The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-03-05

o. A.c. WON.
Defeated Portland Basket Ball Play
ers With Good Score.
By score of 10 to II, the OAC}
basket ball men defeated the All
Star team of Portland, in q game |
in the college Armory "Wednesday
evening. Between 900 and 400
people were spectators, and most OF
the time helped the play along
With shouts of encouragement, es-
pecially in the case of the colleg-
ians. The game was very exciting
particularly in the latter par OF the
last half, when the Portlanders
made a squirt and for time threat
ened to close up the gap between
their score and the lead the col
ieaians had taken shortly after the
beginning of the game. The de-
| feat is the second the college boys
have handed out to the Portland
PLAYERS this season. the former
game having taken place in Port
land.
i The Portlanders scored the hrst
point, throwing a basket on toui
called on the collegians. Moores
however, quickly tied the score by
throwing basket on a foul and
Swami followed it up with a goal
; from the field fixing the record at,
. OAC, three; All Stars, one. Stew
/ er threw a goal and the Portland
E ers got a basket on foul. Rine-
: hart waited the sphere for pretty
l field goal and Swami followed it
: with another point for OAC made
f on a-foul, making the score eigh,
to two. The Portlanders got goal
I from the field and followed it VI
: with another. to which SWanr
t responded with basket from the
J. field, and added another point OF
d foul, raising the score Of OAC II
n all to II. A Portlander then go
d a basket on dribbled ball. which
|, means that the ball bounded along
d the floor, and though OAC pro
l. tested, the Portland referee said b
II didn't see it, and two points NOR
u were allowed on it to the visitors
/. lifting their score to eight. The!
se the half ended, with the record
er OAC. II; All Stars. eight.
l. In the second half, the collee
ID ians ran their score up to II befor
at the Portlanders were able to max
a point. It was accomplished wit
r. field goal by Steiwer, a foul l
or which one point went to OAC b
ID decision, goal on a foul, throw
IN by Swami, and basket by Moore'
at Then a decision that onlookel
ut didn't understand gave the Por
ds ianders two points, and then Il
er. visitors got a field goal and follow
,ly ed it up with another yielding the
a total of "a points. All the tin
the play was fast and as the g
between the scores seemed closil
the pace was vastly increased. II
players surged swiftly from %
ri end to the other of the long root
and the audience held its breath
f a extreme suspense. The clim
ev. was reached when Steiwer got ne
ev- of the sphere at last and tossed
tar into the basket for another 60
of scoring the last points made
so. either side in the game, and litti
'wo the college total to 1e:
,ce The officials were Applegate
mr.. Portland, referee, and Tharp
me. OAC. umpire.
ape The game was preceded by
at exhibition game between te'
of basket ball girls from the {
fra. leee and another from down to'
the The latter contest was close and
nit citing, and was won by the 10
eet- Town .eam in a score OF one
vel. naught. The teams were, 10
icer Town, Winnie Logan and e
late Adams, forwards, Florence W1e
oble center. Ethel Llnvliie anu M.,
for chipman, guards; sub, my MY
tier Harrington; College. Una SteV
Star and Luella Van Cleve, torwa
here Margaret Mccormick and Fra'
the Gillltely, gua1os' na :.
der center; Mary Danneman,
was Claud Cate, referee, and Theot
aken Garrow, umpire.
Mrs.
with
l. TIMELY HINTS.
ham