The Oregon weekly., November 30, 1908, Image 1

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U N IV E R S IT Y O F O R E G O N
M O N D A Y . N O V E M B E R 3(
V o ’. x .
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OREGON OVERCOMES O. A. C. AND M. A. A. C.
Both G am es a re W on by Forbe s Splendid A ggregation of Play
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ers to the A stonishm ent of Football C ritics
L o T im e ly
P la c e K ic k s b y C a p ta in F re d C. M o u lle n
W in V ic to ry fo r th e V a r s ity O v e r th e F o rm e r
C h a m p io n s of th e P acific C o a st
I fe n th o u s a n d p e o p le sa w it d o n e,
b re d M o u llen and
h; team m a te s «lid it.
I he s c o re w as S to 0, m ad e b \
t\'«» place k ic k s in th e first of tw o g r u e llin g th ir ty five
ni m ite h a lv e s. O n th e h e a v y , w et s a w d u s t of M tilt no
n i d i f ield, w h e re o n O re g o n h a s le a rn e d th ro u g h d ele it
to .'onquer, th e le m o n y e llo w b a n n e r w as.
on \ o \ e m b e r 2 1 st, ra ise d a b o v e th e or-
an <e a lte r tw o y e a rs o f u n su c c e s sfu l
striv in g .
T h e u n e x p e c te d h a p p e n e d , as
it i »ften d o es,
1 h at is, G}c\ P«iCJtland
cr wd «lid n o t e x p e c t O re g o n to w in . th e
\ a r s i t v , tw ic e d e fe a te d th is y e a r, s c a r c e ­
ly d ared h o p e for v ic to ry , a n d d e fe a t h ad
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even e n te r e d th e d r e a m s o f th e (). A.
C. s tu d e n ts .
P e rh a p s th e g r e a t F o rb e s , w h o h ad
been w o rk in g all y e a r to w in th is o n e
b a n e . in s u b lim e d is r e g a r d of o th e r con-
s id c ra tio n x ; p e r h a p s th e w iz a rd N o rc ro s s ,
w ho saw w ith d e s p a ir th e o v e rc o n fid e n c e
of his m e n — h a d a p r e m o n itio n o f th e o u t ­
com e. P u t to th a t g r e a t c ro w d , a n d to
th e s tu d e n ts of b o th in s titu tio n s , th e r e ­
su lt w as a s u r p ris e . T h e s u r p ris e cam e
nc»t w hen th e sc o re w as m a d e , b u t Irotn
tin m o m en t of th e first lin e -u p . It w as at
Once ev id en t th a t th e A g g ie s h ad m et
th dr s u p e rio rs . A s o n e s ta u n c h < )re g o n
suopt»rt-er. a d a y la b o re r on th e I n iv e r-
sitv c a m p u s, e x p re s s e d i t :
L "1 w ent d o w n to c h e e r th e b o y s, feel-
In m re th e \ d get b e a t, b u t w h en I saw
com e on th e field, I k n e w th e y d
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T h e v lo o k e d b ig g e r th a n e v e r be
v
a
n d s tr o n g e r , a n d I k n e w th e y «1
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voiced th e fe e lin g of th e m u ltitu d e ,
c le a r faces, th e q u ic k m o v e m e n ts ,
self p o s s e s s io n of th e I n iv e r s ity m en
»1 »wed th a t th e ir s w a s th e p e rfe c t con-
r e u. w h ich a lo n e can w in a s e v e n ty -
liin iite g a m e .
(). A. C. rooters, w ith
tl ir eye" u p o n th e ir o w n te a m , did n o t
' th is, b u t w h en in th e first s c rim m a g e
tl e Pacific C o a st C h a m p io n s w ere fo rc ed
I kick, th e h o p e s ot th e C o rv a llis p eo p le
■gan a w ild c h a n tin g p le a to th e ir te a m
II «««Ids.
C lubm en go D ow n to D efeat on T hanksgiving Before
' the P unting of Clarke, tl
.dity of Means and
the Skill of M oullen
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»regoii w on its th ird vietorv o v e r M. A. A. C. on
i lia n k s g iv in g flay. T h e field w as in b e tte r c o n d itio n
¡or th e fast g a m e in w hich th e V a rs ity p laced its tr u s t.
T h e h e a v ie r c lu b m en o fte n p e n e tra te d th e O re g o n line
for v a td a g e . b u t C la rk e w ould boot «mt of d a n g e r am i
th e ir p ro g re s s w o u ld be re ta rd e d . C la rk e
w as e a sily th e s ta r of th e g a m e .
IB s
g e n e ra ls h ip in ca llin g s ig n a ls w as e x ­
cellen t am i to his F a b ia n ta c tic s of a llo w ­
in g th e clu b m en to tire th e m se lv e s m
th e first h alf m ay be a ttr ib u te d v ic to ry .
P o th sc o re s w ere m ad e in th e se co u d
half, o n e by M eans, w ho fell on th e IwiU
b e h in d th e clu b g o al, an d one by M o u llen
w ho m ade a p r e tty place kick.
T h e «lav w as cold, b ad for s p e c ta to rs ,
b u t g o o d for fo o tb all. T h e c ro w d is e s ­
tim a te d at 4(XK).
S to tt, for th e clu b , ran in p u n ts a s clev-
e rlv as did L a to u r e tte for < >regon on S a t ­
u rd a y ,
D ow W a lk e r p ro v e d effe c tiv e on ta c k le
th ro u g h ta ck le .
T h e n a m e s of M e an s,
M ain. M oullen, C la rk e . D od son am i
P in k h a n i w ere c o n tin u a lly in th e m o u th s
of ( >reg«m ro o te rs.
Story of the Game
M oullen kicked to S la k e r w h o w as
d o w n e d by
M ichael.
R a d er k ic k e d ,
S m ith so n re c o v e rin g th e h all.
R a d er
a g a in k ic k ed . M ichael p r o te c tin g L atou ­
r e tte in ru n n in g back th e p u n t, w as h u r t
am i rep la ced bv D o d so n . A f«»rward p a ss
w en t t<> M u ltn o m a h , w h o m ade y a rd a g e
o n ce, a n d fa ilin g to d o so a g a in trie d a
place kick w h ich m issed n a r r o w ly . C la rk
k ick ed to th e c e n te r of th e field and
M o u llen an d Ixiltz d ow n ed th e ru n n e r .
D o w . W a lk e r and S la k e r m ade yard age
fi,r M. A. A. C. An o n sid e kick w en t to
L a to u re tte . C la rk a f te r a n e a t fake p u n t,
k ick ed to P ilk in g to n , w h o m a d e y a r d ­
F R E D C. M O U L L E N , ’09
H as Scored 106 P o in ts in F our ag e fo r M u ltn o m a h . A g a in O re g o n held
firm , an d S to tt trie d u n s u c c e s s fu lly a n ­
Y ears
o th e r p lace kick.
' I uit m »mali n o lo n g e r trie d g o a ls from th e field b u t
san k and tlu '
t r i e d d esp era tely for a tou ch d ow n , w hich th ey cou ld not
to w in a g a in s t
T i n g to C larke's lo n g h igh p un ts. T h is m ade the
Put the seal of the day’s page in the book ot
a te h ad b ee n b ro k e n a n d th e y c o u ld re a d th e re in in-
(C o n tin u cd on page 5)
.--u n e a p u n tin g co n test, w ith the a d v a n ta g e w ith Clarke.
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