The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-10-13
IDAHO'S GR|OSTERS
LEAVE FOR PORTLAND
TWENTY VARSITY MEN GIVEN
ROUSING SEND-OF-PLAY
OREGON SATURDAY.

| Twenty varsity huskies,' Coach
| Thomas Kelley and Graduate Man
ager Fred Graf were given a rousing
send-off Thursday afternoon at $50
as the Idaho team entrained for Port
land. Under the yell leadership of
! yell king, Ted Turner the entire stu
dent body, faculty members and a
goodly quota of Moscow townspeopIe
cheered each man as he stepped on
the train.
The university pep band played a
number of lively numbers and the
Idaho football yells and songs were
given by the undergraduates.
And with the loyal rally at the train
Idaho's varsity football squad hoisted
it's canvas to favorable breezes and
set sail for Portland where the silver
and gold crew will clash with the
University of Oregon eleven Saturday
afternoon on MultnOmah field. Re-
miniscences of bygone grid battles
between Idaho and Oregon are not
satisfactory to the loyal Idahoan and
this year a supreme effort will be
made to wrest laurels which for many
long years have been held by the
WebfoOters.
Although an eleventh-hOur injury to
Frank Brown, veteran lineman, has
given Idaho prospects slight set
back and necessitated several shifts,
authorities viewing the coming game
from a distance give unbiased op1n-
ions that Idaho has an even break.
Brown twisted his knee in recent
scrimmage and physicians pronounce
the injury serious.
Goff, center, is being nursed for a
sprained shoulder but he will be used
against the Oregonians. Hoover,
a likely youngster from Blackfoot, will
no doubt play at center in Saturdays S
game. Despite injuries the situation
is considered far from gloomy
BY virtue of a long string of vic
tories over the silver and gold, Oregon
will enter the game favorite Coach
Kelley, although conservative in his
predictions as possible, appears to be
of the opinion that Idaho's chances
are satisfactory.
That Idaho will win Saturday
afternoon at Portland from the Uni
versity of Oregon is the concensus or
undergraduate opinion. Teams of
Coach Thomas Kelley of Idaho and
Coach "Shy" Huntington tangle Sat-
urday afternoon at Portland and Ida
no expects to win.
The strength of the 1921 eleven and
the marked superiority of Kelley's
machine this season over the team of
1920 was shown in the first clash last
Saturday when Idaho won from the
Ninth area army corps team from
Camp Lewis, 6 to 0. In winning Idaho
defeated a team of all-starS, men
who were gathered together from the
from the ranks of the ablest football
men in the entire country, and worked
into an integral machine by Coach
Merillat, former West Pointer and all
American half-back.
Idaho was outweighed from Is to
20 pounds per man. The army men
averaged 200 pounds from tackle to
tackle and 100 pounds from end to
end.
In winning by comfortable mar
gin from them by straight football
the Idaho varsity stocks took a de-
cided imp to well above par. Coach
Kelley forbid the use of anything but
straight line smashes and his real
offensive game will not be displayed
until Saturday afternoon against
Oregon.
That Oregon will have a strong
team has been shown by reports of
the influx of unusual material from
the 1920 "Webfoot" freshmen team.
In their two games of the current
season Oregon won from Willamette
university to 0 and from the Pa
cific university Of Portland FL to 7.
Close students of the Idaho team
contend that Kelley has the most
powerful backfield in the history of
the institution. Against Oregon the
offensive quartet will be strengthen
ed by the addition Of "Huck" Bre-
shears, fullback Of Caldwell, who
WIS unable to rlay against the army
on account of injuries to his ankle.
In Irving Kelley has as great q
football player as ever donned MOLE
skins in the western country. His
punting and passing, his ability to
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