THE ST3T)AT OREGONliN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 21, 1906.
IS OPENING WELL
ALBANY 34 TO 0
Local Enthusiasts Look For
ward to Multnomah
Whitman Games
Heavy Club Players Entirely
Outclass Visitors Fromx
Up the Valley.
SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
MODIFIED RULES ARE USED
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FOOTBALL SEASON
MULTNOMAH BEATS
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Promises to Be Best Early Content
Ever Witnessed on Local Field.
Review of Situation in
Pacific Northwest.
IMPORTANT NORTHWEST GAMES
SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK.
WrdnetMluy, October 24.
Willamette vs. Whitman, at Salem.
Friday. October S8.
Oregon vs. Idaho, at Moscow.
Saturday, October 27.
Multnomah vs. Whitman, at Port
land. Washington vs. O. A. C. at Seat
tle. Spokane vs. Montana, at Butte.
The Multnomah-Whitman football game
of next Saturday promises to be the
best early-season game ever played on
Multnomah Field, and those who love a
fust, exciting contest will welcome the
struggle between the stalwart "sons of
Marcus" and the local clubmen. Whit
man is coming to Oregon with a fine rec
ord, and the wise ones say that Multno
mah must play fast ball in order to win.
Whitman made a good record last season.
The Walla Walla collegians played a tie
game with the University of Washington
and defeated Pullman, but lost to Idaho,
the champion college team of the
Northwest, by 9 to 0. This year's
Whitman eleven is heavier, faster
and in all respects better than the
aggregation of last season, and Coach
Baird has them trained for the battle of
thrir lives. Kalrd is an old Northwestern
1'nivcrsity player, and is a punter of con
siderable ability. He has taught Whit
man to play a fast, open game, with plen
ty of kicking, and other spectacular fea
tures that make football interesting to
both players nnd spectators. Nearly all
the members of last season's team are in
college again, and with these veterans as
a nucleus around which to build his team,
Baird has developed an eleven that will
give some of the larger colleges a hard
battle for championship honors. In Cap
tain Frank J. Spagle. Whitman has one
of the cleverest ends in the Northwest,
while Perringer and Dimmick are tackles
that can play In any company. Spagle
and Dimmick played with Pacific Univer
sity a few years ago. and Perringer is
holding down a tackle position for the
lifth consecutive season. The center trio
Galbreath. O'Neill and Philbrook are
all veterans of last season. Philbrook is
another old Pacific University man. He
Is a brother of "Big" Philbrook, who put
up a spectacular game at guard on the
Willamette University team last season.
He is a big fellow and plays a hard, con
sistent game. Among the men who are
playing behind the Whitman line are Old
right nnd Dutcher. halfbacks of last sea
son: Rigsby. fullback in 1903.' and Cook
nnd Schmidt, the little quarterback from
Spokane. Schmidt was field captain for
Whitman last year and played a splendid
game throughout the entire season, be
sides running his team with discretion.
Altogether, the Whitman eleven is a
well-balanced bunch of players. As far
as speed nnd teamwork is concerned they
will hnve considerable advantage over
Multnomah, because the clubmen seldom
get Into condition for hard games so early
in the season.
Multnomah Men in Good Trim.
During the past week the Multnomah
candidates have been working faithfully
and Captain Jordan Is satisfied with the
condition of the team. Few new plays
have been attempted, but during the com
ing week every play suggested by the re
vised rules will be experimented with and
the wearers of the "Winged M." will no
doubt have some surprises to spring on
Whitman. It has not been decided just
who will go in the line-up against the
lads from Walla Walla, but Manager
Horan will probably select the men that
have been showing the best form in- the
preliminary practice and scrimmage
work. Marlon Dolph. the reliable half
back of HHVJ and llHt4 is showing up
splendidly in his old position, and Lone
gran is doing nicely as Dolph's running
mate. James seems to have a lead on
all comers as far as the fullback position
is concerned, and Kddie Dowllng is do
ing consistent work at quarter. At center
Multnomah has a new man. named King,
who is putting up a rattling good po
sition. Butler and Burt will undoubtedly
play the guard positions against Whit
man, and Pratt will be found in his old
place at right tackle. Dr. Rader has
been trying out for the other tackle, and
has shown a great aptitude for the po
sition. Horan or McMillan can be used
at guard, tackle or halfback, and there
are several others that are reliable men
for line positions. Captain Dave Jordan
is a fixture at left end. and Wilder is
holding his own at right end. Thomas,
an old Idaho end, and Blackburn, for
merly a University of Washington player,
are also promising men for the end po
sitions. The Multnomah eleven will be
every bit as heavy as the team of last
season, and will be somewhat faster.
