The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, November 21, 1909, SECTION FOUR, Image 40

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 21, 1909. VARSITY STARS TO MAKE LAST STAND Famous Oregon and Washing ton Football Men Keen for v Final College Game. : CHAMPIONSHIP AT STAKE Winner of Game in Seattle Will Have Clear Title Eugene Con. tineent Takes Four Days Rest at American Lake Resort. THANKSGIVING DAY FOOT R A LI, GAMES OF KORTKYVEST COLLEGES. University of Oregon vs. 1,'nlver.ity of Washington, at Seattle. Washington State College vs. Whit man, at Walla Walla. Oregon Agricultural College vs. Multnomah, at Portland. University of Idaho v. Boise Ath letic Club, at Boise. BY OBSERVER. In the history of Northwest football i there have been few occasions when ' srreater Interest centered on the outcome of a single game than that which at- ' taches to the result of the annual contest hetween the Universities of Oregon and Washington next Thursday at Seattle, It will be the first time In several years that the actual championship has been In doubt up to the very last same or the season, as thus will be. Last sea son Washington had the race salted down a full two weeks prior to Thanksgiving. 7 But this year both Oregon and Washing ton have gone down their schedules with a clean string of victories, leaving the final game to decide the supremacy be tween them. Whichever eleven wins will have an unmarred title to first placo among the conference colleges; for all their games have been won by such de cisive scores that no possible loophole has been left through which another team might put a claim for consideration, as Pullman did last year after holding AVashington to a no-score tie. This Thanksgiving game will mark the last appearance in their college lineups of many great stars whose playing has made them, famous in the Northwest. At least ten men on the two elevens will never again take part In an Intercol legiate game. In the Washington lineup. Eakins. the wonderful punter who bears the reputation of being the only man on the Coast who ever outpunted Dudley Clarke, of Oregon, while playing against him. will finish his allotted four years of football, two years-of which were In the East; Captain Jlelvin Mucklestone comes with Eakins under the four-year rule. Tegtmeier. Washington's All-Northwest center, graduates this season after four years on his team. "Polly" Grimm, the big tackle. Is In his last season. Last Game for Oregon Stars. Five men whose names have become familiar to football fans through then work in this and previous seasons will graduate from the Oregon eleven after Thursday's game. Captain pudley Clarka will bo playing his last varsity contest. So will Louis Ptnkham, the sterling tackle who last year gained honorable mention from Walter Camp In his AU Amertcan lineup. Dodson and Kiitz, two of the fastest ends to come from the Oregon varsity since the days of Gordon Moores and "Weary" Chandler, with George Sullivan, are in their senior year and will play no more. The fact that so many of these players will be playing their last game will help to make the Thanksgiving contest the fiercest and most spectacular of. the sea son. No more training to look forward to and the realization that it is their last time on the gridiron, and that In the decisive football battle of the year, will lead the football men to take chances they would not have dared to risk earlier in the season when injury might have put their college out of the race. Moreover, both elevens should be in su perb condition. Washington has been testing up and practicing on its own field since defeating Oregon Agricultural Col lege a week ago Saturday. The Oregon men had their hardest game of the sea son only Friday, when they went against the Aggies and beat them 12 to 0. so Coach Forbes and the long-sighted trainer. "Billy" Hayward. have taken the squad to American Lake near Seattle, where they can rent and perfect their teamwork in easy practice for the re maining four days. Forbes System Ju-.tifcd. At least one valuable feature of Coach Forbes' system of developing early In the season two men for every position on the team was strikingly brought out In the Oregon-O. A. C. game Friday. With Clarke and Walker, two of his best back field men Clarke especially because of his punting ability and great power as a Iine-smssher being considered the mainstay of the lineup out of the game, the ordinary eleven would have been pretty well "up against it." But Forbes was able to put substitutes In both posi tions who knew the game so well and handled themselves" so cleverly that the loss was minimized. In the Washington game these cripples will be back in the lineup, and Forbes' team will be working as a beautifully drilled unit. Though the odds are sllghtLy against him. the Ore gon coach and his Yale system are mighty likely to down Dobie's powerful Washington eleven and grab the cham pionship themselves. Two other Interesting games will be played Thanksgiving day. Washington State College and Whitman, between whom there Is -he bitterest of rivalry, will fight it out In Walla Walla, while the Oregon Agricultural College eleven will try