The Oregon weekly., November 16, 1908, Image 4

play entered the m ind of spectator, people of the state. T he U n iv ersity
player or official, except once, when O regon is p rim arily and emphatically
O regon’s left tackle, breaking through the pe »pie ' school, yet only last wcei
the line, accidentally b rought his hands a high school ed u cato r o f som e pre rr-
F
hcd < very Monda. dtrin g the college
against the opposing fullback.
The inence in th e so u th ern p art of ;hf
year by the students of the
referee said that he m ust go out of state term ed it a school to r rich m en.
U N IV E R S IT Y OF OREGON
the game, but the W ash in g to n cap­ sons. W e w ho are at the University
tain. understanding the incident and 'k n o w th at this is not tru e o r m ost
us would not be here, b u t th e majority
Eiiered at Eugene postofhce at Eugene, being a thorough gentlem an a- well a*
a football player, requested th at he be 'o f the people do not know it because
I 1 r c ti as second class matter.
allowed to rem ain in the gam e. T hen the U niversity has not yet b».er.
ensued the rare spectacle of tw o cao- brought closely in touch w ith them
tains. whose team s w ere fighting d es­ There are m any services w hich the
iv is a im o x bates
U niversity as the people's school can
O
year. by m a il......................................$1.00 perately and so far without success,
render to the people of th e state. Its
................... $ .05 for an only chance at the N orthw est
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d ep a rtm e n t p u ts high­
cham pionship, shaking hands and ex­
changing com plim ents on the field. er learn in g at th e door of every citizen
“ You are the tru est sp o rt 1 ever m et." for the cost of p«»stage. T he w ork :
eoito « - ix CHIEF
E A R L K IL P A T R IC K ..................................09 said O reg o n ’s captain, seizing the ex ­ the Econom ics seni »r m ajors th is year
tended hand of his rival from the north, is to be of value in the solution of leg­
ASS1STAXT ELlTOaS
and every heart in the g ran d stan d ech­ islative problem s and has been under­
H 4 * » et L a x e ............................................................ w
O live » B . H oustox ......................................................’ 10 oed the sentim ent.
A nother striking taken upon the u rg en t solicitation <u
Profess, -
F ay C l a b k ............................................................................ *12 incident was in the second half when m em bers of the legislature.
Y
oung’s
projected
idea
of
a
Conimon-
B e x j H W il l ia m s ................................................... ’10 the O regon
q uarterback. C handler,
ealth Day should b rin g the state
Bear W. P bescott . . . .......................................... "08 running in a punt, was tackled by a
W ashington player. The force of the b e tte r know ledge of how the U niver­
M A X AGES
D E A N T. G O O D M A N ................................ '10 tackle carried the ( )regon m an over sity m ay serve it.
a ssist a n t maxageb
the side line, knocking the breath from
In all th is w ork the O regon W eek!
Eanz D ean ............................................... H hi* body ami causing the ball to slip , aspires t«, do an hum ble, but essential
from his arm s, 'th e W a sh in g to n m an. part. A ctuated by motives such as art
with the true instinct of a football suggested above, the edit«»rial depart­
Monday. November 16. 1908
player to get the ball, seized it. but m ent of the W eekly has establishel.
noticing that it was out of bounds and on a m odest scale, a press
that C handler was disabled, g en tly re ­ »bject of which is to put the people
A G EN TLEM A N ’S GAME
placed it in the arm s of his opponent, •f the state into direct and constant
th e officials were n »t n e a r: the W asn-
■uch w ith doings nt the L n iv ersiv of
li everv hostile critic of football in ington player m ight easily have stolen • >reg »n. Each week new s will be sent
America had been in attendance at the b a it but he was not th at kind of to the prom inent country p apers and
S atu rd a' '* game between W ashington i man. and consequently not th a t kind to those papers published in the smal­
and <>reg«»n. nany would have gone j >i a football player.
ler tov.ns.
flic new s will not he
aw ay converted to the support of the
th e game was replete with such in ­ “d pe." sent the same to all. but will
n itional co! leg game.
