The San Francisco call., 1896-11-06
Intercollegiate Event TO VIII ch
Much Importance Is
Attached.
SATURDAYS BASEBALL GAME.
Captain Thompson Discusses the Pros.
poets OF His Men Against the
Tufts.Ly ons Team.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL. Nov.
5.-The freshman eleven are practicing
hard for the game next Saturday against
the Berkeley freshman. This is an inter
collegiate event of great importance, and
Stanford is eager to win freshman game
from Berkeley, who has thus far managed
to carry off both freshman intercollegiate
matches. This year Stanford has several
good individual players among the fresh
men, but the team has had little or no
practice as a team until the past week,
when Captain Murphy has had his men at
work on signals. Twice the freshmen
have lined up against picked eleven.
Last evening this eleven included many of
the Varsity players, yet the '0O's made
frst-rate showing against the older play
ers. If there remained sufficient time to
train good back and to stiffen up the
line some there is no doubt that strong
aggregation of players could be got to-
gether. At any rate Captain Murphy is
confident of giving the opposing team
plenty to do in the game Saturday.
The Stanford freshmen will probably
line up as follows: Center, Burnett;
right guard, Ballentine; left guard,
Blanchard left tackle. Rusk right tackle,
Beckett; right end. McGilvray; left end,
Diggles; quarter back, Murphy; right
half, Clemens; left half, Seville; full back,
flanagan.
The center is quite strong. Burnett is
heavy and active and is likely to make
substitute Varsity center. Blanchard is
heavy man. tipping the scales at 100
pounds, but he lacks the aggressiveness
which a guard should possess. With
more practice he should make a good
showing. Balentine. the other guard is
very light for guard, but he thoroughly
understands the position and is strong,
hard player.
Rusk is undoubtedly the best tackle of
the two. but Beckett is making a good
record for new hand at the game. Rusk
is strong at breaking through an opposing
line and if in good condition should make
a good showing Saturday.
Diggles and McGilvray are both speedy
men and clever tacklers when once aroused
to play for all there is in them. Murphy
is an excellent quarter and his heady
work should do much toward winning the
game. Clemens and Scoville make an ex-
cellent pair of backs and flanagan at full
is not only good punter but he is an ex-
cellent ground-gainer. He bucks hard
and runs we'll wit the ball.
Stanford's baseball spirit is gre atIv ex.
ercised at present over scheduled game
with the Tufts-Lyons team of Los An
geles. The management has arranged for
the game tomorrow at P. NJ Since the
matter was settled Captain Thompson of
Stanford has been busy lookin. over the
material he has on hand. On being oues-
toned as 10 the pros poets of his team he
said
ut is difficult to say just what kind of
showing our team will make. OF course
the old players should put up their usual
game, but all are out of practice. Nc
Laine will pitch for us. He should prove
effective If his arm holds out. In case he
Is unable TO pitch the game throurh Rud-
dell, who plays second, will be put in the
box. Among the men on last years Var
sity. are Young, first base; McLaine,
pitcher; Sharpe, third base. and Jeffs.
Jeffs, however, will be unable to play. ow-
ing to a sprained ankle, due to football.
Besides these we have C. Strohn, Wight.
Ruddell and Freeman. Several of the
fresh nen have entered with good baseball
records. Murphy and Clemens will act as
substitutes from the freshman class. do
not care TO risk new men on the tea m in a
match game until have seen them play."
When asked If he intended TO have The
team out for practice he answered that IL
would not be advisable, as the men would
simply wear themselves out and they
would be too sore to play good game to-
morrow. One practice game would not
benefit the team.
The makeup OF the two teams is as fol-