The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-25
DEFEAT At TACOMA AVENGED
Splendid Team Work Gives Seattle
a Hard Earned Victory.
Tacoma Makes y Desperate Fight, but
Is Outplayed at Every Point-Two
Touchdowns by f Folsom-Yaie Defeats
Princeton, 12 to O--Pennsyl vania 8,
Wesleyan O-CornelI 80. Michigan 10.

In tie inud OF Madison PARK yesteTudy.
With 300 silenced shouters from Com
mencement bay for mourners, eleven
long-haired Seattle youths welded the
sections spade. Then they dipped their
fingers in the slime of the field and wrote
upon the headboard in big, black char
acters:
SEATTLE 8.
"TACoMA O."
1t was a glorious victory, with sweet
vengeance--choices Wand known to hu-
man palate-heaped up. and the avengers
feastcd themselves to the glut. Ranking
defeat, the only relic of the invasion of
Tacoma by Seattle's knights of the canvas
jacket, WAS swept away, and in its place
proud triumph! A battle royal had been
fought and won, and all else was forgot
And the crowd which urged the warriors
on was in keeping with the combat. Mad
isOn park had witnessed crowds before.
with excitedly cheering thousands, but
never such one as this. Full 1000 fevered
beings, with nerves at highest tension,
emphasizing their wrought-up feelings
with dIscordantly braying foghorns, ear
piercing whistles, deafening shouts and
madly-wavlng flags. Young America, in
full force, made up howling, screeching
rabble of maniacs. Staid business men,
with q modest bow of coiors in their
button hole, looked on in temporary
quietude and reminiscent mood as practice
began, then, as the ball was snapped into
play, let the memory of old college days
food their brains; then fell a help
less captive to the long subdued
spirit of the sport, and were off
into the thickest of it, yelling
like Indians. Dainty society buds, fragile
ornaments of the drawing room, threw
down the bars of conventionality, caught
the general inspiration and were applaud
ing with intensest earnestness as their
heroes wallowed desperately in the mud.
Football has captured Seattle. 1t has
come to stay.
1t was battle nobly fought and nobly
won, with no dishonor in defeat. Never
more dashing valor, more grim determina-
ton, more bulldog tenaclty. 1t was a bat
tie of Trojans, with superior discipline and
training carrying the day. Conscientious
practice. brought out by the sting of de-
feat, was responsible for it. Seattle's
eleven, with very much the same makeup
as at the Tacoma game, was not the same
team. In the first game there was indi-
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tice and consequently lack of team work.
Yesterday the change was marvellous.
The rush line formed the wedges with
the precision of band of veteran soldiers
marching, and pushed ahead as resist
lessly as the others might at a charge
bayonets. The interference was of the
highest order. the tackling timely and
effective, and the whole worked like we'll
oiled machinery. Tacoma's band of
braves did better than they did before, but
Seattle's far greater improvement over
matched them. After the first twenty
minutes play, in which the visitors
showed at their best and forced the fight
ing, they were outplayed at every point.
The battle was in Tacoma's territory after
that. The victory was Won by play that,
with many brilliant textures, was vet of
the steady, careful kind that knows no
turning back. With victory in her grasp.
Seattle fought doggedly on with never a
slip, and never paused until the end was
reached.
OF the winners Folsom made himself
the popular hero by his two brilliant runs
in scoring the only two touchdowns Of
the game. His runs were all finely exc
cuted and he nearly always gained ground.
His was grand work. but his comrades
were none behind him.
Atkinson, at full-back, played the
nerviest kind of a game, with a deep cut
across the nose that covered his face with
gore. His calling of the signals was per
feet, he kicked well and showed to ad-
vantage rs ground gamer.
Randall was the iron wedge that the
rush line hurled most OF the enemy s
center, and he generally went through
them IS the blade of the plow through the
soft earth. His tackling, too, was sure
death TO a runner.
At quarterback Ceilings played magnifi-
Gently, considering the fact that he had
never been In the position before and had
very little practice at it. The little irregu-
lar handling of the bail he did was excusa-
bic on account Of its slippery condition.
AT the center of the rush line Church
and Struve plowed holes through the op.
posing line big enough to drive team
through. The old Princeton center,
notwithstanding badly strained cord al
the back OF his leg, was on his mettle and
held back for nothing. The giant to his
right took everything before him when he
plunged ahead. carrying half dozen on
HIS bSsth anu HOW anu tDSH throwing
them aside like children.
Harrais did his full share of work on the
other side of center The tackles, Baxter
and Quimby, both old Harvard men. did
themselves and their alma mater proud.
A short while before the close OF the sec.
ond half Quimby hurt his leg and was sue.
ceeded by Shaw. who finished out the
game in good style.
Ford's tackiing at right end was superb
while oberteuffer at the other end doyned
his man with ciockwork regularity.
One OF the prettiest features of the pIav
was the work of the three backs in mock
citing" any Tacoma runner who found his
way around the end with the ball. Can,
Sturtevant. VINO romped around the lins
ct VIII at Tacoma, met with different treat
ment now, and could make little or nr
headway, despite his most desperate ef
forts. The interference of the men bact
of the line and also in il was beautiful. ane
both OF Folsom's touchdowns were rem
dered possible by it.
The Tacoma team played braveIv. anr
with more concerted play might bav,
changed the result. They started off 6nel,
and seemed as If they would surel,
drive Seattle back over her goal line. Their
suddenly there came change. The quar-
ter-back grew confused IN his signals. Tn,
heart seemed to die out of the team anc
the tide turned.
Capt. StQrtevant was host in himself