The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-26
THE PORTLAND GAME.
Seattle Team Doing Some Very
Active Training.
MULTNOMAHS IN FINE TRIM.
Humor That Camp, McClung and Hef-
feifnger Are Coaching It-East-
ern Football Gossip.

The past week has seen a most gratify-
ing increase OF activity in the affairs of the
Seattle Athletic Club. which are just now
identical with the interests of football. A
week ago the annual meeting Of the club
was held. For some time prior to then the
majority Of the members had exhibited no
live interest They thought the club q
good thing and wished it we'll, but they
did not work. Al the meeting the situa-
ton vas set forth by the president and
tie necessity OF reformation explained
Since then the members of the club
have demonstrated what valuable service
they can do when the need of it is felt.
The chief manifestation of 1t has been in
the training for the football match of JAM
uary with the Multnomah Athletic Club.
of Portland. The roughness of the
weather has prevented outdoor practice.
but this has not stopped the teams work.
II has simply moved into the Armory.
Every night during the past week not only
all the men who are trying for places on
the eleven have been there, but always
scrub team made up of fairly strong
material to give the regulars sharp
work. Each night there has been
from twenty-five to thrty-fve men
has been no sham work about it, either,
although done indoors, and the players
have been coached in bucking the line.
running the ends, kicking, passing, inter
ference, blocking and all the other
branches that are made use of in q foot
ball game.
Beginning with today, there will be
week of daily practice out of doors, and
xbor uyttI ksa oh y,fa f,,t he
men will be worked hard, under coaches
that will make them put plenty of lite into
their playing and they will take long runs
10 strengthen their wind. -
Concerning the doings of the Portland
team there are all sorts of rumors atioat.
As far as training goes. they will prob
have the advantage of Seattle, as their
players have been hard at it for the past
two or three weeks, while their facilities
for work of this kind are superior to those
10 be had IN Seattle. OF the instruction
they are getting it is difficult to gather
anything reliable One report has it that
Camp and McClung. on their way East
from California, were persuaded to stop
Off and coach the team. Although this
seems hardly probable, the two men, one
OF whom had promised to come by
two with college mate. have not put in
their appearance here. Added to this, it
is whispered about that Heffelfnger, the
great guard Of last years Yale team, who
has been at work for the Great Northern
railroad at Spokane, has been induced to
go to Portland to coach the team for the
Seattle game.
The Mutnomahs have certainly pre-
served an air of extreme secrecy about
their movements that may or may not
bode great i'll to their opponents. Never
theless, the material of which the Seattle
team is to he made up consists mostly of
men who have had valuable experience on
Eastern college teams, and are not TO be
frightened by shadows or even by the
certain fact that the team against them is
being coached by players of great reputa-
ton. To judge by the meager sources of
news at hand. the game is one whose out
come is very uncertain. When the teams
line up on the field it will be time to COM
pare their strength.