Huskies, Oregon Vie in Portland Two rat her aurprlHlng football will come to grip* Satur day night In Portland* Multno mah stadium, whi-n the newly* powerful Washington Huskies nu-el n speedy, ever-improving Oregon Webfoot team in a Pa cific Co a Hi conference game scheduled for H pint. Traditionally passing teams, •JOHNNY < HK.;i,KK«. The liovs . . . both llic Ducld uml Huskies h»Vf bcfn sticking rlosely to the ground thus fur In tin- 1955 season. The Hi'attle bovi*. in purtirulsry, nboui-d great ground potential with a 30-0 victory over Minnesota. And tin- Ducks' Jim Slum ley Is the ♦ ♦ ♦ Letterman Injured In Husky Workout SKATTI-K 'A* Injury con scious Washington gridders went through a light dummy drill Thursday as they tapered off for Saturday night's fracas with Ore gon at Portland under the lights. The drill produced one injury which cost the Huskies the s -rv ices of Frank Nelson, letterman guard, who pulled a back muscle A traveling squad of 37 was named for the Oregon tilt. The only man dropped from last week's group which went to Min nesota was Nat Davis, tackle, who sprained an ankle against the Gophers. He will he replaced by Dick Day, a sophomore tackle. The Huskies will hold another drill Friday night to test their reflexes under the arcs. Scries Sidelights BROOKLYN (*i Figuring the series: If you’ve pot any buttons wa gered in an inning pool, the fourth inning looks like a shoo in. Not only have more runs (Gt already been scored in this frame it' the "55 classic, but in World Series history the fourth inning has been the biggest run-pro ducer with 269. Bob Turley, whose major league background indicates lie pitches well late in the season, finished the regular campaign with four straight victories. The Yankee fireballer last lost to the White Sox 3-2 on Aug. 28. For the "He Shoulda Started Someone Else” department: -Brooklyn relief pitchers Don Bes sent, Clem Labine and Karl Spooner have given up only two hits in 6s.■> innings while hurling shutout ball, walking two and striking out six. lending rusher In the I»t’C with a 18.5 hull-carrying average. The graduat ion of G e o r g e Shaw and the switch to Minne sota by UW quarterback Bob < 'ox left each coach, Ben Casa nova of the Ducks and Johnny Cherberg of Washington, with a big gap to fill. Casanova, of course, has converted Junior let ter man Tom Crabtree into a sig nal-caller, while Cherberg has thrown former end Steve Koakc Into the breach along with '53 regular Sandy I.ederrnan, Washington boasts the tiet ter record, having stumbled past Idaho 14-7 in a narrow es cujre before administering a sound treating to the Big Ten Gophers. Oregon opened with Its tight 14-13 win over I'tah, anil following ttp w itii a 12-15 loss to I SC, though plating on even terms with the Tro jans for u good portion of the game. The Pucks have one of their fastest teams ever, with the two halfbacks, Dick Janies and Shan iey. taring 1-7 in PCC rushing statistics Shan ley has netted 216 yards tn Just 16 carries, while James has 100 yards in 24 tries. •Bin Jones, the Huskies’ sophomore halfback flush, is third la rushing with 133 yards in 25 tries. Fullback Bob Me N'amee of Washington is sixth with 106 yards in 24 attempts and halfback Credeil Green, i* n o (her sophomore, has 03 yards in 14 thrusts. With this good ground game, the Huskies will be working on a streak of six straight wins in Multnomah stadium. The last Oregon triumph came last year n Seattle when George Shaw and James led the Ducks to a 26-7 win. Before that, the lari Duck win was in 1948 by a 13-7 count. Alter their first game with Idaho when the Huskies fum bled II times, they were rele gated to the underdog role against Minnesota- But every thing seemed to cliek at Min neapolis, with scouts culling ♦ v ♦ Washington "their best block ing and tackling team.” End >lini Houston stood out in the win, getting two touchdowns, intercepting a pass, and play ing an alert defensive game. Standout* in the Husky line, a very heavy one, include Im pounders Houston and Corky I.ewls (from Hood River, Ore.); 230-pounders George Strugar and Fred Robinson at tackles, with 245-lb. Dick Day in reserve; 215-pounders Karl Monlux and Whitey Core at guards and 2,10 pounders Deli Jensen and Bert JIM HOUSTON . . . ami his best Watson at the center spots. It averages 207 pounds. A ground battle should high light the game, with the Husky line weight trying to halt the swift pony hacks of the Ducks. If I