The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15
To PLAY OAK PARK On
DENNY FIELD, SEATTLE
Chicago Accepts Guarantee of Wenatchee and the Big
Christmas Game is Being Heralded Over the East
Portland Will Get Preference Over Denver for New
Years Game on Account of Low Altitude

The Associated Press reports that
Chicago has accepted Wenatchee' s
guarantee of $500 for football
game TO be played in the Northwest
on December 26. No mention is
made of the condition that Wenat-
chez be given the option until De-
cember 26th of placing the game at
either Seattle, Spokane or Wenat-
chez 1t simply announced from the
eastern city that the game is to be
played in Seattle.
Little consideration has been given
to the idea of playing the game here.
The prospects OF large gross OF gate
receipts is so great at the Washing
ton metropolis. it would be poor
business to gridiron the game on the
local grounds.
To Play on Denny Field.
Negotiations have been opened
with the University for the use OF
the campus gridiron on December 26.
It is also understood that Tom Nc
Donald OF the Seattle Athletic Club,
will have charge of the arrangements
for staging the game. A special eff
fort will be made to interest all OF
the Seattle and Tacoma high school
students TO be on hand to root for
Wenatchee. All state differences
are to be forgotten in the patriotic
enthusiasm of backing the Washing
hn
resentatives of the East. In fact.
everything points to the Wenatchee-
Oak Park game being the biggest
football event of the Pacific Coast in
the closing days of 1910.
Portland Gets Second Game.
Considerable dickering is now go
ing on for the second game on De-
cember 81, which will either go to
Portland or Denver. This will be
decided today and also the route OF
the team. According to the second
outlook it appears that Portland will
get the date, although Denver Is
making a strong fight to secure a
battle for the North Denver high
school. which holds the title Of the
Rocky mountains The team will
leave in a special sleeper for Seat
tie Monday night, probably via the
Burlington.
The Oak Park aggregation viii
consist of eighteen members, fifteen
PLAYERS. Manager Patterson, Coach
Zuppke and a newspaperman rep
resenting the Chicago papers. The
expenses OF the trip are figured a.
$4,000. Consequently, two games
each guaranteeing half the expense
have been provided for. 1t is hard
" proba Bile that Denver will be ta-
ken on for December 81, as the Col
orado altitude is too high there fol
favorable weather conditions. Port
land is regarded as the better propo
sition. The final game must be
played on the last day of the veal
to enable the team to get back tc
Chicago in time for the re-openins
of school This is insisted on by the
Chicago school board. Manager Pat
terson states that the trip Is no
money making scheme as he would
be satisfied to get out Of it for ex
pe,ses and the Western trip for the
high. school boys.
StechIlan Boosts i'm Seattle
II. o. Stechhan, Who has been en-
ploycd of late to do some boosting
for the Wenatchee Commercial Club
is at present in Seattle doing all he
can to prepare the way for the bis
lhristmas game which may be played
Where. or may not, according as the
prospects of good gate receipts loon
large or small. In last nights issue
os the Times, he tells what he know:
about the two teams. He says:
Oak Park High won the Cool
county championship this year, whicl
really means that it is the best foot
ball team in Illinois and the Contra
states. Consequently. the boys arr
anxious to try out their proves
against other representative teams
Several years ago the Hyde Parl
champions of Chicago came to Sc
attic and were trOunced by Broad
way, in addition TO gaining some 9th
er undesirable nOtoriety. Now, it
up to Oak Park to make hegira Il
the Pacific coast in an effort to re
trieve lost prestige.
kellogg NJ. Patterson, assistan
sporting editor of the RecOrd-Herald
is responsible for the various western
tours. He brought out the Hyd
Park team in 1906 and two years ag'
he took another Chicago aggregation
to Butte and Longmont, Colo. Nei
Their of them made very good record
for the Windy City, so that this tri
he is coming with the definite pur
pose of taking home the bacon-may
be. Proposals were made to Lincoll
High, Spokane High and Aberiee
Nigh, as well as Wenatchee. From
HE start the Apple Pickers were tn
only ones who seemed to be anxiou
for the game, and they have FINAL
landed it.
Henatchee's Fame Spreads.
THE Chicago papers are all yer