Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-21

The authorities at Harvard had. be
fore the coal strike and the shortage
of fuel. determined to send their foot
bali team out TO the Pacific coast to
play at Pasadena on New Year DAY
in the carnival of roses. When, there
fore. they Cancelled the trip on ac-
count of the unnecessary use OF tram
service it was almost lneNltapie thal'
upon the calling off OF the strike, pro
yidnd that occurred in time for the
team TO go. the authorities would re
vert to their original position ana
send the eleven to california. II is
certainly an extremely bold move Tor
one of the universiti eS as conservative
"a Harvard to take this step. but
they were pressed into 1t by the eN-
treIne demand of their own graduates
who for years have he n asking that
a representative team from Harvard
como out TO the coast There Is no
I esticn that this. VIII have IT
mendous influence, not only faNoraple
to subscriptions to the Harvard iunu'
but also upon the schools ana Tue
boys out in that section VINO are con.
templating going TO college. AS one
of the most !evelheadcd ana proff'i-
nent of university men in the country
put it. The coast likes enterprise ara
initiative and has little patience win
the conservative. fearSome attituue
of not daring to do anything for what
people will say, and this move of Har-
ward $ will convince them that II they
send their boys on to TINS UNIVERSITY
they will not he conSigning them TO
oId-fashioned, hide bound traditions
hut to modern thought and action.
Orecon.s Record and Players.
The team that has been chosen to
meet Harvard is the University of Ore
son 1t is wise for those who are not
familiar with Pacific coast 1901 pan
games to bear in mind that III readlnS
newspaper accounts of the games on
is. t.lt 10 n he
el able confusion. For example, there
is the University of Washington and
! Washington State. There is the Uni
versity of Oregon and the oregon Agrl-
cultural College. But it is the CniVer-
/ sity of Oregon that will play Harvard.
Last wear the University of Oregon
defeated Camp Lewis, 20 TO j. the
Shipyard team, 40 to o: the oregon
! .Aggies 10 to 6, and Washington, to y,
! but We're defeated by California, to u
| This year the University OF oregon
! defeated Multuomah, 20 to D; ldaho
! 20 to Is; Washington, "A to ID, but they
! were beaten by Washington state But
the situation was SO mixed out on the
| coast it was in almost all othef
sections, as to make 1t necessary LOT
| the committee of the carnival to make
! a choice, as there was no outstanding
| championship team there.
! PnciGc Coast Athletics.
And why should not the Pacific coast
! thinn Wen Il /. . lot I'D teams. espe-
! cially those hailing from the northwest !:
/ Has it not happened that three times
| there has been an invasion by an
eastern team. and that those eleVens
, of the east have each time been turned
back in defeat? True, the long trip and
other strange conditions put the visitors
| at disadvantage, and until Paciflc
| coast team comes east and tries con-
| illusions with an eleven in New York
| or Philadelphia. or in the Yale bowl or
| the Harvard Stadium, we shall not be
able to draw final conclusions, for all
that the evidence thus far favors the
coast teams. NO o,eI, the coast pubic
has been very modest in not taking adj
| vantage of these records to say fatty
that coast foot ban is ahead Of the
eastern article. Not so long ago as to
be out of the memory of man there had
been no contact between the east and
| the coast Then the track men of the
| east took little stock in the ircords ac-
credited to Plaw in the hammer throw.
! But Plaw came on and demonstrated
! his ability right on the eastern sea-
| board. Then. more athletes came on
| from the land of sunshine, hurdlers and
| runners. And then came their tennis
! m n, and AcA.o.. MIN and Iundy made
! good. So the effete east has learned
that it is not idle boasts that come out
, of California, and the ties have grown
closer and the Harvard team will have
| royal welcome from the whole Pacific
coast
| Oregon has some excellent indi-
vidua1 players who will certainly give
f, q good account of themselves. Bart
| lett at tackle is one of the real stars,
quite capable of UNFOLDING the repu-
| tation established by the great Beck =
EFT. Williams, another tackle. is good
/ Steers at quarter is a real runni n g
! halfback as well, and will need watch
| ing all the time, for ne plays in va
| rious positions back of the line the
same as De Hart of Pittsburgh did un-
der Glen Warner. Much of the pass
ing is direct and Steers gets the ball
nearly as often as his other backfield
| men. Huntington as fullback is q
| ha I'd hitting, fast and strong runner
who will take a lot of stopping. We