Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-11-22
KICK WINS GAME.
Score u. of o. 6, o. A. G. S, in
Saturdays Game.

IeQudiSQ the SdlHC VI last oalui
day between the University of
Oregon and the Oregon Agricul-
tural College. Never before on
the local field or elsewhere has
there been more uuquenchable
lot of football enthusiasts and
never before was there ever seen
"a muddier lot of players, for there
were times when one team could
not be distinguished from the
other and individual men could
not be recognized except by the
positions they played.
The rain, driven by a high
wind, literally fell in torrents.
Wave after wave fell upon the
field until it was literally sub
merged. 1t smote the faces of
those who journeyed to the
field, soaked fine broadcloth suits,
beat through umbrellas and
ruined many lady's fine gown.
Everybody was soaking wet, yet
no one budged for was not the
game of the season about to be
played upon the sodden field, the
game upon which thousands of
dollars had been staked and upon
which men had been in training
for months and upon the success
of which went the championship
of the state of Oregon? People
yelled until their throats refused
to. utter a sound. The OAC
bleechers three hundred strong
on a stand erected for the occa-
sion, discharged volley after VOL
ley until the very GROUND trem-
bled and to which the feeble
efforts of the Eugene shouters
seemed but whispers. A trac-
ton engine fitted with a big
three-foot gas pipe whistle an
swered the rooters but even this
could scarcely be heard when
they gave their yells.
Walker was the hero of the
day for OAC. Just after the
second half began and Eugene
was making rapid gains for
another touchdown, Walker
emerged from particularly
nasty mix-up, with the ball un-
der his arm and made a e5-yard
run for a touchdown. Walker
weighs 200 pounds and does not
claim to be sprinter, but the
way he threw mud and gravel
with the whole Eugene pack at
his heels, threw the sideliners in
to spasms of delight. 1t was
several minutes before the SEN
sation subsided and the opposing
team realized what had been
done. A score of sideliners rushed
out and would have borne Wal
ker around in triumph had it not
been for the clubs of the guards.
When both teams appeared on
the muddy field it was plainly
evident that the Agricultural
College team was several pounds
heavier than the visitors, but the
lOAC bleechers took heart and
their yells broke through the
storm like the rattle of rapid fire
musketry. But once the ball
was kicked off and it fell into the
hands of Eugene and she hit the
line a few times for yardage, the
knowing ones knew that OAC
would very likely meet defeat.
1t took just seven minutes after
Arnspiger returned the punt,
and Joe Templeton was showed
over the line for a touchdown.
The rain fell in sheets, and a goal
seemed a miracle. By brilliant
Ipiece of head work he made the
touchdown possible where he
would have at least an advantage
of the wind. He succeeded, and
his trenchant right foot met the
ball. Up and outward toward
toward the goal posts it scared.
The wind caught it, detected it
a little, but all the force of that
nimble foot withstood the on
slaught of the wind, and the oval,
turning and tumbling like a
wounded bird, sailed between the
posts and the goal was made.
By the mighty booting he gave
the ball Templeton won for Or
egon the college championship of
three states-Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho. The whistle saved