The morning call., 1893-12-03
THE COLLEGE GAME.
Football May Be Forbidden at Berke-
lev Next SeaSo

FoOtDali may be F0rDiCden at Berke.
ley Next Season.
Now that the match football game be-
tween the Stanford and Berkeley varsity
elevens has resulted in tie, even added
interest attache to the game arranged be-
tween the freshmen class elevens of the
two universities. The game was arranged
for next Saturday in this city and for the
benefit of the Midwinter Fair, which asso-
citation guaranteed all the expenses of the
two teams.
That the game will finally come off as
arranged cannot be affirmed to-day. The
Stanford men have been a little loath to
enter into the game all season, only accept
ing the challenge after it had been twice
sent down by the Berkeley freshmen
teams manager and captain. and then
qualifying their acceptance. The Berke-
ley men. however. understand the game is
to come of, and some eighteen '97 men
have signified their intention to try for
positions in the team.
Frank Taylor is captain OF the fresh
men. He is d brother of Oscar, and is
much the same style Of player. He punts
as reliably and tackles as well as his
brother. but is not so good in running with
the ball. He played fullback for the Oak
probably play quarterback on the fresh
man team.
Ransome, who played On the varsity
team last Thursday, will play one of the
halves, and little Ed Sherman, who did
some brilliant work in the intercollegiate
game, will play the same position-left
end-on the class team. Hnpp or HYDE
will probably prove the best man for the
other halfback position. while for fullback
Everett. who was also player on the Oak
land High School eleven year ago. stands
good show. He is a good, clean player,
though of light weight, and punts and
tackles fairly we'll.
For the other end. Gilbert, Collier or
knZie will probably be selected. Behind
the line and on the ends the Berkeley
freshman team will be strong, but the
center will be the weak place However.
they have Smith, who took Hunts place
an the varsity team on Thanksgiving day
Smith can be played equally well at guard
or tackle. but will probably be played at
guard.
Edgren, the shot-putter. who is going to
break the present university record for
that event. will make a fairly good center.
For the remaining three positions there
are no superior men, but among those who
wish positions from whom the three may
be chosen are Hall, Mcdonald, Mays, Ken
nedy, Robbins and McWade. Berkeley
believes she can put winning team in
the field for The freshman game if the Stan
fordites do not withdraw from the game
alarmed because they didn't win last
Thursday.
Thursday night, after the great game.
the Berkeley team. as is Its custom, got
together and chose the captain for the
coming year. Percy Benson, the captain
for The last season, was the unanimous
choice for the coming year. The u. &.
boys have lots of confidence in doughty
Benson. who can endure any amount of
hard work and enthuse a team with more
life and energy than any other man at
Berkeley. Benson is fine general of
team, and had he not been ruled off last
Thursday Berkeley thinks she would have
won the game, as number OF mistakes in
handling the team were made in the Sec
Ond half which helped. perhaps permitted,
the StanfOrds to score.
Benson will be the captain If Berkeley
has any team in 1894. She may nut have
one, and the tour of the u. of c. team
of '93 through the Northwest at the COM
ing Christmas vacation time may be the
last games played by Berkeley team for
years.
The trouble is not in the student body,
but IN the faculty. Football takes too
much time say some members of the
faculty. The players pay too little atten.
tion to their university work and then ex-
pect US 10 pass them in the mIdyear exan,-
inations, even though their papers are
very poor.
The professors say that during the
season just ended the work of some of the
football team PLAYERS has been unusually
Door, and in fact one of the English pro-
fessors told two of the players in his
course that unless they stopped playing
football he would condition their work at
the end OF the term.
The leader in the faculty crusade against
football is said to be Frank Soule, profess
sor of civil engineering and astronomy,
and an able coadjutor is Professor C. B.
Bradley. just what action the professors
as whole will take, whether any. is not
known.
The question is under discussion in se.
cret coDclaves and committee meetings.
But anyway, the Berkeley team, with
Hunt and Morse IN its makeup, and the
Stanford team as well. expects to spend
some TWO weeks at the opening of the
coming year in playing the Webfoot State
piayers