The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-23
BOYS BEAT OLD
TIMERS
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WIN IN BEST
GAME OF SEASON-WONDER
FUL IMPROVEMENT IN THE
HOME TEAM-SCORE 2 TOO.

The Wenatchee high school, In a
well played game, defeated the old
timers under the guise of the We
natchee Athletic club yesterday after
noon on the score of to 0. That
the score was not to or more in
favor of the boys was due entirely
to the fact that by misunderstand-
ing the referee, E. M. Elliott, in
structed the old timers to play two
2O-minute halves rather than one 20
and one 15-minute half, as arranged
by Captain Harter and Captain Trip
lett. It was the universal opinion of
the spectators, who were some four
hundred in number, that this game
was the best that has been played IN
Wenatchee in years, not only in the
interest displayed but from the good
football standpoint The old timers
showed the cubs a trick or two in
both the new and the old game, and
the boys doubtless learned a great
many points OF defense which was
their weakest department in the
game. inasmuch as they tried to play
the defensive by standing up ani
holding by sheer force the weight of
their opponents, the old timers,
rather than play under the pile, and
as result the first half was nothing
to nothing with the old timers a
shade of advantage.
However. the coaches of the We
natchee high got after the boys in
good shape during the period be-
tween the two halves, gave them
some good sound talk, and as a re-
suit the game was radically different
from the football and scoring stand
point on the second half
The Wenatchee high school boys
have developed some wonderfully
fast and open plays in which the long
pass is used extensively, and the pro-
gress the high school boys have made
in this department can be said to be
remarkable over the game as played
by them with Everett, when they
were so humiliated in not being
versed in the long pass game. There
is no doubt, however, but what We
natchee will defeat Occur d'Alene in
the game On the Wenatchee grounds
next Friday afternoon, October 20
inasmuch as the boys have now a
fund of valuable experience, under
stand their several weaknesses which
are but few, and by consistent prac-
tice and hard work will doubtless de-
velop their already strong team to
championship material and organ.
ization.
The old timers, of course, having
been out of training so long, were
badly Winded and, the referee. was
forced to suspend their rules all the
way through and give the old timers
the benefit of the doubt wherever
possible. but had this aggregation
been in perfect condition the score
would doubtless have been little
different, perhaps nothing to moth.
ing, inasmuch as the aggregation that
dubbed itself the Wenatchee Athletic
club was of championship material
and in many of its players had nc
superiors in the entire football world
DR.. Haskell. the peerless leader OF
the Harvard 1895 aggregation
showed his good form in the handling
of kicks before the game as we'll as
the getting away of punts during the
game, and in addition gave to the
Wenatchee public an exhibit of buck
ing the line as never before wit
messed by them This giant of
strength took the ball, hit the line
and was practically impossible to
stop.
The Wenatchee high school boys,
particularly during the second half,
deserved great credit for their show
ing. There we're many individual
lights for the old timers: Haskell,
Chase. Triplett, Boehmer, Gellatly,
Knowles and several others played q
fine game and were brilliant in spots.
II it were not for the almost super
human effort of the Wenatchee high
school boys in stopping the terrific
rush of the Haskell Chase -Triplett
combination before the last part of
the first half, the Athletic club would
doubtless have scored a touchdown,
and the infallible toe of Doc Haskell
would no doubt have kicked goal, but
the boys seemed to understand that
it was up to them to hold, and hold
they did and the ball went over to
the high school within a yard Of
touchdown. Foster Immediately
punted out into safety, the Athletic
club recovered the ball and again
started to the Wenatchee high goal.
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