Ducks. OSC Set for 'War
I by Sam Vahey
l Emerald Sports Editor
The game that Oregon and
Oregon State have been await
ing for the last nine weeks will
^et underway today at 1 :30 p.m.
on Hayward field.
Neither squad was given
much chance for a high berth in
the Pacific Coast conference
when the experts mulled over
the coast elevens at the begin
ning of the year. And now, after
the season has almost rolled itself
up, these predictions have come
mostly true.
Slow Starts
Both Willamette valley squads
got off to slow starts in PCC ac
tion, and thereby eliminated them
selves from the Rose Bowl running.
Now, it all depends on this last
game. Whoever wins this one will
A*iave a successful season. The loser
will end the year on a sour note.
Both coaches, Len Casanova of
-Oregon, and Kip Taylor of OSC,
- anticipate a win for their respective
boys. Taylor doesn’t beat around
the bush about predicting an OSC
triumph. He came right out in the
open Monday at a Corvallis lunch
-eon and said the Beavers will come
-out on top.
‘Cas’ Also Confident
“Cas" though not so bold, is also
confident of a triumph. The genial
-=“tuentor, in his quiet-mannered way.
LEX CASANOVA
Hopeful Duck Mentor
stated, “We’re not going out there
to lose.” But we’re certain his feel
ings are quite a bit stronger than
this. He had his boys “up” psycho
logically for the Southern Cal up
set, and also for the fine job they
did last week in tying mighty Cali
fornia. He’s sure the Ducks will
come through victorious this after
noon, too.
KIP TAYLOR
Forecasts OSC Win
► ♦
The home club will sorely miss
the services of Halfback Dick
James when the two elevens take
the field. You can’t take the third
best ground gainer in the confer
ence out of a backfield and not
feet his absence.
But the Ducks are blessed with
a surplus of fine halfbacks this
year, and the vacancy will be ably
THRU THE YEARS ...
Alum Day Game Always Tops;
This Year's Tilt No Exception
:! By John Cary
I Emerald Sports Writer
For the past 33 years, the annual
Homecoming game at Hayward
J field has provided football fans
'with plenty of excitement and this
year’s battle with Oregon State
promises to be another thriller.
The Webfoots haven’t beaten the
leavers since Norm Van Brocklin
and company turned the trick in
1947 and '48. The '47 game was
•Oregon Homecoming. Oregon is fa
vored to win Saturday’s contest,
-«nd it’s the first time in five years
Hhat the Ducks have been given the
*>od in the traditional battle.
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'coming results, f.
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ances have been |
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can Quarterback
Van Brocklin
*yan Brockhn reaiiy m a a e uie
■•miserable for the Cougars that af
"♦ernoon with his accurate tosses to
4E>ick Wilkins. The ’47 tilt saw Half
back George Bell reel off a 78 yard
•f D run to give the Lemon and
-Green a 14-6 victory over OSC on
wain-soaked Hayward field.
Bruins Humbled
The last pre-war Homecoming
^ame in 1942 saw UCLA come to
ietown with big Rose Bowl ambitions.
■Oregon had other ideas, however,
and sent the Bruins home with a
'14-7 defeat. In 1941, Oregon State
edged the Ducks 12-7 bpt it was a
sgame many fans still remember.
•"That was the year the Beavers
“went on to win the PCC champion
.frtiip and whip Duke in the trans
planted Rose Bowl game at Dur
ham, N.C.
UCLA was Homecoming foe again
Hn. 1940. Oregon was low in confer
ence standings, but they managed
*to wallop the Bruins 18-0. Incident
sly, UCLA’s 12-0 victory over Ore
.jgon earlier this season was the first
iJBruin win on Hayward field.
Utah Falls in ’33
The 1933 team was one of the best
ijn Oregon history. Coach Prink Cal
lison’s club downed Utah 26-7 in
the Homecoming’ game. A big star
that afternoon was All-American
Fullback Mike Mikulak. The-Web
foots were denied a trip to the Rose
Bowl in favor of Stanford that year.
In 1928, rugged Johnny Kitzmil
ler, another great name in Oregon
football, paced the Ducks to a 31-6
rout of Montana. Kitzmiller was
undoubtedly one of the best athletes
to perform for the Lemon and
Green.
Rose Bowl in 1919
Last but far from least, we come
to Oftegon’s Rose Bowl team of
1919. Led by Skeet Manerud and
Bill Steers, the Ducks defeated
Oregon State 9-0 in the Homecom
ing fracus. These were the good
old-days of long ago; in fact OSC
was then known as Oregon Agri
cultural college.
Regardless of the outcome of
Saturday’s classic, the spectators
are in for a good afternoon of foot
ball and Homecoming activities.
Many Oregon alumni will leave col
orful Hayward field talking about
the performance of their Alma
Mater, and of such grid heroes as
George Shaw, Ron Pheister, Walt
Gaffney, Dick James, Jack Patera,
Hal Reeve and all the others.
Let's Beat the Boys
From the Cow College!
OSC CO-EDS watch their team leave
for Eugene to face the powerful
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Most fans are acquainted with
the individual stars of each squad,
■for the Aggies, Jim Withrow, Ralph
Carr, Jack Peterson, Tommy Little
and Jim Rock, freshly recuperated
from a term on the injury list, stand
out in the ball packing depart
ments.
No Wilted Lilies
Captain Laverne Ferguson and
Joe Fulwyler, guard and center re
spectively, make one of the strong
est middle-line duos on tho coast.
Ends Dick Van Lorn and Wes Edl
ger are no wilted lilies.
Likewise, the Ducks field a star
studded backfield. George Shaw,
quarterback, is almost a cinch for
a spot in the All-Coast lineup. Walt
Gaffney, although not too big in
stature, is a giant in competitive
spirit.
The Webfoot line is the only one
on the coast that has held all op
ponents to less than two scores per
game. Jack Patera, Ken Sweitzer,
Ron Pheister, Keith Tucker, Hal
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