THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JTOYE3IBER 22. 1908.
OTIS
IN GREAT GAME
Moullen Kicks Field Goals,
v Defeating Corvallis, 8-0,
Before 10,000 People.
DAY OF COLLEGE SPIRIT
Hnge Multnomah .Grandstand I
Bright W Ith Riral Colon.- While.
Sonus and Yells' Chew On
Gridiron Warrior.'
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sented an element tf chance.- daa prin
cipally to the fact that it early btcime
kicking contest, the varsity players
quickly demonstrated that, even though
lighter than the opposing eleven, they
were thoroughly capable of withstanding-
the strongest attacka of the Ag
gies. Coach Norcross aptly expressed
the cause of the defeat of his team
when he said: "The best team won."
Best Team l Victor.
Truly it was the best team, for even
though Dudley Clark was outpunted by
DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE FORWARD AND BACKWARD PROGRESS OP THE
. BALL IN THE OREGON-O. A. C. GAME
icha I
tam t
GRT EXHIBITION OF OR EAT
AMt-KiCAS OA.MR. . OATH
(i EOROE M'MILLA N,
FOOTBALL VETERAN.
It t my opinion that had tha
ama ban p!avad a w.aa-k r Cor
vaUfa miaTit hm a won. I am of tha
opinion that thtr taam n am
what avartralntd. Th Oron ca
aaamad to hra drva!opd their
lnt9 tba bar prwlbl p?ij -tlral
cowiirioB and thatr at of play la
ih a to kap I npponarta
ina at all atag of ta f-ama It
aTT that Corral) la tiFd had Juria
nin on two or thraa occasion, ea
paclaMj ti tha ft mt half whan thay
wara vafn'na rMaa and hara tr!M
for a flM i ha rtrat on at
! whn they had tna ball within
atrlhtng dlatanr of the Ore ton a-oal.
Ther can Ne. no quaatfen ahont the
victory; Orfn n a arat game
and is ant!r1 t ra irh rredtt. Hr
taam ahowed a wordrful AaMInc
ap rit. but the aam ran ha' said of
Cor-!!tf In the iet half, whan d .
fat rarln tham in tha fa re,
thay played a at rone and as
KTe?sie a irama as thav did In ths
first half. It wea a a rand exhibi
tion of tha treat Amtflitn aame
and we people In Portland hope that
the game will b an annual event
hare. I hop the conteat bet ween
Oron and Multnomah next Thura
day will ha equally ai Interesting,
with tha score in favor of Mult
nomah. George McMillan.
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.The various plays of the Oregon-O. A. C. game are illustrated in the above tliagram. By referring to
the' key the distance made In each play may be accurately traced. For the purposes of the diagrnm the
play. ae indicated by straight, curved or dotted lines, showing the progress of tne ball up and down the
field. The movements toward the sides of the fild are therefore not notd.
manner in which they stopped the on.
slaugh'ts of Jsmiesori. , Wolff. Gagnon
Copper. Hastings and Fendergrass caused
many of the admirers of the Multnomah
Club to take notice, and to begin figuring
upon the possibilities of the Thanksgiving
day game.
Carl Wolff. Earl I-atouretle more than
equalled matters by the splendid manner
in which he relumed most of the Cor
vallis captain's kirks. Wolff outpunted
tlark with an average of 37 yards to the
kirk to II for the Oregon man. but the
Utter Inst considerable yardage in this
dul berause four of his kirks carried
out of bounds.
The game in a punting duel, but the
great work of Young Ltourette. who
recalla the best days of hie famous
brother. Jack, offset whatever advantage
the Oregon Athltie Coll.-ge punter may
otherwise have attained. The fact that
the "Aggies"- not once during the entire
game held possession of the ball closer to
the Oregon goal line than the 3S-yard line,
shows how well Forbes' youngsters took
care of their interests. The de
fence work of the Oregon boys
was wonderful to watch, and the clever
r raise for Coach Forbes.
