The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-14
THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
Championship Lies Between
Portland and Seattle.
TACOMA IS OUT or THE RACE
Portland Has shows To Best, bat Seat
ue Ii Improving I'm Practice
Next Saturdays Games.


where. and after six weeks Of practice and
minor games the big matches are At hand.
Considering the length of time since its
introduction, there il probably no section
IN the country where enthusiasm over the
game runs higher than il does IN the Pa
chic Northwest. Although q number of
the smaller towns and most Of the schools
have taken up the sport, the great interest
Is conferred in the triangular fight for the
championship among the athletic clubs of
The cities Of Portland, Tacoma ana Seattle.
As Tacoma has already lost two of the
four games TO be played the fight has
really narrowed down to Seattle and Port
land Judging from the performances OF
these two teams in their respective games
with Tacoma, Portland ought to have the
call for the championship. But there are
certain circumstances surrounding the
two contests that ought to be taken into
consideration. In the FIRST game Tacoma
was barely beaten on her OVID ground by
Seattle by score of 20 TO i6 In the
second game she was signally defeated
away from home. on PortIand's ground.
by Is to O. Although this can not all be
credited TO the difference between playing
at home and abroad, some allowance must
Saturday played without her regular quar-
ter-back, being compelled to substitute
Fransioii. comparatively untried man.
for Trevvet, whose work in the game with
Seattle was admirable. There we're also
further changes IN the Tacoma line which
may have hurt IL. Alter. who broke rib
in the Seattle game. was unable 10 play.
and Gabriel was moved from center to
tackle. The loss of Hampton, one of the
guards, compelled the substitution of an
other man, Hickey, while Brownell. who
replaced Gabriel at center, 10 said not to
be in condition.
Notwithstanding these things Portland
certainly showed up stronger than Seattle.
There was, however, O space Of two weeks
between the games in Portland's favor.
and another week will elapse before the
two teams meet. 1t remains to be seen
whether the three weeks practice that
Seattle will have had will even up matters.
In the Tacoma game Seattle was weak on
the ends. and generally in defensive play.
Tacoma made her gains usually by runs
around the end on the ancient criss-cross
play. and by going through the line with
revolving wedges. Before the game Sc
attic bad no scrub TO line up against.
Since then there has been strong second
eleven at work, which has been allowed to
keep the ball most of the time while the
first eleven practised defensive tactics.
The same kind of training will be kept up
every day during the present week, and II
the team does not make q good showing
against the Multnomahs at Portland next
Saturday, It will not be from lack of work
and earnest coaching. All the men are in
structed to report for practice at the gym
nasium tonight at 7:3o o'clock.
There will be some changes In the
makeup of the Seattle Athletic Club team
on next Saturday, and, everything con-
sidered, Ii ought TO be stronger than here
tofore, without taking into consideration
the expected improvement in team work.
! With the loss of Church, who will likely
not be able to play for couple of weeks,
| the center will be weaker than it was.
Blaine and Balliett will be left, however.
and Churcb's place of guard will be filled
| by either Emmett Russell or George
| Esplin, both of whom are showing i'm
| provement in practice. The rest of the
line will probably be entirely recognized.
| George Russell. who showed so much
| skill ~ tackle has been moved out to left
| end, and gives promise of being able to ill
| the bill. Although rather large, he is
| very fast runner. and q sure tackler. 1t is
also likely that Lewis. who came here from
| the Columbia Athletic Club of Washing
| ton City, Will be placed on the other end.
| Although weighing but les pounds. he
seems capable Of playing any position in
the line. Ia Washington he played guard
| for several seasons. Since coming TO Sc
| attic he has played tackle finely, aud
| there seems no reason why he should not
| play end satisfactorily. He is fast and
strong. 4 sure tackler, and uses his head.
Both DUMMY and Baxter. the two
tackles OF last years team. have begun
| active training with the team, and If
/ Lewis is shifted to end they seem pretty
sure of making the position. Behind the
| line Folsom. Randall and Atkinson will
/ play as heretofore. Young Frederick.
| who showed considerable promise at quar-
ter the first of the season, may quit play
! ing altogether, and certainly will Tor a
time. His place will be taken by CAL
houn. who played the position satisfac-
orily in the last part of the Tacoma game.
| \ good all-round man. who can he pressed
| into service either in the line or behind it,
/ in almost any position, is Ceilings, Of last
| years team. The scrub is also develop
| ing some promising men. One OF the
/ 4Aesh hRtaAca14S Vi tIktSrs Oh hNSUunt OF
| his good work at half-back, is young
Abrams. who played last year with bush
| ness college team in San Francisco. He
Is stoekliy built youngster. strong as a
| bull, fast runner and good dodger.
| A Erea, portion of the Multnomahs
| team Will be unknown TO Seattle audi
/ enoes. All of the rush line, with single
| exception. Is new. The one man left is
| Hot. who played tackle last year, but is
being tried at sud. The center rush is
Page. .iTpoand msn. whom the Multi
! nomaas imported from Neah bay, where
! he was engaged in civil engineering. He
| formerly played on the University Of Viz
/ GINA team. one of the guards is Stephens.
| the champion hammer thrower Of the
| Pacific Northwest. The other Is Vic
| SMITH, brother Of the captain of the
/ team This center weighs about 90
pounds and seems bound 10 give Seattge's
| line trouble, as Forilands best gains
against Tacoma we're made with wedges.
The left tackle Is Wilmington. one of last
years substitutes
Behind the line the two haif-backs of
last year, I.aswell and Ellsworth. are I'M
changed. RaIley has been lost from quar-
ser-aaek. and Mcdonnell has been moved
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