The Oregon daily journal., December 06, 1908, Page 14, Image 14

STOTT WINS GRAND
GAME FOR BEAVERS
SMALL CROWD SEES SEASON'S BEST GAME
With but two. minutes of the game
loft to play and his team four point
behind the speedy collegians from .Cor
vallia, Captain "StumpT Stott ran 63
yards through a broken field for the
Ln.hiinM ihmt mvt Multnomah club
a margin of on point In the final
core. 11 to 10. Never tn the history of
the game In Portland has aueh a bril
liant, thrilling run aa thai of yesterday
afternoon been made. Catching one ox
Keek's aplrale on the 68 yard line, after
Bert Flfkington had felled three, stu
dents and Alexander another. Stott
dodged and wriggled and sigiagged until
he reached the goal line, and firmly im
planted the ball behind the posts for
. the winning point. It did not matter
that he missed, the goal and lost the
. aWth rutin ' ..
The Aggies entered the fray minus
the service of their resourceful captain
and all-northwest halfback. Captain
Wolff watched the game from the side
lines, being too badly injured to take
' part In his stead Quarterback Gagnon
ruled the players on the ,ieia. n was
the closing game of the season for the
boys from Corvaliis. and they made a
glorious effort to win. They played as
they never did In the Oregon game,
those cripples, and they earned the re
spect of every one of the small band, of
spectators. . '
It was the Very closeness of the con
test and the application of forward pass
and trick plays that made it fascinat
ing. It seemed as if each team threw
caution to the wind and brought the
difficult plays Into, service as last
resource. Stott's clever onslde kicks
vied with Keck' skillful panning to his
ends. .;
. : ' Stott Star of Game. '
Undoubtedly Stott was the star of
' the game, as he has been the star of
a score of games. His marvelous run
gives him that credit without consider
ing the brilliant returning of punts
during the game, his onside kicking, his
generalship and his defensive work, He
played a star defensive end. - PUkington
was -another stellar parfprmer for th
club in running in punts, slashing into
t he line and in -general headwork. He
played probably his pest -game of, the
season. . ' ' . .. - -- '
Alexander and Smith on ends put Up a
clever game. They were down the field
rapidly on punts and flustered Gagnon
more than once,, several times causing
him to fumble-. , The tackles. Walker
and Oswald were In every play. Both
had hard men, la fact about aa hard
as will be found In the northwest. Wal
ker was pitted against that other giant,
Jamison, and It was about a standoff.
Pender (trass seemed ' to have' it on
Oswald during the gams. He played a
coming gooa tacaie, oreaxing uirougn
the Multnomah interference time after
time. He is lightning fast and closed
his season in a blaze of glory. Jam
ison's bulk prevailed more-than ones
in the first half against the clubmen,
but. he seemed unable to get started
in the second half. Jamison s recovery
of several fumbles indicates that he
always follows the ball. . Dow Walker
got away with some -good gains and
made several tackles worthy of notice.
Rader and Conant played good games
at guard, as did also the lighter Wal
lace and Evenden of the collegians.
The Corvaliis ends displayed much more
class than on their previous appear
ance in Portland. They handled the
forward passes quite well and broke
up interference repeatedly. .They show
that Norcross has spent considerable
time in perfecting their play. .Brodie
was responsible for the Aggies touch
down and Cady put them In position
for a try at goal which succeeded, v
Weak ' oa HandUac Punts. .
Gagnon was- woefully weak at hand
ling punts, but generally ran .them back
well once he connected with them. He
ran ,his team,, with one or two excep
tions, in fairly good style. The putting
Into effect of tbe forward pass was
bis forte.
PUkington and Slaker in the back
field were better than Hastings, En
berg and Cooper. There was more dash
snd precision in them.' Hastings played
a remarkable game for a little man; he
weighs but 134 pounds. Kock had a
plight advantage over the combined
punters, of the Multnomah team. Stott.
Knudson and Rader. His spirals were'
higher and more difficult to handle. He
was probably a yard or two better on
the average.