( Pinkham. Dodson. Clark. Moullen. Mc-
Jntvre. Main and Means frequently broke
through the "Aggie" line and stopped the
heavier player before they had a chance
to get started on their famous line
plunges wl-.lrh won them the victory over
the Whitman team. When it is con
sidered that nine out of the 1 men who
played In the Oregon lineup during the
game were having their first trial against
the veteran Oregon Agricultural College
team, mhlrh included eight men who have
been regulars for at least two years.
Coach Forbes ie deserving of great credit
for the success scored yesterday. Such a
SAT BKTTF.st TEAM WO.
"Tou can say for me .that the bet
ter team won. and don't forget to
give Bob Forbes a few bouquets for
devetopllr that splendid team. For
a team that was so shattered last
year or graduations snd other causes
he has certainly maAn aood with his
new material I have no excuses to
offer for the tson Agricultural
College bovs. who. white they played
good football, did not seam to be
able to get in the game concert
edlr." F. S. Nercross. Coach. Corvallis.
H'RPRISE TO COACH FORBES.
"ft wss a huge and most reeahle
surprise to me. I had hardly ex
pected such a result, for the boys
never before this neason displayed
such form as they did today. O. A.
c. has a strong team, and I believe
will make a strong enowing against
Washington. I sincerely hope the
boys will not take their defeat too
hard, for it may Interfere with their'
work at Seattle. Next year Oregon
will have a much stronger tesm. for
the new men of this vesr's team will
be mueh better In another season."
Robert W. Forbes. ' Coach, Oregon'
Team.
;-
performance! on th part of practically
new men ie remarkable.
A notable feature of the game was
the almost total elimination of the use
of the forward pa. Only twice was
the new ply used In the game and
both tlmea by the O. A. C. team.
Once the play waa fumbled by an
Angle end. and the other time It fell
to the ground for an Illegal pass And
Corvallis was penalized. The onJe
kirk was not Introduced at all. and
both team reemeird content to make
the issue a punting duel between the
two great kickers of the Northwest.
Best Punters In West.
"Wolff and Clark are without, ques
tion the beat punting backfleld men
now playing football In this section
of the country, and Captain Fred
Moullen. of the University of Oregon,
t
i hfls AKftin dTnonwtTated himself to be
the peer of all place kickers. To him
alone can he attributed the victory
scored by Oregon, for without the a
surance of his trusty right foot, a no-
srrtre jj.imc wonld have been the i
suit. However, considerable of ' the
credit for the prevention of the O. A
C. olays being worked successfully
must be give., the Oregon linemen and
Clark and Main. Thefe latter were Ii
every play when Oregon was on de
fense. snd succeeded In backing up the
line most advantageously. Thu spec
tad of the tirs of O. A. C. and Uni
versity of Oregon students, in regalia
and orcupying separate sections in
the stands, was a sight that haa hardly
ever been surpassed at athletic con
tests. The college yell leaders acted
in the capacity of bandmasters and at
their behest the lusty-lunged rival
tactions gave the different yelia and
sfners, cheering on their tenms. The
Oregon contingent enjoyed the pleas
ure of singing the songs of victory
almost from the start, for their team
took the lead and held it, while the
4 RESI LT St KPR1SE TO IMriRE.
J "The result was a surprise, but the
i only solution of the problem is that
1 O. A. C. plays againat Oregon just
like Washington State College does
t aisainst Idaho the players don't eem
7 to find their feet. The Corvallis team
I got away with only one or two plays
yesterday." R. X. Hockenberry, I'm-
f pire.
FOOTBALL GAME AS VIEWED BY A NOVICE
Leone Cass Baer Witnesses Great Battle, Hears Students' Chants, and When It Is Over Learns Oregon Has Won.
T I.EONB CASH BAER.
IN THE first place I was late women
dways are, except when they'r going
to b married or are going to help grab
at a bargain fale. I had to crowd through
a sated aisle of ni-ely dressed persona
who gave m cold looks and interrogative
liftitigi of eyebrows. Finally. J got safely
lAdgeri naxt to a pretty Gibson girl who
looked as blank about the game as I felt
myrelf. For a seemingly interminable
space before me atretched the rest of the
grandtand filled with wide hats and pen
nants. Around the field a border of um
brellas and hacks was effectively con
spicuous. A blackboard, moat lonely and
dejected was hoisted on a stand out at
one side of the field and reminded me
forcibly of one solitary oyster in a big
oyster stem.