\lte r w itnes­ cidents. of which th<
given are the be or each paper the new s w hich it-
sing ’bat game n<> one could m aintain 1 more strik in g exam ples.
’ ea 1 r s will find of in terest. A weekly
that i<rt>tball must of necessity be a
Y et the contest was one of the three
p »rt in G erm an will be sent to the
brutal game, and that the nature of it hardest gam es ever played on Kincaid
an
. *■ apers tf !\ e l a n d wh -
preclude* courtesy ami consideration !'i?ld. th e explanation «»f the seem ing subscription lists in O regon total
am ong players. If it is true, as m aga­ ¡paradox m ust be sought in the c h a r­ twenty thousand. \ rep o rt in Finnish
zine w riters say. that the gam e of foot­ acter of the players.
th e irs was not will go t,, the Finnish paper at Astoria
ball brings to the surface the prim al the p-di’ en.-ss of the “ Excuse me. if I felegraph rep o rts of U niversity event*
instinct* of man. and blots out the stepped on your toe" variety that in vill be furnished t<> the sm aller papers
more superficial elem ent of ¡»oliteness such circum stances am ounts to veneer up«»n request. T he bureau will not
ami decent regard for others, then the and artificial polish : but a deeper ami duplicate o r displace the w ork of Uni­
p ditencss of our W ash in g to n b re th ­ innate courtesy, innate as truly as the versity correspondents. T he sole ob­
ren must be deeper than the com m on spirit which anim ated the fierce line ject is. of course, the prom otion of a
garden variety with which the article ’ plunges.
It was recognition of this m<»re intim ate know ledge of the Uni­
w riters have come in co n tact. F o r quality that brought the O regon ro o t­ versity am ong the people of the state
certain it is th at, none of the fierceness ers sw arm ing on the field to carrv off at large. No provision has vet been
of the game being abated, th ere w as. upon their shoulders the victorious m ade to finance the u n d ertak in g , anti
nevertheless. apparent in the contest team along with the vanquished.
the expense is at present borne bv
last S aturday, a spirit of m utual re ­
From the game, there has come an m em bers of the staff. Item s of inter­
gard ami genuine good s|x>rt*nianship understanding and fellow feeling of est in any part of the state are now in
that was a revelation to many who saw sportsm anship betw een the tw o uni-1 dem and and are welcom e from any stu­
it. W h ether it was the n atural result v ersities that is w orth more than vie-1 dent.
They m ay be h an d e d to any
of a game betw een tw o state universi­ tory. 1 here has also been given to the 1
m em ber of the staff or placed in the
ties. each with an ideal of clean a th le t­ people at large an exhibition of clean
Oreg« n M onthly box in V illard Hall
ics ami respect for the other, or w heth­ football which should dispel much near the s tu d e n ts’ bulletin board.
er it was som ething else, the courtesy prejudice. The proposition that has
I he direction of the bureau will be
show n th roughout the game has never i been prov ed is that football, e m p h ati­
been paralleled in N orthw est college cally a m an ’s gam e, can also be a gen-j in charge of Miss Fay C lark, an ef­
ficient m em ber of the present staff.
athletics.
! tlem an’s game, if the men who play are She will be assisted by a num ber of
To begin with, the r<*oters of each of gentlem en.
rep o rters w hose appointm ent will be
the tw o side*, gave freely the yells of
announced next week.
the other university and shouted g en ­
W EEK LY PRESS SER V IC E
A nother assistan t edit«»r will be ap­
erously for the stars on the opjxvsing
pointed
to cover the present reportorial
eleven.
There was no undignified
I'o one who know s conditions in work of the new director.
banter and ridicule am ong the nxTters. ( Oregon, it m ust be ev ident that the
I his w ork is m ost im p o rtan t. The
hut victory ami defeat were alike ac­ only way for the U niversity to realize
\ \ eekly. as the new spaper of the
cepted gracefully.
its greatest possibilities in the present I niversity, has assum ed it. in the hope
1 he game itself was clean beyond time and in the time to come, is for of h eartv cooperation on the part of
question. Not even an idea of foul it to get into intim ate contact with the all.
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OREGON
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