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strong fight for tackle. James is a heavy,
active man, who had a good deal of eXpe-
rience last wear. Rusk was tackle Oh the
freshman team that defeated the Berkeley
men last year.
McFadden 90, comparatively little
known as a player, has suddenly made
quite a name for himself as an end rush.
Billy" Mcintosh, one OF Stanford s
hardest, most faithful, but, unfortuna leIy
lightest football players, is very i'll in
Palo Alto.
Stanford's freshman eleven will have
their first tryout this afternoon in game
on the CAMPUS with the Belmont School
team. Among the new college players are
many 'craci-eriacks' for backs, but the
Iine material appears light and it is less
experienced. To-day's game will demon
strate what the class of 1901 may 10 for
football at Palo Alto.
Phil Wilson of Los Angeles, temporary
captain, is perhaps as promising fresh
man back as has matriculaJed al Stanford
for some years. He has mad considerable
experience on the Los Angeles Athletic
Club team. He understands the use of
tie straight arm" and is good dodGer.
He will play fullback to-day.
Phil Wadsworth. the weII-known cap
tain of last years Belmont team, will play
halfback. Grit and speed mark his play
ing. He was, by brilliant run, directly
responsible for the only defeat that the
Stanford freshmen team of last year re-
ceived.
Ned Manley, who is to be Wadsworth' 5
side partner, was the star halfback Of last
years San Mateo team, weighs 165 pounds
and is slockily built. His home is in Ia
coma, Wash.
Weatnerwa1. Conger and Voee are the
candidates for quarterback. Weather
wax comes from Aberdeen. Wash, and
besides being football player is versa
tile track athlete. Conger is from Pasa-
dena. Voss was captain and quarter
back of the Throop College team.
Not so much is known OF the Hnemen.
1t is he old story of lot of good backs
with few forwards. Emerson, who is to
play right TACKLE, was captain last year of
the Centervllle team, that surprised the
Reliance men by defeating them.
Burmeister. the other tackle, comes
from Prescott. Ariz. He is player of ex-
perience.
Bradley, the center, comes from San
Bernardino. He looks too light and small
for tie position.
Beckley and Plested are the ends. Beck
ley was end on the undefeated Belmont
team. He comes from Honolulu. Not
much Is known of Plested, except that he
! has had experience as a player in Colo
RADIO.
Phi1 and Ed Gilman are the two guards.
They played last year in the Manzsnita
Hall team.
As to varsity prospects and Stanford S
lot OF veteransi il may be appropriate to say
that veteran teams have not always been
the viciors California's veterans went
down before Stanford inexperienced first
team. Princeton's new team of last sea-
son defeated the other big Eastern uni
versities. Cornell's great crew, that took
first rank among American colleges this
summer, was not veteran organization.
! When Stanford was confident OF the field
day last April her team was defeated.
BroOke's punting far surpasses anything
j OF the kind previously seen on the coast and
differs fundamentally from the very sue
cessful style OF ex-Captain Ransome, the
| great Q. c. fuiback.
| Brooke has several interesting records oil
| his kicking. The longest drop kick mad
/ by him was forty-five yards; place kick,
! forty yards; punt, sevenry-two yards. All
/ these kicks were measured, and there was
1 no wind IN any case. During his last two
! years as fulIback on the University O
/ Pennsylvania team be kicked thirteen
! field goals in regular games. What that
means may be inferred when it is stated
| that but one field goal has been kicked in
| a game on this coast during the past six
years 1t was by joe Tobin for the
! Olympic team several years ago.