The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-08-11
Oregon u" May Turn Out
Grid Championship Contender
Two Bockfield Stors Lost TO Navy But
Plenty of New Moteriol Will Show Up

fEdifcr's Note: This h the NTH n
serie< Of preseason Articles ASSESS.
Csast conference football outlook IN
sfs first war ,sap;
Nv RICHARD ". JOHNSTON
United rre.< staff Correspondent
EUGENE. Ore. - Despite the
loss Of two backfield stars. Jimmy
Newquist and Bob Koch. to nsvy
aviation. the University Of Oregon
may field a Pacific Coast confer
ence football championship con-
tender this year.
That's the expressed opinion
Of two veteran followers Of Web
foot grid fortunes, neither Of
whom happens 20 be coach Hon
est John" Warren. Honest John. I"
perhaps TO avoid furnishing the
reputation which supplied his
title, 10 both absent and silent for
the summer.
With Tex Oliver at st. Mary's
teaching naval flying cadets the
intracacies of the sport. aided by
his assistant Vaughn Corley, and
with backfield coach Mike Miku-
LAX in the army, Oregon appears
to have undergone a rather dras-
tic. involuntary de-emphasization
Of football.
II will BE- Honest John" and
end coach Nanny vezie against
the world. plus. Of course, the foot
ball players they may shape to
their purposes.
Expect Turnout Of 20
According to the two observers
mentioned earlier. sports editor.
Dick strife. Of the Eugene Regia-
ter-Cuard and athletic manager.
Anse Cornell. the oregonians can
look for about 40 would-be grid
ders on Sept. 10. the first day of
practice.
OF this assortment. seven
~ two-year lettermen. nine
have worn the varsity 20" ono
season. five are non-letternan
reeerves, one n . transfer,
I'D 10 are youngsters mp
from the 1s41 ycarlInx squad.
What will be the principal Ore
gon weaknesses strife guesses
center and quarterback. and ex-
plains, -Four centers from last
years squad Elliott Wilson. Her
shel Patton. George Van Pelt and
Don o'Neill - have either Kradu-
ated or gone into the armed serv-
ice tWilson. = 23o-pounder with
another eligible year, Joined the
marine corps). Duke Iverson, the
regular quarterback for two years.
graduated. along with three other
signal callers. However, Iverson's
le41 understudy. Len surles. will
return"
Besides Newquist and Koch in
the backfield. Warren will have to
get along without Curt Mecham.
Frank Boyd and Bill Dunlap. To
brighten the picture, he expects
10 see Tommy Robin. Kenny
Oliphant, Tom Oman and Clyde
Lee back in uniform.
Two Good Prospects
Two unexpected donations also
will help. One Is Cameron "scotty"
Deeds. = hiEhly-touted halfback
from Long Beach and Roy 'Tippy"
Dyer. Bend two-year letterman
who remained out Of competition
last season.
Tex Oliver Ia being quoted
around Eugene as predicting the
best line In the conference for
Oregon this fall. Whether Warren
concurs, no body knows, but un-
less the army. navy, etc. interfere.
the webfoot forward wall win
shape up in this formidable
fashion:
Ends. Russ Nowling and Jim
Shepard: tackles. Ed Moshofsky.
Tom Terry. Dick Ashcom, Cliff
Giffin and Merritt kufferman:
guards. Floyd Rehs. the Steers
Twins. Val Culwell. steve Bodner
and Bob David.
Add TO these stalwarts such
first-year men as Bob Davis. the
brilliant ex-Grants Pass back
fielder: Bob Reynolds, wing footed
Negro back from Portland: Leroy
Erickson, Bremerton half; Bob
Morrison. Portland, another half
back: George Dugan. the long
legged end from Cottage Grove;
Pete Torchia, from Johnstown.
Pa: Ray Blstchley. the Eugene
high tackle. and Vic Atiyeh. 220-
pound guard from Portlsnd-and
you may have something. Pro-
video. Of course. you can find
center and convert a quarterback.
Eight Games Scheduled
The Webfoots are booked for
sight games, with one Of the