The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-16
BY ROSCOE FAwcerT.

uesplte the American SOCAal ny
giene associations objections 10 gig
Cling, We cannot help il when ",
think OF the 2Q-0 trouncing the ore
gon Aggies gave TO the Michigan
Aggles. at Lansing. Mich, recently
Back in the east and the middle
west they hardly knew FOO, ball was
played out here. And yet, the Pa
cific northwestern conference has
lad three or four teams Oh a pal
with middle western and eastern
elevens for several seasons past
Teams out here are fully ~ heavy
too. as those OF the eastward. ore
gon recently sent a team against
/ Washington State college that aver
aged I9l pounds 10 the man, strip
ped weight The Pacific northwest
has never received just credit toI
its football teams This is due prin
cipally 10 geographic conditions
Walter Camp has tried "a De fair,
We believe, In his All-AmeriCan
selections every fall. bur Mr. Camp
has never seen q Northwestern
game, and, as result. many al All
American athlete hereaboutS has fad
ed into Oblivion uHhonored unsuns.
and unknown beyond the eastern
states line Possibly the oregon Az
giles decisive victory over the best
The middle west had to offer VIII
help some. This year. Their are at
the very least eight or ten stars on
7 Pacific northwest teams who are en-
titled 10 consideration on any All
American team that was ever pick
I'd. Here they are Laythe, 20
pound tackle, oregon agE-es,, 4 bra
ham l7S-round fullback, Oregon Ag-
gies, Beckett. 200-pouni tackle, Ore
gon; Miller. 900-pound halfback.
Washington, Bangs. l7opound half
back. Washington State college;
Dietz. 17S-pounI halfback. Washing
ton State college Apploquist, ls5-
pound tackle, Washington State col
lege: Hoover, 170pound fullback.
Whitman.
II have never seen a greater all
around football player than Johnny
Beckett OF my team said Hugo
BeZdek- Oregon coach, 70 the writer,
not long ago Hugo says Washing.
ton State would have beaten Oregon.
500 were IL not for Beckett's almost
superhuman efforts And Bezdek
used 10 be quite some football play.
or himself back at Chicago. a few
years ago; and he knows what he
+ Is talking about On any other
team than little Whitman college. Of
Walla Walla. fullbacb Hoover would
be another shining light.
I Halfback Miller. OF the University
Of Washington eleven, IS too well
known ali over the country to need
much boosting Walter Camp men
toned" him a couple OF years ago
Miller weighs about 200 pounds and
is the original human juggernaut.
And the same goes for The Washing.
ton State college trio. Bangs, Dietz
/ and Applequist. Coach Bill Dietz.
the old Carlisle indian star, saws
these three could make any team in
the country and be phenoms.
On the strength Of their showing
in the Michigan Aggie game it is
very likely that fullback Abraham.
Of the Oregon Aggies and tackle
/ Laythe, OF the same team, will be
recognized by the eastern critics
4 out here rival coaches have for two
years referred 10 Abraham as the
I greatest fullback In the country. q"
Evidently the Albany plunger lived
Up 10 reputation in the Michigan
game. Judging from newspaper &C
counts OF the soiroe. Hofer and
Bile, Of the Oregon Aggies, consti.
tute another pair OF stars Of high
rank
Comparative scores. used in A
'House-thatJack built" sort OF fash
ion. don't amount 10 birds nests in
giving an absolutely accurate line on
the strength OF two teams on oppo-
site ends OF the doping" They are
always interesting. however. and the
crop growing out Of the Oregon Ag.
eies-Michigan Aggies game will be
doubly so in view OF the marked
superiority IN favor Of the Pacific
northwest How Is this? Washing
ton State college beat the Oregon
Aggies. 200; the Oregon Aggles beat
the Michigan Acgies. 200. the Mich
igan Aggies beat Michigan. 300:
ergo, Washington State Is 3 points
better than Michigan. and the Ore.
gon Aggies are - points superior 10
; Hosts crew. Investigating 8lrther.
Syracuse beat Michigan 1871. and
Princeton beat Syracuse, 30, 20
Washington State college has a So
point margin over Princeton. And
/ Princeton beat Lafayette. 1913. and
Lafayette beat Pennsylvania. 10.
And remember. too. that Cornell r.
rated as only l3 points better than
Princeton az shown by their scores
z with Williams Cornell beat VII
s liams, $50 am Princeton beat VII,
A liams, 30. Yet Cornell defeated
! Harvard. 100 SO. on comparative
! scores. Washington State college ID
: 90 points superior 20 Cornell 81
\ points superior 30 Harvard. and "a
points superior 20 Yale. gagged b,
( Washington and 1enerson's scores
with Yale and lafayette
Of course these comparisons arc
: merely fanciful and Syracuse ma,
upset goo all over tie horizon wher
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