The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-11-19
CHAMPIONSHIP
BADLY MUDDLED
0. 4. c. Has Claim With
Few Victories
IDAHO GIVEN PREFERENCE
MiDDLEToN's MEN HAVE BEEN
DEFEATED BUT HAVE RE-
GENTLY TAKEN STRONG

ball championship belong? This is the
prize puzzle which the coaches, players
and newspapers all over Idaho, Oregon
and Washington have been trying tC
figure out, since Whitman's defeat by
Idaho, Saturday.
The only unbeaten team in the north
west is 0. A. C. and the Oregon "Ag-
gies" are not a bit bashful in claiming
all the honors which may seem to be
theirs. But although by continued
elivination, the Corvallis team nc
doubt has the championship in name
it is doubtful if she deserves it.
Where Are They At?
The. actual status of the muddles is
this: Oregon beat Idaho, 81 to 5. o. A
G. beat Oregon to 0. Whitman beat
Washington IL to and Idaho beat w
S. C.s5 to 4. Oregon also" beat Wash
ington, to 0. 0. A. c. has then
beaten Oregon, which has beaten Ida
no, who beat w. S. c.. and the latter
beat Washington. In this way the Ore
gon Agriculturists figure they are the
victors by playing but one game.
They also beat Whitworth by fiuke,
5 to 0. a team WHICH Whitman wall
loped without difficulty to the tune OF
II to 0. The exact status is hard to
reckon Either o. A. c. must be grant
ed their cheaply earned championship
earned because the referee would not
let Moullen drop backand kick. a de-
referee would repudiate, and which
Walter Camp said was unfair-either
this must be granted or some effort
must be made to extract the real win
ner from the hopeless tangle of the
other schools Washington may be
counted out, having lost two games,
unless she wins Thanksgiving day from
Idaho Oregon. w. S. c.. Idaho and
Whitman have each lost one game and
may be said to be on an equal basis.
How the championship can be dug out
of this muddle is hard to see. OF
course, the winners of the Thanksgiv-
ing games. should, have something to
say, but. if Idaho skins Washington,
then at least she should be entitled to
play O. A. c. a post season game.
o. A. C. Schedule Was Poor.
The compilers of the o. A. C. sched-
uie for this year certainly did one of
the punkest jobs ever done by any col
lege. Aside from Whitworth, they have
played but one game. This game won
by the ignorance of an official should
not entitle the Oregon school to first
down on her honors and let Oregon go
ahead and win the championship for
her.
An Intercollegiate League.
1t seems as if some method should
be devised for next year by which the
determined. A league of the six big
schools. Oregon, O. A. c., Washington,
w S. c.. Idaho and Whitman. might
be formed. These schools to cut out
and athletic clubs and get down to
business the first of the season. Each
school should play each other school
in the course of the season, and a
percentage of games won and lost
would figure the championship just. the
same as in league baseball. To do this
it would be necessary for every school
to play every other school in order to
make it work. but six games could be
managed if they We're started early
and played one a week. 1t is almost
impossible for a school to play with
other schools just about as good, all
season, and not be out of form one
day. This is the case with Whitman.
Playing several games she did not lose
one. until out Of form, she was de-
feated by Idaho. Every Walla Walla
spectator says Idaho could never do
1t again, yet Whitman IS reckoned
down and out.
Schedule COMMITTEES.
At all events, it seems as if the later
games of the season should not be
scheduled until it is seen how things
are coming out.
Or another plan would be to have a
committee from the various colleges
meet and arrange the northwest sched-
.ule. In this manner it could be fixed
SO that the game would mean more and
that team would have better chance
to show it's real worth Until some SIM
liar plan is adopted, the championship
will be like it was a year ago when w