Duck-San Jose Contest Set Crowd to See Passing Duel Lured by the prospect of a top flight aerial duel, a Family Day crowd of about 10,000 is expected to appear at Hayward field Sat urday afternoon for the non-con ference grid battle between Ore gon und the Invading Spartana_of San Jose State. Both bead coaches, Len Casa nova of Oregon and Bob Bron zan of the Spartans, have out standing passers heading their spltt-T attacks. The Ducks, of course, claim all-american can didate George Shaw and the Sparta have tenth-ranking na tional passer Benny Fierce. Shaw has amassed 748 yards by completing 53 tosses in 106 attempts. Pierce boasts 444 yards gained with his 33 strikes in 59 tries. Case nova Is expected to field virtually the same lineup that lias held forth for most of the season. Included are Knds I>lek Mobley and Hal Itreve, Tackles l.on Miner and Keith Tucker, Guards Keaiious Cochrane and .lark Patera. Center Iton Pheis ter Is a doubtful starter and Art Weber may open at the position. Oregon's squad of running backs has been switched fre quently during the past week's workouts. Regulars Dick James and Jasper McGee have been fa voring injuries but are expected to see action. Halfback Tom Crabtree and Fullback Larry Rose. Impressive in scrimmage sessions, may sec mujor duty al so. James leads the Duck rushers with 210 yards gained, followed by McGee with hu» 157 and Dean Van Leuven with 104. In pass receiving. James rapks second in the country with hia 19 catches for 256 yards. The visitors from California claim a 3-1 record for the '54 campaign, holding wins over Utah State, Idaho and Arizona State of T e m p e . Bronzan's forces were idle last week while the Ducks were losing to USC, 24-14. The Spartans' lone defeat came at the hands of California, a 45-0 drubbing that was marred by 13 San Jose fumbles. Behind Pierce, the Spurts have an imposing ««Jt of run ning luicks operating behind their 215-pound-per-man-aver ttg<* forwurd wall. Halfbacks Hoy lllrma and Stan Beasley each carry eight-yard rush ing averages while fullback Dave Fanner scored three touchdowns in hln last outing. Joe Ulm, the top Spart full back both last year and this season, is out for the season with Top Coast Team To Get Bowl Bid SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A bunch of big fat question marks pop into view as the Pacific Coast Conference settles down to the bulk of its circuit schedule. The biggest, of course, is the Rose Bowl. Intersectional contests don’t count in Rose Bowl bids, and those have taken up the bulk of the schedule so far. Most of the Coast teqms have yet to meet each other. Eight of the nine outfits tangle with Conference rivals Saturday. USC hosts California, Washington travels to Stanford, Washington State and Idaho tangle in their an nual battle at Pullman, and mighty UCLA visits Oregon State. Oregon and independent San Jose State knock heads on the Ducks’ home grounds. Logical choice for the Rose Bowl would be the Uclans if the rules would let them repeat their New Yeats’ Day visit of 1954. a shoulder separation. He tallied 11 touchdown* in four gameU in 1953 before being sidelined by an ineligibility ruling. Anchoring the massive Bpart line are two big tackles. They are 234-pound Jack Crawford and 218-pound Jack Adam*. The top pa*» target of Pierce ia end Clarence Wes*man, a 8’4”, 230 pound *pecimen. Wessman ha« been rated above Billy Wilson, San Francisco 49er wingman who formerly played at San Jose. Each team ha* a high na tional rating In team panning offenne markn. Kron/an’s club rank* sixth behind the nerond plnce Webfoo'tn. Oregon han a 181-yard average while the S parts haie a 151-yard record. Last year’s game, also played at Eugene, was a 26-13 thriller r.ot decided until the final eight BENNY PIERCE Star Spartan Passer minutes. The Spans led 7-6 in the fourth period when George Shaw and Dick James «cored three times between them to wrap up the win. Next week the Sparts travel to Denton, Tex., to play North Texas State while the Ducks move into Seatttle for their an nual tussle with the Washington Huskies. The Spartan contest is slated for a 1:30 kickoff with a radio broadcast on KUGN at 1:15. Bruins Take Statistic Lead LOS ANGELES-<8peciali-A new combination, California's Paul Larson and Jim Hanifan, has taken over the aerial lead ership of the Pacific Coast con ference, it was disclosed this week by statistics from the PCC commissioner's office. Last week Oregon's George Shaw and Dick James were ranked first both in the con ference and nationally, but the work of Larson and Hanifan last Saturday relegated the Oregonians to second place. Larson has completed 54 passes for 678 yards during the first five games and has a com pletion mark of 62 9 per cent. Shaw Is just one notch behind with 53 completions for. 748 yards. Hanifan caught seven passes Saturday to become the leading receiver with 22 catches for 289 yards and two touch downs. James has 19 for 256. Washington Leads Duke Washington, fullback from Washington State, has maintained his leadership in rushing with a total of 413 yards and an average of 5.8 pier carry. Jon Arnett of Southern Califor nia has moved into second with 379 yards. Arnett netted 179 yards on the ground last Satur day for the best one-game rush ing performance in the confer ence this year. Total offense leader is Shaw with 845 yards, the Oregon quar ’ terback having picked up 97 yards rushing in addition to his passing. Larson has 675 yards and Arnett, 510. Brown Sets Record Sam Brown, UCLA tailback, set two all-time PCC game rec ords last Saturday and in so doing bolted into the lead in punt returns. He has a total of 157 yards and two touchdowns to 127 yards for teammate Doug Bradley. Brown’s new PCC game > records are 132 yards on punt returns (old mark: 1, held by several men.) James has the most yards on kickoff returns. 137; Bob Iver son, Washington State, has in tercepted the most passes, four, and Jim Withrow. Oregon State, is the leading punter, with a 43.2 average. Heading the scoring race is Arnett with eight touchdowns for 48 points while James and Sports Staff Desk Editor: Jerry Claussen. Staff: Jack Nance, Jack Wil ; son, Gordon Rice and Allen John | son. Just Opened r.y Owned and Operated by Rita and Ray Jenkins A couple old friends, Tony the Polack and Johnnie the 8 Greek, invite you out to the O. K. TAVERN to renew old acquaintances. Plenty * of booths, tables and two shuffleboards for your enjoyment. O.K. TAVERN 28th AND MAIN SPRINGFIELD UCLA'h Bob Davenport have seven touchdowns each. Statistics: Rushing TCBYGYLNet Avg I) VY a*httifft'm. WS 71 429 16 41.5 S.H Jon Arnett. SC 56 J91 12 379 6.8 llilllarr, St .68 367 23 344 5.1 11 IJavensent. IT LA 65 303 20 283 4 4 i'ttt lleclter. CCLA 23 276 3 273 1 1.4 86 106 103 73 91 54 53 35 7 7 .6 .3 Pasting P. I^arvjn, C George Shaw, O John Brodie, St S. Lederman, W George Ki