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TnE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 20 1907. ) SPORTING EVENTS IN RETROSPECT V nii i R final lpirnP ir ,i , . .' PULLMAN rvlLKLKb IDAHO O N MEET SATURDAY Intercollegiate Struggle Has Initial Appearance in Portland. ARRANGE SOCIETY EVENT U.0F.W. IS CONFIDENT, TOO ' - :r--;--.ri . 1 PROBABLE VICTORS Governors, Senators and College Presidents Will Witness Game on Multnomah Field Between the Stalwart Collegian Teams. Next Saturday afternoon on Multno mah Field will be witnessed an event in iportdom which promises to become an annual attraction In this city, for the clever a"rid well-drilled gridiron heroes of the Universities of Oregon and Idaho are scheduled to meet in one of the hardest struggles of the year. This same will mark the opening of a new era in football in Portland, for it will be the first time in the history of the city that the football enthusiasts here have been given an opportunity of witnessing a game between the repre sentative educational Institutions of two great commonwealths. And since the days of the old Portland University, which played a game with Oregon here, it will be the first Intercollegiate foot ball game seen In this city. Heretofore the great American game of intercollegiate football has been played in this city with Portland rep resented by the clever team of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, and all bona-fide varsity games In which the State University has figured have either been played at Eugene or at the home of tho opposing club. The coming struggle between the two universities Is attracting consid erable attention throughout the North west for tho other educational Institu tions which annually meet University of Oregon, will watch the outcome of the coming struggle with the idea that should the attendance prove as great as expected, it will mean the trans ferring of most of the State Uni versity's games to Portland hereafter. State pride is expected to Insure as great and enthusiastic a turnout of the football bugs to witness the Oregon-Idaho contest as has ever been wit nessed in the games in which Multno mah played the varsity or a representa tive athletic institution of the North west. Added to the class represented in the two teams is the social side of the at traction and, judging from the advance notices of acceptances of invitations, this feature will prove one of the big society events of this social season. Dignitaries Will Attend. Governors Chamberlain, of Oregon, and Gooding, of Idaho, are expected to be in attendance with their respective military staffs, and will be accompanied by the ladles. Invitations have been extended to Congressmen Hawley and Ellis, of Oregon:' United States Sen ator Bourne, Fulton, Borah and Hey burn and the Idaho Congressional rep resentatives. The presidents of the two institutions will be on hand to add to the importance of the occasion, and many other dignitaries in both the civic and educational world are expected to be present on this great occasion in football annals. Mayor Harry Lane and the City Council of Portland will be. present, as will the city officials of Moscow, Idaho, the home of the visiting collegians. Manager Grover Kestly, of the Uni versity of Oregon team, has Issued in vitations to all these public officials, and is confident of the success of this experiment. Portland grid enthusiasts have been longing for years for an oppor tunity of witnessing real intercollegiate football, and if this game, which is in the nature of an experiment, proves successful, annual contests between the big Northwest colleges will be played here in the future. As a gentle hint to those who contemplate tally-ho parties, it vould be well to secure the rigs early, for several have already been spoken for and the supply of such vehicles is limited. - The University of Idaho is represent ed this year by one of the best teams in its history. Eight members of last year'B clever aggregation remain and are at their old positions. These men played on the team which prevented the fast Oregon bunch from crossing the goal line, and only lost to the Eugene contingent because Fred Moullen, the greatest punter the Northwest ever knew, kicked three goals from the field.' Among the veteran players under Coach John R. Middleton and who will wear the Idaho colors of silver and gold are Elmer Armstrong, '08, cap tain of the team and one of the best halfbacks in the Northwest; Stokes , berry and Smith, the giant tackles; Small, he sturdy half who plays along side Captain Armstrong; Stein, the alert and clever center, and Savidge and George Armstrong, the speedy Idaho ends who are rated as on a par with Gordon Moores and "Weary" Chandler, the splendid players of the Oregon champions of '06. Oregon in Good Shape. The University of Oregon team is not likely to be as strong as was antici pated, for Captain Gordon Moores was recently Injured so severely that he may not be able to participate in the coming struggle with Idaho, but Coach Frost hopes to have the other injured men on deck by the time the big game Is played. Both teams are lucky to have the benefit of two such clever coaches as Jack Middleton and Gordon Frost. The former is a product of the institution of which he lanow head coach, while the latter Is a Dartmouth man, as is Vic tor