The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-12

College Football Game at
Central Park.
RUSHING AND BUCKlNG.
Only a Few Athletes Slightly
Injured.
A FAMOUS DAY AND FIELD.
The University Team Won the Game,
but the OIympians Did Better
Than They Expected.
FAMOUS DAY AND FIELD.

Tho attendance at the football game held
vesterdav at Central Park was much
larger than had been noticed at the previ-
Gus college games.
T. was the University of California team
against the Olympic team, and with few
exceptions the general opinion was that
the college boys would shut the Olympians
out without allowing them to score point.
In this particular all but few athletic
prophets calculated wrongly. as the ath-
letes scored six points in the last half of
the game much to the chagrin of the ~.
c." kckers, who played with the inten-
ton of giving their opponents Berkeley
goosegg.
The game was won by the collegians,
who scored twelve points.
The Stanford team, and its captain in
particular. will look wise when they learn
of the result, as it was expected down eft
Paio Alto tina t the Berkeleyites would du-
pllcate what the Stanford team had done
last Saturday.
However they may think concerning the
game, there is one thing certain, and that
is, il Stanford and its friends figure upon
the big contest on Thanksgiving day by
bssing their calculations on yesterdays
game they may meet with decidedly sad
disappointment
Judging from remarks caught on the fly
during the game it is safe to say that
Berkeley is playingits cards in good shape,
hoping thereby to pull the wool over their
opponents eyes when the time comes for
q strictly business proposition between the
two colleges. 1t was noticed that the
~. c." team was considerably weakened
by the loss OF three or four of its best
players, some of whom went down TO San
Jose to take items On the Stanford Reli-
aDee club game.
1t was also noticed that some of the star
players from Berkeley did not let them
selves out when they were called upon to
check the rushes of their opponents. In
other words. they PLAYED a reserve game.
aud there can be no doubt that the ~. c. -
captain and coach are perfectly satisfied
with the result, hoping thereby to jolly up
their opponents into thinking that they
will have a cinch on the evrnt Of the sea-
son when Greek meets Greek.
According to the words of an old inter-
collegiate football player, who has watched
the games played up to date between the
college elevens. there is very little choice
existing, and the team that attempts a
funnylsm with its opponent may be first to
ind its mistake. The consensus of opinion
of men who are impartial in their ideas
and who thoroughly understand the game.
Is that Stanford may win. but not uutil it
has a hard struggle for first honors.
The friends of either team would be GER
tanlY foolish enough to give any odds on
the result as The betting should be very
even.
Berkeley should not forget that there
was time, and not many years ago either,
when it looked upon Its great contest with
Stanford as good as won to them. 1t now
displays a somewhat similar confidence
which although not as pronounced as in
DAYS of yore, may be shattered when least
expected.
1t is quite amusing, by the way. to hear
the friends and the players of either team
discussing the situation aDd the possible
outcome Of the big game. The Berkeley men
Will tell you that their team will be much
lighter than the Stanford team. yet not a
man can be found who will wager on that
proposition. The Palo Alto players have
spread broadcast the news of their weak
ness when the weight of the teams are
considered. They say that Berkeley will
have a great advantage in this point,
which may win them the game.
Whatever may be the weight of the
elevens. it can be taken for granted that
the public will never get the correct figures
from the papers, because the captains
would prefer TO keep that a secret to them
selves. However, the handicap will not
be much on either side, ana as conse-
quence the winning team can count upon
It's success because it had the best condi-
toned and best drilled army of players.
The Olympic boys played good game
yesterday. 1t was A decided Improvement
over last Saturdays contest and goes to
prove that they will stand a very good
chance of defeating the Reliance team on
the 18th inst.
This Reliance team played the Stan ford
team at San Jose yesterday, an account
of-:which will be found in another part OF
The CALL.