The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-03
DINNER TO THE VISITORS.
Seattle, Portland and Tacoma Players
Exchange Amenities at Table.

Exchange Amenities at Table.
A dinner given at the Chamber OF Commerce
in the evening TO the Portland football team
and visiting members from Portland and Ia
coma BY the Seattle Athletic Club was marked
by the best OF good fellowship.
After dinner was served three hearty cheers
were given for Seattle, Goodwin and Carter.
This was the signal for the Seattle men, and
three hearty cheers were given for Portland.
Then kailey, captain OF the Portland team,
came In for three ringing "rahs." which was
followed by three equally hearty cries for At
tfnson, the plucky iull.back Of the Seattle
eleven.
For the next few minutes the guests and their
hosts devoted themselves exclusively TO the
tempting menu set before them aud then, dur
ing an fntermisson between courses, "Ben, the
bull pup" the Portland mascot, was cheered.
Ben seemed partially cheerful, but hardly as
much so as his supporters could have wished
For once, a. least, "Mush," the Seattle canine,
had held his own. The next feature of the
evening was the retiring song Of the Portland
mascots, "Joe'' and .'Ben," which was away
down upon the suwanee river"
Mr.. Miles, who unpired tho game, yes then
called upon for q speech and responded az fol-
lows: "The game was a hotly contested one
from start to finish, and was exceedingly cred
table 10 both eievens. From the hospitsble and
sportsman-tike manner in which the Portland
team was received and entertained during their
visit here have hesitation in saying that
Eeattle is easily the Queen City Of the North
west tApplausel Il you ever come TO Port
land, can only hope to promise you repeti-
:ion of the magnificent reception that we have
received here"
Ar. r. Nj. Hurd, who refereed the game, was
oslled on for speech and said that both sides
might we'll congratulate themselves rs having
taken part Ia game which should be a grand
beginning of amateur sport in the Northwest
The TACT tina; so many college men should band
themselves together speaks worlds for the ad-
vancement of good. clean amateur sport n the
Northwest. ave are most OF us here to make
money" said he, sand the fact that two
clubs can be matched for a game in which
nothing but honor can be the reward, speaks
greatly for the credit of both"
Mr. Hurd's speech was followed by the song
OF Hes a jolly good fellow"
Capt Sturtevant, OF the Tacoma team. who
played here on Thanksgiving, was next called
upon and responded as follows: 81 was much
In hope that should not be called upon, but
since the honor is pressed upon me, can only
say that Nj Hurd Is always NJ. Hurd. The
game was magnificent struggle and am only
disappointed THAI there was no winner. Both
teams are worthy Of ali the praise they may re-
ceive. The championship OF the Northwest is
divided between Portland, Seattle and Tacoma,
and yet IL Tacoma should have put another
eleven in the field against Seattle 1t would have
been defeated"
The State university was then cheered and
Capt Ceilings spoke in response. 1.-THE uni
versity has only just begun in athletics, and has
ine record and fne future before It," said
he. "What amateur athletics may be have been
shown by representatives of both Oregon aud
Washington, and we hope that within smother
year the university Will be able 10 have foot
ball eleven that will compare fsvorably with
those Of the East In time past have been q
Portland man. but am now Seattle man, and
can only hope to sec q Portland-seattle game
next year"
Capt Raliey OF the Portland club said: "I
have not much to say II we did not beat you,
Il was because we could not / feel rather blue,
- does any one who has ihs interest OF our club
At heart, that we did not beat you, but after all
1t was one picked eleven OF the East against an
other of the East All the brains and Drawn
that either side possessed were used, but neither
had moro than the other"
W. b. Goodwin, who has so faithfully coached
the Seattle eleven. was called upon aud replied
"Mr. Carter. who has been so closely identified
with the coaching OF the Seattle team, has Just
telephoned to mo to say that he was greatly
pleased with the team work of the Port
lands, especially in their center plays, aud that
he believes that the success of the Seattle team
lay in the generalship by which they met these
plays In this thoroughly sgree with Mr.. Car
ter, aud can only add that hope that here
after the Portland and Seattle teams may always
be haud-in- hand for the advancement Of anna
tour athletics"
At the end of the dinner the two teams and
their guests witnessed "Unele Toms Cabin" at
the Seattle theater as the guests Of Manager
Hanna