The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-11-25
. FIVE TO HAUCHT
OAC LOST TO. EUGENE BY
THAT. SCORE IN LAST B
SATURDAYS ! GAME!
Touchdown Made on a Fluke After
Fl t, one Minutesof Play md /
Within Four Minutes of
the Close Gffthe Game. ii

1 Il p. Z 81 = {
a score Of Eve to naught agains
OAC is the record written in III
great football game at Eugene las
Saturday between the Un versity 3
Oregon and Oregon Agriculture
College elevens, Save for the
huke by which the touchdown wa
made, the game from the stand
point of pu e sport and football
skill was as fine perhaps as was ev
er seen in Oregon, The two teams
were so evenly matched, and their
blocking OF each others work SC
perfect and SO, constant, that
throughout the game the ball surg.
ed back and forth over the center
ofthe field, with neither eleven in
good striking distance of the others
goal until the touchdown, made >af-
ter 81 minutes of play, and within
four minutes of the ,closeaiof the
game. % Even the Auked never
would have made the single touch.
down possible, save for the uu-
fortunate error of an official whose
decision gave the ball to a. Eugene
player, while all along the side
LEES, both Eugene and Corvallis
people knew and said that hetl was
wrong. and that it was OAC's bali.
The decision was on, "a tumble,
captured by Cupper on OAC's IS
yard line, from whence with the
ball in their possession, the OAC
men could have Punted the sphere,
if SO desired to a point where tie
Engene men could not have car
ried it over the OAC goal in an
hour or two offplay. The decisionJ
however, when made. is a record
that cannot be unwritten. and such
things, as well as hukes are. one, OF
the elements of chance in every
game of football and are to- be
coudted on as likely factor always
the advantage going to the more
fortunate team, All y4 #
"A fac: tnAt Tells of one element
strength Of the OAC
men IS ii ii the Eugsne forwards,
in alm st every instance laid dowa
as soon as they saw a play CO oning
over th ir positions. Even Cap. ain
Thayer, Eugsne's crack tackle cS n
fessed weakness by res1rtibg IIoI
these tactics as means of..def-pse,
ritter the fist two or three Jforna-
tienz. 1t was IN such a playthas 4!
he was lid out for, "a minute
early in the game, when. Ee laid
down before the formation which
Captain Pilkington, R %: and Will
liams Wsrs sent to ssault his p5siz
ricn. in the plunge ths men made
ovsf him he wi= tfampted fever-ly
and was unable to RS lme the
play for minute or more. On the
,hss OAC linemens were
50 much stronger that instead of
lying down before a play, they stood
up and met it fiercely, often stop
ping it for loss. At one time Tenn
pl .ton attempted buck through an
imaginary bols that. Captain
rhszyer ras. to make. When he !
reached the line there was no hole
and he attempted a .hurdls. He,
landed on, his stomach squarely on 4
Walkers head and Pilkipgtop Iat
the So me moan ut catching hiw by
the foof, the Yaulter WAS hurisd
back behind his own line for loss
/. Why did you try to go over2'
hisssd Captain Thayer. Because
/ conldhhssgo through" replied the
plncky and redoub, able Templeton.
The game was full Of all the
features that go to make football in
teresting. There were frequent re-
sorts to punting, and in the duels,
Captain Pilkington though the
knee Of his kicking leg was injur-
ed ia one of the first serimmages,
fully equalled if he did not out punt
Templeton. The interchange of
kicks and the desperate efforts on
both sides to run il the ball fed the
.on1ookers constantly with excite
ment. The hurdling of Williams
and Pi1kington in these stunts call
ed out great enthusiasm. An in
cident that is rarely seen was the
recovery OF a tumble by Williams.
He was to make a cross buck
through the Eugene line and as
the ball was passed it was dropped
Without an apparent checking of
speed, Williams picked up the
sphere aud plunged through the
line for a gain Of 5 yards. Quite as
sensational was a play by fSpagle.
Eugene interforenee boxed him for
the ball to round end. Spagle
,tbrew himself on his back reached
ont with his hand and caught the
funner and downed him with q
fhi1d The coupe was as fine in