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. , . . " THE SrXDAY OREGOyiAy, FORTLAyP, OCTOBER 24; 19Q9. ' 5 ETZCER WORKS WITH CRIPPLES COLLEGE SQUADS CLASH THIS WEEK FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO WILL DEFEND OREGON'S COLORS, AND THEIR TRAINER. Bad Weather and Kinks Keep Farmer Eleven From De sired Progress. Struggle for Northwest Foot ball Championship Will Be On. 1910 Ch'akers-Detroit "40" NEW 'RECRUIT IS GIANT COACHES HIDING STRENGTH m - 1 1 . 1 1 1 ;V . .. . W ' - v.; It- ' The Consistent Car , Game Will Bring Ont First Trust worthy Information as to Fit btm of Several Teams. Interest Is Lively. IMPORTANT FOOTBALL GAMES TO BE PLAYED BY NORTH WEST COLLEGES THIS MEEK. Oregon Agricultural College vs. Whitman College. at Walla Walla. October 29. Tnlveraity of Washington ra J.nl verilty of Idaho, at Spokane. Octo ber .10 University of Oregon v. Willamette lenlverilty. at Salem. October to. Waahlngton Stat College, practice gme.at Pullman. October 30. BY OBSERVER. Now that the last word haa been eald In the world's championship base ball ' series. and McCredie's Coast Leaguers are in California and well, out of the way as a rival attraction. Interest among sport followers wttl be centered In the real opening of the col lege football season in Oregon. Wash ington and Idano thla week, and the beginning of the struggle for the Northwest Conference championship. Two Important conference games will be played In the week. At Walla Walla Oregon Agrlculturjl College meets Whitman's fast team next Friday. Octo ber 29. and on the following day the universities of Washington anrl Idaho clash In their annual football battle at Fprkane. The first conference game of the year was played Saturday, while this article was bo Inn written, between Idaho and Whitman, at Walla Walla. The result of tliia game will give the first trust worthy ' fnformatlon that has come out concerning the real merits of any of the college elevens and their fitness to go through a hard season, for most of the cochea have tried to conceal their actual strength In the practice games. It will also have an important bearing on the games to be played thla week by these colleges against Washington and O. A. C and should be tnken into account In figuring the probable scores. In most quarters Whitman has been pl-ked by football authorities to win. 'Oreironlans will follow with consid erable Interest the game Friday be tween O. A. C- and Whitman at Walla Walla. 5o much has been said about the Oregon Aggies" poor chances this year that there Is much curiosity to see Juat what Coach Metzger's men will be able to do against players of the same weight and mettle. The Joss of Wolff, their star punter and halfback, who 1 reported to have been fired from 'the. squad by Metager for breaking training rules, has undoubtedly weak ened the team. Wolff was a finished player. His punrfs. while not so long j as Clarke's, of Oregon, or Eakln's. of Washington, had a peculiar twist that made tham very hard to handle, and he j was a ternnc une-smHener. nuiu, ..however, has alwaya had the reputation of being somewhat difficult to handle. If this really was the trouble. Metzger did the best thing for team discipline and team spirit and play In getting rid of him. O. A. C. Has. Few Old Mem. With the loss of "Wolff. O. A. C. will go into the Whitman game with only three old men Captain Bvendon at left tackle. Keck at full, and Endberg at " half. Practically all the rest of the " team ta untried material, composed of men who never before played football, some of whom had hardly seen a game before this season. The combination .was tried a week ago against the light tram of Pacific I'nlversity. and resulted In a 21 to 0 victory for O. A. C. This game cannot be taken as a fair test, however, for Paniflc i" not In a class with any of the conference teams. The game did show thai in Brlethaupt at end. Gilbert at quarter and Bergman at half. Metiger has picked up three live ones. Much all-around develop ment was shown over the alumni game. Metzger's line-up next Friday"; will probably consist of Dunn, center; Pavls and Hawley. guards; Dlnges and Even don, tackles; Huntley and Brlethaupt, ends; Gilbert, quarter; Endberg rfnd Bergman, halves, and Keck. full. Against this team Whitman will-put m tUe field a fast, aggressive line-up, composed for the most part of seasoned veterans. With only a few exceptions. Whitman's eleven this year is the same) as last, and Coach Blarichard has ramnded out a team that plays hard ball and fast ball all the time. The Missionaries will probably underwelgh ' O. A. C. several pounds to the man. but they, will offset tlTTs with greater speed and better team work than -Metzger rould possibly hope to get into his men, 'n the short time ne has coacnea them. Whitman has shown splendid form In several practice games played thus far. Her backs, including the tricky Bor ieske, seem able to carry the ball along by the old straight football as well as . with the lightning forward passes and sudden trick plays uon which they de pended much last year. A week ago the team beat Milton College. 