The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-08
Positions.

Cecil Gardener acted as referee and r. II.
DeIafeld and another fellow held positions
which caused them To run up and down
the field and do a lot of waving with yellow
flags. w. Greer Harrison was down on
the programme to act as fiagman, but he
backed out when the time 10 90 to work
arrived.
Before the commencement OF the game
experts on football spent their time in
guessing the result.
Every one predicted walkover for the
local kickers and marveled at the nerve
displayed by the country folks in going up
against them.
Well, the Nomads did win the game and
By score OF Is TO 5, but their victory was
a hard-earned one.
Those Bakerfed fellows proved that
they knew lot about football before they
had been on the field many minutes and
kept the Nomads hustliDg all the while.
They kicked we'll and in SERUM"
which is football English for scrimmage.
proved themselves the stronger team. 1t
was in the finished work of the game that
they displayed their weakness.
1t seemed impossible for Britisher TO
pass the ball at the proper time, neither
did many of them seem TO know just when
to punt, while as to catching, why those
young men from Bakersfield went at catch
ing the ball just as a policeman goes about
about as much success.
There was one man In the team. how
ever, who played in quite brilliant
manner
Cheals, who captured the Britishers and
whose distinguishing points on the field
were his whiskers and an immense supply
of shirts, knows quite lot of Rugby foot
ball.
Mr. Cheals was in the game from start
to finish and caused the local men no small
amount of trouble. Every scrimmags had
him for a main feature, every gain for
Bakersfield was due in some way to his
effort, and all the falls the Nomads re-
ceived were brought about by his rushes
and tackles. In truth, he did about all the
brilliant playing for his side of the house.
Mr.. Cheals also did something more. He
shed four shirts during the progressNof the
game and swept halt the field well with
his luxuriant W hlskers.
The sweeping performance he rather
enjoyed, but the loss OF the shirts proved
quite embarrassing. They were of the
knitted yarn pattern and were destroyed
By Mr.. Cheas' opponents in their efforts to
tackle him.
A Nomad would grasp at Cheals and
land a handful of shirt. The man from
Kern County would spin around Ike a
top for few seconds. and then all the
men on the field would gather around him
Wnlle new SnlrL was procured from the
dresSing-rOom.
The game opened with the ball in the
Nomad camp and the local men kicking to-
ward the north goal and against the wind.
The Britons went on the field two men
short and consequently heavily handi-
capped.
The kickoff gave Nomad gain of fifteen
yards, but this distance was rapidly re-
duced by series of lively "scrums." all of
which proved advantageous to the British.
Then the ball went spinning along TO-
ward the Bakersfield goal and had proper
judgment and an ability to pass been dis
played some points might have been scored.
As 1t was, at most dangerous time the
ball was dropped and Weaver of the
Nomads caught IL and rushed it into safe
territory. A series of brilliant runs and
several pretty points sent it again toward
the Nomad goal and within few yards of
the line. Then 1t was brought out OF a
scrimmage bv Weaver. but in consequence
of an off-side play on the part of Britan
play was stopped and the Nomads were
given a free Kick. Orr did the kicking and
scored penalty goal, which gave the local
team three points.
Before play was again resumed, the
Britishers were re-enforced by the two
tardy men, and an Improvement was i'm