OREGON SPIRIT MUST TRIUMPH TODAY
THE TEAM
Here's to the
Varsity Eleven
VOL XIV. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1912. No 30
VARSITY HAS SHINING
RECORD IN GRIDIRON
BATTLES WITH AGGIES
NINE VICTORIES, THREE TIES
AND THREE DEFEATS
CHRONICLED
1907 GAME FIRST LOSS IN SIX YEARS
Oregon’s Success in 1908 Due to
Fighting Spirit. Last Games
Favor University
OOOOOO 0 00000
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o COMPARATIVE SCORES OF o
o O. A. C.-OREGON GAMES o
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o O. A. C. Oregon, o
o 1894 .16 0 o
o 1895 0 44 o
o 1896 . 4 8 o
o 1897 .26 8 o
o 1898 . 0 38 o
o 1899 . 0 38 o
o 1902 . 0 0 o
o 1903 . 0 0 o
o 1903 . 0 5 o
o 1904 . 5 6 o
o 1905 . 0 0 o
o 1907 . 4 0 o
o 1908 . 0 8 o
o 1909 . 0 12 o
o 1910 . 0 12 o
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o Total ....55 185 o
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The above table is an outline of the
Oregon Agriculture College-Univer
sity of Oiegon football history. Since
the fiist game in 1894, the teams have
met fifteen times. Oregon has won
ten games, tied two and lost three
and has scored 185 points to 55 for
O. A. C.
Twentieth Century Games Hard
Fought
Since 1902, the games have been
extremely hard fought and have fur
nished some of the most dramatic in
cidents in Western football. The
game of 1902, the first for three
years, was scoreless. The game in
1903 would have been the same, but
Chandler fell on a fumble on Ore
gon’s one yard line and made the
touchdown possible.
In 1904, Oregon won by a single
point with credit to Joe Templeton
for his accurate kicaing. The fea
ture of the game was a 105 yard run
by Dow Walker. The big center
nicked up a fumble and raced across
the field, saving his team from a shut
out.
Oregon Reverses Football Dope
In 1905, O. A. C. brought over a
team of husky veterans and it looked
like an easy victory for them. The
betting was three to one. Early in
the fiist half. Gordon Moores got
away for the only touchdown of the
day by receiving an on-side kick, win
ning the game for Oregon.
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HOB FA HISS \
“I think we will win because!
Oregon is going to fight to the last!
ditch.” *
JOE JONES I
“I wouldn't be surprised to see j
the seo e break either way. Itj
will be a hard fight.” |
Kappa Alpha Theta held its annual
initiation last evening, which was fol
lowed by a banquet at the Osburn
Hotel. Thus; initiated were Margue
rite Rankin, '14, Edith Rogers, ’15,
Helen Hamilton. ’15, Charlie Fenton,
’16, Margaret Montague, ’16, Helen
Driver, ’16, Katherine Watson, ’16,
Myrtle Gram, ’16, Virginia Peterson,
’16, Lora Taylor, ’16, Palm Cowden,
’16.
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HEAD COACH LOUIS PINKHAM
“From watching O. A. C. in
fo; mer games, I cannot see where
they have it over on us. Although
they have played one good game,
thay have played several poor ones.
1 think that we excel O. A. C. in
several departments of the game,
and we may spring a surprise on
them today. Taking everything
: into consideration, I will not say
1 we will win, hut in all events we
I will give a good account of our
selves.
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GRIDIRON CAREERS OF THE VARSITY ELEVEN ARE
REVIEWED ON THE EVE OFTHEIR GREATESTSTRUGGLE
(By Tommie Boylen.)
Oregon’s football team is unique in
that it is a made-in-Oregon team.
Only one of the men, Robert Fariss,
has had college experience before
coming here, and he is a Eugene boy.
The remaining have all received their
experience at the hands of Oregon
trainers, or perhaps, to a certain ex
tent in Northwest high schools. Port
land is far in the lead in Varsity ma
terial.
This is Captain Walker’s fourth
year on the team. Walker played his
! first football with Independence High
School, where he played half for two
years. He finished his early football
with tiiree years at Columbia Uni
versity'.
Today Edward Bailey plays his last
game against O. A. C.. For four
years Bailey has been picked as All
Northwest tackle, and for the four |
preceding years he was the pride of (
Eugene High School. (
Carl Fenton came to Oregon with- ]
out experience in football, but made (
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rOGSIN or VICTORY IS SOUNDED BY RIVALS
10 CLASH TODAY IN THE LONG SOOEHT GAME
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ALTHOUGH ALL DOPE IS AGAINST OREGON’S TEAM. THE LEMON
YE LOW WILL ENTER THE STRUGGLE WITH GRIM
DETERMINATION. A DRY FIELD MAY HE
THE CAUSE OF YICTORY FOR OREGON
(By Jimmie Roberts.)
