Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-12

Fierce line bucking, heartrendine
xumbles, wretchcd punting and mag
mi8cent stands characterized the play.
ing of the Willamette eleven in their
game agains Multnomah Saturday
Never before this season had the Will.
aamette men made so many fumbles, or
did such poor kicking. But, on the
other hand, never in all her long years
of history, has the cold school" sent
out team which could batter an OPP
posing line to pieces, as they did the
giant Multnomahs last Saturday, and,
for the first time in the history Of Multi
nOmah football, she was twice within
a few feet Of the Willamette gao1, but
could not carry the ball over. Out
weighed "a pounds to the man, it
seemed foolish to suppose that the To-
cal men could hold their own for min.
ute, but they did, and did magnificent
ay. Time and time again, Pollard,
RAIDER and Mace would smash into that
Zine Of giants and on through like a
catapuit, bringing ear-splitting yells
from the throats of the 200 enthusi-
astic Salem rooters in the grandstand
and Oa the side lines. And when Cap.
tain Long, with the pigskiu tucked
safely under his arm, went sailing
around the end and down the field for
n 3o.yard run, the crowd simply went
wild and for few minutes pande-
mohium reigned supreme.
But although Long, Pollard, RAIDER
;aBd Mace, because of the fact that they |
carried theb all, stod out as the bril- |
liant players Of the game, there were
three men in the center of that line
who win ever stand out as three of !
Willamette's greatest football players,
because of their work in Saturdays
game. Nelson, the baby center, pit.
ted against the giant Grieve, and out
weighed two to one, played him to
'standstill. Marker, the faithful, gave
the famous DIR. Ross, said to be the best
guard on the coast, the game of his
life. Not once did he succeed in break
5ng through, to break up the play, as
he has been doing heretofore this year.
james fully redeemed himself for his
poor punting, by not only holding his
part of the line intact, but twice break
ing through and getting the man with
the ball, several feet behind the line.
Never once did the Multnomahs pierce
the line for a good gain, but was forced
60 reply upon short end runs and punt
ing. The club men were held for downs
more times than the collegians were,
and failed to carry the ball nearly as
far with the comparative number of 8
PUSHES, but by the superior punting of '
Murphy and Blanchard they saved c
themselves. In short, the Willamette I
men outplayed their opponents in every {
department Of the game except in punt Q
ing.
IL was worth a trip TO Portland to
see the look of surprise on Chester Muir. e
phys face, after he had signaled for
the famous right wing shift, with a
which he made a 60.yard run against X
Oregon, and 'Racehorse" Mace smashed i
through and downed him nearly fiev a
yards behind the line. The Multnomah a
were surprised when Lon q
ergan, the only man who could carry n
the ball for big gains had succeeded in u
getting around every willamette man, a
with the exception of Beach, and his o
Immediately credited him .
with touchdown, for didn't his record {
state that no single man had ever {
iowned him. But they reckoned with {
,ut their host, for when Beach dove in
10 him he came down like log. Beach
vent into the game in, but played the
game Of his life. With the exception of
no famous Murphy, he is without
ioubt the best quarterback in the state,
The greatest crisis in the game came =,
a the second half, when the eollegians :,
made such magnificent stand ON their !,
'wn four-yard line aud then again on q
heir Que yard line. For IS minutes the
lass of bali that was played has prob
Ibly never been surpassed on the coast
I'm Eastern man, who has seen Eastern Il