The morning call., 1893-10-29

blue-striped boys, the Rangers possess
the commendable quality that they always
come up smiling for another drubbing.
For to-day's game the Rangers and This
ties will put forward their crack elevens.
The football was started rolling yester-
day at Central Park and from now until
Christmas all other athletic games will
have to yield more or less In their popu-
lariiy to this form of athletic battle royal.
The Berkeley and Reliance Club boys
have opened the season, and admirers of
punts and runs. wedges and fumb bles Will
have the opportunity to witness a practice
game each Saturday until the great Thanks
giving day struggle between the college
teams, for which all other games are pre-
paratory.
The Stanford team will journey up from
its country practice grounds down the bay
next Saturday and meet the Olympic Club
team. This game will be of especial in-
terest, affording as it will an opportunity
to local adherents of the game to contrast
the Palo Alto with the Berkeley boys
game and speculats-that which all minds
enjoy doing-as TO the game between the
two and its results. And If all, or even
the majority of the reports received from
down the bay are true, neither varsity
team can 90 on the field certain of defeat
ing the other. Much has been said about
the strength of the Berkeley center, and
of the entire line. in fact, and of STAN
ford's weakness in corresponding points,
and of Bliss perplexity as how to find
strong. heavy men to withstand the Berke-
ley line, but when it comes to fig
ures, which do not lie. this can be
seen to be anything but the
Stanford team will line up some six or
seven pounds heavier per man than the
one from Berkeley. Paul Downing, the
regular center ON the Stanford team,
weighs 1885, and is exceedingly active and
agile. Foltz, the present center of the
Berkeley team. weighs only 10. and is as
vet only novice at the game and lacking
in experience. Applicants for position as
guard on the Stanford team weigh: Bur-
net 1S5. Williams 195. Field 1877, Fickert
100. Easton and Smith. who rlay these
positions for Berkeley, weigh respectively
16S and ia. Burr. 173 pounds, and Hunt,
17S pounds, Will be more nearly equal in
weight with their opponent guards, Coch-
ran It's pounds and WhitehOuse III pounds.
a royal contest may be expected between
these players. Whitehouse promises to
make a splendid match for Hunt. and
Cochran is an equally good player with
Burr.
The StanfordIend players will again out
weigh the Berkeley men. CAPTAIN Will
son of the former weighs 155, while his
namesake on the latter tips the beam
end. weighs only 141, while Franken-
heimer 100. Spaulding 155. Claude Down
ing 1T, the applicants for the other end
position on the Palo Alto team. all out
weigh him considerably. Behind the line
the story is no different.
The Berkeley captain, Benson. quarter
back, weighs 132 only. Humphreys 162,
Ransome about 16S. Rhelnbardt 173. and
Taylor 142. For Stanford, Code, quarter
back. weighs 145, Walton 10, HARRISON
140. Lewis 140. and Russell 10. all appli-
cantS for halfbacks, and Kennedy. full
back, 175. Thus it would seem that the
Berkeley team is liable to be outweighed
at every point, and will have to make up
in agility and endurance what is lacked in
weight.
Coach Heffelfnger and Manager Den
man visited Palo Alto last Wednesday at
the invitation of Coach Bliss and Manager
Maynard and witnessed the evening prac-
tice game. Upon their return they were
besieged by an anxious crowd of students
TO learn how they sized up the players
down the bay. But little satisfaction was