Washington at Oregon

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  Daily capital journal, Salem, Oregon, December 2, 1918, page 2

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  OREGON oUTPLAYED WASHINGTON ELEVEN Seattle, Dec. 1.-Oregon yesterday afternoon scored victory over the University of Washington, to 0. Up here they sort of stick up their noses and say: “Well, these are war times; anything is likely to happen. But war times Or peace times or whatever you want to call it, the University Of Oregon has z to 0 victory to slip into its record book after the line mum bersd 1918, the first time in 10 years Our Uncle Samuel has played big part in football this year He has up. set schedules and said “no football, and then “more football” and various other things. His Railroaders Fell Down. But yesterday he came nearer causing q real disappointment than he has at any time this season. His very best railroad system forgot to include the trunks bearing the Oregon uniforms when it left Portland Friday, with the lesult that flock of nervous, unifir1nlass athletes were straying around the locker rooms at Denny field this after, noon for over an hour before the naval training station athletic director could be routed out and the “undies’ of the sailor team turned over ts Oregon. One can just imagine Hugo Bezdek letting his athletes trot out in some other fellows uniforms and then dying of heart failure at the ‘sJinx’ that sure was to attach. Shy Huntington and his alnietcs forgot all about that iinx person, how ever, and, filled out in these misfits

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  The Seattle star, Seattle, Wash., December 2, 1918, page 11

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  OREGON WINS HONORS FROM WASHINGTON Oregon won the Northwest foot ball championKhip when they down ed the Washington eleven hy n ain. gle touchdown at Denny field before 5 900 fans Saturday. The final count was TO 0. Smashing their way thru the Washington lin. In the second period. the Oregon men pushed over the only touchdown of tho melee when BrandanburT. tho stocky halt back OF tho visitors. picked a hole thru right tackle and placed the bail over oreson’s line. Goal was kicked. The gam. was delayed over an hour by the late arrival Of the Ore gon suits. The initial kickoff was a, 390. The last quarter was played In darkness. Eckman was the individual star OF the game HIa open field work puz zled Oregon’a defense. Several times he got away for long gains, but the Oregon line WAS unpene. trablc and Washington was unable to score. when Washington fell before Ore. gon Saturday, the proposed game with California was automat. icaIiy Cancelled. for the Southerncrs by their defeat OF oregon last week have captured the Coast gridiron championship.

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Officially, Washington leads 63–⁠50–⁠5; as played, 56–⁠46–⁠4 in the 106 games on file; the official count covers all 118 meetings, counting the 104 since this game.