Out on the sawdust rectangle, which
was layed off In alfrea like a huge caramel
rake, at raved a lot of men with stuffed
trousers and padded shoulders. They all
needed hair-cuts, spent a great deal of
their time posing in negligent and grace
ful attitudes before a camera which a
brave man had put up in an obscure
corner.
I can "sit in." in a card game without
knowing ven th rule, and finally gain
a smattering; idea of what's being played
and I've nastered difficult thinjes uka
checkers and crnkfnole and dominoes and
authors, but when it comes to scientific
games l'k basahitll and football I never .
butt in with my .mill modicum of knowi- i
eda. In fact this was my first gam.
The btinrh came trotting In. and then
now w. yelled and stamped our feet.
They paid no attention to the various
bita of advice floating out from tha en
thusiastic audience, but immediately
got in line, bowed, bent over In their
middles, each grabbing his gaiters in
a spasmodic manner, some one called
a lot of silly numbers, then one of them
grabbed a ball from some place I hadn't
seen and hiked off across the common.
A nice little man with a medicine
rase and a short, fluffy overcoat that
made Mm took like a ballet dancer, ran
hurriedly across the plowed territory
and made a complete diagnosis of tha
fallen ftloWg injuries, got Mm onta
his feet, and then we yal led some more.
Down In front of me were seated the
Oregon University boyg. with operatic
voices and a leader who has Sousa beat,
to a fraiale. At thla juncture they vo
rallsed In unison something to this ef-
fact
RAH? rtAH! for OR-EOO.V OREGON
OR
O A is C-sey meat. CH-Hly feet. BIO
PFFFA T.
OR-E-oy win R-ub it In. R-r-rub tt ia.
R r-ub It In.
k win iaka the Axric U
Warm their fe-t with V O gin ger.
Rah! for OR-EGON.
O-R-E-G-O-.V.
Over on the other side of the grand
stand was the opposing bunch of root
ers, one of whom had a voi e that is
wasted on a student. He ought to be
a train director at the Union station.
(Hiss Room! Ah! (whistle) Beavers!
Beavers!
O A C Rah. Rah! O A C Rah. Rah!
Hoo. Rah! Hoo, Rah!
Beavers: Beavers! Rah, Rah, Rah! .
Then we all yelled and waved our
pennanta and stamped our feet again.
Then the -bunch out on the sawdust
trottad aimlessly about, someone blew
a police whistle, they all clinched and
chased another fellow who had the
ball. Someone tripped bim. and he
went down In a tangle, of legs, aims
and other portions of anatomies, while
we yelled again and beat the air with
our voices Then the Oregon bunch
perpetrated thla:
Rah. Rah. Rah. Rah! Oregon!
Rah. Rah. Rah. Rah Oregon!
0ky wow wow!
vVhiskv wee wee! .
Olev Muckae-i:
Clay Varsity:
Oregonei-i!
Wow !
background capered over to another
part of the field and performed a Vir
ginia reel with variations (are above),
whi'e we yolled some more.
Always I noticed one or two mn
standing loosely around the outskirts
of the tribe, 1 supposed, they were
som j sort of guards to prevent any
Of the fellows trying to escape or to
keep the fellow who had the ball from
sneaking up in the grandstand and
giving it to some of his lady friends
for a souvenir.
Then .the "Sou::a" director cf the
Oregon bunch gave some windmill
gyrations with his arms and his well
trained chorue yelled this classical bit:
Boola. Bool a, Roola. Boola.
Boo Is, Boola. Boola. Boola.
And we'll rouahhouse Corvallis
Till she hollers Boola Boo.
Rah! Rah!
Oskev-wow-wow ! Whisky-wee-wee!
Oll Muckei! Olel Varsity!
And we'll roughhousa Corvallis
Till she hollers Boola Boo.
Rah. Rah. Rah! Oregon!
At the same time 4he O. A, C. men
were chorusing:
Oragon!
Oragon!
Oregon!
Oreron!
Oreron!
Oregon!
Rah. Rah. Rah. Rah.
Rah. Rah. Rah. Rah.