55 to 0, ' in 10-mlnute halves. In which a partic ularly good showing in straightaway .'ootball was made. Whitman's prospective line-up Is as follows: Clemens, center; Morrow and Matthews, guards: Nelll and Wlllson, rarkles; Fee and Blomquist. ends; Belt, quarter; Borleske and Johnson, halves, and Cox. frill. If none of the Whit man players Is laid out "In the Idaho fame. Whitman will stand a strong 'avorlte over O. A. C. Bearish Stories on Washington,. Thos who expect the final fight for the championship to narrow down to . Washington .ami Oregon, will attend closely the work of Coach Doble win ning football, machine of last year against Idaho Saturday. Some decided ly bearish storlea about injuries, men out of condition. Indifferent training and the like riave been coming -from thex Seattle' University ever since prac-, tice "began there. If they are all true, hardly a man on the Washington squad should be able to walk around by him self by this time, for the Seattle scribes have reaped a horrible hardest of twist ed knees, broken , bones, wrenched backs and bruised muscles. The most persistent tale , Is to the effect that Eakln, the big tackle and brilliant . punter, has a bad knee that will prob ably keep him out of the Idaho game. - and perhaps on the sidelines all season. V j m. This would be about as hard a blow as Washington could well receive, for Eakln Is one of the greatest players in the Northwest. His loss In the punting department would be especially severe. Washington has called off the game scheduled for yesterday against Whit worth College, on the alleged ground that Whitworth Insisted on playing several men who should have been In eligible by conference rules. Whit worth does not belong in the confer ence, but Poble evidently considered them a rather tough proposftfbn for his team to meet just now, and "can celed the match on this excuse. In a practice game against the Cruiser Mil waukee team recently, the Washington varsity ran up a score of 39 to 0, In spite of rather ragged playing. Cgach Poble tried out two men for almost every position, only May, formerly of Cornell, and the two big- Grimm broth ers going through both halves. It will take a good deal more than ragged work In. a few practice gSmes, how ever, to convince, most people that Washington will not hare a team fully as strong as last year's championship aggregation, nine members of which are now oji the eleven. One new man who is making a spjendld showing la Baker, lust year of Pendleton ' High School, who Is being used at full and Is doing much of the kicking while Eakln Is out of play. The team Washington sends against Idaho will average about 134 pounds, and will line up about as follows: Cap tain TegPrneler, center; guards, Grif fiths. Swarva. Pullen; tackles. May, "Polly". Grimm; ends. V. Grimm. Matt son; quarter, " ""Wee" Coyle, Cook; halves, Taylor and Mucklestone; full. Baker. Eakln may also be In shape to play. " ''. - Though Idaho succeeded In scoring 26 to 5 against the University of Puget Sound recently, the game with Whit man will give a better line on what kind of a team Coach Grogan has de veloped In the first season In the North west. The first-named game, however, showed that Idaho is very weak In straight football, and must depend on open play almost entirely. From the "dope," Washington should, win. The Idaho team will be much lighter than Washington, and the line-up will be about as follows: Jewell, center; Captain Stokesberry and Hayes, guards; Graves and Williams, tackles; Arm strong and Shangnon ends; Curtis, quarter; Lundstrom, Hill:rmn" and Thornton, halves; Montgomery, fulL Five of these men are experienced players. " , - The University of Oregon will play Its first game in three weeks against Willamette University, one of tho smaller colleges, at Salem ' Saturday, Since the disastrous alumni game, Ore gon has Improved wonderfully In play, lug. Coach Forbes has reached the point where he can devote most of his time to teaching the squad new plays and developing team work. Just ow much the team has learned will be shown in th score made against Wil lamette. ' . In opening Its conference season Vi November 13 against the I'nlversity of Idaho at Portland. Oregon will have the advantage of knowing beforehand how the other conJerence teams areplaylng, for