The herald., 1894-12-28
he Chicago team is composed like
THE STANFORD TEAM.


Because the Stanford team has men
on it who are Los Angeles boys. and be-
cause the team is really considered q
home team when pitted sgainst the Chi
Cages, greater interest 10 taken in the
players here.
To Hazards right ia Joel Field. a
representative from the Lone Star state.
This is Fields fret foot ball season, land
his play has beea excellent from the
fret. He is an aggressive rather than
defensive man, and keeps an opponent
in constant anxiety from the moment
the ball 10 put in play. At breaking
through and tackling Field holds an en-
viable reputation. He ia 20 years old,
somewhat over feet 10 inches ia height,
and weighs 1S0 pounds.
Left Guard Charles Ficksrt is Q Ma
tive Son. and halls from Bakersfield.
He learned the game at Stamford last
season, being member of the second H..
This season he has been playing o most
conscientious game. He blocks we'll.
gets into interference and is quick to get
on the ball. He 10 able to hold his own
at tackling with most any OF the big
men. Ficksrt is heavy. powerful man
OF 21. He weighs 100 pounds and is s
1901 q Inches IN N6lgnts
Captain Paul Downing. '95, who plays
left tackle, is the best all-around man
on the varsity. He has played in all
Stanford's contest with Berkeley, and
has successfully held down the positions
OF half lfback, guard, center, and tackle.
He learned the game at Washington
Downing's game is his activity; he is
al ~ rOupI viuhk mi avn ba hall 10 -
tackle be is cure and hard, and bucks
line we'll when given the ball. He is
% years old. height feet 10 inches, and
weighs 178 pounds.
Guy Cochran playa left tackle. He is
q veteran at the game, which he learned
ut the Laurenceville preparatory school.
Two years he has played on the varsity,
each year gaining new laurels. He
bucks well and is hard man to got past.
Cochran 10 81 years OF age. He weighs
172 pounde and is one of the pets of the
junior class.
The right end is we'll protected by Al.
bert Spalding. also q member of '96.
which class, by the way, is represented
by five men. Albert Spalding ia taking
physiology as a major. He frat played
the game in Kansas at preparatory
school. Last year he was cub on the
'varaity, and in the game with Berkeley
he played in place of Captain Wilson,
who was injured. Spalding lie quick,
strong fellow, getting down on kicks in
hne style and rarely letting q runner
past his end. He is q clean tacker, and
OF late has shown special ability "a a
ground gamer when given the ball. His
age is 20, weight 1G0 pounds, and height
feet inches. Spalding halls from
Kansas.
Cotton 10 the only irenhman to make
the team. He was born at Clinton, To-,
In 1873. and first played football at Bel.
mont. He was trying for place as tackle.
but whom Lewis, left end, was compelled
to leave the university Cotton was put
In his place, and for new man he has
shown up remarkably. He iB one OF the
speediest big men on the eleven and
ordinarily his tscklng is OF AL quality.
Hs will make most valuable man
with little more experience. Berke-
Icy will find in Cotton hard man to
circumnavigate. He 10 quite heavy for
an end, tipping the beam ct III pounds.
His height is little over feet 10
inches.
Quarterback will be looked after by
little Harrclson, the smallaat man in
the team. Billy" az he is always
called, waa born in Stockton 22 years
ago. and entered Stanford in his
eighteenth year, taking civil engineer
ing rs major. He han been ''aub" to
the team until this year, but in the laet
game with Berkeley hs took Codo'a
place OF quarter because of the latter's
puRnacity.
Hsrrelaon 10 no mean tackle and is
quite proficient st interfering. He 10
ear-headed. full OF ginger, and always
plays his hardest. In q scattered fold