The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-12
SIX TO V
The Score-In Saturdays
Football Game-C o1legians
Left the Field

Six to five was the score in the
football game at Portland Saturday
and the one point that won the
game went to r Multnomah and
against OAC. The game was not
played to a finish because, DR..
Sickle, disguised with the tactics
of Multnotnah players, called his
men from the field a few minutes
after the second half opened. It
was a regrettable occurrence, but
the action of DR.. Sickle and his
men was cheered by three-fourths
of the grandstand and the side lines
and So far as known, is approved
by all Corvallisites who saw it, and
as well as by all who have heard
the story Of the occurrences as they
happened. People swarmed around
the OAC players as they passed
from the field to the dressing room,
and showered words of congratula-i
ton npon them. At the hotel and
in the streets many members of the
Multnomah club warmly congratul-5
ated DR.. Sickle, Captain Root and
all the members of the team upon.
the incident. There were a few
Kisses from the Multnomah roofing
squad Of IS Or 20 boys: and men,
but the demonstration in that di..
rection was very feeble.
It was a merciful act for the spec
tators when the OAC men were
called from the field. From the be-
ginning, the game was character
lied by wrangliug,' bulldozing of
officials and interminable delay. A
common sight on the field was the
whole Mnltnomah bunch swarming
around the officials, disputing,
shaking their fists and laundering
out their disapproval of decisions
or plays by the College men. The
display of hoodlumism was so rank
that 200 or 900 people left the
grounds. disguised, at the end Of
the first half, declaring that they
would never attend another foot
ball game conducted by the present
Multnomah team. It took an
hour and a half to play the first half
Of only 80 minutes, the extra time
being employed almost exclusively
in wrangling, Raging and bad
temper. Captain Root says the
Multnomah men wrangled more in
that one thirty-minute half than all
{ the other teams in the seven games
that OAC has played this season.
It was to stop a proceeding that
, was not football at all, but a traves
ty on the game that DR.. Sickle
signalled to his men to quit the
field. It was not because of any
particular decision, but in a gener
al protest against the tactics, foul
ing and tomfoolery, that the action
was taken,
The close of tue game had some
: of the dramatic in it. In the kick
off at the opening Of the second hall
Root booted the sphere over thu
goal line. The ball on the return
kick by Multnomah was run into
the center of the field by OAC. AT
ter two or three downs Emily witt
a good interference got away for a
80 yard run and carried the ball to
Multnomah' 20 yard line. Thel
bedlam broke loose. The who'll
d Mu1tnomah bunch swa1med arount
c the officials, each with his beak il
d the functionary's face with boil
v fists beating the air and jabberins
wildly. This lasted for two NOR
tai minutes. "Play ball; play ball,
shrieked the g%randstand for til
hundredth time. "Play ball; pla,
ball, echoed back the sidelines Will
the jabbering and jesticulation wen
on, The OAC men were in a grou.
Surrounding the ball on Multno
mah's 20 yard line, while the gam
= of jawbone and jabber was running
its weary length near the center c
the field. Tired, worm and wretch
r ed, the officials stood silent Will
the storm ragged round them. Afte
a long. long time the referee, az
. parently with unwillingness, mech
: anically raised his arm and signal
q ed for the College boys to brin
J, back the ball. Hundreds of voice
in the grandstandfand on the side
! lines shouted, rtno." The Colleg
ians hesitated a moment. A we
= known voice along the sideline rop
called them. With Captain Roc
in the lead they walked to wher
dr. Sickle stood, passed under tn
|. rope and started for the club house
Through the crowd in the grand
q stand there ran first a murmur O
approval and then a burst of en-
phatic applause which was caugt
up blythe 1000 people On the side
lines. The shadows of the e%venin: