The San Francisco call., 1896-11-25
BERKELEI,s MUsCLED KNIGHTS.
Football Men and "Rooters" Are Ready
for the Struggle.

Tor the StTNHOtes
BERKELEY, CAL, Nov. 2-Only few
hours remain before the great intercol-
legiate football contest of the year on the
Pacific Coast will be on. In these few
hours the players will devote themselves
to the final planning for the great but
brief campaign upon which they are about
to enter. Frem now until the kickoff on
Thursday afternoon the Varsity players
will be the subjects of every attention
from their enthusiastic friends among
the students, as well as from their coach
ers and trainers. AS the supple muscles
OF fiery steed are rubbed and bathed
before starting in a handicap. so will the
Joints, muscles and sinews OF the Berke-
ley football heroes be anointed and rubbed.
While the trainers are putting on the
finishing touches to the muscled knighs
of the gridiron, the 'rooters," who will
make the noise on the day of battle to
urge their comrades ON, will be training 6
their throats and voices. They will pre-
pare themselves with songs, jibes and
ioshes. which are destined to strike terror
into the hearts of the PaIo Alto men and
to drown their Rah Rah! Rahsl
An enthusiastic meeting was held by
the Associated Students this afternoon, i'm
medlately following drill, to take prelim-
mary steps in the organization of the
singing and ''rooting" contingents. The
annual ''send-off" will be given the boys
tomorrow evening at the training quar-
tiers. Shortly after Z o'clock the entire
| student body, including delegation from
the Affiliated Colleges, will gather at
Stiles Hall for an hours practice with
the songs and ioshes. After the practice
they will go in body TO the training
| quarters, where yells will be emitted.
| songs and speeches made. Each mem Der
| of the team, as well as ButteTworth and
1 Mott, will be called upon for remarks.
| This is one of the songs which the
| Berkeley boys will practice. 1t is called
the patent adjustable football song" be-
| cause it can be rendered to four different
| tunes:
Sing rumpty- iddity. boom Ia rah!
We're going to win that camel
Wen show those Redcoats who we
And roll them in mud and shame;
Wen PICK them up and whiri them round,
And whack them down pom the ground,
With a .Ha, ha, ha. CaifornyaL!
Berkeley, zip, boom, ah?'
So all together then-one. two, three!
Hurrah ;or Berke ey team
Wen cheer them on to victory
With whoop. yell and q scream
Who'll bag their heads with woe untold,
When above their Red goes the Blue and Gold?
With AHa, ha, ha. Caliorn-yah!
Berkeley, zip boom, ah!'
When the rooters have become tired oil
singing long songs the shorter slogans OF
war, such as this, will be tried:
Our teams daisy;
Twill set Stanford crazy
And beat her easy.
How do we know?
Our teams a beauty,
Stanfordis is frulty.
How-in-the-d will we find -that-out?
Our play Will show.
Then will come the yells-the long ones
and the short ones-and finally such iests
and joshes as this:
California.
oh, my Alma Mattel
Rally up your forces and
Slap stanford on the Patel
| The players were taken through another
course OF signal practice this afternoon.
| For short time the second eleven lined
up against the Varsity, and interference
! WAS practiced.
Ransome made the punt of his life
| kicking the pigskin on pass from the
| quarter seyenty-six yards by actual meas
urement.
| Tonight the boys were given a good
rundown and were ordered to retire early
Tomorrow afternoon the work OF to-day
will be repeated. They will not go to San
| Francisco TO spend the last night before
the great game, as has bean the custom
| for the past Two years, but will remain al
| the training house. They will not go 10
the City until Thursday morning.
| Bernard Miller, in whose hands has been
| placed the CUSTODY of the little bear which
will be Berkeley's mascot on ThanKsgiv-
ing day, will bring young bruin to the
campus in the morning and give him an
| introduction into college life and college
ways.