Place, coach of the Washington team; Both men are confident of the re sult of the coming struggle. Idaho, will depend upon her superb teamwork and the tenacious fighting qualities of the entire team, while to a great extent Oregon relies on the splendid punting ability of Fred Moullen, the man who hought her victory on numerous occa sions last year, the most prominent of which was the victory over the Mult nomah Club eleven, which was the first time in the history of the annual meeting between the two Institutions, athletic and educational, in which the latter was victorious. Moullen Heartily Welcomed. The return of Moullen was hailed, with delight by the Oregon admirer's, for it seemed as though the team was strengthened 100 per cent when the famous punter succeeded in passing his exams which admitted him to the uni versity. Moullen was forced to leave col lege several months before commence ment last June, and on that account he . Trtjin'lo siir up was required to pass a most severe ex amination in order to again be enrolled at- the college, and when it became known that he had passed successfully, he was the recipient of heartfelt congratulations, for he Is easily the most popular student at the university today. It is up to the football bugs of Port land to get busy with the college slogans of the gridiron, and don't forget the "Silver and Gold" of Idaho and the "Green and Yellow" of Oregon, for the "Rah, Rah, Rah! Rah, Rah, Rah! Idaho! I-da-ho! Boom, Bay, Bah!" and the "Rah, Rah, Rah! Rah, Rah, Rah! Rah, Rah, Rah! Oregon," will resound from all corners of the field when the gridiron heroes of the two big colleges will as esmble In battle array in the first big interstate Intercollegiate game ever witnessed in Portland. Get busy with the ribbon counters, polish up your noise-producers and everybody get in the game, for staid old Portland is about to be turned upside down when the college boys flood the city next Saturday. , , , , DOZEN-TEAM BOWLING LEAGUE Local Association Assigning Players So Averages Will Total Evenly. Bowling will be commenced by -November 1, if the plans of the commit tee of the Oregon Bowling Association, which is arranging a Winter tourna ment, succeed. The committee is com posed of a number of prominent bowl ing enthusiasts and is arranging a schedule and making up teams to com pete. It is probable that the league will be mad,e up of either 12 or 14 teams, each to be composed of men with about the same bowling average. The averages of the men who played last season will be taken as a basis. Portland will be represented at the National Bowling Congress, which will be held in the Spring either at Butte or Oakland. Last Spring Portland sent two teams to the congress in Denver and made a strong bid for next year's congress, but was beaten out by the other cities. Wherever the congress is held, Portland will send either two or three teams. The ten-pin game has taken a strong hold on Multnomah Club, and a good sized tournament 'will be started about November 1. Either six or eight teams, each with about the same general av erage, will enter the tourney. The club has a number of crack bowlers on its membership list, and in a game with a picked team from the Oregon alleys last Tuesday night the clubmen De feated their opponents by 821 to 6S0. The lack bf alleys will in a way han dicap the game this season. Last year the Oregon maintained eight alleys, but this Summer four were removed to make room for a saloon. The remain ing four are in use nearly all the time, and oftentimes it is difficult to get a chance to play at all. Multnomah Club now maintains four alleys. All are ten-pin alleys. Last year the club had two cocked-hat and two ten-pin alleys, but the growing popularity of the ten pin game, together with the lack of in terest in cocked-hat, caused the di rectors to change the two 'small alleys to the- regulation size. The four are now equipped with automatic pin setters .and are considered first-class alleys. Academy Boys in No Trouble. PORTLAND Or., Oct. 19. I enclose a clipping from last Sunday's Ore gonlan. As this article reflects upon the P. A. football team and upon the school, I ask you kindly to correct the following inaccuracies: 1. "Portland Academy boys who played football hej-e yesterday with Pa cific University came near being ar rested " The whole football team came down with me on the 7 o'clock train to F. G.; they were all with me during their entire stay there and conducted themselves in a quiet, gentlemanly manner. There were no football boys in the automobile party. 2. C. B. Arthur Is not and never was a student at Portland Academy. As the alleged carelessness is ascribed in your article to Arthur, I see no reason why Portland Academy should be mentioned in the trouble. We have had considerable trouble with our athletic teams in the past. We had to go so far as to abolish foot ball last year. I am very anxious to stop all vandalism, bolsterousness and vulgarity among our boys when fhey are away from home, as well as here In Portland, and I feel that it would help us greatly if the boys were given a square deal and not misrepresented PERRY J. PAYNE, M. V." o. piqM UK STANFORD MEN ROUSED LAST WEEK'S DEFEAT. BY Fenton, of Portland, Needed at Both Scrum-Half and Full Train ing Table Started. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Oct. 19. (Special.) The short end of the 19-0 score In the freshman game with California, has put Stanford coaches, players and fans in a fighting mood. All attention has been turned toward winning the big game in November, and everyone is working toward that end with plenty of enthusiasm and de termination. Out of the 16 men who played against Berkeley last Saturday but five have been retained on the var sity squad, and these men are: Reed, wing; Brown, fullf Arnold. Evans, for wards, and Fletcher, five-eighths. From now until the big game the most promising - candidates on the squad will eat at a training-table, to be conducted by the authorities in the University Inn at Palo Alto. It is probable that frequent additions will be made to the original list, which is as follows: Captain Koerner, Terrlll, Crawford, Minturn, Shaner, Fenton, Faulkner, Thorpe, Ganong, Mitchell, Reynolds, Reed, C. Pemberton, Owen, Rhyne, Heinley, Vail, Vandervoort. Cook. It Is the position of scrum-half which seems to be giving the coaches the greatest amount of trouble at present. Neither Owen, who held down the - position in the varsity game last year, nor "Don" Heinley, who was played there the first part of this season, appears to have given satisfaction. Fenton has recently been shifted up to the position, and evidently is to be given a thorough tryout there. The scheme works admirably as far as the scrum-half position is concerned. Fen ton was a wonderful little quarterback at the old game, and has slipped- into his position with the ease with which he plays anything in the athletic line. He is right behind the pack all the time, and if there is a possible chance to get the ball out of the scrum and to his line of backs the little fellow may be relied upon to do it. He Is un AS THE l-z- ff kufjt'ntK ,T w M-nv, vn)f 5- usually clever In getting his kicks away out of the. tangles In good style, and if he wasn't so Invaluable at the fullback position there is no doubt but that he would be a fixture at scrum-half. To fill his former position at full the coaches can find no man of his caliber. Faulkner, a sophomore, is at present in the position, and is a good but not a brilliant man there. Faulkner has plenty of sand and grit, with a fairly cool head, but his kicking cannot be compared with Fenton's. There have also been a couple of changes recently In the pack. Craw ford has been placed at lock, and Rey nolds and Miller have been- playing side-rank. A,t the opening of the sea son Miller was playing wing-Sorward, but C. Pemberton appears to have a mortgage on that place now. "Big Bill" Pemberton has been relegated to the second team, much to the surprise of everyone. It Is very probable, how ever, that this move was made simply to give him a reason to do a little work. Terrlll and; L. Smith are being tried out In the front and rear ranks, respectively. Owen Is ''filling three quarters during the temporary absence of Vandervoort, but Vandervoori should be back In the game before the week Is out. Holman, who has been nursing a strained tendon in his ankle, is back in the game again, but cannot get into the rough work yet, for fear of the weak member. The line-up as the men are playing now is as follows: Koerner, Terrlll, Crawford. Reynolds," Miller, Thorpe, L. Smith, forwards; C. Pemberton, wing forward; Fenton, half; Mitchell, Ganong, fives; Owen, center; Reed, Holman, wings; Faulk ner, full. EAT DINNER WITH NEGRO Totters of New York: Entertain Af rican Bishop at Richmond. RICHMOND; Va., Oct. 19. Mr. and Mrs. Potter, of New York, who have leased a residence here during the general conven tion of the American Episcopal Church, last evening entertained at dinner Bishop Ferguson, of Africa, the only negro en titled to a seat in the house of bishops at the convention. The dinner given in honor of an African bishop in the heart of the South has been the occasion of considerable comment. Fraeuleln Richter has been appointed lec turer on philology at Vienna University, the first instance of a woman receiving such an appointment. PORTLAND HORSE SHOW 'WILL APPEAR. IDAHO IS VERY CONFIDENT THINKS PROSPECTS BRIGHT FOR VICTORY OVER OREGON. Eight Old Men In Line, While Ore gon Has New Material and Few Practice Games. MOSCOW, Idaho, Oct. 19. (Special.) Students of the University of Idaho are enthusiastic over the prospects of the varsity football team, and predic tions are freely made that Idaho will defeat Oregon In the great Interstate game at Portland next Saturday. Out of the eleven men who played In the memorable contest with Oregon last season, eight will be In the line up at Portland. These veterans and their positions are: Captain, Elmer Armstrong, '08; right halfback; Rod ney Small. '10. left halfback; Carl Keyes, '08, fullback; George Armstrong, '10, right end; Lee Savidge. '09, left end: Harry Smith, '10, left guard; Proctor Perkins, "10, right guard, and H. A. Stein, '08, center. Stokesberry, '09; Johnson, "10; Babb, '10; Coffen, '09; Campbell, '09, and Poals, '09. all substi tutes of last year, and a number of freshmen candidates are working for the places left vacant by Tackles Oakes and Larson and Quarterback Robertson. Despite the loss of these three men, Idaho will enter the Oregon game with a team of veterans, while the line up of the Oregonians will contain a number of inexperienced men. This fact, together with the