czzzozt cmrDA? JormirAL, foiitl A!d, Sunday iiohning, dece:ibii -io, 1022.
School
Grid Title to
Remain Tied
By Xarl B. Goeswla
TrrrH playing of the 7 t t tie
run MtMO WU&lnftM
week ago, tbe l?2 football champion
ehip of the Portland Public school
Mague must 'SO unoeaaea. wnen tne
preront .circuit was organised, th di
rector mad provisions Cor, a pov
muod cam In case that the regular
schedule ended In a Ua baft they over
looked the ettling ot th supremacy
Question should the contorting elevens
battl to a tie SCOTS, :
- Th 1923 - season , among the local
high- schools was a grand success as
cernedv The largest crowd of tlia cam
paign, , numbering 8090, took, ta the
Jefferson,, falgn-Franklin bign ngage
tneat on Armistice day and the next
feast was 691 paid aTunisetons whan
Franklin met Washington ta tba extra
contest deapite the tact that th day
was tba meet stormy ona of tham elk
It la .freely stated that 'a crowd of
around lOJOOe won Id have : bean on
band bad th weather been at .all
plaaaxnt Jar only a few hundred of tha
most rabid fans were willing; to stand
along tha sidelines In tba heavy rain.
j&ach trenr rm
-: ' The Quakers finished tba regular
schedule witb five wins and ona da'
teat; the lone setback being In their
opening clash- of the year against
Washington, the Colonials also won
on fire occasions and- dropped ona.
Coach Harry Craig's Benson Tech
scrapper taking tha long- end of k
to -affdr.
' Tne two coaches who worked their
teams tnto rthe divided title hare Inter
esting histories of their own. Coach
Col ton C, Meek of Franklin is a Port
land boy and started bis career at
Clinton . IteHy grammar school. . Pol-lowing-
bis graduation he went to
Washington high and was graduated!
Xrorn tnere m February, jsio. too
next four years bo spent at tha Cat
eersity of Oregon. " ?
He never took part tn athletic un
tU big senior year at Washington when
bo played guard and managed the
basketball team following a season as
sub and on tha football squad under
Coach "Virgil Hart At Oregon be made
the freshman football and basketball
teams but the next year he threw bis
knee out of place and tt never healed
sufficiently after that to permit him
to enter , strenuous competition al
though now ft does not bother hbn
An Interesting sidelight in connection
with bis hocp aetivtttea at Washington
la that Dr. Fenaiermacher was tba
coach When Seek was manager. Now
they're against each other.
PLATED UTTLK FOOTBALL
- l&eek always was very much later
oated, la athletics, and as a raaXilt tt
did not take much coaxing to have bhn
mad coach after he had Joined tha
Franklin high-school faculty In MfK.
fie- did not handle the football squad
antil tide year, bat m-evtooa to that
be bad taken charge of basketball and
trackv He tied for flrat among the
eulntets hia first, year, won the inter
scholastic cham nlofyr hip of Oregon the
second and last year placed third, los
ing to the championship Jefferson high
aggregation bv four points bat -only
' after two ftva-tntent orer-ttme periods
bad been played. Taosqnad-ara grrea
a setback at the start whan Bab
Thomas aad Howard Hobson, two vet
arans, war declared ineligible to com
pete becanga they bad played gammer
aaaeoau.
Hla track team won tha flrat annual
relay carnival of the Portland. ' Publia
nigh school league last year.
- Washington high' is coached by Dr.
Wt A. Fanstarmachsr who tea had
.varied experience since bo was gradu
ated from Lavetta nntvaraltv in
Be played halfback on the team for
tour year and. than went to Kingston,
Pa. to bosom principal of the high
school there. After four years at
Kingston ba . entered Princeton uni
versity from which b obtained his
doctor's degree ta Greek. .'Latin, sad
phUoeophy aad besides this be recstved
a coveted. T", as a balfhack en the
Frtaeetoa football team. Incidentally.
Bob Roper, tha present coach at tba
Tigers was a teamxnat of Jn Pan-
stermacaer's durtng tt and tkV
SUA. COACSt CXLkXTB
For temr years foOowtng bis gradua
tion at Prtncetoa he nlaved club foo
h played cTub foo-
ball aad .did a tittle , coaching. From
to Un be foOewed mialsc which
Position as
J AEB BISLST. . en ot tba greatest
eeaters, ever - developed ta Pacific
coast football circles, baa .heard the
call of tb gridiron. -.-Aij
This tlmo Jak is not going to bust
Into, a play, but he wants to break
' into tb coaching gam. Ha ta the
bolder of aeverafvffers to coach teams
ta tb Middle Western states, but he
prefers to remain on the' Pacifio ooaab
lleflc any college seeking to Install
the Besdek system of play into teams
baa tba opportunity y communicating
with Rialey, who can be reached
through the sports department Of The
Journal..'. " - . . -:. . -Arr-COAST
CEXTK& , , r'
Rialey , played under Hugo Besdek.
aow eoaca- of tha Penn stat team.
