The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-29
HOW THEY LOST
%. A. C. FOOTBALL MEN PLAYED
SEATTLE TO A STANDSTILL.

But Were Defeated by Seattle
Good Fortune in Making Two
Field Goals-The Score
was Sixteen to Six.
By the grace of good luck
and two place kicks, the Uni
yer sity of Washington de.
feat ed OAC in~a game Of football
in Seattle Saturday with a score o1
sixteen to six. Every account
agrees that the figures do not re-
present the relative merits of The
teams. Early in the game while
the Oregonians were still nervous,
from their environments, the Wash
iugtonians managed to push over
the line for touchdown, but it
was the last they got In the game.
Ghe first time the Oregon boys got
ahe ball, which did mt take long
safter the second kickoff, they drove
4heir opponents back over the line
fer a touchdown in two brief min
FrGes. The strength and skill of
beth elevens were so nearly equal,
fat after that, neither was able to
fierce the other over the goal line.
TIE Washingtonisns, however,
z4aanaged to kick two goals from
the de1d., the last of which was
taaade IS seconds before the end of
she game. Of place kicks, aside
GeRem those made in this game, but
two others were made in the Unit
led States in the many games of
SIS turday, one by Princeton in a
game with Columbia, and one in
the Stanford-Nevada game. Spie.
dell, the Washington player who
anads the kicks, claims that he
can make them ordinarily about
@aae time in 10 attempts. Fortune
ssHnsfed SO blandly upon him Satur
day, that he made two in succession
against the OAC men.
Corvallis men who saw the game
say Ghat the noise of the steam cars
or tire grand stand or something
else caused the OAC men to go to
pieces ia the beginning of the game
They allowed Washington to walk
All over them, but after that, re-
and played an excel ent
game. The first thing they did
after pulling themselves together
was @ drive their antagonists
up the field for a touch
Down. After that, the two teams
pushed each other up and down
the field with honors even and with
tae apparent outcome anybody's.' 4
Tie Seattle Times in it's account of
Eheg anne admits that for the place
Kicks the Washingtonians could
act have won. 1t also says the
0AC line was like stone wall and
@hai Washington was almost pow
erless against it.
The collegians arrived home on
Mondays train. A demonstration
by students that greeted them on
ssrival at the railway ssstation was
to convince members of the
team that their fellow students
have nefault to find, but on the
contrary are well satisfied with re-
suits, SO far this season. The Sc
attic Times detail of the game is as
follows:
Washington won the Toss and
chose the south goal. Nash kicked
fifty yards down the field, "Spy" f;
running back ten. Wells skirted
right end for five yards, and Straus .
found left for fifteen. A center
play netted two and Wells again
made eight around right. Wilt
vent through center for one yard.
Welle was good for two, Strauss
one, and Wilt made the distance.
Strauss skirted left end for three
yards and Wells right end for five. .
Wilt again made two although Wilt
.aled in a try at center. Then be-
hind splendid interference, Wells
vent down the field for fifteen yard
Ind Strauss added three more on
eft end play. By this time the
oall was on Oregon's five yard
inc and Maxey Wells cut that !
down to four, and after Oregon had
held for one down, Strauss found
Ia opening for the first touchdown
5piedell kicking an easy goal.
Time, seven minutes. Score, Wash
ngton s; Oregon o.
After the next kickoff both Wells
and Wilt failed to gain and Spie- I
lell was forced to kick, the ball !
advancing for ten yards. NASH
smashed center center for three and
again for one. Root found a yard
through tackle and Williams skip.
ped around left. end for total of
ten. Boot on the next play went
him one better by tearing off 6f-
teen yards around right end on one
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