Beavers outkicked Ducks in postwar game.Byline: RON BELLAMY "Rockin'" Ron Bellamy (born December 13, 1964) is an American professional boxer. He is the half-brother of former NBA center Walt Bellamy. Ron also started his career in basketball, playing collegiately at UNC-Charlotte and professionally in New Zealand and Europe. The Register-Guard It was the first Civil War in Eugene since the bombing of Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. , and when the Webfoots and Beavers played at Hayward Field For other uses of "Hayward", see Hayward (disambiguation). Hayward Field at University of Oregon is one of the most well-known historic track and field stadiums in the United States. It has been the home to the University of Oregon Track and Field teams since 1919. on Dec. 1, 1945, it would mark the last December college football game in Eugene until today. The final score was Oregon State 13, Oregon 12, as the Webfoots missed both extra points, which Dick Strite of the Eugene Register-Guard put into this perspective: "It was unfortunate that Captain John Kauffman had to be the player to miss the extra points that might have given Oregon a tie or a victory. The former infantry sergeant who served in combat for three years in Europe can't be blamed - not a grand guy who has played the gallant and glorious kind of football he has all season." Oregon and Oregon State didn't have intercollegiate in·ter·col·le·giate adj. Involving or representing two or more colleges. Adj. 1. intercollegiate - used of competition between colleges or universities; "intercollegiate basketball" football in 1943 and 1944 as World War II raged. The same front page of The Register-Guard that reported the Beavers' victory in 1945 also carried an Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. interview with Hermann Goering, the Nazi official on trial for his life, who declared that if given the choice again, he would support Adolf Hitler again. In the days leading up to the game, speculation centered on how a muddy field would affect the contest. The Beavers had dominated the Webfoots, 19-6, when the two teams faced each other earlier that season. As things turned out, the Hayward Field turf held up remarkably well, and the weather was "remarkable for a December day," with a high of 54 and just a trace of rain. Underdog Oregon, which hadn't won a Civil War in Eugene since 1935, also held up remarkably well, dedicating the game to a teammate, Ron Crites, killed in an airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. crash two weeks earlier. A 60-yard interception return by all-American halfback half·back n. Abbr. HB 1. Football a. One of the players positioned near the flanks behind the line of scrimmage. b. The position held by this player. 2. Sports a. Jake Leicht gave Oregon a 6-0 lead in the second quarter, but the Beavers forged ahead, 13-6, before Leicht's 24-yard touchdown run drew the Webfoots within a point with 6:26 remaining in the game. However, Kauffman's conversion kick "went into the mud." It was Oregon State's eighth win over Oregon in the past nine meetings and left Oregon 3-6 on the season and the Beavers 4-4-1. |
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