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VOL. 19 o 0 EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1917 0 NO. 6 OREGON’S “GREEN VARSITY SHOWS UP TO GOOD AD REPLETE WITH STAR PLA' STEERS AND WILLIAP WHOLE TEAM DE STEERS AND LESLIE MAKE TOI Fumbles Directly Responsible for Ever Which Misses Narrowly; Bezdek Nor Oregon “outlucked” and outplayed Multnomah this afternoon on Kincaid field in a game replete with sensa tional plays mixed in with mental lapses. The score was 14-7. Bezdek’s green team fought the heavier clubmen to a standstill and deserved to win. Oregon’s line showed up particularly well and stopped the Portland backs time and again with no gain. Bill Steers was the big show, both in punting and running with the ball. His kicks averaged close to 50 yards. Bas Williams shared the hon ors with the husky quarterback, al though the whole team deserves men-1 tion for the wonderful battle they put up after only two weeks of practice. Scores All Flukes. Multnomah was the first to score, when J. Murphy picked up a fumble and raced 50 yards over the line. Briggs kicked goal. This was all the scoring in the first half. Both of Oregon’s touchdowns re sulted from slow thinking on the part of the Multnomah quarterbacks. In the third period Bill Steers punted to the club’s three-yard line. Murphy touched the ball but failed to fall on it, and Dow Wilson recovered for the ’varsity. Bill Steers plunged over the line on the second down and kicked goal. Two minutes before the end of the game the identical play occurred again. This time it was Humphrey who touched the ball but failed to hold it and Leslie fell on it for the winning touchdown. Steers kicked a beautiful goal for the extra point. Both teams showed the lack of prac tice and stuck to straight football, with a few forward passes sand wiched in. Oregon was outweighed about eight pounds to the man. In the fourth quarter Steers tried for a drop-kick, but mised by a scant foot or two. Bezdek Calls It Luck. Coach Bezdek wore a broad grin after the game, but refused to com mit himself. “We were awfully lucky to get away with the game,” said the coach. “The boys put up a wonderful fight and I’ll have a scrappy team at least.” Beckett Praises Team. Ex-Captain Johnny Beckett was not so backward. “Oregon will give my marine team a good battle,” said Johnny. “The ’varsity excels in kicking and defen-1 sive work, and I wouldn’t be afraid to back them against Washington, | even if they have got some of their old men back.” George Budtz, manager of the Mult nomah eleven, did not have much to i say. “Both teams were green, and [ it was largely a matter of luck who' won. We got the breaks in the first half and Oregon in the second.” Sam Dolan, veteran referee of many Oregon games, praised the ’varsity for their fight. “Bezdek has a bunch of scrappers for fair. They played hard all the way through.” Bill Hayward was as tickled as the lowliest frosh. “It was just a case of Oregon fight and Oregon Spirit. Long may she wave!” Multnomah First Out. Multnomah was the first to appear on the field, the red-and-white team coming through the gates at 2:30 i o’clock, while the mix was still in progress. They were greeted by a burst of hand-clapping. Ten minutes later Oregon came on to a burst0 of oCheers. The Oregon rooters were masse^ in the bleachers on the south side of the field. Multnomah won the toss and Leader elected to kick off, with his team defending the east goal. First Quarter. Briggs kicked off to Medley, who re turned ten yards. Ball on 30-yard line. Steers made five yards around left end. Steers kicked 35 yards to Mur SQUAD”TAKES OF THE SEASON VANTAGE IN SENSATIONAL GAME 'S AND MENTAL LAPSES; IS SHINE, ALTHOUGH SERVES PRAISE. ICHOOWNS; FINAL SCORE 14-7 i Score Made; Steers Tries Drop-Kick, Oregon Gains On Punts, committal. phy, who was downed in his tracks. Lutge two yards through tackle. Or egon held. Hunter stopped Lutge after five yards through center. Briggs punted 30 yards out of bounds. Steers punted 50 yards out of bounds. Ball on Multnomah 20-yard line. Multnomah fumbled. Medley recov ered for Oregon. Medley fumbled and Driskill recovered for Multnomah. Leader one yard through guard. Lut ge made 13 yards around right end. Time out for Lutge. Murphy gained seven yards through left tackle. Hor ton failed to gain on left tackle plunge. On center rush Briggs made seven yards. Steers intercepted for ward pass. Oregon’s ball on their own 40-yard line. Steers punted 60 yards over goal line. Small Gains Made. Ball brought out to Multnomah’s 20 yard line. Lutge on fake punt gained four yards around right end. Briggs two yards through left guard. Time out. Briggs no gain. Hunter tackled Horton, no gain. Lutge punted 25 yards out of bounds. Ball on Oregon 40 yard line. Steers made one yard through left guard. Hunter two yards through center. Steers failed to gain and punted 35 