Whether or net the presence of Wolff
In the game would have made any dlf-
ferenoe is a matter of conjecture.
Wolffs interference and linebucklng
might have sided in making a touch
down when the ball was on Multno
mah's 10-yard line in the lust half.
However, It is very likely that the
clubmen would have held for downs.
The spirit of the visitors was good,
even with Wolff absent, and it is doubt
ful if there would have been any change
in the general score had he participated, i
little Time Wasted.
From the standpoint of the new
gam, the contest was vastly more In
teresting than any that has been played
on the field. The delay attendant upon
the two other big games, the O. A. C.
Oregon, and the Oregon-Multnomah,
was .conspicuously absent. The halves
were cut ten minutes from regulation,
and there was little time taken out for
players or disputes. The attendance
'was a distinct disappointment. There
were less than 1000 spectators inside
the gates.
Referee Cutts sent the players off at
1:45 o'clock, Keck kicking off for the
collegians. Right at the start the Ag
gies suffered a five-yard penalty for
starting ahead of tbe ball and Keck was
forced to kick off again five yards back
of the center of the field. Stott caught
the ball after Ifa 36-yard yourney and
returned It five before he was downed.
A fumble gave the ball to the Aggies
on . the club's a 0-yard line. Pender
grass, the clever left tackle of the Ag
gies, was signaled for a tackle-around
play but gigantic Dow Walker nabbed
hlro for a five-yard loss. Jamison, the
332-pound mate cf Pendy, essayed the
same play around the opposite side of
- the line and annexed two yards. This
preliminary skirmishing was followed
by a place kick from the 28 yard line.
Keek's rangefinder was working poorly
and the ball skidded wide, falling Into
the waiting hands of : Stott before It
reached the line. . v- '-..;'.,.-
. , Hade Twice Called Vpom. '
A' fake punt allowed Stott to skirt
the end for a neat IS yards, but PUk
ington And Slaker found the Agric line
impregnable and their fierce , bucks
ware shattered. .- Rader was then called
upon for a kick and booted the sphere
86 yard. Gagnon fumbled the punt and
it .was Multnomah's ball. Holding in
the line cost the clubmen li yards and
Radar's toe was called into action again
for a 45 yard kick. . Pendergrass went
through tackle for nine yards, but Jami
son failed. A kick by Keck and a fum
ble allowed Wallace to smother the ball
beneath him. A fumble followed O. A.
C's first down and Rader kicked out of
bounds.
Tl.en followed a seesawing back and
forth with the rirakin hovering near the
r-enler of the &)!. Utile Gagnon, the
clever though butter, d'glted Quarter-
back. decided to inae-urate a new sys
tem of attack at this Juncture. The
forward passes that Norcross drilled
into his team were requisitioned and
they , were directly - responsible for the
is points made by ma visitors.
........ Triple IHsb Successful.
Undaunted by the failure of Brodie
to gain more than a yard on a perfect
forward pass, Gagnon ran off several
formations ana men triea ttroaie again.
The speedy end redeemed himself. Gag
non used a triple pass this time, tossing
u Dan to KecK, wno snot it accu
rately through the air to Brodie. Re
ceiving It perfectly, Brodie turned and
sped toward the south goal. Half a
doien red Jerseyed clubmen started in
pursuit- Slaker' threw .himself upon
Brodie. only to be shaken off. . Bert
PUkington Interposed his bulk, but Bro-'l
die was not to be denied. lie twisted I
away from the outstretohed arms of tbe
Multnomah man. Off to one side a huge
form came lumbering along at a ter
rific clip, crunching the sawdust under
foot. It was Pendergrass, and he
struck Dow Walker just as that player
was making a tlnal reacn for toe neet-
ing Brodie. now was Knockea on nis
balance and the- Corvaliis end contin
ued unhampered across the goal line.
He covered &5 yards on the. run,, receiv
ing the ball after It had been passed five
yards forward. This was. exactly 10
minutes and IS seconds after play start
ed. '
Keck Completes Play.