to defeat the Multnomah Club for the first time, in Portland. Pullman has already beaten Idaho, and, judging from the ease with which the Washington Aggies piled up 38 to 0 against Whitworth, whlie Whitman could not score on this team, should also de feat Whitman. All that the game can do for Pullman, however, will bo to give the Washington State College men in Involved claim on second place, for In asmuch as both Idaho and Whitman were out of the race before Pullman played them, these games have no bearing what soever on the championship: while the loser of the Washington-Oregon gam will generally be considered as having earned the second position. If Coach Jletzger's Aggies can trim Multnomah, they will fulfill what haa long been an unrealized ambition when they play the clubmen, snatching victory from them mora than once Just when things seemed tr be going all their way. Last year, in one of the hardest fought games ever seen on Multnomah Field, Multnomah won in almost the last min ute of play. II to 10, on a sensational 40-yard run by Plowden Stott after Mult "nomalr had been outscored and outplayed I during all the rest of the contest. A big crowd will no doubt urn out next Thurs day to see the fast eleven that Metzger has developed out of what was anything hut promising material at the beginning of the season. There was an interesting Incident in connection with Multnomah's defeat by Oregon at Eugene three weeks ago that is worth recalling. It was the first time since the two teams have played each other that the collegians have ever out weighed the clubmen. Oregon averaged 179 pounds to the man In this game to 175 for the clubmen. The time was not very long ago when the spectators at a Muitnomah-Oregon . game felt almost sorry for the varsity men when they trotted out on the field they looked so overwhelmingly outweighed by their club opponents. And they were. .Up to two years ago it was rare for Oregon or any other Northwest college to turn out a team averaging more than 165 pounds, while this season Whitman-, the lightest of the conference levens. averages 168. It Is not that the clubmen have been growing any lighter. - but .. the.- college teams have been growing heavier. It is only one sign of the remarkable growth most Northwest educational Institutions have enjoyed of late vyears. ' Light Men Were Once Stars. Football fans ' will remember the time when Seth Kerron, who played guard and full for five years, never weighing more than 180 pounds, and McKlnney at 187. were the heaviest men in the Oregon lineup. Today Oregon has four men who can make 190 or better. Jack Latourette made All-Northwest quarter four succes-sh-t seasons weighing about 138. His brother Earl at 156 is the lightest man on the - Oregon sauad today. "When George Hug played center on two cham pionship elevens he weighed between 1S5 and 175. while ,Ftank Templeton never tipped the scales for more tnsn ito When Dick Smith coached Oregon in "04, he turned out a chmplonship eleven that onlv averaged 158 pounds to the man. The same thing has been true of the other colleges. In place of comparatively heavy men like Keck and Woirr ana Evendon, O. A. C's star players of a few vears ago were all light men. Ttube Wil liams played half at 160. and Koot and Pilkington were considered huge players at 170. Dow Walker, tne lamous Agri cultural guard, would, of course, be a big man in any lineup. At Washington, men like Mucklestone. Eakins. "Poliy" Grimm and Baker, all weighing from 175 to 190. were unheard of three or four years ago. Around '05 and '0 Washington had men like Tllley at 145 and Wlnsor at 150 playing half. Crim was center for four years at 165 pounds. It was this same Crlm who once accomplished the unique feat of break ing through the opposing line on an at tempted punt, catching the leather at the exact Instant when It was balancing on the end of the kicker's foot, and run ning 40 or 60 yards for a touchdown. COAST MEN ARE SPEEDY ATHLETES AT XOTRE DAME DO EXCELLENT WORK. Dolan of Albany Constdcrea esi Guard Football Team of Univer- -bity Has Had Thus Far. BY JESSE H. ROTH. NOTRE- DAME. Ind., Nov. 20. (Spe cial Correspondence.) The University of Notre' Dame is known in the West, and chiefly along the coast, through the affiliation of the University of Colum bia, at Portland. Or., and also through students and athletes that she draws from that portion of the country. One of the best students that Notre Dame ever had was Ignatius E. McNamee, of Portland, Or., who was president of the senior class of '09, and winner of the Breen oratorical prize. He also won the state oratorical contest, and was kept out of the Interstate contest on account of a technicality. Two of Notre Dame's greatest ath letes. after leaving school drifted out to the Pacific Coast and won consid erable recognition for themselves on various athletic teams. One of these was Lonergan. and the other Klrby. Forrest Smlthson. the world's cham plon hurdler, attended the South Bend institution m '06-7, winning the 120 yard high hurdles In the western con ference games at Chicago in the latter year. After his departure from Notre Dame he entered Yale. This year Notre Dame draws