The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-26
VELLFOUGHT BATTLE
c..ttIe Defeats Portland After
a Great Struggle.
,r BROKEN At THE FINISH.
roorf,all Game Delights the
crowd Not Point Scored In
the First Half.

..,,s. game OF football played
JIG -. .ftsrn5oFi at the I. III. &. a.
fss.ss ,he teams OF Portland uni
srk &c. .be Seattle Athletic Club re-
ysrs'sy - ,ys~.or-y for the latter by the
szsS' .,sr II was a steady. clean, hard
800 .s,test About tbs only dirty Work
sDlsas n rolling around In the mud, and
sA - kicks we're those directed against
" ~s-.fsn. The Christmas atmosphere
ins kssuv with sunshine, and the warm.
Va .ss@-noan prevented brisk and snap
yanle. but there was SOME t'sh. hssiy
= So st,,,t for all that. and but for the
fs.aasssSav ground. there would have been
so'a. s,-,ls4d heads Bird, as usual. did
10. nrsttv sprintIng, and his brilliant
80 .ye,,nd portland's right end for gain
eas 49, yards in the second half was one
3. - - features Of the game, az Was also
9 :. pussell for thirty-five yards, An
is ss11.sss, nm was that Of Washburn, Port
49, 80. active and aggressive right half,
a.. ..s eeattle's left end. This Was the
80 -. ~o..s run OF the game, and drew warm
..,srse The best work for the ;. n c.
-. ~ Acre by Russell. Bird and Gaffney,
80 az course Balliett stood ike stone
80 center. and the other 5. A. 9. men
<.serys share Of credit for the weii-won
80 Larsen Blanck. who played at
~, $3.50 ~, ,n the second half. did some beau
- eork Holcornb gave promise Of good
s..-.,, hat was laid out early In the game
- Sara tackle from Washburn, and re-
- - the end OF the first half. For the
.-,-.-sgtv men. the work Of Maddy and
,9-.sssa,rr deserves special praise. De For
- q moi 10 be overlooked. and +. Z. Hall
ran niaved a strong game at center. Pear
- he well-knOwn full back, took
u.svht.s Mace in the latter part Of the
.,rs and distinguished himself
~ 10 the end Of the first half neither side
s.s scored. Portland hid yainly tried
s4attle.s line and found it impregnable.
Hall, standing at the dressing room,
s.laei his arms across his broad breast and
"a CALAMITY. Ballet is all right He Is
= strong a man az I ever faced" In the
ss,ons half the Portland men changed their
,sstses and tried the ends with better sue
ssss Washburn making the bold dash al
,p.av noted. Seattle soon retaliated, and
Russell went through hole made
q Portiands line by Boyd and
pall,sf,. making clear run of
thErty-aye yards and touchdown,
sns following up his play by neatly kick
IN goal For a while the score stood Go.
Ri /, was not long before the men from
Portland tied II by touchdown and goal.
Here, as at the end OF the first half. the
excitement was intense, ana those VINO IKE
d see a close game were delighted, Seattle
pulling through by a safe margin in the
ssi
Donnelly. who Is still sick was much
rssssa from the s. A. C. line. but Portland
vas forced 10 call In the men she started
70 save out for the New Years game with
Butte, and then had more than she could
o. The game though warmly contested
from start to finish resulted I'm no serious
INJURIES. trough Pearson hurt his weak
ankle, which had been injured in the Ia
soms-p A A. c. game.
TIA teams lined I'm "A fnIlnwst