- which . wiu .play at Pasadena New
Tear's day against the UnlveraJty of
Soathera California, three aeaibna at
the University of Oregon. In two' Of
. bis three years at Oregon he Wis
named All-Coast and All-Kortbwastem
center. rln 1918 he played under Bill
Diets 6a tba Marc Island team.
Prior to. going to Oregon, Risley
played football in tha Portland High
School league Georg Vamall. pacific
Coast, conference . rafer, fa naming
Bislay as canter - oa the an-servtee
team ta 191S, said : "Jake Rialey of
the Marines was in a class ail by him
self as a center and he stood, alone in
that position, - Risley' although not
built along big lines, mad every Inch
and pound count in every minute ot
every gam. H was - a - of : the
peedlest men en the Mariaes team.
foing down oa punts and repeatedly
broke up playa behind bis opponents'
line. Rialey smothered Bach man of
the Great uutes team tn ; the New
Tear's . gam and Bacbmaa got v the
' eenter position on Camp's All-Service
teanv- v- -u-
. AAAXYTtD TEAM'S ATTACKS !
That's-oulta- a rmmttiintnnt : ta tM.
ley; who has made a thorough study!
or rootoaiL often, times tn his col-
lge career Rialey analysed the clays
, of of poelng taama and: thereby suo-
- ceeaea in creaJaa: taem up before taey
gci uns.r way. . . . ; -
Former Oreg
SCHOLASTIC TMMS WHICH ARE TIED' FOR 1922 FOOTBALL HONORS
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Earl Smith, ADen East, Paul Walgren, Xorle JjbV McfiaTJam, Carl :
Ball. Front row, from the left
LTjeavitt end Arthur Walters.
brought him to ' Oregon and In tbs
fall of 1907 ho became a member of
the Washington high school faculty.
He began coaching basketball in 1910
and for the first three years bo won
the title oj the league and since then
he tied three tunes. The last couple of
years have found , bis teams going
strong but not at the top. The 1921
eleven was his third football squad at
Washington and ha baa tost only on
gam on the- field of play since taking
Che reins nod that was to Benson Tech
last: month. His baseball team won
the champkmahin tba first year aad ,
Oed tbs second. - i
Both, coaches will b bard bit for
veterans when (he 192 season rolls
around according to present tndlca
tionsv nine PranaUrtitne being in tba
Jannary or June graduating classes
and eight Wahingtonlana figuring a
being gtvCa their shccpsUbs by cum
mer. 0 ( v :. O 1 .
On tb PraakBa roll arc Captain Jos
JCropp, Tuta. Walgren, McCaltani.
East. Brown Lanitw, Bmitb aad pos
sibly EoTrrtar, wail for Waabingtoa
Captain. Pet Brooks, Uaba, Marriott.
Kelson, Creamen Persona, Nakaano
ana possibly Helstngor have played
their last Pevdand high school league
football gam, Holme of Franklin
and Hetsfnger-of Washmgtoa are. el
igible to play next year and may be
back If theyartUn need of more cred
fta to enter an- institution of higher
learnmgv
Otberwts Coach Meek will have to
build hla 19& machine around Captain
elect -Mid- Paake, Bhinall and IDip
pla. while tb Washington eleven will
b started by Laaslster, ,ttapey,,Iur
hanv. Peterson, Luce, Anger and Dal
rynapla. Oomager. a. lata comer this
year. Is figured on to be a regular la
the beckfleld.
Baaketbaa, at nressat. te taklaa ua
the atteotlao of both leek and Faa-
;caLCenter Seeks
Grid Mentor
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FrankTln and Washington Ugh school football squada, wbicb played a amwatfavnal T-7 tie to r
- the playbtX . for the rharnrrtporfilp. Mcmpere of the Washington team are ft) Fred f
Keiaoiv (2) HaroI4 (l) Harry Jv
,: () Captain. Pete Brooks, (7 Alva Person, ; (8) Rosooe Xnee, (t); Warren Xaaslter, (10)
. Franfcr Dnrham,1 (ITi Coach Dr. W.. A. Feasterinacher, C12) Charlea Wnilarna. t IS) Robert-
14) Robert Creamer (15) Erg
insert u crarxKus team. Kcaoing
Ralph Holmea, Irrtng Brown, Millard
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Figures Reveal Oregon
ANALTSIS of tb records bung up by
42 of the starting football teams of
the country during tb 192X season re
veal soma Interesting facts for tb fol
lowers of tb gridiron. .. .