four of her best athletes from the Coast. Mathews, of Fairbanks, Alaska: Phil brook, of Los Angeles, Cal , who Is better known as the mainstay of the Whitman football and track teams; Dlmlck, of Portland, and Dolan, of Al bany, Or. With these four men, three of whom are young giants. Notre Dame has been able to startle the whole foot ball world by her phenomenal work on the gridiron. The gold and blue have not only beaten the strong secondary colleges of the West by large scores, but have taken the measure of some of the fast est elevens that are playing football this season. The Catholics, not content with giving Pittsburg a good trounc ing, went to Ann Arbor, November 6, and defeated Michigan, one of the strongest machines that have been or ganized this year. By winning from the Wolverines, the Irish received a ranking with the championship eleven of the East. Walter Camp watched the team In action Rnd expressed, his sur prise at the strength of Coach Long man's warriors. Mathews played last year on the varsity, and though barred from a good many of the contests by the freshman ruling, showed that he had the right material, and this year Coach Longman placed him at end, where he has mora than held his own, with the best men playing at the extremity. Fast, a sure tackier, and an elusive runner, he has won praise from most of the football critics In the Middle West. "Mat" has two more years on the varsity. This is Dolan's last year. "Rosy," as he Is best known about the campus, has played for the gold and blue three years, and to say that he Is the best guard that the Irish have ever had Is putting it mildly. He is always In every play, either upsetting the op ponents' formation or helping his team mates along. Eckersall, Ail-American quarter back, and former Chicago Uni versity' star, said that he is one of the best defensive men in the game here In the West today. Aside from being a great athlete, he is also a popular student. He Is class president, and also won a position on the Dome staff. This is the second year that Dlmlck and Philbrook have played side by side on the gold and blue line. Little need be said about these two athletes, as they are both well known throughout the Northwest. Dlmlck played at tackle, and has won recognition from the. greatest critics of football. Camp and Eckersall both commented on his work In various contests this season. Coach Longman, who is an old Michi gan man, said that Dlmlck would eas ily rival Maddock, the greatest tackle that ever donned moleskins In the West. In the recent contest. In which Notre Dame won from Michigan, the big tackle upset play after play before Yost's men could get them started. Dlmlck is also a star track man, his forte being the weights. . PACIFIC COAST PLAYERS IN FOOTBALL TEAM OF NOTRE DAME COLLEGE. fliplp ItlilKiif If . IN 'M ? ' K): v"T-1 if'" " ''A- Y ' - -' - L $ vr.r 'V' V ; ' ' ; .. mm$Um iiiliiiiiplii- - - . H -i - t.':-.,:'';r. 1 " " . : V .v. i., 1 . x ,s V ' " ' '. " Ml COSTLY TO GO OUTLAW M CKEDIE, COTJIiD OXLY MAKE PLCNGE AT SACRIFICE. Mac Rae Explains Financial Pros and Cons of Question War Would Be Expensive. "It's easy to talk of outlaw baseball for Portland." said Will G. Mac Rae, "and while I believe the Northwestern- League would be a formidable organization, yet before the Coasters could effectively e driven out of Portland, the fans would have to remain faithful and the business men who have a pride In the city would have to stand by the McCredles to the end. Just as they did with the. Coast League when It Invaded Portland In 1903. "In the old outlaw days, the Portland franchise was not worth much more than the paper on which it was written. Now It Is a valuable asset, and for the Mc Credles to toss away the Coast League franchise would be like asking them to give away $20,000. In time, the North western League franchise would be worth that much, but before that time the fans must get over the idea that there Is such a vast difference between Class A base ball and Class B. "I don't know how much the business - 4 1 . f : f f !- 'i " - - - ' m'f0.JM iliMlSIIillililr" The 1910 OVERLA This cax is the sensation of the season. 30 horsepower, 4-cylinder, 102-inch wheel base, 32x3 -inch tires all around. . So simple a child can operate it. With full lamp equipment and magneto, $1100 delivered here. Don't fail to call and see this car. CROWE AUTO CO. Agents Wanted Throughout the State. I "i !.! mi' : TB jBr m men of Portland like the idea of this city being classed with Vernon, an abandoned slaughter-house district, and Sacramento, a city that even on holi days will not send out over 1000 people to a ball game. I know that such treat ment does not please Judge McCredie, yet if the business men of Portland can learn tolike it, certainly the McCredles can forget the slur in due time. It is not a pleasant bit of advertising to have It telegraphed over the United States and read in every nook and corner . where baseball news is read, that Sacramento can get continuous baseball while Port land, because of Charles Graham, is de nied It. Portland voted Graham's team into the Coast League after it had been kicked out bodily because baseball did not