The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-11-25
HOW ABOUT THAT
CHAMPIONSHIP?
RECORDS OF THE VARIOUS FOOT
BALL TEAMS THROUGH THE
NORTHWEST.


colleges of the northwest as to the ne
cessity of having some set of rules to
determine the championship, the mixup
and middle they are in this year over
the first honors, certainly ought to be.
Every paper and every school has a
team they are championing for the
coveted first place and indeed there is
absOlu ely no way at all. of determin-
ing the winning college of the north
west this years
Oregon Agricultural college seems
to be the one which would be chosen
for the place, having met no defeat and
not having been scored against this
year. But look at her schedule, one
hard game, that won by very small
score. But granting that victory, as it
must needs be granted what else did
she play? Whitworth, Willamette, Pa
cific and Astoria high Not one that is
III the college class, except perhaps,
lucky game, or even the fact of playing
but one game, luck or no luck, this
Oregon school wants the championship.
1t is hardly fair
Oregons Record.
Yet if not to O. A. c., then to whom?
To Oregon? What has Oregon done ?
All she could do against the much
beaten L. of w. team was to 0. Ida
no was not in shape when she played
Oregon or there would have been
something doing, everyone admits that.
Oregon, with her light schedule.
should never be given the champion
ship, at least not until she plays de-
cent schedule. Her claim of second
place, championed by the Spokesman
Review, is scarcely in good taste.
Nor is that of Idaho for third, al
though Idaho has not shirked hard
games. Beaten by Oregon, she played
w. S. c. and Whitman, much to their
sorrow. But she can not lay claim to
anything unless she beats some of the
Oregon schedule. But she is ahead of
things, in her playing.
-. u.
played a rather light schedule. Dodg-
ing hard games in the first of the sea-
son, she has up more than 200 points
against her puny opponents and it was
a decided relief wher, Idaho shut up
her demands for a post season game.
She is down and out, say the critics,
yet she has met defeat no more than
any other school, with the single ex-
made a schedule which for itself, was
certainly peach.
Whitman's Record.
AS for Whitman, she has met but one
defeat. She too. is down and out. Yet
there can be no kick as to Whit
mans schedule. Whitworth, Multno-
NAH, Idaho, Washington, all hard
games except perhaps the first. Will
lamette was also booked, but failed to
appear. Whitman has as good a claim
as any other school, except o. A. c.,
and perhaps as good as that.
Then the u of W., beaten as she
now has been, certainly has extenuat-
ing circumstances. Where is the team
which has played the schedule she
has? Nine games, every one a hard one.
for her Men knocked out, yet playing
every game. albeit with some small
amount of kicking. she has carried out
the hardest schedule of any college in
the northwest and deserves credit for
it.
Arrange Schedules.
There is no championship. That is
the only solution of the matter. o. A. c.
cannot consistently claim it. Oregon.
Idaho, Whitman, W. s. c., have all
been beaten once. What is to be done?
Nothing, this year. but next year let
the colleges get together and decide
some way of scheduling games so that
there will not be the everlasting
wrangle among the champions. This
is the cause of much hard
feeling and useless bitterness, among