The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-11-05
Farmers Victorious.

1 n lA0uSAhA PCOPAN SASAlS0 A&ANSAsAy
Saturday when the o. A. G. football
team made its first touchdown against
| the Chen,awa Indians. The. first fouI
points were made by hard individual
playing and excellent team work. the
Chemawa boys putting up fine defeuse.
The farmers made six more touchdowns,
! but they were more easily earned. Goal
was kicked three times and the game
ended with o. A. c. 81, Chemawa o.
The most interesting part of the game
was in the beginning when the farmers
tried end rams, and the Indians displayed
considerable tackling skill. For some
time the spectators thought that the two
teams were we'll matched and as the ball
was rushed backward and forward
excitement ran high. But the farmers
gradually gained and Dou Hol gate, with
one leg BADLY sprained, hoped across the
line for the FIRST touchdown.
Then the o. A. Z. boys tried line suck
ing ana finding this -pro6lable, kept II
up during the rest of the game. with on
ly occasional eHd runs. The Indians
could make no impression OIL the home
team.' line, which is a remarkably slroug
,,ue. Chem.wa's full back made the
gains for his team. doing sonie splendid
p:aying. !. His work throughout was first:
,:;a.s.: 3 ! :
Pap Hayssed iieid down his "a, pound
u,aa in excellent style and Was always
out in the i.terierelce. He played bali
from the beginning to the end a.d When
he walked off tile, field with his dusky:
opponeAt lac was the picture st haPpi-,
aess. - Ia s. 80
Bodine played his usual gau,e-and his
usual game is highly creditable.;; He is
sure thing" Tne l.ft guard went i'll
With all injured knee anil .playea like a
steam engine until another fierce wrench
Of his injured leg forced hin, to retire:
Elsin, who took his place, is a co,nPara-
lively new player, but he acted like a
,eiera.. Heis strong active and has
qaick e>e.
Walters can always'be depended upon
to hold his part of the line and Saturday
he was very effective. Thursteu showed
surprising improvement over his playing
Of last year and is now in the frOnt seal,
He is as hard as rock, quick as . cat
aua strong as bull. a.
The epsi men, Mcbride and Simpson,
were quick AID keen sighted and -ckled
like Ii ishtning. They did not have MANY
opportunities to make grand stand plays,
but their work showed that they are the
right men il the right place.
The work OF the backs was commena-
able. Kruse has not played quarter long
but he is going to make good one. He
has the right spirit for footballist. Hel-
gate, Pendleton and Scroggins played a
winning game as half backs. Holgate
had his knee badly wrenehed in the first
half, and though he played on for some,
time, he was finally forced to retire and
will not be able to appear on the field for
several weeks. All three played rat
tling good game, offensive an& defensive.
Gault is, considering everything, the best
full back the college has ever had. He
has determination, grit and enthusiasm.
He'failed ca several goal kicks Saturday,
but is usually sure kicker. He was suf-
fering from severe MUSCLE bruises ia the
game, but never let up.
Saturdays game demonstrated that the
boys can play bail and that for the sp-
portunities. Coach Bless has. done his
work we'll. 1t has been very difficult to
get the boys out to practice until recent.
ly, bat their team work showed up we'll
aud their interference is fine.
A second team has been organized
with Bruce Burnett as captaia. There
are 20 candidates for places. Rradj Bur
nett has kindly consented to coaeh the
boys and will soon have them in fine
shape. They have been lining up against
the bi. team since Wednesday, aud give
the ''frst." good practice.
There will be NO game tomorrow, nor
is it likely there will be one q week from
tomorrow, as the boys are to play Eu-
gene on the 2oth, and do not wish to risk
getting injured. But there will be good
hard practice every evening and Saturday
afternoons.
They are anxious that the ThauksEiy-
ing game be played here, and if they de-
feat Eugene it probably will. The fEal
game will likely be between o. A. G.
aud Forest Grove. The Only time these
two teams lined up against each other
was in the beginning of the season last
year, when the sceresstood to o. =. = e