yards out of bounds. Multnomah’s ball on their 20-yard line. Briggs stopped with no gain. Horton made five through left tackle. Quarter ended with ball on Multno mah’s 35-yard line. Score: Oregon 0; Multnomah 0. Second Quarter. Lutge made three yards. Lutge punted 35 yards to Steers, who was downed without return. Steers three yards through guard. Dwight Wilson two yards and fumbled, Macy recov ering for Oregon. Time out for Mult nomah. Steers on fake punt made 13 yards around left end. First down. Steers no gain on dou ble pass aroung right end. Wilson two yards. Steers made two yards through left tackle. Steers punted 60 yards over the goal line. Ball brought out to Multnomah’s 20-yard line. Hor ton fumbled after run of ten yards and Oregon recovered. On Oregon’s fumble, E. Murphy picked up the ball and ran 45 yard for touchdown. Briggs kicked goal. Score: Multnomah 7; Oregon 0. Steers kicked off to Horton, who ran ball back 25 yards to 28-yard line. Time out for Horton. Horton made half a yard through left tackle. Mult nomah gained two yards through cen ter. Third down and eight to go. Murphy three yards through left guard. Lutge punted 30 yards to Steers, who returned five. Oregon Loses Ball, Steers punted 50 yards to Multno mah’s five-yard line. Murphy fumbled and was downed before he could re cover. Lutge punted 30 yards to Steers, who returned ten yards. Ball went to Multnomah on account of holding. On fake formation Leader carried ball five yards around right end. Double pass, no gain. Time out for Nelson. Multnomah’s ball on their own 35-yard line. Murphy made no gain through left tackle. Half ended. Score: Multnomah 7; Oregon 0. Rooters Serpentine. Between halves, the rooters ser pentined around the field, finally winding up in the center, where they let loose with yells from a block “O” formation. The band accompa nied the rooters with a stirring march. 0 Second Half. Third quarter.—The second half opene<j with Ramsey in place of Hos ford at right guard for Multnomah. Oregon came back without any chang es in the lineup. Steers kicked off for Oregon to Horton, who returned 20 yards. Briggs one yard through guard. Anderson and Hunter stopped (Continued on page 6.) MULTNOMAH'S RECORD BETTER BY NINE GAMES FOR FIVE YEARS FOLLOWING 1909 THE PORTLAND PLAY ERS WON ALL CON TESTS ENTERED. Then Moullen Came to Oregon and the Spell Was Broken for Three Years. SCORES OF PREVIOUS ORE GON-MULTNOMAH GAMES Year Oregon Mult. 1896 . 6 12 1897—No game. ' 1898 ,.. 0 21 1899 . 0 6 1S99 . 0 0 1900 ...*. 0 6 1900 . 0 0 1901 . 0 5 1901 ,... 0 17 1902 . 0 16 1903 .r. 0 12 1904 . 0 7 1905 . 0 6 1906 . 8 4 1907 . 10 . 5 1908 . 10 0 1909 ., 3 0 1910 . 0 6 1911 . 16 17 1912 . 7 20 1913 . 0 19 1914 . 0 14 1915 . 7 16 1915 . 15 2 1916 .. 28 0 1916 . 27 0 Totals .“127 208 When Oregon met Multnomah on Kin caid field this afternoon it was the twenty-sixth time the two rivals had clashed. Oregon has triumphed over the clubmen on seven occasions, while the red-and-wliite have emerged vic torious in sixteen contests. Two games were scoreless ties. For ten long years the University failed to grab the long end of the score. In 1906 Fred Moullen, famil iarly known as “Khaki” booted two place kicks over the crossbar, while the best Multnomah could do was one place kick. This victory was fol lowed up by three more in a row. Moullen was one of the greatest place kickers who ever wore the lemon yellow. In 1905 Oregon went through the whole season without making a touchdown, and yet won most of her games, all on account of Moullen’s “iron toe.” Beginning with 1910 and following for five years, the Multnomah club was represented by a team of huskies that could have given any team in the country a stiff battle. For example, the eleven of 1912 averaged 200 pounds. Bezdek’s new system was too much for the Portland players in 1915 and the ’varsity has landed three succes sive victories. UNHAPPY CHOICE OF 0. A. C. C010RS MAI MAKE EllOSH 10SE FIVE POINTS Ned Fowler, Sopnomore President, May Contest Decision of Judges on Decorations. Because the freshman colors for the mix this afternoon were the orange and black colors of O. A. C., the le gality of the points given to the class of 1921 may be protested, according to Ned Fowler, sophomore president. It has always been the custom to give the incoming frfeshman class the colors of the senior class of the year before, but this year, the tra dition was slipped up on and the re sult was the appearing of the orange and black upon the grandstand. Dean Straub, when questioned, admitted that he knew nothing of the way in which the colors were selected, but stated^, that the class would have to vote for the changing. The last year senior class had cho sen for their colors, however, green and white, which puts the freshmen in a rather sad light Fowler will probably investigate the !