The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-17
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 Portland, Ore. Dec, 17.-Another mighty Oregon machine will strive to triumph in the now famous annual ineersectioual gridiron clash bewteen the East aud West, in Pasa dena. Cal. on New Years Day, the feature at traction of the Pasa deua Tournament of Roses,
 The selection of the University of Oregon machine to meet Harvard on Jan. 1 has set the football fans Of the West agog. At last a chance at the "big three" and the most formid- able football team developed on the Pacific Coast in r919 will try and turn the trick. It will be recalled that 1t was Hugo Bezdek's great Ore gop eleven of 1916 that trod ove~ Pennsylvania at Pasa dena, I4 to 9. Truly the Hast has not fared well up to date in the intersectionaI classic, ss In 1915 1t remained for Washing s,sn State College to trim Brown, If to 9.
 Since Hugo Bezdek's departure to Penn State, Charley Shy Hunting ton. q pupil and quarterback of the 1916 Oregon eleven, has been head coach at his Alma Mater, teachjn, the Bezdek style of the game, which proved so successful on opposite slopes of the continent, the season just brought to a close. Huntington was an an-star at Oregon, playing quar- terback for four years. He took up the reins in 1917 with the s. A. T c. team and met with great success.
 On this years Oregon team there are four veterans of the 1916 cham pionship squad who played with Huntington, and are now coached by him, namely, Hollis Huntington, his brother, fullbacE,; Bill Stearsss quar- terback, the Eddie Casey of Oregon and one of the greatest players that has ever donned a pair of moIeskins in the west; Ken Bartlett. left tackle and Basil Williams, right tackle.
 The Oregon backfieId that will start against Harvard will be Bill Steers. quarterback; Everett Branden- burg, captain, right half; Vincent Jacobberger, left half and Hollis Huntington, fuIIback. A more for midab1e set of backs has never been boasted of at the institution.
 The line Is what will tell the tale. Oregon is weak on the ends and that department as what is worrying Head Coach Huntington.
 Fifteen minutes after the invitation had been received at the University of Oregon, squad Of 22 men were going through a stiff round of prac- tice in eight inches of snow. Trainer Bill Haywood will have the task of whipping the Westerners in shape for the contest.
 The question always arises as to whether or not the particular partic- ipant is the strongest eleven in it's section of the countrY. There should be no doubt that Oregon and liar yard are fair representatives of heir respective territories, although there Is no way of cOmparing the individ- uaI strength Of the players as they will line up at Pasadena
 The attack used by both eIevens is in a remarkable way indenticaI, both teams using a rapid-fIre aerial at tack, mixed with a, series of cross buck plays. The fast aerial shoots sent away from the line of scrim- mage making the off-tackIe cross bucks more effective This style of play seems to he the main feature of every championship eleven. It tends to hold the secondary defense, which is the backbone of the scrimmage line, in @ state of doubt.
 The formation of the team on the defense in present day football pro- yides first for immunity from for ward passes and second for imme- diate diagnosis on any play launched by the opposition. The latter is probably the biggest factor in the defensive strength of an eleven. The style of play used by the CrimsC T and Lemon Yellow teams should make the scoring nearly even.
 The breaks of the game will nc doubt be q factor in the final out oF games played by Harvard this year shows that the Crimson will take a chance most any time with any ot their variety of plays. In contrast to the similarity Of play of the two selevens the New Years game will dem onstrate the great physical slI- periority of the Crimson line over the Lemon Yellow. The effect that this will have on the score is a question upon which each fan must draw his own pre-game conclusion. In for rner years this noted difference would have been a tremendous advantage io1Dc with the open style of play now in vogue it is doubtful # the extra weight will affect the score.
 As scoring machines from the field Bill Stears of Oregon ought to pass Ralph Horween of Harvard. In case of injury to Horween or Steers, Ore gon would have an edge, with "Skee- ter' Manerude filling Bill Steers's shoes, because Harvard has no shown any reserve strength in field goal shooters.
 The Eastern fans will have a bet, ter line on the general coaching sys tenn used by Oregon than the West. ern football followers will have or Rarvard's general plan of attack. a: tAuRht by Bob Fisher.