*... We're gonna fight.. /
Webfoot coach offers no alibis
BILL BRAUNER
Duck safety on crutches
By STAN HORTON
Emerald Sports Editor
Oregon Head Football Coach Jerry Frei
is not a man that backs down in the face
of enormous pressure.
After his club lost to Air Force 60
13 on Saturday, Frei might have been ex
pected to come up with the usual “coach’s
alibis” at Monday’s Oregon Club meeting.
But the Wisconsin grad offered no ex
cuses. He was blunt and direct.
“If I’m not satisfied with the comeback
of this football team, you aren’t going to
have to call Cas (Webfoot Athletic Di
rector Len Casanova) to tell him to get
my fanny out of there . . .”
Frei went on: “I’m a tough guy and
I’m a hard worker. There’s nothing you
can do to make me work any harder.
WE’RE GONNA FIGHT
“I love the University. . . . Maybe we
don’t have all the talent but we have the
people. We are gonna fight. We are gonna
stay in there . . .”
The earlier portion of Frei’s talk cen
tered around Oregon’s play against Air
Force.
“It was a nightmare,” he grimly stated.
“We thought we’d made an excellent game
plan. We’re gonna pass . . . We’re gonna
run. The game plan worked beautifully
until the third play (when Oregon fum
bled).
“All of a sudden we were behind. Air
Force controlled us with their defense. I
don’t have to tell you what happened
when we were forced to run.
BRAUNER INJURED
“You’re no more unhappy than I am.
We’re not playing as well as I’d like to
see us play.”
Frei noted that Duck safety Bill Braun
ner is on crutches after having a knee
go out during Saturday’s game. Brauner
had missed Oregon’s first four contests
because of a broken finger.
Following Frei’s talk, the program was
turned over to Duck Offensive Coach John
Robinson who explained, through a se
ries of diagrams, the plan Oregon had
hoped to use against the Falcons.
But before Robinson started to scribble
on the blackboard, he had a few words
of his own.
“I’m darn proud of the man I work for,”
he stated. “I chose to be here. One of
the great things about being in this po
sition—either you do it or you don’t.
BE A DUCK
In reference to Saturday’s game with
Washington, “Robby” remarked, “We’re
going swinging ... so stay at arm’s
length. Be a Duck. Be from Oregon. There
is no other way you can be. Be with
us or against us.”
ueiore KODinson snowea me game
films, which were just a blur because of
the fog, John Reid, Washington’s Sports
Information Director, had a few words
about the winless Huskies.
His opening comment drew a laugh from
the large crowd.
“You think you have it tough in Eu
gene . .
Reid added: “We’re pretty well deci
mated by injuries. Off our projected start
ing lineup before the season opened, we’ve
lost 12 plays—half of those for the sea
son.”
OSU WON IT
In regards to last Saturday’s game with
Oregon State, which OSU won on a last
second pass play, Reid simply said, “Wash
ington didn’t lose it, Oregon State won
it.
“Only one play could have won the
ball game and they had it. It was a tre
mendously crushing blow for our kids.”
Reid commented on Washington’s 0-5
record. “We just couldn’t get untracked
early in the first four games. This is the
first time in history we’ve lost the first
five games of the season.
“We’re now pulling for a win against
Oregon,” he added as a final note.
You can bet Oregon will also be look
ing for a victory. The Ducks deserve to
win.
-Webfeats
Big AJ
here
By JOHN ANDERSON
Of the Emerald
ROWAN AND MARTIN’S Laugh-In is now a few weeks into its
second season as one of television’s most successful series in years.
With the advent of the second season, one of Laugh-In’s regu
lars, Alan Sues, has branched out—he has added the chores of
being a kiddy show hero (Uncle Al, the kiddies’ pal) to his reper
toire.
Sues, of course is better known to us sports lovers as “Big Al,”
that rolly-eyed, tinkle-loving idiot who lives his farout observations
on sports (?) happenings during the weekly Laugh-In “news broad
cast.” He will always be the same to us.
But, Al’s little shows have been getting slightly dull lately and
may need some new material.
So, with apologies to NBC, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin and, of
course, Alan Sues, the Oregon Daily Emerald presents its own “Big
Al” Sues—namely “Big John” (definitely) sued (maybe).
* * *
HI THERE, EVERYONE! Big John here!
(In the background, a large gong sounds.)
Oh, how I love that gong! The sound is so much more mellow
than that puny little tinkle that I used to like to hear. That seemed
so wishy-washy!
(Gong!)
Featurette!
(Gong!)
