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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1965)
Les Palm Finds Spot in Defense By PAUL POLSKY Associate Sports Writer Les Palm is one of Oregon’s finest backs Les Palm is also “a spirited, hard working, and in telligent football player," which is the way head coach Len Cas anova rates his junior defensive halfback. Palm is a product of California and though not very big at 5-11 and 180 pounds for a defensive back, he lettered on the varsity in his first season as a sophomore and also made PAC all-coast se lection that first year. Palm will play yet another year for Oregon as he red-shirted in his first year of eligibility for varsity and his valuable contri butions in the defensive secon dary will undoubtedly please Cas. Started as Offensive Back Les came to the University in j 1961 from Marysville, Calif. j where he was an offensive stand ; out on the Marysville High School team. At Oregon he found the, offensive going too much to han-1 die and so the coaches changed | him to a defensive back. There 1 he caught hold of the situation j and in no time he found himself in the thick of big time foot ball. ,-I am very glad I changed to defense." admits Les. He has cer tainly taken the adaption sur prisingly well as in his first sea son he intercepted six passes and made many key tackles in help ing the Ducks to a 7 2-1 record. All this and he was only a sopho more. Les explains that a defensive back must learn to contain the offense from the formations the offense set up. "The Oregon de fense centers mostly around the zone defense but we play a lit tle man-to-man. Anticipates Play “We must also be able to read more keys—that is. read down and distance situation and pre pare to defense any play situ ation at that moment. Once the play begins, we cover the man and once the ball is in the air we go for the ball." In practice the coaches teach the back to look for and anticipate a certain play when the down and situation dic tate such a move. Palm's secret in good defensive plays lays in keeping close to the man. If he is fast Palm gives him more leeway but if he is tall Les just stays with him and fights EMERALD SPORTS SF mrm Hi ■■■r MB—■». . ■■■ \ i mm imiwm.. n m~r — m - OREGON’S defense upends Washington’s highly touted sophomore halfback Don Moore in Saturday’s game with the Huskies. The Duck defense again will try to contain another powerful runner, Idaho’s Ray McDonald, Saturday as the Ducks meet the Vandals on Hayward Field. Oregon’s defense has recovered 15 of their oppo nents’ fumbles in six games this season, while intercepting eight passes. IM Schedule October 28 Volleyball 3:50—Court 40, Robbins A vs. McAllister A Court 43, Alpha A vs. Thornton A 4:35—Court 40, Bean East A vs. Burgess A Court 43. Boynton A vs. Parsons A 5:15—“Court 40, Delta Tau Delta A vs. Theta Chi A Court 43, ('hi Psi A vs. Chi Phi A Wrestling Phi Delta Theta has 27 points still for its narrow overall lead as the annual intra mural wrestling tournament went through its second day of competition Wednesday. Qnrushing Sigma Chi came from virtually nowirere to climb into second place with 26. Other team leaders include Tau Kappa Epsilon and Theta Chi—19, Delta Tau Delta—17, Chi Psi—15, Beta—14, Camp bell and Sigma ,Nu- 13, Kappa Sig, Phi Gamma Ddta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon 11. 123 4:36 -Allen (TKE) vs. Beck (Clark;; Gersh (Sig Nu) vs. Smith (Young) 5:18—Ilileman (W.L.) vs. Lawyer (Kap Sig) 130 4:36—Dennet (PGD) vs. Haves (Young) 4:42-Kawahara (Hawa) vs. Abramson (Hend); Hodge (Young) vs. Allen (DU) 5:00—Scott (Chi Phi) vs. Aronstan (Kap Sig) 5:24—MatMikawa (Hawa) vs. Rudd (Douglas) 147 4:30 -Cox (Parsons) vs. Lee (W.L.) 157 4:42 -Chafin (Spiller) vs. Meek (Beta) 4:48 Gandee (Phi Delt) vs. Myss (DTD); Burnham (ATO) vs. Mark (Phil House); Bowles (Douglas) vs. Orkney (Beta) 4:54—Prenger (PGD) vs. Patton ^ Phil House); Kosnek (Campbell) vs. Pinckney (Douglas); Brown (Douglas) vs. Good (Spillcr) 5:00—Cameron (Adams) vs. Drennan (Chi Phi); Alden (DU) vs. Dames (Theta Chi) 5:06—Nash (SPE) vs. Jacobsen (Kap Sig); Howard (Spiller) vs. Franklin (DU) 5:24—Kane (Sig Chi) vs. Szymaniak (Douglas); Kipper (Beta) vs. Hopicer (Phi Delt) 5:30—Schildmeyer (Chi Psi) vs. Miller (PKA); Civey (SAE) vs. Clark (W.L.) 167 4:00—Davis (ATO) vs. McClung (Kap Sig); Smelicer (DTA) vs. Alex ander ('I*heta Chi); Nelson (Chi Psi) vs. Blum (Phil House) 4:06 Falk (TKE) vs. Larson (Chi Psi); Stein (DU) vs. Sender (Adams); Knoppe (PKP) vs. Stubbs (Chi Psi) 4:12 - Bainton (Phi Delt) vs. Knight (Theta Chi); Brown (ATO) vs. Goffena (W.L.); Earl (Chi Psi) vs. Tuttle (Kap Sig) 4:18—Bragg (Chi Psi) vs. Meinert (Phi Delt); Hannik (TKE) vs. Zahu mensky (Young); Kniser (ATO) vs. Gerke (Kap Sig) 4:24—Schmidt (Phi Delt) vs. Thompson (PKP); Blank (SAE) vs. Jen sen (TKE); Meinert (Phi Delt) vs. Shanley (Robbins) 4:30—Roth (ATO) vs. Johnson (Kap Sig) 5:12 Bruce Hess (Phi Delt) vs. Rapp (Theta Chi).... Surratt (TKE) vs. Eighty (Beta); Schulz (Adams) vs. Laxton (Beta) 5:18—Retzer (Sig Nu) vs. Buchhotz (PKP); Simpson (Phi Delt) vs. Larson (Chi Psi) 191 4:30—Gilbert (ATO) vs. Klein (Ilauna) him off when the ball comes. For a man like Dave Williams of Washington who is hard to cover because of tremendous speed and agility Palm will just anticipate more in situations and give him wider range but keep him from getting behind him. After all, "they can’t throw to the same man all the time as the linemen will get the passer some times and other times coverage will be better," added Les. ‘Finest Hacks’ Coach I,en Casanova feels that Les is one of his finest backs in the defensive secondary and says, "he has done a real fine job for us with his intelligence and good use of his better than aver age speed. i<es can mso stop Nome of the best spilt ends which uro his defensive assignments in most game situations." Palm has shown fine ability in two seasons with nine Intercep tions in his varsity career. Pity the poor 190(1 ends as Los will he back to harrass them when the Ducks take the field. Frosh Meet Washington By LYNN MUCKEN Sports Writer Several key injuries harden the task of defeating Washington for the Oregon Frosh football team Friday, 1:30 p.m., on Hayward Field. Coach Ed Johns’ yearlings, coming off previous close defeats by freshman squads from Wash ington State and Oregon State, are looking for their first win of the year. However, a wave of injuries must be overcome if the Husky Pups are to be beaten, as sev eral important Duckling perform ers are slowed down or sidelined. Tackle Jess Hart and end Gary Heeter, former All-Staters from Roseburg, are definitely out for Friday’s clash. In addition, the only experi enced center, 218-pound Ed Sites, will also miss the Pup engage ment with a bad knee sustained in practice Monday. Fullback Keith Sherman will probably start, although he is ex pected to be at less than full speed. “We’ve got a real good squad here, with several good varsity prospects, especially in the line. With this kind of talent, we’ll Rifle Club Meets All old and prospective mem bers of the Oregon Rifle team are asked to attend an 8 p m. meet ing Thursday in the SU. Room number will be posted. Membership is open to all un dergraduates and graduate stu dents who are members of the Na tional Rifle Association. The Uni versity team, which is a member of the Willamette Valley League, will begin practice Monday from 3-5 p.m. There are no fees for joining and all equipment and ammuni tion is furnished. Members who own small bore rifles may use them providing they meet speci fications. win some Karnes.” Johns singled out Fric Olsen, who has passed for five touch downs and several linemen, in cluding Hart. Sites, Tom Wooten from Medford, and Jack Rust, a 230 pounder from Glide, as out standing prospects oil their first two performances. “We haven’t done anything particular to prepare for Wash ington,” commented Johns, "just worked on the fundamentals, blocking and tackling. Our job is to prepare the boys for the varsity, not to win ball games, although we like to do that too.” Coach Praises Team Despite two successive losses, the Krosh coach had nothing but praise for his charges. “They've lots of spirit I was real happy at the way they kept coming back against OSU when they were behind. They're a real good group of kids, with lots of .pirit and enthusiasm." Johns has been pleased with he ofTense so far Although all hree touchdowns in the Hook game came off Olsen's arm, the jamo statistics showed a balanced jttack with 140 of the game's 300 ards total ofTense coming through :he running game. Quarterback Jlsen and Jerry Richards, who is •xpected to play mostly defense Kriday, provided most of that >ardagc. Defense Given Credit The Frosh defense, despite giv ng up 49 points in two games, ,vas given credit by Johns. "We concentrate heavily on of fense in practice, since defense is something you hopefully can pick up. And except for a few nistakes. the boys have been do ing a good job. Take away Ore .<on State’s two long runbackx on ticks and they didn’t do much .coring " Volkswagen Specialists • Low Repair Charges • Workmanship Guaranteed • Factory Trained in Germany • Fully Equipped to Handle All German Makes GERMAN AUTO SERVICE 2045 FRANKLIN BLVD. 342-2912 Typewriters Rent to Own Apply Rental to Purchase Price Only $5 per month Hermes Olympia Royal Smith Corona IBM Olivetti Tape Recorders ALL MODELS Prerecorded Stereo Tapes Transistor Tape Recorder Stereo Components Quality Repairs on all Hi-Fi's, Stereos, Typewriters, Recorders, and Business Ma chines. 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