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Honors
All-League
All-America
The Port Townsend Athletic Club formed and
began play in October of 1893. Their first game against the Seattle
Athletic Club was a 40-0 whitewashing, but in the P.T.A.A. defense, only
2 players had ever played football or seen a game played.
Following the Dec 27, 1893 game with
Stanford, Ben DeLanty and Carl Lively received offers to attend Stanford
to play football with all expenses paid by the school.
1894 Players:
E. Wyckoff (E), Ben DeLanty (T), Willoughby (G), McClinton (C), Lawrence
(G), Thompson (T), T. Wyckoff (E), Cobb (QB), Heffernan (HB), Waithers
(HB), Leighton (FB), Dobbs, Hudson, Warren, McCurdy, Crowell, Pugh
The 1895 edition of the Townsends was one
that Captain C. H. Smith indicated he would battle and beat everyone
with. Apparently Seattle took notice after being defeated on Nov
2. With a championship in their sights, the Townsends cried foul
in the rematch when Seattle used players whom they considered
professionals. "Men who are not members of the athletic club, pay
no dues, and were unemployed and receiving payments from the club to
continue playing, and we have documented proof". They also claimed
a special referee was brought in from the navy ship Philadelphia, was
"well schooled" on how the game should end up. The protest was
filed and they even threatened to go to court to prevent the upcoming
game between Seattle and Multnomah from happening which was to determine
the Northwest championship. the M's took note and did not show for
the scheduled game. Seattle claimed the cup and the championship
in spite of the Townsends who had defeated Seattle earlier and defeated
Multnomah on Dec 25.
1895 Players
T.
Wycoff (E), Waithers (HB),
E. Wycoff (E),
Thompson (T)
With the 1896 season on the horizon, Port Townsend added Seattle coach
"Sport" Donnelly to a roster loaded with former Yale, Harvard, Princeton
and Pennsylvania men.
In Sept of 1904, the Townsend team was
resurrected by P.C. Peterson and practices were planned with an Oct 15
season opener scheduled with Fort Flagler.
1904 Players:
H.C. Hill
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