The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-26
ORECONINTENOS ID PLAY ROUGH
 GAME ON J4N.I

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec 26 - The Oregon football squad Is hard at work every day in Tournament Park pre- pairing for the big game here New Years Day, They are holding prac- ttce twice daily under the direction of Head Coach Shy Huntington, Bart SpeNman, Brick Mitchell and Btu Hayward These men are putting the 25 big farmer boys from the North west through a course of sprouts that Indicates very clearly that the game is going to be far from a love affair.
 Trainer Bill Hayward is somewhat of a football coach himself and he does his share in putring the boys over the hurdles He is a. great scout and gets 100 per cent. work out If the gang. He has them sDTiDting to perfect their wind and stren g1l en their legs. He w.H divide them into two squads and kids" them along until one Is trying to OutdO the other and then he gets the fellows to the point where they are all trying to beat each other. He creates rivalry and it is a treat to see the way the gang dash around to come out with the best records for the day.
 The backs did plenty of kicking
 
 field to try their speed in getting under the kick. There were fully five men doing the kicking and the same fellows were trying field goals with great success from the 40-yard line. There are some great kickers on the Oregon eleven and 1t would not be surprising to see them make a few points from field goals if they get within kicking distance.
 The regular linemen are being put through a tough course. of training stunts and they are something out of the ordinary. This could be plain 1y seen by the way the boys talk when a sub was sent in to take their place. Two linesmen were lined up on one side and one on the other. At the word go, the two men would charge and the one man would try and get past them. It was rough work. many times they were told that 1t was altogether too tame took it from the attitude of the coaches and the way the boys were fighting that the Harvard gang are going to be treated rough.
 No dirty tactics are to be used, but ehey are going to go up against a tough gang and if they are not in the best of shape there is going to be
 
 The Oregon coaches and the tourna- uent people are surprised that the Harvard squad made the trip here over the northern route. They should have been here as soon as possible SC as to shake off the effects of the lOnG ride on the train across the country There is no question but what Oregon will be trained to the minute.
 Coach Shy Huntington says tha his squad is in better shape righ now than they have been at any timt since they started this season. In juries have handicapped the Oregor team all season, but now there art no cripples on the team, and the. will be up to their full strength thu day of the fracas-
 The seat sale opened yesterday tC tournament members, and inside O an hour the $500 $3 seats were sold There never has been demand fo seats in this part of the country fo A football game that there is for this one. Bids are coming in from all owe. the country, but there is Ittlt hope that they will be accOTnnO dated When the ticket sale is thrown opel to the public the day after Christina there will be less than 15,00O seat for sale
 Anyb ody who thinks the Oregol gang are not going to put up a figh are badly mistaken, and 1t is goirl to be the best game ever seen here