The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-12-01
BEST FOOTBALL
GAME EVER seen
IN WENATCHEE
Seattle Team Succeeds in Making
only One touchdown against High
school Boys Who Played a Brilliant
and PIucky Game.

Seattle high school beat Wentachee
high school yesterday 6 to in the
most interesting and hotly contested
game of football game that was ever
played in the county.
The game began at 2:10 bv Lake
kicking off to Gish who adva need to
the ball ten yards before being thrown.
Seattle lined up and Erew attempted
to buck left tackle. He fumbled and
Wenatchee fell OIL the ball Gu Seattle's
25 yard line. 1t looked es though We
natchee would get a touch down but
Se- title held, forcing Wenatchee to
kick. Seattle carried the ball couple
of times but dropped it. Wenatcnee
failed to make any headway through
the Seattle defense and Lake punted
over the Wenatchee line. Seattle fell
on the ball making a touch back.
Gish kicked off to Wenatchee from
the Seattle 20 yard line. Godfrey
made splendid catch and gained ten
yards. Wenatchee punted to Seattle,
who, by series If smashes through
left tackle and around left end, reel
ed off five and ten yards at clip for
a touch down, Frew carrying the ball
over and afterwards kicking goal.
The rest of the half Wenachee took
q brace and neiher side made any mat
erial gains. The half ended with the
ball in Wenatchee's possession in the
middle of the field. The score at the
end of the first half Seattle Wenat.
chee0.
In the second half the Wenatchee
boys went into the game with more
confidence than in the first half and
made decidedly better showing, hold
ing the Seattle boys aud repeatedly
gaining the ball on downs. During
almost the entire half the ba II was in
Seattle's territory.
For the visitors Pulltn played star
game. On offensive work he WAS
wonder, breaking through Wenatchee's
line for repeated gains of five and ten
yards. Anumber of times he broke
through the line and tackled the unn-
er for a loss.
For the home team Scheble was at
left and played game that won him
the applause of the crowd. Mons
Johnson. right tackle, PLAYED an ex-
cellent game. He was always good
for few yards when called behind
the line on tackle back play. Will
Jams and Godfrey both played brilli
ant game. They showed remarkable
speed in getting down the field after
a punt. tackling the runners before
they could return the ball a yard.
Every man en- the Wenatchee team
showed an abundance of grit and pluck
and it was owing to the never give
up spirit" that such a good showing
was made against the Seattle boys.
J. McKcwn, who accompanied the
Seattle boys, said of the game: I am
disappointed at the low showing
made by Seattle. think that We
natchee has the making of great foot
ball team think that the snow was
a bad thing for both sides"
Captain Noon, of the visitors, said:
I've expected to beat Wenatchee
a great deal worse than we did. I
thiEk that the score shows the relative
strength of the teams.
Captain Louis Williams said: ~
feel disappointed with the score and
feel that if Thanksgiving had been a
week earlier we would have different
story to tell. l am sorry that ! leave
school anG cannot play the team next
year"
ALI of the Seattle boys are were de-