The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-11-07

airy territory, and the scOrei sheet
showing SO in favor of Whitman
Five In Last Half.
After the play had been on for about
Is minutes in the last half, Borleske
for Whitman, succeeded by an out
side kick, in making a sensational
touchdown, for which he carried the
ball As yards, placing it squarely bel-
tween the posts. The cry of "fuke' is
raised, but as Borleske has a failing
for that particular play it can be seen
that the score instead of being due to
a ''tluke' was the result of the careful
planning by the brainy player. Belt
failed to kick goal, leaving the score
II to 0 in favor of the Missionaries.
Idaho made one of the most deSper
ate efforts to score in the last half
that team was ever seen to make,
but the agility of her opponents pre-
vented anything like a show for touch
down. and the attempt to make place
kick was q miserable failure Over con-
fidence on the part of Middleton's men,
combined with a feeling of uncertainty
on the part of Blanchard's, was re-
sponsible, directly, for the difference in
the work of the teams, Whitman's
players being aggressive. snappy, full
Of fight and always on the offensive,
while the visitors were kept more than
busy on the defensive.
For the home team Brafnerd Old
right and Borleske werei the stars. and,
though they were all lighter than
their opponent on the Idaho eleven,
were enabled, by the excellent interfer
ence, to mage gains almost at will.
The forward pass was worked to per
fectiOn in the first half for big gains,
by the Missionaries, but Idaho seemed
to be off on everything, and almost in
variably failed to gain by the pass.
But to say that any one player was
a star is doing an injustice to the rest
of the team. They were all stars. From
first to last, every man played his
game. and played hard, and flaWless.
Bassett, who punted, played his first
kicking game, and while the punts
We're not marvels for length. he got
them off we'll and never had one
blocked. Clemens passed from center
we'll Cushman tried a place kick from
As yards that needed but another ounce
of beef to make successful Nowhere
was there a weak spot and the game
was a hummer from first to last, from
the Whitman standpoint.
Johnnie Bender eX-coach of the
Washington State college, acted as
referee, while kienholb, of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, umpired Shorty
Stewart. ex-captain of the Washington
State college, had charge of the yard
line.
Speaking of the game, Coach Middle
, ton, said:
Our players were Overconfident and
were not able to back up their gains"
Captain Savage said: From our stand
point we played a good game, consider
ing our condition, brought about large
ly through the hard game with Ore
gOn last Saturday Our players were
weak from this cause and were not
able to stand the usual hard grind
which they can under normal condi-
tons"
Coach Blanchard said: I'VE won
because our boys played ball and
played all the time. l am well salts
Commenting on Blanchard's work,
Johnny Bender said:
/ blanchard, to my mind, is one of
the best coaches in this part of the
country. The material he had at the
beginning of the season was respon-
sible to a great extent for the slow
ness with which the team rounded
into shape but they are certainly go
ing fast now.
Give Blanchard the same material
that was at Whitman last year and he
would win the northwest champion
! ship. His men show the best coaching
{ of any that l have seen this year and
they should give any of the north
west teams a hard time to beat them