The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-17
TACOMA THE WINNER.
The Multnomah Football Team
Outplayed All Around.
scoeE TWENTY-FOUR TO TEN.
s.asionaI Baseball Players Meet at
petroit aud Organize Pacific
~orthyest Baseball League.

"a ,yoy. ia crowd OF about 500
ssyr- me Multnomah football team
ps0ypsr+ianA 20 down 10 defeat today be-
g re team Of the Tacoma Athletic
OF =. score OF . 70 10. II was the first
S4sD = raooroa football team had ever
pnie s-n,n Multnomah. The game IN
s91 - the middle Of the second half
= - "a belong 10 nobody, and at TO
S,a the efforts Of either team lag
- interest Of the spectators abate-
- won the toss and chose 20 defend
- sot,,h goal Portland kicked on,
" -. catching the bali and advancing
!. sffeen yards before being do"hed- Ia
tnen went at IL savageiy, running
ees -sz.-s.nab's ends in great shape. and six
49, 49,. after the start-Out carried Dos
nil'S .o- enc line for the first touchdown.
y. 1..a,oab kicked off, the ball being
.s~s ht McCurdy and downed on Ia
u. 6ve-yard line. Tacoma advanced
- - an about twenty yards by end plays.
" -. Hacker hunted. Portland got the
az -" -. ~o,,ld not make much impression
l>l. .e,,a's line. so kicked. The ball vas
s-.~A hack by Tacoma, but was LOST 70
ss-i.ronnsh on their five-yard line. Port
- nnnte-d. and Hacker made FAIR eaten
- .ysea for q goal from the held- Inc
- ssu short, however, ana huItnoniah
.--.,ss /, on their ten-yard line ana rushed
,h,r,v wards. then punted. The ball
- Issued hack and forth. and at the
- - = time for the first half the bail was
80 center OF the field, with the score
IN Tscoma's favor
',..t,romah started out In great shape
:. ,hs beginning OF the second hal1.
go Kicked off Portland got the pail,
= .,,sr losing II on a punt secured II
- IN Tacoma's Z5-yard line McDon-
hy a pratty run. after bowling over
- Tacoma men. dashed over the line
:. uvltnomah's first touchdown, after
80 minutes Of play Tacoma Draced up
~ aftar Portland kicked OF worked the
- Avn the field TO within twenty yards
4 vultnomah's goal. then began pucklhs
paltnomah's line. for the first time dur
- tba game. The Tacoma backs went
...ongb easily. and Clemans was soon
80, over for another touchdown. The
.s9rs touchdown was repetition or the
.seana Hacker being showed over Multi
npmah's line after few minutes OF play.
lftar the kickoff Tacoma, by bucking
uultnomah's weak line and splendid end
raining. carried the ball down the field
q Portlands 29-yard line. Then Clemans.
after a splendid run. carried the BAH
across for Tacomas fourth ana last
touchdown.
Multnomah took heart. and for eight
minutes after the kickoff, by short,
quick dashes through Tacoma's line, aid
Ell by several pretty end runs. carried the
BAN down 70 within few yards OF Taco
mas line Here the sharpest play of the
game took place The Tacomas made
magnificent attempt 20 keep their oppo-
n,ents from scoring. but were pushed back
yard by yard until finally Dosche was
pushed over for a touchdown. No goal
was kicked from this. Two minutes Of
play remained, but neither side made
much attempt TO score. and the game end
ed with the ball in the center Of the field.
Hacker kicked goals from all OF Taco
mas t0uehdowns so the score stood "A TO
~ IN Tacoma's favor. The crowd was the
most enthusiastic OF the season.
The teams lined up as follows: