Thursday, December 14, 2017

Ah, the good old days: Ride train from Spokane to Seattle for Apple Cup!

Ah, the good old days: Ride train from Spokane to Seattle for Apple Cup!
This ad is from the Oct. 31, 1965, Spokesman-Review.
WSU lost the football game, in Seattle, to UW, 27-9. WSU coached byBert Clark. UW coached by Jim Owens. Before 1962, the teams played for the "Governor's Trophy." The game was renamed the "Apple Cup" in 1962because of Washington's famous apple crop. The Apple Cup trophy hasbeen awarded to the winning team ever since