Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-02-12
LOST GAME TO WASHINGTON
Dallas College Went to Defeat In
Hardest Fought Basketball
Game of the Season.


home floor. The game with the Uni
versity of Washington on Tuesday
evening was battle royal, in which
strength and weight were matched
with skill and science, and the ath-
letes from the North used their super
ior force to make the contest the most
brutal exhibition of amateur sport
ever seen in Dallas. The college boys
are so badly bruised and crippled that
they will not be in good playing trim
for many weeks, and possibly not
again this season.
Mcdonald, the University center, is
a physical giant, and is perhaps the
most perfect specimen Of the trained
and developed athlete on the Pacific
Coast He is over six feet tall, weighs
1873 pounds stripped, and is as quick
and active as a cat. Skill counted for
naught against his style of playing,
and the Dallas men who went up
against him were swept aside like so
many straws, OF else crushed to the
floor. When he got possession of the
ball, he forced his way through all
opposition and threw it into the basket
at will. The Washington men were
all large, husky fellows, and out
classed the Dallas players from 20 to
80 pounds to the man. The Washing
ton referee was under the control of
Mcdonald, and did the big fellows
bidding at all times.
The game was simply terrific. The
first half was foot -ball-not basket
ball. The second half was a decided
Improvement on the first, and the
spectators had the privilege Of seeing
some of the swiftest work ever put on
in Dallas. In handling the ball and
in team work, the Dallas players were
far superior to their opponents. In
goal throwing, the Washington men
were decidedly the more proficient.
The score at the end of the first half
stood 70 to in favor of Washington.
In the second half, the lads in Grim
son got together in old-time form,
and, in spite of bruised heads and
twisted knees, played their opponents
to standstill. The final score stood
22 to 16 in favor of Washington. Dur
ing the game Dallas threw five
baskets which were not allowed, be-
cause of technicalities.
Polling played a heroic game at cen
ter, and held down his husky opponent
as no Oregon player has ever been
able to do before. His goal throwing
at critical points added materially to
the Dallas score. Hoffman and Gates
put up consistently strong game at
guard, and were in every play. Will
son and Teats, forwards, played grand
ball and in the last half shot baskets
in a style that brought the six hundred |
spectators to their feet with yells of |
delight.
Although the game is lost, the de-
feat was far from inglorious, and the
Dallas boys accepted the result like
true sportsmen and gentlemen and |
maintained their reputation for being |
clean athletes under all circumstances.
While they fully realize that they were |
given anything but fair opportunity
to win the game, no word Of complaint
has been uttered by any one of them,
and the ever-to- be-regretted whine that
too often comes from a defeated team |
will never be raised by them. They |
played basketball, and played it to
the limit, and are not kicking at the
result
The OBSERVER has no desire to
meddle in young mems sports and
games, but feels confident that it
voices the sentiments of the friends of
the Dallas College team when it sug-
gests to the team officials that they
should be more firm in demanding
the rights and protection which the
rules of basketball afford against un-
fair referees and rough playing. The
Dallas officials, as we'll as players, are
honorable, clean athletes, and they |
seem always to take it for granted |
that their opponents are the same.
This confidence is often abused, and |
it is time for the boys to wise up" a
bit There is such a thing in this
world as being too generous.
MULTNOMAH GAME.
The game between Dallas College
and the Multnomah Amateur Athletic
Club last Friday evening resulted in
a victory for Dallas by a score of II to
5. The game was slow, compared with |
most of the games that have been
played in Dallas this winter, and the
Portland boys showed a lack of
practice. Rasch did the best work for
while the Dallas players
all put up their usual snappy game.
Polling, the college center, threw three
goals from the field. Launer, who
played as substitute on account Of the
illness of Ford, was in the game at
all times, and gave a good account of
himself. The two teams lined up as
follows:
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