Ducks Fight With Huskies
In Seattle Game Saturday
By Jerry Clautien
Emorald Sport* WriUr
Oregon will be out for their
first win over Washington In six
years tomorrow when the Ducks
and Huskies meet at Seattle in
a Pacific Coast Conference foot
ball clash. Kickoff time is 2 p.m.
The expected aerial duel be
tween All-American candidate
George Shaw and brilliant Husky
sophomore Bobby Cox la expect
ed to draw about 35,000 to the
double-decked Washington stad
ium. It will be the 47th game
between the two schools on the
gridiron and the Huskies hold
a 25-17 win margin with four
ties.
For the first time since l<en
Casanova took over the reins
of Oregon football, Oregon Is
the favorite In the game. This
role has lieen grunted on the
basis of more experience In the
Oregon front-line plus the bril
liant leadership of Khuw and
his passing.
The Ducks will be gunning for
revenge for the five straight de
feats suffered at the hands of
Washington. The string started
In 1049 wi'lf th« Huskies win
ning a narrow 28-27 victory and
continued through the 1953 cam
paign in which the Ducks lost
11-8. Particularly Oregon is seek
ing revenge for the murderous
63-8 Joss In 1951 wh'-n the pres
ent veternns were freshmen.
The Washinglnn-O r e g o n
game 1* scheduled to Iw* broad
cast over 16 Oregon nidln sta
IIoim Saturday with broadcast
llmr to begin at 1:45 p.m.
The stations Include: KBND,
Bend; KJl.N. Redmond; KY.lt’,
Medford", KK.NK, Kuwliurg;
KHKK. Baker: K\YR€, Pendle
ton; Kill., Tillamook; KOOI„
The Italics; KhlJ. Portland;
K V AS, Astoria; HASH. Eu
gene; KNIT. Newport; KTBM,
Iji Grande; KOOS, Coow Bay;
KHAV, Klamath Falls, and
KSHV, Ontario.
Oregon will take the field with
a lead over Washington in all
offensive and | defensive team
statistics. The Ducks lead the
coast in pass offense and defense
awl tank high in all other de
partments. Washington mean
while, Is high only in the pass
offense category, where it rateH
second behind Oregon.
Fans will see two of the na
tion’s tup passers in action at
Seattle with Shaw leading the
nation and the coast in total
yards gained from aerials. Cox
ranks third on the coast with
524 yards to Shaw’s 885. Shaw
has completed 60 passes in 126
attempts for a percentage of
.468 while Cox boasts a .432
average on S3 completions in
73 attempts since taking over
from the Injured Sandy Ledcr
man.
Oregon will hold a slight
weight advantage in both the
line and the backfield over the j
Huskies. The two teams should'
be at virtually full strength for
the game with only Duck right-1
half Walt Gaffney and Husky
end Jim Houston doubtful start
ers. The Duck wingback is re
covering from a sprained back
and will likely be replaced by
Lloyd Powell.
Washington will probably
open with Houston and Corky i
Lewis at ends, Gene Perdersen I
anil Ed Sheron at tackles,
Iairry Rhodes and Jerry Lang
er at guards, and Dell Jensen
at center In the line. In the
backfield, the foursome Will
include Cox at quarterback,
Bob Dunn and veteran Bill Al
brecht at halfbacks, and Stew
art Crook at the fullback post.
The Ducks will string along
with Hal Reeve or Phil McHugh
and Dick Mobley at ends, Lon
Stiner and Keith Tucker at
tackles, Reanous Cochrane and
Jack Patera at guards, and Cap
tain Ron Pheister at center.
Opening in the backfield will be
Shaw at quarterback, Dick
James and Gaffney or Pow#ll at
the halfback slots, and Jasper
McGee at fullback.
Coaches Pool Talents
Oregon football couches arc pictured above putting their heads
together for a conference to determine the best way of beating
the Washington Huskies Saturday. Included In the group are
head couch Iu-a Casanova, Johnny McKay, Jack Itoche, and
Vern Sterling.
Coast Pass Statistics
Led by Shaw, Larson
LOS ANGELES (APi — Cali
fornia’* Paul Larson and Ore
gon's George Shuw have leng
thened their leads over each
other in passing and total of
fense, respectively, according to
Pacific Coast Conference statls- i
tics released this week by the ;
Commissioner’s office.
Larson has pitched 68 comple
tions in 104 attempts during the
first six weekends of play to out
sunk Shaw, who has 60 in 126
tries. I-arson has thrown for 845
yards and six touchdowns, and
h%s had only four intercepted.
Shaw for 885 and five TD's. The
total offense figures are reversed
with Shaw totalling 1048 yards,
having added 163 rushing yards,
to his passing figures, and Lar
son 858. Paul having gained 13
yards on the ground. Larson has
been responsible for scoring 10
touchdowns to seven for Shaw.
Cougar Buck Leads K unit its
Duke Washington of Washing
ton State maintained his lead in
rushing with 463 yards and an
average of 5.7 yards per carry.
Bill Tarr, Stanford, has 427
yards and Jon Arnett, Southern
California, 404. Arnett and Bob
Davenport. UCLA, are tied for
the scoring lead with 48 points
each.
Jim Hanifan. California end,
has 26 passes to lead the pass re
ceivers. His catches have been
good foi 312 yards and three
touchdowns. John Stewart, Stan
ford, has 22 receptions and Dick
James, Oregon. 19. Bob Iverson.
Washington State, leads in inter
ceptions, having snared five.
Bruin Breaks Itetnrn Record
UCLA’s Sam Brown, who ear
lier set a new PCC one-game
record for punt returns, con
tinued his attack last weekend
and in so doing tied a season rec
ord of three touchdowns scored
on punt returns, first set in 1952
by Jim Sears, Southern Califor
nia. Brown has raced 235 yards
on nine punt returns for an aver
age of 26.1 yards.
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Volleyball Victors
Led by Phi Delts
Phi Delta Theta maintained
its undefeated record in League
A volleyball yesterday as they
overwhelmed the Lambda Chi
Alpha team In two straight
games, 15-2, 15-2. Lanky Bob
Wegner's deadly slams were in
strumental in the Phi Delt vic
tory, as his team provided him
many good set-ups.
Phil Crundell, Dick Childs,
Bob Gray and Bob Bye spear
headed a vicious Sigma Phi Ep
silon team which captured ils
second start in intramural play
by trouncing Delta Tau Delta,
15-1, 15-4.
In B league action. Phi Psi
slipped by Chi Psi two games to
one. It was all Phi Psi in the
first fracas and they took 11
straight points and went on to
win 15-3. Chi Psi bounced right
back in the second tilt, however,
winning 15-11. In the finale, Phi
Psi was too strong and posted
a 15-7 victory, thus winning the
series.
In frosh B league play, Cher
ney hall edged the Straub Frosh
two games to one. Straub won
the first game 15-13, but Cher
ney took the second, 16-14 in
overtime, and captured the final
and deciding tilt when time ran
out with them leading 3-1.
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