Offenaively. th University of Cali
fornia team, whfcb"wnthrouFb its
third straight season without a defeat,
topped the list, scoring an average of
4.2 points per game. That's seme rec
ord. On tb defensive, however, the
Boars did not rate so sood. being istb
tn the list. Blocked punt resulted in
a majority of tba punts scored agasast
tb Calif ornlana. . .
OQ ' Dob!s -? Cornell eggregatloa
scored an average of tt.l points pet
gam and next tn tb list was tb Col
gate team with an average of S2.Z.
KICHIGA3I XBABS OS PXFE3TSS
Michigan's defenstv record" was the
During the season only two
touchdowns war registered against
tba Wolverines, giving Tosfa charges
aa average of 1..
VaaderbOt eoller, wbicb Dlaved a
tf game with Michigan, has b second
best defensive average, an even two
pelsta being tho average score against
Its goal in eight games. There is very
little difference in the defensive aver
age of these two teams, but on tb of
fensive the Wolverine wore nearly 19
points stronger, according to -tho fig
ures oompUed. --.
Tba records of the Notre Dams and
Army teams, which played a scoreless
tie Armistice day, brings out the fact
taat tn tw ivea -were pretty
evenly matchcdV The Army scored an
average of 34 potato par ganao and
Notre Dam scored 1U points. saoa
team aad 17 pefnta scored against it.
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spaiaing Leanie
j To Hold Meeting
An managers ef teams in tb A. G.
Spalding dt Broe, basketbsll league are
requested to be ea band or have ver
seual repress atattvon at tha tneettng
scbedaWd for Monday night at 7 M
o'clock at 5paldinga president Cans
and Secretary Hauler bav worked out
a sebedul for the 1121-29 season aM
tbey wiU present tt far ratifieaUeav or
rejection -
There are a oum'bei et floors avail
abl for the games and the managers
will be expected to decide which ones
are to be used. In aa probability the
opening sntesli will be pl&red this
week, . - . . ..-; -
It is estimated 40,000 students en
rolled in Western Conference ccasea
are receivir 7 "r '-;-'. -il trslr.:--.
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Inkrtott, (1) Everett Gordon,
iram toe text, sntnnmg .ooacn coiton
KIlppeL Captain Josepb Kropp. Lawrence Tattle and Principal S. F.
MJdT Peake, captaniHflect; Euia
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Tbe Pacific coast conference teams
rank as follows, according to figures;
Offensive First. California, 44
second. U. 8. e, 12.9 : third, Washing
ton, 179 1 f earth, Oregon. 111 fifth,
Idahov 9 i sixth. Stanford, 1 i seventh,
O. Ju CL and. W, S. C tt. .- -
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end, NU. a C,, 9.4 J third, California,
17 1 fourth. O, A ; fifth, Idaho,
9.9; sixth; Washington, 94 seventh.
Stanford, 18 j eighth. W. 8. X, U2.4 '
The fact, that Oregon bad .but 2C
points scored against it aad 29 of that
number, in a game against the strong
Multnomah club eleven, ft indicative ot
the strength ot the defensive of Hunt
ington's squad. Oregon has been rated
highly - oa . tb defensive this ; season.
There's something Uncanny about the
defensive strength of the Xjmoa
Tellowv Tt baa always been a forte, of
Oregon to halt strong opposition under
tb fchadows of Its awn goat posts. - -
Offensively, Oregon baa not been as
strong this year a fir past seasons.
Oremn. however, is te be eonsratu-
Iated for tta wonderful trhurea record. I
aa tt ha with one xcpuon---iiabo--tbe
smallest enroilnvmt of any college
la the conference. ' , , ...
CD ABO DOBS WBXXt
Tbe figures also show that Che Ore
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fensive and deetnalve. 1 The University
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single conference victory, bad a good
record, being scored ea for aa average
of eJi points per game. wfeOe the Gem
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Idalio Basketball l
Sqilad Begins Work
For 1923 Season
"Cnlvarslty et Idaho,' Itoscew. Dec
kWWltsi elgbt veteran- players ta suit
tbe Vaada aseitefhall 9Xuad baa o
menced practice for the 1923 Coast
conference season. Seven ef tbe vet
eran pisyere were en tbe Squad which
took Coast and Northwest confer
ence championships aad represented
the West at the national toursamest
whC tbe ether la a lettemsafl from
two seasons ago.-: The schedule trill
net be knows until after the confer
ence meeting, December , but it is be-
itw jmwi wiu craw as beavy a
season aa tha one played last year.