by that time every eleven will have been in one game, at least. This game on Multnomah Field next month will be the only opportunity Portlanders will have pf Beelng an Intercollegiate game this season. On the attendance then will rifpend largely whether It continues to be an annual event here. Last season with a new team. Oregon won from Idajio in one-of the most sen sational football games that was ever played In the Northwest. After zig zagging In favor of one team and then the other, the final score was 28 to 21 In favor of Oregon. Washington State College will play Its first conference game agalnstldaho) at'lToscow, November t. -V - Vi- .... J- . .. - 3 . .Ur.t!. -esGATj' a chad. - DRILLS ARE SECRET Oregon Football Team Takes Up Signal Practice. CONTESTS QN FOR PLACES Experienced Prayers Are Trying Out for Positions- Squad Makes Ready for Game With Willamette Saturday. UNIVERSITT OF OREGON, Eugene, Oct. 23. (Special.) Sectret signal work and blackboard practice ha been in augurated by Coach Forbes to, prepare the Oregon varsity team for the game against Willamette University at Salem next Saturday. The Methodists made such a good showing against Multnomah a week ago that Forbes is unwilling to take any chances. . . From present indications the varsity eleven will be In its best condition of the season when it enters this game. During the past week speclafatrention has been directed to perfecting- teamwork. The whole backfleld now works together like one man. 'Among those who are making the best showing Just now may be mentioned Bill Main, last year one of the shiftiest and hardest playing halfbacks in thej North west. This reason Main has been shifted to right tackle to fill he big hole left vacant bv the graduation of Fred Moul-, len. Main is probably the fiercest tackier on the squad. He weighs 178 pounds and at tackle (a putting up a splendid game. Jack Hlckson at right end is a hard tackier and one of the fastest men on the eleven. Hlckson is especially good at running down on funts. his playing In thie respeot being like that of Gordon Moores and Weary Chandler, Oregon's star ends of several seasons ago. In con dition Hickson strips at 165. ' Chuck" Taylor at half is a former Hill Military Academy player. Taylor ia very shifty and is very dangerous In a broken field. He Is a hard Une-plunger, and though, he weighs only 165 pounds, is a consistent ground gainer. McKinley, another backfleld man. has been somewhat handicapped by early sea son injuries, but ia fast rounding Into shaoe. McKinley will probably alternate with Dean Walker at full. He Is from Portland. G'lles is playing the best game In his career at guard. This Is hie third year on the team. He Is equally valuable at guard or center, and eharges very hard Into he opposing line. In practice he has shown himself adept at breaking through the opposite line ana breaking up the play before it could get started. Gilles weighs 182 pounds, Kay. a merry little freshman from the Galena High School, la making a game try for quareer. In which, the varsity squad is rather weak this season. Kay handles the ball well, and Is good at picking out the weak epots in the op posing lineup and directing ''-his plays through them. He starred brilliantly In two games in which he played quarter for the freshman team. Gotcb and Ralcevlrh Matched!. . CHICAGO, Oct. ' 23. Frank Gotch, cham .11 a-- ' i . . F v ''!' --TBBssMiiCiasaj 0 II -V: VJ. ' " .inn .j1 ... V-1 'i" pion wrestler of the world, and Giovanni Raicevich today signed an agreement to wrestle- for the world's championship November 9. at the Coliseum. The match will be catch-ss-catch can. ' , JEXXLNGS GETS MORE SALARY Vanted'$30,000 for 1910, but Ac- cepted Compromise. ' DETROIT, Oct. 23. Hugh Jennings today signed p. contract to continue as manager of the Detroit ' baseball club during the, season of 1910. It is undex stood the manager's demand for an in crease in salary was compromised. Jennings draws a percentage of the earnings, and in the three years 'he has been manager has taken down In salary and profits $41.500 $10,000 . In 1907, $14,000 in 1908 and $17,500 this "year. For 1910 he wanted enough to total iym $30.p00, provided he wins a fourth pennant. An official announcement places the earnings of the club for the league Sea son at about $166,000, and. Including; the world's series profits, about $200, 000. " ...