knowledge that many of Oregon's men are out of cpn ditlon, has caused a general feeling of confidence to settle down in the Idaho camp. The fact that the University of Idaho eleven has been training faithfully for more than a month and has had three preliminary games, while the Uni versity of Oregon players have been at work less than three weeks and have had but one practice game, war rants the belief that Idaho will be in much better condition for a hard game than will her Oregon rival. The showing made by Idaho In some of her preliminary games has not been altogether satisfactory, but Coach Mid- r3 dleton has been trying out a number of nis new men and has made no effort to run up scores. Idaho will enter the game at Portland with an eleven that will average a trine less than 170 pounds to the man. Most of the players have seen from two to four years of varsity ball. Coach Middleton has been drilling his men on forward passes, on side kicks and other clever formations. He .will not depend upon old-time football, but will give an exhibition of the open game that will be a revelation to the football critics of the Northwest. The Idaho men are by no means over-confident of victory, but they are determined to make a great fight. They have unbounded respect for the Oregon play ers. The friendly feeling that has al ways existed between Oregon and Idaho insures a "clean game, but the rivalry that exists Insures fast and furious playing. , WHITMAN READY FOR GAME Strong Team Will Meet Multnomah Next Saturday. WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla, Wash., Oct. 19. (Special.) Multnomah Athletic Club's football team will have no sinecure when it meets the Whitman College team, at Walla Walla, next Fri day. Whitman can put up a considerably better team than the one that meted out defeat to the Spokane High School to the tune of 29-0; the one which Coach Kennedy, of the Spokane team, praised in no mean terms. In the Spokane game Whitman used 16 men whose weight averaged 166 pounds. If necessary, she can put up an aggre gation against Multnomah which will average close to 174. "Fat" Peringer, halfback and tackle, announces that he expects to be back in time for the game, and his return brings In the last man but one of the crack 1906 team. Dlmick, captain of the team, will also, in all probability, play. He was kept out of the Spokane game by a bad slioifl der. He and Peringer will contribute largely to the playing efficiency of the team. Brubaker, Whitman's new quarter, is a star. His weight is a little above the average of the team, and he knows the game like a book. When Kennedy went home to Spokane, he reported that Bru baker handled the ball "with the ease and grace of an Eekersall." Phllbrook, who ran the high hurdles last year in 16 1-5 seconds, is a great combination of ,weight and agility. He tips the scales now at 205, and is in the pink of conditio;. Rlgsby, Borleske, Martin and Lyman are others who distinguished themselves in the high school game. Coach Balrd himself played against Multnpmah last year, and can be used this time if necessary. He weighs some where about 175, and is the biggest man for his size that the Missionaries have. -All this good material is training in a way that would bring success to almost any bunch of men, so that Whitman has good reason to be optimistic, though by no means certain, of the results of Fri day's game. FAILS TO ACCEPT GRANT Franchise Given Portland Fuel Company May Be Forfeited. "V. Failure of the Portland Fuel Com pany to file its acceptance within 30 days following the granting of its franchise may result in the forfeiture of that grant by the City Council. The ordinance giving this company a fran-. chlse to the use of East Alder street between- East Water street and the harbor line of the Willamette River was granted July 24, last, but the com pany has not yet filed an acceptance thereof with the City Auditor. The following letter was mailed by Mayor Lane yesterday to the company, tailing attention to Its delinquency: Under the terms of an ordinance passed by the City Council. July 24. 1907, which grants to your company the right to con struct, maintain and operate a side-track and spur on East Alder street, between f?"twnater ?.treU, to the harbor line of the Willamette River, it Is one of the terms of the permit that written accept ance and an agreement to complv with the terms thereof shall be first filed by yoXZ;cop?ny Vth tne City Auditor within 30 days after the ordinance took effect. I can find no record of your having filed any acceptance or agreement with the City Auditor and I write you to inform you that if the same has not been done It will be necessary for you to take steps to perfect your right to the use of said street. t Multnomah Needs Real Fighting Spirit to Hold Whitman Down Next Friday Referee Reviews Northwest College Football. - BY REFEREE. Despite their poor showing against the Seattle High School In the opening game of the season, the Washington football players have struck a winning gait and have proved conclusively that they are to be reckoned with in the struggle for championship honors. The victories of the Evergreen collegians over Multnomah and Willamette have stimulated a great amount of enthusiasm among Washing ton's followers, many of whom are count ing upon an unbroken string of vic tories. Although