
only as an offensive center in the
two platoon system, but has taken
to the defensive sibe of the game
like a fish does to water.
" hen asked for his opinion on
the platoon system the hard work
ing Pheister casually replied, “You
don't get enough action by just
playing offensive or defensive ball.
I like it better this way, and be
sides, it gives Oregon a better
chance.”
Played at Grant
Well P.on should know, because
he's been playing the game since
grammar school. He played three
years of varsity ball at Grant,
where he helped them win two
state championships, and was
chosen on the Shrine All-Star
team.
An interesting sideline is the
fact that his quarterback in gram
mar school, high school, and col
lege has been George Shaw, a star
in his own right.
Ron is majoring in Physical
Education, and hopes for a coach
ing career some day. He is an ATO
and fishing is his chief interest
outside of athletics. With a year
of eligibility remaining, Pheister
looms very large in Coach Len
Casanova’s future plans.
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POUR WAY BATTLE
Cal's Larson Takes
PCC Offensive Lead
LOS ANGELES-Paul Larson,
California’s made-over T-quarter
back, has taken over a 4-way bat
tle for total offense honors in the
Pacific Coast conference, it was
disclosed by statistics from the
PCC Commissioner’s office.
Larson, a former halfback,
amassed 434 yards in his first
three games to move ahead of
Sandy Lederman, Washington,
who has 403 yards; Aramis Dan
doy, Southern California, 401, and
Paul Cameron, UCLA, 354. Lar
son gained 68 yards rushing and
passed for 366. Cameron leads the
parade in touchdowns, being re
sponsible for six. He scored three
and pitched three TD passes. Dan
doy has four TDs; Larson and Led
erman, one each.
Dandoy Bushing Leader
Dandoy is the rushing leader
with 277 yards in 36 tries and a
7.7 average. Cameron is second
with 253 and Flip Kleffner, Idaho,
third, 178. Lederman is the NV 1
passer with 32 completions in 69
throws for 393 yards and 46.5 per
cent. One was a touchdown pass
and three were intercepted. Larson
ranks second with 24 completions
for 366 yards and Bob Garrett,
Stanford, third, 23 for 305.
Leading scorer is California
halfback A1 Talley with four
touchdowns for 24 points. Cam
eron and Dandoy have 18 points
each.
Steinberg Leads Catchers
John Steinberg has the most
pass receptions, eight for 96
yards, while three men have
caught seven: Jim Hanifan, Cal
ifornia, for 94 yards; Kleffner of
Idaho, 83, ar.d Jim Warsinske,
Washington, 81. Stanford's Gar
rett, who was strictly an offen
sive T-quarterback under the two
platoon, leads the Conference in
interceptions, having picked off
three. >
Cameron, UCLA’s triple-threat
tailback, leads the Conference in
a talent only recently added to
his repertoire, punting. Paul has
46.1 average on eight kicks. Kleff
ner is next, 41.0. Dandoy has the
most yardage on punt returns,
104, followed by Cameron, 95,
while Don Marks, California, ha3
133 yards on five kickoff returns
with Ralph Carr, Oregon State,
next, 112 yards.
Soccer Team
Sets Practice
University of Oregon’s soccer
team will hold another practice
Saturday at 1 p.m. on the intra
mural football field, according to
Godfrey Ibom, team manager.
The squad will be practicing for
a match November 14, at Corval
lis, against the Oregon State Beav
ers. Sponsoring the University’s
soccer squad is Wesley Foundation
and the foreign student organi
zation.
Ibom has divided his men into
two teams, the “Ghents”, named
after Foreign Student Adviser K.
S. Ghent, and the “Newburns”,
named after the past president of
the University.
The teams are:
Team A
Magi. Capt.
Grimes
Pritchard
Tan
Le Poullouin
Akebi
Chen
Hlmati
Fronk
Abdul-Xabi
' Sakihara
^ . Reserves:
! Hoesel
Team B
Hove. Capt.
Maharajh
Wassiamal
Kemavor
Tang
Bellnap
Yamado
Fung
Okeke
Reserves:
Lo
Tamb’ir.g
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