The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-10-25
VANDALS PREPARE
FOR Oregon TEAM
MATHEWS TEAM LEAVES TOMOR-
ROW FOR PORTLAND-FROSH
TO PLAY YANIGANS

University of Idaho Vandals leave
tomorrow afternoon for Portland, Ore
where they will meet the University
of Oregon football team there Satur-
day afternoon. Coach R. L. Mathews
will take 22 men with him in the spe-
cial Pullman car arranged for by
Graduate Manager Albert Knudson.
The Oregon game is looked forward
ITO with considerable interest in that
an Idaho varsity football team has
never been able to win from Oregon.
In the IA years of athletic rivalry be-
tween the two universities Oregon has
won II out Of Ia games and there have
fbeen two games ending in a tie.
f"Break the Oregon Jinx'' is the slogan
adopted this week on the Idaho camp
us.
7 Two Games Tied.
The first game between Oregon and
Idaho in 1901 at Portland ended in
"a nothing to nothing tie and last year,
1921, the Vandals and the Oregon men
battled each other to a stand-still in
to tie although the Idaho team
out-pardaged the Oregonians by a
substantial margin.
Coach Mathews held a stiff workout
yesterday afternoon and eased down
this afternoon in order to avoid any
possible injuries from scrimmage. The
Vandals hope to be the first Idaho
players to break the "Oregon Jinx"
although there is no spirit of over
confidence but the realization of one
of the hardest games of the season.
Oregon is a favorite on the basis of
comparative scores. Idaho won from
Whitman with Fitzke's drop-kick, 8 to
0, and Oregon was able to cross the
Whitman line for to victory. Ida
no has shown marked improvement
with each succeeding game, however,
but on the otUher hand the same re-
lative Improvement has been made by
the Oregon men.
Students Behind Team.
Members of the 1922 varsity eleven
are not superstitious and as a result
their intention Saturday is to make
the "Oregon Jinx" a thing of the dim
and distant past. They will enter the
but on the other hand the same re-
there are those on the Idaho campus,
notably the Idaho entire student body
who believe that Coach Mathews men !
will return victorious to Moscow Sun
day morning.
The team will reach Portland Fri
day for day of rest after the train
ride before entering the game Satur-
day afternoon. Play by play returns
will be received on the game at the T
gymnasium. A direct
Western Union wire has been ar
ranged for from the field at Portland
to the university gymnasium. Ar
q orc ~ h0Ino roodo tn
send a university newspaper man to
handle the special service
The reports will be read at the foot
)all game on Mclean field between
he Idaho freshmen and the varsity
second team or "Yanigans' This
game will start at 2:15 and first re-
oorts on the varsity game will be
AVAILABLE probably at 2:30 depending
lpon the time set for the start of the
game at Portland. The reports will
consist of story of the game in de-
all as 1t progresses.
Reports at Game.
Manager Stockland of the Western
Union will be in charge of the receiv-
ng end of the special service. No
harge will be made for university
tudents at the game here.
The frosh-second string varsity
game with a determination to win and
Manager Knudson after Ellensburg
Normal cancelled their. scheduled
anne with the freshmen. ElIensburg
n a game with the College Of Puget
sound last Saturday lost nine men for
he scheduled game with the Idaho
reshmen by reason of injuries. AS {
result the game was cancelled. Man
ger Knudson tried to arrange game
nth Spokane university and several
ther Spokane football teams but G
heir schedules call for contests on
aturdays.