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Mail Tribune 100, Dec. 20, 1922 By Alissa Corman Dec 20, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Dec. 20, 1922 CORVALLIS DEFIES ATHLETIC BOARD, TO PLAY TOLEDO Although Corvallis has decided to play Scott high school of Toledo a football game on New Year’s Day in defiance of the state athletic board of control and over Medford’s protest a final effort is being made by several Medford football fans to convince Scott officials that Medford is the team that Scott should play when the Buckeyes come to the coast. Medford was picked by the state board as being “a representative team of the state high school athletic association” and has made a better record through the season than has Corvallis. If Scott wins from Corvallis Scott will not have a clear claim to the United States championship, as Medford feels that she has a better team than the northern school and will maintain that belief. Corvallis scored 282 points during the season against opponents’ 7, while Medford scored 351 to opponents’ 10 and made a remarkable showing against the O. A. C. Rooks. Little faith that the efforts of local sport fans will amount to anything is held by the majority of fans locally and it is practically conceded that Corvallis has the game although tactics employed by the northern town to secure the contest do not meet local approval, and neither does the attitude of Portland. The Corvallis Gazette-Times says, in part, regarding the Toledo game: “The only possible fluke would come in the disposition of the state board governing high school athletics refusing to give Corvallis permission to play because of some idea that Medford had some sort of prior claim to the game. However, the local authorities know the facts in the case as to Medford’s negotiations, know that Medford did not actually come through with anything but talk, and are confident that, however much the southern metropolis may rage or represent, nothing of a serious nature can be presented for consideration of the body, and they can not see anything other than that Corvallis will be given permission to play.” LOCAL AND PERSONAL The city auto camp will be closed next Monday for the season and will open again next spring. Tourist auto travel has been very light at the camp for the past two weeks, and only an average of about six cars a day have stopped there during the past 10 days. Four auto parties were at the camp this forenoon. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]