The morning call., 1894-12-21
SPORTING NEWS.
Stanford and Chicago
Football Game.
Berkeley Is to Have an Athletic Club
BuiIding-What the FrenChmen
Think of Zimmerman.

The Stanford College football team is an
noyed because the weather of the past week
has been so exceedingly mean that the boys
could not practice out of doors unless they
were provided with Paul BoyntOn swimming
suits. A correspondent OF Palo Alto writes:
''Ihis is he last week of the semester at
Stanford University, and the students are suf-
fering the ordeal of final examination. These
examinations will be completed Friday. De-
cember 81, at noon, ana the university work
will cease until January s, when the second
Semester's work begins.
students are. as rule, preparing to leave
for home for the holidays, but there are many
who live outside the State. and they of course
Will remain at the university. A large number
who would have gone home VIII remain on ac-
count OF the big game between StanfOrds
eleven and the Chicago team, which comes of
on Christmas day. The fOotballers have had
but an intermittent sort OF practice since the
Thanksgiving game, and whether they have
much show for victory with the men from the
World's Fair city is debataole question. The
rain has seriously interfered with work that
Captain Downing had planned for the team.
but he states that hard practice from now until
the game will be the rule.
Gan the men are in excellent condition, but
whether they are all 10 play Is not fully de-
clded. Right half Reynolds may be unable to
play, and there talk thai his running
mate. Frankenbemer, the reliable,' would be
unable to get out. The latter. however. Will
undoubtedly play. If either of the halls should
freshmen team, viii take The vacant place.
The men OF the team. as a rule. feel that they
are going to make a good fight for second
victory this year. The day after the game in
San francisco the two teams will leave to-
getheF for Los Angeles, where they Will play
on New Years. In the interval between that
date and their arrival The Stanford eleven Will
play game with the Los Angeles Athletic
Clue team, which is being coached by Harry
Walton-ex- Stanford. As the athletic team IS
largely compos Of ex-cOllege players, the
game is quite likely to be interesting
FRIDAY evening special party Of Southern
California students leave the university for
home on special car. second party follows
on Saturday morning. A special round trip rate
of $40 from San Francisco 10 Los Angeles has
been secured by the students, and about 100
Southern Callfornans will take advantage OF
this opportunity TO go home. Stanford UniVer-
sty Will close its first semester OF this year with
nearly HOO students on the rolls"
The Reliance football team is still negotiating
with the Denver players with View OF having
the latter visit this city and play series of
games. AS he season for football Is growing
late IL is feared that the DenVeri es VIII event
nally conclude to remain at home this year.
The Reliance team has had strained relations
with The eleVens OF the Stanford and Berkeley
universities aud rather poor feeling now exists
between the athletes and the students because
the Stanford team stole march on the Rel-
ance boys by closing negotiations with the Chi
cagO football team, which IL IS expected Will
arrive here on Saturday and Sunday next
The new Crescent Athletic Club Of Berkeley
is now on firm basis. Arrangements arr being
made with prominent contractor for the cree
ton of club building near the corner of Add
son and Shattuck avenue. According TO the plans
drawn up, the lower floor will cons ist Of a gym
nasum and dressing and bath rooms. the
upper floor will contain billiard reading loung-
ing and reception rooms. Among the members
are number of clever track aud Held athletes,
who will be heard from next summer Appi-
cations for membership in the Pacific Coast
Amateur Association has been made. j. l..
Grant, an Eastern TEACHER OF physical culture,
will instruct the classes and 1t is probable that
A Lean and j. Cook will be engaged to teach
wrestling.
The Reliance Athletic Club is arranging for
handball tournament, which, In all probability,
will be limited TO mrmberS. There are a UNI
Der OF gOod players in the Acme Club who would
like to meet the Reliance champions in the ball
courts.
The whist tournament of the Acme Athletic
Club is attracting considerable attention, and
much speculation is being made as TO the prob
able winners. The Olympic CLUB will soon have
series of whist contests.
The races of the Oakland NAVY have ended
for the season, but the season OF 1895 VIII open
IN January. and it is proposed TO hold twelve
races In that year.
Commodore Won Schmidt is building a new
raceboat. which he will enter in next years
races. The Commodore realizes that the Whirl.
wind, as racer, Is out of the contest, and he
proposes to put boat on the water that will
make he Flash ashamed that she ever belonged
to the Oakland Navy.
The French paper La Blcyclette wakes sar-
castle over the esteem in which professional
wheelmen are held In this country and says in
speaking OF Zimmerman: "WheLher thinner
man has NAMED and is still superior to his
former rivals Te shall now never know, for the
flying Yankee has become an unclean being;
he has soiled himself with an indelibe stain by
measuring his strength with our low profess
SIGNALS, by coming 10 France and competing
Loyalty against loyal universities. Henceforth
Zlm can no longer ride in America but against
professional men, who are in truth few in num-
Der, and notably inferior TO him. johnson,
Tyler and he others are debarred the right OF
racing with the Outcast (paria).
"Surely cycling must still he nothing better
fhon n nFn w 10 tnh rio
tons can still exist. II is many a long day
since we have done away with all this nonsense
In France. There has been many full moon
since childish eassitications have disappeared
and amateurs have ceased TO exist among US
save a memory OF Aud Lang Syne. ANY
wheelman with the least go in him races openly
for money, aud that with very few exceptions.
Can it be that so progressive a country as
America will remain for any length of time yet
so distressingly behind Time? Come, cham
piOns OF the New World, measure yourselves
with Zim. who has cnnnuhrad rs