Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-25
DALLAS DEFEATS CORVALLIS
College Basketball Team Wins Cham
piOnship of Southern Division
of State League.

The championship Of Dallas College
in the South Division of the Oregon
Basketball League was indisputably
! established Friday night, when the
husky supporters Of the Winged d"
defeated the o. A. @. team, the only
possible rival in the field, by the decis-
i've score Of "a to II in a speedy game
played upon the opponents own court.
Never before was the loyalty Of the
people of Dallas for their basketball
team more conclusively shown than
on last Friday afternoon, when a
throng of 1870 persons crowded on the
special train that had been chartered,
accompanied the home five to Corval-
lis, and heartily supported them
throughout the exciting i've hours
stay in that city. Several friends were
picked up at Monmouth and Indepen-
dence, and yet others were found to be
already in Corvallis when the big Dal-
las delegation arrived in that city, so
that the entire number OF the support
ers Of Dallas basketball prestige
amounted to 200 persons at the least.
Spectators began to swarm into the
0. A. O. armory as early as Z O'Clock,
and by the time the game was called,
at 8:45, every seat was filled and
standing room was at premium, and
the gallerys fairly creaked under the
weight of the stamping, shouting
mass of humanity that crowded them
to overhowing.
Dallas started the game with rush
and gained good lead within the first
five minutes of the play, adding to it
steadily point by point up to the very
last minute of the game. They were
in perfect form, and the value of their
hard and careful training during the
previous two weeks showed in the
swift and unerring precision Of their
passing and guarding. During the
game spectator was heard to say ''No
matter where the ball goes, there seems
to be always red man In front of it,
and these few words sum up briefly
the whole history of that exciting con-
test.
Corvallis played hard and we'll dur
ing the first half, but shortly after the
beginning Of the second half the whole
team seemed literally to go to pieces.
Their team work went to the winds,
and their play resolved itself into
series Of reckless and sensational trys
for goals. Individually, each member
of the Corvallis aggregation played
beautiful game, but in their demoral-
lied condition they were powerless to
stand against the remorseless and sys-
tematic assault of the Dallas veterans.
Again and again the ball was caught
and thrown the entire length of the
court by one Of the opposing guards,
only to come swiftly and surely zig
tagging back to land at last in the
Dallas goal.
When the time keepers whistle
announced the close of the contest,
there was dead silence in the southern
and western galleries, but the northern
side of the big hall-the part occupied
by the Dallas delegation-broke into
tumultuous sound, and roar upon roar
exultantly proclaimed the victory for
the team from Dallas.
The only regret felt by the Dallas
'rooters" was for the loss of the big
pennant-the SCARED and tattered bat
tie flag that they had carried annually
to Corvallis during four years. Just
before the train pulled out Of Corval-
lis, the pennant was in some way
secured by the crowd that surrounded
the depot. Dallas rallied eagerly to
the rescue, and in the exciting combat
for its possession, the flag was fairly
torn to shreds. Some of these frag-
ments are now in possession Of Dallas
people and some are left in Corvallis,
so that it would be difficult to decide
which city can claim the honors Of
possession.
The return trip to Dallas passed
quickly and merrily and the train
pulled into this city in the early hours
of the morning, crowded with weary
and heavy-eyed "rooters," all tired
out but still ready to waken the Sleep
ing town with their hoarse but whole
hearted shouts Of victory.
Only three games now stand between
the Dallas team and the championship
Of Oregon, and every effort will be
made by the home team to keep its
chain Of victories absolutely unbroken !
throughout the present season.
The lineup Friday night was as
follows:
Dallas o. A. G. |
Fenton F Rooper
Craven F Moore
Shaw @ Foster