Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1916-10-20
Y, S. c. LOSES FIRST
CONFERENCE GAME
Washington State on Short End of
1910 Score Through Inability
to Hold the Ball

4 rent OF Coach "Lonestar' Dietz to
" s C. the Crimson and Gray
4 boyed before conference rival Sat
4 nraay afternoon when O. A. G.,
emerged victorious from a spcctacu.
i lar hard fought game, by a score of
"a to 10. Largely instrum entail in
the downfall f last years Pacific
4 Coach champions was fluffy" Conn,
midget Freshman halfback for the
visitors, whose brilliant open field
& running, return OF punts and unerr-
Ing drop kicking ability made victory
possible. The o. A. G. star was ma
I terislly aided and abetted by W. S.
Il C.s numerous fumbles, five of which
& fell into the hands of their oppon-
ents at inopportune moments. Every
0. A. G.. score was the result of a
/ tumble, Gill taking the ball over for
j touchdown and the first score after
4 70 minutes of play in the first period
i after Doane had fumbled on w. ~
4 C.'s 20-yard line.
Durham gave w S. c. three in the
4 second period with a drop kick from
4 the 40-yard line, but Conn more than
Gened the score by drop-kicking
4 from the 30-yard line in the third
j quarter and added another of the
same variety from the same distance
in the final period. With the score
lS to 3 against them, the w. S. c..
men, with fresh backfield of new
material, played all around their OPP
nOnents in tho final period, Brown,
Skadan, Glover, and LOOMS carrying
the ball SO yards, only to lose it on
tumble near the coveted goal. At
ter Anderso1's punt the procession
started again. A 15-yard run by
Brown, 1O-yard pass, Glover to
Boone, another for Is yards, Boone
to Hanley, gave w. S. c. only goal.
Boone then carried the ball over and
hcked the goal After three plays
by 0. A. G. had netted no gain the
whistle sounded and w. S. C.'s squirt
was brought to an abrupt ending.
Although outcharged, outpunted,
ana outgeneraled, all the breaks OF
luck were with the speedy, shifty O..
i a. e eleven. The w. S. c. backs
Vafrled the ball over two yards to one
lot u A. c., and the defeat must be
Vnafged to II costly fumbles, with
every member of the backfield con-
"iputlhg to the error column.
DrooKs, o. A. c. right tackle, was the
'Si'ors line star, breaking up many
W. ), c. plays. The playing of
captain Bangs at left half was hardly
up 10 his standard, although Boone
Snone brightly except for fumbles.
brown, substituted for Quarter
JACK Durham in the third period,
teeled off several long runs, and Ska
uah and Glover both advanced the
jail Tor good gains. Langdon, the
,angy W, S. c. center, made several
oSu passes which were responsible
'Or some of the fumbles.
Coach Pipal of 0. A. C. has round
" OUT quad of green men into a
"e'i organized, shifty team, with
'Orlos of speed and determination,
sAu was given credit due by the 1900
'ans who saw the contest.
Durhams sensational 30-yard run
the first quarter and Conn's 40
'ato sprint at the start of the fourth
'''e the longest gains of the game.
The lineups:
W.s.C. OAc
4'Omis Q75) Gill Q62)
u. R.T.L.
NlSo)...... Mcneil 18O)
M R.G.L.
'lSO) ........ Walker (194)
G.
N0n ll8l) ....... Selph U90)
L.G.R.
'ack 184 80. Williams (18O
L.T.R.
tl70).....B Brooke (19O
~. L.E.R.
erman (168) Moist (169)
H., Q.
''nam G66) :. .Reardon (15O)
n. L.H.R.
Jugs (C) (172) :. Conn (153)
|pn r. II. L.
boone (1SD B. Anderson (16O)
n. r.
sue ll65) :. Newman Co G72)
Sun nary:
score Blu quarters:
Tvs c. ~
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