Captain Alex; Fox. Idzh roict, man
in the conferene-last year with zx't
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(17) Alfred 17
u, aieek -
ghinalL Desmond Anderson, Harry
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points, win lead bis team from for
ward, f The loss of bis brother, Rich
Fax. . wiu be keenly felt and David
MaclMTOan. coach, will have to look
long to find a player who can f 01 bis
shoes aa a mat for Alex. The fresh
man team last year Is supplying aev-
feral promising candidates and compe
tition win be exceptionally strong.
Tbs former lettermen . are i Captain
rox. Harry Bdwards, guard : Adrian
Kelson, forward t- Percy Styner, guard
ana forward : Harold Telford, guard
William Gartln, guard ; Oswald Thomp
son, centers-' TAe squad gives every
appearance of developing: a quintet aa
strong if not stronger than the one
last season.' - i rt--:,'
First action will taks dace on the
Christmas vacation schedule of about
tea games. The Yandals during the
holidays tackle all the Independent
teams tn tbe Inland Empire and get in
shape for. tbe-conference season, ,.
B'nai B'ritli Club
To Hold Annual
Meeting Tuesday
Tbe annual - meeting of the Bnai
BTrlth Amateur Athletic crab, accord
ing to the announcement mad hf
Henry W. Metsger. president of that
organisation, : will take place next
Tuesday eight at the B'nai B'rith
conanuntty5 house. The program for
tbe coming year will be discussed and
all arrangements for carrying out .the
schedule of activities. .. f ;
This le a very important meetin ef
tbe club, as the alection of officers
Is held end chairmen of various com
mittees appointed. Harry Gevdrta.
secretary of thejelub, is making ar-
nsnBeaw lor a wotiiMU or nter
tabiraant ta ha ftM e nlrM ,iui M.
is pannea that an tha members of tb
club wiu be en band.
The acavfQee of tbe clab tb com
ing year win include, besides boxing,
several swimming tournaments, social
swims,. aQUetio tournaments, basket
ball games and dances.
Mrs.Blumenthal to
Direct'Departinentj
Mrsv la H. Bbanentbal has been se
lected to take ever the entire women's
physical education department at the
Bnsi Brltl Community house. As
physical director of this department
aba will be in charge 1" tbe women's
morning daesee, held en Mondays and
TTiurscaya ; tho business women's
classes, held en Tuesday and Saturday
nights; the high school girls classes.
held en Tuesday aad Friday after
noons, together with the junior girls
classes, held also en Tuesday aad Fri
day afternoons. -r;""-:J--
Mrs, Blumentbal baa prepared an ex
tensive program for the -women's ae
trrltlea Sb ha alreadv oraranixed a
women's bikiag.elub, which gets Into
action every Sunday morning. It is
expected that under her direction the
women's department will show: a
marked fncreaae , both ta membership
sad s actlviUes. .
Wfiifman to Award
.15 Gridiron Letters
Whitman Collesre. Walla - Walla,
Wash-, Deo. . -Pif teen football . play
ers of the Whitman squad will be
reooumended for letter awards- this
season by Coach "Nig" Borleskev Tbey
are Captain Sari Heritage, Earl Til
ton, Waiter Schroeder, Hal Holmes.
Wiiliam . Lucbt, Wymaa Ratebford,
William i, Boyd, Frank Ball, Arthur
Walther. Lester Waltoa, ; Burr Mora-
lock, Harold York. Ralph Lackey,
Everett Bartholomew and Del May.
Three players, Holmes, Heritage and
Lucht, played tbrougbout . tb entire
season ef seven gatnea ,
TO 1IATE SEW CLASS
v The Royal Canadian Yacht club will
present a new class Of Sailing yacht
to fill the gap between Class It and
the dinghy type. The te"' craft will
cost about flOOd and be r..dy by next
y-r.
California
Many
GridStars
ALTFORXIAw Ie' counting upon ds-
VJreloping another . Tondsr, elsren
next fall.
The aunporters of the Golden Bear
are visionary, despite the fact that
Andy Smith will loae 10 first string
players, including. th stars who con
tributed tn a large measure , to tne
success pf . California teams curing
the past 'three-seasons. -. v.
Charley Erb, the master key of tb
Bear offensive, is numbered among
those who will cheer Calif ornla'a fu
ture teams. Tha success of tha 1921
California team, depends solely upon
Smith's ability-" to . produce another
quarterback ot Erb a standard, a Held
general par excellence,
MTJXXiZB TO GO
Passing out with Efb, are -fDuke
Morrison, Archie NIabet, Jimmy Dean,
"Brick" Muller, Bob Berkey Bin Gai
lagher, Taf Clark, Art. Beat and Bill
Bell. r Morrison's shoes, are going to
b hard to fBl and great trouble will
be experienced in digging ap another
Muller. -
Out of tbe vast army ef - second
stringers ; and frshman stars. Andy
has hopes of winning his fourth con
ference onamplonsmp. - Tb select a
beckfleld combination, Smith wiU bars
nearly as many men te chose from as
Oregon will have to pick Its entire
team. - The - freshmen coming up are
Dixon, Imlay, Tait, Doeon. Carlson
and with these will be Nichols, Dunn,
Spalding; Witter, Newman, Erana and
Burgess, Witter Is said to be groomed
to fill Morrison's place, . ; a 4
A new line will bav to be construct
ed. Beam la the only regular of last
falTa rteara who'll be, back, There are
about 11 second stringers In addition
to a big bunch et freshmen material.
