Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-24
s'MULTNOMAH LUCK. =
THE FARMERS ARE DEFEATED
BYA SCORE OF 5 TOO.
Tie C1nbmen Pronounce Them The
Strongest Team in The North
West Today.

strongest 1eam IN ING NOTEHs
West Today.
On slushy field in pelting rain 81
people saw the orange go down in defes
before an opponent her inferior in every
thing but generalship. In the first hal
o. A. q. played the giants of old Multi
nomah to standstill. and showed he
superiority in individual play and i
unison. In the. second half, whic
opened auspiciously for the collegians
the red and white fell into streak Q
"Multnomah luck' which netted her
touch down on fuke, twelve minute
before the half closed. Never did O. A
G. offer more superb defense, or brillian
offense; never did club men play cleane
or more manly ball.
This was really the farmers first con
test, for their games with Albany ane
Salem, were not sufficient to even inter
est them. Here then, was the test to
prove their metal. The Portland Tele
gram said of the clubmen when they lef
for Corvallis:
''The team has been praeticing rcgu.
larly every day since it defeated univer.
sity of Oregon last Saturday, and is now
in better trim than ever before. The
boys expect little trouble in defeating
the Corvallis team, though there is nc
standard by which to judge of the lat
te's ability"
The farmers entered the game beaten.
Ignorant of their own strength, they
hoped simply to hold Multnomah to a
small score.
The farmers defended the west goal
and Multnomah kicked off to their 10
yard line. The ball was brought back
Ave yards. The first attack on Multno-
mah's line netted the orange five yards.
by a series of rapid plays the farmers
backs and tackles simply ran over the
line without once losing the
bali, until Thurston, after going through
the dreaded McMillon for five yards,
fumbled the ball on Multnomah's 45-
yard line.
The clubmen's attack on the farmers
line and ends showed the latter's strength
on defense, and the ball was theirs on
downs on Multnomah's 49-yard line.
The ball was hurried to Multnomah's
TO- yard line and lost on tumble. After
osing two yards on two down, McDon-
ael, who had replaced Dayey, punted to
A. C's 20 yard line. From this on
he ball crossed and recrossed the center
if the field; the farmers losing twice on
Towns and Multnemah punting the ball
,ut of her owu territory three times. !.
Opening the second half, the farmers
Kicked off. Multnomah tried two downs
or no gain, and punted on the third to
Hall. on o. A. C's 35 yard line. He
umbled the slippery ball and Multno-
nah secured it: Here was seen the
'rettiest ball of the day; Multnomah
making fierce attacks, the farmers stub
,ornly resisting. The ball was forced to
}. A. C's Is yard line where she secured
on downs. She should have punted
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er success with the ball that she pre-
erred to chance fumbles and hit the
ne. The first down netted good gain
n the next Gallagher played off-side
nd Multnomah was given the ball. She
ent every energy and finally placed the
all on the farmers 2-yard line, on the
aird down with yards to gain, Stiles
,arted through the line, but was tackled
ithout gain. He fumbled, and the
igskin rolled over the goal line. Nc
'onnel fell on it. Mnltnomah failed to
ick goal. But twelve minutes of play
emained. The ball was constantly
thin Multnomah' 35 yard line, where
9th sides made numerous fumbles.
ine and again the farmers reached the
Is yard line to lose the ball
n tumble, and nearly as often Multi
oman would return it few yards and
) the same. When time was called the
Ill was in the hands of the collegians
/ Multnomah's 20 yard line,