The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-12-04
A HOT TIME ON THE GR|D|RON
CLOSE OF THE FOOTBALL SEA-
son OF 1914 IN OROyULE
THANKSGIVING DAY
Between OkanOgan and OrOyille High
schools, Final Score 3 to D
in Favor of OrOyiIIe

Owing to coming off so late in the
week mention of the football game
played Thanksgiving day, in our last
issue, was confined simply to an an
nouncement of the score. The game
was by long odds the best, most close
ly contested and exciting ever played
in the county, and is deserving, even
at this late date, of more extended
mention, although, owing to the lapse
Of time, one can hardly set down in
sequence the points of the game. A.
l.. Murray was to have umpired the
game through, but not being present
at the beginning of play Rev. G. II.
Severance acted as umpire for the first
half, Mr.. Murray acting during the
second half g. b. Avery filled the
position of referee, with Chas. Sigrist
on the side lines as head line man
and marker
When the two teaJus lined up on the
field from all appearances the advan-
tage, especially in weight, seemed to
be with Okanogan by odds. They en-
tered the game with the prestige of
not single defeat for the season. and
they ambled to their places with evil
dent reliance in their own prowess
that presaged victory. 1t turned out
that over confidence was really their
undoing. They had met foemen
worthy of their best endeavors, and
while they exerted their best efforts
the efforts of their opponents were a
shade the better, all of which spelled
disaster in the end. AT hardly a per-
1od in the game were the visitors act
ually dangerous Yet while Okano-
gan was doing nothing it required the
application of every ounce of endeav-
or on the part of Oroviile TO do even n
little, and prevent the other fellows
from getting the better of that little.
Had 1t not been for the phenomenal
drop kick executed by Prince, register
ing the only points made, the final
total would have been to 0.
Oroville took the kick off, and from
the very start it was evident that the
game was to be fast, and furious.
Every yard gained by either side was
won only after the toughest kind of
encounter. For the greater part of
the first half the contesting teams
sWayed backward and forward, up and
down the field. The offense on both
sides was fierce at times, but the de-
tense was steadfast, and only slight
yardage could be made by persistent
line bucking, At last Oroville crowd
ed toward the Okanogan goal, at the
west end of the grounds, and reach
ing the 3S-yard line Prince made the
play that put the game on ice for the
home boys. Blair, center, snapped the
pail to Prince, who caught the ball
fairly in the diaphram on the drop and
as the spheroid sailed high in the air
over the bar between the goal posts
the crowd made the welkin and a few
other things fairly ring and rattle by
the Vehemenue of the throaty howls.
1t. was a magnificent kick probably
cnance of one in a thousand at that
distance, yet none the less creditable
to the performer From that period
on unto the end the struggle was ter
rific, Okanogan endeavoring to over
come the slight lead, Oroville strain
ing every nerve to prevent any scor-
ing on the part of the enemy, and ma
king futile efforts to increase the
slight hold upon the game. Several
forward passes on both sides, that
lcoked ominous to the opposition when
started, failed to develop anything
through over eagerness on the part OF
the players at the receiving end At
one time in miXup during the sec
ond half Prince secured the ball and
made 6O-yard run for a touch down,
but the umpire ruled that the player
started after the whistle blew, and the
mighty squirt proved to be wasted en-
ergy. When time was at last called
the two teams We're locked together
on Oroville's 30-yard line, with no
danger signal out, however, as the wa
ter rats of Osoyoos were holding the
new county seat terriers to a stand
still. 1t was great game from every
point of view credit to both teams.
with final score of to O. 1t will
be long time before another such
victory will be registered in this
county.
The following was the lineup of the
teams as they faced each other to do
battle:
Okanogan Positions Oroville
c. Graham Ill. E........C. Cole
V. Nixon ......L T.....M Mitchell
n Richardson L. G......H. Fuller
A. Rich ..C.......W. Blail
G. Moss .....R. G....J. Bovet
l.. Culbertson ..R. T.. DeMerchant