Shaw Gets Hoffman Trophv
Stiner New
Grid Captain
By Allen Johnson
fcm«r«ld Sporli Wnt»r
Expressing it ns his greatest
thrill ttlnce coming to the Hni
veinity of Oregon, George Show
wit, named by hlM teammates
Tuesday night as the recipient of
the 1 951 Hoffman award, sym
hollc of the moBt valuable senior
football player.
In the regular meeting of the
Oregon club, at aged bh a ban
quet in the Student Union ball
room, Oregon coached Introduced
players individually and Tackle
Bon Stiner was presented as the
1955 football captain.
Jack Shaw, George's brother
and football announcer, was
scheduled to be the main speaker
on the program but was forced
to fly on to Portland as fog hmde
a Eugene landing impossible.
Twelve Seniors Honored
Twelve seniors were honored
by the dub and were given in
dividual awards. They were Ends
Dick Mobley, Leroy Campbell,
Hal Reeve and Chuck Greenley;
Tackle Keith Tucker; Guard Jack
Patera; Center Ron Pheister, and
Backs Don Holt, Dean Van Leu
ven, Walt Gaffney, Lloyd Powell
and Shaw.
I or the first time since 1910,
when Halfback Woodley Lcul
got the award, the honor went
to a hack field man. (iiiard Ken
Swelt/.er won It last year and
.Monte lirethauer, a standout
end, was the 1952 winner.
With the honor, Shaw ended a
brilliant career under Coach Lam
Casanova. Beginning as a fresh
man in 1951 along with Casa
nova in his first year at the
Webfoot helm, Khaw was tabbed
then as a potential great.
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tieorge Shuw. senior quarterback, receive* the Hoffman award from Verne Hoffman at the
annual Oregon Hub football banquet Tuesday night. In the foreground is a bo* of groceries
presented to Coach la-n Casanova by Cniverslty President O. Meredith Wilson. The groceries were
to go with the ham presented to Casanova after his Ducks lost to t'tah earlier in the season
Set NCAA Record
He proved it in his first sea
son by Intercepting 14 enemy
passes as a defensive halfback
and was named as an All-Amer
ican freshman back. His inter
McHugh, James
Join Cage Team
Couch Bill Borrher welcomed
two Oregon fool hall players to
his Duck basketball squad this
week as the team continued drill
ing for their opening game only
nine days away.
The addition of Phil McHugh,
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a top-notch guard, and Dick
James, another promising back
court performer, considerably
strengthened the sophomore
studded squad. Both were im
portant parts of Len Casanova’s
grid machine this fall.
McHugh was a standout for
days and continued to look im
pressive as a Frosh player last
year. He joined big Bill Moore,
another football player who has
been working with the team, in
Monday and Tuesday drills.
James was a star halfback for
the football team and will be out
for basketball for his second
year. He was a first-stringer on
the Frosh two years ago but
hurt his leg last season which
kept him out of regular play.
He is taking a two-day rest from
football before coming out.
Borcher and Assistant Coach
Barney Holland continued to
work the 18 squad members on
fast-break patterns and offen
sive screening drills in prepara
tion for the Santa Clara game
Dec. 3 at McArthur court. Ore
gon State will play California
in the other half of the double
header.
Five lettermen continue to
hold down the temporary first
line bertha on the Duck team.
This list includes Hay Bell and
Max Anderson at forwards, Jim
Loscutoff at center, and Jerry
Ross and Howard Page at
guards.
Sturtlng Hole Hattie Dooms
Moore, Ed Bingham, Rich Cos
ti, Jack Sherman and McHugh
are also expected to be battling
for top spots I'm the squad.
Court Annex
Nears Finish
The new annex of McArthur
court is scheduled for completion
about Feb. 1. The annex is part
of the project to modernize the
athletic plant of Oregon.
The new annex on University
street next to the main building
will house offices now located in
McArthur court.
