The morning call., 1895-01-02

collegiate elevens, and in its first game on
s.ttis: coast against the Stanford boys, 1t
proved conclusively that it was made of
good material and could play good ball
:: under faVora BILE conditions.
~ The Windy City champions, by clever
interference and quick plays broke down
.tlieir opponents in the first half and in the
second half they had things their own
.-way@the score standing at the finish Chi
cago "a, Stanford 4.
:. In "a return match, played in Los An
:geles. the Stanford BOYS turned the tables
): ON the invaders and retired from the field
victorious, Tho scOye being II TO 0 in favor
::Of the home team. The captain OF the
:: Chicago team when asked how IL was that
.StaDf ford gained such a decisive victory in
: the City of the Angels replied that his
= men had partaken too extensively OF the
good things of life after their first victory,
: and as result they failed to play good
!. gam g in: the southern city.
!; Since their return from Los Angeles
:: they remained under lock and key, so to
!: speak, and appeared on the green and
sloppy sw ard of the Haight-street grounds
yesterday 10 tolerably fair condition.
:: When. both teams, which were dressed
pretty much alike. by the way, made
their appearance IN the presence of 1000
people any one not conversant with The
game would certainly have picked the Re-
lance team for winner. The Eastern
boys appeared TO be very small men when
they faced the big and strapping Oak
!: landers on the gridiron, but as Judge
=: Hunt; who had an excellent view of the
game from THE CALLS special stand, re-
:: marked, "1he ChIcagos are certainly in.
.. :ferioriu the way of flesh and bone, but
they are, neyerth eless, athletes, and actlV-
lily Will ass uredly manifest Itself In foot
:. baIl*game."
~. The judges views were cast in the right
a 49, IN, hn hn1f g a..
game: the Chicago team played like de-
mons, and were RAPIDLY boring their OPP
@ponents off the field when the whistle
sounded the end Of what certainly was
most stubbornly fought contest.
+ LIN the final half the Fasteners cut out
: a speedy gait, and for ten minutes it looked
very much like a 'Walk0Ver tor Chicago.
Finally the ball went to Oakland, and
;+4here was much anxiety felt among the
- friends of the local team as to how the
latter would acquit themselves The spec
tators. were: o I kept long in suspense, how
= ever. The Oakland team quickly proved
@that;:it was composed OF men who were
not to be, fooled with by any eleven, and
the ground captured by the Chicagos in
the first part was soon won back by strong
: play and good interference. When the
bafE.was within close proximity to Chica-
: go goal a hot rally took place, from out
. of which one Of Chicago's best men,
-dlrSc00ereer. Iell from knee punch In
the groin and had to be removed from the
:. field of-athletic battle.
.:Reliance was playing great ball and no
M istake, and within twenty minutes from
the time Of starting the game the local
team. b ad secured touchdown, which was
Immediately followed by a successful goal
: kick. thus giving the Oaklanders six points.
~ Deafening cheering and hOrn- blasting fol-
:. l0Wedthis great achievement of the home
team. and once again the ball was put in to
play. -: -:
:. The Chicago team made herculean eff
! fnrtssto break through its opponents CEN
ter, @but when it discovered the weight of
!: beef and bone that was opposing its efforts
a.cha nge of tactics resulted, which change,
: howeyer,=d did not prove of much conse-
;Quence orValue to the representatives of
the windy metropolis. When time was
called for the first half there was great re.
.joicing among the boys from Oakland, but,
as one of the Reliance team remarked,
Don't crow, boys, until the game is over.
- nose Eastern fellows are never whipped
:: until they are: off the field for good"
:: - The second half was replete with rough
and spirited plays. The Chicago boys used
every. scheme known to even up in football
:. the score. and there can be no such thing
as Disgusting the fact that hard and heavy
.::bucking and all: styles of tackling were
=. employed by the players ON both elevens
: to further their end.
+Asthe game was drawing to close the