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Honors
Wesley Kendall (HB), 1891 Outstanding Player
Jack Savage (G), 1892 Outstanding Player
James H. Smith (FB), 1893 Outstanding Player
Bert Kerrigan (QB) 1900 All-Oregon; 1901 Northwest
Player of the Year
Downs (HB) 1900 All-Oregon
Jerry Rusk (OT) 1900 All-Oregon
Edmunson (G) 1900 All-Oregon
Martin Pratt (T) 1900 All-Oregon Captain
Montague (E) 1900 All-Oregon Alternate
Watson (C) 1900 All-Oregon Alternate
Harmer (C) 1900 All-Oregon Alternate
Walker (E), 1907 All-Big
3
George McMillan (G) 1907
All-Big 3
Carlson (C) 1907 All-Big
3
Dudley Clarke (FB) 1907*-1911 All-Northwest
League
Kirby (E) 1907 Honorable
Mention
Martin T. Pratt (T) 1907 Honorable
Mention
Edward Plowden Stott (QB) 1907 Honorable
Mention
Lonergan (HB) 1907 Honorable
Mention
* Appeared in only one
game.
1921 Bill Steers (HB), Player of the Year
The Story of the
MAAC
Feb 24, 1891, at Columbia Hall in
Portland, 150 men met and discussed the popularity of
the Portland Football (soccer) and Cricket Club.
"The 26" insisted that anyone joining the organization
pay a $10 initiation fee while others did not.
With that disagreement, "The 26" drafted articles of
incorporation, filed them in Salem and on Feb 26 the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club was born.
Football, the newer version born
from rugby was the impetus for forming the MAAC.
The first members of the football team known as "The 26"
were: E.P. Dosch, Arthur B. McAlpin, C. Lewis, Manager
T.S. Brooke, W.H. Chapin, W. Lipman, R. Green, W.A.
Montgomery, J. Gavin, Jack Savage, R.L. Glisan, W.A.
Holt, H. Fiske, W.L. Kendall, A.M. Ellsworth, C.E.
McDonnell, and M. Brooke.
January 1, 1892
Dandall tore through Tacoma with 34 carries for 233
yards in the 24-0 victory.
The Starters on Jan 1, 1892:
J. Gavin (C), Jack Savage (G),
Leland (T), R. Green (E), R.L. Glisan (G), W.A. Holt
(T), H. Fiske (E), A.M. Ellsworth (QB), C.E. McDonnell
(FB), Dandall (HB), Mark Brooke (HB)
Jack Savage was considered a
"mountain" of a man standing 6'3" and weighing 215
pounds.
1893:
Holt (E), Withington (T), W.H. Smith (G), Page (C), Alva Stephens
(G), Frazer,
Pomeroy (E), McDaniel (QB), Ellsworth (HB), Billy Lassell
(HB), Joseph Smith (FB),
Leuders, Clark, Stram, Gavin, Church, Spencer (T),
Schermerhorn, Elliott, Ainselie, Holbrook, Arthur
McAlpin, Morso
The lighter weight "juniors" won two games from Portland
University under the direction of Schermerhorn.
White (HB), Whitehouse (HB) and DeFrance (FB) starred.
Against Vancouver, Morse (HB), Durham (HB), Honeyman
(FB), Dalgleish (G), Daggett (QB) were the big
playmakers.
Billy Lasswell was the fastest 220
& 440 man in the Northwest and left the MAAC for the
famed Copper Kings of Butte, Montana where he died in
1900.
Joseph Harker Smith was regionally
famed as "The Only Joe" because of his remarkable
ability to deliver the goods. He played baseball,
football, both rugby and intercollegiate, was
football captain, ran track and was an expert billiards
player and bowler. Joe became coach for the 1896
season.
Arthur B. McAlpin, the man who
spearheaded the formation of the MAAC was voted the
first president in 1891, played football for the team
until he was 37, tennis into his 80's and was one of the
first 3 climbers to ascend Mount Hood. His 90th
birthday was celebrated throughout the city of
Portland. He died 6 months later. In 1991 an
award was named for McAlpin for extraordinary service
and leadership.
The football team would play other
club teams, high schools, and colleges including the
upstart Oregon Ag College (Oregon State) and Stanford,
as well as numerous military teams throughout it's
history.
