Washington at California

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  The Seattle star, Seattle, Wash., November 24, 1916, page 1

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  D0BIE’S GRID MEN ‘‘BOW DOWN.; WILL PLAY CALIFORNIA Washington, Minus Bill Grimm Will Keep Faith as They Call Off Strike and Agree to Perform on Thanks giving until . p. M. to reconsider his nc. tion presy’a Wire Turns Trick In the meantime. President SuEsallo had wired from Kansas city the following message: The honor ard courage OF the student board of control 10 superb. Glad that the faculty and the administration have sustained them. Do not permit Grimm TO play under any cir. eumH;anees. The team 10 not bunch OF individuals, but a set OF representatives.. II rust keep the university honor by complete fulfillmen, OF the agreement with California” Thursday afternoon only three first team men reported to Dobie. Thurrday night the squad held a meeting. Grimm Makes Manly Plea II was thea that big Dill Grimm himself voluntarily appeared and told the men 90 return TO the field and play tho California game with out him. University alumni had met hur. riedly downtown and passed resolutions urging the team 10 return. The Team Statement. At the Thursday night meeting every fellow on the squad signed the following statement. Tho rcsoluie In our conviction that tho football team has been done grave injustice by faculty aeton. We. the squad members. are unanimously agreed that our action thryAtaned chs honor sad Eood Of hs- University Of Washington. Our duty 10 the students, alum. al and the general public and the necessity for the fulfillment OF our contract with the University OF California are Of such Importance that we are willing 10 place them above the principle for which we had chosen 10 stand. In Withdrawing from our orig lnal position. We wish. however. to maintain our protest We do not In any sense waver from the fun belief that another penalty calcu. lated 10 punish Mr.. Grimm instead OF the team could and should have been substituted for the one i’m. pos,d. The decision 20 remain away from the football field for the re. maiuder ~ the season was taken with full knowledge OF the facts surrounding and entering into the ease II was the uncoerccd action OF the individuals OF the squad and TO which Coach Dobie was not a party. The absence of President Sus. zallo from the campus. whose pres. encc We believe would have prevented the d,plorable situation now brought TO an end. has i’m. PEELED us 10 overlook for the pres. ent the position OF tho faculty. We believe that good has been accom-. plished thru the dramatic situation our action has induced. The eie. walton OF relations between ath. letics and the University OF Wash. ington faculty to n plane similar 10 that at other institutions OF high standing has been and will remain our sincere desire”

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  White Bluffs spokesman, White Bluffs, Wash., November 24, 1916, page 2 (results column)

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  Saturdays Football Results. Notre Dame university football team defeated M. A. c., IA to 0. Lewis and Clark high, Spokane, defeated the Colville high school eleven, A to 0. The University of Nebraska suffered defeat at the hands of the Uni versity of Kansas to 8. Playing cratic but alert football Yale triumphed over Princeton in the annual game, 10 to 0. After clearly outplaying Montana In the first three quarters Of the game Idaho went down to defeat, 20 to 10. Brown eleven has clean slate this year, as it beat the Harvard ma chine, 81 to o. Harvard was COM posed of Secondary strength. The University of Minnesota, with powerful line drives, spectacular for ward passes and puzzling criss-cross plays, humbled the University Of Wis consin, 81 to o. Displaying powerful offense, but lacking defense the heavier State college props were routed by the scrappy Spokane North high school team on Rogers field, 25 to s. A forward pass, Os. Day to Alex. Donaldson, was responsible for the 6 to defeat Of the Whitman college football team at the hands Of the Multnomah Amateur A. c., eleven. The University Of California foot ball team failed to break Coach Gil mour Dobies great record Of eight years of unbroken victories by sue cumbing to the University Of Wash ington eleven by score Of 13 to 3.

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  Coulee City dispatch, Coulee City, Wash., November 23, 1916, page 1 (results column)

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  Saturdays Football Results. Notre Dame university football team defeated nj. A. c., IA to 0. Lewis and Clark high, Spokane, defeated the. Colville high school The University of Nebraska suf, fered defeat at the hands of the Uni versity of Kansas, to 8. Playing erratic but alert football. Yale triumphed over Princeton in the annual game, 10 to O. After clearly outplaying Montana in the first three quarters of the game Idaho went down to defeat, 20 to 49, Brown eleven has clean slate this year, as it beat the Harvard ma chine, 81 to 0. Harvard was COM posed of Secondary strength. The University of Minnesota, with powerful line drives, spectacular for ward passes and puzzling criss-cross plays, humbled the University of Wis consin, 54 to 0. Displaying a powerful offense, but lacking defense the heavier State college preps were routed by the scrappy Spokane North high school team on Rogers field, 25 to 6. A forward pass, Os. Day to Alex. Donaldson, was responsible for the 6 to defeat of the Whitman college football team at the hands of the Multnomah Amateur A. c., eleven. The University of California foot bali team failed to break Coach Gill mour Dobie’s great record of eight years of unbroken victories by sue cumbing to the University of Wash ington eleven by score of 13 to3.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Washington leads 55–⁠41–⁠3 in 99 meetings, counting the 98 since this game.