Ducks Dump Huskies. 26-7
By Gordon Rico
Eraarold Spoilt Editor
SEATTLE-(Special)-A fighting
mad hand of Oregon Ducka came
back In the second half here Sat
urday to end the five-year dom
inance of the Washington Hus
kies In this annual football scries.
The final score wan 20-7_ but
four other Oregon drives bogged
down inside the Husky 25-yard
line, and another Oregon touch
down wuh called back.
The contest was not as one
sided as the figures would indi
cate, however, as Washington was
in the game, all the way until
the final quarter. The Huskies
netually scored first, and they
too had one touchdown culled
back on a penalty,
Shaw Shines
George Shaw bolstered his
chances for All-American selec
tion by completing 13 out of 24
passes for 183 yards, and picked
up on additional 14 yards on the
ground. Jn so doing Shaw broke
tin all-time Oregon record for the
most yards gained in one season.
Shaw's total gives him a total
of 1245 yards for the season, 132
more than the record of 1113 set
by Norman Van Urocklin in 1948.
And he still has three more games
to go.
But the great Oregon quarter
bark was not the only star here
Saturday. The new backfield com
bination of Shaw, Halfbacks Dick
James and IJoyd Powell, and
Fullback Jasper McGee wore
down a tough Washington defense
in the second half to win the
game.
Huskies Score First
As mentioned before. Washing
ton scored first in the game, after
they had frustrated two Oregon
drives, stopping the second one
on the Husky 23. Heartened by
their ability to halt the Ducks,
the Huskies marched 75 yards in
11 plays to score.
Halfback Bill Albrecht went the
final 12 yards for the score alter
Borcher Slates
First Practice
About 30 candidates are ex
pected by Coach Bill Borcher to-,
day at McArthur court when bas
ketball practice begins for the
Oregon 1954-55 cage team.
Only four lettermen are back
from last year's Duck team
which finished second in the
Northern Division race behind
Oregon State. These plus four
non-lettermen veterans from the
1953-54 team and an Oregon nu
meral winner from 1951. form the
core around which the team will
be built.
Lettermen include Max An
derson, center; Howard Page,
guard; Jerry Ross and Ray Bell,
forwards, and Jim Luacatoff, a
center from the 1951 varsity
squad. Non-lettermen returning
include Kent Dorwin, Rex Davis,
Bill Sherman and Gary Mc
Manus.
Boreher’s team will have just
over four weeks in which to get
ready for their opening game at
a doubleheader in McArthur
court December 3. The Ducks
will play Santa Clara while the
Beavers of Oregon State will
tangle with California in the
second game.
The teams journey to Corvallis
the following night, Saturday, to
play a second doubleheader. That
night Oregon plays California
while OSC plays Santa Clara.
IM Schedule
Monday
3:50 Beta Theta Pi A vs. Phi
Sigma Kappa A, court 40.
. Sigma Phi Epsilon A vs. Phi j
Gamma Delta A, court 43.1
4:35 Delta Tau Delta A vs. Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon A, court {
40.
Sigma Nu A vs. Phi Kappa
Psi A, court 43.
5:15 Delta Upsilon A vs. Sigma j
Chi A, court; 40.
Alpha Tau Omega A vs. j
Phi Kappa Sigma A, court j
43.
outflanking the Oregon defend
ers. The Oregon pass defense suf
fered a temporary let-down and
contributed to the drive, and
Waahington waa receiving fine
blocking from its line, eapecially
on end runa. Bob Dunn kicked the
extra point, and Waahington led
7-0 in the aecond quarter.
Oregon Cornea Back
Oregon got a chance to eveo
it up a few rninutea later when
STATISTICS
Ore W**h
Net Y#»r«h Ntifthiiiff . 223 1,4
I’Jtwt Attempted 24 22
I'uxarr* Cotnplrfrfl ,13 }4
I'fOWi If4(1 Intercepted 1 2
Net Yards Pft»»inic V* 3 153
Total OffenM* 217 4<#»
Kirn flown* 20 11
I urnMe* 2 3
Fumble* I-o*f .1 1
Keeve fell on Cox fumble on the
Waahington 15.
Two playa later McGee made
12 yards on a draw play to the
three. Oregon waa penalized for
being offaide on the next play,
but JamcH carried the ball to the
one, and McGee took it over
from there.
