The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-29
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I. poarning tonight. for her football he
-. re overthrow and the Eue Dsa-
.<ud 81 Seattle floats triumphant over the
>sSn1yss ooansry. There asa no sisgrars
/. such dsssat. however. for both teams
xz.rht ncbsy and victory was not assured
s. esfher uafil the last moment Mssplnys
(1ers were no. few, bat never more
@rrnest and rs times desperate work than
~ eoznbstanss displayed. II was .
e6sse that shoEed fully the wonderfni M
sefzsEnty Of the sport. and the interest Vas
fscs Is FEVER heat By the constant chsnxe
s he aspect Of affairs a. first one and
9her the other side forged ahead. Tresve
kundred people saw the game and kept
- weikin ringing throughout the play.
Aifhough there was . considerable show
a tkils By both teams, there were ret
f<s:Zv weak points Of play by both, and
ench tide often succeeded ia picking out
ank stfzcklng these. Perhaps the rnoss
no<Ice15ie feature Of all thu play vas the
xesk defensive play OF both xides. winch
- up6cubtedIy due 70 the lack Of train
Z n il this respect on account Of not hnv-
~ strong scrub team 10 line op against.
The Seattle ends we're often made the
nesnass for successful runs By the Tacoma
neeu. whose style Of play ia this respect
~ quite different from anything their
e1ponents had been called upon 10 deal
rib. 6eattiess offensive play was always
otz0ng. the most effective work being done
u smaii wedges through holes made In
~ Toe.
me Bloc Diamond men also seemed 20
IL out and repeat the plays which
@&d Aa&t
I'M. The interference behind their line
~ fair, bat the backs did NOS seem accus-
Nrnsd 70 the line OF play used against
1en. and could accomplish bat little In
mining the ends.
Seattle also suffered considerably by the
SNfxpericnce of acme Of her men. Several
tines the somewhat antiqnsted csiss-cross
flsy WAS worked against them effectively.
fscoma's hrst touchdown was also made
when Foster, IL be had understood the
rlay. could have made q safety instead.
he Seattle backs ali ran too high through
ths line In the second half. being forced
up into the air. and so. In falling back
ward. lost some Of the ground gained.
AL three Of thu Seattle center men
Eayed strong game. They opened up
holes well and did not allow the men op-
pos;ts them to get through.
Russell followed the ball closely through
al the game and tackled well.
At right end Braun. although working
hard, showed his inexperience by being
drawn IN on the eriss-cross play and ieav-
Ing hts territory undefended. In the Sec
md half he was % badly battered up that
be grew dared and his play suffered in
consequence. He made some good tackles.
{ however
Lewis played . strong game at right
tackle, breaking through finely and tack
Ling vell.
0bsrteuffer did some fine playing at
times, bat seemed 10 be in poor condition
and let down IN his work somewhat to-
ward the windup.
Foster, who has been sick for the last
ftw days. did not play with his accus-
tomed dash. but used good generalship In
.klecting his plays.
Folsom. Atkinson and Randall all did
rood tsekling. but there was considerable
Rambling among them. They ran together
better and used the small wedges much
more effectively than in the Port Towns
sud game. Atkinson's work was particn-
iarly creditable when he was sent agains.
the line. The other two backs were gem
eraliy used until the ball was close up to
tAe enemy's goal. Then Atkinson was
called upon and he seldom failed 10 re-
spond.
Foster was winded In the second half
snd retired In favor OF Calhoun. while
Pelly took Braun's place. Both substi-
tales did satisfactory work
Tacoma's best gains were made by RI rs
srou nd the ends and by using revolving
wedge when close up 10 Seattle's goal line.
They made almost no headway through
heles In the line.
Capt sturtevant was easily the star of
The day by his brilliant rams. while he
handled his team very well.
Munday and Hacker also played we'll
hehind the lines. the three backs running
nicely together. Trevvest handled the
ball elesnly.
Anderson and Mclean played cieveriy
On the ends, while Sch nls. although new
70 The game. used his great strength to
Eecd advantage.
Andersen and Hacker also distinguished
themselves By their smuggling
Seattle won the toss and took the bail.
They started off with dash rs though
taey would sweep Tacoma back into the
fraad stand In jiffy. The opening
ssdge yielded twenty yards. Folsom fol-
iesed this with q dash through the line
iaf ten more. Then came q check. Fol-
ssm backed the line again 30 no purpose.
Thea be gained two yards around the
right end. Randall could only add two
yzris with ran around left end and the
esil went 70 Tacoma.
esartevant was sent against the line, bat
gained nothing. Thea Hacker took three
Jards through the center. On the fourth
eosn the ball went TO Seattle.
Folsom LED of with i've yards around
night end. Randall took three more be-
uesn right tackle and guard. Folsom
msis i've yards through the line. and fol-
ssssd Rsndali's gain of two yards through
vac center by another advance Of three
yasas Then Atkinson. who vas being
nAd IN reserve. vas sent crashing through
vac ine over the two remaining yards for
zee nrss touchdown, right between the
ga posts. Time, minutes The goal
was an easy enc 20 kick. Score; Seattle 6.
Tacoma O
tacoma broke away from the eonven-
.ohsi style % opening play by making .
20. At wedge and then giving the ball
handay ey double pass. II proved .
aaars, however. aad only four yards were
saned. After tao short gains through
sae ltne Tacoma was given tive yards for
rsiias's on-Side play. Maaday took FIVE
sEas afoand right end. Then StaFte-
wat taking the ball from long pass.
ssF'hted sroand Icfs end fer thirty yards
ast cert three downs failed % yisid three