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Section B LANE COUNTY'S HOME NlWSPAPEd. EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1962 Sports 1 Oregon Shoots Down Air Force, 35-20 By DICK STRITE Rrfister-Guard Sports Editor ' FALCON STADIUM, Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (Special) The performance of Thunderbird jels travel ing over the stadium at between 400 and 650 miles per hour and the dramatic spectacle of 2,500 cadets watching their sta dium being dedicated before 33,343 football fans that included military and political brass would have scared the daylights out of almost any visiting football team. But Oregon won the football game 35-20. And it looked for a while as though the University of Oregon Webfoots would never recover from being knocked down twice on this sunny Saturday afternoon. The Air Force Falcons, high and looking mighty, first stopped Oregon's initial touchdown drive and came back with one of their own. The Webfoots picked themselves up and managed a 7-7 deadlock in the first quarter. The Falcons, running the rollouts with quarterback Terry Isaacson as enginecer, moved in front again and it wasn't until the final 35 seconds of the sec ond period that Oregon managed to go into a 14-14 intermis sion deadlock But defensive coach Jack Roche found the answer to the Air i Force double-wing attack and stopped the wide runs and cut backs off the tackles by the time the second half started. The adjustment took the sweeps away from the Falcons of fense and then Oregon rolled for three straight TDs, two in the third quarter and one early in the fourth, to salt away a Baker-Burke Combo Paces Oregon State Beavers Wallop Little Pacific, 40-6 CORVALLIS tin Quarterback Terry Baker fired four touch down passes in the first 24 min utes, including three to national pass-catching leader Vern Burke, as Oregon State smoth ered University of Pacific 40-6 Saturday. - Baker, challenging for the na tion's total offense leadership, amassed 186 yards rushing and passing in less than two full periods of action. Burke, a 6-foot-4 inch, 188-pound junior with deceptive speed, speered five passes for 112 yards, plus a two-point conversion pass. That the California team was overmatched became evident as soon as Baker began throwing to Burke. In a span of 12 minutes, the two had teamed for scoring passes of 34, 44 and seven yards in addition to an 11-yard gainer. Baker also hit reserve Olvin Moreland with a 37-yard touch down strike before coach Tom my Prothro sent in the subs with six minutes to go in the first half. Pacific Penalized As if Baker and Burke were not enough, Pacific was penal ized repeatedly for illegal pro cedure and did not cross the 50 yard line until 2 minutes re mained in the half. Then, trailing 260, Pacific struck for its only touchdown. Johnny Alsup directed Pacific on a 31-yard drive to the OSU 14 and Jack Sparrow threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Ted Watkins with just 10 seconds left. Burke broke three Oregon State records during the game. In just five games, he broke the qne-scason pass catching record of 36, set by John Thomas in .1950. Burke now has 37. His three touchdown catches were the most ever caught by an Ore gon State player in a single game. His 20 points were the most points scored by a single OSU player in one game. Forced to Punt OSU again was unable to mount an effective rushing at tack. The Beavers were forced to punt after Pacific's heavier line stopped them on their first two offensive drives. It was then that Baker took to the air. Pacific also was unable to run well and was four touch downs behind before it found that Alsup and Sparrow could pass against the leaky State sec ondary. Pacific end Watkins was out standing in defeat. He caught passes good for 46, 24, 10 and 24 yards In the second half. Despite the lopsided score, Pacific outgained Oregon State in total yardage, 367 to 363. However, most of it came against reserves in the third and fourth periods. OSU led by 88 yards in total offense at half time. Oregon State's third period scoring drive went 71 yards, highlighted by Booker Washing ton's 33-yard burst over left tackle. The final score covered 60 yards in 11 plays with Gor don Queen passing the final 11 to Lcn Frketich. Oreeon State Ill I tui I'arinc . - 0 0 o oslT Rurke 34 pa from Biker nrk kirk.. OSU Rurke 44 pans from Raker (Clark kirk i. OSU Moreland 37 paw from Baker (kirk failed!. OSU Rurke 7 paw from Baker (pat failed). IP Watklna 14 paa from Spar row pa falledl. nsli Whittle 1 run (Burke pa from Bakerl. OSU Frketlrh pan from Queen (paM falledl. Attendance 13,031. fourth straight triumph. It was a glorious day despite 12 hours of rain that didn't end until late Friday night. The field was not fast, but fast enough to provide explosive runs like Larry Hill's TD sweep for nearly 50 yards and Cary Tomeraason's 35-yard double reverse that set up the final Oregon score. Mel Rcnfro, Oregon's great left halfback, was only the third leading Oregon ground gainer. But the Falcons were so intent "on stopping Mel that Hill and Jim Josephson rolled up enough yardage to provide 302 net yards to go along with some spectac ular passing by quarterbacks