Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-24
OREGON DESERVED
ITS GREAT VICTORY
University Team Clearly Su-
periOr In All Departments
Of Game

Here is the plainest, fairest report
of the U. of 90. A. G. football game
at Eugene Saturday we have seen. 1t
is taken from the Albany Democrat
and its estimate of the comparative
strength of the teams SHOWS real foot
ball knowledge of the writer:
"The memory of the great game at
Eugene Saturday will last in the minds
of those who saw it as long as football
is played. The way in which Oregon
came from behind as betting favorite
and der ated the strong o. A. c. squad
by the score OF 8 to will furnish topic
for conversation the rest of the winter,
o. A. c. was simply out coached, out
fought, out foxed and out played. They
were defeated after the first five min
utes of play and only once in the game
did they have q chance to score. This
came as q result of Monteith s failure
to drOD on two punts which came to
him at the close of the game, and was
the only play in which O. A. G.. out
witted Oregon.
"U. of o had been playing the safety
first game from the start, and in no
case did they try to catch punt un-
less there was certainty that it could
be done. With the ball near their own
goal line, O. A. G. punted but the Off.
cials claim that an Oregon man t0ucn-
ed it and when o. A. G. fell on it they
were awarded the ball. MOnteith had
world S Of time to recover it had he
known it had been blocked. lmmedi
ately afterwards an Onside kick was
called, and as the ball rolled down to-
wards the Oregon goal and stopped
Monteith stood by it waiting for the
rest of the team to come down and line
up. But two forms were rushing down
the field and Scauster hit Monty while
Abraham fell on the ball on Oregon s
10 yard line A forward pass gave o.
A. G. four yards, a penalty on Oregon
put the ball yard from the line, but
on the next play o. A. G. was off side
and as the ball was being brought back
time was called, ending their only
chance to score during the game.
'Four Albany boys shown particular
ly bright Abraham, w1ile not being
as spectacular as usual owing to the
inability of his team mates on the line
TO hold the Oregon line, played great
ball for the Orange and washalf team
in himself. At guard Anderson was a
stone wall and "Pete" also played
well when moved to center after Yeag-
err reared with broken collar bone.
Moist, of Lebanon went in for n while
in the second half but did not have
cnanec to do much.
For Oregon, Orvillo Monteith made
several long runs and with the excep.
tion of the two mistakes in the last
half played a perfect game. He and
Lyle Bigbee, formerly from Albany
were stone when the mighty Abraham
came their way. Both played great de.
fensive games.
"The bright star of the game was
Beckett, the l95 pound Oregon tackle
who blocked the punt that made Ore
gon Is touchdown. He was a mountain
Of strength and tore through the Ag-
gies time and again. Risey played a
perfect game at center, not making one
bad pass during the game, and being
one of the three Oregon men who flop.
ped on " Hungry" Smith back Of the
line for Oregon IS touchdown.
go. A, G. put up great fight on
the muddy field, but were up against
the toughest proposition Of the year.
Coach Be2iek Of the Oregon team says
his boys could defeat o. A. G. by four
touchdowns on q dry fast field, and
this statement is s'eoncurred in by most
Of the experts present
"Now all eyes are focused on the
big contest in Portland, December |,
between Syracuse and o. A. c. and
the whole state is pulling for the Ag-
gies to win. Although the eastern boys
are mighty tae Oregon team stands a
good show and are training hard to
duplicate their feat against the strong
Michigan Agoies. 3"