The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-12-05
Played in the Mud.

There have been many games
Of football played on the O. A.
c. gridiron but the one last
Thursday between the soldiers of
Vancouver and the 0. A. c.
eleven was without doubt the
most interesting of any hereto
fore played here The visitors
were no match for the home
team and when time was called
at the end of the second half the
score stood IS to o in favor of
the farmers,
The attendance showed that
though the home players were
out of it so far as the champion
ship was concerned, the football
spirit was still alive. Notwith-
standing the fact that the weather
was cold and disagreable and a
drizzIing rain was falling during
most of the afternoon fully 1000
people saw the soldiers go down
lin defeat. Of this number, how
ever, not more than one-half
paid for their pleasure. The
county road leading toward Col
1ege hill On the north side of the
ground proved a good location
from which to witness the game
and several hundred persons
stood out there rather than pay
the required Is cents, that would
entitle them to admittance to the
grounds.
During the first half Prof.
j John Fulton served as referee
and Will H. B1oss as umpire,
their positions being reversed
during the second half. Mr..
Harry Rogers served very salts
factorily as linesrnan.
Playing commenced at PAS
and from the first it was evident
that the home team would be
the victors. Their game was
the most brilliant one ever put
up on the o. A. c. field. Not
one of the eleven sturdy farmers
shirked his duty and under the
splendid generalship of Miles
Phillips the boys redeemed
themselves. The soldiers evinced
careful training but at times
they showed an unfanliliarity
with the game that told against
them. They, however, put up
game fully equal to that of the
Forest Grove team which played
the o. A. c. eleven three weeks
previous, thus showing the re-
suit of earnest, hard work on the
part of the home players in their
preparation for the game. The
10. A. c. team can rightful1y
give Coach Downing a large
share of the credit for. winning
the game, for it was due to his
careful and conscientious train
ing that the boys were able to
attain such proficiency. Had he
arrived sooner in the season it is
very probable that Corvallis
would have taken at least second
place in the struggle for the in
tercollegiate championship.
| The soldiers won the toss and
chose the west goal. Corvallis
had the kickoff, which resulted
in the visitors capturing the ball.
For few moments it looked as
though Uncle Sans men were
going to have a walkover, for
they played fr1riously and made
splendid gains by bucking the
farmers line. Corvallis soon got
onto their work, however, and
after the first few downs it was
almost impossible for the soldiers
to make gains by line bucking
or for that matter by any other
plays. When Corvallis got the
ball end plays were begun and
Burnett, aided by good interfer-
ence on the part of Clyde Phil
lipps, soon had the pigskin over
the soldiers goal line for touch
down, but failed to kicked goal.
| Score 4 to O.
On the second lineup the visi-
tors kicked to Burnett who made
a good gain before being tackled.
Then Oberer carried the ball
around the right end for 20 yards
and in the next play Burnett did