Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-14
Concerning the Championship.

Thanksgiving marks the end oi
the intercollegiate football sea
son, but from the present out
look it is quite probable that one,
and possibly two games, will
have to be played after that date
i to settle the championship. Al
present U. OF O., o. A. G. and
Albany College stand on even
terms for first l,onors. Albany
played Eugene a TO Q game q!
the opening of the season. Eu.
gene aud o. A. c. played a score.
less game last Saturday. In
both game u. of o. played on
the defensive nearly the entire
game, and it seemed at times
that nothing but good luck saved
her from defeat. Reporter
Finch, of Albany, who witnessed
the game between Albany and
U. of O., as well as last Satur-
days contest, told the GAZETTE
man that the latter game was al
most a repetition of the first, in
which the Albany papers claimed
that their team should have
scored once in each half. This
would make it appear that Al
bany and Corvallis were both su-
perior to Eugene.
But games are not won nor
championships earned by articles
in newspapers. Actual contests
should aud DO decide. The out
come would be far more satisfac-
tory if schedule of games could
be arranged for each season, be-
tween the teams of the four or
FIVE leading institutions of the
valley, making it compulsery for
each team to play at least one
game with each of the other
teams IN the league, and fixing
the dates and places of meeting.
Because some such arrange
ment is not in vogue this season,
complications have arisen which
leave the championship in a
muddle, and give excuse for GER
tain newspapers to mistake abuse
of teams representing institutions
located at towns ether than their
own, for loyalty to their home
team. An opinion of the merits
of the various e1evens can be ex-
pressed without showing feeling
in the matter. Articles of this
nature are necessary to awaken
interest and advertise the institu-
ton which team represents.
1t is not necessary, however: for
a paper which holds a contrary
opinion to abuse the author of
another article and question the
good faith of the management of
other teams, in order to convince
the public that its editor believes
that his home team lis a world
beater.
We believe that tie individuals
composing the teams and the
gentlemen who represent the
management are all the best of
friends and have an amicable un-
derstanding of the present situa-
ton.
All this newspaper talk about
o. A. G. being afraid or refusing
to meet Albany is without foun-
dation. o. A. c. would far
rather play Albany than any
other team in the Northwest,
with the possible exception of
Eugene. Such a game would
draw a record-breaking crowd
and swell the funds ir the strong
box of the athletic committee.
An earnest effort was made 10
arrange such a game early in the
season, but terms that were mu-
tually satisfactory could not be
agreed upon. O. A. c. offered
to pay the expenses of the. Al
bany team and give them fifty
dollars if they would PLAY in
this city; or they would play in
Albany if Albany College would
offer the same inducement. AL
bany refused either proposition.
She probably had good and sufh-
cient reasons for her action at that
time, and no one questioned her
willingness to play under condi-
tions that suited her. But 0. A.
c. had to look elsewhere for
games to fill the seasons dates.
Contracts were entered into with
Salem, McMinnville and Pacific
University. These contracts