The Oregon weekly., February 19, 1900, Image 1

HE OREGON WEEKLY.
U N IV E R S IT Y
VOL I.
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EUGENE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1900.
JAKWAY, WHITTLESEY, GOODALL. night, and several other students retired
The D ebating Team for th e Inter-
C ollegiate C ontest.
The tryout for the selection of a team
to represent the U niversity of Oregon in
the inter-collegiate debate was held at
V illard hall Saturday night, and th e
team chosen was B. C. Jakw ay, ’02, W.
L. W hittlesey, ’01, and Geo. O. Goodall,
’02. The debate was one of the best ever
held here, and the debaters chosen for
the team represent the strongest men in
the U niversity. The U niversity has good
cause to feel confidefit of the outcom e of
the inter-collegiate debate which will be
held in E ugene ten weeks from Saturday
night.
Next Friday night W illam ette
and Forest Grove m eet in jo in t debate,
and the w inners will m eet the U. o f O.
C. N. Me A rthur, as president of the
stu d en t body, acted as chairm an of the
evening, and introduced the speakers-
T he question discussed was:
‘‘Resolved, T hat the policy of th e
United States toward h er outlying acqui­
sitions should be th at of ultim ate assim i­
lation as opposed to th eir developm ent
into in dependent states.” W. I„. W hit­
tlesey, 01, B. C. Jakw ay, ’02, and B. E.
Spencer, ’01, spoke on the affirmative,
w hile Geo. O. Goodall, ’02, and V. L.
Holt, ’00, supported the negativt
The
ju d g es of th e contest were Prof. F. G.
Young, Judge Potter and A ttorney Skip-
w orth.
The 'V arsity M andolin Club
furnished music for the evening. T heir
to the pleasant home of Prof, and Mrs.
Young where Mrs. Young, assisted
by the Misses Chase and Miss Hanna,
served a light luncheon. Conversation
ensued, stories were told and the T reble
Clef sang until it was tim e to go home,
when the students express- d th e ir th an k s
to Prof, and Mrs. Young for the pleasant
evening.
Indoor Baseball.
The indoor baseball players have been
practicing daily the past week, and u n ­
d er the leadership of Captain Zeigler are
m aking rapid strides in developm ent, and
are fast getting into good form.
Not­
w ithstanding the fact that it is the first
season’s playing for th e m ajority of play­
ers, the work done is of a first-class or­
der, and the prospects for a good rep re­
sentative nine are encouraging.
A suf­
ficient num ber of players for two team s
is on the diam ond each evening, and all
are w orking faithfully for places on the
AN ALL-OREGON TEAM .
Football Hen W ho Could B est Repre
sen t th e S ta te .
Football in Oregon took a good,
healthy grow th d u rin g the last season.
E thically the team s were far ahead of
most previous years. Of course, this
leaves out of consideration th e practical
joke played on W illam ette U niversity bv
a few dentists and o th er professional m en
of Salem, in form ing a team and p lacin g
under the auspices o f W illam ette.
Seriously, the question of ethics enters
largely into the consideration of any
football team. T he M ultnomah club o f
Portland certainly deserves m uch credit
for the stand it took in last reaso n ’s work
for strictly am ateu r players.
W hile, at
tim es, perhaps it overstepped its self im
posed bounds, the transgression was not
censured.
The club has not suffered
from its change of policy. O nly once
during th e entire season did a team cross
its goal line, and then only by m eans of
a trick play.
w ere h e a rtilv e n c o re d .
W. L. W hittlesey was th e first speaker.
H e asserted th at A m erica’s move ment
had alw iy- b te n westward, and th a t onr
g reat question today was expansion or
isolation.
T he speaker o u tlin e ! his
reasons why th e United States should as­
sim ilate th e outlying possessions, espec­
ially the Philippines. Our national ch ar­
acter and destiny dem ands it, he said.
Geo. (). Goodall led off for the nega­
tive. Mr. Goodall claim ed that assim ila­
tion of the P hilippines would m ean a
policy of subjection, since it is not their
will th at th e United States do so. T hey
would have to be incorporated into our
body politic, and never in the history of
th e world lias a nation assim ilated an
alien race. We have great internal ques­
tions w hich dem and im m ediate attention
before we cross 7,000 m iles of th e Pacific
to assim ilate a tropical people.
B. C. Jakw ay was the second speaker
for th e affirmative. He claim ed it was
essential for our national welfare that we
m ust increase our foreign trade, and to
secure this trade we m ust hold outlying
possessions. The speaker dwelt at length
on th e Chinese trade and as to the R us­
sian dom ineering which m ust he over­
come if the U. S. expects to secure ju st
rights in the Orient.
V. L. H olt and B. E. Spencer were the
next speakers. Mr. Ilo lt reviewed th e
ethnical relation of the question and cited
Burgess as authority. Mr. Spencer talked
on th e great com m ercial advantages to
be gained hv holding tile Philippines.
T he leaders then closed in reverse
order, Mr. Goodall speaking first. The
M andolin Club discoursed music while
th e decision o f the judges was awaited,
after which w inning contestants were
showered with congratulations.
’Varsity. Those w orking for catcher are
D illard, H ughes and Russell, while the
aspirants for the box are W illiam s, Moist
and Ross. The position of right sh o rt­
stop is adm irably filted by Captain Zeig­
ler, while Bean, Tiffany and E dw ards are
sp arrin g for left. Casteel and Lewis are
b attlin g for first base, and Tyree and
W addel are playing for second.
