The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-14

snohomisll Defeated in First
Great Football Game.
!. TIE PLAYED AT TOWNSEND.
xsveiy Playing NJ Madison snd Hot Con-
sest Between Universfty and
Iowasend~other Games.

fhs erst eleven Of the Seattle Athletic
T=ok defeated the SnohomIsh eleven In
x.othail game az the Madison street
.-,unds yesterday afternoon by a score az
rtoG The attendance. probably on ac-
cant Of the threatening weather. vas
. Int. but made up IN enthusiasm what il
I.exea In numbers. The game was of a
ss,s usually seen between athletic club
xsyers early in the season. before the men
kxse had time 70 get accustomed 10 one
..axher and TO develop the team work that
.soad be seen later In the evening. The
eating eleven was considerably lighter
sasp the home team and showed little
s-xu play, trusting almost entirely to the
g.diyifual efforts of their two halfbacks.
r<raens and Frazier, who fought like
hxroea. although against oyerpowering
40. OF the line men Ford, Bird and
Ferguson were the mos. conspicuous and
"a excellent work. For the home team
Eallie.s. the two RusseIls, Abrahams. Fol-
.rm and Miller played steadily and Abra-
hams and George Russell made some
especially brilliant plays.
AZ sos O'Clock referee Il. 3. Stafford
ssua brand new silver dollar in the air
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western goal and giving Seattle the ball.
Gsorge Rassell sent the bali sailing toward
;hs snohomish goal as far as the twenty
ayt-yard line, where 1t was secured By
] saohomlsh and advanced twelve yards.
tssn being lost TO Seattle for holding.
The latter gained three yards and were
s,ssn five for Ford's off side play, Folsom
rent through center for five, Russell for
shrse and when the ball was on the four
vud line Goodwin gained two on q long
cad ran. On the next play Folsom carried
The ball over the line, but Ii was called
back BY Umpire Carter and given to Sno-
honsish for Seattie's holding. Snohomish
sheyed the center for one yard aud fol-
loved with five-yard end run, which was
called back and the bail gwen To Seattle
isr OF side play. Three yards through the
center we're gained and then Russell was
forced over for the first touchdown at
ST. Goodwin tried for goal. but tho ball
struck the crosabar and passed under, the
score being 40 in favor OF Seattle.
snohomish kicked off aud Russell saved
souchbsck by carrying the ball to the
nye-yard line. After two Intellectual at
sempis to gain. RUSSELL punted high In the
teeth Of the wind. The ball sailed back
and bounded the same way and 1t was
enohomish's ball with little or no gain.
Clemens brought IL to the fve-yard line
and Frazier gained another yard: then
Enohomish scored her only touchdown by
. criss-cross from Clemens 10 Frazier, the
latter carrying the ball around the left end
and depositng 1t behind the goal posts.
Thornton kicked goal and Snohomish
was nov IN the lead by q score of TO 1.
@. Russell kicked off and brought the
ball back fifteen yards, but IL went imme-
dateiy 10 Seattle. George Russell gained
four yards. but lost five by Birds splendid
flying tackle and kicked on the third
down. snohomish lost the ball by
Drowneli's fine tackle of Frazier on n
sriss-cross. Seattle secured the ball. and
sf.sr short gains by Folsom and George
Russell the latter was sent over for a sec
cad touchdown. from which Goodwin