The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-21

-. football ssaSon. as regards enc aoeas
..s.sn,orsasp, ended with lase Saturday
- 1etssen tie g. a. G.. ard uuAysFE4fF-
= .sv 4 has been q season Of surgTsAeA
.s.1 be putting Il mildly
= The first place. the Enanxsg ing Gay
- Essxeen TIE s. A. G. and I ii. &. n
- either a reEnaTs .aoly strong >. a
z team or 4 remarkably weak one Tor
~ ii. c. A. Supporters o. the Z. ~.
claimed the lagser to Dc the case, and
81 reason for their weakness sae
sssssoee Of Blanek and Lsw-s and the con
s--sNrt .rnp0ssl5liE1y Of team play. TIE
- G. team also beat b a good score
= puges Sound University team. la44ea
- Il one game tied and IL a second
ss.sy beaten the 7. NJ. G. a. The unlyer-
- tam n the exhibition game ~ inca Z
-. 10 qhe s. a. 9. early n the season
.-axed good strength. but Il 9as Known
80 g. A. G. lad greatly improved.
800 the Z. Of W. was easily defeated ~
g. Townsend and again suffered defeat
: close game With the MustR0mah
.ssrs Al Portland. The game last Tues
~. Ia which the Y. 81. G. 4. held the anI-
rs-slty team down to four hard learned
sxafs. showed that tie Y. A. G. A. boys
ID taken a remarkable brace. but sofs.e
4. C. men. relying or ahe3r D.g score
s..o an easy victory over a seam whlen
sud not more easily defeat tie 7. II.
C. A..
his was the condition prior to satnr-
sxYs game. Tie result Of that coEssest
saras the university a. ~ far The strong
a. team the L. Of W. has ever had on tae
kssd II also proves thar the three local
ssams are an closely matched, ard 20 one
u them would now have a walkoger Ia .
cane With any other OF the three.
Taken separately, each team represents
. Different character Of men and style Or
nay. The s. a. &. Is largely composed
q old players who have done and are NflI
capable OF doing Tie finsst lS.ud Of work "a
Ger respective positions. They have also
I'D coed coaching from Wh.tfren. the ex-
Harvard player. But the gery fAeg Of tBe
ser having had experience and done good
xcrk Ia the past has led them 90 neg ect
srscsice and training. with sae result that
,asy could not stand the persistent ham
usging Of the university men on Their Inc
saturday. and finally went 10 pieces from
saser exhaustion. The 3. A. g. team has
TIE players Ia It's ranks 10 win from any
tam In the Northwest, and Il may be they
have learned the lesson that they cannot
str without steady hard pnact-ca and
ssnstant training. The game Of Saturday
G3DaSA DC tNl4BNtA I'D ~ u WEEK 81 atet-4
usln.ng for the Christmas day game.
TAey have yet time 20 get ia shape 80 beat
Na.taomah. and their friends expect TO
- them do II.
The y. N. G. a. on the other hand, en-
tered the season with only three players
rAe had played on strong elsyens. These
three were Bianck. Lewis and Nichols.
Taey had 10 build line out of entirely
res material and TO break IN backs from
mrn who had never before handled a bail.
TAey were fortunate IN getting hold Of
good men who were willing Ia work and
out into their work the enthusiasm and
Willingness to learn usually shown by new
flasers. They had coaching from Nichols,
snf also from their hard-work.ng captain,
larsen B.anck They overcame the dr.
ssalty OF not being able 20 get of from
ssfk for practice by putting In sitcario
s4hts and practcng at night. Their hari
sofk has been wei rewarded by their
teams showing Itself close match for
either OF the other local teams. Il goes 70
STOW that hard, earnest work counts IN
football Another year che Y. NJ. G. A.
will bc In Il with the best, and IS mem
hers have nothing 20 be ashamed of tbs
year.
Tat the University OF Washington team
defeated the other two merely shows What
has been proved 50 often IN other places.