“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
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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
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