Evening star., 1923-12-22

The future admirals, the coast fol-
lowers OF foot ball feel. have a
strenuous afternoon cut out for them
when they meet the Seattle athletes.
ment- back of this game. In 1922
the Navy and Washington crews bat
tied on the Hudson, and the Navy
got their boat to the line a half a
length ahead of the Seattle sweep
sters. But Washington's showing was
so Impressive that Yale picked off
Ed Leader to coach the blue crew.
Break Even Mt Rowing.
Rusty Callow. who had rowed
under Leader, was chosen to coach
Washington, and in his first year.
using the famous Washington stroke.
then, in the memorable 1928 contest
at Poughkeepsie, Washington beat
the Navy. Now Callow is training
his crew not only for the regatta on
the Hudson, but for the Olympic in
1924. and is counting on having the
sentative at this international affair
This means Callow has figured he can
beat the Navy and Eastern crews
again.
Washington first became promine mt
athletically when Gil Dobie reigned
as foot ball coach and went nine
years without a defeat. Only twice
in that long period were his teams
Dobie, and as the Cornell leader he
has made himself feared.
Next, Washington began to take
prominence in college base ball.
There have been several fairly sue
cessful invasion2 Of the east and
middle west. Three teams have
toured the orient and shown the sons
OF the mikado how American collie
CLANS play the game. This is Wash
ington's third game with eastern
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was dedicated here. Dartmouth was
brought to Seattle. and during q pc
riod Of foot ball decadence, between
the time Noble went east and Bag
% to I. While Washington was still
emerging from the period when It's
foot ball fortunes were at low ebo.
due to frequent changes in the coach
ing staff. Penn State was chosen as
an interseotional opponent. and the
Keystone state outft cleaned UP, 21
to 7.
But Washington Is back on the foot
ball map. In 1891 California humili-
ated the Huskies with 72-to-3 de-
peated with a 42-to-7 victory. But
in 1s23 California had the toughest
battle on its schedule when it tackled
Washington on the California grounds
and won, 9 to O. However; the
that the Native Sons were not able
to do with Washington-namel the
feat of carrying the ball from their
own 10-yard line to California's
1-yard line, where 1t was lost when
forward pass over the line failed.
That is why Brick Muller and the
California experts say Washington
has more power than any team on
the coast.
Cell Them "HusLdes.''
They call the Washingtonians
''Huskies' on the coast. A husky is
half wolf and half malamute. and
at Pasadena January the Wash
ingtonians will bring out their mas
cot. Kenai. his ears pointed sky
ward and his bushy tail curied over
teeth showing. Those future dread
naught pilots are going to know
they are up against new sort or
gridiron fighters, for what Washing
more than Offset with dogged abil-
fly to hang on. 1t was with a score
OF to o against them and only ten
minutes to play that washington
carried the ball straight down the
field from their own goal post to the
Coaches here feel they have a dis
tinct advantage over the eastern
teams because they can train ath-
1etes out Of doors the year around.
Right now. when eastern crews are
doing their work inside gymnasiums,
the Washington oarsmen are out on
Lake Washington in their abbrevi-
ated rowing garb every night. The
absence of snow and a mild winter
climate make possible the same out
door conditions IN December that we
have in May.
The husky dog is a mild family pet
IN Alaska when dormant. but a
snarling brute when kicked into ac-
ton. Crew Coach Callow kicked 1t
into action last spring and beat the
NaYY and Coach RaRShaX'a rinRinR