The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-27
saos CRITICAL eSEA
l. Potter Whistrea. the Aarvara
Plaser, On Yesterdays tsame.

Player, On Yesterdays 6ame.
The game a. piaye d yesterday from
crisisA4. as well a. from . Spectators
point OF sieN Nss one tnas al citizens OF
Seattle could take pleasure IN reading
about. especially those ~he would net go
out because hey thought II would De
e.uSxsas match. instead OF sootoau
match The prevailing idea In Seattle OF
football match Is a game IN which the
Players see how many men they can lay
out or with bow great an increase they
can az the hospital wards. The enthuss-
asiic peop.e .hzi witnesses the contest
yesterday had their views decidedly
changed The managers or ootn teams
have tried 10 make il a game OF general
ship and ski. where TWO teams contest
with each other for supremacy IN ad-
vancins the bail. through tactics OF skin
and not through brute force II was vsry
p,eas.ne TO note throug nout the whole
game thai there was 10 tendency 70 resort
to pagilism, commonly called sugging.
making Il very easy for the umpire. who
went Oh; there with the IDEA that he would
have TO disqusiify at least half OF each
team for roughness.
After Eve minutes OF play his mind was
set Al rest. spectators. also. for the play
ers showed the determination that they
were going to forever put away the idea
OF skin. A good illustration OF this fact
was brought about by Y. NJ c. A. man.
who tack ed an e. A c man below the
knees. which Is foul. Rather than have
II charged up against him he allowed his
man TO continue running. thus clearing
himself OF foul and maintaining the
standard which both teams had set be.
fore entering the contest.
From critical point OF view the gam
ws4 IA p.Fr b,xs 10 "a
tors II was very interesting because a.
the PLAYS that are seen In any great East
ern colleges were brought forth. Criss-
crosses. quarterback kicks. try for goal
from fed. revolving tandems. turtie-eack
masses. end runs and plays through
tackle. After the first ten minutes Of play
the victory was foregone conclusion. IT
was not a question OF who would win. but
how great q score could be rolled up by
the victorious team. At times II looked
as II II were going TO be a wa'kover. but
the brilliant spurts ard Arm stands that
the Y. NJ c. A. made seemed like they
would turn defeat into victory. Their CEN
ter would hold the & A. C. for three
downs without yard gain. pilirg them in
such bean that The ban would In the DO
sition that the back received Il. But these
were only monetary spurts, because they
failed to keep the pace which they had
as II they had taken lust little more
than thew could handle. For after hold
irv the $. A. c. for one or two downs
when the next down was called the ball
would be advanced anywhere from ave to
twenty yards.
The credit OF these arm stands made by
the Y III c. A. Is due mostly TO Nichols
To say the least. he played a game which
IN Eastern universities would be cons.d-
cred championship ball More than once
he dove In urder the mass PLAYS OF the
S. A. c. and nailed the runner Several Of
mis- tack.ee. when the s. A. G. tried run
y re around the ends. were Zeal Tie not
only tackled the man but threw him back
wards. which. IN the East Is considered an
ideal tackle. In the hrsi half the effect OF
Capt Blanck not being present seemed to
the team. for not a player ap-
peared 10 know bis position. Even when
they had the ball one of the haifhaeks
would stand up N tire air and wait for The
bah TO be put in play before he would
know which way the ball was gong, which
Is very disastrous state OF affairs 20 say
the least. In the second tNlf the Y NJ c.
A. team seemed TO have had general
shaking UP. Old players appeared In d-f-
ferent positions. wn.ch al first had very
effect, for they took the BAH
from the 25-yard Inc al the Kickoff and
advanced 4 beyond center Then losing IL
on a tumble seemed to discourage them,
and from that stage OF the game until the
call Of time they had not recovered from
ITS effects
II was chiefly through the good .rdivid-
ual playing OF Desry. who had been
changed from the lse 10 right halrback
For time the S. A. C. found II quite diff
hcult to stop his hard plunges through
right tackle, Nettleton for time failing
20 see why he d'd not get the man. After
few gains had beer made through him
he awoke 10 the situation and found that
he had been poeketed. thus being forced
out OF the play. Quick to take advantage
of his discovery he changed his style OF
pay. thus downing the runner in his
tracks whenever the play was repeated.
To descr!tse the play of the s. A. c. 4 IL
better 10 cons der the team as a whole,
not as individuals. for thar Paying. COM
pared with the Y. NJ c. As, seemed TO
give the spectators the idea that every
man was making star plays. every man
having his eye on the bail and putting his
mar out OF the play n a way that showed
great Improvement over the las; game
played with vhe University of Wash .ngton.
In he around the end plays their inter-
ference was very good. because when the
runner was left a. one there was no man IN
front OF him IN many Instances 20 stop
HIM from scoring touchdown. Several
times he stumbled owing 20 the roughness
OF the 5e.d, when touchdown seemed al
most certain. SO eager we're TIE 5. A c
players 20 try the.r end plays that they
scored two touchdowns which were not
Allowed because they had started the bail
before tine was called by the referee The
hong runs made by Kellogg, WestlaEe, Bob
Abrams and Beck - made n an Eastern
game would 80 down In history as star
pays, for n late years a run OF twenty
a<s4G d a
yesterdays game runs of thirty yards
were looked for every time an 8 A. c.
man started with the ball. and IN many in
stances they we're realized. Kellogg ard
wesrake E~ytng 70 Guido each other In
long distance runs
The taek,lnx OF the Y. III. G. A. men 10
down Kellogg. when once under way re-
minded one OF gala day feat known as
ca hing fsse erased pg. Tor he would
Sip through their hands In such an easy
manner that Il made one think be shook
them OF as easily as he shook the snow
from his hair. Il recalled 20 my mind tho
Old Harvard days Of jim Lees fooSbau
career. who was knowa as Harxara's
great long distance halfoack runner. In
fact. Kellogg Is similarly built has tne
same weight ana same color Of hair. and
We can easily call him the jim Lee OF the
Northwest.
The spectators who. from opinions based
upon The com narrative Strength Of the
ouarter-oacks as gwen In Wednesdays
evening paper. expected mat Faieone-
vcaid outlay Eskrt6ge ~ quarter, ne
having tie advantage IN weight. must
heve experienced 3 surprise Eskridge
played hts position HE g general. and
owing 90 bis accurate passes IS due much
OF the ground gains OF the s. A. c. On fhs
Other hand. the fnnbllng of the r. ii c.
A. quarter lost them much ground PROV
ing that The as1arter-tsaek position Is n