Rah. Rah. Rah. Rah,
t Batnntnr etow.k
V of O. Rah. Rah!
U of o. Rah. Rah!
Hurrah Hurrah !
Oragon. Rsh. Rah!
Repeat, beginning ilov.)
I'htka heiunk. cheiunk. chelunk.
17 O garnnk. gerunk. gerunk!
Never g flunk, g'flunk. g'flunk!
And at . the same time the basso
profundo of the O. A. C. boys was
"baaslng' out the!r champions' yell
Strawberry shortcake.
Rluebrrv pia.
V-I-C-T-O-R-V :
Are wa tn It! Well. I guess!
O A C Champions.' Tea: Yss! Tea!
Whan Oregon rips 'em up again, hurrah,
hurrah!
When Oregon rips 'am up again, hurrah
hurrah!
We'll sing and cheer and cheer and shout.
And put Corvallis clear to rout.
And we ll alt have A f a tima
When Oregon ripa m up.
And we ll all have a of a time
When Oregon ripa 'e.i up.
And on the other aide the O. A. C.'s
blithely warbled to the air of "Auld
Lang Syne" the following anthem:
We've beaten yea for two years paat.
We will beat you again!
Our team Is now invincible.
We're got tha better men!
O A C will the winner be.
As sha haa alwaye bean;
I" of O must go back and alt down"
Kor "N'orky'e" boye will win I - -
Then the tunch with the sawdust
He-H-a-a
Rah
Rah. Rah
w! H-e-H-w!
iiee-H-Rah.
Rnh!
Rah. Rah
Hee-H-a-a-w! Hee-H-a-a-
a-a-w Oregon!
a - a - ! Oregon!
Beavers!
Ren vws!
Oregon!
Occasionally the ballet doctor would
run out with a large rag and wipe the
noses of some of the biggest boys. Then
they'd all hitch up their stockings and
repeat as before (again see above. Then
we'd all yell some more.
Here's to U of O.
May she ever grow.
Prosper and flourish.
To her may hleaalnga flow.
Here a to Varsity.
May sha aver be
JUoved by each son and
Loved bv each daughter.
To all eternity.
Here's to her football.
Hera's vo her track team.
Here's to each Ivaro wi the list;
Here'a to har shouters. ...
Here's to her siKMiterp.
Here'a to the girls they've kissed.
Oiee muckei !
Glee Varsity!
Here'a oskey wow-wow!
Here'a whisky wee-wee!
Here's Orgone1!
Flaunt her banners high and unceasingly.
Bring trophies of cups and flags to lay on
her altars.
Honor be to her nsme Increasingly.
And cheer every onward step she lakes.
Rah, Rah, Rah!
On the other side of the grandstand
a pathetic and moving ballad as given
below was being handed out by the
O. A. C.'s:
Wa are the boy a of O A C.
Wa'ra hare for i ictorv.
Earh one hia part will boldly take
Trt win for O A c.
With Norky and his band
We re aver pmiid to stand
V of O majr -coma.
But down she'll go.
And victory we'll land.
REFRAIN:
Hurrah, for tha boys of O A C,
For her they will win victory.
We doff our hats to you.
And the orange we honor true.
We Jove our dear old O A C.
We are the boys of O A C,
We're her for victory.
Make no mistake
We're here to make
. show of I" of O.
We've cleaned them up before. .
We'll do as much once more.
So all to(rther.
No matter what weather.
Our victory we'll score.
Then the brave laddies all came
prancing back and did the Salome
dance at one end of the field while
the rooters rooted and we yel !ed
hoarsely.
Some one kicked the ball 'way over
into the crowd, where it struck an
Inoffensive old lady, and then we gur
gled and pounded each other and
howled with pure glee. Another man
obligingly allowed himself to be con
verted Into a temporary doormat, and
we chortled and guffawed when they
got him down in the nice, juicy mud.
An immense sponge (Note only one
sponge for 22 heroes) was fished up
from the pail by each man In succes
sion, and they either washed their
faces or ate pieces out of the sponge
I couldn't exactly nee from where I
sat. and I won't get my opera -glasses
until Christmas. Then the band plaved
and the O. A. C. boys gleefully sang:
Zip-Boom-Bee!