With Dolph. Ionegran and James be
hind the line, the plays should move off
with considerable speed, and with their
veteran line the combination should be
able to break up many of "Whitman's
crafty plays.
The most important intercollegiate con
test scheduled for the coming week is the
Oregon-Idaho game which comes off next
Friday at Moscow. This game promises
to be one of the best of the season in
Northwest football circles and great prep
arations are being made for it at Moscow.
Every business house in the town will
be closed while the game is in progress
and excursions will be run from Lewis
ton, Pullman and other neighboring cities.
Oregon and Idaho have met but once .on
the gridiron in 1901, when a scoreless
game was played on the Idaho campus.
Consequently the teams have some old
scores to settle, and as the Oregonians
were inclined to ridicule Idaho's claim
to the Northwest championship last sea
son, there will be an effort to settle the
problem this year in such a way that
there will be no dispute afterwards.
With all that, the feeling between the
two universities is altogether friendly,
and a good, clean game is assured.
Idaho's recent victory over the crack
team of the Spokane Athletic Club Indi
cates that Coach Griffith has been doing
some lively work at Moscow and that
Oregon will have to play mighty hard
in order to' take Idaho's scalp.
Among the noted players on the
Idaho team -is Captain Gus L. Larson,
who Is playing left tackle for the sev
enth consecutive year. Larson entered
the preparatory department of the Uni
evrslty of Idaho in 1899. and as there
is no four-year rule in the Pacific
Northwest, he has been playing ever
since. Tuts is his senior year and, ac
cording: to critics who have watched
his work, his best year in football. In
Friday's game Larson will probably be
pitted against Moulton, Oregon's phe
nomenal guard of last year, who has
been shifted to tackle. The Idaho cap
tain outweighs Moulton some 15
pounds, but Moulton is a clever player,
and will be heard from during- the
game. Odkes, who has played end for
the last two seasons, is playing right
tackle for Idaho and is putting up a
very creditable game. He will be
matched against Arnspiger, Oregon's
shifty tackle next Friday. The battle
between these men will be one of the
features of the game, for they are both
light, but exceedingly gritty players.
Wilson and George Armstrong, the Ida
ho ends, will be opposed by Chandler
and Moore, the Oregon veterans. In
Stopesberry, Smith and Pauls, Idaho
has a fast center trio, and even with
such players as Hug, Hammond, Scott
and Glllis, Oregon will have to play
gilt-edged ball to gain ground through
the middle of the line. Stopesberry,
the Idaho center, is a big fellow,
weigaing 191 pounds, 20 pounds more
than George Hug the Oregon center.
Quarterback Robertson, Fullback
Small and Halfbacks Savidge, Arm
strong and Keys, Idaho has a combi
nation of backs that can play in any
company. They are" all fast men and
Small is a fierce line player, who can
always make distance when it is
needed. Oregon's men apparently have
a slight advantage over the Idaho for
wards, but the odds are even in the
back field. It is not known how Coach
Bezdek will line his men up at Mos
cow, but Latourette will undoubtedly
plsy quarter, and Dudley Clark seems
to be sure of his position at left half.
McKinney has shown a good turn of
speed and an aptitude for the fullback
position and is reasonably sure of his
place. Zachareas, the big California
lad, has been putting up a hard fight
for the position of right halfback, and
apparently has a lead over Hurd and
Oberteurfer. The Oregon-Idaho con
test promises to be one of the closest
and best football battles ever waged
in the Pacific Northwest and the out
come will be awaited with interest by
all who follow the game in this part
of the country.
Whitman Will Play in Salem.
Before tackling Multnomah, the Whit
man team will go to Salem for a game
with Willamette University, on October 24.
This promises to be one of the best games
of the season, for the teams are apparent
ly very evenly matched. There is no end
of football enthusiasm at Willamette this
year. and. Recording to reports, the "sons
of Jason Lee" have a very formidable ag
gregation. Nearly all of last year's men
are in college and trying for places on
the varsity. Among the new men who are
showing up especially well are Russell,
formerly a halfback at Idaho, and Owens,
an old Multnomah halfback. Reed, who
played guard on the Pullman team last
year, is proving a tower of strength in the
line, while Marker and Nelson are show
ing up splendidly In their old positions.
