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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1955)
“Cleaver the Beavers” . . . that was the cry which went around the Oregon campus all last week in working the school up to a high pitch for the OSC game . . . the Beavers got cleavered. all right, but good . . . biggest victory over an Oregon State team by the Ducks in 56 years. . . . The win was one of the sweetest of all time for an Oregon football team ... no doubt but what they were on edge, de spite the mud which covered even the referees . . . Coach Len Casanova’s early-week illness, the souped up spirit of the student body, the team’s determination to atone for last week's 44-7 beating from Stanford and their desire to best the hated Beavers all contributed to the victory . . . also, don’t forget the inspirational leadership of Captain Lon Stiner .... The game was so much Oregon's that there was hardly a doubt of the outcome after half the first quarter was gone .. . the Ducks started moving and never stopped after that . . . UO Backs Outstanding The Webfoot backfield did its usual outstanding job . . . Sophomore Jim Shanlev was never better . . . Shanley finished the 10-game season with 711 yards rushing, a terrific 7.1 average . . . He carried the ball ^7 times Saturday, more than a fourth of his total for the season ... the Shanley-Jack Morris running attack will give Oregon plenty of power for two more years yet . . . Congratulations to the “old pro," Dick Janies .. . few honors in football are higher than getting an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine game . . . James was the workhorse of the team this season . . . carried the ball 115 times rushing . . . finished the season with more than 1200 net yards offen sively, one of the highest in Oregon history . . . certainly a good all-coast bet . . . Beaver Fullback Ray Westfall showed why he leads the coast in punting . . . even in ankle-deep mud he got off several 50-yarder's . . . one was partially blocked, though, and this cut down his average . . . Morris aDo kicked a couple of beau ties ... only two fumbles in entire game by Oregon .. . neither lost... a miracle . . . ! Still in First Division Results of game kept Oregon in first division of PCC stand ings . . . fourth-place finish was about four higher than most experts predicted . . . record of 4-3 differed little from la>t year’s 5-3 in conference ... a 5-3 mark would have put the Webfoots right hack in third place like last year ... both \\ a>h ington and USC beat the Ducks, but finished lower . . . Huskies and Trojans were disappointments after good early season buildups . . . USC has lost four games this year, with Notre Dame yet to be faced . . . hate to be in Jess Hill’s shoes . . . only near-consistent team was UCLA who, like the Mis sissippi river, just keeps rolling along . . . Oregon State and Stanford were pleasant surprises . . . bet Stanford is plenty happy after beating Cal in the Big (lame for first time in ten j ears . . . Mythical Northern Division title was left in a muddle be cause of Oregon win . . . three teams finished with 3-1 marks in Northwest games . . . Webfoots best Beavers, who beat Washington, who in turn beat Oregon . . . Ducks won title clear-cut last year . . . didn’t figure to repeat in 1955 . . . came as close as anyone, though . . . Crowd Great—Weather Not Crowd at Civil War game was great considering weather ... didn’t quit raining until game was almost over ... a bouquet to Yell King Ollie and the rally girls for getting the most of of a previously-lazy student body . . . the rally squad was as muddy as some players by end of game . . . hope no one ended up with pneumonia . . . OSC rooters didn’t appreciate paying $2 for end-zone seats in the rain . . . don’t blame them, especially since most of the touchdowns by Oregon were scored right in front of their astonished eyes . . . had little to complain about since Parker Stadium in Corvallis doesn’t give cover to anybody . .. nothing like Oregon rain to make homecoming complete . . . A dilemma: who to give the stupidity prize of the week to . . . the smart guys who hung Cas in effigy, the nitwits who threw snowballs at the noise parade floats or the heroes who started fights after the game . . . know for sure that some of the same people were involved in at least two of the incidents . . . only in America do they let idiots come to college . . . Ducks Down Aggies By Jack Wilton Emerald Att'l Sportt Editor Sticking; close to the gooey, ragged turf of Hayward field, Oregon's durable, waterproof Ducks completely outclassed their annual “Civil War”- opponents from the north and rolled to a surprisingly easy 28-0 Homecom ing victory Saturday. Oregon Stute'a inuch-balleyhooed Beav ers were never in contention. The churning legs of sopho more Jim Shanley and senior Dick James racked up a