The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-10-30
COAST TEAMS FEAR
idaho HENCEFORTH
OREGON VICTORY ADDS NEW
LAURELS TO SCRAPPY VANDALS
OF 1922.
(By ]. L. Priest, Jr.)
Watch Idaho from now Oni

Watch Idaho from now on!
Idaho is not only Jared by her OF
ponents the balance Of this season
but the Vandals are to be reckone
with as most dangerous by ever
Pacific coast eleven from here on ou
for years to come. Coach Mathew
has placed Idaho football in it's pre-
sent high standing-side by side wit
the footbll leaders of the country
and the Oregon game at Portland Sat
urday afternoon simply added ney
laurels to the Vandals of 1922 and thu
coach himself
Wet and Slow Field.
There are no alibis to offer. Te
the Vandals of 1922 it simply ism
done. Oregon won in the second
period when Chapman, brilliant Ore
gon quarterback, booted the ball
through the standards with a place
kick from the 25 yard line. Play was
on wet. sloppy, sodden, slow and
heavy field and Oregon outweighed
Idaho ten pounds to the man. The
more advantageous on account of the
extra weight, made many times over
slow field, won for the Oregon men.
There are no alibis to offer but,
in all honesty, Idaho would have won
from Oregon on a dry field The vic
tory for the Oregonians came as the
thirteenth win in Is years Of athletic
rivalry. The Idaho men were not
bothered by the PHYSIOLOGY of past
defeats and no Idaho team, coached
by Mathews, will be worried about the
past record of Oregon or any other
team.
Weather FavOrS OREGON.
The writer, however, while not be-
1ieving in an "Oregon Jinx," is in
clined to believe in Weaher Jinx !"
for certain it is that the weather fav
ored Oregon.
The Vandals now have almost two
weeks in which to prepare for the Uni
versity Of Utah Boise on Armistice
Day. From Boise they will go to
Pasadena to meet the University Of
Southern California. The rest before
the Utah game is we'll worth while.
Idaho has been handicapped by the
most impossible schedule ever thrust
upon team, and under Mathews such
a condition cannot repeat itself.
Figures on Gains Made.
From figures compiled on a play by
play running story of he game sent
from Multnomah field to the university
gymnasium it is shown that Oregon
made 100 yards by actual scrimmage
as compared to 118 yards for Idaho.
Oregon, however, made only rs yards
on forward passes, while the Vandals
gained 128 yards through their over
head attack. The cold figures show
that Oregon gained 215 yards from
scrimmage and forward passes while
Idaho gaind 246 yards from scrim-
mage and forward passes.
Captain Babe" Brown outpunted
Chapman Of Oregon Brown on II
punts averaged slightly over 40 yards
while Chapman on 10 punts averaged
an even 38 yards. One Of Browns
punts was for a scant Is yards which |
cut down the average while Chapman
on the last punt of the game got
credit for a SO yard kick due to a |
lucky roll. Browns punting was
truly remarkable when it is to be /
remembered that he was kicking a
heavy, almost water-soaked ball.
Idaho Scares WebfoOters.
Idaho threw scare into Oregon
at the start. "Skippy :" Stivers on
the first play clipped off 40 yards
around end. Two line bucks and
pass, Brown to Breshears,
netted 20 more yards. The ball was
On Oregon's % yard when an Idaho
tumble was recovered by Oregon and
he play went down the field. After
IN exchange Of punts in which Ore !.
yon gained on one exchange on ac-
count of Browns only bad kick the
Webfooters had the ball on te Idaho
Is yard line. An Oregon pass netted
3 yards and straight football carried
he ball the rest of the way. On her
,wn Is yard line the Idaho mn held
Ind Chapman was forced to place
tick from the 20 yard line. Chap !
nan failed just one play before the
md of the quarter.
In the second quarter Oregon's
eleven invaded Idaho territory but
we're stopped on the 20 yard line.
Chapman dropped back to the 25 yard
inc and made good on his place-kick.
After an exchange of punts in which
daho gained ground the Vandals
tarted a determined offensive from
hir 30 yard line. Straight football
nd a forward pass of 20 yards,
Brown to Vesser, put the Vandals well
within Oregon's end of the field. An '
daho pass was caught by Johnson
f Oregon on his own 20 yard line, J
nd the first half ended with Oregon
n charge of the ball on her own
yard line. ;.
Brown VS.. Chapman.
The third quarter was little more +
han a kicking duel between Brown
nd Chapman with the Idaho men s
aving the edge. Play was in the :
enter Of the field most of the neriod.
he Vandals in this period outtought
ne Oregon team and we're carrying
le ball from mid-field as the period
nded \
The fourth quarter is long to be
emembered in Portland for, it was :
hown by the Vandals that team
an come from behind in the face OF |
Il odds and Outright their opponents. i
his is what Idaho did. An Idaho S
ass was caught by Oregon and the =
val offensive rolled down the field
, tha idaho TX ward line. There q