■'a sons for the decorations in orange and black, and if the grounds are great enough, will protest the five points awarded to the freshmen. SHEEHY IS PLACED IT HEAD GF CAMPUS MOVE TO SAVE FOOD SUPPLY ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN COVERING ENTIRE UNIVERSITY TO BE MADE IN CO-OPERATION WITH HOOVER. REDUCE THE WASTE ONE-TENTH IS PLEA OF LEADER OF LOCAL DRIVE Demonstration in Support of Plan is Promised at Assembly Wed nesday Morning. James S. Sheehv president of tlie Associated Students, was appointed this morning to represent Herbert C. Hoover and the National Food Admin istration, in taking charge of the cam paign on tlie campus to save wheat, meat, fats and sugar for tlie use of the men in the army and for tlie peo ple of the allied nations. O. M. Plummer, of Portland, had scarcely left Villard hall, where he had made the first presentation of the nation’s need in regard to food con servation, Wednesday, before steps were under way to hang up for the University another record of quick re sponse to the nation’s call. Dixon Appoints Sheehy. The matter of a separate student or ganization for the University was placed before A. C. Dixon, chairman of the county committee, yesterday. It was pointed out to him that the University community included more than a thousand healthy young men and women who might be assumed to be about the heartiest eaters, on the average, in Eugene, and that they formed a considerable portion of the total population. A thoroughgoing, enthusiastic campaign was promised, and on the assurance that the “Ore gon Spirit” would take hold and make the movement the “hundred-per-cent efficient” success which Mr. Dixon has promised the state committee in Port land would be the standard of all work in Lane county, he gave his consent and turned the entire responsibility over to the student organization, ap pointing Sheehy as chairman. Efficiency Is Keynote. Melvin Solve will be the publicity manager. Sheeliy expects to name the other members of his organization tonight. Ho says he will follow the principle which has been followed all through the nation from Mr. Hoover down—that is, not to look around for someone who lias plenty of time for the work, but to pick out the busiest, ablest, most efficient workers who can be found, and then insist that they drop everything else that interferes with their responding to the nation’s appeal for this patriotic service. Sheeliy points out that if the thou sand persons in the University com munity should save only one-tenth of the food that is served to them—and the waste alone is probably at least one-tentli—it would be more than suf ficient to furnish permanently the en tire rations for the whole ambulance corps of ninety men which the Uni versity has at the front. If the same thousand persons made even so small a sacrifice as to take one lump of su gar in place of two in their coffee, it would mean enough sugar saved at each meal for a thousand soldiers, or for as many French or Belgian civil ians, already on very short rations in sweets. Broad Campaign Planned. Sheehy’s plans include, besides full discussion and a campaign of educa tion in the Emerald, which Harry Crain, the editor, has promised to fos ter, the appearance of speakers be fore the members of all the houses, the introduction of the subject at all meetings of all kinds that may be held in the next two weeks, and a special demonstration of loyalty on the part of the University and readiness to co-operate with the government in the work? which he has scheduled for the assembly next Wednesday. —“Wednesday is pledge day,” lie said. “We will just pledge to the nation (his time as well as to the state.” Miss Winifred Forbes, Miss Hilda Knight and Miss Ida Turney were Sunday evening luncheon guests of Pi Beta Phi. MIX WITH II SCORE OF TO TO 30 f ATHLETIC MANAGERS NAMED FIRST MEETING OF YEAR HELD BY WOMAN’S COMMITTEE. Games With O. A. C. Girls Postponed Until Oregon Teams Attain Full Strength. Election of the athletic managers for this year was the occasion of the first meeting of the new Woman’s Athletic Committee, Thursday night. All of the women’s sports now have a manager, who will provide instruc tion for beginners, and make arrange ments for tournaments, interclass games, outside games, and field day exercises. Tennis will he managed by Caroline Alexander. Ruby Bogue has the care of golf, Maudd Lombard of basketball, Claire Warner of baseball, Esther Furuset of canoeing, Jeannette Moss of swimming, Marian Bowen of ar chery, and Marguerite Crim of the “brutal” pastime of hockey. Arrangements for games with O. A. C. will be postponed until the teams attain their full strength. The members of the committee in charge of women’s athletics, as elected last year, are as follows:: Margaret Crosby, president; Claire Warner, vice-president; Eva Hansen, secreta ry; Harriet Garrett, treasurer. FOOD SAVING PLAN IS OUTLINED 01S MR O. M. PLUMMER URGES THAT ALL