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By Jerry Claussen
Emerald Sports Writer ■■
A prospective post-season grid game between unbeaten
UCLA, kingpin of the coast, and Miami university, the only
unscathed team south of the Mason-Dixon line, was given
the thumbs-down treatment from NCAA moguls this week
to prove again that when a school gets penalized by the college
organization, it's for real. Earlier in the season, Miami was
given a one-year suspension from playing in any post-season
games because of illegal “recruiting” of players.
Football still has another month to go before it hangs
up its togs for the year, but it isn’t too hard to pick out
the most surprising teams of the 1954 grid campaign. They
both come from the always-exciting Southwest Conference
where often-trampled Arkansas is leading the parade to
the Cotton Bowl New Year’s Day. •
The Razorbacks, after winning only three games all last
season while losing seven, including a murderous 47-0 de
cision to Rice, have rolled up six straight victories this year
to become one of the nation’s six remaining unbeaten and
untied teams. In virtually every game they have been rated
as underdogs but have come through with victories over
strong Mississippi, a tough Baylor team, Tulsa, Texa- Chris
tian. Texas, and Texas A. & M. to take the number four spot
in the Associated Press poll.
Texas Heading for Cellar
Meanwhile the pre-season favorite for the-conference title.
Texas, has fallen flat on its face in winning only two games
in seven assignments, neither of them from conference op
ponents. t ne L,ongnorns were
picked by virtually every pre
dictor to be in the Cotton Bowl
come January 1, but now they
will have to struggle to keep
out of the cellar.
Quite an entertaining art
icle about Oregon’s George
Shaw has appeared in the
latest issue of Sport, which
appeared on the news stands
Tuesday. It is written by A1
Stump, one of Sport’s top
writers for several years and
is accompanied by a full
page color photo of the Duck
All-American quarterback
candidate. The article also
has its share of mistakes,
such as the remark that “It’s
SLATS GILL
OSC Cagers Favorite
true enough that Oregon’s state flower is the Rose.” (Really
the Oregon Grape) but in general it makes enjoyable read
ing.
The Duck football team in paritcular should cast their
eyes through this piece on Shaw and Oregon. They should be
very interested in a quote from a member of UCLA’s football
coaching staff that “Oregon . . . doesn’t belong in this league.”
Maybe they can change his attitude tomorrow.
Basketball Opener Coming
Basketball fans are in store for perhaps their greatest treat
of the cage season in the Ducks’ opener with Santa Clara De
cember 3 in a doubleheader together with Oregon State and
California at McArthur court. OSC is the favorite for the
Northern Division title this year and it will be interesting
to see just what Slats Gill’s Beavers can do without “Swede”
Halbrook at center until January.
The teams from the south will bring with them two of
the top cagers in the nation in Bob McKeen and Ken Sears.
Sears is in his fourth season with the Santa Clara Broncos
and each year has led them to the NCAA regional tourney.
McKeen was the top scorer for a strong California Bear
team last year and he is being ballyhooed as the top player
in the western half of the country.
Sears and McKeen, 6’ 9” and 6’ 7” tall respectively, should
provide the Ducks and Beavers with big problems and the
fans with a lot of enjoyment on Friday night only four weeks
hence.
Bruins All Ready
For Eighth Win
LOS ANGRLES, CALIF.
UCLA’s unbeaten Bruins, flying
high after seven straight victor
ies, will be out to make it eight
at the expense of the country’s
No. 1 total offense baokfield
leader, George Shaw, and his tal
ented Oregon Webfo'ots in an im
portant PCC football game at
the Los Angeles Coliseum Satur
day at 2 p.m.
The fabulous Shaw has piled
up 1245 yeards, 1068 by passing
and 177 by rushing, to pace the
nation's backs this season, in
cluding the player who flashed
his greatness against the Bruins
last week, California's peerless
Paul Larson. Larson trails Shaw
with 1117 yards.
Shaw is worth the price of ad
mission. He also punts, kicks off.
place kicks, culls signals and is
a superb defensive back. This
will be his final collegiate ap
pearance in the Coliseum and he
alone figures to draw a big
crowd to the Coliseum.
Larson gave the Bruins fits
last week, completing 25 out of
38 passes for 280 yards but no
touchdowns. How will Shaw fare
against the team which is catch
ing the attention of the nation
with its all-around brillance?
However, Oregon is definitely
not • a one-man team. George
Dickerson, Bruin scout who hits
seen the Ducks in action twice
this season, says they also have
standout in halfback Dick James,
fullback Jasper McGee, center
and linebacker Ron Pheister,
guard Jack Patera and ends Hal
Reeve and Dick Mobley.
James is a speedy halfback
who is Shaw's favorite target.
He's caught 21 passes for 324
yards even though he missed one
game. McGee is a 208-lb. full
back who is rated one of the top
sophomore prospects in the con
ference. He's averaging nearly
four yards a crack so far this
year.
Coach Len Casanova's Web
foots come to town all pepped up
and raring to pul an upset, fol
lowing their impressive 26-7 vic
tory over Washington's favored
Huskies last week. Oregon now
trails only undefeated UCLA and
SC in the PCC standings with
three wins (Idaho, California and
Washington) and two defeats
(Stanford and SC). The visitors
boast a 4-3 seasonal record.
Red Sanders’ Bruins continued
on their triumphant way, scoring
a convincing 27-6 win over a
strong Bear team and a red-hot
Mr. Larsen.
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Aussie Miler
Picks Oregon
By Gordon Sakamoto
Emerald Sportt Writer
Ranked as the foremost half
miler and second to the fabulous
John Landy in Australian track
and field is Jiin Bailey, u fresh
man majoring in geology ut Ore
gon.
But it is only by faith that Bai
ley ended up here instead of
some other institution.
Arriving in Vancouver, B.C., in
mid-July to participate in the
British Empire Games, Bailey
began thinking of attending
school in America. Having
friends in Vancouver, he decided
to stay as close to them as posr
sible, and not wanting to enroll
at too large an institution, he
picked Oregon.
At the Empire Games this
summer, Bailey was the Aussie
half-mller. He won the prelim
inary half-mile with a time of
1:54.2 hut suffered a broken
foot just prior to the finals.
He was also an entry In the
mile "race of the century" be
tween the two greatest milers
today, Itoger Bannister of Eng
land, and Iatndy.
Bailey, a native of Sidney,
never considered himself a track
ster until after graduating from
high school in 11M6. He ran in
high school hut "not seriously."
At thn| time, hf was considered
us un outstanding rugby pros
pect.
Halley, utter graduating, en
rolled for nlxht session at Sid
ney Technology college major
ing In surveying, lie was em
ployed by the Sidney Irrigation
during the curly hours of the
day.
It was while attending Sidney
Tech that hla father insisted that
he join a track club. So he Joined
the St. George aggregation of
Sidney. At first, as In high
school. Bailey thought only of
keeping In condition for rugby
but It wasn’t long before he dis
covered that he could run long
i er than faster. Bailey credits
part of his endurance to his high
school where the students Were
required t>> go for a ten-rfltle hike
every Saturday.
Bailey scored his first major
| triumph in 1950 by winning the
j two-mile and five-mile state
races.
It was In 1951 when Bailey
became a national hero In \us
trallu after winning the na
tional half-mile run. He re
peated this feat again this
year. His best time for the
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