- Pitcher George Mullin and Catcher Schmidt have also signed contracts for next season, and Tyrus Cobb today signed for three years. PARENTS - BLOCK GAMES GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOOTBALL) LEAGUE POSTPONES FOUR. Fathers and Mothers of - Young Player Seem Unwilling Con testa Daily This Week. Promoters of the Grammar School Football League are experiencing diffi culty In getting scheduled games under way. All four; of the games to have been played last week were postponed. Parental Interference seems to be the chief cause of the trouble. The games scheduled for last week were postponed for various reasons. Montavilla andArleta did not play be cause the Arleta lads thought they were too light for the other, team. Stephens and Creston called the game on on the excuse of too much moisture. Irving ton 'and Highland could not play be cause' all the boys' had not brought written statements -from their parents relieving he principals of the schools from responsibility in case of injury. The Shaver-Eliot match was postponed because some members of the teams had not been qualified by th'e principals to play. - . Parents of the aspiring gridiron he roes seem unwilling In many Instances to let their boys play, and are inclined to sluff responsibility for injury onto the school principals. The rule In all the schools Is to re quire all boys competing on athletic teams to maintain a grade of 75 per cent In class standing and 85 per cent In general application. They must also secure permission from their parents before they are allowed to compete on any team. . It is understood that all the remain ing games scheduled will be played without a failure, as the boys have all been qualified by both parents and prin cipals. Mount Tabor and'Cllnton Kelly will play 'tomorrow afternoon at i o'clock at East Thirteenth and Davis streets. These-teams are in the heavy weight class. Other games are sched uled for every day this week. A rr-'. I h if I Fred Evenden, -Weight 100 Pounds, and Who Runs Like Coach Horse, Is Candidate "for Tackle on Back Field Position. OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COLLEGE, Corvallis, Oct. 2S. (Special.) Bad weather and a large list of cripples have made It Impossible for Coach Metzger to give his football men the hard workout which he had planned for the past -Week- Injuries sustained In the game with Pacific University put several men out of the practice "on Mon day, and the , pouring rain and flooded field made It impossible to do anything but light signal practice In the Armory the following two days. Tne.men were given a hard scrimmage Thurrsday, but because of the game with the Catholic Association team the following day, very little cpuld be done on Friday-. Despite the limited practice, however, there have been several significant de velopments. The most encouraging event was the return of Wrallace, who withdrew from the squad shortly after the opening of college, because his college work threatened to be too exacting to per mit him to play. His return will in'all probability mean that either Hawley or Davis will be displaced at guard, . The hot fight for thee places which this event nreclDltates will go far, towferd N-emcdylng a bad situation due to lack of eompetltion. Irrespective or wnat candidates finally land the coveted po sitions, the competitions coming at this particular time will be of great value to the team and a won'derful aid to Metzger. Another man to join the squad this week and who promises to figure prom inently in the make-up of the team ia Fred G. Evenden, brother of Captain Evenden. The new recruit weighs over 190 pounds, and runs fast and with knee action, like that of a coach horse. He is the type of player who would fit In at tackle, end or In the back field. This ma4ces him an exceptionally valu able man. Reynolds, the little quarterback from La Grande High School,' has been con ducting himself in a manner which has won him a place In the hearts of the rooters, and which has caused Coach Metzger to take notice of tlje little chap. He only weighs 115 pounds, but he is a sure tackle,r, and uses his head better than, any other man on the field. He will push Gilbert for his place at quarter. t The-freshmen were called Into service Thursday night for the purpose of test fng the strength of the regulars' de fense. The ball was given to the youngsters on the regular's ten-yard line, and they were Instructed to carry It through for a touchdown. ., This they succeeded in doing in six downs. The ball was then given to them on the reg ular's two-yard line, from which point thev were able to score three times in the' femainlng ten minutes of scrim-' mage work. The team is Improving, but Is still far from the"perfect machine that must be developed before the Whitman game a week from, Saturday. But with an open date next Saturday, Metzger will have an oportunlty to do effective work before the big games commence. EWING IS OUT OF RAGE PRESIDENCY OF LEAGUE NO 'LONGER LURES HIM. Many ' Exhibition Games Being Ar ranged by Coast and -State League Teams In California. SAN FRANriSCOOct. 