U VS riS GTOIT 1VOSXS 8TAK , ; v
Oregon, too, fa bard hit. - Huntington
loses ; Prink Calllaon, George King,
"Tiny"1 Shields, Kud Brown, "Chuck"
Parsons, and it is likely that "Dutch
Gram and Floyd Shields win be num
bered among those missing. ' Then a
smashing blow for Oregon, but Hunt
ington has several holdovers and a good
crop of freshmen coming up.
The Oregon Aggies will lose several
men, but Rutherford still will have . a
big squad from which to pick his team.
Coach Welch of Washington State
college faces a -task of making a win
ning combination out ot a tail-end ag
gregation. - . Welch . will- lose , Dun ton,
Durrwachtor, Sandberg. McKay, Meek
er and A. Davis. ,
- Tb former Carlial player tried
every possible combination to produce
a winner for the Cougars last season
and Juggled his men until 21 men were
awarded letters. . 1
OTHERS I.O SS KETBAX - V ,
The University ef ' Washington team
will lose Xmgram and Grimnv tackles;
Haynee, center; Mclnroe, guard ; John
ny Wilson and Bryan, beckfleld. The
loss of Grimm and Ingram will be felt
more than the toes of the otbera
The Univemlty of Southern Califor
nia Leo Call and, guard; Lindley, end;
Leahy, lineman, and Kincaid, backf laid.
The Trojans may also be without the
services of Baker, - their sensational
halfback, ea account of an eligibiUty
ruling? vv"? s,v-: ,i-.v-?-
, Idaho win lose several ef its , best
players, but Coach Mathews has some
good mien coming up from tha fresh
men eleven. ' . .
OBKGO JT OTTTXOOK FAIHXT -
BCIOHT FOB IMS FOOTBAI.I. v.
University of Oregon. Eugene. De
cember 9 The 1922 varsity football
la a closed -. book for Oregon
and tb football skiits that were stowed ,
away in lockers, after the return from
Seattle will not get another airing un
til next failand Oregon hopes OV &
C i wina .- ?-.:? -v:-4 . .. , - v-1
There la little or no sorrow over the
lmon-TeSow failure to got tbe great
southern game. With only on defeat,
and that a non-conference affair,
chalked up against- them, Oregon Is
pretty well satisfied ever tbe season's
result' . t :: -: - -
King, CaJUron. Jordan. Tinv Shields.
Bud Brown, Parsons and Grant have
played their last game for Oregon, All
am uran wui graeuat. and be ex
pect to go East before -next season.
Floyd Shields may also graduate, and
uraeg parsons is not expected te re
turn. - V . ' -a ' ;"(
Fans see a good ve&r ahead tar tb
Oregon varsity: - Chapman, Sax, Meyers
am Mwerma wuf ne out for Quarter.
Ward Johnson, French. fivtton- and
Laogrefl ; Khtley, Tergeaon. ' Latham
and Peulson wtu be mended in the
bxckfleid fbserlsl which will ba avail
able. X '.-. .-.O
For tackle eesta BsntiBvtaa . wfn
bav Von der Abe, McKeowa, Camp
bell. Bob Mauts, Rlaclalr, Gooding and
xica ittto. , .
Byler, "Fat Wilson aad Gosaer will
make . a. try for tb pivot place.
End .material will tncted Bill Spear.
Terry Johnson, Bliss and Bracher.
Gene Shields, brother ef Floyd aad
a my, wui a out for guard,
IneempUte tetter awards wars an.
pounced early in tbe week. Tba com
plete list follows j Three vear letter
men are A, Bhielda, King. CaUison,
Rod Brown ; two year letter men, par
sons, F. Shields, Voider Abe, W. John-
aon. urim, lauum ' aad Chapman J
those getting their tetter for th first
Ume this year area i Byler. Dick Reed.
Campbell, McKeowa, Spear, T. John
son. . A v ' '
GVB WELCH FACXS TASK rsf I
t yJMBmLDlUa COTjOAB T&Att
Washington State Conge. Pullman.