TheTalthful band of college rooters
yelled lustily when Keck sent the ball
true as a die between the goal posts for
the other point.,.
Determined to do or die, the Winged
"M" players fought harder than ever.
Knudson kicked off and Keck ran the
ball back 10 yards. The forward pass
route had been tipped off to the 0A C.
players and they used It on. every pos
sible, occasion. A ' forward pass that
struck the ground lost the students 15
yards.' Keck -was forced to punt and
btott returned the ball 15 yards through
a scattered - field, but went out of
bounds. When the ball was brought in
the heady captain booted it lightly out
side toward the Corvaliis goal. "Opie"
Smith was on hand at the psychologies!
moment and recovered the punt on the
five yard line.
Slaker plunged through the center of
the college line for 214 yards .and PUk
ington plowed through tho same place
for a touchdown, being ovr the line by
less than six Inches. Stott kicked goal,
the points being made 24 H minutes
after Dlav - started. '
From then on to the end of the half
the ball fluctuated between both sides'
goat lines. ....
Kew Men In Second Half.
There were several changes In the
lineup in the second half. Csdy relieved
Dobbin at end, where he played grittily
during the rest of the game. Old War
Horse McMillan was seen in a suit and
entered1 the game early In the half. Ra
der kicked off 60 yards to Keck, who
returned the ball 10 yards. Here the
first yardage of .the day. was made from
scrimmage.. Big Jamison went around
tackle for 9 yards and little Hasting
made two successive plunges Into the
line for the necessary yard. Jamison
tore oft 8 mere but the next play failed
and Keck kicked 40 yards.. Keek's kick
ing and Multnomah's repeated fumbling
allowed the Corvaliis boys to keep the
ball in club territory the major portion
of - the half. Once Stott tried for a
place kick from-the 45 yard line, but
it went wide. J ; . "
Gagnon Bet the forward pass te work
ing again. Some times It succeeded in
netting a few yards. He lost consid
erable ground by illegal passing, but
what he gained placed him In easy strik
ing distance of the goal.' Keck shot the
ball to-Jamison-one time woes, the lat
ter had a clean' field for a touchdown,
but- the - officials -ruled -that -the pass
had not been made correctly -and O. A.
C. lost 15 yards as penalty.
- ' Ball Goes Back and yorth.
Another time Gagnon passed to Keck
for a forward fling, but nobody was on
hand and the Beavers -were -nailed for a
10 yard Tbwc" ""When' Multnomah tried
tho same thing a moment later Hastings
was at hand and nabbed the sphere.
Keek's forward -pass fell .Into' Francis'
bands on Multnomah's 16 yard' line. A
place kick was tried but It failed, drop
ping Into Alexander's hands. Alexander
made a speedy return, bringing tbe ball
back 80 yards through , tbe students.
Jamison killed a forward pass by .down
ing PUkington. A shift play, -when O.
A-.C. had tbe ball, drew all the club
men to one nide f the line, when Keck
hurled It In the opposite direction. Bro
die was not on band, however, and a
second chance to score was lost with
the added penalty f a loss of 16 yards.
Nobody-was- neKF-the ball when It fell
on the ground. 'r Here the genius of
Norcross came to light. After a few
scrimmages; the ball passing back and
forth -deep in Multnomah's territory, a
peculiar-. formation was sprung on the
clubmen.- It looked for all the world
like a. place kjckand -Multnomah do
ployed to meet It. Instead when Gag-'
non received the throw from center, lie
tossed : the ball to Keck, when sent it
forward to Cady on Multnomah's Jl
yard line. -, t ; . - - , , "
Goal Xlcked Arala.
Rather than take chances on losing
the ball on fumhlea or downs, the Ag
gies called 1 for a field -'goal and Keck
was equal to the occasion. It was a
pretty Kick and the pigskin sailed mer
rily over the crossbar. . The goal-was
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Ted Coy of Yale, Choice of All Crillcs for Honor Team of Star Foot-
ball Players.
kicked 27 "minutes and SS seconds af
ter Rader kicked off. . '
But two minutes more remained or
the game. The hopes of the Aggies with
a 10 to 6 soore and little time left went
high. ....
