The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-11-15

gave them a real demonstra-
ticn In American football. We
simply couldn't teach them
block because we had no one
on the squad who could serim.
mage against them In a way
that would Give them tho es-
perienee they needed. Glanetii.
for one. could not tackle q man
because he did not know how
20 Judge whore their feet were.
He had never seen q man com
Ing az him with head lowered.
u was all new 20 all OF them"
George Smith of Astoria. who
played football four years ago. was
the only member OF the California
team who had played the old game.
lie didn't know much about II. He
sat In the press stand with hts eye
and head swathed In handages. so
his experience was not OF much
benefit. We asked Smith how he
accounted for the fact California
held Washington scoreless until
the last II minutes OF play.
Until last Saturday We never
had any real competition" Oregon
wanted us TO know. We learned
all this In one week"
~ the Bears picked up all
that football kno~Iedae In one
~eek--esalIy less than ore
week, a. the squad prseticed
only twice after the 72-to-o az
falr-~e dread what Will hap
pen In 1915.
While the personnel OF the Wash
lrgton team was unchanged. the
players we're not In the same mon
tai condition as at Berkeley. Dobie
had them keyed up 10 exactly the
right pitch when George Varnell
sent them together n week ago.
They played just as hard as II they
were battling Fair Harvard for the
championship OF the universe In
that game. and so furious was the
attack that California. unprepared.
crtimbled. Two days on the train.
with the memory OF that " points
fresh In their young minds. they
simply could not 20 after the Caii.
fornians with the vim and gusto OF
the week previous. No man. living
or dead. could have sent the Wash
ington team or any other eleven
into such a game under the same
circumstances with the expecta-
ton OF getting full efficiency out OF
the machine.
The Golden Bears. on the
other hand, had nothing moro
to lose. They had been beaten
az badly az any tear, ever has
been beaten only a few days
before. SO singing had been
that defeat. so harsh and IN
sportsmsnllke the caustic crit
lcIsm Of Frisco sport writer's
who opposed the return 70 the
American game because, hav-
lnq been born and bred In the
Old Country and fed on rugby,
they had no sympathy for our
name, that their pride was NOR
tally wounded, their fighting
spirit thoroly aroused. " was
almost as N they we're fighting
for their lives. Put man or
beast In such a corner and pit
him against odds so overwheln1-
tnu that there seems no chance
TO escape alive and there'lI be
something doing. II was this
brand OF Indomitable fighting
spirit the Golden Grizzlies IN
Ioosened against Washington.
A forward pass. delivered in tho
enemy's territory. usually paves the
way for n Washington touchdown.
After four passes had grounded be
hind Callfornia's goal line, lanky
George Smith OF Lincoln proved his
worth by pulling a high one out OF
the air for o 15-yard gain. With the
ball on the two-yard line, Miller car
ried II over on a third attempt.
Two tackles and q center on
the California team earned
everlasting fame Saturday.
Saunders and Buckley bore tho
brunt Of Wsshington's attack
and broke up the concentrated
snashes Of a powerful backfieid
/ as no other pair Of tackles have
| done In years. Russell. who
was actually In the way at
Berkeley the week before, sub
bling for Smith Of Astoria, wss
a demolishlng demon. He con-
slstcntIy outplsyed Logg.
Washington had much the heav'
Ter team. The California coaches
picked out 1.-THE. active, well-knlt,