The San Francisco call., 1896-10-31


spired largely by depreciation of the
strength of the State University eleven.
Three weeks ago Stanford and Olympic
played a no-score game. 1t now remains
to be seen how to-day's score will compare
with the "a to 8 score that gave the Berke-
ley team such boom when it defeated
Olympic. The parisans OF both unlver-
sites will look upon the result with inter-
est as the best line so far obtainable on
the relative power and skill of the two
great Varsity elevens that are TO battle Oh
Thanksgiving.
Code, Stanford S Varsity quarter for four
seasons. will play with Olympic to-day.
Harrelson, the other old Stanford quarter.
who has been filling the position for
Olympic, is laid off with an injured hand
that will probably prevent him from play
ing again this year. He is, however. Civ
ing the Olympics valuable assistance as
coach. Sheehy. the big Olympic guard,
who is to be a freshman at Stanford next
year, has been playing in varsity form
this week and is showing much improve
ment in breaking through and tackllng,
but IN Captain Fickert his opponent on
the Stanford team, he has a formida Bile
man TO face.
Captain Smith has not been well this
week and should he not feel thoroughly
fit to-day Hobbs, Olymnics big, strong,
new "find," will play left guard. He is an
aggressive player, but lacks the experience
10 make him valuable in an emergency
or apt to grasp favorable opportunity.
TO Theerkauf, who has not been in any of
the matches this season, Olympic looks
for at least one touchdown, his running
with the ball and his offensive work being
particularly fine.
When Stanford has the ball Stickney
VIII play end for Olympic, McIsaacs, the
Berkeley player, dropping back into
Stickney's place behind the line. By this
arrangement Olympic feels that it Will
materially improve its defensive strength.
During the week training has gone
regularly .on at Stanford. The Varsity
played two practice games with Reliance
at the campus and won them botn. the
big Oakland team not being able to score.
Carl, the Varsity guard is still favoring
an injured foot, and very recently some OF
the backs have been retired for repairs.
With perhaps three exceptions Stanford
will have its strongest eleven in the field
to-day. But there is an abundance OF
good material for many of the positions
and little individual difference i'll the
ability of good omen to fill them. The
team will go into the game with the.
encouraging feeling that Stanford has not
been scored against this season in the two
matches and three practice games
With the return of the Oregon yester-
day Olympic has several likely eisibles
within reach. Next week three naval Off
GERS that played on the Annapolis Acad-.
emy team will practice with the Olympics.
They are: Cavanagh, center rush, and
reputed the best allround player ever
turned out of Annapolis; Mccormack, ex-
captain and end for Annapolis, who may
play end to-day; and Kalrns, an Annapo.
lis guard, who Will probably Try for
tackle, as will Cavanagh the center.
Tommy" Code, the Pafo Alto veteran
quarter, and member of the Olympic Club
since his High School days here in the
City, returned Tuesday from the Oregon
Agricultural College, where he went sew
eral weeks ago as football coach. He tells
a laughable story of his experience with
the mbryonic webfooted farmers, owho,
he says, had football fever, but no appe-
tite for the game. O.
AT their earnest request he exhibited
himself one day in football clothes and
mixed up in their practice. The next day
the men could not be coaxed out, and
those that little Code had performed ex-
hibition tackles on knew that they were
going to die, while they ell agreed that
IF that was a sample of the way men
played in California football could not bc
such fine game as they had supposed.
Code was always noted as poor catcher.
That was his greatest fault as player.
But his Oregon pupils did not know it.
catch punt. He swelled out his chest,
for his reputation was at stake. and, as
suming confident air, tried for the first
one and caught 1t. Surprised and pleased,
he braced himself for another and actually
held it. Then he quit and. with wave of
the hand, he remarked: ''Well, it's a
simple thing; you see how it's done"
And the college still thinks that its Cali
fornia coach had football skill hey ond its
power to acquire.
This afternoon the champion light
weight football team Of the coast from
the Y. NJ. C. A. will PLAY its first game of
the season with the Peralta University
Academy of Berkeley at the Sixteenth and
Folsom street grounds.
The Y. NJ. c. AS are this year cap
tanned by L. w. Symmes, under whose
watchfui eye the team has been training
for the past six weeks. A fast and inter-
esting game is expected, sas both teams
are evenly matched.
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