East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-12-25

At the request of football enthu-
siasts of Pendleton and other high
school towns of eastern oregon, Mark
Moorhouse, referee for the high school
has selected an all-eastern oregon
1908 team.
The team selected by Moorhouse is
given above and in the following COM
municatIon he sets forth the various
qualities that he considers in making
his selections.
II has not been the custom to pick
an all-interscholastic football team in
eastern Oregon until this season;
therefore the selection of first team
Is made hard for the reason that l
did not have the subject in mind at
the opening of the season, and the
games were not written up in a man
ner to judge the players in the games
which were not seen personally.
However, have been particularly for
tunate this season in being able to see
all OF the big games, with the excep-
ton Of the Baker-La Grande game.
which was forfeited in the second
half
The players of ontario and Union
and Cove are necessarily not consd-
cred, inasmuch as each team only
played in one of the big games.
Better Football.
The high schools of eastern Ore
gon are playing better football each
season, the men are understanding the
game better for the reason the boys
who have played in the grammar
grades are now entering the high /
school, and further as the game ad- |
vances 1t has great tendency to
keep the boys in school to their senior
year, where few years ago the great
er percentage of the boys dropped out
OF school before their junior year.
The eastern Oregon schools are an
equal If not superior to the western
oregon schools at football, as shown
by the defeat of the champions of
western Oregon by Pendleton, both in
1907 and 1908.
Klmbrell at Quarter.
The first position to be picked will
be that of quarter. Kimbrell of PEN
dleton Is the most likely man for
this position, as he is sure passer,
excellent in interference, could be
used we'll to run down under punts,
for he is very fast and a sure tackler
though he did not tackle as hard as ,
q number of men this season. He has
demonstrated that he is able to re-
ceive the forward pass. Where Kim .
brell was most depended upon in the
games this season as well as last was
as safety. He was fairly sure to catch
the ball without a tumble and with !
Baker in the back field for intefer- |
ence, he averaged more yardage in !
running in punts than any other safe I
ty this season. 8
Denham of Baker City, was a quar- r
ter of very high class for high
school team being very close to Kim
brell, and only failing in not being as Z
aggressive in the open field. c
Baker Stands Alone. o
The next position in the minds of Il
he public is fullback. Baker of PEN q
leton stands alone in this position b
his season. There was none so pro- II
'iclent in kicking. his punts were long a
md high, giving his ends ample time o
o get well under them, though he was
lampered this season by having slow, Il
yreen ends, with the exception of II
shaw, who only played part of the c.
,ames Should he have ends such as k
Jlles and Jewett no team this season a
ould have kept the ball out of their ri
'wn territory against him. Besides
icing able to punt well he is a fair
Y good back place kicker. Baker is la
hard worker in the game, backs 81
Ip the line well, and a good ground M
amer and always assisting the man j.