The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-11-20

was effective and the ball was ad-
vanced into the Dudes territory
every time it was passed to him,
"Pap Hayseed'' McAllister,
stood like Gibraltar against the Ela
gene man, and played football.
Bodine was tower of strength,
and more than match for Ed
mnndson, although the latter was
in every play and worked like a
.shired man" Kuhl played a good
game. Walters was magnificent
! aud although severely hurt early
in the game, played on through
both halves. Thurston was not
| good on defensive, but chiefly from
his not understanding how to stop
the tandem rush. The ends, E.
Simpson and Osborne, played ex-
cellent ball. E. Simpson has i'm
proved greatly and is hard to beat.
Osburm promises to make bril-
liant player. Kelsay held his man
down and while he was in the
game. played clean, steady, effec-
tive football.
The referee. O,to Burckhardt. of
the Multnomal, club, knows but
little of the game and had no bus
iness attempting to decide Il cham
pioitship game His erroneous de-
icisions cost the O. A. G. their
chance for the pennant He is at
tending the medical department If
the State University; IA fact not
made known to the college until
after the game. He may have in
tended to be fair, but his sympa
thies were naturally with Eugene,
and swhsa-sln doubt the wish al
ways fathered the thonght.
Raley, who played the role Of
umpire. is graduate from butch
ershop, and leading light in the
Multnomah club. "Sport" with
him is matter of dollars and cents.
He has advertized himself as a
notorious liar, and on the field ex-
hibited himself as an unprincipled
advertiser for Multnomahs Thanks
giving day game. The Eugene
backs invariably started before the
ball was put in play. and her line
was repeatedly cautioned by their
own players for off side play. Ra
ley's attention was called time and
again to this fact, but he did not
ride up from Portland to criticize
playing.
The Eugene boys put up good
game considering iheg horrible
weather, and while some Of the
team INDUCED IN unnecessary slug.
ging, there was less of it than is
common in exciting football games.
They are gentIemanly lot of col
legians. They are not responsible
for the rank decisions of the Off
cials. and it was only legitimate for
them to take advantage of them.
The Thanksgiving game between
Willamette University and the O.
A. c.. at Corvallis. promises to be
a good exhibition of football. The
Salem boys are practicing daily
and have some splendids material.
The .. A. G. eleven is determined
to make a better showing against
Salem than Eugene will do in to-
morrow's game. 1t will be good
clean football, and care will be
takeu to secure impartial, capable
and satisfactory officials.
Concerning the game the Salem
Journal says: s.On Thanksgiving
day the Salem football team goes
to Corvallis, where she will give an
exhibition game in the afternoon,
with the Corvallis team. A large
number OF Salemites intend ac-
companying the home eleven.
in view of which fact, the. S. p.
company has ofereda reduced rate,
one and one half fare for the round
trip, betweenSalem and Albany.
A similar concession is expected
from the o. @. & E.''
AS OTHERS SEE IT.