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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1955)
0Duc&t7i&c&<i' By Jack Wilson Emarald An't Sportt Editor ,'V the world scries smoke clears away from the American ! sports scene, wo note with some surprise that the pro foot- j hall season i well under way, with old Father L’pset sitting j on nearly every bench. Last weekend’s go-round was no j exception, for out of the six games played, four must be ; ranked a definite overturnings of the pickers’ applecarts. Nearest and dearest to every Webfoot heart, of course, is the fantastic trail of havoc rookies George Shaw and , Alan Ameche are helping the Baltimore Colts leave through the National Football League. Saturday the Colts bounced the powerhouse Detroit Lions 28-13, for the first Baltimore win over Buddy Parker’s lads in six years. " Shaw completed ten out of 18 aerials, including two for i TD"'. 11c threw 15 vards to Knd Jim Mutschcller for one i score and tossed three to l.lovd Coltervahn for the final tally of the game. Ameche picked up 152 yards, bringing his \ two game av erage to eight per carry. Detroit’s veteran quar- i tcrback Bobby Layne passed for 16 completions and 2241 yard', but his efforts went for naught as the Colt defense j was nearly air-tight near the goal line. Van Leads Rams to Win — Another Oregon boy, Norm Van Brocklin. passed the Kams to a 27-26 srpieakhy over Pittsburgh’s Steelers, but it W8s Lcs Kichter’s 33-vard fiehl goal in the last seconds of the game that won it. Van Brocklin threw a 74-yard touch down pass to Bob Boyd just as the first half ended anil later threw a 17-yard scoring aerial to Tom Fears. The Rams stormed to a* 17-0 halftime lead, but the Stefders bounded back to go ahead momentarily, 26-24. Then Richter’s tal ented toe pulled the southern California eleven back from almost certain defeat. The San Francisco 49ers, the west coast's other entry in the pro ranks, was handily massacred by Cleveland’s burly Browns, 38-3. 49er Quarterback Y. A. Tittle’s laconic showing set off a small glimmer of hope in the hearts of local Shaw fans that the San Francisco front office would soon be looking for a new qb—and possibly looking Bal timore way. Otto Graham,.Cleveland's Old Master, passed for plenty of yardage, but all Brown scoring was done on line plunges. Graham, Fred Morrison and Maurice Bassett all found pay dirt from within the five, and Kd “Big Mo” Modzelewski turned the trick twice. A second string backfield marched to the last Brown 'I 1), and Lou “The Toe” Groza kicked all five conversions plus a 32-yard field goal. Redskins Upend Eagles Another upset came at Philadelphia, where the Eagles were clipped by the Washington Redskins, 31-30. On a sen sational third period, Washington hammered over three touchdowns in two minutes, 17 seconds. Sophomore hack \ ic Janowicz scored two Washington TD’s, and Eddie I„e baron passed and ran to two more. Tobin Rote passed and ran the Green Bay Packers to a 24-3 upset over the well-seeded Chicago Bears. Rote threw 32 and 28 yards for touchdowns and did the honors on an other from the one-yard line. It was the second upset for the Packers and second loss for the Bears. Dave Mann, who used to perform off and on for Oregon State, con tributed a 65-yard touchdown run as the Chicago Cardi nals knocked off the not-so-giant Giants from New York in the fourth upset of the weekend. Quarterback Lamar McHan threw TD passes good for 51 and 72 yards to lead the Cards to their first win of the season. It was New York’s second loss. Shaw & Co. pit their upset string against a similar skein when they take on Green Bay at Milwaukee this Saturday night, and no sports “expert” in his right mind would at tempt to predict the outcome of the tussle. Either team could suddenly run out of gas, or, on the other hand, both could give top-notch performances. Interesting isn’t anywhere near the right word for this game. In pro action .on Sunday, the Chicago Cards travel to Washington, LA goes to Detroit, New York meets Pittsburgh, Philadelphia tangles with Cleveland, and San Francisco is pitted against the Bears. Ducks Schedule Televised Game With Colorado By Jack Wilson Emerald An't News Editor In the words of a popular song arid movie, Saturday’s game, which pita Oregon’s Ducks against the Colorado Golden Buffaloes, should be "a many splendored thing.” To begin with, this first home struggle for the Ducks will be the first live telecast out of the elty of Eugene. A part of the CBS regional broadcast series, the game will be viewed by sports fans up and down the coast. Reception in Eu gene will Is- over KOIN-TV, channel G, Portland. Celebrated sportseaster Tom Harmon will handle the play by-play description, while ac tor-umpire (ill Stratton will do the color. Stratton is best known for his work in the TV show, “That’s My Hoy.” Secondly, the Buffs are one of five teams in the nation who are unbeaten, untied and unscored upon this season. Colorado has! knocked off Arizona, 3 4-0, and Kansas, 12-0, and is expected to be very much in the running for the Big-7 title. Although he lost two outstanding backs in Car roll Hardy and Frank Bernard) coach Dallas Ward (OSC, ’27) still has a wealth of materia! which he has shaped into a deva stating single wing attack. Thirdly, the game will find the I potent Ducks riled up after two I successive losses and pointing! for a chance to even their sea son’s record at two and two. Al though weak in their passing ■ game, the Ducks have three of the fastest backs on the coast in Jim Shanley, Dick James and, Jack Morris. The boys from Boulder won the last game between the two squads, 21-7 in 1950. A year earlier Oregon trounced the Buffaloes, 42-14. Troy, Husky Teams Lead The Pacific Coast conference’s No. 1 defensive team Washing ton, meets the No. 2 offensive team, Southern California, this weekend, figures from the PCC1 commissioner's office disclosed today. The Huskies have given up but 182 yards a game in total defense to rank ahead of Stan ford which has allowed 198.3 (and which Is leading offensive team in the conference). Wash ington has the best rushing de fense mark of 102.7 and ranks fifth in pass defense with 79.3 yards to 43.0 for the top team Stanford. • Stanford's total offense mark of 340.3 yards per game is only eight yards ahead of Southern California’s 332. Stanford also' leads in passing with 143.3 yards per game, Southern California again second, while Oregon State j is the only team to outrank USC ! in rushing with 254 to the Tro-! jans 223.3. In other departments South ern California leads in punt returns with a 30.5 yard av erage and is tied with Oregon State with the most intercep tions, at seven. The Beavers have the best average in punt ing, 43.7, and in kickoff re turns, 39 yards. Other games this weekend in clude Oregon State-UCLA at Los Angeles on Friday night, Wash ington State at California, Colo rado at Oregon, College of Pa cific at Idaho and Stanford at Michigan State Saturday. Sigma Chi Tops Phi Delt Seven Defending champion Phi Delta Theta lost a 7-0 decision to Sigma Chi in the highlight game of Tuesday afternoon intramural ac tion, as Don Soeabe picked off a Dick Schlosatein paaa arid went 35 yards for the only score. In other action, Alpha Tau Omega topped Phi Kappa Pai, 6-0; Young hail topped Stafford hall, 7-0; Chemey edged Nestor, 13-7; Hale Kane blanked the Dorm Counsellors, 13-0; Phila delphia House won on first downs from the Legal Eagles and Nor ton hall got past McClure in the same fashion. •Soeabe Intercepts Sigma Chi got its victory late in the fourth period when Soesbe made his interception. Kent Dor win took a short pass from Beb YVelberg for the extra point. Leading the ws> in the line for Duck Centers Set For TV Program Two of Oregon's football cen ters, Norm Chapman and Art Weber, will appear along with line coach Bill Hammer on the local television program, Web foot Feats, tonight at 6:45. The show, conducted by sports caster Bob Anderson, will be screened on KVAL-TV, channel 13, as part of its regular weekly series. the winners were Bill Sherman, Tippy Syler and Jerry Bashaw. Lee Steiner caught a pass for the only score early in the first period as Young edged Stafford 7-0. A run around left end ac counted for the extra point. Ron Leverett tossed a 30-vard pass to Jay Bashor in the last quarter for Stafford, which put them on the enemy 20, but they failed to push over the score. All of the tallies in the Cher ney-Nestor game were via the aerial route. O’Dell and Schaefers were the big guns in the victor’s behalf, while Stan Glassey and Bill Reynolds accounted for Nes tor’s seven points. Huggins I^ads ATO In the Phi Psi-ATO game, it was a 60-yard TD jaunt by Chuck Huggins which decided the con test. Huggins’ passing also led the winners. Hale Kane scored once in the ! first stanza on a pass from Art | Pugeta to Johnny McKay, and | the same duo made the PAT. Later Fugeta tossed another pass for the final score. Cameron Thom turned in a 40-yard run for the Counselors late in the game, but the rally fell short. Sports Staff Desk editor: Allen Johnson. Staff: Jack Wilson, Bob Rog ers. Fall dark and handsome sm in Ivy League type suits The fashion in men's clothing this fall, both in business and on the campus, is to the darker charcoal tones ... charcoal gray and char-brown. Suits emphasize the longer, narrower look with small lapels, three button fronts and the "natural shoulder." 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