Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-03-18
DALLAS WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
o. A. c. Defeated in Fastest Game
Ever Seen in Corvallis
ON Last Friday.

The Dallas College basketball team
clinched its hold on the state cham
pionship when it defeated the Oregon
Agricultural College tenn by a score
of II to Is, in Corvallis, last Friday
night. The game was closely con-
tested throughout, and it was the SEN
sational goal thrown by Wilson, three
minutes before the final whistle blew,
that dashed O. A. C.'s hopes to the
ground and gave Dallas the victory.
The Dallas boys, although somewhat
bewildered on the large court, played
splendid ball, and were cheered to the
echo by over one hundred loyal rooters
who had chartered special train in
order to attend the game,
The Corvallis team has been beaten
only twice on it's own floor, the victory
both times being won by the Dallas
team. The game Friday evening
settles beyond question the state
championship for this season, and
also helps to lessen the glory of
Seattles victory in Dallas, as the Cor
Wallis team was the only team in Ore
gon that was successful in winning a
game from the husky Washington
lads last winter.
The game in Corvallis, Friday
night, was clean and remarkably free
from wrangling or disputes. Referee
VanOrsdel called fouls on both teams
with equal impartiality, and the de-
cisions of the Corvallis umpire were
just in every instance
The only cause of regret among the
Dallas people who visited the game is
the rough and ungentlemanly treat
ment to which they were subjected as
the train was leaving Corvallis. Not
content with stealing the signal
lanterns on the train, cutting the bell
cord and piling cordwood under the
car wheels, q band of hoodlums
lined up along the track, and, as the
train began to move, threw mud upon
the passengers by the handful. Several
persons standing on the platforms
we're struck by rocks, and many suits
and overcoats were ruined by the
volley of mud that was thrown. A
every street crossing from the depot t.
the north end of town this disgracefu
performance was repeated, and whel
} the Train reached the suburbs man
: of the passengers who had been TN
/ able to crowd into the coaches wei
plastered with mud from head to foo
The excursionists were SO surprise
: and astonished at such q display o
, ruffianism in town where they haC
gone as friendly visitors that the.
could scarcely realize what had hap
pened. This surprise gave way tC
indignation when it was recalled by
many passengers that among the
rowdies making the cowardly assault
were a large number of young men
wearing the caps and uniform of the
college.
No blame is attached to the good
people Of Corvallis, to the college
team, or to the college faculty for the
disgraceful conduct Of this band of
young toughs, and the OBSERVER has
but one word of suggestion to the
managers of the school. Polk county
pays annually something over $500 in
taxes for the support of the Agri-
cultural College, and we would advise
that a part or all Of this money be
spent in training a number OF the
students to be gentlemen. Such a
course Of study is badly needed in the
o. A. G. curriculum, and the people of
Polk county, especially those whose
clothing was ruined by mud and
whose arms and bodies we're bruised
by flying stones and missiles, will
cheerfully pay their part of the ex-
pense,