The San Francisco call., 1896-11-04
Rush Line Outclassed, but Sew
.eral Quick Dashes Save
the Day.
SIXTEEN TO TEN THE SCORE.
Exciting Game With Much Line.
Bucking on One Side and Punting
on the Other.

Berkeley won the football match with
Reliance yesterday afternoon. 1t was
close call. The first half ended with the
score 10 10 0 in fav Of the athletic club,
and the many partisans OF the college
team assembled in the Central Park
grounds were silent, gloomy and fearful
of the prospect on Thanksgiving
Then the second half came, and with 1t
q change that revived hope in the breasts
bedecked with blue and gold ribbons. The
Reliance men continued to hammer the
college line with telling effect, but Berke-
Aey got the ball and punted close to the
Reliance goal. There the clubmen made
their mistake. They tried to rush the
bali back, instead of punting at once out
OF the dangerous territory. They lost the
ball, and two quick little dives by Sher-
man and hard buck bv Ransome carried
the ball across for a touchdown. Then
for second time the ball was punted close
down to the r lance goal.
A longer dash By little Sherman, a
tumble and an offside play by Reliance,
ard Berkeley had the bail almost to goal,
and Ransome forced il over. That tied
the score, though the touchdowns were
. not gained as were those of Reliance, by
crowding their opponents back.
Butthe last touchdown was the particu-
J.. lar feature of the match because of the sixty
yard ran that led TO il. The bail had been
brought out to the Reliance twenty-five
yard line after touchback. Oliver took
free kick past the center of the field Hall
Berkeley's big left half, caught the bali
and followed by Ransome he swerved to
the lett as he ran swiftly down the field
several OF the college players grouping te-
=. tween him and the on-rushing Reliance
men and protecting the runner as he
RAPIDLY skirted the eastern edge OF the
field and finally landed the ball over the
goal line.
Several reliable spectators declare that
the runner stepped Just in touch near the
10-yard line, but the Enesmen didn't no.
tice it. Ransome kicked a difficult goal
and redeemed himself for the easy one he
missed before it. the score was then as
. it was at the END of the game, 16 to 10.
After the last kickoff Reliance got the
ball near Berkeley's 45-yard line and be-
gan another onslaught on the college
rush line, carrying the ball step by step
= toward the Berkeley goal. But the ref
ing advance, and time was called with the
Reliance but six yards from goal.
The largest crowd of the season was
present.
Cralgt h6lli sherman ana Ransome
were the most noticeable and most ap-
piauded' players for the blue and gold,
white little Carter, Walton and Ariett did
. great work for Reliance.
One of the features of the ciubmen's s
advances in the first half was the power
of big Oliver, who literally dragged the
squirmiug Carter forward through the
yielding college rush line. But Oliver sus-
tanned several injuries, and Carter was re-
iieved by Nahl. and the effect was very
. oticeable during the second half. when
also very light and comparatively inex-
.perienced end was put in to relieve
Lanyon.
The accompanying chart shows the
plays in detail: