The Oregon Weekly.
U n iv e rs ity
o f O re g o n
E u g e n e , O reg o n , M o n d a y ,
V o i.
N o v e m b e r ¿1 , IQ04
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hind them in every play. Earl c o n trib coach loads of college people and sup
uted 11 y ard s which he picked up porters. The tra in w as draped w ith
through A braham and Moores raced stream ers and pennants in Oregon col
Rose’s end for 18 more, the best gain of ors, while there w as an a rra y of horns
Oregon Claims Northwest Collegiate Football Champion the
day. Our slashing advance could and m egaphones, banners and lemon yel
not be checked, Joe w as slammed over low ribbon w ithin the coaches. The ex
ship for 1904—'Varsity 6, O. A. C. 5
the last w hite line and then kicked a difli pedition arrived in the land of the enemy
cult goal. It looked easy but the “ Ag- about 11 o ’clock and scattered them
Corvallis Puts up a Good T eam But is Outpointed by 'Varsity Men on Every Hand—The rics” were not vet downed.
selves about the city, going for the m ost
They ran the kick-off to their 30 y ard p a rt to the Hotel Corvallis. The gam e
“ Farmers” Score on a Freak Play, Center “ Fat” Walker Making
line and then plowed dow n the field w as called at 3 p. in. and the time pre
the Sensational Run of the Game
60 yards in 20 plays, m ostly by Mr. Wil ceding w as taken up w ith d em o n stra
liams. But Oregon closed up, the work tions of college spiiit on both sides,
The ’V arsity eleven defeated the Ore have a g reat quarterback, Jack L atour- g o t harder and Williams w as held for There w as considerable evidence of the
gon A gricultural College on their own ette, who never fumbled the wet ball, ran dow ns 20 y ard s from our goal. It was rivalry existing between the tw o in sti
field S a tu rd a y aftern o o n —score 6 -5 . It the team so we were not once held for a g allan t foray but th e'V arsity was able tutions, and num erous thefts of banners,
w as o u r n in th gam e w ith the “ F arm ers,” dow ns, raced back every O. A. C. punt to sto p it. One tu rn now and w estarted etc., are reported by each.
Besides the large delegation from Eu
our sixth victory, th o u g h by the n a rro w from 10 to 25 yards and made some out for an o th er score. They jam m ed the
gene,
ab o u t fifty people came over from
profitable
sallies
around
end.
Every
leather to center field where it w as fum
est of m argins, and gave us our first
clear title to the leadership of collegiate m an in the line did Trojan work. Reid bled to C orvallis but regained on a fum Albany, while there were num bers of
football in the n o rth w est.
Rah for passed the leather adm irably and did his ble on the third play. Oregon executed 27 sp ectato rs from P o rtlan d , Salem and
Richard Shore Sm ith, ’0 1 ’. for he has led best against W alker though outweighed plays which netted 90 yards, including other lower valley points. The to ta l
and generalled the best season we have nearly 40 pounds. McClain and M cIn the distance lost by the fumble. It w as paid attendance a t the gam e was alm ost
ever played. It w as o u r day again and tyre opened wav for some long full-back desperate, hard, slow work right in the 1300. In spite of the presence of so
n o th in g b u t the colossal luck of the Col gains through center. Earl did great teeth of the storm so th a t every signal many social visitors, there w as no for
lege men saved them from m ost decisive work w ith the ball and in preparing the had to be repented. The 'V arsity went mal reception given our people at night,
but the members of tile team were pre
defeat. The ’V arsity played a desperate way for plunges outside his position into it fiercely and won their way to the
sented
w ith tickets to a musicale at the
skilful gam e and had their opponents Arnspiger showed up the Corvallis weak O. A. C. 8-yard line where time was
college arm ory.
beaten from s t a r t to finish Mr. Steckle spot in “ Swede” Abraham . It begins to called by special favor of the cherub who
The special train left C o rv allisat 10:30
has given the C orvallis men the best look as if we had raised another pair of w atches over the fate of ploughmen.
o'clock
at night and came stra ig h t
The rain grew steadily more plenteous
•coaching they ever received, his pupils N orthw est ends Chandler and Moores
but the players comforted themselves through io Eugene, landing its passen
.did th eir u tm o st and p u t up a g allan t were down on every punt and stopped
all end runs. The speedy Williams never with dry jerseys .and the second half saw gers here about 1:15.
Ifight b u t Oregon surpassed them in every
g o t around them though lie tried it often s o m e o f the hardest ball ever played in
OFFICIAL PIN A D O PT E D
(departm ent of th e gam e. Our men rushed
enough. But the main thing about the Oregon. Corvallis got the kick-oil out
th e ball 236 y a rd s in 69 plays, while the
Oregon work w as unity and the s p i i i t . to their 30-yard line but were soon forced
•*Agric9*’ gained 14-0 y a rd s in 48 plays.
The Associated S tu d en ts met last
The line men would tear a hole which the to punt. Some fumbles followed a n d
Oregon w as never held for dow ns while
backs would assault unanim ously and at E.atourette very wisely let a punt roll W ednesday and adopted an official
th e ir o p ponents were five times held for
once. The F arm ers plugged in and were over our gold line. Tem pleton kicked Oregon pin to lie w orn by seniors
dow ns o r forced to p unt, besides being
under nearly every play but som ething out beautifully a clean 40 yards against and alum ni. The design is a gold "O ”
decidedly inferior in kicking and handling
had to give when th a t hum an sledge the rain Oregon g o t the ball on dow ns of the same shape as those w orn by the
kicks.
struck their line. Perhaps Root, Pilkmg- near center-field and struck out for a football and track men on their sw e a t
The m ain feature of the gam e w as the
ton, and Bundy m ight have stopped it score. Fifteen slashing plays netted 47 ers, w ith a diagonal c ro s s b a r bearing
m iserable w eather which turned a fine
yards The last of the pile-ups quivered the num erals of the class. I his is a good
but we don’t see how.
g rass field to a sea of glass and greased
move, as it will relieve the classes of the
The Corvallis m anagem ent deserves and stopped well inside the Corvallis 15-
the ball a lm o st p a st holding. I t w as a special praise. The field w as well laid y ard line and every “ Agric” heart w as task of securing a design for their pin
crescendo perform ance of rain, wind and
everv vear, and will preclude the possi
o u t and adm irably policed. I heir o rg an aching. But just then “ b a t Walker,
cold, the sto rm sw eeping the length of ized rooters bellowed terribly. Over his plaster cast ankle and the football, bility of tiny th in g in artistic Is-ing w orn
the field, chilling and conquering several 1250 people attended in spite of the fierce wriggled d e a r of the heap and sta lle d bv collegians as the official Insignia of
of the players. O. A. C. profited by the day. Results were sent out by special dow n the field When nearly 20 yards tin ir class. The retd object of ad o p tin g
m ajo rity of the fumbles and made their wire from the g ran d stan d and nothing aw ay he slowed up and re,x‘atedly a uniforhi, however, is to make it possi
•s c o re on one. Big C enter rush Walker, w as amiss save th a t the stan d only held looked around as if expecting to be ble to recognize an Oregon pin any time,
■ wlp> had one ankle in a plaster cast, p a rt of the crow d and you had to wade called back but the officials made no no m a tter w h a t class m ay chance to
sq u irm ed o u t of the heap on his own 15 in mud to reach it. The gam e w as called sign and some Oregon men sta rte d in w ear it The design accepted is the
■yard fline and ploughed dow n the field for a t three o’clock in a driving rain and the vain pursuit. So Mr. Walker took his w ork of Miss M ary Gray, ’05, and w as
•a to u ch d o w n .
The C orvallis rooters team s lined up:
so litary w ay to glory and made th at selected from a number of designs, by a
xwoke to ecstacy and thrilled the solid
magic touch-dow n while the Corvallis com m ittee composed of representatives
u o.
POSITION
o
.
A.
C
from each class. The pins are to be
g ro u n d w ith the clam or of their g l o r j .
Moores supporters aroused to life and hope,
r
e
1
I t w as t h e m agnificent happening of the Rose
m arred the dying day with their frantic from the same die each year, so th a t air-
Arnspiger
r
t
1
(lay, and of those wierd things th a t hap A braham
yells. It was very q u e e r . An O. A. C solute uniform ity will be obtained.
is r g 1 McClain, Crow
pen in football a b o u t everv ten years.
A FRESHM EN P A R T Y
Reid player said it w as a shame to score on
c
But R hinehart did n e t kick the goal. I). Walker
M cIntyre such an awful fluke but these are the for
1 g r
Besides this miracle Waller w as the Dunlap
Earl tunes of w ar. Then Mr. Rinehart missed
11 r
Bowers
The menilrers of the class of '08 were
an absolutely easy goal with the wind
whole show in the line, tackling any
1 e r Chandler, John-
Steiwer,
Emily
delightfully entertained on last Friday
where from end to end and alw ays in the
E ato u rette [son behind him.
q
R hinehart
The w eather got worse, the players evening by the Misses C urtis, Shelton,
play. D unlap and Bowers, Emily, the
F. Templeton
r h 1
Cooper
(c)
sub-end, and C ooper a t rig h t half-back
were chilled through and it w as all over. Noies and Wilkinson a t the home of
1 h r J. Templeton (c)
Williams
;a 1 so distinguished themselves. But be-
Gray The gam e died o u t in a mess of mud and Mrs M orris on E ast Ninth Street. As
each guest entered the room a slip of
Ihind the line it w as all W illiams, hurdling
Kerron, J- Tem- desperate line bucks mixed w ith some
fb
M. Walker
.over center, dodging p a st tackle, a n y
[pleton fumbles and more punts. The tide was paper Irearing his name w as pinned to
running a g ain st O. A. C. ami it w as him; this served as an introduction. 1 he
w here. He m ade all the O. A. C. long
neth C. H am ilton, San
their ball on their ow n 7-yard line when first p a rt of the evening w as passed in
g a in s and a b o u t half their sh o rt ones,
Francisco.
the w histle blew. C ap tain Templeton g etting acquainted. Refreshments were
b e in g , as he has proved himself before,
Referee—W. L. Thom pson, Albany.
g athered up the leather, the crow d served early on account of the football
the best offensive back C orvallis ever
Halves—25 minutes.
splashed solemnly hom ew ard and the men who p arto o k of whole w heat bread
T o u c h d o w n s-J. Templeton, D. W alker.
h ad .
,
w ettest, m ost nerve rending game th at Mrs Claire W illoughby, w ho chaper
C a p ta in “Jo e” T em pleton, '05, played
Goal—J. Tem pleton.
ever decided the leadership of N orthw est oned the p a rty , pleasingly rendered sev
his la s t college gam e for Oregon and it
Score—I • O., 6; 0. A. C , >».
football had ended w ith Oregon some eral solos The Sophs, offered their a s
certainly w as lovely w ork. He me e
C ap tain Tem pleton won the toss and w h at ahead. F o r six is more th an five sistance in the dispensing of refreshments
and rebucked u n sto p p ab ly , took t ie in chose the southern goal C aptain Coop
but not lieing sufficiently urged they de
over for our touchdow n, kicked a difficult er kicked off 25 y ard s to McClain who especially when the five is accidental
parted. J u s t before dep artin g cheers
Rah, Rah, Oregon.
goal, punted well, w as good on defense
came back 10. Oregon had 70 y ards to
were given for the faculty, the football
LAROK CROWD AT ' KNOB
in sh o rt played his gam e gloriously
go for the score and made it in 16 plays,
The Eugene delegation left in ‘heir team and for the class of '08. The guests
F ran k sta rre d on defense as usual and taking seven m inutes The Tem pletons
were all loud in their praise of their ho st
■ w as in everv play. K erron did g re a t did the bulk of the w ork by banging s|iecial train for C orvallis at 8 o ’clock
. work in helping his halves along
and th ro u g h tackle w ith the entire team be- S a tu rd ay m orning, there being four ess« •
We also
THE
m ade good
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IS LOSER
y a rd a g e
h im s e lf.