The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-23
FOOTBALL.
Something About the Teams In the
Coming Inter-Varsity Match.
SPALDING.

Som ething About the Teams In the
Coming Inter-Varsity Match.
Four days more and then the great an
nual intercollegiate football contest be-
tween Berkeley and Stanford comes OFT.
Next Thursday afternoon collegiate Drawn
will meet collegiate Drawn, and then a
short but vigorous battle over the pos
session of the pigskin bag will take place.
The representatives of each OF the contend
ing universities will by that time have
undergone thorough course OF training
especially adapted to the needs OF loot
ball player, and the chances are that there
will be no lack of hard muscle and the
power to endure a vigorous drubblng. For
the past six weeks all the players from
both universities have done is to prepare
for the game, and 1t is safe to say that
save few slight bruises and scratches
representatives from each are now IN the
pink OF condition.
Though Berkeley has been under the
direct tutelage of coach longer than Stan
ford, vet the experience OF Camp fully
makes up for the handicap of Butterworth.
AS matter of course much speculation
has been going on as to the relative merits
of the men who uphold the cardinal and
those who are to eSpOuSe the cause or the
blue and gold with varied results. Though
neither team has yet been publicly an
nounced, yet it is not very dlfilcult mat
ter to presage, at least with some degree
of accuracy, the majority OF the twenty
two men who will form the lineup on
Thanksgiving day.
AS for Berkeley it seems that those who,
from their work IN the past fortnight are
almost certain of places on the team, are:
Selfridge, center; Plunkett, right; Wall
thall, left guard; Douglas, right tackle;
Reinhardt or Ludlow, left tackle; Wilson,
right end Hutchinson, left end; Kennedy
quarterback: Sherman, Hupp, Carr and
Hilborn, halves; Ransome. full, with
Kaarburg alternate.
Selfridge, the most likely man for center,
has been substitute for some years past,
and has had an opportunity to searn con-
siderable of the game. Coach Butterworth
says he is light and short for that position,
but his activity more than makes up for
those deficiencies. Selfridge plays close
to the ground. and lately has been getting
past FotZ of the second eleven very
often, though he frequently leaves holes
in the line through which the opposing
backs make their way. At the early part
of the season his playing was not suffi-
GENTLY aggressive, but since the coach has
been paying him considerable attention he
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On the day OF the game he will probably
tip the beam at $50.
PlUnkett, who has served the university
for the past two seasons at right guard, is
again in his old form, though several
days ago he suffered some little incon-
venience from twisted knee. He breaks
through the line exceedingly well, but
does not often take down the man with
the ball. When he does reach his man the
chances often are that he will tackle too
high. Plunkett does not seem to be able
to break UP interferences as we'll as a man
of his experience and physical qualitica-
tons ought. nor does he always bring his
man when running down the field on a
kick. Nevertheless, with these slight de-
fects, Piunkett is commonly dubbed the
'star guard of the Varsity"
Wallthall was green player at the
opening of the present season, but he
took hold of the game and buckled down
to business from the start. He is rich in
all the physical qualifications for the
position of guard, and old football
players pay him high encomiums for the
development he has made in the past two
months. He will tip the balances at 200
and stands over six feet in his stockings.
AT the opening of the season he was tried
for center, but it was soon found, on ac-
count of his height, that the position of
guard was where he belonged.
Douglas, from the Utica mine, has had
but little experience on the gridiron but