The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-20
m PORTLAND GAME.
nftle's Record Nothing to Be
Ashamed OF.
rnaes WE'RE WELL MATCHED.
. or,psssss Chance won-seattie Team
wm work Hard 60 Turn tbs
Tables Next Saturday.

-. seattie Athletic Clubs football
- ,sturued last evening from Portland.
- II met defeat At the hands Of the
rsltucmah Ansieur Athletic Club.
~.s4h.r the players nor the coaches are at
- 80 down over the result. and believe
- en- next Saturday. when the two
- MAY here. the changed conditions
~ NEE the chances Of the Blus Dia-
n4s winning excellent.
s. - fact that last Saturdays game was
/ 54.,lded by drop kick from the field.
& ~,.eth,ng that does not happen once in
t..dred games shows how well matched
I - teams we're in playing strength. Up
6 !. ~ last Eve minutes OF the second half
s. team had scored single touchdown,
81 then came Smiths kick that won the
- A considerable factor in in
<5nrncipg seattle's play was undoubtedly
3 - result OF the railroad trip TO Portland.
2<ey left Seattle at 2 p N. and expected
= rsach their destination by 10 O'Clock
- nieht. but were detained four and
<re.hsif hours in Tacoma waiting for the
EXrshern Pacific train from the East. In
Esaeeouence they were forced 70 take
Eskths In . sleeper. and, being unused to
Sneh quarters, did not get . good nights
-. Added TO this was the fact that
~ we're playing on . strange field, be-
!. - partisan crowd. which had encour-
nudne CHEERS only for Portland.
Al far a. the actual play Of the game 10
epscerned. there was great deal Of good
. and In the work Of both teams. Port
md undoubtedly showed up finely in all
sound ability, her strength seeming 20 be
eRepiy distributed throughout the team.
4hsy we're also particularly fortunate in
1sving man who can punt drop kick
= veil a. Smith does. Their center was
,et - formidable as general report made
i and Seattle expected it to be. Baiiiett.
although outweighsd by forty pounds by
Page, handled the latter easily by reason
& his superior activity. better condition
ead greater experience. Portland, how
syss. had strengthened her tackle since
~ game with Tacoma, and the line was
srcng there. Behind the line Raley. who
sspssined and played quarter for the team
ut year, was substituted during the last
ssek in place Of Ellsworth. He played q
rtsong game, but was unnecessarily rough,
nsd caused great deal Of adverse COM
nent by his siugging without the least
revocation. Almost the whole Portland
lssm also showed tendency toward this
hind of play. Another prominent feature
II their work was the persistent foul tack
nne In which they INDUCED. They kept
hekling their man below the knees. and
1ksir violations of the rnle in this respect
fnaiy became 30 fragrant that the umpire
yas forced to give Seattle twenty-five
yards as penalty.
No particular fault was to be found with
the play Of any of the Seattle team. 1t
seemed, however. not TO be able to use its
strongest plays TO advantage, and week 8
coaching ought to bring about an improve
nent in this respect. Contrary to what
happened in the Tacoma gsme, the de-
iensive work Ut Portland was better than
the offensive. This was undoubtedly due
70 the fact that during the past two weeks
practice the scrub has been allowed TO
hep the ball most of the time. The fact
that some of the men, especially the backs.
xere not able to practice together regu-
hriy, kept them in the game from getting
tceether quickly for strong interference.
Atkinson had been sick with . bad cold,
only turning out for practice two or three
dsys before the game. while Goodwin did
Dot Join the team until IL reached Port
land. Business duties kept others Of the
men away.
The watchword now OF the Blue Dia-
nond Is Revenge" and every energy
Win be bent in that direction during the
present week There will be practice every
afternoon at 80 o'clock. On some days
ihs work will be done ut Madison park.
where the game will be played, In order to
accussom the players to the grounds and
10 full-sized field, where the fve-yard
lines are marked off. The first practice
viii. however. be held this afternoon at
Second and Battery streets. The team
viii be strengthened in the rush line by
The presence of Church. who has not been
In uniform since the Tacoma game. The
sssurn of Goodwin will also add materially
b the strength of the team.