Waslv. Dee. . With the eloaa at on.
et. the most dlsaatrous seasons experi
enced by tba Stat college from the
point or view of winning games, all
attention of tbe eoacbmsr staff is now
turned toward the dveiamnne- r ni
L1929 team, i Coach Welchv the Couear
mentor, is confronted witb the diffi
cult proDiem tn bunding up a formid
able team ut ! of this year tail-end
HUB' WDKI UUM AfMnI WMI,M
requisite te future development. The old
men at weictr regime Ounton. Durr-
wscaur, aanesergi McKay and
Da-ne wm be lost by eradaatiaB.
These men nave been Welch's depend
able in th line for the past season
and with th absence of sncn fmwsrd
next fail, Welch will bave te look to
tne . iresnmes of this year and the
substitutes of this year to fm the va
cande left by these men. However,
higb caliber , linemen ea tbe freshmen
team was noticeably lacking, while this
yeare substitutes failed to deliver suf
ficient to warrant optimism, over their
luture possibaiuee. - . . 4 . -19
LETTER VXS BACK . '
In an effort to- wind out a combi
nation this Season, Welch was con
stantly changing and shifting Jiis men
until 21. men were awarded letters at
the close of the season. With five
lost by gradual ton, Welch - will k have
18 letter men to start th season next
year. With the exception of Captain-
e!ect Hickey , and - Zaepfet all of the
IS will . fee sophomores. Six f the
lettermen wta be linemen,' while with
Idaho.; TT.' Football
Team Makes Mark
In Forward Pass
- Cnlreraity ef Idaho, Keeeow, Dee.
sWAraliable football records lsdl
eats that la eosspletlsr IS forward
pastes fer . a. gala of 219 yards
agaiast tbs UaiTenlty ef Montana
at Missomla TbaakiglTlsg. day, the
Xdake tootbatt . team established a
saw saark for the Watt. SUvers.
aarterkaek, did mast of the throw
lag, with Cobley aad Veer; eadti
Bretbears Klaalio and Kief faer
half backs aluraaOsg ea tk ra
eerrtsg j.1' i.i-ft -: " f -i-
Hickey and Zaepfel 19 wta be back
field men. Welch wlB have an abund
ance of baokfleld men of fair abilities,
but the forward wall will be noticeably,
weak In tackles and ends unless men
from . the ' freshmen team can be de
veloped to fin these positions, - "Boots
Shannon, who failed to live up to his
Mare Island reputaUon. wiU be back
and should b a dependable man for
the 1922 teanv HJertooa. former tJni-
verslty of Washington tackle, wiu also
be eligible, Keller, a promising look
ing man ef last year's fresbmaa team.
and who was not in eenoot this season,
aad also Torgeraon, who waa forced
to leave school this year on account
-of sickness, will both be back next
fall Bervln" former North Central,
fpokane, high school star, and Hender
son of Vaacoaver,r wbo played witb
the frosb this fatt, are possibilities for
next year. Hickey and Zaepfel will be
tbe nucleus ex the beginning Dacxxieia
next fau. -- .
LXTTESS AWA&BEB ',
Martin. Dnderwood.,' Kramer, Glan
and Waldworf of this yearns freshman
team are promt alng man for the baok
fleld. and Baxter, Berwin. Henderson
and Johnson should prove valuable men
for- tbe I la a. - . - - : .
- The following men won letters : ' Cap
tain Ford Dtrnton. Roy Sandberg. Wal
lace McKay, Erneet Durrwacbter. Al
bert Davis, Lincoln- Meeker. John Zaep
fel, Vernon Hickey, Peter Kramer Leo
Shannon. A-nton PurccU, Jo Burkes,
Oliver TrvavlL Cecil sWetseL .Lance
Crown. . Howard Slater, - Harold Cook,
Elmer Alexander. HugA wbeeier, Stan
ley Bray and Jack Davis.
La Grande Squad'
, Claims Eastern .
r Gridiron Title
T A GRANDE. Dec 9. Claiming
championship of the Eastern Ore
gon f ootbau mstory this fan is . the
great indoor sport these days. .Teams,
in obm instances, that played two
games ase out for the honors. Tn con
trast to tbe wholly ridiculous claim of
som schools stands tbe record of the
La Grande team says a statement
from Coach - f SkeetT Reynolds (O. A.
C) tn. announcing tbe willingness of
the La Grande team to play post sea
son gam witb any other team that baa
any Justice behind It elaim. Not la
years have there been so many teams
which were styled as champions. Prin
cipal E. D. Towler, of the local school
has issued the following statements of
facts concerning the La Grande team
and Bpon which La Grande bases Its
claims for the championship -:
La Grande baa played seven inter-
sebolastie games as follows this year.