Stott's Great Bun.
With turn minutes tn rvlnv after an
exchanae of nunts. Stott nailed one of
Keek's twisters, on the Aggies' 63-yard
line. Bert PUkington, who had played
back on punts, bore down on the ball
which went tumbling toward the Mult
nomah goal. Thirty feet behind tho
ball raced four blue Jerseyed classmen,
PUkington might have picked up " the
ball, but he displayed one of the great
est bits of headwork ever seen on a
football field. He allowed Stott to take
a chance with the. ball, while he turned
his attention to the chargers. .
Placing his body deftly In front of
them he brought down the trio, while
little Alexander took care of the fourth
man. x'hls gave Stott an opening. He
quickly took advantage of It He dodged
and straight-armed a man at the same
time. Ten feet farther he encountered
another brace of students. These, too,
he eluded. By now he had' nearly cleared
the bunch, and it proved an easier mat
ter to negotiate the remaining few
yards. It was a wonderful run. At no
time was Stott absolutely safe from
pursuit However, the effort tired him
and he was unable to kick a compar
atively easy goal, making the final
score 11 to 10. The exact time of mak
ig the score was 2 minutes and 30 sec
eVtds after the kick-off.
b The ball' was near the middle of the
field -when time was called. In the
club's possession. The line-up:
Multnomah.- - Position. O. A. C
Alexander... R. R. L Brodie
Oswald, Rader. . . ,R. T. I. . . Pendergras
Rader, McClure. . .R. G. I Evendon
(McMillan.)
Carlson, ... ........ .C Kelly
Conant. IG.R Wallace
Walker, I T. R Jamison
O. P. Smith L. E. R. . Dobbin, Cady
Stott.. ..Q Gagnon
PUkington I H. R.Enberg, Cooper
Slaker. . . . ... . .-. ..R H. L.. j.v. Hastings
Knudson F.. .......... Keck
. .. figbtlngr Poaei of Packy McFarland, Bat Nelson's (Jhallcnger.
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SOLD AT AUCTION
- (Doited Press' UiMd Wire.) V ' ;
Los Angeles, Cal Dec - t. Rudolph
Spreckels' career as a racing' magnate
ended today' when his string . of fast
horses were sold at - publio auction at
Santa Anita track.
The highest price paid for any of
the horses today was $800 and the low
est $60. R. F. Carman paid 1800 for
St. Klmwood. El Tremor was held un
der a reserve bid of $2,010 and was not
sold. Detector brought $400 from Jack
Bennett; Milpitas $425 from A. Coving
ton, while D. Crandall purchased 8achet
for $110. A couple of others were sold
for $60 and $70 each.
3
Santa Anita Results.
Santa Anita Park, Cat, Dec 6. Re
sults: . i
Five and one half furlongs Gerry
mander won,- Anderson second. Sorrow
ful third; time. .1:07.
Seven furlongs---Grand Dame won.
Pal second, Mary F. third; time,
1:24-6.
One mile : and a furlong Vox Populi
won. Magazine second, Lotus Eater
third: time, 1:63.
One mile Mark Anthony II won, Dan
delion Second Miss Sain third; - time,
1:40.
Five and a half furlongs Lord Nel
son won, Entre Nous second, La Gloria
third; time, 1:07.
Five and ,.a half furlongs Lord ct
Forest won, Duke of Brldgewater sec
ond, Catherine F. third; time, 1:07.
Several of the hoys who did the dog-trot-lki-can
act; for several days -grabbing
the Packs end and laying good
odds are hoping that Bill will stub his
toe on the coast and fall in. the .ocean. x
Clark Griffith, theformet manager of
the New York team that turned and ran
the wrqtrg way; is out- to buy a-real ball
team in some minor league.
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IMS LUCAS
TO BE PRESIDENT
J
McCredic States Preference
Only Opposition Is
. From Seattle.
