The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-30
rae SECOND ELEVEN.
"a C. Depends on 1t for Sue
cess in Football.
x,esr ELEVEN NEEDS PRACTICE.
s<rc.x scrnb Wanted 90 Give the
e~gaisrs Hard work - state
unsversfty's Schedule.

f&.f Saturdays game az Tacoma was an
/ .--.tlsut demonstration Of the prevalent
~.skne.s Of teams who have had . weak
.svnb or none At all TO practice against.
r-<h Seattle and Tacoma were very weak
s offensive play. To take the bali meant
.az.o~t certainly that . touchdown would
,1.utt. and 20 the tight was fret in Taco
-. and then In Seattie's territory, and
"a score kept mounting up on both
sbtsz
Tia state Of affairs IL not 10 be wondered
! q regara TO the Seattle team. and the
-sme set OF circumstances will probably
..rty 20 Tacoma. Here, up 90 the middle
y last week, there was no one to line up
erainss the regulars. Usually there were
t,sr or eve green men on hand outside Of
IL Cub eleven. and In consequence the
cr1rfsre was very unsatisfactory. The
.ork Of the team was confined almost
ssfirsIy to offensive play because there
- not enough OF the scrub to take the
20. The result was that when the men
ve-s lined up against a team that fairly
matched them they could do but little
eatcfsse work when the other side had the
Ill
Furthermore. for the same reason the
lsara's offensive play Was not rs strong as
3 ought to be. IL is an entirely different
nxsfer, after having been accustomed TO
lsifinto place and trot through the plays
uIsh little or no opposition. TO be brought
rs 10 face With q team Of hard players.
66s:tls'e interference, or rather lack Of In
1urtersnee, was good evidence OF this. The
1Aeulty Of forming shield to protect the
AN with the ball when active opponents
" striving to break il mp was made fully
urarent. II IL no great trick 70 do IL in
n<h practice as Seattle has had. but q reg
sir game demonstrated the importance Of
sksiy of good hard practice in this direc-
ion.
befoYe the Athletic Club will have another
Important game on its hands. In the
nesntime a remedy for the weakness Of
he team Is TO be had only by giving II
plsnsy Of hard work against the strongest
srub obtainable, along with faithful
eoaehing. The success of the. eleven,
shen, depends a great deal on the patriot
ism of the club members. Ii they
are willing to turn out in the scrub
10 line up against the regulars
The problem ought 20 be solved. The scrub
Fl every practice ought to number fifteen
Of twenty men, and the team ought TO be
slsen an unlimited amount of hard prac-
dee There are plenty OF strong. active
yDung fellows in the club who ought to
folnnteer Tor the work Nor is it sure that
hey will be kept on the scrub if they show
suficient promise. There are several new
players now on the team who gained
places there by their untiring attention to
heir work. and there IL room for more of
TIE same kind whenever they show their
neitle.
II looks now as II the Athletic Club
would have three. more big games before
sthe end of November. 1t is settled that
Tacoma will play the return game here on
Thanksgiving day. Ii is also quite sure
that Seattle viii play the Multi
aomas at Portland ON November
IS The return game in Seattle
y not settled. Portland prefers to play
hefe in December, but as the s. A. c. men
xish 10 close the season with November,
De 18th of that month is being considered.
MS would give the local team the same
llnd OF u handicap that Yale has with
Harvard and Princeton every year--two
lard games only five days apart--but this
nsms the only suitable arrangement that
go be made.
The state university Is planning con-
guests. and thus far expects To make them
assy from home. Failing in its cndeavor
% get the Seattle Athletic Club TO play In
Portland on Thanksgiving day. the Multi
nomahs have arranged TO have the college
boys there then. The latter also expect 10
play at Port Townsend next Saturday and
With the Vivienda Club st Tacoma on
esghsY Noyauuber II ar Is