The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-02
CANES OF THE WEEK.
=. n. c. 4. AND UNIVERSITY TEAMS
TO PLAY NOVEMBER II OR IS
Tomorrow the Tacoma High school
Eleven Plays Here With the Local
schooI-Pugct Sound University
Players Accuse Port Townsend
Men OF Slugging-vashon College
W. n. NJ. c. 4. Next Saturday.


The game scheduled last Saturday be-
tween the Y. NJ. c. A. and university
teams was postponed at the request OF the
Y. II. C. A. Several members OF the team.
including Blanck. Nichols. Whalley.
Lewis. Temple and Cooley, were suffering
from slight injuries and were unable 10
play. and. while the Y. NJ. c. A. manage
nsent was Wiling 10 put in several substi-
tutes and play the game as scnedused,
they did nor wish their first strong game
70 be poor exhibition. 1t was therefore
arranged that the game be postponed to
either the Iirh or 18th of this month.
The injured men of the Y. VI c. A. team
will all be in shape 20 take up practice
this week. Blanck and Nichols have both
been lad up for two weeks. The injuries
10 Temple, Lewis and Cco.ey are not so
serious but that they VIII be in shape TO
play on Saturday. Wballey may be unable
10 get into the game at once, as his Shout
der got bad wrench early last week.
The two games scheduled for this week
are the one between the Tacoma and Sc
attic high schools at Y. NJ c. A. park on
Tuesday election day.. N the afternoon.
The Tacoma boys will come over with a
large crowd OF rooters, determined to
again win from the locals. But from the
work done by the Seattlcs and the excel
lence OF Their team work. IL is expected
that they will turn the tables this year
On Saturday night the Y. NJ. c. A. team
will meet the strong Vashon College elev-
en-. The latter has been greatly strength
ened this year and will make a strong eff
fort TO win the game. Their playing is
highly complimented by Tacoma papers,
ana there Is already considerable rivalry
"a TO whether they or the Puget Sound
University will win the game the two will
play in Tacoma this year The Y. NJ. c.
A. team will for the frs: time have its
full strength out in the vashon game
Bianck and Nichols will both resume their
positions back of the line. and a creditable
exhibition as well as a close game may be
expected
There are rumors of several big football
teams coming TO Seattle in December
among them Butte, Olympia, University
OF California and the All-Iowa teams. The
latter is the only eleven which has games
definitely scheduled in Seattle. They play
the S. A. c. here December 5 and the Y.
NJ. {. A. December !. The team is
strong one, having beaten all Western
teams they have so far met. They played
the Butte team SO strong game last year
that they have been given a guarantee Of
$l,zoo for game in that city on Thanks
giving day.
From the reports of the game between
Port Townsend and the Puget Sound Uni
Versity two weeks ago It is evident the
Port Townsend team Is at its old tricks
Members OF the Puget Sound University
team report that the members of the Port
Townsend team commenced smuggling at
the start and carried 1t through the whole
game. The 5. A. c. team has refused TO
play Port Townsend this year and the
Puget Sound boys say they will not play
them return game.