Coaches Pinkham and Dolan have
applied the finishing touches to theii
wariiors and the despaired of game
with O. A. C. is only a few hours
distant. The game of the year, as
ar as Oregon is concerned, has be
•ome a reality after months of ar
gument and Wrangling. The rival
•oaches have spent the past week try
ng to out-Dobie each other with in
uied men stories, but both have man
igeci to get their first line-up ready
tor the whistle and the public is not
looking forward to a battle of inva
ids.
J he feeling on the Oregon cam
jus is, one of hope and determina
.ion. I he Aggie Student Body sends
rut waves of enthusiasm and confi
dence. O. A. C, has the best team
•hey have had in four years, and their
ho wing against Washington and the
• cent blasting they gave to Whit
nan’s claim to the championship has
eft them confident of defeating the
University today.
According to comparative scores,
which do not amount to the paper
:hey are written on, O. A. C. has an
idvantage of about twenty-five points
over Oregon. A comparison of the
games of both teams with W. S. C.
this fall gives O. A. C. a slight edge
and the games with Whitman gives
them a lead over the lemon yellow.
Both the Whitman and W. S. games
Oregon played early in the season,
before the coaches nad time to de
I velop any sort of team work.
The showing of the Aggies against
Washington can not be taken as any
too reliable an indication of their
strength. The best team is generally
handicapped greatest on a muddy
field. O. A. C. managed to hold Bez
deck’s team in 190G on a field that
was ankle deep with mud, and there
is little doubt that it would have been
an Oregon victory by a good margin
on a dry field.
One reassuring fact remains. O.
A. C. never' had an Oregon team
beaten until the last whistle blew.
The team has a chance to hold them
even, and a bare chance of making
it fifteen victories against two de
feats in the last twenty years. The
Varsity, in spite of its crippled con
dition, is going on the field in Albany
today to win, and if history repeats
I itself we ar e going to have a joyous |
evening.
COMPARISON OF OREGON AND O. A. C. FOOTBALL SQUADS,
WITH PROBABLE LINE UP
Oregon— Oregon Aggies—
Vvrt. Age. Ex. Player. Position. Wt. Age. Ex. Player.
175 22 .s Hall L E K 160 22 3 Sitton (C)
173 21 1 Grout L T R 164 21 3 Kellogg
186 22 3 Fenton L G R 185 24 3 May
184 22 1 Caufield . C 178 28 2 Chrisman
185 25 2 Fariss R G L 185 23 2 Moore
225 22 4 Bailey R T L 180 20 1 Hofer
165 21 2 Bradshaw R E L 165 20 2 Robertson
127 21 1 Cornell Q 135 24 1 Dewey
165 23 4 Walker (C.) L H R 156 22 2 Shaw
165 21 1 Parsons R II L 188 19 1 Blackwell
185 21 1 Cook F 178 23 4 Evenden
Average weight Oregon line 181 pounds, Oregon Aggies’ line 174
pounds; average weight Oregon ba:'kfield 161 pounds, Oregon Aggies’
baekfield 164 pounds; average weight Oregon eleven 175 10-11 pounds,
Aggies’ eleven 170 4-11 pounds.
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( AITAIN DEAN WALKER
“All that I ask is that the Ore
gon men play as well as they are
capable of playing, and I will be
satisfied.”
CARL FENTON
“The odds are aRainst us, hut a
dry field will be to our advantage,
and we will at least give them a
trood irame.”
ELMER HALL
“Orange and black is the red
flag for us.”
JATES ARE (iRANTED
BY STUDENT COMMITTEE
The Student Affairs Committee, at
heir regular meeting Wednesday af- j
ernoon in Villard Hall, granted sev
•ral dates for student affairs. The
ist includes a Dorm Club dance, De- i
ember 13. The Sophomore dance j
vas scheduled for December 14. De-)
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cember 7 was given to Phi Gamma
Delta and Lambda Rho for house
dances.
The Phi Delta Theta date for the
Gle Club dance was re-granted for
January 10.
Professor EL S. Conklin and Pro
fessor R. H. Dearborn were dinner
guests Sunday at the Avava house.
EDWARD BAILEY
"Wo have won from O. A. C. in
former years with the dope against
us, and 1 think we can do it
again.”
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“BOB” BRADSHAW
"The dope is all against us, but
I believe that Oregon will have the
long end when the score is
counted.”
