The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-15
SEATTLE WINS AGAIN.
High School Team Victorious
at Tacoma.
TOUCHDOWN THE ONLY SCORE.
Better Team Work Responsible For the
kesult-Seattie's Massed Plays Too
Much For Tacoma.

The football team representing the Seattle
high school invaded Tacoma yesterday to do
battle With the high school team there and
Drought back the laurels o.: wel-earned We
tory. single touchdown in the first hat was
responsible for the result it being the only score
OF the game
While oztensibly q match between high school
teams, II Was IN reality fight between picked
eievens., Seattle high school had pressed into
service Nichols, Hooker and Medaris, OF the
state university, while Tacoma more than
Played even by putting in Capt. Sturtevant and
TWO other players OF the Tacoma Athletic Club,
together with man from Bishop Scott academy.
seattle won the game on its merits, as il ex-
hloiIed stronger team work ali through. In in
dlvidual play Kelly showed to the best advant-
age, making most OF the gains. Cotton also
played we'll at half back Nichols made big
holes in the Tacoma rush line and Inglis tackled
extremely well.
For Tacoma Sturtevant played practically the
Whole game, making most of the gains, either
by running or kicking. The worst feature Of
the game was the rough play OF Phil Anderson,
OF the Tacoma Athletic Club, who was substi-
tuted in the second half.
Play began at 2:4o. Seattle won the toss and
took the bail. opening with turf eback wedge
that sent Kelly through the right tackle for fl
teen yards. Rushes by Kelly, Cotton, Esplin and
Hooker advanced the bail to Tacoma's three
yard line Kelly was then forced over
the line on a massed play. The ball was brought
out and Cotton missed his attempt at a goal.
Tacoma opened her play with aV and sent
capt Rees for seven yards. Sturtevan:
made email gain and then at
tempted to punt but was blocked. On his
next attempt he sent the ball down the field to
seattie's twenty-yard line, bu, glis returned
1t by run of fifteen yards. By succession OF
PUSHES and one particularly good end run by
ponents' forty-yard line, where they lost
it on tumble. Tacoma Immediately brought
the ball back to Seattle's thirty-yard line on
two runs by Sturtevant AMI one around the end
by their left half-back. Time WAS called with
the bali in Tacoma's hands at seattles twenty
i've yard line. Score: Seattle 4, TacomaO.
Ia the second half Anderson went in at
right tackle aud earle took De Grote's
place at left tackle Tacoma opened the
turte-back wedge with a gain of three yards.
The game then continued, the bali being
carried back and forth between the twenty five
yard lines of the two teams, Seattle bucking the
center and Tacoma running the ends until the
last fourteen minutes of the half. At this
point Seattle pushed the bail steadily
down the field from the center by a
succession of vigorous center plays until they
had the bail within three teet of Tacoma's goal
line. Then, On the third down. 1t was passed to
lnglis. and the Whole eleven punched be-
hind to push him over. Back and forth
they swayed, until at last when the
referee was able 10 separate the men
enough to see the ball it was just on Tacoma's
line and Seattle had failed to score aud lost
the ball on four downs. The decision OF
the umpire on this play was criticized by
many who saw the game, 1t is claimed
that the ball had been pu ned over the line and
then forced back again. The ball went to Taco
ma and was then passed back to sturtevant, who
sent it down the field on a long punt and put the
Tacoma goal out OF danger. There were only
three minutes more time. but Seattle went hard
to work aud when time was called had the ball
on Tacomas twenty -fye-yard line. The score:
Seattle 4, Tacoma0
Following is the summary of the game:
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