The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-12-28

to two touchdowns, making the
game tie so far as crossing goal
lines was concerned. and leaving
the final turn of victory to the is
sue of goal kick.
The game is characterized by
experts as one of the greatest ever
played on Mu1tnomah field. Ches-
fer Murphy, the star in many al
gridiron contest, is reported to
have said afterward, that it was
the hardest game that he ever
played in. A well known sport
ing editor said: "It is the best game
seen on Multnomah field in years.
Another sporting editor said, "OA
G is the strongest college team that
played in the Northwest this
year"
The Oregonian says: "The
farmer students sent against the i
clubmen an eleven that was, by all
odds, the best and fastest that the
club has met this year,
George Mcmillan, the veteran
coach and former captain of the
Multnomah team said: ut was
one of the hardest, cleanest and
best football games ever played on
Multnomah field. It took Just "a
plays for OAC to cross Mu1tno-
mah's goal, feat never before ac-
complished against the club team"
The game won for the Aggie
players such repute as they never
gained before. That they managed
to score at all against the c1ubmen
was surprise to experts. When
they repeated the performance and
actually played rings all around
them throughout the first half it
was a revelation, and when in the
face of overwhelming odds they
played the giants to a standstill
throughout the game they made
their performance for the day sol
spectacular that the 5000 specta-
tors who saw the game, Multnomah
supporters and all, showered them
with plaudits and admiration.
Though defeat, still it was a
victory for the Orange.
Two hundred and twenty nine
people journeyed from Corvallis to
see the game. The special train
pulled out with four coaches well
filed and another was added at
Forest Grove. Orange co1ors
adorned the cars and locomotive
and added color to the attire of
the passengers. In Portland hun
dreds of OAC students and alumni
had gathered to see the game, sol
that when the excursion train ar
rived orange colors and orange en-
thusiasm was everywhere. At the
game before the play began it look
ed like there was more enthusiasm
for OAC than for the clubmen,
half dozen times over, and by the
end of the game, by their brilliant
performances the Aggie boys had
the good will and admiration of
everybody, hundreds of Portland
people shouting for them as full
lunged as the best OAC supporters.
The game was replete with bril-
liant features. Until the very last
moment the spectators hung breath
less on every play. The spectacu-
lar touchdown by the Aggies on al
kickoff in the first half and a few
seconds of play showed what might
happen in twinkling. 1t made the
1ookerson know that until time was
called, the game was anybody's. S.
In that play Murphy caught GA
Cs kickoff on the Multnomah ten
yard line and started to run in. Al
most at the same moment figure
in a yellow and blue jersey struck
him like catapult. 1t was ter
rible tackle, so fierce that the ball
dropped. Three more figures
in the orange and blue sweaters
were by this time on the spot. How
they had got ,thtre through the
pha1anx of Multnomah men, no.
body knows. How they could havel
passed the giants, nobody has yet
guessed, but they were there and
one of them got the ball. It wasl
Abraham. The others piled at |
once on Murphy, while Abe shot !
away for a touchdown. 1t was all !
done so quickly and so brilliantly |
that it was over before >onlookersl
knew what was taking place. Then
pandemonium broke loose. The
galleries were shrieking, scream
ing mass of excited and delighted