The morning call., 1892-11-20
OUTDOOR SPORTS IN CITY AND SUBURB.
Again Men o a Baseball.


Stanford University just now. The hes
eleven that can be- picked there will NEE
the champions Of the rival Berkeley institu-
ton on December 10, and there il not a
PLAYER among them thai would lot break a
leg TO save his school from the disgrace of
defeat.
The football grounds back of the boys
dormi:ory were fenced with all the boys of
institution at O'Clock.
There was q bank close to one side of the
ground, left by grading. and on it were 200
or 500 falr residents of Roble Hail, lot of
professors and instructors aud people from
surrounding towns. Forty Carriages that
had come from one TO fifteen miles helped
swell the crowd and make gay the scene.
"A still, warm, hay. perfect winter day
blessed the park-nke stretch of drives, flow
ers and wooded plain. and made more dim
and blue each tier of distant foothiIls and
mountain slopes.
During the game the Daily Palo Alto dis
played bulletins OIL the progress of the game
between ale ana Harvard, but the Gro wd
had little time for the blackboard
The game was q regular match game Init
although 1t was pretty good one. il was
not particularly deserving of lasting fame
and II would not have served TO make or
mar any teams reputation. In fact. the
players generally tried to make IL ont to ha
merely practice game.
The trouble was that neither the Uni
yerslty nor the Olympic club team had it's
best players out. The regular stanford
team is now composed mainly of cripples,
owing 10 recent rough practice. and the
the game. Code was the only regular
player In the team Yesterday
Then the Olympic boys came three men
short, and their eight. too, were not reg
ulsr players. Three Stanford men-Steu-
art SIosh and acknowledgement to fill out
the Olympic team.
The hour OF play was mainly consumed
10 scrirnmagin2 all over the field. but there
were few brilliant plays that gave a little
OF the spectacular quality to the game.
Inc Only other chances the cOeds had to
thrill little was when fifteen men would
pile up on tho ball. mass of legs. arms
and heads that were surely all broken. or
when some fellow would be knocked silly
and left TO gasp on the ground
The co-eds did not know anything about
the tackllng, the Interference or the touch
downs. The science Of the game was yelled
to them.
do you understand the game ?" asked
one iair sophomore with a nortar-board.
YES" said another sweet proprietor of a
tasseled mortar-board, there's a nall ont
there and one side is all the time TRYING to
get it from the other"
The Olympic team had considerable ad-
vantage In weight, but the Stanfords
showed themselves superior In quick play-
ing. agility and team work. Though lighter
could rarely break through their rush lines
Tobin's kicking was the brilliant feature
OF the Olympics' playing.
Soon after his side won the toss he punted
the ball forty yards down the field, but in
few minutes il was well back toward the
Olympies' goal. mainly because HARRISON
made line run OF twenty-five yards.
Alter ten minutes OF scrimmaging w. Nc
Lame OF the Stanford team got the bali in
erisseross from Franklin Leimer, and,
making me run around the right end.
scored g touchdown. Kennedy kicked the
ball, giving the Stanfords score of to O.
The Olympcs had the ball at the center,
but were unable to gain the necessary five
yards In three downs, SO the ball went to
the Palo Alto team. "Bucking" the center
gained twelve yards. and then Code circled
the right tend for a gain of twenty-five yards.
tumble by HARRISON gave the ball TO the
Oiympics. Tobin received the sphere for a
kick. bnt w. l.. McLaine cot through the
line and forced him to make a safety. Score
s to 0 10 favor of Palo Alto. No more
points were scored until the end of the first
half.
The second half began with brilliant run
OF thirty-fye yards around the Olympics
right end by HARRISON. After the bal had
changed hands two or three times Tobin
kicked Ii TO Kennedy at the center of the
fed. 1t did not stay there long, and in
four downs the Stanford boys had scored
another touchdown by Code. making the
score IA to 0.
After few unimportant downs, White
house secured the ball from a tumble, and
before the Olympics nod lined up Franken-
heimer was speeding toward their goal, and
scored another touchdown. Kennedy
kicked the goal. making the score 20 to o.
The Olympics forced the ball 10 the
5-yard line, and then Tobin made a be auti-
full play. giving the Olympics FIVE points,
and the only ones they made. The bah was
passed back 10 him. and at drop kick at
thirty-fye yards he kicked a goal. The
play has been seldom equaled on this
coast, aud the Stanford boys cheered il.
Time was called soon after, leaving The
score % to in favor Of the Sianfords. Then
there was a noisy time OF triumph for the
university boys.
The teams lined up In the folio wing posi-