Any doubt which may have existed as
to the MoCredles Views on the North
western league policy were dispelled
last night, when- In an interview given
to a Journal reporter, Walter H. McCre
dle announced that ha was for W. H.
Lucas for president, and that no hard
feelings existed between himself and
the Northwestern league mogul. That
Rubs Hall would not be considered by
the Portland olub. owlns- to his action
in throwing down the Coast league two
years ago, was anomer statement inaae
by the tall manager.
There was really no feeling 'against
Lucas, anywhere In the. Northwest ex
cept Seattle. . The Seattle Times has
for the past three or four days been
making strenuous efforts to start a
feeling against hfm, but only the most
erraw o f the Seattle fans have been
affected. - No comment has been made
by the other' papers of the northwest
which did not favor Lucas, so that now
that the Portland magnates are known
to be in favor of him, W. II. Lucas is
practically sure of being reelected as
president of the league. The Times,
which has been for several years the
official mouthpiece of David E. Dugdale,
the portly magnate or tne Seattle team,
is Incensed over the fact that Dugdale's
cellar champions did not receive all the
favors asked for them last season, and
as a result s making strenuous efforts
to have Lucas replaced by another man.
preferably Russ Hall. '
. - Bchroeder Only possibility.
Lucas is now sure of the votes of
Portland, Spokane and Vancouver and
tuere is no apparent - feeling - against
him In either Aberdeen or Tacoma, the
other two teams In the league. Sohroed
er of Tacoma may come out, but it is
doubtful, and Lucas would therefore be
elected by probably a 4. to 8 or a 6 to 1
vote. - ..
The ' McCredles - will never forgive
Russ Hall for the way he knifed the
Coast league two years ago, when, after
naving nis irancniee renewea ror tnat
year, he turned traitor and went over
to the Northwestern league, getting as
a reward the management of the Butte
club, which has been a failure, both
financially and in a baseball way. HaU
may land the management of the Ta
coma team, for the Tacoma people have
no one in sight for the Job at present,
but he will never be the president of
the Northwestern league, It appears.
-That Casey- Is going to have to hustle
In order to turn oat a winning team in
the Northwestern league is another fact
which Is getting very plain to local
fans. Practically every team in the
northwest has strengthened but the
Aberdeen team. Aberdeen is badly rid
dled at present and lacks a manager to
get the necessary players, Dut the fu
ture of the team assured something will
probably break up in the Grays Harbor
town,' . : - - - ..
Spokane Xooks Strong.
Just at presents Spokane is appar
ently the strongest club, or with the
addition of Brown and Brinker and pos
sibly of Householder and Pernoll of
the Aberdeen team, they present' a for
midable array. Seattle has added Mike
Lynch, Eaken, Schoneld and Gus Thomp
son to Us roster, and also looks much
stronger than last 'season's team. , Ta
coma, although it has lost Mike Lynch,
Danny Shea and Carson, . will, when a
new manager is secured and - the -new
players announced, e in very fair
shape, while Lou Nordyke is making
screnuous efforts to strengthen his Van
couver Beavers.
McCredle ' and Casey are still up in
the air as to who will make up the
Northwestern league team, and It will
probably be some time before the lineup
is-even partially made up. ; McCredle
may add some 10 players to his bunch
before training season, and this will
probably bring the total up to over 40
players, from whom the two' teams can
be picked. At that, however, there is
a lively bit of gossip and speculation
going the rounds as to what the make
up of the team will be.
Heplaoln Veterans a Problem.
The strength of both' teams depends
largely upon the form shown by the
new men, for the Pacific Coast league
team has been- badly riddled in making
room Tor the new team and by the loss
of Danzig, Madden, Raftery and Groom.
