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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02
THE NEW" HALL OF JUSTICE.

meeting Of the Building Committee Board of
~ Supervi Tuesday chairman announced that
the contractors having charge the the
new Hall of Justice Kearny street would given
time IN which to complete The work. Our will not
probably understand the full significance of without ex
PLANTATION Whether it contractors will be
gwen all the time they want whether it
they Will get only one more extension be
t M the language used by the chairman announce
men have been followed bytxtensions.
sonaby safe Supervisor making
regular bluff is addressing sense that is
he really means to give the contractors all the time
But while we are waiting to whether OF
Bateman Bros to complete the Temple of Justice we
would respectfully that
pose OF ascertGning they with the time al
ready granted would be ORDER Bateman Bros and the
supervisors have been working this building
1895 and thus far they barely in LAYING the
foundations At the they progressing will be fifteen
twenty before justice be dispensed in that
temple.
Besides throwing light snaIike methods of Bate
man Bros the suggested investigation might give people
an idea of why it usually more to mt nm
Government building Twentyfour years consum
IN constructing the new City Hall and it is finished
Inc feoera authorities six building
Appraisers Offices Sansome and Washington
streets at time for upward of year. they seven
superlntendents and actively upon the
structure The site for the Posce four
years ago. and yet the officials United Treasury
department are still disputing the foundation.
VI course no resident of San Francisco ever
expects to see the Kearnys Hall stately
head. The greatgrandchilden of Bateman Bros.
ably be called to complete their in
the meantime we til ink would
tain why it is that contractors public
SLOW DO they wait for falling purchase
their material? Do they public contracts pay
second hddie to their private ones? Why,
initiate time which innovations so SLOWLY that
they scarcely perceptibe observing person
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

Secretary Ager he "delghted' that the trouble
concerning San Pedro initial work can pro-
ceed So the people of California only principal
circumstance but learning Ager them the
emotion OF delight. His rennary symptoms did not indi-
cate that he likely o feel this way.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02
An Opportunity.

You can ave the good cheer, open-facedN.
Myers Oil Heater No. 20. 81 SO, now So so,
No. 80, S11, now SO IS, during our gift sale
for seven days. No. 20 heats room l2xl4:
No 30, room 1ex20; costs i to. 2 cents per
hour. Buy them at Myers, 947 Market, or
Montague 315 Market
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02
CALIFORNIAN IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Dec. lis. S. Luce of San
Diego is at the Ebbitt House. Hon. ]. Fuller
Of Los Angeles is here.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

Mark Hopkins Institute OF Art.
Open daily, Sundays included. Grand con-
cert every Thursday evening. Admission ESQ.,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02
FLASHES OF FUN.

+ "The lip3that touch wine -
! Ssh all never kiss mine, ,,
The. new WON an cried anG what do you think?
Ere The sun had gone: down. :.@5;"s -
Every man in that town
Had beeome. victim of drink
-, ~. p. Cleveland ] eader
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

No Christmas table should be without o bottle
OF Dr. Siegert's ngos IRA Bit ,er4 the celebrated
appetizer Of exquisite flavor. Beware of limitations
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

According to Police Commissioner sleep soundy
when Captain Lees duty knowing the CITY safe
There grain OF comfort in this but supposing mis-
crean should ascertain the Captains OF sumber and
take advantage of them to steal the municipality there the
fly in the ointment.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

THE MosT SIMPLE =AND.~AFE REMEDY for
Cough or Throat Trouble is :. Bro,on's Bronchtd1
Ir0ches. !" They possess real merit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

EUcHRE--Constant Reader. vscavile, Cal-->~
Hoyle lays down the rule in the game of
euchre that player has the right to see any
trick but the last turned.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

There is certainly enough football panss
to permit the management indulge something
more substantial than rapiemache grand TO be
to the point of civity
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

AS SEPARATE COMPANIES -E. R., Oakland,
Cal. The Central Pacific and Northern Cali
fornia are under the control OF the Southern
Pacific, but are operated as separate com
panies The headquarters OF these companies
are in the Southern Pacific butIding.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

RAILROAD TIcKETs-D. ]. e., Castroville, Cal
An unlimited tfrst-class railroad ticket is goot
until used limited frst-class ticket ~
good only if used within the time specified
upon it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

QUOTATION WANTED-A correspondent wants
to locate "'Tis q strange world we came by,
you and J. but stranger still from whence We
came and whittier we 60"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ISK-Nimrod. City. Not knowing the in
gradients that compose the ink you nave, it IS
impossible to tell you what would turn it Jet
black.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

-GoDDARD- MAHER-O s., Sulsun, CAL Peter
Maher and Joe Goddard had but one fight
That was on December 8, 1892 and in that
fight. before the Coney Island Athletic Club
.Maher was knocked cut in three rounds.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

