The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-26

p,+tfng up a fight that will go down
..r.,.ar as one Of the grittiest ever
-raged on the gridiron, Whitman col
,,ro Yesterday afternoon on Ankeny
ga showed Of what stuff she was
unused when she withstood the at
tocts Of her beefy opponents from the
washington State college.
Though outweighed 20 pounds to the
man and forced from her feet time af-
TOR time. the plucky Missionaries were
ret able to play rings around the far
rers at times and at the new style
If game were their superiOrs. 1t could
not he said that the game was an
evenly matched one, as it proved to be
d mere matter of weight with the
farmers. who repeatedly made their
Gains through the line from sheer beef.
The greater praise is due Whitman, for
though hammered Numerically, she
outplayed her opponents in the sec
and half and even scored more in that
mart making the final count 23 to 6.
Spectacular playing was in evidence
very little but one moment that will be
long remembered in football annals
came when Captain Borleske, picking
I'D the ball on tumble ran the length
of the field for a touchdown Pur-
sued by the entire bunch of farmers.
and running on a weak ankle, he out
distanced those who followed and end
ed the football career of the greatest
star the local institution has ever pro-
duced
There We're others in this game who
will don the moleskin no more, among
these being Clarence Morrow. His
playing at every stage of the game
was wonderful and though opposed to
the heaviest man on the W. S. G..
team he broke through the line more
than once and got the man with the
ball before he had even started When
carried off the field as the result of a
broken rib, he was cheered by the 1000
spectators present for the splendid
showing he had made in his last battle.
Clemens was another who distinguished
himself on the line and his playing
was at all times fierce and effective.
His blocking Of repeated line bucks
won praist for him at every side and
when carried from the field uncon-
ScOus as the result of al kick on the
head, his loss was keenly felt To
Tracy Cox is due great praise He
never missed a tackle and was under
many play his team mates had but
hit too high To Cox is due some of
the credit for Whitman's score. his
interference blocking out Englehorn,
who Was the only w. S. c. man with a
chance to get Borleske.
1t can not be said that the w s. G.
players put any other game than that
expected from one of it's weight. No
style other than old fashioned ball
knew any Of the finer points of the
game they were not shown. 1t was
in the second half that Whitman show
ed Of what fiber she was made, for
though bruised and battered from the
pounding of her opponents, she was
yet able to outplay her rivals.
For tie State college. Fishback was
the ground gamer and his plunges
through the line were always for a good
gain Minor, Dewitt and Deaner also
played good ball. But from first to
last it was dirty ball, unnecessarily
dirty
The Whitman team as a whole de-
series the highest praise and for it's
plucky fight in the face of overwhelm-
ing defeat, it has won the admiration
OF all who witnessed the contest.
The Game in Detail.
Pullman ran into the field at 1870
and the hundreds of rooters from the
stale college on the east bleachers
gave them a rousing reception. Five
minutes later Whitman trotted out,
headed by Captain Borleslze. The west