In the
race for th ird base we find Knox, Fischer,
D illard and Davis, while th e field rep re­
sentatives are Fountain, Robley, Adams.
Bean, Meserve and W agner. The m an ­
agem ent has arranged for a gam e with O.
A. C., at Corvallis, on th e 22nd., ins».,
and with Albany College, at Albany, on
th e day following. Each of these insti­
tu tio n s are represented by team s in
w hich are experienced players.
W hile
we do not anticipate a victory over eith er
of these teams, we do expect to play
them a good hard gam e, and next season,
with this y ear’s experience, we will he
PROF. AND MRS. YOUNG’S RECEPTION.
After the contest I lie debaters, judges, able to send out a team second to none.
A. L.
th e orators o f the contest last Friday
T he tw o principal college team s, the
University and the A gricultural college,
have been so clearly free from any tain t
of professionalism th at th ere was not a
single case of the usual college “ p ro test.”
Pacific U niversity at Forest (»rove also
started out in th e right direction, and it
is a pity th a t it m et defeat so early at the
hands o f W illam ette. It is to he hoped
that Pacific will put a still stronger and
better-coached team into the field next
season.
A decided im provem ent could be seen
in the play o f all th e teams.
P u nting
was resorted to m ore th an ever before,
and consequently th e gam e gained in
popularity. The best p u n ter developed
was Payne of the U niversity team. Be­
hind the im pregnable punt form ation
tangle tau g h t hv Sim pson, his kicks
were alw ays effective, w h eth er ¡11 aggres­
sive or defensive play. Aided by two of
the best ends ever developed in the state,
th is play was th e strongest one the U ni­
versity had. The whole season was played
No. 2.
w ithout a “ blocked ” punt. The defens­
ive play o f all the team s was strengthened
m aterially, with perhaps the exception of
th e A gricultural College.
M. A. A. C.
and th e U niversity were both ex cep tio n ­
ally strong on the defense.
I he task of selecting an “ All Oregon
Football T eam " is indeed a difficult one.
At th e position of full back we have
G ault, Pacific U niversity; Ham m ond and
Payne, U. of ().; Ed. Davey, M. A. A. C.,
» ml Reuben Sanders, Chem awa. S an­
ders, while capable of playing a good
gam e, does not do it, and ap p aren tly
waits for “ star ” plays. E thically he has
no place on th e representative team of
Oregon. A m an who can play on two
different team s an entire season does not
need a place on a th ird . T here is not a
good “ line b u ck er ’’ am ong th e rest of
th e list. P ay n e’s punts and H am m ond's
defensive work win for each o f them
m uch praise, hut Ed. Davey deserves the
position on the “ All O regon.” It is not
hard to choose th e two h a lfb ack s. Mc­
M illan, M. A. A. C.t easily leads the list.
Bishop is the choice for the o th er half,
although Myers, M. A. A. C., is a w orthy
rival. But Bishop played with a trio of
fresh, n, while Mr <s was a id 'd bi old
player
('.oodricli, (). A. C., showed
him self to he ilmo
sure ground gam er
in th e I O.-O. V. C .»me, but was weak
on defense. T here »re th ree quarters
am ong whom it is ha ' to choose—Kerri
gati. M. A. A. C.; Edw irrls, (’. of O., and
Scott, < >. A. C. T h e place probably he­
lm - t » k in g - v e r y th g i n t o consider»*
tioif, to Edw "(Is, w iln K ci . '»aii 1 very
c lose second.
T he l w o ends have to he choten from
four c a n d id a te
M o n tag u e a n d B a rre tt,
M. A. A. C , and Young and Z igler, U.
<fO . Zeigle s e 1 dy the b. .t end in
he state.
In b< opinion
G arrett
lo t-b ran he is ,n the same < ¡ass with
V om hle, lliil 11 id Master-
Y oung's
Head work and experience gives him th e
o th er place.
Rusk and P ratt, M. A. A. C., S m ith
and Jak w ay , U. o f ()., and Walters, O. A.
C., have all show n up well in th ts e s s o n s
work. Sm ith and P ratt head th e 1’st and
dem onstrated th e ir a b ility to play < a n 7
team on the coast when th e y handled
such men as T raeger, I'c Forest and
W hipple, th ree of the best men from tin-
south.
For guards we have, Elgitf and G al­
lag h er, M. A. C., M cK innon, O. A. C.,
and Angel, U. of O.
E lgin is th e
best m an o f th e group. He is alw ays in
every play am i adds great stren g th to the
defensive pow er of his team . T he o th er
place lies betw een Angell and M cK in­
non, w ith the advantage in favor o f tin-
form er. T hree go<xl centers
were
developed by
the seas n ’s
work.
B nrnaugh, (). A, C.; W agner, U. of ().;
and W atson, M. A. A. C. A lthough W at­
son has had m uch m ore experience, Bur-
uough has shown up in b e tter form.
The representative team th en , is as fol­
lows:
C enter— B nrnaugh. (). A. C.
('»uards— E lgin, (). A. C.; A ngell, U.
o f ().
T ackles Sm ith, U. o f ().; Pratt, M.
A. A. C.
E nds—Zeigler ami Young, U. of O.
Q u arter—Edw ards, U. o f O.
H alf-hacks— M cM illan, (C apt.)
M.
A. A. C., and Bishop, U. o f ().
F u ll-b ack —Davey, M. A. A. C.
L. L. G o o d r ic h , ’ o i .
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