La Grande Ml Imbler 0: La. Grand
tt, Elgla 0 ; La Grand f, Pendleton 29 ;
La Grande 72. Baker 8; Lagrande 62,
Union I; Xs Grande 72, Wallowa 9 ;
La Grande 45, Enterprise 0. Toial, La
Grande 329, total, opponents 17.- - -Athena,
our closest competitor. - has
played five games and baa scored 199
points while l points were scored
agaiast her; 109 of these 189 points
wero made la the game witb Umatilla
when Umatilla was defeated by 108-9
score. This left 69 points made la the
other . four games. Thea figures, we
think, entile ua. wttbeut Question, to
the Eastern Oregon championship."
Spokane Shooter :
; Heads Trap Assn.
Spokane, Wash Dec 9. Trapshoob-
rr ef tbe Inland Empire, end particu
larly members of tbe Spokane Qua
club, yesterdsy were elated with tbe
announcement of tb election of Frank
D. Stoop ae president of th American
rrrapshoettng association at the aaeua
- - a AhMak. Btw. -
dent of the gun club' .
Fimdainentab -Training Is
. Greatest Need in Football
Xr G. B. ..
ff HATS wrong with tbe standard Of
W football ta tbe Nortbweettl
"TBrtck" Mitchell, end on tbe famous
1918 a Univerelty ef Oregon football
team. In an interview ra San Francisco
recenfly. attributed tbe lack of class to
the failure ef the Northwest teams to
secure coaches ef tba Hugo Besdek. GU
Dome and Bill Diets type. He also
declared that the material in tb North
west was as good as whoa this trio
were coaching ,ia this section. ' .
The writer will agree with Mitchell
that .the Northwest baa no coaches of
tbe r2dk-Doble-Dieta type at tbe
present time, but gridiron mentors of
their class cannot be bad for the ask
ing: ; Tbey are exceptional coaches aad
are ranked among the leaders ta th
country. , ,
PLAT3 LACK CLSS -'
. Mitchoir statement that tbe class ef
football players la tbe Northwest was
as good as in the pre-war days. - We
disagree erltb Mitchell tn hi statement.
There are no ends la the Northwest
pwbe compare with Mitchell and Clar
ence ummenaati, - ae tacxiee or tne
Johnny Beckett typ, no beckfleld
players iet the Hap Miller, iierm
Abrahams, BUI Steers, Johnny Par
oaa. Lloyd Gilils or tbe late "Tubby
Miles type, and no field generals like
Ana Cornell, ."Shy-. Huntington, "We
Coyi. : The nearest approach ' te a
heady field general in the Northwest
today 1 "Hal Chapman et Oregon, .
The writer is f the opinion that the
main fault witb tbe gridiron standard
of tbe Northwest today is that the
players Jack the fundamental training
that tbe stars of tbe pre-war days re
ceived. . , r
IfJLSY -B03TEBS PtLLED - '
: Nof in many a season has such near
football been played in the Northwest
as was witnessed in nearly every con
ference game staged this fall. Head
work that would fee considered poor In
hlsh school football cropped out in ol -
icg-e games. - :- ...--s
Old time ; ' footbaa cla vers were
thunder-struck --X some of th bead-tun
elation
Of Football
Menls Urged
F)R3jQlTI0X of an association ef aU
football officials of Portlabd or "
tba i Psclflo Northwest wGl be a reality '
It Grover FTanc!a former Winamette"
unlversltv and Multnomah Amateur '
Athletic elub football star, who hae r
officiated in-many of th -big" gamea
of ths Northwest la the teat three
years, can awing the- Idea, ,: ;. ... v K
Each football season, colleges, fclsrV
schools and even independent teams
have wrangtea over officials, and la -
most cases, tne 003 action is oaaeu on -personal
matters. However, there are v
tlBMa. narhanst wbn,th point is well'-
taken that so'me particular men do
not -know the rules euincienuy " v
warrant tbe contestants taking any v
chances, t It Is. to straighten out uus
aide et the angle that Francis woall (
form fan 'association, so that regular t
tlaesns could be conducted to enlighten .
tbe officials en the finer points an
to bav tbe same Interpretation ef tbe
rules. - v - -
GOOD OFFICIAL sLJfrECESSAfiT "
I know ' from ' experience, sailv.
Franda. that it la much easier X,r,
work a game In which the official
know th rules and can be relied esWi
to be there In a plneb. than te handle . "
a contest which has someone on the ;
field whe wen bis position because he
bappened to tea friend et tbe school
or was popular You can. be a good :-,
offlctal and etfll be -a friend of the .
coaches without favoring anyone,
rrhre are too many petty differ--
enees which are taken into considera
tion when It comes to selecting of ft- ;
clala If we eould form an aaeocla- "
Uon, then we ebuld assemble and dls-
ouss tbe roles. We all could learn
thereby and when an emergency arises
w would be in a position to decide on .:
the "spot, without the slightest ques
tion. It Is th teehnteaUtie which.
cause the meet grief, and by- holding
meetings we could Iron out tbe dlffl-
culUeaw V--:- ',:2' :r'
frsiQrs Dscisioir mads - .