23. (Special.) According to a statement Issued by Cal Ewing the first of the week, the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast League- will be held in San Francisco on November 15. The Coast League president will attend a meeting of the National Association In the early part of November, and has called the league meeting so that It will take place Immediately upon- his return. "I wish again to state." he .declared, "that T a.m not a candidate for the presl- 'dency and, further than that, I have no candidate. Any man who suits the rest of the league will suit me.'' Now that the season Is practically end ed, all sorts of games are being arranged for the first of November. A benefit game to the Seals, who are already claiming the championship, will take place at . Recreation fark, tuesciay, November 2. The regulars will, play the Yannigans and. In addition. ,there will be a field day", with the usual features for baseball players. Tickets are now being sold and so far there has been a liberal response. Under the management of Tyler Chris tian, the Oakland Coasters will not dis band for a couple of weeks. Tney nave arranged fora series of seven games with the Oakland Staters, champions of the State League..' This seriee will also com mence November 2. Three games are to be played, in Oakland and four In San Francisco. Also by the first of November, the two major league clubs will be here .and plaV a series of games wtth the San Francisco and Los Angeles teams and also play each other. This will fetch baseball In California well up Into the first of De cember, providlngthe weather permit. . Charlie Irwin and Jack McCarthy, two' Coast League umpires, were notified the first of the week that their sen-ices would not be needed longer this season. Ewing decide"! that the double umpire system was entirely unnecessary and a waste of money outside the crucial series that has been taking place this week be tween Portland and San Francisco, and so let them go. - ; . "Bull" Ferine, the former Coast League umpire, ' but now with the American League, will spend the Winter in Oakland and San Francisco. FAMOUS SALVATOR IS DEAD World's fastest Running Horse Dies . , on Farm in Kentucky. LEXINGTON, Kyi, Oct. 23. Salvator, considered by many to have been the fastest running race horse the world has ever known, died at the Elmendorf farm of James 3. Haggln, of New York, today. Salvator's record was 1:354, made in 18S0. Salvator won J120.00 on the turf. ' CHALMERS-DETROlf "40" SETS NEW RECORD IN GREAT FAIRMOUNT PARK ROAD RACE In the 202-mile race over Fairmount Park course in Philadel phia, October 9th, the Chalmers "40" won the Consistency prize, ' a special distinction offered to tlie car which, in the opinion of the officials of the race, should do the most consistent work. At the finish it was not a matter of opinion which car was entitled to the prize It was a matter of FACT. The "40" driven by Bert Dingley did not stop a single time during the entire race; although going at top speed all the time, it literally ran like a clock. It was a big-car race, in which, from the standpoint of power nd price, the "40" would have no show. CONSISTENCY WINS . , ' , Read the Entries. Acme 60 H. P. Simplex 90 H. P. Palmer-Singer- 60 H. P. Apperson. .' 49 Hr. P. Benz 60 H. P. Welch 70 H. P. American 60 H. P.- Simples "7 f0 H. P Buick 30 H. P. The Chalmers-Detroit Company never built a racing car, but the Chalmers-Detroit stock cars win many races. A stock car absolutely the same for $2750.00. The Philadelphia North American said: "The Chalmers-De troit, with less han half the horsepower of the victor and admir ably driven by Bert Dingley, emerged from the race with new laurels, for it was a good second, and made the running during the major part of the way. It was the Chalmers-Detroit alone that kept the affair a race; otherwise it would have been a runaway. Although the car beneath him was less than half the horsepower of its rival, and although he was pitted against the foremost of - America drivers, Dingley stuck to his task" magnificently, and during the gTeater pari of the race was not more than three or", four minutes behind the leader." We are delivering the 1910 Chalmers-Detroit "40." H: L KEATS AUTO COMPANY -PORTLAND, OR. " . Seventh and Burnside Streets. OREGON ELEVEN PICKED COACH FORBES SELECTS MEN FOR FIRST TEAM. .' Veteran Players Placed on Second Eleven, So Keen is Competition for Team Positions. . UNIVERSITY OF OftEGON. Eugene, Oct. 23 (Special.) From a squad of more than 30 candidates. Including 15 men who have won their football "Os" In former seasons. Coach Forbes today for the first time named players