Included are the offices of the
athletic director, business man
ager, ticket office, secretarial
staff, athletic publicity, coaches
and the news bureau.
Rooms that now house these
offices will be converted into a
lettermen’s lounge and trophy
room, concert artist dressing
room and storage space.
ceptions set a national record
which still stands.
Coming from Portland's Grant
high school, along with Captain
and Center P.on Pheister, Shaw
was a prep standout in four
sports. He garnered all-state
football recognition in leading
the Generals to two state titles,
was named as an all-city bas
ketball guard, twice an all-state
baseball outfielder and once ran
100 yards in ten seconds to win
the city track meet in that event.
Standing G’ 1” and weighing
a slight 178 pounds, Shaw was
a t rue-jack-of-all-t rade* dur
ing his UO career on the grid
iron. He saw action in his
four years at quarterback,
halfback and end.
San Jose Asks
Gator Bowl Bid
SAN JOSE, Calif.-( AP)-T h e
Chamber of Commerce has
asked Jacksonville, Fla., Gator
Bowl officials to consider San
Jose State's Spartans for par
ticipation in the New Year's Day
bowl game.
Pointing to the Spartan's eight
wins against three losses this
season, the chamber said:
“You can be sure of a very
colorful participant in the game
by selecting San Jose State, the
top independent football power
on the Pacific Coast."
The home town boosters men
tioned San Jose State’s upset
19-14 victory over Stanford and
38-7 triumph over Idaho, both in
the Pacific Coast conference, and
a 27-20 defeat of North Texas
State.
Duck Bowlers Top
Washington State
Led by Bob Boyle's high series
of 620, the Oregon bowling team
opened its drive to regain its
1952-53 intercollegiate title by
overcoming Washington State
2739 pins to 2382 in a telegraphic
match.
The Duck keglers rolled their
winning scores Thursday, and
the Cougar results were received
Monday afternoon. Horn led the
losers with a 532 series. High
game totals were 983 for Ore
gon and 846 for WSC.
In 1951, George hit his peak
by leading the Ducks to a near
upset of Rose Bowl-bound Cali
fornia at Berkeley, 28-26. Shaw
gained 412 yards by completing
34 aerials. He also caught a 71
yard TD toss against Cal.
Completed 55 in 1952
As a sophomore in 1952, Duck
grid fortunes increased slightly
as George shared the quarter
backing job with Hal Dunham.
He tossed 55 complete passes
good for 666 yards this season.
while catching 11 tosses for 249
yards.
I^ast season, Shaw led Ore
gon in a 13-7 win over nation
ally-ranked Southern Califor
nia. and ga'ned 652 yards on
49 aerial connections. Catch
ing Barney Holland’s tosses
while at end and halfback,
Shaw took 13 for 197 yards.
It was in this 1954 season,
though, that Shaw became a na
tionally-recognized star. While
leading the nation in total of
fense, Shaw was named to the
West Shrine team for the New
Year's classic In San Francisco.
George collected 1536 yards
in edging Paul Larson of Cal.
He gained 1358 of these in com
pleting 91 tosses in 196 tries.
Included were ten touchdowns.
While rushing off the split-T
formation, he tallied 178 yards.
Shaw Keeps
National Lead
Statistics released by the Na
tional Collegiate Athletic asso
ciation Tuesday confirmed just
what everyone expected—that
Oregon’s George Shaw holds the
national total offense lead.
Shaw finished the season with
1536 yards to 1485 for Paul Lar
son of California. Larson leads in
passing with 125 completions
and Shaw is second with 91. Len
nie Dawson of Purdue is third in
both departments.
California End Jim Hanifan
finished the season with 44 pass
receptions for 569 yards and
seven touchdowns to lead in re
ceiving. Dick James of Oregon
was seventh nationally with 24
catches for 394 yards and four
touchdowns.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor: Gordon Rice.
Staff: Allen Johnson, Jerry
Claussen, Buzz Nelson, Gordon
Sakamoto. Bruce Tennant.
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