The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-22
OUTCLASSED BY OKANOGAN.

place lOT the IlTSl game Oh the season. |
The boys had very little expectations |
of winning, and they were not dis |
appointed. The Okanogan team this |
year is made up of both seasoned vet |
Grams of both the Okanogan and Con-
connolly high schools, and both of
those schools had cracking .trong
teams last year. In weight, age and eX
perience they had it all over the skin
MES form Oroville, and the wonder is
that the visitors held the score within
100. This is not dispfraging the ability
OF the Okanoganites. The fact is, they
have the Drawn to compete against
college teams, and FAR outclass any
the way of football squad within the
county limits. The home boys have
only the kindest words for their OPP
ponents, both as to their playing and
the treatment extended on and OFF the
field They played clean ball and won
strictly on merit. TIL? score looks one
sided, standing 81 to 0, but the Okla
nogans did not gather in the points
without effort. Those who were pres
ent declare they never saw light
weights put up a more plucky game.
Until the last quarter Oroville held
the heavyweights wei in hand, but
seemed to go up in the air during the
last session. Two or three times the
light line held their bcefy opponents
for downs within few yards of the
goal line, putting up a most gallant
fight. In two quarters OkanogGn did
not score, showing they did not have
1t all their own way.
The youngsters returned home pref
ty we'll spotted with bruises accumu-
lated in sudden contact with the
Okanogan iron men, and Theron Pratt
was put out of the game for the bal
ance of the season with a dislocated
right arm. Bodie was the other victim
with a sprained ankle. Otherwise the
young ROSTERS came to in a few
days, and are again in scrapping trim
to meet the next commers.
The boys are not discouraged over
the result of this first game and will
keep on training to meet the teams to
come. The public has no reason to
loose interest in the team. The prin-
cipal stuff that makes football players
Is sand, and the locals have tons of
that stuff Moreover, the lads are play
ing honest, clean, gentlemanly foot
ball, and are entitled to the backing
OF the home people. The team last year
lost the first two or three games play
ed, and yet made a great record by
the close Of the season. The present
team is going to hold up the honor of
the school before the season ends.
The following is the account of the
Okanogan game as taken from the In
dependent:
THE husky Okanogan team over
whelmed their lighter Oroville oppon-
ents in the initial football game of the
season here Thursday, piling up
score Of 81 to 0. In spite of the one
sided score, the game was hard fought
but the upriver lads were outclassed,
though not outgamed
Coach Boone's charges were able
to penetrate the Oroville line at will.
At the outset, almost every forward
pass was either intercepted or incom-
pleted, but when the boys were well
warmed up they used it with great sue
cess, making their yardage almost ev-
cry time. The Oroville team was not
so successful, and but few times were
able to get away with it.
1.-THE feature of the game occurred
shortly after Oroville kicked of in the
second quarter when Richardson got
the ball on the 60 yard line and dodg-
ing his way through the ruck placed
the ball behind the goal posts for
touchdown The interference given the
runner was great.
"Oroville won the toss and received
the ball on their 80 yard line. They i'm
mediately tried a forward pass and
failed. In almost every instance they
failed in old style fotball, making what
gains they did in end runs and punt
ing. Both Cole Of Oroville and Rich of
Okanogan punted consistently, averag-
ing rs yards each time the ball was
booted.
1.-THE Okanogan team had the ball
in their opponents territory most OF
the time but the up-river boys braceS
and held at critical moments. The first
score came in the first quarter when
Okanogan had rushed the ball to the
S-yard line for a touchdown, Rich
kicking goal.
THE second touchdown occurred a
few minutes later, but no goal. was
kicked, making the score 10 to o. The
other three touchdowns occurred in
the last quarter, one as the result of
forward pass and the other straight
line bucking. The work of Shorer and
Baines stood out prominently both
backs gaining constantly. Both quar-
tiers. Richardson of Okanogan and Nc
Mahan Of Oroville, ran their teams
we'll. Curtis picking holes in the line