CITY. HALL LoTs-P H, City. The property
known as the City Hall lots were sold for
$953, 900 The assessed. valuation of the same
at his time is 50; 1856, 500. The city could
bring a suit in condemnation to regain pos
session of the property on the ground that
such is needed for the public use.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

With all his faults the Mayor of San to have
certain elements of regarded by
people as redeemng trait His frank offer bet he was
liar lacked dignity but certainly showed sort of
courage.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

School Director Adams and that tthes
been Angeles teachers There is
merit at times attaching TO the tears OF the penen
instance of fragrant nothing bucket
full should be considered
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

Some of the boys at lone naturally yearn for the time
when they shall be graduated frem rigors of reform
school into the comparative luxury penitentiary
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

OUTLETS potato. mushroom, flbert cake.
9O5 Larkln street. r.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

SPECIAL information daily TO manufacturers
business houses and public men by the Press
Clipping bureau ALIENS. $40 Montgomery -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

IT. has been stated Francisco thieves are in
the police ought cut that clover
a few
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

1t would that law bearing upon the abatne of
Cassius NJ. Clay.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

To abolish every forbiddding would have The
effect of the present without the attendant expense
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

Lows horehound cough syrup fol
hoarseness. price 10c, Alt Sansome st. =
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

cAI1yoRs1A glace fruits, SOC lD. Townsends.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

RAILROAD BoNDs-E. r., Oakland, Cal If
yon read carefully the commercial columns of
the san Francisco CALLyou would not have
asked the question:: why are Central Pacific
and Northern California railroad bonds not
quoted in.Stoek aud Bond ExchangeT When
fact is reported III that department OF the
paper.
+ CoRBETT AND SH4RKEY-D. H.. City. You
can secure back numb ers Of THE CALL contain
ing accounts of the FitzsImmons-SharkeyS
fight and the Fitzsimmons-Corbett fight byl
making application TO the business office.
The pricefor such papers is 81 20 for paper
that is one year old, decreasing 10 cents
month 10 date :; that is, a copy of he month
OF March containing the account OF the Fitz-
simmons Corbett fight, being eight months
old, would be so cents.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

In order to play '1he Youth of Louis XIV
in Paris, twenty foxhounds were imported
from England for the hunt, and they are i'm
patiently waiting at the Jardin d'Aeclimata-
ton for the first performance ..E*.s.- -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

Nine. Saville made her debut at the I'm erial
Opera house, Vienna, November "a in % Romeo
ana Jullet.". NJ. Van Dyck PLAYED Romeo
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-02

Several Viennese artists and amateurs have
joined in offering present 10 Max Bruch on
the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, which:
falls on January 6, 1898. - :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

Splav se,tCt. AZ soon as the opponcuts are d.
Teofinr their defence straight az inc contre Of
tSe vedro, the men at q given signal begin TO
revoiye. say 10 their left, and mako their con
ire a sort OF pivot; n tho formation Is not
broken up and there ls sufficient momentum in
the play, IL IL quito frequently sucoessful, for
vghen the wedge baa ~revolved to a point where
the man with the ball can break loose Into tho
open, be. Is let 10 and also fnds plenty Of inter.
Of tho time, makes 1t q difficult mattcr to stop
n gain Of several yards, Some teams profer to
bring their ends back instead OF their tackles
in forming tho wedge, for they believe that tho
tnokiea are more effective In putting up mn out
aldo defence against the opposing tackles and
Guards. IN, under the old rules, the play could 10
made with the men under way before tho ball
WAS mapped back, II would tear up almost any
rush line. however strong 1t might be. Prince
ton used the play q great deal last year, espo-
cially ngainst Yale, and gained a great lot of
TT'boso who saw tho Princeton Yale game In
this city in 1903 will not forget the play by
which Frank Morse ran down tho field aftor
receiving the ball on q long pass. That was an
old trick, too, but It has always been considered
one Of tho p~retticst plays In football and why
IL ia not used more nowadays Is a mystery to
old timers. A quarter back who knows how
10 PASS tho hall accurately and for distance Ia
absolutely essential, for a wild poss or q FUN
blo mlaht prove disastrous. The play requires
40 much care and stealth that, as a rule, 1t is
single game. The bost Splinter on tho team 10
the man best suited to carry the bali, for in al.
most every instance no will have n clear field
IL the pass is made properly. This diagram
will show the place pf tho man who Is - take
tina hall.
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sV"noss ete ratal IN mnny ways In oreaklnp
~ piAyA tho guards nave peruouiaLy
"orA. Iney must 30 attack torma.to.
ns sina thst the man with the oeh can w
oeiore no reaches the line. 80,
1ooNios bold positions which arc OF lua
inpoftaneo IN dctonsive work especially in.,
" uApocVed 70 stop not only plunees mo u
su "n. out also TO take care OF runs pct"oon
.nouselVes ana the ends. 1t Is necessary Y
-noln 10 cover nm immense amount OF territory
~ run occasionally with the ball ana 10 nus'io
so"n quo neio on punts. In a word' they "usU
DO all that the name implies. They must tackle
and throw everv onponent with the ball and
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have been beaten on. % whenever u Happens
that IN 'bucking the centre" the men who
oerry me ball In. tho rushes ore UNSUCCESSFUL,
Y gan % ascribed to the atronRth, agility. and
ssin 9I tho opponents who prevent The making
o. noies and can stop tho so.calied wedge bo-
tore any ground has been made
Inc ,un back and right half back can be sont
with tho ball. into the same place. with almost
tno same Kind OF play, or my of the backs con
20 Janimed into a hole made between the oppos.
ing centre and tho loft guard on the same. prin.
cip,es, But, in any event, tho hrunt OF tho at
tack goes upon tho guards and centre, which Ia
CENTRE
Tackle plays are growing In popular favor
nowadays for the reason that they afford moro
chances for open work and long runs than line
Ducking near the centre. When the attacking
team concludes to send the man with the ball
through an opposing tackle, there arc Just two
ways OF doing It, Ono 10 to force. an. opening
between the TICKLE and guard and the other
Is TO get between the tackle and end, In each
Gase making the bulk of the rush on the tackle.
II, for instance, the captain Of the. tcam which
has the ball concludes to drive his right half
back between tho opponents left tackle and
guard, he forms his backs practically the Same
way as for a plunge through the centre. When
nnndnI.
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QUARTER BACKS SIDE PUNT.

