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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1956)
*Duc& Htac&b Hy JACK \\ 1LSON Knierald Sports Kriitor mm College football makes its big bill to shoulder the national pastime out of the limelight this weekend, as most of the big time elevens take to the gridiron in the pursuit of victory or, at least, honor. Harassed by a sweeping purge of under the tafile aid, the Pacific Coast conference will still be able to field colorful, powerful teams. UCLA opens the parade Friday night by taking on a strong Utah aggregation in Los Angeles. The Ukes have lost most of 1955’s stars, either through graduation, or the conference crackdown, but Henry (Red) Sanders has never been known to put a poor team on the field. It has often been said that UCLA has better football players walking around in street clothes than most schools have on the field, and this will be Sanders' chance to prove it. Utah's Redskins have been picked to nab the Skyline conference title, on the basis of Coach Jack Curtice's 24 returning let termen. including a big. strong line and a fast backfield. Darrell Royal makes his debut at Washington as his Hus kies meet the scrappv Idaho \ andals in the \\ ashington sta dium Saturday. Washington lias line crashing C redell (ireen and the memory of last year’s hard-fought 14-7 victory over the Vandals to spur them on to a win. Idaho, as usual, ha little but spirit. Beavers Meet Missouri Another game sure to draw the attention of Northwest fans is the Oregon State - Missouri tussle in t olumbia. 1 he Beavers, now acquainted with the Pommy Prothro single wing that took them to second place in the PCC last year, will be out to prove that they can do it again. Coach Don Faurot’s Missouri Tigers may have the manpower to make his split-T operate this year, and it the guesser- are right, they should pull a second place in the Big Seven. Stanford travels to Pullman for a game with Washing ton State which should be little more than a workout for the powerful Indians. Chuck Taylor has his ace quarter back John Brodie back to direct the attack, and with All America Paul Wiggin anchoring the line from his right tackle position, the Indians should have little trouble with the green Cougars. California takes on the ornery Baylor Bears in Berkeley, and the Battle of the Bears should be a humdinger. New Coach Sam Boyd has a high-spirited bunch of Baylors, while Cal's Pappy Waldorf ha- a strong backfield, mo>t of which was sidelined with injuries la-t year. Irish Strong Again On the national scene, Xotre Dame opens her third season under voting Terry Brennan with a road game against SMC The Irish have probable All-American Paul Ilornung back in the fold as quarterback, and with this triple-threater around, they are always dangerous. Southern Methodist's Mustangs lost all of their starting backtield, so should yield little opposition. Venturing out on a very shaky limb, and strictly on ye editor’s own hook, here's our idea of a pre-season All-Coast team (or call it a roster of men to watch this year). At the ends, we’ve got Cal’s Roger Ramseier and Stan ford’s Gary Van Galder. Ramseier was one of the most un der-rated players on the coast last year, as he was playing under Jim Carmichael’s shadow. Yet he caught 17 passes for 209 yards. Van Galder caught 20 for 232. At the tack les, we’ve got to have Stanford’s Paul Wiggin and Oregon State’s John Witte. At guard, we’ll take Oregon’s own Spike Ilillstrom, a sec ond-string Conference selection last year, and Don Gilkey, another Cal performer. At center we’ll put CCLA’s lone con tribution. Jim Matheny. In the backfield: Stanford’s Brodie. Oregon’s Jim Shanley, Southern Cal’s Jon Arnett (even if he does get only five games), and Washington’s Credell Green. Every fall, the Emerald sports crew attempts to match the Williamson system with game selections of their own. Re member, these picks are not to be used for any form of book niaking. The selections: Oreg. vs. Colo. Wash. vs. Idaho CCI.A vs. Utah Baylor vs. Cat. Texas vs. t.’SC Mo. vs. OSC Stanford vs. wsc N.D. vs. SMU Baldwin Wallace vs. Geneva Howser Larimore Or eg. Ore*. 14 14 Wash. Wash. 6 14 rci.A cci.a 21 20 Bavlor Baylor 21 6 l SC Texas 14 1 OSC Mo. 7 6 Stanf. Stanf. 20 20 NO NO 6 19 B.W. B.W. 13 13 Ramsey Wilson Oreg. Oreg. 12 14 Wash W'ash. 14 28 Utah CCI.A 2 28 Baylor Baylor 1 6 CSC CSC 7 14 Mo. Mo. 14 7 Stanf. Stanf. 28 33 NO NO 13 14 B.W. B.W. 28 6 ' Mitchel Chapman more Oreg. Oreg. 7 6 Wash. Wash. 12 26 CCI.A UCLA 14 16 Cal. Baylor 6 6 CSC CSC 12 6 OSC OSC 6 6 Stanf. Stanf. 