From the Cleveland and Boston teams
McCredle will get six men who will be
apportioned probably as follows: One
catcher, two pitchers, a second baseman
and probably two outfielders. McCre
dle cannot give out the names of these
men, but will prooaDiy m in a position
to announce them -in a short time. -
Casey and Cooney will probably form
the pair of guardians of the keystone
sack for the Northwestern league. With
a year's experience in working together
they should.be able to make things hum
around the middle of the diamond. -. The
other inf ieiders on Casey s team will
probably be Kennedy, - JHaiunan, uugan
or Dunn. Big Ed will hold down first
base and . either Halllnan or Dugan on
third base. , Both, these men are. Cali
fornia men with good reputations.' ' . -
' Jlmmie Shinn, with the year's .expe
rience which he has gained, should be
a very valuable man on either of the
teams. '- He can play either the In or
outfield 'positions and . Inst season hit
like a fiend. Kennedy, too, had a good
CARLISLE 1'IS
: FROM DENVER
University Boys, However,
Outplay the Indians at
Several Points.
Denver, Colo., ?Dec. B.-fWorthy foe-
men met on .the varsity gridiron here to
day, when the famous Carlisle Indians
tackled the unbeaten Denver university
team and over J0,00j persons were
treated to a higher class exhibition of
American college football than has been
vltnnM her this fall.i' " .'" ' .-- i. "
The Indians won by two field goals
against one, tne nnai score standing o
tn i i.ut tnev railed to ouidibv mo
college men, who had longed tor a
chance to prove their class against one
of the crack eastern teams. Denver
was rushed -early in the same, but set
tled down and in the second half played
better football than the Indians. From
mldfield the college -team worked the
ball to the Indians' g6al line by genu
ine piay.-
Denver kicked Off at 2:S9. After an
e-cchanare of cunts In mldfield. Carlisle.
by line bucking, carried the ban to
Denver's SO yard line, and Hauser kicked
a placement - gimi.- ovuw, vsiiiw ,
Denver 0. "
After the next klckoff the ball see
sawed back and forth, the Indians fin
ally securing it on their five yard line.
They rushed the , ball to the Denver 26
yard Hne, but lost it on a fumble. Den.
vcr minted and Carlisle ran-the-ball
back to Denver's 40 yard (tne.- Hauser
Kicked anotner rieta goat, score, car
lisle 8, Denver 0. " -
Thorpe by a beautiful end run carried
the bail to center field for a 22 yard
gain. . The half ended with the ball on
Carlisle's 28 yard line.
The Indians kicked off for the sec
ond half. By a series of end runs, trick
plays and line bucks, Denver carried
the. ball to within one foot of Carlisle's
goal line, but lost the ball on downs.
The Indians kicked out, and after a se
ries of. ineffectual attempts to pierce
Carlisle's line, Brusss placed the ball
between the posts for Denver's; only
score. Scores Carlisle 8, Denver 4.
: After the klckoff the ball went from
one team to the other, neither being
able to advance the ball with any great
regularity. Long punts were frequent,
the Indians gaining on the returns by
the brin'ant work of Balentl. .The ball
was in Denver's possession on Carlisle's
28 yard line when the whistle sounded.
Final score, Carlisle 8, Denver 4.
lineup: , , .
Denver . Carlisle
Busse ,,i..,.,.,L E.... Little Old Man
Bennett ........L T. Wauseka
Mler ....... ....L G. ........ JLaroque
Wingender .......C Barrel
Prutter ....... .R O. .......... . Lyon
Lleber ....R T Little Boy
Hutsell ;,t.,,..R K ......... . Hauser
Brusse Q B. . .... .... Balentl
Volk .., L H B........ Thrope
Sahrader ....... F B...... Payne
Crowley ......R H B. ... Hendricks
Referee, A. A. Stagg.
Umpire, Frank J. Portery
Field. Judge, Walter EckersalL
.Head Linesman, K. J. Carl In,
INDIANS DEFEAT
JUNCTION HIGH
(Special PUpiteh to The Journal.)
Chemawa. Or.. Dec 6. The Junction
City high school football team was de
feated by the Chemawa second team
this afternoon by a score of 88 to 0, In
two 20 minute halves. The. first half
closed with a drop kick, a touchdown
with goal to the credit of Chemawa,
which added five more touchdowns and
one goal In the second half. ...