Zlp-Boom-Bee!
On-Oa-O A C!
(Three times.
While the Oregon chaps did the heroics
with their "Hail to Oregon":
Than hail. hoys, hail for Old Oregon.
And hail for the Lemon and Tellow;
We'll fall In line and drink a stem.
. We lika a jolly good fellow.
Po lift your voice, her praises sing.
i -ex an witn one' enaeavor.
Oive thre long, rousing Rah. Rah. Raha!
For Oregon, our Alma Mater. .
And we yelled some more and stamped
our feet and grinned at each other.
One of the hits of the day was a
yell written for the University of Ore
gon by Miss Blanche Huston and Miss
Agnes Beach, members of the Qamma
Fhl Beta sorority. It went like this:
Sting. Mang, atung. Corvallis.
Sting Corvallis
Steng Corvallis.
Stung.
Then one of tiie factions played
"Taps' on a bugle I suppose the same
Idea fostered the plan that made us,
during two prevloua campaigns, wear
Bryan's button with a bow of crepe
on it a sort of intuitive "I knew it
would happen" and I told you so"
trait that seema to be born in all of us
and eternally cropping out."
An obliging man told me Oregon had
won. I looked vaguely at the big fig
ures 8 and 0 shining out whltely from
the blackboard In the field and wended
my way home, through a nice, slushy
muddy path. 1n a drlszling rain happy
and glad Just because everyone Iaa
was
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O. A. C. admirers shouted encourage
ment. Bright Picture in Grandstand.
The Corvallis rooters were equipped
with varicolored sheets of cardboard with
which they improvised megaphones, and
at a given signal these megaphones would
be reversed from a pale pink and rose
color to a bright orange, making a most
striking impression upon the other spec
tators. The Oregon section furnished a
pretty effect by the ' towing of confetti.
of which the predominant color was
green.
The college songs and college yells also
served to proclaim the gatherinc an
essentially college affair. The colors of
the rival teams were given- prominence
and almost every person in attendance
wore the insignia of either Oregon or
Oregon Agricultural College. Partisanship
was everywhere, and In many instances
bets were made on the outcome. Oregon
Agricultural College reigned as favorite
until the second half was commenced, and
even then there were many admirers of
the Corvallis lads who expected them to
come back strong and score. Only a flash
in the pan rewarded these xp?ctant ones.
for the collegians had only -one or. two
opportunities to advance the ball, and the
kicking game of the nrst nan naa 10 De
resumed.
Corvalljs Cadets Give Drill.
Before the game started the Corvallis
cadets gave a drill on the field that earned
the applause ot all who saw a. u noer
the command of Captain U. G. MoAlex-
ander. V. S. A., the cadets marched on
the field, and formed in three sections.
each rtpresenting a letter. O, A and C.
These sections countermarched In such a
clever manner that the formation of the i
letter stood out at all times, and just
before leaving the field, the cadets, by
dronoing gilt paper, left the letters im
printed on the sawdust-strewn gridiron.
rne uregon piajers win icv
for Seaside, where they will remain
until Wednesday, before returning to
Portland to meet the Multnomah Club
on Thanksgiving day. Coach Forbes
is highly pleased at the showing of
the varsity, and well he may he. The
University of Oregon will do well to
retain Forbes as coach next year, for
he knows the young players and It re
quires more than one year to develop
a champion team.
The O. A. C. players will leave for
Shepherd's Springs, when, they will
rest up before going to Seattle for the
Thanksgiving day game with the Uni
versity of Washington.
Albany, Too, I,ot .Money.
ALBANY, Or., Nov. 21. (Special.)
About 200 Albany people went to Port
land today to view the football game
between the University of Oregon and
the Oregon Agricultural College.
Great interest in. this contest has been
manifested here and there was con
siderable - betting here Inst night on
the result. There were some bets at
2 to 1 in favor of the O. A. C the
chief bet being that. O. A. C. would
defeat Oregon by eight- points.
