(ffe 1919 Football Season \Vith the: ,;chcdulc rurned wrong wa) to, and the hiJ,! game,., all at the bcginnin~: of the ~cn..,on, I daho had onl) a partiall) ~uccr~,ful fnothall sc:tsun. Defeated in the fir,.,t thn·c game,.,, the ream came hark stronJ.! anJ won the two n·maining conrc;;rs with cumparatiH• t:L~e. Unfortunate!) for l daho'~ pro~p<•ct,.,, :n an early season scrimmage several first string men sustained lasting i njurie~ that ~luwccl down t he team from the sm rt. Outweighed :~ l mo,;r l 'i pounds to the man. and with a cri ppled lineup, rhe team \\'l' IH down w <lcfcat 27 to 6 at the hands of rht' l niversity of Oregon in the initial gam<· of the sea•;on. In the first ri).{ht mimm~ of pla1 '"f u1 k" Ucrluugh went over fu r I dalw\ touchdown and the fans had rml) l'isi()ns of rhe tndinl! of rhe fata l Oregon "jin\.' ' \ Vithin three minnte~, ho,n·,·er, Orc~o'1 lwd C\l'llcd rtw Sl'Ore. \ Vith the rount b ro 6 at the end of the fir't half '' l'il!ht hc~an to tell, and in the third quarter two more Oregon touchdowns were 'hm l'd :tcro,s. In the tourrh quarter. following a s;:rie~ of end nm,; that put the bll within ... rrikinl! distance, rh(· \ Vcbfooter' tore dnouf.!h iur .;rill another. hrin~ing tht· ,;core to 27 tn h. The ne\t week the ream went to Salt Lake Cit~, where thl'\ met the l" niversit\· of · rah clen:n and were defeated. 20 to 0. A drinlinf.! rain m;llle the soft grn~s field C\ en -.lower and there ''ere iew spectacular pia)'· The team "ecmed to ger off on the wrong foot, and had thcr di,-playccl later sc01son form shouhl ha,·e \\'On the contest ra-.ilr. L tah ,rored in the first quarter on a fumhh· h) rd:~ho. but were held until rhe la:oot pt·riod, \\hen the\ :_!Ot awa\· with two more toudulown:-.. The folio\\ ing 11eek t.··:une. the annual clash with our time-honored rival. \Va.;hington Sratc. The Cougar team, fresh from ,·ictorie,., O\Cr C:~liiornia l . and :\lultnomah A. C., proved mu much for the l rbhu elc1·en. anJ rhc game wa-. Jo,r h~ the largest ...core of the ~ca....on, 37 to 0. T he j!ame was playccl in the rain, in a sea of mud, the :-.lippery hall causing frequent and costl) fun •b]e;. Idaho pla)cd pr:ll'tical l) rlw whok rontc,;t on the defensive, hut made lnr~l' gain<> at times when ~he did tnke thr offenc;iv('. 'l'hl' first qu<trtcr was scoreless, :111d it \\ a" not until m·:1r the end of the second that the first ct~unt \\ as made hy W . S. C. Three time:. they carr·it·cl the ball to the rd aho five-ya rd line, t>ut coul d not put it over. At till' fou rth t ri:t l the} ~hovc d thn>ul?,'h fd aho's fighting linesmen ancl manRgt>d to uoss the goal. The third quarter was the most disastrou-. for Tdaho, hut :ts the game wnrc: on rhe I daho dcfen;:;e :;tiffencd and during the last quar ter \ V. S. C. \\·as held -;corele~.o;. I daho easily sma~lwd their war through rhc l\ lont:tna eleven for the first win of tlw ;,c:L<;on, nut\ anlaging and nutpla) ing the dsitof', 11 ith a 7 to 0 score as a mea~er ind ication of the relative football abilitie-. of the teams. Tdaho "·as e:L.o;ily o:;uperior, and two more touchdowns were lost on technicnlities. D oped ro lcl'r. Tdaho. h,· better football tacti~ :tnd ph) sica I prowe:;s, walloped Gon?aga in tlw final g;1me of the se:L'Cln, lJ to 7. At onl) two periods of the ~rune did the Gonzaga team sho11 pep enouJ!:h to chl'ck the con--istent Idaho ad,·ances, at the lwginning of the ...econd half and throul!hout the la-.r quarter. when thcr fought desperatcl) to e1en the score. At none of rhest· time._, hcl\l't'ler. wa' the Idaho goal n·ally endangered, nor was it necessar~ at :my time for a substitution to hl' madl' :tj.!ain... t the ~rappy Gonzaga team. Thi:oo .;ho" ~ beyond doubt that the good (onditinn of the l claho men, after their fir<;t injurie-. had pas:.ed, could be relied upon, had their lx·st ~r:.mrs co'lle :.t the la'>t.
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