Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-10
FOOTBALL IN
NORTHWEST
AFTER SEASON REVIEW OF THE
COACHES AND THEIR TEAMS
q. OF W. CHAMPIONS OF THE

close OF the college foo TAIL season
in the Pacific Northwest, with the
University of Washington hol liz &
the championship title. Washing
tons claim to the title was establish
ed notwithstanding The tie game
with Washington State College and
the pos,-season wall from Pu,Man.
The latter team made o most cr".li-
table record. but its tie games with
both Washington and iaano and It's
/ failure to meet and defeat eith"r
Oregon or o. A. c. eliminates 1t from
championship consideration. Coach
Dobie proved the wisdom 1T his
choice at Seattle, for he turned cut
the best team that Washington has
seen since the days of Jim knight.
The Evergreen eleven was strong In
all departments Of the game. espec
ially in the use Of the forward mass.
The Washington lineup contained a
number of individual stars. such as
Coyle, Babcock. Tegtmeier, Muckle-
stone. Grim and Eakin. Coyle show
ed better form than any freshman
quarter the Northwest has seen, and
Eakin proved himself to be the IT
the best punters ne s.rSon has pro-
duced.
The only blot on Washington's r,c.
ord was the playing of Mucki.stOic
and Eakin. both of whom shoulc
have been declared negligible by lite
faculty athletic committee. Wash
ington's excuse for playing theyc
men is lame one. 1t is based ON
the smallest kind of technicalliy.
They were students at the North
Dakota Agricultural College last
year, and the spirit OF the four-year
rule demanded that they be excluded
from playing on the Washington ri.
even until next year.
Washington excuse for playing
these men is based on the fact that
they entered the college as freshmen
this year and were therefore in the
preparatory school class when they
played in North Dakota. The ex-
cuse is too thin to be accepted by
other members of the Conference anil
the feeling is quite general tlat
Washing .on's action is a most op-I..
fragrant and notorious violation OF
the rules. Washington has heretofore
enjoyed the confidence Of her sist, i
institutions here in the Northwest
for acting sQuarely upon matters Of
.u.s AInu, Dul AGA iecenL actiun lenus
to spoil her creditable record ana "
ues..oy VAC innueA~e " Lne Conner
cnce.
. 1ne writer is OF the opinion tina
tneie Should We meeting VI tnt
Conference at an early uate ana tnal
the years residence ron anu rOLnei
4ueslIuus lnat NE season mas pro-
duced should be thresned out and
written DOWN in no uncertain terms
Washington mad a cOrking good
team anu could undoubtedly nave
won the championship without
Muckels. and Eaklns. Other
Northwest institutions lined up tt
both the letter and the spirit OF the
rules and there is no excuse toi
" asningtOn $ failure 70 do SO. The
attack of the Seattle papers ON the
, Pullman eleven for alleged violation
of the rules Of the Conference By
playing Dehner, Bryan and Hahn
comes with poor grace when ont
stops to consider the playing OF Ea'
kin and Mucklestone.
Too much credit cannot be given
" Bob Forbes for the splendid team
he turned out at Oregon. He begar
the season with four old men and
squad of unframed freshmen, ant
finished by scoring victories over o
A. G. and MultnOmah. The victor,
DER o. A. c. was one of the big sur
prises of the season. Oregon won be-
cause her men played better football
and put more fight into their game
The individual ability of MOullel
was directly responsible for the re-
suit of the game, but the chances
which Moullen had were made posi-
BILE by the superior ability of hi!
ity to handle punts, first-clas kick
er, and quartette OF fast ends were
factors that contributed to Ore
CONS success. Most of the Eugene
men will be in college next year and
If the athletic management of the
university is wise Forbes will be re-
tanned. Under his coaching Oregon
should have most formidable team
next year.
There is no denying the fact that
the Agricultural College eleven was
somewhat overrated and that some
OF the members were the victims oil
overconfidence. Because they Dr.
feated Oregon last season and re
cause their lineup contained a wa
jority Of last years veterans. tbs
Corvallis men figured on another vic
tory. Norcross worked hard to over
come this unwarranted confidence o.
the part OF his players End their 40