Vancouver Team Wins.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 21. (Spe
cial.) The Vancouver high school bas
ketball team in Its first game of the
season defeated the Athletic Club team
of Washougal at Washouga! Friday night,
the score being 26 to 20. The Vancouver
players were: Center. Bishop (Captain);
guards. Wood and liberie: forward.". Fer
rell and Winters; substitutes, Bouton
Miller and Iorse.
WIS WITH FORWARD PASS
Carlisle Team Completely Outplayed
by Minnesota University Kley-cn.
Minn., Nov. 21.
form of the season
MINNEAPOLIS.
Showing the best
and the best exhibition of the "open
game" seen on Northrop Field this
year. Minnesota completely outplayed
the Carlisle Indians at their own game
today and won. 11 to 6. Minnesota
used the forward pass oftener and
with greater effect than the Indians.
She made several forward passes of 40
yards and her two touchdowna were
directly attributed to these plays.
Minnesota also tore large holes in the
Indians' line and outplayed them on
straight football.
Minnesota would have scored An
other touchdown had the game lasted
a. minute longer, as the ball was on the
Indians" one-foot line. The Indians
were unable to elude the Minnesota's
forward pass and fumbled frequently.
After the first, few attempts. Minne
sota easily solved Carlisle's fake plays.
Each team scored a touchdown in
the first half and each touchdown was
followed by a goal. Minnesota scored
one touchdown in the second half, but
failed to kick goal. The Minnesota
goal was never in danger In the sec
ond half. Minnesota plaved through
out with the same line-up. while Car
lisle made frequent changes, especially
in the second half.
Hauser retired from the gome in th.
second half wltlj blood streaming
down h is .face.
Plankers. Johnson and Pettijohn
played sensational football for Minne
sota, while Hauser, Uttle-Old-Man and
Thorpe starred for the Indians.
Scoreless Game at Elk City.
TOLEDO. Or.. Nov. 21. (Special.)
Toledo High School and Elk City Jun
iors played a game of football on the
Elk City grounds today. Score 0 to 0.
Scorekeepers Have Busy Day.
CHAMPAION, J1L, Nov. 21. Illinois
overwhelmed Northwestern today, S4 to
8. KIttleman saved the visitors from
a shutout by two place-kicks.
BETTER TEAM WINS; BRAINS TRIUMPH
New Football Is Not Used, and Steady Hammering of Smooth-Running Machine Pounds Out Victory for Oregon.
BY WILL G. MAC RAE
sting, stang, stung.
Corvallis!
stlns Corvallis.
Slang Corvallis.
Stun.
ND the farmers from Oregon Agrl-
.ttural College were stung in a
game that was brilliantly played
throughout, from the time oi tne uii
kick-off to the shrill blast of the whis
tle that ended , the game. Two goals
from placement, both driven between
the post by that trenchant foot of Old
Iron Toes Moullen. as he is lovingly
called by the students of Oregon, and
both in the first half, tells the stoir of
Oregon's victory and of O. A. C.'s defeat
on Multnomah's football field yesterday
afternoon. ......
Of the, game itself there is little to
tell for onlv once or twice during the
two' 3S-"minite halves were there indi
vidual plava that gave one of the larg
est and gavest crowds that has ever at
tended a football game in the city's
historv a chance lo thrill. The new
style football was regulated out of the
game, ano oniy uin. ' ". '
was the rorwara ua ui-cu,
failed dismally. Only once or twice
were fake, or incn "
was just straight football, with lots ot
punting a game in which Oregon made
splendid use of both -brain and brawn,
too- advantage of every chance and
made opnortun4ty for plays that were
hrililantlv executed. At every stage of
the gruelling contest Oregon was ever
ready to taxe Bnitumse v .o
ponent's fumbles and weaknesses.
Jn Just ten minutes after Captain
Moullen kicked off and the ball was
received .by Captain Wolff, Moullen's
mighty right foot booted the oval be
tween O. A. C.' goal posts for the
first score. The whirlwind and tiger
ish determination of the students from
Eugene seemed to carry the Farmers
off their feet as soon as they came
together on the first down. Like
magic. Oregon seemed to have solved
what O. A. C. had to offer in the way
at football and then, with deadly pre
cision, like a machine, with every
cog and wheel In its place, bent upon
tearing its way to victory, those 11
sturdy sons of the lemon and blue
started their onward march..