I just got back from Colorado Springs, Colo., where I saw a flock
of water birds get lost in a dense fog and get buzz-bombed by
the Air Force!
* * *
WOW! THOSE BIRDS fumbled seven times! And don’t tell any
body, but on three of those fumbles, I saw those nasty military boys
actually KNOCKING THE BIRDS DOWN and taking the ball away!
Gee, wilikers! I guess they never did entirely eliminate that cheating
scandal at the Academy a few years ago. ’Cause those boys sure
were mean and everything. Imagine! Sixty points!
And not only that, but I understand those poor birds are expect
ing a confrontation with the Army in less than three weeks! When I
think of that, I get goose pimples all over. Just imagine! There
probably won’t be anything left but eider down and lots of bills!
• • *
NOT QUITE, EH? Well, let’s try again.
(Gong!)
' Featurette!
(Gong!)
A friend of mine just spent a week on the East Coast in Balti
more and New York, and do you know what he saw? Wow!
You may not believe this, but he saw another flock of birds being
stoned to death in the nation's largest city—and right in front of
over 50,000 people who were all screaming for more blood! Hon
estly! Can’t they think of a better way to make a living?
♦ * *
ONE OF MY connections told me that those birds must have
been stoned—that’s the only logical explanation for getting beaten
by the New York Mets. I have it on good authority, in fact, that the
Mets drugged the drinking water in the opposing teams’ dugouts
before every regular season National League game this year. Some
of the teams they played were very Brave about the whole thing,
but still got beat.
(Gong!)
Well, that’s it for now, sports fans. Big John says goodbye until
next week!
(Gong!)
Oh, I just love that gong)
* • •
Enough? I agree.
P<g< 4
Smith forfeits to Moore
With four days of regularly
scheduled games left to play, the
intramural touch football league
races tightened up last week.
On Monday, Alpha Tau Omega
smashed Tau Kappa Epsilon 35-0
and Phi Kappa Psi blanked Pi
Kappa Alpha 25-0. Bean East
downed Stafford 6-0 as Gary Hol
land’s pass hit Charley Spencer
for the winning touchdown. Par
sons stopped Collier 6-0, Willcox
downed Sherry Ross 12-0, Delta
Upsilon edged Kappa Sigma 8-6
and Beta Theta Pi blanked Theta
Chi 6-0. The Carson Grads lost
a forfeit to Watson.
IM schedule
TOUCH FOOTBALL
Managers of league-winning teams
must report to 140 Men’s P.E. at 3:30
p.m. today to draw for positions in the
single elimination tourney.
3:35—IM Field—Sigma Phi EpsUon vs.
Theta Chi
Field 1—Sigma Chi vs. Pi Kappa
Alpha
Field 3—Phi Delta Theta vs.
Kappa Sigma
Field 3—Burgess vs. Carson
Grads
4:30—IM Field—Spofs Follies vs. PNFR
Field 1—Lambda Chi Alpha vs.
Tau Kappa EpsUon
Field 2—Chi Phi vs. Sigma Nu
Field 3—Chemistry vs.
Counselors
Moore came up with a big vic
tory on Tuesday, winning a for
feit over Smith, a girl’s dorm. De
Cou stayed unbeaten by whipping
Douglass, 24-0, Delta Chi downed
Sigma Nu 14-0, and Dunn skunk
ed Adams 14-0. Other Tuesday’s
scores included the Ferry Street
Farmers over PNFR 8-0, Desde
mona Tavern trouncing Philadel
phia House 34-0, the Counselors
slapping the Gorillas 20-0, and
the Grads dumping the Coots 8-0.
Delta Chi pounded Pi Kappa
Phi 28-0 in Friday’s play. De
Busk defeated Watson 6-0, and
Paul Nau scored twice in lead
ing the Bandits to a 28-7 win over
the Gorillas. Boynton remained
unbeaten by picking up a for
feit and the Coots downed His
tory, 13-6. Alpha Tau Omega
took its second win of the week
by whipping Campbell Club 20-6.
Rich Burk scored twice to pace
Sigma Phi Epsilon to a 20-0 win
over Chi Psi on Thursday. Sig
ma Alpha Epsilon shaded Sigma
Chi 8-6, Phi Delta Theta shut out
Delta Tau Delta 12-0, Lambda
Chi Alpha whipped Campbell Club
20-0, Willcox blanked Hale Kane
10-0, Clark edged Adams 8-6, and
DeCou stopped Stafford 10-0.
Wednesday’s action was high
lighted by a 0-0 score between
DeBusk and Burgess, but De
Busk won with six first downs.
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