Many football players for the MAAC
would go on to compete in Olympic Games as well as set
world records in various events like wrestling,
swimming, and track and field.
Dec 21, 1895 - in the throes of
controversy, the M's decided not to travel to play
Seattle who was being accused of using professionally
paid players and "buying" an official from the USS
Philadelphia in a victory over Port Townsend, the win
against Port Townsend eliminated them from playing
Multnomah for the championship on Christmas Day which
the Townsends eventually won 6-0.
1899 Players: McKinnon (Capt), Stiles (HB), Dr. Henry
Meyer (HB), Oliver (T), Volkhardt (T), Davey (FB)
1900 Players: Keller (C), Watson (C), Seely (G), Rusk
(T), Montague (E), Watson (G), Davey (G), Martin Pratt
(Capt/T), Cooper (E), Hamilton (QB), Kerrigan (QB),
Downs (HB), McMillian (HB), Davey (HB), Flechhammer
(FB), Davey (FB)
Against the Salem team on New Years Day, McMillian broke
his collarbone, Bert Kerrigan broke a leg, and Seely and
Cooper, both Stanford men were ineffective.
1901 Players: Bert Kerrigan (QB/Capt); Smith (G); Ray
Goodrich (HB); Dolph (FB); Montague (E); Martin Pratt
(T); Dr. Wiley Woodruff (G);
"Doc" Woodruff was an All-American at Pennsylvania
1902
Players: Ed Dowling (E),
Martin Pratt (T), Wilcox (T), Van Voorhees (G), Keller
(C), Valentine (G), Roy R. Kirkely (Capt/T), Tidcum (E),
Plowden Stott (QB), Bishop (HB), Bert Kerrigan (HB),
Floyd Cook (FB), McMillian (HB), Krennick (G), Joe Pratt
(E), Smith (HB)
400 students and townspeople boarded
the noon train from Eugene to Portland for the
Thanksgiving Day match up between the MAAC and the
University of Oregon. This was the largest crowd
to that date traveling to Portland.
1903 Players: Ed Dowling (E), Eastman (T), Krenick (G),
George Keller (C), Buckell (G), Bailey (T), Joe Pratt (E),
Goodell (QB), Owens (HB), Crosby (FB), Bell (HB), Hays,
Martin Pratt (T), J.J. Valentine (G), Thomas Ross (G),
Roy Kirkley (T), Harry Corbett (E), Chester Murphy (QB),
George McMillan (HB), Marion Dolph (HB), Floyd Cook
(FB), S. Johnson (QB), W.B. Fickheimer, G. James, B. Van
Voorhies, D. Jordan
Reserve Players:
Harder (E), Cully (T), Sterling (G), Callahan (C),
Jeffreys (G), Allen (T), Surcinie (E), Smith (QB),
Murray (Capt/HB), Zander (HB), Hahn (HB), Whitcomb (FB)
1904 Players: Grieve (C), Ross (G), Seeley (G), Keller
(T), Stowe (T), Dowling (E/Capt), Jordan (E), Johnson
(QB), Horan (HB), Lonergan (HB), Dolph (FB)
1906 Players: Dave Jordan (Capt/E), Eddie Dowling (E),
Butler (G), Burt (G), McMillan (T), Pratt (T), "Bud"
James (FB), Horan (HB), Frank Lonegran (HB), Marion
Dolph (HB), Dr. Paul Roder,
George W. McMillian, longtime
football king in Portland was elected President in
1907.
1907 Players: Carlson (C),
Pilkington (C), Sterling (G), McMicken (G), Jack Horan (G),
Dow Walker (T), Martin Pratt (T), Smith (E), Ed Dowling (E), Alexander
(QB), Stott (QB), G. Alexander (HB), Lonergan (HB),
Austin (FB), Breed, Morris, Fielding, Johnson, Crosby,
Brown, Oswald, Owens, Wilder
1908 Players: Roy (LE), McMicken (LE), Dow Walker (LT),
Conant (LG), Callahan (C), Friesell (RG), Tully (RG),
Oswald (RT), Rader (RT), Austin (RE), Smithson (RE),
Litt (QB), E. Plowden Stott (QB), Knudson (FB), Slaker
(FB), Pilkington (HB), Forrest Smithson (HB), Austin
(HB)
1909 sees J.A. Knudson elected
captain of the football team in July replacing E.P.