The Ducks miaaed their chance
to tie when Shaw miaaed the
extra jjoint, and Waahington went
into the dressing room at half
time leading 7-6.
I-ong I'aaa Play
Waahington threatened as the
aecond half started but Reeve’s
firat interception of a Cox pans
stopper) the march om the Oregon
26. From that point Oregon
marched to ltn second TD. The
score was set up by a 51-yard
pass play from Shaw to James,
who was 10 yards behind the
nearest Washington defender
when he caught the ball.
Halfback Stewart Crook tripped
James up on the Husky two-yard
line. On the next play James
went over left tackle for the
i touchdown. Shaw kicked the ex
I tra point and the score was 13-7.
From that point it was all
| Oregon, as the Ducks added two
Oregon Harriers
Defeat Beavers
The Oregon Ducks scored an
| easy cross country victory over
the OSC Beavers last Friday aft
; ernoon. The race was held be
tween halves of the Oregon-OSC
freshman football game. The
Ducks took all of the first, four
, places and sixth place. Bill Dell
inger, NCAA mile champion, led
the Ducks, followed by Ken Rei
ser and Stan Rutherford to take
' the first three places. Don Mesk
' inen and Doug Clement, both of
Oregon, took fourth and sixth
' place respectively. Dellinger*s
time for the near three mile
course was 12:32.7.
Ducklings Down
OSC Rooks 13-6
Coach Bill Hammer's Oregon
Frosh defeated the OSC Rooks
13-6 last Friday afternoon at
Hayward Field, The key men for
the Oregon offense were Quar
terback, Jack Henkel, Kugene,
who scored the two touchdowns
and Jim Shanley, North Bend,
who was the game's leading
ground gainer with an average
of C.8 yards in seven carries. Lead
ing the Oregon defense were—
Norman Chapman, Medford;
John Raventoa, Menlo Park,
California; Steve Bigelow. Coos
Bay; Tom Hale, Milwaukee; and
Milton Blevins, Grants Pass.
The Rooks scored the first
touchdown of the game after
Sam Wesley, quarterback, ran
23 yards to the Oregon 12. Ore
gon held the Rooks to 5 yards
and took over on downs on their
own seven. On the first play from
scrimmage the Ducklings fum
bled and OSC recovered. Wesley
then passed to Bob DeGrant for
the touchdown. Wesley's try for'
the extra point was no good.
One of the most unusual plays
of the game came in the second
quarter. Ted Searle, the Rooks
fullback from Honolulu, attempt
ed a barefooted field goal. It was
blocked by Henkel who then
picked it up, latoaled to Phelps,
who in turn ran to the OSC 42
yard line, making a total loss of
28 yards on the play for the
Rooks.
The Oregon Frosh finally got
rolling in the fourth quarter.
Early in the quarter Henkel went
42 yards for the first Oregon
touchdown. Steve Bigelow kicked
the extra point giving the Duck
lings a 7-6 lead. Henkel scored
again wih five minutes remain
ing in the game. The extra
pomt attempt by J. C. Wheeler
was no good and the score stood
at Oregon 13, OSC 6.
The longest run in the game
was a 54 yard punt return by
Jim Shanley late in the fourth
quarter.
The game was full of fumbles.
Oregon fumbling 14 times ar.d
losing the ball eight times. The
Rooks fumbled six times and lost
the ball five times.
These two teams will meet
again on November 12 at Cor
vallis.
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more score* in the final period.
Karly in I he period James re
turned a Washington punt 60
yards for a touchdown, but it was
caiied back hy an illegal use of
hands penalty against the Ducks.
Oregon then promptly marched
all the way for the touchdown in
10 plays, with Powell going over
from the two. Shaw’s kick was
wide, but it didn’t make much
difference.
Reeve Sparkles
Reeve’s second pass intercep
tion »e,t up the final Oregon score
The Ducks took over on the
Washington 43 and went all the
way m 32 plays. The touchdown
came on a six-yard pass from
Shaw to Reeve, who juggled the
ball but held onto it as he was
knocked out of the end zone.
Shaw booted this extra point,
and with 35 seconds remaining
the store was 26-7. Washington
had time for only one more play
alter the kickoff—art incomplete
pass by Cox.
Sports Staff
Desk Kditor: Jerry Olson.
Reporters: Gordon Rice, Paul
Kratzfce, Jerry Clanssen.
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