The San Francisco call., 1897-11-10
California and Stanford
Football Managers Have
Agreed.
Preliminary Plans for the Big
Inter- Collegiate Game
Arranged.
Rival Yelling Sections to Be sepa-
rated-Varsity and Reliance
Prospects.

Football Manager brown or beIReley
and Football Manager Switzer and Treas
urer Pomeroy of Stanford met yesterday
afternoon at the Palace Hotel and COM
pleted arrangements for the disposition
of seats for the Thanksgiving game at the
Recreation Grounds, corner of Eighth and
Harrison streets.
In addition to the big covered and ele-
vated grand stands already in place and
the ad Joining stretch Of bleachers 100 feet
long to the westward there will be erected
an additional stretch Of ninety feet OF
bleachers, extending completely to the
west end of the field and completing a
solid mass of seats in many tiers on the
south side of the gridiron.
There will also be constructed along the
entire north side of the field new grand
stands, having from fourteen to eigh teen
tiers of seats, surmounted by large num-
Der of small private boxes.
At the very center of this long stretch
will be reserved, probably by the Uni
versity Club, block Of 1000 seats. extend
ing up to the height OF eighteen rows and
topped off by boxes. These seats-each a
separate chair-will be rooted over and
will com mand possibly the very best view
of the field. They will cost So 50each.
On each side of this central block of
University Club seats will be the yelling
sections, occupied ex xclusively by students
of the two universities, separated by
mixed partisans and society folk in
space less than 100 feet wide. Seats in
these yelling sections will be 81 so each,
and first option on them will be given the
collegians at sales al both universities.
Seats on the present bleachers and in
the westward end of the elevated grand
stand will be So each. All the other seats
on the south side and at the east end OF
the field will be 81 so each, and will be on
sale soon at some place in this city.
On the south side in front of the ele-
waited grand stand a boarded inclined plane
will be built for those who wish to stand
close TO the side lines. Here and at the
un boarded ends OF the field standing room
will be 81, the general price of admission.
The total mum ber cf seats so far arranged
for is 5000, few more than were provided
at Central Park last Thanksgiving. In
addition to the seats there will be room
for perhaps 1000 or more per ons to stand
at the ends and one part of the south
side of the field.
There will be no space provided for
tallv-hos or carriages, as was first sug-
gecled.
An order for the printing of 5000 re-
Speaking of the Stanford team Manager
SwitZer said Yesterday:
1.-The fellows are playing out of sight.
Every man but Murphy, who has boil
on his loot is in tine shape now. Fckert
and Captain Cotton, who have not been at
their best any time before this season. are
putting up great game. Fickert is SIM
ply tearing the line to pieces and Cotton
is doing what he did at the end OF last
season. The practice last night was the
best this year. The Varsity played hard.
fast ball and went at the work in Thanks
giving style. Ray Smith is out again al
end and Jeffs is now all right. And Fisher
! is doing great defensive work behind the
! line.
Say, you ought to hear the new yells
and the ioshes the boys are getting up for
the big game and for the vaudeville show
| at the Bush-street Theater THANKSGIVING
night.
| OF the Berkeley team Manager Brown
! would not speak freely, but he hopes, and
many of the regents hope with HIM, that
| CALIFORNIA; football squad may be taken
! 10 some agreeable and secluded place in
| the country for the two weeks preceding
| THANKSGIVING, so that the Berkeley play
| ers may from secret practice and change
| of scene get that valua ble final polish that
| has done so much for the Stanford men
| before each of the last three Thanksgiving
games.
But Manager Brown is sly. He is not
unwilling that Berkeley's prospects shall
be considered poor. Three weeks from to-
! morrow may find California in a position
to surprise everybody but Manager Brown
! and turn the tide OF ctory that for six
| long years has set steadily against Berze-
lev football teams. Perhaps, as Manager.
! Switzer remarks, Brown is only trying
| TO throw dust in our eyes"
Reliance, which meets Stanford in this
civ in a final match next Saturday, Is
now awaiting a favorable arrangement
with Butte for a game in Butte City, Mon
tann. on Thanksgiving. the prospective
! Eastern trip of Reliance has sim mered
down to visit 10 Butte, if a sufficient
perceniage of the gate receipts are offered
to induce the trip. The game suggested
with the Multnomah Athletic Club OF
Portland is probably on
Soon, however, reliance may play
! oame here with the army team of the
| presidio which is to be strengthened bv
Ijeutenant Nolan. now in San Diego, and
| Tho hest end rush that has ever been seen
on a California grid ron. Seawright. of
/ last years Stanford Varsity, will also play