The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-23
THE CRACK KICKERs.
r.eoms and Portland to Play
1t Association Football.
rue NORTHERN TEAMS MAKEUP
Coming str,ssis Between Psnnant Win
p.rs for Baseball Championship
sporting Gossip.

Nov. o.-lspecIall-The football
-. - 8 played on THURSDAY, THANKSGIVING
!, poytland, between the Tacoma Athietic
oa,, ,.s.rcn eleven and the Portland team
- 70 be battle OF giants. IL Is the crack
pss,~ton team pitted against the strong
Nase 'sssrs The relative worth of strong team
"a .uperior individual effort OF the home
v e commented on below. There
No particulariy bright stars In
a0x,.na,s eleven. hut AZ q whole the team is
.hle of good work. Its members nave
lind early and late Nearly every afternoon
re men nIay sharply for an hour or So followed
81 hath. dinner. and half hours Walk. iner
vork promises to be very effective, ana the con
,.., will no doubt be hard and bitter. Inc
Tacoma team boasts OF fine players and mas
.sver.l men who have made the game famous IN
Eastern colleges. There will be plenty OF talent
and perhaps too much pride at stake 70 permit
: very moderate style OF football
Itis to be hoped that slugging, foul tackhng
and brutal scrimmages will be found unneces-
nry. The referee should not seruple 10 pro-
tect players and promptly rule out those VINO
Nh have about as much feeling for their OPP
,oneuts as they would for sandbag. large
allegation of Tacoma sports will go TO Portland
n watch their team work and their strong lungs
ed enthusiasm will perhaps go good way
pvard Sound victory. The Northern racine
sBers A special rate, with tickets good from
Wednesday until Saturday.
f,comas team will include some OF the best
p;sysrs In the Northwest and star or SO from
yssxrn colleges For the last two weeks the
rsccma eleven has been undergoing practice
md training both on the field and in gymna-
sum work Their team work will probably
rot be faultiess, but the individual merit OF
each member az football player can hardly Do
improved upon from the small quantity OF ma
terial to draw from.
Hacker, who has played in some famous
English elevens, will captain the team and play
full back. He is a large. powerful man ana
guards runner for goal In way few players
can. He is great general and hfs style OF play
ia peculiarly his own. At punting he is formid-
able. and rush lines worried at his timely
interferences He Is "a years old, feet inch
in height and weighs little over l70 pounds.
His voice at all times rises high above the roar
and yeIls OF the players, encouraging his men to
"tackle low" "tackle any way" ''be sure of
your man." etc. Close pursuance of his instruc-
tlons will prove helpful to the players.
Every collegian in the country knows of the
famous Amherst player, Pope. He played in his
freshman year az half-back on the regular team
70 his leg that retired him. The sporting writer
for the Boston Herald in commenting on the
game htween Yale and Amherst, in which
Pope vas playing, said that the latter
team we're only prevented from scoring by
the absence of their star player In addition to
being football player, Pope Is a general all
around athlete aud baseball player, and from
bis position on the rush line, a Portland player
win have to be q battering-ram to find an open
ing around him. Pope is % years old, 5 feet 10
inches in height, and $50 pounds in solid avoir-
drpois. He will play on the right end.
L Kershaw, of the famous Racine college
'ush line OF 1887, never knew when he was hurt
" when he crippled any one else. He will play
eft end, and the rush line to displacs him will
AVE to carry away lis pounds distributed
throughout six feet of shspely muscular form.
n addition to a cool head, he tackles well and
icks strong. Both as football and baseball
layer, he Is in the front rank of athletic col
sgians. He is 81 years OF age.
Charles Anderson, a local jeweler, plays a
God game and has physique that would easily
FAD person into the belief that football was
usiness with him, and that every pound of his
rame was built on him to adapt him to the
most vicious rush line that ever walled up. He
las great strength, and In a wedge would gain
fifteen yards without any trouble for his side.
Il. AhoNiSph 40 . aAo FfuySi va
note, has a strong point in play on the rush
line, and when the two crews form he will be in
the thick OF every scrimmsge.
Tytler, who will play center rush, has steady
head, is thick set and powerful. wedge to
dsplacs the center rush will find task cut out
for them He is % years old.
William K. Best Is Princeton man and will
be found on the left tackle. His strong point il
10 break through the lines and make holes for
his backs to run through. He is 25 years old.
Trevvstt IL a Splinter and Is learning to be a
sure tackle With good interference on Hackers,
hcElroy's and Kershaws part he will cause the
tacklers OF the Portlands TO do some great work
to hold up their end. He is the smallest man
weighing AS pounds. He may play as one OF
the half.backs
Another player of good merit 10 Billy Evans, a
Harvard ball player OF so and 90 He is an ex-
celient punter, and a fair tackler. and his drop
kicks viii tell when the fight becomes fierce
and hot He is "a years old.
AcEiroy is a good Splinter, and played on the
Yale team. He is quick in all his actions, and
as left half back will do good work. He is in
bis sd year
L. 4. Ellis is a firm player, and offers strong
and timely interference. As tackler he is sure
70 down his man. His age is y. This winter
'~hts VIII pay lSit Euhru.
Dudley, a Columbia graduate, has good he I'd
md blocks very efieetually. He is a good gen
sral and is in the game fran start TO finish In
! serimmage he may be found close to the ball
Ind getting tight hold on it He will play
light tackle.
The heighth, weight and position OF the play
frs together.with the college or institute from
which they graduated follows:
J. Anderson, feet. l75 pounds, left guard,
Yale.
Charles Anderson. feet 9 inches, I52 pounds,
Ind, Yale
William E Best, feet els inches, I5a pounds,
tackle Princeton,
NJ. +. Tysier, 5 feet 50 inches, ls6 pounds.
center. Clifton, England
J. sutton, 5 feet inches, 40 pounds, left half,
University OF California
Z. Z. Ellis, q feet, 1870 pounds, guard, McGill.
Canada
T. E Dudley, feet 10 inches. $50 pounds,
ttght end, Cornell
MeEiroy. 5 feet inches, 40 pounds. right
hall, Yale.
William Evans. S feet S inches. l4o pounds,
quarter back, Harvard.
"" z Hacker. 8 feet inches, ITO pounds, full
oaek, hayertord, Pa.
j, y. q. Rowe, 6 feet inches. 40 pounds, tackle,
neslon Polytechnic Institute.
Pope.
PORTLAND VS.. SAN JOSE.
Two Teams Of Pennant Winners who
flay for the Coast Championship.
The championship season OF the Californis