total of 274 yards out of 344, while the gritty Oregon defense held OSC to 73 rushing yards and four through the air. The Ducks them selves took to the sky on only four occasions, completing two passes, one of them a vital 14 yarder to Phil McHugh from Tom Crabtree. But "run" was the word Satur day. and it was up the middle, in stead of around end as usual that the Webfoots ran, making the touted OSC line look like they had been practicing tiddly-winks instead of football in their much publicized secret workout last week. Possession, they say. is nine tenths of the law. Possession was nearly that much of this football game, as the Ducks had the pigskin for 74 plays, while the Beavers managed to get off only 27, a number matched by Shanley's carries alone. It was victory 29 in the series for Oregon. The Beavers have won 23 and seven game have gone to ties. The game saw several team and individual records set by the scurrying Ducks. Sophomore Fullback Jack Morris booted four straight extra points to set a new school scoring record of 08 points, shattering the mark of 66 held jointly by James in 1954 and Johnny Kitzmiller, '28. The 23 first downs racked up by the Webfoots topped the old record of 22. set against UCLA in '48, and the 22 rushing first downs was five better than the 17 run up in the same game. Shanley, turning in the best football of his short career, fell just 16 yards short of setting a new individual rushing mark for the season, winding up with 711 yards. His 160 yards was seven short of the one-game record set by George Bell against the Beav ers in 1947. Oregon State won the toss, but team captains Ron Siegrist and Howard Buttgenbach elected to defend the south goal, to take advantage of the wind that was blowing gusts of rain across the field as the game got under way. Morris almost justified the Beaver choice by fumbling the kickoff return on the 30, but George Slender dove on it on the 35. On the first play of the game, Shanley gave an inkling of what was to follow by squirming free for thirteen yards to the 48. Ore gon got to only the Orange 44 before they were forced to kick, but they got the ball right back as the Beavers punted on the third down from their 27. It took Shanley, James and Co. just 14 plays to move 71 yards for their first touchdown. Shan ley gained 41 and James 21 on this march, with Morris being used mostly as a decoy and We have good music too at the RUSH INN blocker but picking up eight yards himself. Finally, with Morris getting piled up empty-handed in the center of the line, Shanley skirt ed left end. slipped away from defenders Bob DeOrant and Sum Wesley, and plummeted into the end zone for the first TO. After the kickoff, the injured Joe Francis came into the OSC backfield for the first time and moved the bull ten yards on a first down both times he carried the ball. Then the Webfoot line STATISTICS uo First downs Rushing yardage | Passing yardage I Total yardage I Passes attempted I Passes completed ; Punting averages i Fumbles lost Yards penalized 23 327 17 344 4 2 36 0 0 62 OSC 3 73 4 77 6 1 34.0 0 37 gritted its collective teeth and stopped the Beavers -- Francis and all—cold in their tracks. The second quarter was purely a demonstration of gust-and-de ; termination defense on both ; sides. Slogging away in a sea of mud, neither team could set up a scoring drive, and the ball traded hands seven times, most of the action taking place in Beaver territory. The third quarter demolished OSC's chances once and for all Oregon got hold of the ball just twice, and both times they stalk c<l tho distance in Just 13 plays. Shanlt-y’s 17-yarder and James' 12-yarder were the bin gainers in tho fir.it march, which went <>r> yards after Morris had returned the kickoff to tho 3.',. Shanley again found tho left end to hi.-t liking, going over from the two. Tho Brave™ got in only throe plays before they hail to kirk again, and Franc!* slipped while attempting to punt, allowing Cochrane to deflect the hall, which rolled dead on the Ore gon 49. Shanley went for 14 to the State 11 to got the Ducks Into scoring pomiion again. James and Shanley each picked up three, and an offside penally moved the ball to the one. After James had tried right tackle twice with little success, Crab tree kept on a quarterback sneak for the touchdown. With Just a few seconds gone in the fourth quarter. James in tercepted a pass from Francis on the Oregon 39. touching off an other TD drive. Once again Shanley and James kept up the unrelenting pounding through the Beaver eight-man line, and once again Crabtree kept the ball for the score. Key play of this drive was Crabtree's perfect toss to M< - Hugh on a fourth and eight situation. With the ball on the Oregon State seven, it took only three plays to put Crabtree* over the new way a to add spice to your life J50DV I SHULTO ce r FOK MEN ( m r r'QOK • TOPCNfO