Scott who captained the team the during the '07 &
'08 seasons.
1910: Gordon Moores, one of the
greatest ends the University of Oregon ever produced is
elected captain of the team. Quarterback Jack
Latourette, the 1909 captain retired.
1911: Dudley Clarke (HB/P); Carl Wolff (HB/K); Dom
Callicarte (E), O'Rourke (T), Rodgers (G), "Chub" Cherry
(C), Hurlbert (FB), Walter Keck, May, Patterson, Smith,
Emily, Ted Ludlam (HB/E), Prichard, Herron, Hickson (E),
Earl Rinehart (QB), Shaw (T), Berry (G/HB), Bourgard
(G), Means (T), Hastings (HB)
Dudley Clarke played for the Vancouver soldiers in the
Nov 4, 1911 game prior to joining the MAAC.
Clarke accounted for a field goal and after-TD kick in
the 9-0 win over Seattle. Shaw scored the
touchdown.
Ralph Dimick, lawyer and athlete played in an alumni
game with Pacific University and was injured, developing
pneumonia and dying Oct 23, 1911.
* * *
The 1912 team was believed to be the
greatest ever to represent the MAAC. It was then
that the board decided to stop playing the Seattle AC
and concentrate on trying to get big midwestern teams to
come out in an effort to fill the stadium, something the
games with Seattle were no longer doing. Ted
Ludlam and Earl "Rat" Rinehart announced their
retirement following the 1913 New Years Day
game. Team captain Ralph J. "Speck" Hurlburt would
be killed in World War I five years later.
1912 Players: C. Red Rupert, Dow Walker, Ralph Hurlburt
(Capt/FB), John "Romeo" Hickson (E), Earl "Juliet"
Rinehart (QB), Carl Wolff (HB), Opie Smith, Kirke
Montague, Walter Keck (HB), George Carlson (C), Dom
Callicrate (E), W. Rodgers (G), J. O'Rourke (T), G.
Burton, Dudley Clarke, Roscoe Fawcett, DeWitt Harry,
George Bertz, Jack Dunton, Flynn (G)
E. Plowden Stott attempted to schedule a
game with Notre Dame University in 1913 but could not
get support from the Spokane AC. Those trips for
Notre Dame were only feasible if they could play
multiple games during the long trip west.
Captain Walter Keck kicked two field
goals to boost the MAAC to a 6-0 victory over his alma
mater Oregon Ag
College. (Oregon State). The game was plagued by
penalties for roughness and the college team had 2
players disqualified and Multnomah one.
* * *
1915 Players: "Red" Rupert (Capt), Otis Day, George
Philbrook, Alec Donaldson, Wallace deWitt, Johnny
Parsons, Joseph Harter, J.O. Convill, Grover Francis,
M.D. Wells, Clayton Sharpe, Leonard Streibig, L.W.
O'Rourke, Eddie Duffy
As the 1915 season approached, All-Northwest players
Johnny Parsons (HB), Anson Cornell (QB) and Royal Niles
(FB) were announced as having joined the MAAC.
Grover Francis bolted 90-yards on Sep 25 against Oregon in the
first few seconds after kickoff of a 13-7 win.
On Oct 7, 1916 the Winged M's pulled off a double-header
victory beating Columbia and Pacific Colleges in the
back-to-back affair.
"Red" Rupert, last year captain of the club, coached the
School of Commerce and Oregon City Athletic Club teams.
1917: (C) Driskell, (RG) Busch, (LG), L.C. Dressler, (RT)
Harvey Hale,
(LT) Tom Louttit, (RE) Rollie Jones, (LE) Johnny Murphy, (QB)
Eugene Murphy, (HB) Al Horton, (HB) Jack Day, (FB) Errol Briggs,
(FB) Duffy, (HB) Henry Jones, (C) Beheroff, (RE) Nunn,
Walter Lutge, Andrew Feichtinger
Eugene "Gene" Murphy was captain of the 1916 Notre Dame
freshman team.
L.C. Dressler would help coach the Pacific Athletic Club
with Walt Lutge and Rollie Jones going to play as well
after a many of the club players enlisted and the season
ended Nov 25.
