The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-30


From the proceeds of last Saturdays
games the Piedmont grounds have been
put in good condition. the grand stand now
being capable OF holding 5000 individuals.
This game will really be the "kickoff' of
the season and actual scientific work will
date from it. The two elevens represent
many of the most promising candidates for
the eleven. and somewhat of judgment
can be made by the two coaches as to the
material they will have TO deaf with, the
one to trail the other to oppose. for one
of the features of the game will be the
presence on the field of Pop" Bliss, the
Stanford coach. sand Walter Heffeinger,
afee iii i;ihpIFe Eli q rfs;fyf
an excellent chance 10 size no the material.
Manager Denman will meet Heffelfnger
at BenIeia this morning and the great
Yale guard will make his first acQuaint-
ance with Western football men in the
afternoon. Heffelfinger has not the repu-
tation as a coach that Walter Camp
has, but follows a close second along
with McClanG. AS a player, however,
Heffelfinger is said to be the greatest that
America has yet produced. lie stands
4 inches, has muscles of steel from his
wears of training, combined with q
lightning-like Quickness that gave his op-
Donent on the line simply no cbancesIefOre
/ him. In fact he always upset his man the
moment the ball was In play. aud was
away after the man with the bali almost in
the same instant. Heffelfnger IS the son
of wealthy Milwaukee business man, and.
after graduating, pursued practically his
profession of civil eDgineerng-when he
was not on the gridiron field. He played
one seasons games with the Chicago as
ISOLATION, which made tour of the East
ern gridiron fields in 1912 This fall he
has been coaching the Dartmouth men.
Vps In q a "a rEpia ma
in hand.
Later in the season. about the middle of
October. Heffelfinger Will have an as
sistant on the field in William Norton,
Yale, '93, who comes to coach the Reliance
team. AS the Reliance men practice at
night only-by electric light - Norton's
services for the afternoon have been Sc
cured by Manager Denman to aid Heffel-
finger.
The captain of the varsity eleven, Ben
son, Is probably one of the lightest men
who has ever played in one of the big
games. HIS weight is about 13O pounds,
but he is small and wiry, and so cool
ana quick quarterback did he prove
himself last year that lie was unanimously
eiected TO captain this years eleven.
Percy Benson was born in Oakland
twenty years ago. but spent the wears of
ms youth in the Hawaiian Islands, where
ne learned to handle tho leather in the
Island Association games. Benson's gen.
eralship will undou btedly do much for the
U; Z. men, as he never loses his head.
Hehelhnger will form his second eleven
largely out OF the '97 men, who play TO-
day.
Kid" Wilder. the little quarterback
captain OF the sopnomOres. to-day will cap
tam the second elev q. and seems des tined
III tue line of succession Tor captain of
next years eleven.
o. "a october IL the freshmen eleyens of
en1 TWO universities will play preliminary
tn hnn,. 20 mat of the varsity elevens on
inEank sgivng day. y"
will he proceeds p, OF this afternoons game
surgical waTo 20 3 eharity-half gazing to the
prtal ana half to Stiles Hall Tho l ain
for sindanss maintained as a meeting place
b Ut S,uuI hoS purely by voluntary conari.
the stndsn f. :h :. Is quite appropriate that