The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-26
BERKELEY'SC COACH
The Man Who Will Guide
Varsity Boys.
AM EASTERN CHAMPION.
He Is the Great Yale Guard, Heffel-
finger, and He VIII Teach the
Eleven of Berkeley.
AN EASTERN CHAMPION.

men. picked from oVU DY competitive
trial. will battle for the glory and name of
the University of California against eleven
men similarly selected to defend the hon
ors Of Stanford University. From now
until that time every effort will be made
to put every muscle of each buck and
back to its greatest solidity and tension /;
every means utilized to make machine-like
the action of each player-until. like a
unit. the team will surge back and forth
against the opponents play
The man who will guide the course of
the varsity eleven of Berkeley, shape its
work and mold its men, is known as the
great ale guard, Heffelinger
ale Is the true nursery of modern foot
bali. Walter Camp is the father of the
great game and McClung and Heffelfnger
stand next in succession. One may be eX-
cused ignorance OF the silver questiOn and
the spot where Grover landed his biggest
trout, but not to know the biography Of
Camp, McClung and Heffelfnger draws
upon You the scOrn Of the Atlantic Slope,
and argues yourself dwelIer OF some dis
tant rustic abode.
Mr.. Heffelinger senior was partner of
large wholesale boot and shoe company IN
Minneapolis, and there on the life-glvlng
grain of the Minneapolis tiOurmiils Mr..
Heffelfuger junior waXed strong and grew
until he reached the height 6 feet and /
inches and the weight of 230 pounds.
Then he went to ale, Heffe finger is a
veritable giant when he stands beside an
ordinary man, but is so well proportional
that he does not appear at all abnormal;
on the con trary, looks almost slight at
distance. He has run the hundred yards
in II 4-5 seconds with his weight at 205, so
is a pretty rapid groUCd-cOVerer.
Mr.. Heffelfnger graduated from Yale in
the class of 81, and is now "A years of age.
He was put on the varsity eleven when
ne first went 10 Yale. and fought for the
blue in forty-one different battles on the
gridiron field, on which the blue waved
victorious after thlTty-nine of the contests
He was an original factor In the football
field from the first. He originated and
developed TO a science his great offensive
play on the line, which was the terror of
all elevens that met the Yale bull dogs
After graduating in 81 Heffelfineer
coached tina Yale team, and later in the
season played with the Chicago Athletic
Eleven in its tour through the Atlantic
States 1t was the last vigorous coaching
and playing of '92 that gave him the eXpe-
rIeDce with the latest developments of the
game and placed him at tia top with Camp
and McClung az the trio of great modern
football c0aehers. Perhaps it will surprise
some TO learn that Mr.. Heffelfinger did
other things at college besides playing
football. Contrary. perhaps, TO the rash
surmise. he did good work in the engineer
ing department, and last spring this great
trained mass of muscle and brain
landed in the State of Washington.
where he superintended the work of a
construction gang upon the Great
Northern Railroad. While here he made
fast the claim that college football is q
manly game and develops a mans moral
as well a physical qualities. 1t was this
way: 4 dissoluIe character, despiSed by
honest men, aroused the Indignation of
cert8T parties. who caught him and took
hLYZ=It to try the atmosphere ut the end
ffsFDpe swinging over a telegraph pole
81 finger aleae compelled the Infatuated
| Do go loose their victim and leave him TO
" VS. course.
sen Informed of the condition of the
BeEsley eleven Aeffelfnger gave instruc-
tionStO Manager Denman to set the men
to PLAYING competitive class games as soon
as college opened. as this would give the
best chance OF developing an open play
and give the captain an opportunity of
picking out the new men available from
the entering class. The men, however"
continued HeffelingeT, must not be over
trained. Be careful Of that. for the three
months season IS long drain on energy.
Authorities on football, such as Camp,
McClung and Heffelfinger. predict rev0-
luton in football in one particular. Foot
ball is n spectacular event, and when sc,
600 people of all ranks and conditions in
life wildly fan the air in their enthusiasm,
their demands must have weight. And the
public have strong protest, which is rife
in the East. 1t is against the favorite
wedge play of teams. This wedge play is
merely Dlunglng OF brute force through
brute force, and the carrying by the for
mer of the ball as far through the latter as
II can. The spectators each time see only
a confused movement, a waving of twenty
two legs 10 the air, and then an entangling
to repeat There is no beauty in the play,
and in obedience TO the popular demand, il
will likely be ruled out in the near future.
There will come the clever field plaving in
its place; the long runs. the tackles, the
punJs. or the flying wedge. The game will
greatly increase IN interest and become
less dangerous, while more scientific and
skillful.
Mr.. Heffelfnger will confer with Nc
Chung and Camp as to their respective
opinion of the Berkeley teams points. and
will arrive to coach the Varsity eleven
October Z. In the meantime a series of
class games will be played on the follow
ing dates: September 5, -. 20. q, 80 and
October Z. Track and gymnasium train
ing will be required OF the team TO the
amount of one hour day at each The
champion wrestler. Van Court. will teach
the men catch-as-catch-can wrestling in
the gymnasium; a new tackliDg bag, the
first Of its kind on the coast, Will be put in
the gymnasium next week at cost OF $50.
This ingenious contrivance OF bag and
horizontal cords compels man to learn to
tackle lOw-the greatest fault on the
GrldirOn bring.high tackling. 1t will prove
very profitable acquisition.
To-day the thirty candidates. for posi-
lions will take cross-country run over
the Contra Costa hills, Powell leading and
setting slow pace.
manager Denman states that contribu-
tons are pouring in literally, the frater-
mites having responded freely, ana from
the alumni subscriptions and many letters
OF congratulations and expressing deep
interest 10 football affairs are pouring in.
McClung of Yale. who at first Thought
of coming for the Reliance Club. promised
TO coach the Berkeley boys, hnt Tuesday
he wired Manager Denman that his plans
were changed and he could not come. II
is possible that Mccormick, Yale's last
years captain, may come to the coast. in
which case he promises TO add his stroke
for the Berkeley eleven.
Manager Denman. with a curious smile.
told Of some San Francisco reporters who
had been to interview him and did not
know buck on the line from ramrod.
DOT fullback from dress cut bias.
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