Rumor has it that Pollard, Willamette's
big tackle, is getting ready for the game
again, and will be found in his regular
position when the whistle blows for the
game with Whitman. Rader, Nace. Cole
man and Lounsberry are doing good work
in the back field. Coach Boyer is pleased
with the work of his squad, and predicts
a successful season. Willamette is sched
uled to meet Oregon at Eugene on Novem
ber 3, and the Salemites will no doubt
make an effort to break the long string
of defeats that Oregon has administered
in the past.
From the showing made by the Ore
gon "Aggies" against Albany, it is
evident that Coach Norcross is doing
some lively work at Corvallis. He has
a large squad of men at work, and al
though many of them are inexperi
enced, they will cause Washington no
end of trouble during the game of next
Saturday. There is every reason to be
lieve that the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege will have a very creditable team
before the season ends.
Things have begun to assume a more
favorable aspect at the University of
Washington, and Coach Victor M.
Place is more than satisfied with the
outlook. During the past week the
Washington squad has increased its
number of almost 50 men. and some oi
them will prove valuable additions to
the varsity eleven. Sample, the crack
center rush of the Seattle Athletic club,
has turned out to fill the position left
vacant by Captain Owen Crum. who
was recently disqualified from athletics
by the Washington faculty. Sample is
a big fellow, and knows the game thor
oughly. Another new candidate is
"Stonewall" Hooper, an old Pullman
tackle. Hooper was" captain of the
Pullman team that defeated Oregon in
1901. Bantz, formerly of the Seattle
High School, is trying out for half
back, and his work is of a high order.
There is more enthusiasm at Washing
ton than there was two weeks ago, and
altogether conditions are much more
favorable for a successful season.
Washington's first big game comes off
next Saturday, when ihe Oregon Agri
cultural College team is booked to play
the varsity in Seattle. The Corvallls
ites defeated Washington In 1904 and
again last season, so the Evergreen
State will make an effort to even up
old scores during the coming game.
Bald Heads Glow in Sun.
In the left field bleachers a space about
ten feet square shone mysteriously, says
the Inter Ocean, describing one of the
championship ball games. It glowed yel
low under the rays of the sinking sun,
and lent a pleasing touch of color among
the 7500 black and gray hats which occu
pied the rest of that section of seats. In
vestigation developed that the touch of
color resulted from the removal by about
50 bald-headed men, whom chance had
thrown together, of their hats at one
time.
PORTLAND HUNT CLUB
H.H.HERD1V1AN WINS
Rides John Boggs to Victory in
Hunt Club Chase.
L. L. LEADBETTER SECOND
Bright Sunshine Brings Out Many
Members and a Dozen Guests.
Course Seven Miles Long
With Frequent Jumps.
H. H. Herdman, riding John Boggs,
won tlnvopening paper chase, held yes
terday afternoon by the Portland Hunt
Club. L. L. Leadbetter on Bob Craw
ford was second, and J. N. Chapman, on
Vince, was third. The bright after
noon sunshine brought out not only
about all of the Hunt Club members,
but a dozen or more guests, who rode
through the chase and enjoyed the
day's sport.
The start was made near the Irving
ton Tennis Club courts, and the hares,
Messrs. C. H. Leadbetter and R. H.
'Jenkins, laid the paper of a course that
was about seven miles long, and one
that had about seven or eight jumps.
The footing was good throughout, and
most of the large field that gathered at
the start took advantage of the closed
chase and rode through. The finish
was on West avenue, and this gave the
riders a-ehance for a fine finish. John
Latta, the M. F. H., sent the field away
promptly at the hour set for starting,
and J. C. Muehe set the pace for the
first part of the ride. Mr. Latta held
the field together until within a short
distance of the red paper, when he
signalled the finish was near. In the
run home the finish was one of the
prettiest seen at a Hunt Club ride for
a long time. The three horses that
finished one, two, three fought it out
all the way down the stretch. It was
Mr. Herdman's ride on Boggs that won
for him.
Those who rode through were:
Mrs: P. H. BIyth, Miss Sadie Leadbet
ter. Miss Pittock, Miss T. Leadbetter,
Miss M. Lawrence. Miss A. Shogran. Mrs.
Nicol. Miss Wrenn. Miss Jack. Miss Cro
nin, Mrs. Ambrose Cronin, Mrs. W. L.
Wood Mrs. S. C. Spencer Mr. Wilder.
