The San Francisco call., 1896-10-17
Hopper '9S end, Berke1sy's
Smallest Football Player.

is able to sprint in better style than most
men of his weight and build. He says he
intends training right along through the
season.
The next lighter man on the team is
Birdsall, another candidate for center, who
weighs 207 pounds, difference of sixty
eight pounds.
The lightest player OF the entire sixty
two is Jimmie Hopper '9s, who tips the
beam at 1874 just half the weight of
Molera, the big center.
The other sixty candidates range all the
way from 140 to 200 pounds, most of wnom
weigh about 165. Taking the players as a
whole they are about ten pounds lighter
than those of last year, though Butter
worth says that what they lack in weight
he proposes 10 have them make up in grit
and endurance.
Butierworth gave the boys lecture,the
other day IN the gymnasium, in which be
said that they had too much ceremony
about their playing; that they were afraid
of insulting one another by not apollo.
gizing for hard knock administered, and
that If they continued such tactics a
scrub" team from any of the Eastern
colleges could come out here and "do them
up'i easily.
Since his lecture to them they have been
putting more snap into their plays, and
| have thus been able to make longer ad-
yances with the ball and 10 offer better in
Ierference. a great deal of attention is
being paid to the training of the center
and guards, as these places, as well as the
tackles, one end and a halfback, will have
to be filed with new men. Stanford has
both guards and the center of last year back
again. Cornish, one of the most promis-
ing candidates for tackle up to few days
ago, cannot play any more this season be-
cause of objections made on the part
of his family.
Selfridge, last years center, is also laid
off permanently for the same reason. Nc
Dermott and Birdsall are the only two re-
manning candidates besides MoIera for
center. Ludlow and Greisberg have both
been playing as guard on the first eleven
during the week. Simpson and Castle
hun are still first choice for tackles,
Hutchinson is holding down one end,
while McNutt, Hopper and Craig are
after the other. Back OF the line on the
Varsity eleven are Ransome at full, Ken
nedy at quarter and Hail and Sherman at
halves. Butterworth has been centering
much of his attention for the past week
on Hall and Sherman, both OF whom seem
to be getting into good form.
The Berkeley team will play their Sec
ond game of the season tomorrow after
noon at O clock with the Reliance Club
team at Central Park. Following will be
the lineup: Center, Birdsall; guards,
Ludlow and Greisberg; tackles. simpson
and Castlehun; ends, Hutchinson and
McNutt; quarter, Kennedy; halves, Hail
and Sherman; full, Captain Ransome.
West End Republicans.
BERKELEY, CAL, Oct. 16.-The ex-
eeutive committee of the West Berkeley
Republican Club has called meeting for
-morrow evening at the clubrooms, on
University avenue. for the purpose OF ar
ranging for grand rally, to be held dur
ing the last week of the campaign.
The principal speaker tomorrow even
ing will be Colonel II. ]. Roberts. 1t is
expected that other prominent Repu bill
cans will be present, among whom are
Congressman Hilborn; Messrs. Greene
snd Hall, candidates for the Superior