Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-10-11
TWENTY-FIVE TO NOTHING.
Portland MedicS No Match for
Farmers i'm Saturdays Game.

school Saturday on the local field
to the tune of 22 too. The game
from the start on the part of OAC
bows was fast and furious and not
even for a minute was there any
doubt as to the final outcome nor
were the medical students any
match whatever at any stage of
the game or at any particular
position on the line.
In not a single instance did the
medical students have the ball
nearer than IS yards to their goal l.
The final score was obtained in
just 22H minutes from the time
of starting. A thunder storm
which had been threatening for
some time, burst forth in fury Just
as the second half of game COM
menced and the medics threw up
their hands and said quit.
Not that the M. Ds. did not
play good ball for they did: but
the farmers played better than
they ever played before. Had
the game continued until the end
the score would have been fully
so to nothing, for when the game
ended our boys were just getting
into fighting shape while the op-
posing team was almost demoral-
lied. The medics averaged
greater weight than Our own
boys but that weight was not
evenly distributed, the heaviest
man was fully 275 pounds while
the lightest was scarcely more
than 125.
Graves, the monstrous big ceu-
ter, was a magnificent specimen
genus homo, but was beefy and
no match for the agile Walker
who was fully IS pounds lighter.
The first touchdown was made
by OAC in three and half min
utes from the kickoff. The Sec
ond in eight minutes and another
that was declared a foul in twelve
minutes, and that way the game
went until the close. The side
liners during the first few clinches
went wild with delight but it
soon became so onesided that in
terest subsided to such an extent
that when the storm broke upon
the scene, spectators made no
demonstration and no one cried
"play ball."
Of course there was some fine
individual playing on the part of
OAC but this would have been
impossible without support of the
team. 1t is not simply the men
who play to the grand stand that
deserve the honor, for the men
who by their interference make
such playing possible, work just
as hard and are just as deserving
of praise. The one great de-
feet of our team is that of
fumbling and itshould be stopped.
1t seems to be nobody's fault in
particular but it can and ought
to be avoided before we pay
dearly for il. 1t may be that all
do not thoroughly understand
the signals, or the quarter does
not give them out clearly enough
or the masks that some of the
boys wear on their heads inter-
fere with their hearing or there is
not enough time between the
signal and the play for all to
grasp it, but this is certain the
fault ought to be corrected at
once. In one instance the whole
team went off and left the ball
lying on the ground, but it was
luckily seen in time to save it.
With this one exception the
OAC team is in magnificent
shape and if increasing honors
do not interfere with regular prac-
tice We stand as good a show for
the championship as any team in
the league.
Their left guard Ross, although
a giant in stature and frame was
clumsy as compared with his
wiry opponent Bundy, who was
nearly a hundred pounds lighter.
Our boys were somewhat in doubt
as to the outcome when the med
les arrived on Saturday, but what
ever tear may have been in their
hearts was dispelled during the