Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21
PACIFIC COAST ELEVEN
 LOOKS HARD FOR PENN. Oregon Team Considered the Best on
 Coast in Many Years.

awaiting with interest the Oregon Pennsylvania game on Jan. l at PaSa- dena and while it is generally recog- nized that the Quakers developed into an exceptionally strong team for their game with Cornell there is a feeling that they will face a more powerful football machine than the one from Ithaca when they line up against Ore gon.
 Critics who have watched the prog ress fo the game on the coast are all most unanimous in their opinion that Oregon has the strongest eleven ever turned out in the far west The test of the season came on Nov. Il at Portland, when Oregon defeated Wash ington State by F to 3.
 It will be remembered that Wash ington State, with practically the same lineup, defeated Brown IA to last New Y Year's day at Pasadena, and was rated by eastern critics as a topnotch- CT. The ease with which Oregon de- seated Washington State in the recent game shows that the western team is fit to play in any company and war. rants the prediction that Oregon will give Penn a terrific battle at Pasa- dena.
 Oregon Leads on Coast. Oregon and Washington are tied for the Pacific coast championship this season. These teams played a score less game on Nov. 4, but in justice to Oregon it must be said that her goal was never menaced, while Washington was frequently in danger. Oregon's claim to superiority is further strengthened by it's defeat of the strong Washington State eleven-a team that Washington has refused to play for several years-and by Ore l gon's 39-14 victory over California, as compared with Washington's 147 and | 13-3 scores over the Berkeleyites. Although Washington has technical claim to a tie with Oregon for coast | honors, all unbiased critics agree that | Oregon has the superior team and l that the authorities of the tournament of roses at Pasadena acted wisely in selecting Oregon to represent the far west against the east on Jan. l. The lions share of credit for Ore gon's success this year must go to Coach Hugo Bezdek, who is serving his l fifth year at Oregon. Bezdek was a pupil of Alonzo Stagg at Chicago and | played on the famous team that de- feated Michigan in 1905. He went to l Oregon in 1906 and developed cham l pionShip team and after an absence of | several years, during which he turned out winning elevens at Arkansas. he returned to Oregon. He has won from practically every opponent but Wash 1 ington during the last four seasons and has now tied the great aggrega- l tion of Coach Dobie.
 Native Son Captain
 Johnnie Beckett, a stalwart youth from the golden wheat fields of east ern Oregon, is captain of the eleven | Beckett played for three seasons on l the Washington High school team at | Portland before going to college. and l is now finishing his fourth and last year of varsity football. His regular
 position is left tackle. although he has been used in emergeicies at both end
 and half during the last season. He
 also does the bunting for the team
 Beckett is "A years old, strips at 191 | pounds and, has plenty of speed and nerve. He has made places on All Coast teams repeatedly, and many critics have boomed him for All American honors.
 Bartlett, another stalwart son of
 Oregon, fills the other tackle position, i while Snyder and Spellman are the
 regular guards. Although not a showy | player, Risley at center is rated as the l surest passer in the Pacific coast con- | ference. Teggert and Mitchell, the vet
 eran ends, will be in their regular po-
 sitions on New Years day and will i give a good account of themselves
 BackfeId Fast.
 The Oregon backfield-'tShy' Hunt ington at quarter Parsons and Mon | tieth at halves and Hollis Huntington
 at fullback-is a powerful combination
 of brain, brawn and speed. Shy Huntington is rated as the most con-
 sistent ground gainer in the Pacific
 coast conference. He is a stocky fel- low of the Bricl1ley type, but is fast
 and elusive and a dangerous man with
 his toe whenever his team is within it's opponents 35 yard line. Several of Oregon's scores during the last three seasons have been the result of Hunt | ington's place kicks.
 The Oregon team is composed en- l tirely of men in sophomore standing or better, as the Pacific coast confer ence rules now prohibit the playing of freshmen. Of the eleven varsity play CTS. two are seniors, five juniors and four sophomores. With the exception
 of Hollis Huntington, every man has I played on the team for two or more
 seasons-including this year.