F. O. Downing. M. F. H.; John Latta, H.
H. Herdman, L. L. Leadbetter, J. N.
Chapman, T. Scott Brooke. Samuel Kerr,
J. W. Cruthers. James Nicol, Dr. Emmett
Drake. Arthur St. Clair Gay, Ambrose
Cronin J. O. Muehe.
Guests Mr. Holder, Mr. Haines, Mr.
Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. God
dard, Mr. McMurry, Dr. Slocum.
BAKER HAS STRONG TEAM.
Bid Will Be Made for High School
Football Championship.
BAKER CITT. Or., Oct. 21. (Spe
cial.) Baker City this year will make
a strong bid for the championship of
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Reading from left to right. Top row 1. Steiwer; 2. Clank: 3, Hammond; 4. Moulien; 5, Scott; 6, Zacharias; 7, Williams; 8, Arnspiger; 9, Coach Bezdek.
Middle row 10, L. Hurd; 11. Pinkham: 12, Gillis; 13. Grout; 14. Obberteurf er; 15, Kilpatrick; 16, Hawley.
Bottom row 17. Trainer Hay ward ;" 18, Hathaway; 19, M. Hurd; 20, Woods; 21, Kuykendall; 22, Latourette; 23, Captain Chandler: 24 Hammock: 23,
Erskine. cMcKinney, Hug, Moore and several other players are not in the picture.)
ASSEMBLED FOR FIRST CHASE OF FALL
the state in High School football. Un
der the direction of Coach Nichols the
High School huskies are developing
into a fast team that will do even
better work than last year when Baker
City won a rightful claim to consid
eration as a factor in the state cham
pionship by being unbeaten.
Coach Nichols is a young lawyer,
the partner of Senator J. N. Hart in
his law practice, and is a graduate
of Michigan University, where he had
his football training. He has made a
study of the game and of Yost's pe
culiar style of play, and under his di
rection last year Baker City beat
Boise anj Weiser, Idaho, and Pendle
ton, being unbeaten for the season
and undisputedly the champion High
School team of Eastern Oregon and
Idaho. x
This year the team is stronger.
Many of the old men are back, but
several of the husky lads are new in
the game, but have shown remarka-
A. Nichols, Coach of the Baker
City High School Team.
ble form for beginners. The new rules
favor the style of fast play adopted
and all efforts this season are put to
developing teamwork. In Kellogg- the
team has a strong punter.
Coach Nichols has announced the
following lineup for the eleven:
Wilson, left end; Mitchell, left tackle;
James, left guard; Kellogg, center;
Hunstock, right guard; Hindman,
right tackle; Baer, right end; McKim,
quarter-back and captain; White,
right half-back; Jenkins, left half
back, and. Littigg, fullback.
The schedule this year includes
games with Portland High School and
Eugene at Portland, Salem, Pendleton,
Boise and Weiser.
French Bourse Fears Result.
PARIS. Oct. 20. On the Bourse today
realizations continued, owing to fear that
the raising of the Bank of England's rate
of discount will be followed by the raising
of the rates of the Imperial Bank of
Germny and of the Bank of Prance.
Prices, however, closed steadier.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON'S FOOTBALL SQUAD, SEASON OF 1906
AND WINTER SEASON.
BEATS KING LARRY
George Stone Dethrones -La-joie
as Premier Batsman.
ST. LOUIS LAD HITS .351
Batting Averages of American
League for the Season Shows
Only Ten Hitters in
the .300 Class.
The official batting averages of the
American League swat artist9 for 1906
have been compiled, and, as in the case
of every other National game organiza
tion, the showing indicates that the pitch
ers have it all over the batters. A per
centage of .400, not uncommon a few
years ago, is unheard of, and there are
but few of the heavy hitters who have
been able to register above the .300 mark.
The season closes with George Stone,
McAleer's hardy slugger, in the lead.
Close on his . heels ia Napoleon Lajoie,
who has led the league three of the five
years of its existence, and the greatest
hitter of the present aay.
Larry is a veteran who has never hit
below the .300 mark in hte last ten years
of service. He is rated the most grace
ful and sure batter in either league at
present. His conqueror for the batting
laurels is a young man who was turned
down by Jimmy Collins, then manager of
the Boston Americans. Jimmy didn't like
Stone's crouching position at bat, and
told him 60. When a chance presented
itself for a trade, he quickly disposed of
Stone. Jesse Burkett went from the St.
Louis Browns to Boston. In exchange.
Stone and some $3500 went to McAleer.
