The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-10-22
WILL VICTORY REST WITH
UTAH, OR WITH OREGON, :
NEXT WEDNESDAY.
A Battle of State Against State, and
the Outcome in the Balance
Utah. hssMen Are Mighty in
Size and Strength, but
Oregoniaps Are
Swift.

In Corvallis, an uppermost thought
in the minds of college students
and many downtown citizen just
now Is, will Oregon or Utah win in
the big gridiron contest to take
place on o. A. G. field next Wed.
nesday. Football is a game of
mathematical figures, dependent
upon the success for the speed, pre-.
cision and power with which men
can form themselves into a group
and force the oval forward. Be-
cause of it's mathematical science,
it has gained hold on all manner
of people, and is growing more
widely popular every day. It's
growth in public favor is largely en-
HANGED by new rules that make the
play far more open, and by which the
danger to players is largely minim-
lied. Accordingly with a battle on,
in which it is Oregon against Utah,
and Utah represented by twenty
giants said to average in weight
over 200 pounds, local interest in
the coming game is at high tension i.
| Big az are the men from the
Mormon state, the case is not hope.
less for the Oregon lads. They are
a goodly lot to stand for the pride
of the state. They are fine speci-
mems of Drawn, strength and speed
even in state that produces the fin.
est specimens of the kind in the
world. They will play fast ball,
and show team work such as was
never before seen on college field
They may be overpowered by sheer
weie ht in the coming game, but old
Uts b will have to be mighty bright
as well as big, if the Oregon warri.
ors do not some time and some where
find a hole through which to stea
for aa occasional look at the Nor
; mon goal post. Known facts like
t these give O. A. G. students and
3 supporters bit of confidence II
spite of the odds in weight. 1
: makes them feel as if old Oregon
and the orange colors would be de
: ! Tended with spirit born out Of hel
: own soil and her own fresh air, ant
that inch by inch, foot by foot, yart
by yard the advance of the invad
! ing giants will be honorably ant
+ powe1fully disputed.
a The Utah men played trium
:, phant season last year. They wer
e never beaten, and they are not in
g vading Oregon for the purpose G
e beil defeated now. They hav
It alb ut twenty big men to throw int
, ths ir lineup, which is a showing c
: . resources few western colleges ca
= m ter. The game, under the Gil
q cur, stances is one to awaken i'm
}, me SO interest, and there is no won
J. de, that Corvallis business house
70 ar" o close, and that people ar
l. coniing from all the adjoining town
d to see the play, and to see how th
Q battle is to 60.
Q On O. A. c. field, this, Saturda
afternoon, the second team of tn
= O. A. G. football eleven play
; against the first team of the Port
3 land high school. The Poitlandel
70 - are to arrive on the Westside g
!, noon, and the game will begin 6
n 2:30. A spirited defense Of the Of
J. ange colors will be put up by th
3. second teamers, who are we'll pre-
n pared for the contest. Among th
9. players are lads certain to be hear
g of later as gridiron warriors, an
T. the team as a whole is probably th
q . best junior eleven the college ha
= ever turned out. More than one
,e them will doubtless be crack play
r ers on the o. A. G. first team ne1
year.
- The lineup for today's game hs