The record-union., 1897-10-17
COMING GRIDIRON BATTLES.
SOME EXCITING CONTESTS ARE
PROMISED.
Sacramento and Woodland High
Schools to Open the Cam
paign Saturday.

Sacramento has put another feather
in her cap. in the way of athletics. Fol-
lowing closely on the football article
appearing in last Mondays Record
Union arrangements were completed
between Manager Kripp of Snowflake
Park and the Sacramento High School
football team, whereby Sacramento will
have the privilege this year of witness
ing some very interesting academic
games.
The initial game viii be played next
Saturday, the 23d, on the new gridiron
at Snowflake Park, between the local
High School and Woodland teams.
Without any question the game will
be we'll worth seeing, if Woodland puts
up the kind of game she did last year.
when it was to 4 the first game, and
0 to O on the second. Sacramento win
ming out by but two points.
1t goes without saying that the local
fellows know just a little about hand
ling the pigsbin, as the personnel Of the
team differs but slightly from last
year. Here is the makeup of the pur-
pie and white:
Center, E. K. Smith; right guaES.- J..
Sherburn; left guard, H. Reed; right
tackle F. Canon (Captain); left tackle,
Cyrus L. Mason; right end, w. Goode;
left end, D. Cowden; quarter back, r.
Giffeu; right half-back, S. Root; left
half back, Al Harney; full back. w. F.
Quintin. Substitutes-T. Rowen, B.
Austin, F. Mott, A. Brown and S. Ed
wards.
Charlie Jones, manager of the team,
is sanguine of success. He knows his
team well, and he and Captain Canon
are in constant conference during all
practice plays and at all times when
their studies will not prevent them from
talking about affairs of the gridiron.
I'VE are going to have the boys out
at Snowflake Park next week. one of
them said yesterday, land intend to do
some good, lively drilling. We will put
on subs and everyone who wishes to
don the football canvas, and will get
the boys accustomed to the grounds,
besides educating them thoroughly in
signal work. Especially Will this lat
ter practice be of benefit, as we will
put men against us who know our
plays, and who will be coached to in
tercept them by all kinds of tricks"
Sam Dickson, Captain of last years
team who is at present preparing for
the University at Berkeley, has been
place at right tackle on the High
School team of the varsity town He
is visiting HIS old colleagues at pres.
ent, and is endeavoring to make ar
rangements for at least two games this
season; the first to be played here on
| the 9th of November with a return
game either in San Francisco or Berke-
ley. Sam says that in his opinion the
Sacramento team has the better of it
in the line, but looks for good work by
the Berkeley backs.
THE trouble we have to contend with
in Berkeley" he says" is that the
practice games on the campus draw
our men away to such an extent that
we can hardly ever turn out enough
men< 20 have a good lively practice
game. This, of course, is good in its
way. 1t will put the boys on to a great
many CT the plays of the varsity team,
and there is MO doubt but that the
education thus received will not come
amiss when we go up against teams
which do not have the advantage of
watching the older boys play"
Woodland will be heard from this
week, and her lineup will appear later.
Anyway, next Saturday the purple and
white and orange and white will mix
up on the football field, and a pretty
game viii be the result