Bob Berry and Ron Veres and Rcnfro who pitched a 33-yarder to Dick Imwalle. Berry had a 32-yard scoring TD to Imwalle for the first Oregon TD and another to H. D. Muphy for 20 yards two plays prior to the opening score. Oregon, which last played in the Rockies in the daytime six years ago and defeated Colorado 35-0 at Boulder, cracked a couple of jinxs. Unfortunately, the Webfoots had never won traveling on Pan-Am charter, but they had Larry Hill's sister, Sandi, as hostess this time. Wearing uniform "whites" have also proven unlucky with the Falcon wearing their traditional silver-and-blues. Actually the Air Force had everything working for it, especially the dramatic pre-game spectacle. After all, last week the Webfoots broke a jinx by defeating a Texas team for the first time, the 31-12 triumph at Houston where the grid men had to take salt pills at sea level. This time, at a 6,600 foot elevation, they have been taking iron pills all week and apparently the medication worked again. The temperature was about 62 degrees and there was a fa- vorable wind from the north which caused every kickoff from the south to go out of the end zone. It was a great disappointment to an Air Force team that took the field with a full head of steam and with a 3-1 win-loss record. Now Oregon is 4-1 and again has another difficult hur dle to clear against Washington in Seattle next week. The regionally-televised game (NCAA-CBS) was a spectac ular offensive show and even with Oregon's leaky defense in the first half the Webfoots most certainly moved the ball im pressively and ended up with 489 net yards in total offense to enhance their national rating of third. Even the Air Force's official Academy song didn't ring true. The first line: "Off we go, into the wild blue younder." The eighth and last line, "Nothing'U stop the U.S. Air Force." Even the Oregon rally squad, driving here by car to help the small gathering of Oregon fans cheer for their Webfoots, con tributed to the success. But once again it was an all-out team effort which has been the case with this dedicated football team that still is ambitious to play anywhere New Year's Day. "They'll all be pointing for us now," was the comment of Oregon head coach Len Casanova following the game. "They'll be waiting for us," stated Cas. "Washington has a fine team. They're strong defensively and very hard-nosed. It should be a real battle." The Oregon coach noted his players were extremely tense before the battle. "I don't know if it was the TV or what, but we couldn't get them to loosen up." Casanova singled out sophomore, quarterback Bob Berry and tm W & X:rJVL drSLijZS. fiVe-cl. iF J CU3t , ... ' . Ha. v . '"I (m. QfAnnoi4 Oregon halfback Mel Renfro is stopped in the air inches JlOPPeQ short of the goal line by Air Force defenders Saturday in the Short (AP Wlrephoto) a mere 41 yards, had trouble stopping anybody else as Ore gon rolled to its fourth straight win, 35-20. Oregon players in picture besides Renfro are quarterback Bob Berry, left, and halfback Larry Hill, on ground. ' second quarter of their game at Colorado Springs. The Fal cons, despite holding the Webfoots' leading ground gainer to .4 S5J f ;-4 fi x t . if ill' 1 i a ' ..... . f r V!;,.;t.---f-,--s'' . . Marshfield High's halfback Pete Tully had his ups and Piyof pH downs Saturday in a game against Thurston at Silke Field. 1 UQltu At lefti he naulcd down afler a fiairl by Phil Nyburg, but (Reclater-Guard photoa by Thll Grenon) at right, he bobbles pass. The Pirates, highly favored over Thurston, escaped with a 6-0 win over the Colts. (Story, pago 2B) senior end Greg Willencr for their efforts against the Falcons and noted all the Webfoots came up with stellar performances against the fired-up cadets. Terry Isaacson is the best quarterback, by far, that Oregon' has opposed this season, but he is not the best quarterback Oregon has seen this season Bob Berry is. The Oregon mentor had special praise for Mel Renfro's blocking on Larry Hill's 50 yard third-quarter touchdown romp. "Mel threw a fine block at the line of scrimmage, got up, ran down the field and threw another block at the goal line." Mickey Ording was held out of the game to protect a tender knee and trainer Bob Officer reported that the other Ducks came through the hard-fought contest without any serious in juries. Falcon coach Ben Martin heaped praise on the Ducks. "Oregon just had too much size and power for us. I'm proud of our players. They put up a good effort." When asked to compare Oregon with Penn State, which downed the Falcons 20-6 at University Park earlier in the year. Martin said, "Oregon is better offensively, Penn State is better defensively." The Falcon coach paused, then stated, "I'd have to say Oregon has a slight edge." Both coaches pointed to a change in Webfoot defensive strat egy as a key to improved Oregon defense in the second half. "We changed a few assignments and told our ends to put mors pressure on their rollout option. It made a big difference," said Cas. The Webfoots fly out of Colorado Springs early Sunday morn ing and figure to arrive in Eugene about 1 p.m. (PST). Ducks Break Tie at Half time AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. HI