-.,ivi u could be seen that the.
lie had been giver, to the stories that
Oregon's men were crippled and
maimed. The defeat at the hands of
Whitvorth and the overwhelming vic
tory of Washington were lost sight of.
Even those hard-working and loyal O.
A. C. rooters that swayed and strained
and sang in the grandstand must have
realized with a shock that was sicken
ing that they had been fooled in be
lieving that Oregon was sending a team
of weaklings just to be slaughtered,
for down on the rain-soaked field, had
they had but half an eye. they could
not have helped but have known that,
man for man. Or-gon w4s outplaying
their team, and in the pinches, where
brain is pitted against brawn, that the
better judgment was displayed by the
lads from Eugene.
It was the work of Captain Wolff,
his punting, for he outpunted Clark in
both halves, and .it was his spectacular
dajhes through Oregon's line that held
the score down. Had his ends been as
fast to gfX down on his punts as those
Oregon ends, had the team behind him
shown as much speed nnd accuracy in
Its tackling, tliere would perhaps have
been a different story to tell. Jt is
hard to realize that a -team that has
been toiwed so strongly as those Farm
ers should so suddenly, crumble.
Tiiee seemed slow and sluggish, and
they may have been drawn a bit too
fine, or perhaps those long, ranging
punts by Wolff were - a handicap. At
any rate the entire team seemed to
play without the dash and ginger of
the Oregon students. On the defensive
work Oregon was by far the better,
but there was little to choose between
the teams when on the offensive, and
it was undoubtedly the clever and fast
work of the Oregon backfield that pre
vented Wolff's punting from standing out
alone.
Another player's work that stood out
was that of Pendergrass,-at left tackle.
He was by all odds the best man in
O. A. C.'s line, and time after time he
was the first man down on punts and
frequently made his tackle before his
man could move. Cady and Keck. Dob
bin and Jamison were also in the thick
of the battle, and it was porhaps the
loss of Cady and Keck that hurt the
Farmers chances.
For Oregon It was the steady and
heady playing of. the backfield and
ends thMt bjraiiKii ..t,nry, One. the .
ball was passed the Interference was
almost faultless, and time after time
it gave an exhibition of blocking for
the man with the ball that gained many
yards. Lalourette's return of punts
and his accuracy in catching those dif
ficult sniral shoots that were kited
into the air by . Captain Wolff was
simply hiipfrb. And then there was
the work of Pinkham, Means, and tiie
booting of the ball by Clark. But back
of all was the splendid work of the
entire team. '
It was a brilliant and happy crowd"
that watched the struggling athletes
that were fighting like warriors of old
dov.-n in the w-ater-soaked field below.
If anything, the Corvallis rooters were
in .the majority and the section of the
grandstand in which were seated the
cadets, students and friends, was a
pretty picture. It was not the fault of
the O. A. C. rootprs that they did not
win. for. with band and college yells,
a weird, screeching bomb effect.
tiiat began low and then ended with a
shriek and hiss, they frequently
drowned out the Oregon rooters. While
the students were battling for dear life
on the fl.Id. quite a different scene
was being enacted in the grandstand.
There it was a battle of lungs and
band ' music. Taunts and gibes - were
hurled back and forth, all to be
drowned with the fierce, exulting cry
of victory hftrled from where the Ore
gon rooters were quartered.
Tt was wonderful and beautiful
sight to see those thousands of people
seated In the grandstand and standing
tier upon tier on the hillside or strung
along the sidelines. What did they
care for rain? Not a whit. But when
the gladsome sun broke through the
sombre and weeping clouds just a few
minutes before Captain Moullen booted
the ball between the goal posts, those
Oregon rooters seemed to take it as an
omen of good, for they greeted the
shining ort, with a cheer that rent the
very he?vens. It seemed as if to the
noise from the throats of the 10.000 peo
ple inside Multnomah's Field the echo
ing shout came back from the hun
dreds that stood on the hills south of
the field and from the roof tops of
the adjoining buildings. Anyway, for
one brief period of the game the kind
ly sun shone upon Oregon's sons and
daughters. Was it an omen of good?
Wiio knows?