Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-11-17
Boxing Football Racing
UNIVERSITY IS
DISAPPOINTED
TEAM OF ALL STARS BUT THERE
IS SOMETHING WRONG, AS
THEY HAVE NOT WON A GAME
THIS SEASON

AS the football season in the North
west draws to close there is keen
disappointment in the hearts Of one
team and students of one school.
That school has been a leader in the
gridiron battles of the Northwest.
and it is no other than the Universi-
ty of Idaho. The team this year has
been a disappointment to those who
Knew 1t best and TO those who pre-
oicted it to be one or the top notch
ers in the battle for the champion
ship of the Pacific Northwest.
What has been the matter with
iGaho? The question is open to dis
cussion. No one seems to be able to
9ive satisfactory answer. Never
n the his DRY of intercollegiate foot
hall in the Northwest has team
opened the season with such bright
prospects. ldahO's is practically A
team of stars. Men who have be-
come famous on the gridirons OF the
SQUAD at the beginning of practice
and they are members of the team
row. John r. Middleton, probably
the best coach that the Northwest
has known, has worked with the
squad in an effort to get them into
winning form.
Although old football men and
newspapers have predicted the Ida
no team to be one Of the contestants
for the championship this year, one
thing stands out noticeably above all
others. John Middleton never once
mentioned his team as champions,
hut often said the prospects were
not good
When Idaho lost to Oregon the
last day in October many were sur
rrised. Oregon had been pictured as
weak team of freshies who were
the hes. Coach Bill Forbes could
Oregon would beat the husky men
from Moscow. but they did. No, 1t
cannot be said that the Oregon team
defeated Idaho; it was the kicking
of Moullen and Clark. Few times
have Western football players done
such remarkable kicking as these
men in the game two weeks ago.
Idaho could not be blamed for that
defeat. They were just outclassed
IL, the kicking while Oregon was
outclassed in the field.
When the trick was turned a.
Walla Walla again last week follow
ers of the eleven were doubly sur
prised. This was believed to be one
of the easy games of the year and
Idaho expected to take it in a walk
The w. S. c. game Friday was the
hardest battle the Gem State MOI
expected TO encounter, and they were
hardly expected to win, judging
from their other work on the field
this fall.
When has there been such a gath
ering of stars as the men who make
up the Idaho team? They are men
who have been chosen all-Northwest
players and others -no have excel
ltnt records to their credit. Rodney
Small, undoubtedly the greatest
quarterback the Nor Invest has ev-
FL developed, runs the team and he IS
certainly well supported. Savidge
and Armstrong are at the end posi-
tions, and both are great players.
Savidge was chosen all-Northwest
end last year. Stokesberry and Pauls,
two powerful players, are playing
the tackling positions and Hays and
Smith are at guards. Behind the
line there are Johnson, Thornton
and Montgomery, 10-second men.
The line is like a stone wall and the
hacks are speedy and powerful, but
Idaho don't win her games