The morning call., 1893-10-20
WHEEL AND BALL
Practicing for the Big
Football Game.
WORK OF THE STUDENTS.
The Acme Clubs Bicycle Meeting al
the Oakland TraCk-AuStralian
CricketerS.

The great football matches between the
college teams will soon take place. but in
the meantime the clubs are practicing
daily tor the wet and muddy struggles
that are bound to take place on ground
that has been we'll soaked by the winter
rains.
Coacher Heffelfnger of the university
football team is of the opinion that new
players are better than old ones il prop
erly drilled for action on the field. He ap-
pears to be very favorably impressed with
the playing of Hunt, Ransome. Benson.
Wilson and Porter, athletes who fought
the battles of last year. Oscar Taylor is
too delicate about hitting the line and
Burr, the right tackle, is too slow in get
ting away. The Pierces tackle TOO high to
please Hetfelfnger, and he recommends
lubricant which will soften their back
bones. Huff as right end will require
con siderable practice in sprinting, as he is
altogether too slow in following up the
ball.
Sherman of last years Oakland High
School team is pet of the big coach. who
regards him as being very clever little
tackIer. The other PLAYERS who will have
Humphrey. Dunn. Hilborn. Rhinehardt
and Powell. halfbacks; Oldenburg. Collier
and Woolsey, ends: Smith. Laughlin, Rad
dlefnger and Hall. guards; Gilbert Wit
tenmeyer, HYDE. Craig and KinZie, tackles;
Wilder quarter. Foltz center and c. c.
Tavlor fulback.
The Reliance football players are look
ing forward TO great seasons sport. The
club met on the Piedmont grounds last
evening and played very interesting game
under the light of electricity. Coacher
Norton was expected yesterday. After
this week a change in the date of practice
games will probably be made and Mon
day. Wednesday. Friday and Saturday
evenings will be devoted to practice.
THE Olympic team is not improving as
well as the club expected when the boys
first started out to practice. There are
some good players in the team. no doubt,
but unless the entire force can be got on
the grounds when practice games are called
the kickers might just as well disband, as
raw and disorganized team, no matter
how powerful, cannot possibly defeat a
well-drilled army of players, unless ma
joritv Of the latter are carried off the field
before the first half of the game is finished.
The following committees of the Cali
fornia Associated Cycling Clubs have been
appointed by President Neece for 1693-94
On membership and interclub rela-
tions-O. A. Wehe. Olympic; Ii. 2. Wy
mie, G. G. c.; Charles Sylvester. Path.
On rules and regulations-C. c. Moore.
D. c. W.; j. w. Gibson. S. j. K. c.: W. B.
Morrill,, G. C.
Political action-T. R. Knox, S. F.; j.
d. Dunnigan, A. B. c.; Charles Gard
iner. c. G.
Championships-R. NJ. Welch. A. B. c..
F. B. Barnes, r. A. c.; C. Raylin, C. c. W.
On road-racing and records. +. Han
cock, S. F.; Ii. B. SDerry. B. c. W.; q. II.
Faulkner, Acme.
If the wheelmen are put on par with
the trottlng horse so far rs flying starts are
concerned the former can make better time
than the latter. Already the wheelman
has passed the two-minute mark for which
trotting-horse men are striving so assidu-
ously.
Theodore Schleuter now holds the ten
mile record of the coast.
The races which will be held at the Oak
land trotting park November 50 are at
tracing considerable attention, and wheel
men are practicing daily for the eight
events which have been alluded to in The
CALL. The ten-mile championship Will
certainly bring out wheelmen from various
parts Of the State. The next road race
of Importance will be the century, to San
Jose and return. This will take place in a
few weeks.
The Australian cricketers will arrive n
this city in November, but it is extremely
doubtful if they will condescend 10 play a
game on this coast. The small support
that Englishmen have given cricket here
in the past has afforded the managers of
the local teams very little inducement to
offer the visitors any decent proposition in
the way Of monetary inducements, and as
a consequence the great cricketers will
come and pass away without giving the
lovers of the game an opportunity of see-
ing cricket as played by experienced bats.
n1ny hnv md fal6 IL
phia the Australians met defeat. having
lost the game by 68 runs, which is consid-
cred a great victory for the Phillies, not
withstanding that the foreigners had their
sealegs on when they faced the wickets.
In fact the Australians were sur
prised with the strong opposition they
met from English-Americans whom they
figured upon as being easily conquered
From Philadelphia they went TO New
York and defeated eighteen PLAYERS by
some thirty and odd runs. From New
York they again visited Philadelphia and
met with second defeat by twenty runs
This was grand game and was witnessed
by IL, 900 people, which goes to prove the
great interest that is manifested in Eng
lands national game in Philadelphia. The
team next visited Boston. where they
scored an easy victory over the celebrated
bean-eaters. From Boston they departed
for Toronto, where they are now supposed
to be. They will visit Detroit and Chicago
before leaving for this coast. from which
place they will depart for Sydney on No
vember 16.
The Olympic Club members are desirous
that the public should know that the salt
water company which carries the name Of
the club is in no wise connected with the
club, excepting that it has agreed to sup
ply that institution with so much water
per day when its works are completed
As the Olympic Club has no interest in
fish it cannot understand why the said
salty water company is working so many