The San Francisco call., 1896-11-27
FROM BERKELEY'S
STANDPOINT.

The whole story of .Berkeley's defeat
could be told in a single short sentence.
They were simply outplayed by the Stan
ford team in q fair, square and hard
fought game. 1t was evident within five
minutes after the kickoff that Berkeley
was outclassed, and from the first touch
down the supporters of the blue and gold
played an uphill game. The heavy line
driving qualities of the Palo Alto men
were too much for our team. They took
advantage of this from the very start and
made peated gains through our center,
left guard and tackles. They resorted but
little to end running and to strategic
plays, but whenever q yard or two was
needed the ball was passed to Cotton and
through our center he would go like
piledriver. 1t was remarkable in all these
plays how few fumbles were made by the
Palo Alto men, while the ball was lost by
Berkeley time and time again, even under
less trying circumstances.
One of the prime elements in Stanford's
qualifications for playing good football
was the ability of her men to hold the ball
and to get 1t from Berkeley on tumbles.
The game throughout was hard, snappy
and sportsmanlike on both sides, and
while it was almost entirely devoid of
brilliant individual plays it was character
lied by superior team work, particularly
on the part of Stanford. Most of the Palo
Alto men having practiced together all
season In the positions they held to-day,
they were enabled to work together more
nearly in unison than was possible
IN the case OF the Berkeley men, who have
been shifted about from place to place in
an endeavor to strike the strongest COM
Dilation from the material at hand. Not
having Lad men of the most desirable
build and strength for the positions of
center and left guard, it became necessary
for tae coach to try first one man and
then another at these places.
Carr, who played center in the Berkeley
team, did his first work in that position a
week ago. Not having had desirable
left guard, Ludlow was transferred from
tackle to this position, and then back to
his old place again, when Wallthall. one
OF last years Varsity guards, appeared on
the scene only six days ago. With CEN
ter weighing only one hundred and
eighty-tive pounds, and having had only
seven days practice at the position, and
with guard who has had only six days
actual training this season. what could we
guards than whom there are perhaps
none superior in the State?
Without fear of con radiction, 1 will say
in This connection that the Berkeley team
put up one of the grlttiest if not the most
gritty game that has been played on the
Pacific Coast within the last two seasons.
They realized soon after the play began
that they had strong odds to work
against, and instead OF merely trying to
stave off dire defeat they did their utmost
to overthrow Their opponents. But all to
no purpose. l. the team did lose ths
game, their one redeeming quality was
the grit they shovel.
In the first part of the game both of the
teams were slow to line up after each play,
but in the second half marked in prove
ment was noted in this particular. The
qua rbacks on both sides displayed good
Judgment in handling their men and in
using the slow and steady or the fast plays.
In Murphy Stanford has a remarkable
man for this position. Up to the time
Kennedy broke his nose he was doing very
clever work. Haskell. who succeeded
him. worked the men almost too fast, and
the result was that the ball was put into
play before they were ready for it.
Berkeley's best gains were made
around the ends, while Stanfords ad-
vances were made, of course, through the
center and by means of the revolving
wedge through tackles. Hall, Sherman
and Ransome all did distinguished work
at end plays, but they were prevented