QUARTER BACK o SIDE PUNT
With the backs we'll up behind tho quarter
back, 80 that the opponents expect line buck
ing. the qaartcr back takes the ball from the
centre rush. and behind solid blocking. In which
his backs arc rendering assistance, he punts the
ball over to his left, as seen in the cut. The
ball must be kicked low and swiftly at almost
end rush. the latter is on side, having been be-
hind the ball when 1t was .put in play by the
snap back. The left tackle breaks through, and
SO do the right tackle and end. In order 70 pro.
most part, dashed forward to stop O run by
one of the backs, so that in order to stop the
left end, who has the ball by this time, Prey
must either retraee their step, or rely on Z y
In making tho play is in having, the punt
blocked. Williams was protected by q pho
nomenally strong rush line and was also an ex.
port kicker. Wyckoif was nearly as good. but
many misses. Baird, Princeton's quarter back,
should accomplish this play with such a great
Advancing the ball on what IL known as q
fake kick" Is tried nearly every day and with
considerable success. The idea 10 TO make the
opponents believe that the ball is to be kicked
and then rush it ahead by the backs, pro-
tected by interference, In this style:
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RUNNING AROUND THE END.

ARoUND THE END.
The moment the ball is snapped back. the
dash half forward and to the right. The right
half back takes the ball on q long pass and hus-
nents' line. The right end who is under. way.
quickly Kets In the way Of the left end and tries
, sS uSSs" 4 him ta 81 s sass sas f ess ls sSok ka re S. &.
t sss t and with With t tho 9nsrbts sfw Sss5' ,S Srs a os0o %ndfs
! haf sif e BLOCK ssSst on / LETT t ttslS sad' guard !
on the other end the left end and tackle
Of the side which Is advancing the ball
eFy sG of Sseks ths towand a the r dSh hRasdi s ids
Ok the held. It is their intention 10 act as
advance guards or inIerterers in case their right
has q comparatively clear field. The moment
this play 10 begun the, centre and left guard Of
in order to do some prolniscuous tackling and
tnterfsrin Ing, while ,ldI, the hhee,r right guard II o hnslle \, alonG
him from being tackled behind. The oppo.
play, make q concerted movement toward their
down dow; IN the S,a ma 10 % Sfs6N the Sp fnH in' The fuii back sef
and right half back remain we'll down tho Held
that far. In making this play in the opposite
direction the same methods Of attack prevail.
expression in football talk, but it does not
mean that the centre rush Of the opposing sido
is the player who alone receives the attack. Tho
play Ia made in several ways, one of which
comes under the technical head of half back
through opponents right guard ard ~centre."
1t is essentially a mass or push play and in.
majority Of cases, the backs on tho eleven
which has tho ball stand compactly and close
the opening between his own left guard and
tackle and the right half behind his own right
die directly behind the quarter back and the
rest OF the men hold their regular places, the
ends being about two yards outside of the
tackl0B. Tl6 ODDOl6ntS usually send all but
two men into the line in order to both employ
defensive tactics and to break through II posi-.
snapped the teams are linoi up something
like this:
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NEW FORMATION BoR PulVrINe

