HE OREGON WEEKLY.
U N IV E R S IT Y
VOL I.
OK
OKKOON
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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