The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-10-29
TAKEN DOWN THE LINE
ovAK FOOTBALL HUSkIES OUT
PLAY OROVILLE BY SCORE
OF Is TO 3

The Oroville high school football
team met the Omak high school squad
m the local grounds last Friday after
moon and went down to defeat by the
score of IS to 3. Throughout the
zane the Omak boys displayed super
ior knowledge of football, greater
sueed and far more aggressive fight
Ing spirit
From the kick off until they had the
zane cinched in the last quarter, the
Cmak eleven tore into the local boys
for repeated long gains on offense
and held them helpless time and again
on defense, even breaking through
the line or around the ends and block
ing the plays before they were fairly
started or throwing the runners for
loss.
Only once during the game did the
0roville lads show flash of their
former pep. That was during the
closing minutes of the first half, fol-
lowing the only score they garnered
made by spectacular drop kick from
the 50 yard line over the Omak goal,
booted with accuracy by Dallam.
Warmed into action by the lonely lit
tie score the Oroville boys bucked
into their opponents in a way that
made them look like dangerous con-
tenders, and raised the hope among
their partisans that they might come
back in the second half and take the
long end of the score away from the
lighter Omak team. This proved to
be an Ill founded hope, however, as
the fighting spirit died as quickly as
II was aroused, and throughout the
last part Of the game the locals fought
with listlessness and lack Of vim
that presaged certain defeat.
The points made by Omak were all
gained by we'll earned touchdowns,
even though one of them was the re-
suit Of a sixty yard run on a beauti-
fully executed forward pass followed
BY a perfect interference. The first
score Of the game came a few minutes
after play started, the elimination of
a series Of brilliant runs dashes and
line smashes executed by the the
Omak squad and which seemed to
sweep the Oroville players completely
OH their feet and thoroughly demor-
aize them. The final score followed
thrilling struggle in Oroville terri
tory after the line had twice been
threatened and the crowd was pluck
ing up the optimism to hope that it
couldn't be done. Having pushed the
0all to within yard or less of the Oro-
Vile goal by supreme effort, the Omak
general pulled off an unexpected open
play that put the ball over the line
through hole that a moving van
might easily have been driven thru.
The attendance at the game was
snamefully small, and of itself, suf-
hclent to discourage the players. No
usplay Of interest by the townspeople
10 the team or it's contests is reflected
the lack of spirit and pep so con-
splcuous in the local team by contrast
win the dash and go of their orpon-
ents.
Inc Oroville high school has a lot
o. splendid material for a wlnniae
~am' the hoys have received p,Cst
"nstaking ind conscientious coach
"S and they have made a very con.
''eraole sacrifice in getting oft tC
f'scuce, out these things alone can
wv make a winning or even a hard
"fhting team If the town and the
"uool they represent does not show
''ousn interest to even wish then
veil the boys cannot be expected tc
ra' forth theil hardest efforts. A.
Is each member of the team is ID
'c' TO considerable expense just I;
aa'e the honor of playing, and whar
u addition to this they fail to receiv,
''n'cient support from their town
'"u school &c defray the cost of bring
As other teams here for a game the!
w not likely long to keep up theil
oan interest.
a strong or winning football team
"a decided drawing card for IN.
aen school these days. Football il
~ established part of the athletics o
a' the better schools of the count,
uuu the most important feature O
"e athletic activities of these schools
"*ould be misfortune for Oroville
Iueed' If interest in this great spor
gre permitted to die out here, for
'ouid have decisive effect on III
s'eadance and general esteem il
'u'cn the school is held throughou