Western field . ue results, hav-ing one point more than the Oakland Hornets to its credit. John was a serious loss to theRovers, for he was a good captain and a safetricker on the full-back line. Had the Hornetssettled down to play the game from the openingof the season, it is likely that they would havetaken second place from the Rovers, as it was,the honor went to the right club. The Vampires formed, as in previous years, astrong, united club, always eager to play thegame, on Sundays, holidays or any other strength lay in their full-back line (Peter-sen and Walber), and their weakn


Western field . ue results, hav-ing one point more than the Oakland Hornets to its credit. John was a serious loss to theRovers, for he was a good captain and a safetricker on the full-back line. Had the Hornetssettled down to play the game from the openingof the season, it is likely that they would havetaken second place from the Rovers, as it was,the honor went to the right club. The Vampires formed, as in previous years, astrong, united club, always eager to play thegame, on Sundays, holidays or any other strength lay in their full-back line (Peter-sen and Walber), and their weakness in theirforward division. Though they scored only ygoals during the season, or one-fourth of thenumber made by the Rovers and less than one-fifth of the number to the credit of the Inde-pendents, only fifteen goals were scored againstthem, while thirteen were made against theHornets (the team above the Vampires) and 52against the Pickwicks (the team below theVampires in the table of i-esults). It has several. fiikerHlfv Pholi THE PICKWICK ELEVEN. THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE 385


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