This mistake was one of the 'biggest
of modern baseball, and was made by a
man who had just piloted a club to a
league pennant and a world's champion
ship. It was the beginning of Jimmy's
failure as a manager.
Stone is a freak batter. His batting at
titude is at variance with all the laws
of positions In hitting, but the hardy
t young Nebraskan zings them on a line
through the infield at such a fierce clip
that a hit generally follows even If the
innelder gets in the way of the bulb.
He is not a long-distance hitter, but the
strength which he concentrates in his
short-shoulder jolt' has the effect of driv
ing the ball into left field with great
speed. Smashing 'em into left instead of
right is another peculiarity of the great
Stone.
Back of Lajoie comes his young back
stop, "Nig" Clark, probably the best
young receiver in either league.-
Following Clark comes another
youngster. He is "Ty" Cobb, of the
Detroit club, and one of Armour's prize
"finds" of the season. Cobb was laid
up with illness during a big part of the
season, but he resumed his batting
power Instantly be got back in uni
form, and has hammered his way into
fourth place among the Johnson slug
gers in hurrah form.
Congalton, known the circuit over as
"Bunks," and a capture from the Co
lumbus club of 190b, has a nifty marK
for a season's work." Critics of the
game say that Congalton is only a fair
fielder, which is responsible for his
being in the minor league so long. He
is no child, but his batting average of
.323 entitles him to some credit.
Elberfeld, who fought for the pen
nant this season as hard as his leader,
Griffith, is down in seventh place.
Two veterans, Seybold and Flick,
bring up in eighth and ninth places, re
spectively Both o these batsmen
have been above the high mark during
the greater part of the season. Flick
is one of the ten big hitters who have
a 'grand average for the last ten years
of more than .300. Elmer is a flne hit
ter and , deserves to rank in company
with Lajoie, .Keeler, Seymour, Wag
ner, Donlin, Beaumont, Clarke, Dele
hanty, Kelley, and Burkett.
Hal Chase, the Yanks' remarkable
young first sacRer, brings up the swell
hitters. Chase is tenth in the number,
with a mark of .313, and these tenure
the only men above the .300 mark. The
following are their records:
PLATER AND CLUB.
Stone, St. Louis
Lajoie, Cleveland
Clark. Cleveland
Cobb, Detroit
Chadbourne, Boston...
Congalton, Cleveland..
Klberfeld. New York..
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343
55,171120 67 2 3
9S 342! 44; 1131 15 22
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101 401 6: 13 1 1
.325
.323
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34!l 59 111. ill
318
Seybold. Philadelphia. 11151414(42 1301151 91.314
Flick, Cleveland 1154,610 9(i19116;33 . 316
Chase, New York 147,5S4i8o!lS323 30 .313
PRINCETON TO MEET CORNELL.
Only Big Football Game in New York
This Season.
Princeton and Cornell, whose game on
the Polo grounds on Saturday afternoon,
October 27, is the only big football con
test to be played In New York City this
year, have been meeting on the gridiron
every year since 1891, with the single ex
ception of 1892. A majority of these con
tests have resulted in close scores, al
though Cornell has won only two of the
14. Following Is a list showing the score
in each year; , y
Year. Princeton. Cornell.
1891
1R93
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
6 0
46 0
12 4
6 0
37 , 0
10 0
6 0
0 6
0 12
8 6
10 0
44 0
18 6
16 6
It is now six years since Cornell won
a game in this series and the Ithacans
are thirsting for Tiger gore.
Both Princeton and Cornell are being
coached in the forward pass and on-side
kick, which were designed to open up the
play, and their game, coming early in the
season as it does, will furnish some val
uable knowledge as to how these plays
are going to work.
Effect Seen in More Open Play.
Multnomah Gains Most Yard
age on Old Delayed
Pass Play.
Multnomah, 34; Albany 0.
This Is the score of yesterday's opening
football game under the new rules and
the first of the season's games to be play
ed by the Portland clubmen. Eleven
beardless youngsters, not a one of them
within several years of his majority, play
ed at football against a lot of old-time
gridiron warriors, who were in some in
stances old enough to have fathered the
entire bunch.
There was nothing to the game but the
score. Multnomah might have rolled up a
higher score had it been absolutely neces
sary. It wasn't, and perhaps it was a
good thing that it was not necessary, for
some of the wise critics who watched
the clubmen closely were of the opinion
that Multnomah's aggregation was not
an all-star one by all odds. In the first
game of the season, fumbling, no head
work and not being familiar with the
signals is to be expected. Multnomah
showed all these weaknesses yesterday.