CO-OPERATE TO ECONO MIZE AND THUS DEMON STRATE LOYALTY ASSISTANTS III COUNTY ARE SELECTED Joining Citizens in Movement Is Step Toward Democracy, Says Field Agent. Enlist In tlie conservation army, for the economy drive is on in Eugene. Sounding the call to arms in Vlllard hall Thursday afternoon, O. M. Plum mer, a member of the Portland school board and field agent for the food saving movement in this state, urged town and University peoplo to fight for food saving. “We can’t all go to war,” said Mr. Plummer, who was introduced by President Campbell, “but we can save the lives of the boys by sending them food. Sugar, wheat, butter and meat are the forces that will aid us. One lump less of sugar each day brings us that much nearer victory." “I wonder do you people realize,” “that a slice of bread less at each daily meal amounts to 12,500,000 loaves a meal? And the totals are just as astounding when less meat, butter and sugar are eaten.” Mr. Plummer is of the opinion that the voluntary work of the American people in conservation is one great step toward democracy. “We don’t need to be forced into this,” he de clared, “we are doing it of our own free wills. We are volunteers in the food army.” “Ministers will preach conservation and schools will teacly it,” declared the speaker. “We want to keep the idea continually before the minds of the people. Oregon never was a slacker, and we can be trusted to make a success of this great enter prise.” Next Wednesday, at University as sembly, Oregon students will have the campaign outlined to them. It is the hope of Mr. Plummer that every sorority, fraternity, dormitory and boarding house will join the adminls tra.tion in a body. Oo ° o 0 o ° ° As outlined by Mr. Plummer, the plan for Lane county is to list every one for service during the week of October 21 to 28. Each household is (Continued on page 6.) HONORS FOR DECORATIONS AND CANE RUSH ALONE GO TO CLASS OF 1921. DEAN STRAUB LOOKS OUT FOR YOUNGSTERS’INTERESTS Senior Police Maintain the Usual Un questionable Record of Abso lute Fairness. EVENTS IN CLASS MIX SOPHOMORES Class Stunts .„.10 points Sandbag contest .20 points Tie-up contest . 15 points Flag rush .—. ..20 points Yells . 5 points Total .70 points FRESHMEN Decorations ..._. 5 points Cane rush .25 points Total ....30 point The underclass mix on Kincaid field this afternoon was won by the soph oxnoros, who scored 70 points to the “lowly freshmen’s” 30. The frosh won five points on their grandstand decorations and 25 on the cane rush, which they had by a mar gin of one hand. All other events of the mix went to the sophomores. The underclass mix was a preliminary to the Oregon-Multnomab football game, which began immediately following Uio mix. Dean Straub wolied hard through out the program to get an influence for his freshmen with the senior po lice, but the police had already held that it was a "fair mix.” When two freshmen were found lighting over one bag, each trying to keep the other from moving it toward the sophomire goal, the dean held that if the acquaintance party had been last night instead of tonight, his freshmen would have won the sand bag event. The two frosh who fought over the bag identified themselves and the sack was carried across the line Just before the pistol shot was fired. The mix was declared on by Charles Crandall, senior chief of police, at 1:20 o’clock. Five points were lost by the freshmen at theoutset when they lost the class yells contest. Their loss came regardless of their appeal to the policeman seniors by a rousing yell for the seniors. The new fresh man yell was then sprung for the first time: “Knock ’em dead, then we’re done, Nineteen hundred twenty-one.” The sophomores led off in their yell with an Oskie and followed with other Oregon ’Varsity yells. They concluded with the sophomore class yell: "Pep a-plenty, U. of O. 1920.” A funeral procession with a casket hearing the letters 1-9-2-0 was staged as the freshman stunt, which followed the class yells. Seventy frosh marched with green caps removed and held to their hearts. They chanted slowly 1-9-2-1 as a funeral march. The stunt ended in front of the grandstand with: “Knock ’em dead, then we’re done, nineteen hundred twenty-one.” The sophomore boy stunt consisted of a book hauled before the grand stand in a hay rack and turned to suit the convenience of readers. First page—“Thirteen days and four hours ago, there came an ‘aig.’ " Second page—“He was fed on (pic ture of liugo milk bottle).” Third page—“It was named a frosh.” Fourth page—“The mix came and hero it lies.” Scene, grave-yard. “Finis.” o' The judges gave the decision, carry ing live points, to the sophomore boys. The freshman girls came onto0 the field in Red Cross uniforms and formed a huge cross. The sophomore girls came onto the field in square for mation, enclosed with a drapery of white and covered with an American (Continued on page 6.)