Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-05-07

the Washington eleven, captalne'
lby Bagshaw, which dereated VIII
lamette university here 3S to 0
in the fan of 1907.
Made Record at Notre Dame
After one year at Washington
Mathews went east with his srid
iron, diamond and basketball tai
ents and annexed himself to th'
long string OF Notre Dame aspir'
ants for athletic fame and made
his debut in mid-western circles
at end on the crack eleven of that
school in 1908. The following
year he held down the same posi-.
tion on the Notre Dame team
which captured the middle west
ern championship, and won men,
tion for himself as an all western
end.
1t was during these two years
and in 1910. when he played quar-
ter and halfback, that he had as
his team mates such men as Geo.
Philbrook, Ralph Dimmick, Sam
Dolan and Gus Dorais, who have
since come into prominence as
athletic officials and coaches on
the Pacific coast.
Won Many Letters
Mathews fame as a gridiron
star is still bright In the. annals
of the game at Notre Dame, for
he has been named no less than
half dozen times on the all-No-
tire Dame stars, selected at the
close Of each season from among
the greatest players the big Cath
olic school has boasted.
Aside from his football accom-
plishments the record made by
Mathews at Notre Dame Is envi-
able. For three years he held
place as a basketball regular, and
in the spring OF 1919 won his let
ter at second base on the varsity
nine.
Graduating from college in the
spring OF 1911, Mathews started
his career as an athletic coach in
the fall OF the same year at st.
Edwards college. a preparatory
school located in st. Austin, Tex
as. Here he remained for one
year, winning for st. Edwards the |
Texas state interscholastic title
IN football, and placing its base
ball and track teams In second |
places.
Coached in Ohio
Football season 1912 found him
It Gambler, Ohio, as coach at
Kenyon college, a member school
u the Ohio state conference,
where for three years from a stu
lent body Of rs boys he develop
ID teams which won 60 percent
II the games played. 1t was while
It Kenyon that he developed a
cam which defeated the hopefuls
Il one coach he will have to face
n the Pacific coast conference as
n assistant to Bagshaw. In 1914
dathews' Kenyon eleven defeated
Western Reserve, coached by Wal
er Powell, z to 6. Powell is now
ead football coach at Stanford
From Ohio Mathews came to
alsm in the fall of 1915 to direct
he athletic destinies of the Bear
at teams. Here with a student
ody numbering 15O to 200 boys
is teams annexed IL non-con-
srence college championships for
he state OF Oregon up to the time
willamette entered the north
est conference after the football
Jason OF 1919. First honors in
'otball. basketball, track and
aseball fell to the Bearcat teams
Fery year. with the exception Of
SIS when war activities took
ls gridiron sport off college cal
ldars.
Conference Record Good
Admitted into the Northwest
inference late in 1919, William
te entered its first conference
hedule in basketball in the 1920
ason and came out with 2 vic
ries and s defeats. three Of the
tier by one point margins, to its
edit. Baseball competition in
e conference was passed up by
iilamette last year and the foot
II season of 1890 saw only one
inference game on Mathews,
tie, due 70 the fact that all OF
9 other conference schools had
eir schedules for the season com
stsd before Willamette was ad-
tied to membership.
The jinx followed Mathews and
crew thru their second con-
'enee basketball season, the one
! closed. and. while they cap
ed five out Of IL games PLAYED.
zee OF their defeats were again
one point margins.
What "Matty'. will do in base
as a competitor Of the con-
enee college mentors remains
be seen. for be Is this spring
ging his initial appearance IN
{ company. From an agErega-
4 OF green material. complete
void OF any conference cIass
1ndsters. he has a - 49,,