Albany gave a splendid exhibition of
fumbling, the work of Multnomah waa not
one whit better and the game from this
standpoint was simply about as rotten as
it could possibly be. Then was no ex
cuse for this, lor the ball was dry.
Play Gentle Vnder New Rules.
There is little use to pass judgment upon
the game from the standpoint of the new
rules. The only thing that can safely
be said of them Is that it saved the
lives of the Beardless Wonders from
Albany. Under the old rules they would
have been maimed or killed after the
first three minutes of play. As it was
they survived to the end of two 20-min-ute
halves. Yet there was lots of pluck
running around in those 11 Albanyites.
Pluck and speed was about the only thing
they had! If they could have had a lad
to have booted the ball as James did,
things wouldn't have been so easy for the
clubmen. Francis, Captain Schultz, Mon
teith and "Ward were the lads who played
the game for Albany. When it came to
tackling such huskies as Marion Dolph,
Pratt and the rest of the big clubmen,
Monteith was the real David. Once Dolby
came near violating the kidnaping law.
He tackled one of the. Albany kids be
hind the line, and as the lad fell Dolph
grabbed him by the slack of the trousers
and started to run off with him. Being a
lawyer, Dolph suddenly remembered there
was a law against stealing children.
First Score in Five Minutes.
James kicked off for Multnomah and Al
bany was forced to - punt on the third
down. Just five minutes after the club
men got the ball Dolph was pushed over
the line for a touchdown. Coates, who
did the punting' for Albany, kicked off,
L and after a few fumbles. James made a
fair catch on Albany's 25-yard line. It
was a bad judgment, as he could have run
back, for the field was clear. At that
he got out of it by kicking a splendid
goal at a very difficult angle.
It took seven minutes to make the sec
ond score, and the third score was made
In a few minutes after the ball was
kicked into play.
In the second half Multnomah simply
toyed with the visitors. All the am
bltous football material from which
Multnomah hopes to get its stars this
season was given a try-out. On the team
were a number of new faces, but the
work of the new recruits that stood out
most prominent was that of Wilder, who
played end. The American game is new
to him and It will take a. couple of games
before he has mastered the details, but
when he does get the "'know" he will
make a very fast end. He has played
Rugby and is very fast. James' boot
was working well and his punting was
above the average. Blanchard was a
dead shot when it came to kicking goals.
He made all four of them without a bob
ble. It was not necessary for the club
men to spring any new plays to defeat
Albany. All of their substantial gains
were made by the old delayed pass. The
Albany kids could not solve this old
style play. The quarterback kick, which
is new, was also cleverly worked by
Blanchard.
The liine-Up.
King
Bennett ..
Pratt
Sterling ..
Dowliug ,.
Wildes ....
Blanchard
Blackman
Dolph
C Gibbons
....R. G Hornback
R. r Ward
,...L. T Sanders
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Score Multnomah 34: Albany 0.
Two 20-minute halves.
Official umpire Hckenbury.
Referee Boyd.
Head linesman Frank E. Watkins.
View of Expert on the Game.
Frank B. Watkins, who was head lines
man, furnished the following comment
on the game:
"While the game was one-sided, it
served to show that the new rules will
force a great deal more kicking and open
play between two evenly matched teams1
than formerly. The ten-yard rule is re
sponsible for this. The forward pass was
not used once in the game yesterday, and
this is about in accordance with Eastern
games, where, so far. It . has been little
used, and, as a rule, has been a failure.
The quarterback kick was used effective
ly twice by Multnomah, and this kick,
with some variations, will be one of the
most often used plays to gain yardage
that would be Impossible to gain by
straight football.
"Another play used with regular gains
was the delayed pass, which, while not
at all new, is always a spectacular play,
and has been used with success always
by Multnomah.
"Albany was so far outclassed in the
matter of weight that it was impossible
for them to get off any kind of new
plays, as their trick plays were broken
up by the heavy Multnomah linemen be
fore they could get them started. Al
bany deserves great credit for their game
ness, and both teams are to be congratu
lated for the spirit of fairness and for
clean playing. The officials were Impar
tial and their decisions were right.
"All in all. it looks as if the new rules
will be better, from the public's view
point, than the old ones, as there will
have to be a great deal more open play
ing, punting and fake kicks and runs than
formerly.
"Multnomah's prospects for a success
ful team this season are very bright,
much more so than usually this early in
the seaeon."