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I’hi Gamma Delta entertained with
an informal dance in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Y. C. Kellogg, of Seattle.
Hher guests were Edith Slusher,
Maude Mastick, Myrtle Gram, Mar
guerite Sheehy, Grace Bean, Cath
erine Stanfield, Helen (lake, Florence
Bonnell. Ethel Tooze, Mildred Gerig,
Arvilla Beckwith, Hazel Tooze, Grace
McKenzie and Gretchen Sherwood.
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COACH DOLAN, O. A. C.
Coach Dolan is an Albany man.
He has lived in this city since a
boy and Albany is proud of him as
a football coach. The Hub City, to
a man, will stand behind O. A. C.
largely on this account.
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Invitations have been received for
(he wedding of Miss Hazel Foster,
x- 14, to Mr. William Cottrell. The
wedding will take place in Portland
November 27, at the Taylor Street
Methodist church. Miss Foster will
be attended by her sister and a num
ber of the Delta Delta Delta girls,
Faye Hall will play the wedding
match, and Ethel Risley will sing.
The newlyweds will make their home
in Colorado, near Boulder.
Miss Elice Shearer has gone to
Portland for a few days.
1500 ROOTERS LEAVE
AT 1240 FOR ALBANY
IN BLAZE OF COLOR
OREGON SPIRIT PREDOMINATES
AND ENTHUSIASM IS
INTENSE
ROOTERS PLAN DEMONSTRATION AT GAME
Blackman's Cohorts Will Give Great
War Dance on Field Between
Halves.
The special train of twelve coaches,
containing 1,500 students and Eugene
people leaves the Southern Pacific de
pot at 12:30 this morning, for Al
bany. Abe Blackman urges every
loyal Oregon student to be aboard.
The Southern Pacific train will be
gaily decorated with the lemon and
yellow color; flags, pennants, and
bunting will fly from every window'.
Even the engine will bear the glorious
colors, and the appearance of the
whole train will be in perfect har
mony with the spirit of the excited
student throngs which fill it.
Seniors Will Carry “O."
Upon arriving in Albany, Blackmdh
will assemble his rooter cohorts in
battle array and, preceeded by the
famous “Boola” band and the yellow
“O,” borne by twelve proud Seniors,
will march to the scene of actlbhi
There they will be joined by the vet
eran yell leader, Charles W. Robin
son, with his following of a hundred
law students from Portland, who ar
live earlier in the day.
Bleachers Built for 8,000.
The center section of the bleachers
on the north side of the field, has
been reserved for the Eugene rooters,
The Aggies will occupy the south
bleachers. The Co-eds of the two in
stitutions will be seated in the grand
stand. Special boxes have been pre
pared for Governor West and the
several state officials, expected to be
present, and for President Campbell,
President Kerr, and the two boards
of regents. The bleachers that have
been erected by the Albany Commer
cial Club extend down both sides of
the field and will seat 8,000 people.
There is little danger of lack of ac
commodation for the crowd.
Blackman Will Conduct War Dance.
Between halves, each school will
have exclusive use of the field for
seven minutes to stage the special
stunts which both will spring. Ac
cording to the announcement made by
Abe Blackman at last night’s rally,
the Oregon rooters will “pee-rade”
onto the field, form a circle and exe
cute an Indian war dance, to the ac
companiment of “tom-tom music” by
the bund.
The special train will return at
5:15, so it will be necessary for
; everyone to go immediately to the
depot after the game, if they wish to
; get aboard.
LOTS OT PIP SHOWN AT LAST NIGHT'S RALLY.
COACHES AND FRIENDLY PREDICT VICTORY
(By Clarence Ash.) i
They came, they ate doughnuts, ■
talked like the dickens, whooped,
yelled, and came to the conclusion
that Oregon has it over the Agricul- 1
tural College seven different ways 1
from Sunday. i
Last night the band and Yell Lead- !
er Abe Blackman led the rooters down
town for a serpentine and a short
rooting practice. On the return to the
Men’s Gymnasium the fireworks com
menced. Regent Sam Friendly said:
“We’re with you tomorrow in Albany,
tnd we want you to dig. dig, dig, to
vin.”
“Stand back of your team,” said
'resident Campbell,” "with the old
Jregon spirit that never says die.
(eep your temper—there will be many
jutsiders ready to cause trouble—
ihow the Oregon Agricultural College
hat we are gentlemen, and may the
>est team win.” (Voice in the rear,
‘Preferably Oregon.”)
Coach Pinkham had plenty of hope
• or tomorrow, for “we have. a team
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