TSach official should be made to
imnw bta resnaibUltlee. Ton mar '
think that statement useless, but let
me tell yon I bad experiences wnere .
my umpire wae in a better poelUbn to :,
see the play than I was and yet when -be
was asked to rute, be -wasn't sure
It was a fumble the result of which ri
was either a . touchdown or a touch- :
back. It was. a . hard game aad the ,
question was whether or not the bail.
had been fumbled before the halfback
bad crossed the line or after, or, ,
whether the whistle bad blown before
or after.'- 1 was eeveral yards from the v
mass, white tb umpire was on top ot - ,
It, but be couldn't tell me.
- "Then tbe crowd Immediately -took
trn the wail and finally both coaches
came en the field All of us were
friends and when I explained tbe situ
ation to them, I saiav'ir you want me
to decide it. I win flip a coin. Ons of
the coaches said "Never mind,' aad at
th earn time h drew out a token.. '
tossed it in the air and lost I bad
twisted several Bgaments tn the back
of my leg about five minutes before f
the end ef the game, and X could bard
ry bobble. - . . . ,. .:-...
SHOULD FIX PAT , -
"I wae going to turn tbs whistle over a
to, the nmnlre to finish the contest, but :
an afterthought caused me to change .,
tny mind, for I figured be waa not cer- ' . '2
tain of himself. H was a likeabte"'
fellow and, didn't mean -a bit ef harm l
to either side, but It is bard enough
as It le te referee, without having a-"
handicap thrust upon one. .
v in the East tbey have sanctioned , V
officials to handle the gamea regard- ,
leas of their Importance, and th day '.'..
Is coming when th same thing will' :
be the case here' la Porttani aad the ,
Northwest. Another. Important matter f
which eboutd be universal Is the amount :
paid the - officials. I think that the
bead linesman has as ' difficult a Job
as any man on tbe field, with the pos
sible exception of the referee, and
should -be paid accordingly. In prac- ;
tlcally every "big- game In other parts
of the country and at the Nee Tear's
day game at Pasadena, the four offi
cials referee, umpire, field Judge and
head linesman each receive tbe same-
amount. There also Is a lot ef eo
ealled grtef attached to officiating",
without bavfng .. unnecessary sorrow :
tbrust . upon us." u . - -. ;.?.
' ohxt on rtrET-'iXFT ;
Jackson, who puBed No,' oar. is "
Princeton's only ' erowman : left from -j
Princeton's varsity eight-oared
oombinatlosi for next year's race.
work of field generals. "ven In the ' '
old days ef massed play no team ever -
thought Of axnimmaglng lnaid of its
own 25-yard line, aad in these days et
open attacks tbe chances ef fumbles
are- far greater yet in many eonteste
line plunges and end runs, and even t
forward .- passes were : attempted by '
teams - Ut tbe shadow et their - goal ;
posts, ....
XXXD FKOSat COACKXS '
. That's poor football. Tbe percentage
system In football is to kick de pig-T
skin la tbe opposing team's territory. L
That waa, the percentage Andy Smith' .
California team ba had.in th teat!
three years, although Andy waa blessed -witb
having some real punters, some-
thing : most.: of the Northwest team
lacked this past season, with th ex- .
ception of ' Washington, who baa a . -comer
in Leonard Zeil. .
What football in the Northwest needs . :
more than anything at this time and .
in future years is good freshman .
pcoaehea, Mentors, who know how to
teach- tho fundamentals ef football to . ,
tho freshmen , playera It would be "
well for the colleges to cut down the
Frosh schedtUes and devote more time'
to -the fundamentals of the sport. " '"
Every football player who turns out
for e . varsity eleven Ought to be 7
well versed la ground work of th .
sport that tt would only be necessary
to bring them to hia attention to im
press their importance, This wen id '
give the varsity coaches more time to
perfect tttelr style of play aad knock
off the rough edgee in teem work.
WOULD I1TI ID1X 2.'t:'-:;2:r'
: Considerable Ume Is lost eac fail ' -by
varsity coaches ta t going over -fundamentala
This time. couU b -saved
if, tbe colleges -would cnre ' '
freshmen coaches of abt'Ity, What .
would be a wiser. .move? It would beljr
brintr back tbe former , standard of
Northwest footbail. -
: Great football players, towevcr, .
come In cycles, but despite this better
1 football could be offered if all tha f.a.7-
.Jers had the fundamentals of the ram a
impounded Into their heads before the
nounded
they reach the varsity a?ii-"-