Swift striking Oregon snapped a 14-14 halftime tie with two third-period touchdowns that sent the Webfoots sailing past Air Force 35-20 Saturday. The defeat ruined the Falcons' dedication of their $3.5 million stadium and disappointed top Air Force generals and lesser air men among the 33,343 fans watching the regionally-televised game. Oregon's tough defense forced Air Force to punt for the first time in the early minutes otl the third quarter. That turned the tide. Oregon rolled 74 yards in nine plays, including a 33 yard pass from Mel Rcnfro to Dick Imwalle, for the go-ahead touchdown. Three minutes later Oregon halfback Larry Hill bolted 49 yards around left end for a touchdown that put the victory safely away for the Webfoots. Air Force overcame four five yard offside penalties on opening touchdown drive cover ing 83 yards in 16 plays. Quar terback Terry Isaacson faked neatly on rollouts to gain 35 yards in five plays on the march. Oregon snapped back to tie the score with an 80-yard drive in 11 plnys capped by quarter back Bob Berry's 32-yard pass to Imwalle, who got loose in the end zone behind Air Force de fender Jerry Thies. Isaacson ran five times for 36 yards and passed 16 yards to Carlton Simpson on Air Forco's second touchdown march of 80 yards in 14 plays. Mill's 18-yard gallop over center, Berry's 16-yard pass to Greg Willener and 10-yard throw to Renfro powered Ore gon on a 77-yard touchdown march climaxed by Berry's one- yard sneak with less than 35 seconds left in the first half. Buck Corey's placekick tied the score, The first time Oregon got the ball on the opening kickoff was the only time in the first three periods it failed to go in for a score. The Webfoots moved down to Air Force's 16 before bogging down. Corey's field goal try from there was blocked by Air Force linebacker Joe Rod- well. That was the only time either team gave up the ball in the first half, except after scoring. Oregon widened the margin to 35-14 early in the fourth period on a 73-yard march in 13 plays with the big gain coming on halfback Gary Tommcraason's 34-yard reverse run on a third down and 15 play. He carried to the air Force four. Tommcraason scored two plays later on a three-yard pass from second string quarterback Ron Veres. Isaacson's fumble on Oregon's 28 ended Air Force's next threat, but against Webfoot re serves the airmen later marched 68 yards for a third touchdown in 11 plays with reserve quarter back Allan McCartor at the controls. Oregon ... Air Force . .. 14 14 7-JS .... 7 7 0 30 AP Czamota 1 Dlunea rriavln kirk). (ire Imwalle 13 pais from Berry (Corey kick). AK laaacaon B run (flavin kick). Ore Herry I piling (Corey kirk). Ore Willener 6 paw from Berry (Corey kirk). OreKill 49 run (Corey kirk). Ore Tommeraaaon 1 paea from Verea (Corey kirk). AF Blood worth 1 run (paai falledl. Attendance 33,343, I SPORTS I INSIDE I IllRhcllnibcr, 2B &, Prep Football, 2B ,i 3 Oregon Football, 3B a College Football, 411 I I College Football, SB Oregon Opponents TEXAS (5-0) defeated Ark ansas, 7-3. UTAH (2-2-1) tied New Mexico, 7-7. SAN JOSE STATE (0-4-1) lost to Arizona State, 44-8. RICK (03.1) lost to Southern Methodist, 15-7. WASHINGTON (44-1) defeated STANFORD (2-3), 14-0. WASHINGTON STATE (41) defeated Indiana, 21-15. OHIO STATE (2-2) lost to North Western, 1B.14. OREGON STATE (3.2) defeated Untveratty of Pacific, 404. Moyer Wins Ring Crown By Decision PORTLAND Uft Young Den ny Moyer wore down veteran Joey Giambra with, stiff left jabs in the final four rounds Saturday night and scored unanimous lS-round decision to win the World Boxing Associa tion's j'U n i o r middleweight championship. World heavyweight champion Sonny Liston did a commend able job as referee although ha did not keep a score card. Moyer opened fast and re peatedly beat his Los Angeles opponent to the punch with jabs and right-handed leads in the first four rounds. He ap peared on the way to an easy victory, until Giambra un leashed a flurry of lefts and rights in the fifth round that started blood flowing from the Portlandcr's vulnerable nose. For the next three rounds Giambra outfought Moyer on the inside and evened the bout as the blood continued to flow. Both fighters were streaked with Moycrs' blood from the sixth round on. There were no knockdowns. Moyer solved Giambra's in side style in the ninth round and turned aggressor as his 31- year-old opponent appeared to tire. Giambra had the best of a toe-to-toe exchange in the 11th round, but Moyer took over for good in the 12th. Judge Gorge Robinson scored it 149-144 for Moyer under the 10-poinl must scoring system. Judge Andy Crabtrce had it 148-146. Judge Eddie Volk scored it 146-144. Whitworth Nabs Carlsbad Lead CARLSBAD, N.M. W New Mexico's K a t hy Whitworth forged into the lead in the sec ond round Saturday of the J)7,- 900 Cavern City Open golf tourn ament at Carlsbad s Riverside Country Club. The tall, willowy swinger fired a nne-over-par 73 to take a one-stroke lead with a 148 total. One stroke off the pace was the year's leading money winner on the Ladies Profes sional Golf Association tour, Mickey Wright, whose 74 Sat urday gave her a 36-hule total of 149. WHL Results Rrxtkunt 4, Run VrancUco 1 Statu 4, Portland t
