The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17

the referee, umpire and linesmen. IL
we had had one decision we would have
won the game. We outplayed them. ard
the score should have been "a to H. Some
of their own players admit that the de-
cisions were very rank, and that we out
played them. The very things we were
coached against doing we were accused
|. of doing. The Spokane players slu5ged
and held our men.
"Outside OF fcctbali the Spokane boys
were gentlemen. and treated us WELL
They did not appear to feei any special
e<ultation in their victory. 1t was gem
eral talk round town that the umpirS
and referee had $500 bet on the game. We
did everything possible to get the Spo-
kane club to come to Seattle. We assur-
ed them of a fair and square deal. but
they would not come. We are still try
ing. We desire to play them again. and
believe we can beat them in fair and
square contest. ! cannot speak too high
~ of the generalship displayed by Charlie
Fisher. our right half-back.
1.-THE Walla Walla game was our
hardest contest of the season. They have
a heavy team and it plays fast. The first
half was all our way, but in the second
half Walla Walla played much stronger,
especially In the first five minutes They
walked all over us. In the last part OF
the second we got the ball and held our
own. II we had had two minutes more
play we would have scored another touch
down. AS It was. the game closed with
the score 10 to 6 in our favor.
I'VE were given a Dutch supper after
the game. We were accorded the best
of treatment in Wala walla and enjoyed
our trip there exceedingly.
''Our lucky man was Roy Kinnear. He
saved the game In Walla Walla by getting
the ball on a tumble and making a touch
down. He did the same thing in Spokane,
hui al fla.s tai.
the aforementioned case was the rankest
thing / ever saw on a football field
:. =
Statistics prepared by the New York
World show that during the past foot
ball season four men were killed outright,
four were injured so seriously that they
Will probably die and 129 were carried
from the field to hospitals. With all the
care taken In preparing these statistics
there is hardly doubt but that many ac-
cidents were not heard OF.
AS Is usually the case those who were
killed or seriously Injured were those who
were unfit to play the game Sprained
ankles. broken noses and muscle bruises
were the limit of the injuries of players
who understood the game. Most of the
accidents occurred In small towns and
the smaller colleges. In Seattle football
was free from roughness although there
was plenty of mud Not one serious acct
dent was recorded. This is quite record
In itself.
The public spends vast sum of money
yearly TO support college athletics. The
entire receipts from every Harvard team
for the year ending August 81 1900
amounted to Sl0i, 739. 80. OF this $50 6O5
came from football alone. The Yale-H ar-
ward game was scheduled at $50, 600 Base
| ball earned sl3,942 The balance on hand
after all expenses were paid amounted to
| s2650O.
| II seems to be difficult matter to con-
| vince the restaurant men of Seattle that
selling game out OF season is a thing of
| the past. All the trouble incident to the
| raid of Game Warden Upper could have
| been avoided IL the restaurant men had
| taken the trouble to weigh carefully the
| published statements authorized by Mr.
| Upper.
| The game warden Is not actuated BY
| personal spite In this matter. He is sim
| ply carrying out the law, which has been
| forgotten and unobserved for a long time
| IL the restaurant men continue to sell
| game the fight will be continued What
| Is more, the market and wholesale deal
\ ers had best stop violating the law The
| game warden has good proofs In his
| hands, and when he gets ready TO let the
AK fan there viii be scamperlng among
the dealers in snipe. quail and malard
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