NEW FORMATION BoH PufVFINa.
BY this means the backs can gether oom-
pactly about tho quarter, and when tho signh Is
givon. for n kick, the fun back can draw away
quickly enough TO get the ball at the proper
distance from, the Inns. The .ruah, line blocks
a position TO block Oh tho'cnds or tackles II
l.So latter break through tho line. Az in tho
previous diagram, il WIN be noticed that tho
ends never fail to break through and rush
down the field upon the opposing backs.
There is much science in punting success
fully, moro than q novice has any idea Of. A
good full back, besides keeping his nerve while
punting the ball out Of o bunch" also takes In
tho situation buck of his opponents, line. If
he notices that one of the backs is playing too
far in or over to ono side, be will direct his
punt, accordingly and trust to his ends TO
get down the field in ttme, to, nail the oppo.
nents when they pick up tho ball. In o word, an
expert back ~trics.to punt the ball In such y man.
nor that the opponents cannot catch 1t. Brooke
Of pennsylvania was one Of tho few puntcrs
who could put q revolving motion into the
ball 30 that II often twisted itself out Of an OPP
ponent's arms.
While q full back is trying to punt, the op'
ponents make one particular effort TO stop him:
They try to break through the rush line and
block the kick by throwing themselves In the
puntor's, way. or by. stopping the progress. OF
the ball with uplifted arms. In blocking
kicks. OF in attempting to do SO, the formation
Ia about as follows:
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GUARDS BACK INTERBERENoE.

The attack can be made on either side OF the
opposing hnc. and the human battering rn;n ID
always directed against either the tackles or
at alo t fSat ronl Gn md 0 aHGGuarSEs lett iefsii" t tSc e left apmd
right guards leave their regular places IN tho
rush line and take, positions directly, behind
their left tackle, who moves up quickly OppO-
site tho right guard of the other team and next
10 the centric rush, The risht tackle makes n
the other teams tackles, so that there ar, !yc
men in the rusl, line. as called for by tho rulcs:
The two guards arc also within, the Vineyard
start before tho ball is pu, in play, -,
the loft and right half hacks take positions,
with tho full back a yard or two To the right and
nearly in a direct line behind the quarter back,
who, of course, is in his usual position 10 take
formation is made, the opponents prepare. for
an attack that IL to he made on thor right
guard and tackle. In order to do so tho centre
men are ordered to stand closer together and
one or mort of he backs arc placed behind tho
right guard. All of this lakes place in u few
seconds, and when the ball Is snapped back tho
The lcit guard promptly grabs his left tackle
by tho shoulders, while his own shoulders are
seized by oyr me guard nnd Ggn'H Mea alm' 'h TGase i thrsc
men crash into the right guard Of the opposing
team, giving the impression tina, the Inan with
come along behind with rapidity, the quarter
back can give the ball to anybody he chooses.
and thai . where he can puzzle me other team
push his way In behind Tho tandem, trio, at the
Same time driven along by tho right half and
the full back; or no can make a dash for tho
opponents right end with his own left end as
II tSs right half back takes the bali, no can
full back as his principal guide ho can run
around tho opponents, left, end, his own right
end clearing ths way for HIM; II the run a6 beck 4
already described. or he can make q dash into
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The formation, before It was put in motion,
cDmpletoly p puzzled. although the order went
Watch for the man with the balr. ,
There were two compact groups of Harvard
ono on the right was made up of the centre,
two guards and one Of the tackles; the other e
backs and the loft tackle, Midway between
these groups stood the full back and on tho
centre line the quarter back stood with the ball.
At a signal from the captain the group of men
to the Highland they, were the heaviest on the
team-dashed forward at top speed, close be.
a SnS1ts eps b aepth tG;sr sRS P phSiiina IN of df0f for Of q m 1ne
ment the disposition OF the ball. Simultano;;
S Sg tSet yh ssI sTeI soPr to 1ho o Ief 4 f Yine WIFI With t hbey op nnd
ter back the latter quickly passed tho ball TO
ons, of the half backs. .
and under q full head Of steam, dashed, on, the
apcx, pointing in the direction, of Yale's right
With tho Snp bali las was as'G eieye Ghsu Concealed ha0 n mfh
Yale's left end had becn cut down, when he
was shot out Of the bunch and had practically
Whether he could have made a touchdown or
not nobody will ever know, for just as he was
where1pon it was a comparativciy easy matter
for the Yale men TO tackle him..
FLYING wedges Of all sorts, shapes, and sizes
%eievons believed in more compactncss. and soon
the wedges cd e we're formed in the shape Of the
| a place before the baf was put in play and tho
men took on momentum. AS n result the long
list Of accidents made the game the subject for
However. Goach Wo s%H% ''e Of Penn SSSF @n%i
| miar favor and which may calf for soinc new
legislation In the future, us 1t Is without doubt
the toughest mass play, nov In existence. The
ference" and is the principal method Of attack
employed by the Quakcrs. The men line up in
this manner, when they hear tho command: