Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-12-01
CANNOT UNDERSTAND.
The Following is From the Salem
Statesman.
Twenty-eight to nothing.
And Willamette had the goose.

And Willamette had the goose
egg.
Oh, how chop-fallen the loyal
friends of the Willamette foot
ball eleven looked last evening
as the unwelcome bulletins were
posted in the Statesman window
recording the progress of the ter
rible walloping the boys were
receiving at the hands of the Cor
Wallis "farmersp' No cheers;
no smiles, but sadness and sur
prizes. But there is no use wall
ing about the result; the boys
will do better next tine. Just
read the story of the disaster
from the sporting editor who
witnessed it:
'It passeth all understanding"
For climax of the strangest and
most unsatisfat tory football sea-
son in the history of football in
the Pacific northwest, Willamette
lost to the Oregon Agricultural
College at Corvallis yesterday by
a score OF 28 too. Outweighed
and outplayed, battered and
beaten, the local lads contested
every inch of the ground with a
ferceness and desperation that is
characteristic of their gritty play
ing.
The game served to substan-
tiate the belief that both CORVALLIS
and Willamette are stronger than
the University of Oregon, yet
both have been beaten by the
latter institution, and Eugene has
the Oregon championship. OF
course, Corvallis is a better team
than Willamette, but not nearly
so much SO as the score would
indicate, for there is no denying
the fact that the Salem lads did
not play their best game, OAC's
getting the ball on the kickoff
and carrying it right through for
a touchdown, seemed to daze ard
overwhelm the Methodists, and
they went to pieces at the start.
w. U. has an uncertain team,
and there are many who still
maintain that. it is invincible
when at its best. Yesterday the
fatigue of the train ride, the un-
familiar field, the inclement
weather and many other things
hurt the changes of the Salem
players.
However, Corvallis deserves
the fruits of victory. It is the
general opinion that if U. of O,
had been in Willamette's place
the result would have been prac.
tically the same. The farmers
are simply too heavy for the
other Oregon elevens. Thei1
interference is great and will
; men like, Walker, Dolan, Alb
raham and Root to carry the ball
the attack is irresistible. These
players a-e the stars, but th,
whole eleven played as one man
Returning to the four player
mentioned, Walker and Dolan
the tackles, respectively called
"Fat" and "Fuzzy," deserv
great credit. Walker is too big
to stop, and whenever he wa
called upon to take the ball a bi!
gain resulted. It is evident tha
his transfer from ceuter to tackl
was a wise move. Dolan i
another good ground gamer, bu
he depended upon fine interfe1
ence for his runs, while Wake
was whole team by himsel1
Captain Root at right half live
up to his reputation, his 25-yar
run at the beginning of the gam
: being the longest of the day, a
Corvallis used line-bucking a
most entirely. Abraham, th
full-back, did not prove himse
the star he was credited to b.
but he played good ball.
AS Willamette did not one
make yardage, there were r
offensive stars. Lounsberr,
however, made a good gain whe
he wriggled through the tsrme
for 15-yard run, the occasic
being Corvallis kickoff from Il
25-yard line after touchdown
He was also given the ball f
another gain of four yards In
mediately afterward, but t
teammates failed to make up t