The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-12-02
PAST GAMES PLAYED OVER
AGAIN, AFTER THE SEA-
- SON is ENDED.
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Newspaper Comment About
Nevada Game-Various
Odds and Ends.

the enthusiass refuse to stop talk
jng bout The game. The sudden
gathering of the OAC after period
ofarparef1t slump, and the brilliant
way in which th-v closed.the season
isthe subject of general remark.
both at home and abroad. Little
by little, it begins to be remember.
ed that the tull strength of the
team was never in any game until
that with the Pullman men, and
that there the magnificent strength
of the eleven began to be apparent.
Infhe Seattle game Captain Pix,
ington was on the side lines and so
was Bundy. In the Mu1tnomah
game neither Pilkington nor eAbra-
ham were in the play Abraham
and Bundv were absent at Albany,
save that Bundy went in af'er von
der HELEN went out Not until
the Pullman game when the men
lined up in their old positions was
the full strength of the team mani
fest, and it was victory for Z the
orange, even though Eugene could
not defeat the Washington lads.
Then came the Eugene game with
5E4minutes of play and no. score
with certainty that but for the
giving of the ball tosa Eugene man
when an OAC man held it, that,
contest would have been tied or
won. The closing scene was OAC
helda when the fast eleven from
Nevada saw themselves borne back
and OAC men dash across their
goal line no less than four times.
The result of it all is a steadfast
faith in the Oregon Aggias by (all
who are in sympathy with them
The Nevada eleven said they were
the strongest aud best men they
had encountered in the, Northwest.
and some of them better than men
in the same positions in the great
California teams. The way in
which the Oregon forwards held,
while the Nevada line was broken
and battered is all the testimonial
that is required. Once III a play
the giant Nevada tackle with all
the Nevada backs massed anassanlt
on Bowers. For a second after the
impact the great Oregon tackle
wayered, and then with a power
that seemed superhuman, he push
ed the whole column back for a
loss of three yards. Abraham.
though confronted with a giant in
size and strength. repeatedly plum
ged through and broke formations
behind the Nevada line. Frequently
during the play, the Nevada backs
called upon their linemen to hold
firm against the plunges ofWalker.
Pilkington, Root aud the others,
but the invariable answer was that
the latter could not be held. The
quick and certain precision with
which Williams slipped through the
hole that Dunlap and Bowers inyari-
ably opened for him and then bore
away for spectacular gain was
pretty, accurate football that the
=sidelines will never forget. Inevery
game ST the season, one man whom
the critics have commended. has
been Spagle, never off his guard, |
always resourcefu1 and quick TO act I
his playing to the last minute of the
Nevada game was consistent. with
outerror, and most effective. Bril-
liant likewise was the quick and
heady play of Rumbaugh at left
end, who came to the eleven from
Albany and has Since played 4 with
such fidelity as to immensely t1eigh.
ten the general resbect =fof. Albany
and Albany players So with all
these and Captain Pi1kingtona and
Root as the fierce and strong men
behind an nv,ncible line, and with
Cupper in many a brilliant stunt at
luarter. the defenders = of the
orange quit the season with moth
ing but admiration from fellow stu
dents. and local townsmen, for a.
season of which all are proud.
Nearly every member of the eleven
is tosbe in school next year, and in
view; of that watch tor a coming |
meteoric season.
The departure Of Coach Mead
den for his home Monday was q
closing incid mt of toe expiring foot.
ball season. Mr. McFadden left
for Whatcom Washington, where
he is to enter tnt, partnership with
friend in the practice of the law.
Mr.. iMcFadden is a graduate of
Stanford University, and played
for several years on the football
eleven Of that institution. Later
he studied law and was admitted
to the bar of California, having en-
gagged in practice in San Francisco
until he left for Corvallis to coach
the OAC eleven. During his two
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