. 'rue inaians ran me enas ana nucaea
the line almost at will,. They used the
delayed pass repeatedly for gains. Lew
la. Mason, Smoker and H. Qucahpahma
starred for Chemawa.- Whitney made
a splendid getaway for a -gain, of 60
yards for Junction City early In the
game and played a splendid game
throughout.' . The officials were Profes
sor Baker of Junction City, and Mr,
Fleming of Salom. ' . -
; . This Date In Sport Annals, "
J 874 H. A. Reed, a noted profes
sional pedestrian, died In London.
1878 The American College Baseball
association organized.
1886 At. Pittsburg, O..H. Smith de
feated H. M. Johnson In 126-yard foot
race for $1000. x.
-.1890 At London, Jim Garwood
cleared . the . skittle frame 123 times
within an hour, sticking up his own
pins and fetching bis own ball.
1898 At - New York, "Mysterious
Billy" Smith won decision ever Joe Wal
cott in 20-round bout, .
1 Frank B. Greer, the national amateur
champion. Is talking of a trip to Eng
land or Australia in search of matches
with the professionals. Greer has been
trying himself out against the clock and
at various distances, and with the rec
ords before him says he has no fear of
defeat by any sculler, , , -, . . . .
year,; In the State - league arid' should
make good this time. Neither the pitch
ing nor catching staff can be determined
while the outfield too -is still -too much
un in the air to be guessed at. With
fully -35 men now under -reserve,' t Is
going in u ! mi juu jur win managers
FOOTBALL PAID
TRIBUTE
Biggest Crowds in History j
Testimonial to New Game
Marathon
Kacing.
' By Manhattan. - - .
New York, Dec. S. With the playln -;
of the Army and Navy game a week ago
4he football season of 1808 came to 4
glorious end.'?-' '
In many respects it has 'been the
finest season in the history of the
game. There have-been bigger crowds
to see closer Barnes then uvcr hefnr.
and the game on the whole, due to the
development or the new play, has pen
much more interesting.
Out of it all -Harvard easily figures
champion of the year, and it was team
work solely which enabled the crimson
warriors to gain the title. Other tma
had stronger, individual players, but
wnen it came to tnat cohesion wnicii
means points fos one side and the pre
vention of points on the other. Harvard
had it on all of them. -
Pennsylvania; is fairly entitled to.
second plsee, for she wont' through. the
season without a defeat. She did not,
however, meet with such strong teams
as did Harvard. - .-
Tale. - Dartmouth. Princeton. Cornell.
Carlisle and Navy finished in about the
oraer named.
The Intersections! rnmea nrettv
clearly demonstrated the superiority of
me eastern over tne western rootoau
teams. Pennsylvania easily ' defeated
Michigan, so did Syracuse. Cornell tied
with Chicago and Minnesota beat Car- '
usie mjr- ctoss soore. v - ,
The blcklnr of the- -All-American
team by the experts Is now progressing.
Here is the way Tom 'Thorp, who him
self was an- Ail-American In his time,
sizes up the stars:
First team Scarlett, Pennsylvania,
right end; Fish,- Harvard, right tackle;
Goebel, Yale, right guard; Schults,
Michigan, center; Tobln, Dartmouth, r
left guard; Draper, Pennsylvania, Inft
tackle: SchlldmiUer. Dartmouth. , left
end; Langs, Annapolis, quarter; Hollen
back, Pennsylvania, right half; Tibbotts,
trineeton, - luiioaca. - . ,
Second team Logan. Yale, right
end; Hoar, Syracuse, right tackle; Wal
ler, Princeton, - right guard; ' Mourse,
Harvard, center; Hoar, Harvard, left
guard; Siegling, Princeton, left tackle;
Dennle, Brown, left end? Cutler, Har
vard, quarter; White, Harvard, right .
half; Mahew, Brown, left half; Walder,
Cornell, fuWpack.
JjOoks tiae two pretty good teams.