Tom Louttit single-handedly kept the Camp Lewis game
from becoming a rout in a 10-3 loss with his strong
defensive line play.
* * *
1918: Tom Louttit (C/Capt), Fred Rebein (T), Millard
Webster (E), Andy Feichtinger (E), Harvey Hale (T), Jack
Layton (G), Himpel (G), Mike Blech (T), "Husky"
Hughie McKenna
(QB), Kramer (FB), Graham (HB), Charles Bixby (HB),
Russell (G), Cook (HB), Jack Welch (HB), Al Horton (HB)
Elijah Worsham, former Winged-M and Camp Lewis 91st
Soldier was killed in World War I.
The final curtain was drawn in 1926
when interest and participation had started to
slip. Blow outs to Oregon Agricultural College and
Gonzaga forced the hand of Hal. H. Rasch who announced
on Oct 20 that the team would disband and cancel games
with West Seattle and the Olympic Club of San
Francisco.
All-Star Winged
M's (1891-1913):
Frank E.
Watkins selections:
C - Pete
Overfield
G - Tom Rose /
Wylie Woodruff
T - Martin Pratt
/ George McMillan
E - Chauncey
Bishop / Dave Jordan / Dominic Callicrate
QB - Chester
Murphy
HB - Frank
Lonergan / Dudley Clarke
FB - Joe Smith /
"Bull" James
Dow Walker
selections:
C - "Chub" Cherry
G - Wylie
Woodruff / George Carlson
T - George
McMillan / Martin Pratt
E - Dave Jordan /
Dominic Callicrate
QB - Plowden
Stott
HB - Dudley
Clarke / Carl Wolff
FB - Walter Keck
Martin Pratt
selections:
C - "Chub" Cherry
G - Wylie
Woodruff / Tom Stephens
T - Dow Walker /
George McMillan
E - Dave Jordan /
Dominic Callicrate
QB - Chester
Murphy
HB - Dudley
Clarke / Carl Wolff
FB - Joe Smith
William H. Jordan starred with
MAAC until serving in the military where he returned
with the Camp Lewis Ninth Army in 1921 as a Lt. Col.
taking over the 59th Infantry post in Vancouver.
1921: E. Plowden Stott was
selected as umpire of the Multnomah - University of
Oregon game.
Bill Steers was the hero against
the Pacific Fleet team, running for a TD, kicking the
PAT and nailing a 15-yard drop kick for all 10 points.
The upset loss suffered by the San Francisco-based Fleet
team all but ended any talk of a Bowl Game against Penn
State. Against Whitman, Steers passed for a TD,
kicked the PAT, drop kicked a 43yard FG and 47yd FG in a
13-6 win. Steers, five years earlier toured the
Northwest with the 1918 Mare Island Marines starring
with his dropkicks as the leathernecks routed Camp
Lewis, Bremerton and Idaho.
Steers would be called upon to
referee the Portland City Championship of 160-pounders
pitting St. Johns against Arleta.
1921 Roster:
Harlie A. Blackwell (C), Erroll
Briggs (HB), Robert Butler (HB), Henry J Cook (HB),
William H. Copeland (G), Alexander Donaldson (E), George
L. Dutton (HB), Theodore E. Faulk (E), M.R. Finney (G),
Havey S. Hale (T), William F. Holden (T), Frank Holmes
Jr (G), Louis M Johnson (T), Carl V Mautz (G), Charles
Pallett (C), Robert F Pelouze (E), William H Steers
(QB), Maurice F Smith (HB), Ozbun G Walker (T), Paul G
Wapato (E), Paul A Workman (HB), Francis B Jacobberger
(HB)
1922: Clipper Smith (HB), Fracis
Jacobberger (QB), Bill Steers (HB), Bob Stewart (C),
Holmes (G), Busch (T), Palouze (E), Strachan (G), Hale
(T), "Chuck" Rose (E), V. Jacobberger (HB), Workman
(FB), Harder, L. Johnson, Keyes, Baker (FB), Gilbert
(G), Weinheimer, Bill Reinhart, Donaldson (E), Moore,
Everett Brandenburg (HB), Briggs, Moran (FB), Leslie
(C), Morrison (E), Butler (G)
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