pay. - Should his vote deny Portland the right to have two teams "and contin uous baseball'? "Personally, I would like to see a sea son of outlaw baseball in Portland, but, knowing Judge McCredie as I do, I can say he will not make a move until he is absolutely sure of his. ground. Another thing, if Washington's new Congressman bows his neck, he will stick to the fin ish. If the McCredles owned their own ball "park here, it would make matters pretty easy. If the McCredles elect to go outlaw, and the Coasters can get others to finance" a Coast "League team, It Is going to cost them lots of money to get grounds and to build a new grand stand. It will take over $100,000 as a starter and I don't believe with the fans and business men pulling for the North western League team, any sucker is go ing to dig up that much money." For trunks go to the Harris Trunk Co. HAS ARRIVED 16TH AND ALDER STREETS Agents for Oregon. O.A.C. PLAYS HERE THANKSGIVING DAY Great Football Game Is SchecUi uled for Next Thursday, November 25. SOCIETY OUT IN FORCE Big Crowd Determined to See Battle for Supremacy Between Two of Strongest Teams In the " Northwest. BY W. J. PETRAIX. Thanksgiving day. and football are synonomous in Portland, for the good things partaken of on that day, when it Is customary to give thanks, do not go well unless topped off by the treat of seeing two of Oregon's sturdiest football elevens in the struggle . for supremacy upon Multnomah Field. The annual , football game has become an established custom, and while the programme has been varied by the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Club this sea son to the extent of playing the Oregon Agricultural College instead of the Uni versity of Oregon on that day. the In terest in the coming' fray is quite undi minished. Society Out in Force. Like past occasions, the game promises to be a social event, for Portland's elite turns out en masse to see the gridiron warriors display their science and strength on the field of football suprem acy, and so does everybody el6e. Thanksgiving day-on Multnomah Field is a gala occasion, and this year it will be the usual scene-of . the gathering of the clans. :.-- " .' - Unusual .interest is attached to-, this game, for it may be the last big game of the season in Portland unless Mult nomah Is successful in securing Denver University . as an attraction at a later date. This fact, together with the well-known spirit with which these rival football elevens engage In annual battle, creates greater enthusiasm among the rank and file of Portland's lovers of football than is usually evinced In any other branch of sport aside from baseball, which en dures prestige for a much longer period. O. A. O. Stands High. This season the Oregon Agricultural College team is on a par with any eleven that Institution has turned out In years, yet it has the misfortune of meeting bet ter drilled and more expsrienced players than In the past, and its record -is nt quite so brilliant. However. the "Ag gies" are stronger than last year, for they played the University of Washington a much stronger game than In 1908, when they succumbed to the "W" bunch by a 32 to 0 score. As this season's game was won by Washington by a score of IS to 0, the Corvallls institution can be figured as twice as strong as the previous sea son's aggregation.! Then the game Fri day against Oregon also shows the O. A. C. boys strong. The "Aggies" have been Multnomah's most formidable opponents in the history of Northwestern football, for 'the Mult nomah eleven has gained more decisions over O. A. C. by the margin of one lone point than can be boasted of by any other aggregation in this section of the country. Many have been the nerve racking struggles between these rival elevens, and the football fans of Port land are always on edge when a game between the "Aggies" and the Multnomah contingent 1f announced. Team May Be at Winner. Down Corvallis way they have a strong hunch that Coach Metzger is at latst about to perform the- long-cherished feat of sending a winning team against Mult nomah a trick that has not yet been accomplished by the "Aggy" eleven. It is especially galling to the Corvallis stu dents to see their team defeated year af ter year by Multnomah, when the Uni versity of Oregon has succeeded in re versing the usual order of things during the past, four years. The State University's success against i Multnomah only stimulates the efforts of the Corvallis boys, who will come to Portland this year with the determination of denting Multnomah's string of suc cesses. -- - - From Corvallis " comes the news that Coach Metzger and Captain Evendon, are using every means In their power to per fect a football machine calculated to smash the Multnomah line and offense play into smithereens. The "Aggies" are working like Trojans to accomplish their one object in football that of de feating the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club eleven. If they do it all the defeats of the past and seasons to come will be forgiven; for the old-time rivalry of the two institutions has brought nothing but gloom to the O. A. C. 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