Outside of football the most generally
Interesting tonic - lust now In athletics
Is Marathon racing. The close race be
tween Johnny Hayes,, the- Marathon
winner, and Dorando, . the Italian run
ner, who same so near winning the big
event in London, in which- the Italian
turned the scales, has aroused interest
in . nrofeaslnnal lone-distance runnina.
and it Is certain there will be other
races. In fact, it la practically settle
that the Italian Is to meet Longboat,
the Italian runner. He may be mulched
against. Shoubt. the great English dis
tance runner, ana it is praencauy cer
tain he will rive Haves a return match.
all of which means that there is no
reason why Dorando after a while may
not go back lo Italy rich, buy a count
ship and come back and marry an.
American--heiress. .
A formidable figure-In . future Mara
thon races wilt be James P. Crowley.
winner of the Yonkers Marathon.
His time, everything considered, was
far better than that net up by Dorando
In the garden Marathon. The Italian
ran 28 miles 886 yards in 2:41;I0 3-6.
Crowley's time yesterday for about 26 H
miles was 2:49:16 -2-6. Oorando ran
about three-quarters of a mile farther
than Crowley in almost five minutes
less time. But he 'performed on a track
that wss as nearly perfect ss u coma
be made. Most of the time Crowley
was inches deep "In mud, climbing steep
hills the course was -uphill most of
the way and wearing heavy road shoes
Instead of vthe light track gear Dorand
sported. ' .-; ;.
The athletic authorities antt the under
graduate body at Princeton are highly
Indignant because of the reports that
have been -published to the effect that
W. W." Roper, who coached the Frlm-e-
ton eleven, assisted in preparing ine
Harvard gridiron players for their an
nual clash against Yale after the tiger
season had ended. The Dally Prlnce
tonlan has published an editorial deny
ing that Coach Roper in any way ren
dered his assistance to the crimson
team. The Nassau paper say". In part:
."We are . informed from authoritative
sources that Coach Rnper has been at
Sewanee, Tenn., coaching the Sewanee
college football team since the middle
of the week previous to the Harvard
Yale game and that he did not at any time
coach the Harvard team.
"Though trivial in themselves such
actions on his part, if thev had been
true, would have been ! a transgression
of true-sporting-etiquette and would
have been greatly deplored here at
Princeton. We are glad that the parses
affected have understood the facts so
weU.":i.;';.;,f..;r,..,-i,. X,
i Tt is a remarkable fact that 'the three
biggest colleges Harvard, Yale and 1
Princeton have been out with In juries
the greatest part of the season.?. Burr,
of the crimson, Burch of the blue, and
Dillon cf the- orange and- black. -handl-
caped their - teams by their enforced
absence. WTth these mert' In the game
all the time there might, bays been dlf- .
ferent stories to tell. - . . -f ..
Coach James Rice isn't ' losing any
sleep over the matter of turning out a
good varsity team ' at - Columbia next
spring because of the financial troubles
which have prevented the training of
the - seniors this fall, -.-Rice Is satisfied
to have his freshmen at work and, while
this material is rather light,' be, thinks
he sees enough material, tor" a. crew
which, will be -a" credit to the "Varsity
In tbe spring. events and Jater at Pough
keepste. - - ' -,- i - -
But here crnnts the old Torbnto cham
pion, who -tells It ltke-th)s:.-
"I'm 'mighty , glad ; to Jiave ah open
fall, for we can get a lot of good work,
out of the freshmen on the Hudson, and
when it's too cold there, we have - the
machines in University hall. - The boys
are rat.ier light, but there is some good
material here which will show in the
spring.: Despite the handicap which has
prevented work for the seniors this fall
Columbia has.-never been In a better
position for -spring practice. We now
have the -houseboat over on the Jersey
shore and there are better accommoda
tions aboard, not to speak Of the superb
course on which we hODe to have mrv.
era! races in the spring.
"The looking glass used for training
the freshmen has been a great success, -too.
and I notice that it lis now hinr '
adopted by other-roaches.- By Its use a
freshman can quickly observe his faults,
and In the .most practical way seek to
overcome them while learning the cor
rect form." - r
A.