The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-01
EAST MEETS west TODAY
Oregon Meets Pennsylvania
in Clash for Football
I Supremacy.

Today the University of Pennsyl
annia will clash with the University
OF Oregon in the second annual east
west contest to he played. at the Rose
tournament at Pasadena, Cal. While
the westerner.s have gone through the
present football season without a de-
feat, and the Penn eleven has been
downed twice, the big red and blue
team Is picked by many experts to
win. as they showed remarkable form
in the final games of their schedule.
Both elevens have an array of sea-
soned veterans. all. with one exception,
in good shape and both teams have
had the benefit of the best of coach
ing. Bob Folwell, head coach at Penn
sylvania. was Penn star in 1866,
and later gained national repute while
football coach at Washington Jeffer-
son college, in fact, being credited
with bringing this small college, with
its SEQ students, up to the plane of
Yale, Harvard. Princeton and the
other big eastern elevens. in football.
This is Folwelfs first year as coach
at Pennsylvania and he has made n
big success, being hailed as the Moses
who led the Quaker team out of the
gridiron wilderness into which they
had plunged during previous years.
Hugo Bezdek. director of athletics
~. ,,la f,,ll of ~ mi
versity of Chicago some l. years back,
and gained his first coaching expert
ence at oregon, later going to the
University of Arkansas. which team
he made famous. Four years ago,
Hezdek returned to the Oregon campus
and is a more popular man there than
Dohie ever was ut the University of
Washington.
Oregon's Record.
The Oregon team tied one game.
against the University of Washington,
during the past season. and Won. all
their other games defeating Washing
ton state, Il to 3. Nine men Of the
eleven have played at their positions
in every conference game that oregon
has played during the past two years.
While Parsons, a halfback, played
three years in IA lemon color suit some
Years ago and then returned. leaving
only one new man, who starred on the
Oregon freshman team in 1915. Cap
tain Beckett of the Eugene team is
touted as an all American tackle,
while Mitchell, Snyder, Tegart. Par
sons and shy" Huntington were all
picked on the northwest conference
all-star team. Huntington, the quar-
terback. II is II marvellous drop kicker
and open field runner
Penn Strong, Too.
Pennsylvania has several stars, such
as "Heinie" Miller. the best end in the
east: "Soldier-b boy" Berry, the full
back, whose long spiral punts are gen
orally good for 60 or 20 yards and who
is a great drop kicker; Derr, a 200
pound line -rlunging back. and Captain
Mathews at tackle whose speciality is
blocking punts, With Il scrub team
VII lllt llSit L'lft i'SN lil thiiN FttAHoli
game to Swarthmore, to s. and later
was defeated by the University Of
Pittsburgh eleven. the only team in
the east that went through the sea
son without a defeat last year. Dart
mouth tied the Quakers. but in tho
last two agnes they We're without the
services of Berry. who is their strong
est offensive player
Although oregon had the heavie
team in the northwest last year (and
that includes Montana), the fasteners
will have a slight weight advantage
It is claimed that Glenn Trquhart
PENIS left end. will he unable to play
on account of sprained ankle. and
that Crane will take his place. Crane
will ne Remembered as the former
Washington state college athlete.
The Lineup.
The lineup for today's game and the
Weights.
PENNSYLVANIA. Oregon.
Crane. 16O. or rrquhart. 1872
Mitchell, 1,5
Mathews, 1913 Beckett. 1871
Left tackle.
Hcnning, 1s5 snyder. 1876
Left guard.
l.. Wray, la Rsley. 17s
Center.
Err"sN"as, 1870 Spellman. IFS
Right Guard