the Washington men are en titled to credit for conquering the local clubmen, there was nothing especially brilliant about their work on Multnomah field last Saturday. Many of their plays were poorly executed and their defense was- not what it should have been, even for an early season game. Washington's victory was not due to her own good work, but rather to the poor work of the Multnomah players. Washington made a better showing of team work, however. In the game against Willamette, and there is every reason to believe that Coach Place has laid the foundation for a team that will make Its .Northwest rivals do some hard playing before the season ends. The writer Is not Impressed with the eleven In Its present stage of development, but be lieves that It has great possibilities. In Grim, right tackle; Bagshaw, quarter back; Clark and Trott, halfbacks, and WUUs, fullback, Washington -has a set of players that are fast enough for any company. Matthews, the freshman end. Is a promising man and has a great fu ture as a football player. Thinks Pullman Only Real Rival. Washington's schedule includes games with Whitman, Oregon. Pullman and Idaho, but it is quite evident that Pull man is the only rival which is being given serious consideration. Overcon fidence has caused the downfall of more than one good football team, and Wash ington should not discount Idaho, Whit man or Oregon at this stage of the game. The ease with which the Pullman players ran up high scores in the Cheney Normal School and Blair Business Col lege stamps Bender's colts as offensive players of the first water. Scores of 46 to 0 and 86 to 0 are not easily made under the revised rules, even though the opposlngteams be weak. Pullman has a back field of veteran, players who can make yardage through almost any line. Rader and Nissen, the halfbacks, and Hardy, the big fullback, form a combina tion that has seldom been equaled, and never excelled, in the history of North west football. The Washington State College has a powerful line, and her ends. Minor and Goldsworthy, are fast and reliable. W. S. C. Look Like Winners. . In spite of the splendid prospects of the University of Washington eleven and the Increasing strength of Whitman and Idaho, there is a general feeling that the Pullmanites have a clear road to the championship throne. Oregon may be a factor In this race and Corvallis has a fighting chance, but Pullman is setting the pace and may hold the lead clear through to the finish. Willamette Is hopelessly out of the running, although the Methodists still have a chance, to win the Oregon championship. Whitman's prospects have been gradu ally growing brighter and Coach Balrd Is reasonably confident of success. With one exception the Whitman eleven of last year remains Intact, and there are fresh man candidates galore. The strong team of the Spokane High School went up against Whitman and was defeated by 29 to 0 In two short halves. Multnomah will meet Whitman at Walla Walla next Fri day, and unless there is a general shake up In the local eleven there will be re joicing In the camp of the Missionaries. Why Multnomah Lost. Multnomah's failure to win the game with Washington was due to the inexperi ence of a number of the players, to a lack of systematio practice, and to overconfl dence. There Is plenty of good material in the Multnomah squad this year, but some of It will stand a lot of coaching. Lohergan Is a great player and a faithful, hardworking captain. His injury, coming as It did during the early stages of the game with Washington.' demoralized the team. Lonergan's injury will not keep him out of the game at Walla Walla, however, and with the hard drilling he will give his men this week, they should present a formidable line-up against Whitman. There will be a few changes in Multnomah's line-up, as there will be some valuable additions to the squad be fore the match with Whitman. ' ' Idaho Has Veteran Team. Local enthusiasts are looking forward with great' eagerness to the Oregon-Idaho game, which will be played 'on Multnomah Field next Saturday, as tnis win do tne first Intercollegiate aame played in Port land since the season of 1S95. it will arouse great Interest among lovers of col lege sport. Idaho has eight of her eleven veterans of last season, while Oregon has but six of the men who played in tne memorable game at Moscow. It will be remembered that Idaho's stubborn de fense kept Oregon away from the goal line, but that the ever-reliable foot of the invincible Moullen enabled Oregon to win by 12 to 0 the result of three goals from the field. Several of Oregon's best men are on the injured list, and will not be in the game next Saturday, while the Idaho men are said to ne in nrst-ciass condition. If Oregon wins, it will be be cause of the punting ability or uiarK ana Moullen and of the great fighting spirit of the team. ARE ARTICLES ANTIQUATED Dr. Huntington Proposes to Abolish Famous Episcopal 39. RICHMOND. Va.. Oct. 19. The tri ennial general conference of the Pro testant Episcopal Church closed this afternoon. A resolution proposed by Dr. Huntington, of New York, for elim inating the 39 articles of religion from the prayer-book, on the ground that they .are antiquated, win oe nnany left hi the hands of a joint committee, which will report at the next conven tion in 1909. Metzger saves you money on watches.