The San Francisco call., 1897-10-24

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lCapt) Flick, I37....F....... (Capt) Cotton. 1e5
I73 pounds Average. pounds
Stanfords line was almost a stone wall.
The Improvement since the first game
with Reliance two weeks before was
marked. Where, in the earlier game, the
Stanford tackles especially and the center
and the guards had repeatedly to yield
under the terrific hammering of Reliance,
yesterday the same Stanford men, pltted
against the same men, again and again
stopped line -plunges, broke through the
heavy clubmen and spoiled their kicks,
and generally maintained an admirable
defensive and offensive front.
During the entire first half OF thirty-f We
minutes of play the ball was never once
in Stanford territory, after Murphy by a
long, low punt returned the Reliance kick
off with q gain of over fifteen yards.
Be fore the game was ten minutes old
Stanford had block ed two kicks in rapid
succession and on the second one had
forced Relian ce to a safety that gave the
co.Iegians TWO points.
The second half opened without any
changes IN the players OF either side, and
the furious co ntest was resumed. By fre-
Quently punting. Reliance was abe 10 keep
time. But finally Stanford, on two phe-
nomenal runs by Murphy, carried the ball
into Reliance territory. Then occurred
one OF the sensational features OF the
game. Reliance got the ball on a kickin-
touch near the 45-yard line, and WyGkoff
who WAS playing quarter and doing the
kicking, dropped back fifteen yards to
punt. The Stanford line again broke
through, and Flckert, the Stanford guard
u thrusting Captain Frick of the Reliance
aside, forced I'm directly into the rising
ball LeavItt, Stanford ; left end, secured
the ball a full speed and raced for the
goal posts, behind which, after a straight
run OF thirty yards he made touchdown,
Murphy easily kicked the goal and the
score was Stanford g. Reliance 0.
After that the bal was kicked and re-
kicked back and forth many times in
Stanford territory until Mul ply, attempt
ing 10 catch one of the puHts, lost the ball
10 Reliance within four yards Of The Stan
ford goal. Then, after three attemp pts,
Reliance carried IL over Carter being sent
through the center on the final buck
Morse kicked the goal, and Reliance lad
points 10 Stanford's s.
Reliance played better than aga inst
California a week fore, though the ef-
1eCt was not so noticeable. Those costly
and frequent fun oles that helped to make
that game 10 tie were not repeated
yesterday, and Wycsoff's kicking was an
improvement over the general punting OF
his predecessors behind the Reliance line.
Ii IS hardly too much TO say that in
every particular and individually The
Stanford team PLAYED the better game
That Reliance scored at all was largely
Stanford's fault, and that Stanford did not
score more often was remarkable.
1t was TIE hrst match game in which
Leayitt and Morgan, the Stanford ends
and DAILY, the Stanford hall, had ever
played.
Ieayftt's work was a6 6rn5rab1A and would
several time- have been sensational had it
not been for the insecure footing. His
showing brought him into prominence
long deferred by his quiet work for the
last four years Oh Stanford's strong sec
ond eleven.
Morgan, the freshman and fast hurdler
also did good work, but the ground handi-
cap TO his speed twice cut him off from
what might ord narily have been good
gains from two quarterback kicks.
Daily, who only recently came from the
disabled list, prove himself formida bic
line-buCker and good ground-gainer.
The work OF Rice, however, deserve
special mention. LIghtesl OF the tackles,
opposed TO much greater weight, both his
hands crippled and bandaged, he went
under every attack allowed but one short
gain through his position and figured in
severai tack es and late in the game,
when injured and helped from the field,
was given a vociferous ovation.
The spectacular and particularly bril-
liant individual work OF the whole game
was done by MurE by, Stanford's quarter
back and best punter. His kicking was
good and fairly well placed, but his run
ming was phenomenal. Three times In
the second half he caught the punte4 ba ii
far in the back field, and each time ran it
in a good thirty yards through a scat
tered and aggressive field, cIeverly dodg-
ing some men, and all the while. stil
running. giving b s ielow-colleg ans or-