Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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(JAMES: FIRST TEAM FOOTBALL SQUAD. GAMES: O. A. C, 11; Alumni. 0. O. A. C, 45; UUh. 0. 0. A. C-. 22; Portland Medic . 0. O. A. C, 8; V. of O- 8. 0. A. C- 26; U. of W.. 6. 0. A. C, 10; M. A. A. C, 11.

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Football ft ft The chief direction of the preparation of the foothull team for the season of '05 has been committed a train to l)r. A. C. Stockle. and the • lection is unquestionably the lied that could have been made. It is doubtful if there is n better coach in the West. Some of his admirers place him on the same plane with Yost of Michigan, Stator of Chicago, and other famous football tacticians. Like them, I)r. Steekle follows no iM'aten paths in the development of his men ami their play. He does not confine himself in the preparation of a formation and in its execution to the play as some other coach has made and used it. He tits the units or men in the play to the formation, and the formation to the units. He may change the detail of the formation to accommodate it to his material. He may make an entirely new play particularly suited to men at his command. This is scientific football and scientific use of material. Any man in the team who is especially strong in a particular style of assault is sun? to have arranged for him by Dr. Steekle a play in which that talent is given full opportunity and is used to the uttermost. Dr. Stockle first attained fame ns captain of a team for the University of .Michigan in 1900, the year before Yost went to the institution. The captain that year was the chief coach also, and the record made by the team was the beginning of that . | octacular atul uninterrupted career of success that has placed the University of Michigan equal to, if not actually above, the big eastern universities in footlttll achievement. Dr. Steekle played tackle on the team ami ma le a reputation as a player that gave him first place as a tackle on the all-western team of that year. For thn-e years then-after he coached the University of Nevada team, and brought that aggregation from the position of an unknown and unheard of tea in up to the same plane with the California universities, both of whk-h were repeatedly played to a standstill, and each of which was defeated by Steekle and his Nevada hunch. Those success - gave Steekle a repute as a trainer that brought him numerous olTers from the Hast and elsewhere, but he finally accepted a tempting offer from O. A. C- and during the season of '04 coaich xl the eleven. He gave to the Oregon Agrics a system of play that made them universally acknowledged in the newspapers ami hv exports to have been the ls-st team playing in the Northwest last year. The team defeated the University of Washington by the overwhelming score of 2fi to 5, hill with the captain and two of his b at men out, lust to the University of Oregon in the animal game of the year by a score of tj to 5, the result turning on a goal kick. These achievements were followed up in a Christmas game with the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club team, in which, though defeated, the team won the greatest victory ever won by a college eleven over that aggregation. Tin- men from O. A. C. scons 1 twice against Multnomah, the instance being the first, save one, in whirh Multnomah was ever scons! against on lier own field by a college eleven. The achievement brought a distinction that is enjoyed alone by the men of O. A. C. As in the Ktigene game, the match was lost only by a goal kick. In every respect Dr. Steekle is an ideal coach, lie is widely popular with athletes, members of the faculty and all others, aud hi mond influence on the men under him is most excellent. The fart that he is to coach the 0. A. 0. team next year makes certain a brilliant season as to games and a splendid record in football achievement. 0corgi Herbert Root is captain of the '05 team. He is in his third year in college and will be playing his fourth season. In personal character he is the prince of good fellows, ami as a player a most formidable man. llis ordinary weight is 195 to 200 pounds, and he is one of the best 50-vard sprinters in college. He is fast, fierce and almost irresistible in a line buck and very swift at end running. He is equally great in defensive tactics, and through it all has a nerve and grit that never wavers, flags or falters. He is idolized by his teammates, who will follow him a their field (easier in the coming season with an abandon and determination to make them a mighty hard hunch to stop. The election of Root to the captaincy was unanimous, aud his selection a personal tribute

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of the mon lo hi length of service, hi achievement a a player, and to hU high personal character, which «o pre-eminently fit him for the position. Equal with the coaches and with the men themselves a an cmential lo auccewn is the managvr. No role is DOIT difilrult. no position no exacting. and no place more important. A happy union of shrewd neat, executive ability, discretion, financial acumen, patience to an infinite decree, anti, aliow all. the inherent and instinctive qualities of a gentleman are vital essentials to a successful manager. Few athletic teams ever find all these trait fully ruitiodicd in one man. Yet, in happy concord with the highly flattering arrangements for the season of Ui. O. A. C. has a man-ager who embodies ever)- charaeteristie ewntial to perfect management of the team and its finances. He is Fred C. Stimson. a Yamhill county boy of the class of ’05. lie became manager in the ’04 season, and throughout the year managed the various athletic teams with such bril- liant success, financially and otherwise, that he has been retained ns a graduate manager for the season of 05. Though he entered upon the work without experience, his success has lieen so phenomenal that he has become widely known in the Northwest as a most able manager. It is doubtful if any young man anywhere ever sprung so quickly into prominence or ao quickly took rank as a success in his particular field as has Malinger Fred Stimson since he became general manager of athletics at 0. A. C. last October. In character he is gen in I and gentlemanly, yet firm and unyielding as a military commander when convinces! that lie is right, lie is cool, scrupulously fair and just, generous and gentlemanly with rival managers, and always devoted ami untiring in seeking, first of all, the welfare of hi players. He provide for them lavishly in the rqpuipincnt and training so vital to success. He is widely |x»piilar with them, which, in part, account for hi ability to contribute so largely to their aucceiw. professionally and financially. PROPOSCO STUDENTS' BUILDING.