The UW Eleven Triumphs in the Mud
A scrappy University of Washington team secures a 14-0 shutout victory against the Seattle Athletic Club on the sodden grounds of Madiera Park.
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The purple and gold is floating proudly at the state university over its football eleven's defeat of the patched-up team that did battle for the Seattle Athletic Club yesterday at Madiera Park. The college boys' victory was deserved, too, for they outplayed their opponents at every point. Two of their three touchdowns were earned, and the third was made possible by the sharp work of the 'Varsity rushers in breaking through the line. The goal that was kicked from this last touchdown rolled up the score to 14 against the goose-egg of which the Athletics' best endeavors could not rid themselves. The field of play was in worse condition even than on Thanksgiving day and the players were plastered from head to foot with black mud. The crowd that saw the game was small but enthusiastic. It consisted mostly of noisy university boys, who blew their fog horns with a will and shouted out their war cry: 'U. of W.! Giah, Giah! U. of W.! Giah, Giah! Skookum! Skookum! Washington!'
“The players were plastered from head to foot with black mud.”
Long before Husky Stadium became a colossus of concrete, the University of Washington's football identity was forged in the mud of neighborhood parks like the original Madiera Park. Today, the intensity of this early rivalry mirrors the enduring local passion for Husky football, though the sport has evolved from a rough-and-tumble mud bath into a massive commercial enterprise.
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