Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-12-01
WENATCREE Walls
CLAIMS SCHOLASTIC CHAMPION.
SHIP or STATE
APPLE GROWERS ARE SURE THAT
THEIR CLAIMS TO FOOTBALL
HONORS ARE COMPLETE AND
LEAD ALL OTHERS-TACOMA
SAYS ABERDEEN is us"

"By every standard Wenatchee is
declared to have the championship"
says the World of that city in sum-
ming up the high school football sit
uation in Washington, and their
claims causes smile to permeate
the countenance of Coach S. L. Moy-
er of Aberdeen and in fact all the
other coaches of the accredited high
schools OF the state. BY just what
means Wenatchee figures her chances
as paramount to Aberdeen is diff
cult to see, but this is about the way
it looks according to the east of the
mountain newspaper:
"Wenatchee defeated Queen Anne
Is to ID; Queene Anne yesterday took
Tacoma's scalp to the tune of IL to
5; Tacoma played Aberdeen what
was officially declared tie game
but which was in reality victory
for Tacoma by one touchdown which
an Aberdeen linesman refused to al
low even with the referee and UNI
pire protesting. Wenatchee has not
even suffered a technical defeat.
Early in the season Queen Anne
suffered a defeat from Lincoln High
but that was forfeited on account of
ringer" in the Lincoln lineup. Alb
erdcen's beast Of having defeated ] IN.
coin who had defeated Queen Ann
therefore loses al bearing in the
case.
'"Wenatchee has the only undofeat-
ed Team III the state which has been
wiling to play az cOmer5. Aberdeen
LOST all her claims 10 championship
by refusing to play Wenatchec. Wen
atchee has at ell times been ready
to defend her tide by PLAY ms any
Cf tie strong teams Of the state. she
is even willing now 10 play Aberdeen
Tacoma, Broadway or Lincoln. How
ever, she would be Justified now il
demanding that any such game be
played on the holae grounds, chiefly
because there is more chance OF a
dry field here than anywhere else.
The principal trouble with the
above story is that IL isn't ;rue. THAT
all. In the first place Aberdeen
hasn't been defeated this year. In
the second place she met and Ge-
feated Tacoma to 0 and in tho sec
ond game of the season between these
two clubs-a contest which, by way
shouldn't have been piayed-she pre-
vented the Tacoma team from scor-
ing and made her tide to the cham
pionship stronger. 1t matters not
whether the game was stolen as
ALLEGED by Coach Perkins, OF Taco
ma, or not, the game counted as a
no score contest and will 50 be certl-
fled to the state board of control. Thls
defeat and this further no score game
removed Tacoma as possible con
tender for the championship title ana
it is immaterial whether or not Ia
coma may have won or defeated oth-
er teams-the fact remains that she
has been defeated by Aberdeen and
her recent defeat by Queen anne
which earlier in the season was peat
en- by Lincoln, which in turn was de-
cisively defeated by Aberdeen, gives
this city the title rnquestionably. AT
least that is the way Coach PERKINS
of Tacoma views the matter ana mas
so stated. -.
This first break of the sturdy ilt-
tie apple city into the winning RANKS
of football has caused the boosters
over that way to loose their heads.
But let's forget about it ana Try IL
all over again EeXt season when II
is hoped that no more unfortuha'o
mixups will occur and a "hrst game
will be counted as fully and compete
ly as any other contest.