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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.
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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
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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
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. . Marshfield High's halfback Pete Tully had his ups and
Piyof pH downs Saturday in a game against Thurston at Silke Field.
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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.
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(ire Imwalle 13 pais from Berry
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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
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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
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