who have achieved the coveted honor of making 'the varsity eleven. The lucky candidates are: Mitchell, cen ter; Gilles. right guard; Bailey, lefft guard; Main, right tackle; Pinkham, left tackle: Hlckson, right end; Michael, left end; Latourette. quarter; Captain Clarke, left half; Taylor, right half; Walker, full back. This choice is tentative in a way. There is such fierce competition In the dally practice and Hnebuckiiig on Ktn cald Field that some of these men may be finally beaten out for their places by members of the second eleven. However, this Ib the lineup that from present pros ppcts will bear the "brunt of the season's playing. How hot Is the competition for places on the eleven can be Judged by the fact "that temporarily on the second eleven Forbes has put such players as Kellogg, center) Harding. Storie and Kellogg, guards; Scott and Henderson, tackles-; Dodson, last year on the All-Northwest team, and Kilts, ends; Chandler,, quarter; Sullivan and Oliver Huston, halfbacks, and McKinley. full. In fact the two teams are so evenly matched In playing strength that there is only afohade of dif ference in the work of most of the can didates, while injuries have held others back. Five of last year's crack team are on this second squad. Three of those on the first team squad AT Hood River Apple Will be a brilliant and THE OREGON RAILROAD Will run a special train, leaving Portland at 9:00'Ai M., and make a special round-trip .rate of ' i Tickets will be good for return on the special from Hood River at 4 PM M. Saturday, or on any train up to and including Monday, Nov. 1st. The enterprising citizens of Hood River have arranged a very com plete programme of entertainment. Ten automobiles have been char tered to carry passengers around Hood River Valley, among the im mense orchards; fare 75 cents per passenger. A balloon ascension and parachute flight will take place immediately after the arrival of the Portland Special. Carnival shows of various kinds will enliven the entire Fair period. The church ladies will see to it that all visitors have an abundance to eat at moderate cost. Procure tickets at the City Ticket Office, Third and Washington Streets, Portland, and a'oid the rush at Union Depot. Win. McMURRAY, GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT Alco v 60 H. P. Welch 70 H. P. Thomas T....72H.P. Chadwick 60 H. P. Thomas 72 H. P. American 60 H. P. Buick 30 H. P. Isotta. -. 40 H. P. .Chadwick 60 H. P. as picked by the coach, are freshmen. Mitchell, center, played with the Eugene High School last year, and is strong and faet at 182 pounds'. Bailey, left guard, is also a Eugene High product. Though only 18 years old, he tips the beam at 248 pounds and Is wonderfully aggressive for so heavy a man. Dean Walker, at. fullback, is the other successful fresh man. TValker made the place through his terrific line-mashlng and sturdy de fensive work in that Ijofition for the freshmen eleven. He comes from Colum bia University, at Portland. ' Captain Clarke has been shifted from his old place at fullback to left half. He Is not a stranger to that position, how ever, -for In his freshman year at Oregon he played half during the whole season. Bill Main at right tackle is filling the hole made by the graduation of Fred Mou'.len. Main began the season In his old position behind the line, where he was one of the mainstays of the eleven last year, but -he was needed at tackle and Forbes shifted him there. Math weighs ITS pounds. He Is built much like Frank Templeton, the famous Ore gon halfback of several seasons ago. Pinkham, at lert tackle, is in the same position he has played for the past three years. He is 20 pounds heavier than last year and Is playing right now the best game of his life. Hickson and Michael .are extremely fast and hard-tackling ends. , Both played on last year's teams, when they were fresh- . men. Latourette, at quarter, excels In running back punts and Is handling the team well this seasfin. Gilles. at right guard, ia harder and heavier than he has ever been and -Is playing a plunging game. . In. case of injury to Mitchell he will be alternated at center. He Is valuable as an all-around player. "Chuck" Taylor, at half, played the same position here two years ago. In all probability most of the second team men will play In the big games, for It has been part of Forbes' system of coaching to produce two teams almost equally good, putting In almost an entire new lineup of seasoned players in the second half and running the opposing team "off Its feet. . Oregon's next game is at Salem, against Willamette. October 30. On November the Multnomah Club will play here. V THE Fair oSli 30, 1909 educational event, for which & NAVIGATION COMPANY
