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Show Page i60 EtonianVol. IIVableyOur style of playing calls for an open dry field, and yet, on this occasion, there was a layer of slimy mud over the entire gridiron. Added to this was the fact that the opponents were heavier and stronger than our boys. But where we did excel our opponents was in the manner in which we went about our busi-• ness. Quick, snappy playing, ever ready to respond to the calls from the side-lines to "shove, drag, push, pull, or hurry," did what the 1905champions of the Rocky Mountain country were unable to check. It is not the sensational work on the team which characterizes its record, but the safe, sane work. In the line every man was on hand to do his duty, ready to exert all fair means to open a hole for the runner to carry the ball, ever ready to break up the interference of the opponent, and ever ready to petehson, captain 'oT heed the calls of the quarter-back for any particular piece of work. The work of the back field men is always recorded and oftimes we fail to recognize the equally good work which is done on the line in advancing the fortunes of the school. Our back field is the speediest in the West; quick, alert, active and united. Our quarter-back placed himself in the highest ranks bv his wise judgment in handling his men and using his plays.The contest opened on November 17th at 3 0 'clock,Pitt |