14 16 NO NO 20 16 B.W. B.W. 21 66 Pro Grid Teams Near HWL Season Openers By TOM HOWSKK I'.merald Sports Writer Once again, the "big boys" of football, the professional ballplay ers. start their league wars. Sporting lots of flashy backs anil beefy linemen, the “play for pay” boys are looking forward to a year in which any team could look for the championship. With such former college greats such-as George sffaw. Dick Janies. Juck Patera, Alan Ameche, Billy Vessels. J. C. Caroline. Doak Walker and Hugh McKlhenny, they sport a brand of football which cannot be matched any where else. Veterans Bark. Too To go along with this "younger blood." there are such veterans as Norm Van Brocklin. "Tank" Younger. Krankie Albert. Y. A. DICK JAMES Local Buy Malii-s Good 1 Tittle, and Otto Graham to give the pros experience and cool thinking. With the lineups of stars which some teams collect, it is little wonder that the college all-stars have a rough time stay i mg close in their series of games. The National Football League, which is split into two divisions, can look forward to a prosperous season, with the upcoming close pennant races and the upswing of interest in pro games. (Wit ness the 27.000 fans who saw the Kafns and Giants play in Port land as indication of the interest I. In the Western division, the Chicago Bears look like the team u> beat, with the Rams and Colts ! pressing them hard. The next three places, as well as the first three, look like a flip of the coin affair. Green Bay looks stronger this year and could take fourth, while the 49ers and the Lions are generally picked for the bottom rungs. Except for the Bears, who nar rowly lost out in a close race last year and are much stronger this i year, the prospect of picking any order is about as good as finding ! a palm tree on the top of Ml. Kverest. Browns Tough Again In the Eastern division, the ; Browns look like the team to beat again this year, as they have been the last several. Here again, pick | ing the order of finish is rough, but it looks like the New York i Giants, the Philadelphia Kagles, the Washington Redskins, the Chicago Cardinals, and the Pitts burgh Rtesters. In that order. Kx cept for the Steel.•is, who could play a spoiler's role hut little else, this race could also lie tight and exciting. The Bears, with n young team, are picked on the basis of n large return of youngsters from the service, and some of their choice draft picks. Norm Van Biocklin of the Kams, and the venerable old man of Oregon football a la Cotton Bowl days, is starting to slow down and lose a little of the /.ing his arm used to have. He's still first class, but he's going over the hill. i»h arc PI toy Hum h, i'oin Pears, and ‘'Deacon Dan" Towlor. Wade Can Move in Kven without Van Brock I In, the Kama xtill have ;t highly cam patent tilgnal-caller In Billy Wade. Next on the list in Hie team drat to all Oregon heart a. With ! George Shaw doing a tremendous Job of quarterbacking and Jack Patera playing vicious defensive ball, the Colt* are followed avidly by Oregon fan*. Their chances this year look extremely bright, and a slip by the Bear* or Hams | could mean the top of the heap for the Colt*. The Packer* ate putting moat, I not all, but most of their chips on versatile Tobin Hole, out standing quarterback who frigh tened ttie league last year when okay, and panicked his coach, l-isle Blackbourn. when injured. Hluckbourn has seve-rul good first-stringers, but lack of depth j will probably huit him tin* year The Pittsburgh Sleelera play the Kama at Multnomah stadium this Saturday night, Textbooks Aren't Rabbits— —so we don’t have an end less supply of them. Natu rally we can get enough to supply every student, but frequently we have to order books before we have ac curate class enrollment fig ures. Sometimes we under estimate the popularity of a course (we’re human, too!), and the only rule we can ap ply is a democratic one, "first come, first served’’. So come to the store early, when we can give you the very best possible service. And if you’re disappointed because we don't have one of the books you need, rest as sured that the publishers are staying up late these nights to service our orders. We’ll get them for you as soon as possible. We do believe that you should own your own books, for they are the basic tools of learning. Without them you will be like a carpenter without his hammer. Penny for penny, page for page, books are the best “buy” of your college career. So come into the store right away. We are anxious to serve you. U of 0 CO-OP store chapman HALL Hey Grads!! 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