The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-11-27
THE GAME ScoRELEsS.

o. A. c. and University of Oregon
Teams Play Each Other to a Stand
still at Football.
The annual game of football be-
tween the State University and
o. A.-C. elevens was played on
College field Saturday afternoon,
and pigskin history will record that
it was scoreless. It was game to
satisfy the most exacting enthus.
last. At one time. OAC had it al
most in her grasp, when Wolff S
good right leg sent the sphere spin
ming within a foot of field goal. Eu
gene lii ewise, was once within reach
Of it when OAC fumbled and gave
the University the ball on the Col
lege fifteen yard line. The Uni
versity men were poor at handling
the ball. however, and they fumb1ed
back to OAC, by the act, fumbling
away the one and only chance. they
had during the long thirty minute
halves to score.
The two teams were not lily
matched. OAC was fifteen pounds
lighter to the man but played with
a spirit and dash that completely
couuterbalanced the lack, Of beef!
They couldn't smash the heavy
University line for gains, but they
didn't need to. They were better
punters, their back field was better
in handling punts, and their ends
were faster and better in getting
Idown on punts.. The University
1p1ayers were better at rushing the
ball and had a better interference.
They made yardage with consider
able consistency for a part Of the
first half, but after being driven 40
yards or so the Aggies rallied and
stopped their big opponents even
for losses and thereafter the Univer-
sity bunch made no more consist!
1entgains by rushing tactics. After
THAT the game resolved itself large
lily into a punting duel. oa varied by
occasional good runs by Moores for
the University. q The longer punts
land the better handling Of them gave
1OACfa big advantage with the re-
1sult that in the second half the Col
|lege men, starting from their own
leo yard line, gradually worked the
ball to the Univel sity 81 90 yard
line, wherefit rested whenthe game
lended. Eugene strove desperately
1 to- make good an oftIrepeated boast
THAT the sOAC bunch would be
1scalped, and before the game end
led had every available resource
lon the firing line! Moullen
was hurried in to punt and was
easily beaten at the ri business by
Wolff. Hug, who entered the game
as head lineman was taken from
that aucient and honorable position
and sent to CENTER where Cherry
was badly outplaying his atagon.
ist. ~ 1t may be addedthat Cherry
actually did not know until after
the game that the change had beer
made hHa e1H7E 9 tno0h -aysfE
The University has team of Bic
men. Their average weight is I74
OACs only averaged I5o pounds
The excellent showing by the
, lighter and less experienced team
is largely due to the determined
and reckless spirit with which they
went into the game. 1t was one
, of the best exhibit ions of PLUCK
and fighting enthusiasm ever . seer
Ion the local field. at975 h2& n8g32
z The game brought out the fac
that there are new stars in ntht
! OAC eleven. Oneof them is Wolff
a Portland boy whose coolness and
consistency in punting was a large
) factor in saving the day. Though
the. conditions were the worst pos
> sible for kicking and though ht
!, punted many times every trial sen
the sphere long way and appar-
, emily where the fullback wanted il
to Co. His puntsd averaged o3l
yards a while the University.
yielded an average of 20. tAnothel
whose playing was a revelation
was Dobbin, at whom a fierce in
. reference was often driven but who
invariably smashed it with an aac.
J curacy and dash that never failed
i Bennett, Pendergrass and Cherry
Z were other linemen whose work
t stood out, although every man il
} a line position, as the result shows
. did yeoman work. The ends il
getting down on punts and zinRa re
covering the ball on punts were
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