The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-19
DRON ATHLETES OF STANFORD AND UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA AWAIT THE REFEREE SIGNAL TO BEGIN BATTLE

velop a center--in fact, an entire line,
with the exception of the ends. Ihen
from time to time his backs were not IN
the physical condition to line up with Ihe
team All this was IN the nature OF
serious handicap, and this it is when
caused the slump at Palo Alto. Ih is,i 1oe "a
the wooden horse trick of mythology; II
there is one thing at which the STANFORD
faculty is possessed by the. cardinal to
such a marked degree that 1t really APP
proaches a resurrection. When the car
at Congress Springs i 1T It is a 100 to i shot
that the team will be in fine fettle ana
With enough team play to impress me
Californians that time was not neglected
at the Santa Clara County institution.
During the past week the spirit at both
colleges has been running high. The men
have been out for the hardest kind OF
practice and improved conditions have
been. noted at both places. On the CALI
fornia. gridiron the second eleven +, mas
man, Plunkett, Cochran and Cadwalla-
der. Cochran and Cadwallader played on
Monday and Tuesday nights against the
Varsity. They ripped things up generally,
but none more SO than themselves, Coch-
ran was forced to retire on Wednesday,
prevented from further participation IN
The pace was too hot for the forty super
fuous pounds of fat on Cadwalladerl and
he took a rest to recover his WING. Sher-
man and Plunkett, the giant OF 9b, stooo
with 1t and they continued as an integral
part of the Scrub team during the
rest of the week The revival of spirit at
Palo Alto shows the team in much pet
ter mental condition. There, too, the
graduate players have returned ana were
out playing against and coaching the
Varsity. Large crowds have gathered
every night on the stands along the side
lines and made the quiet and peaceful at
mosphere of the college feel as II 1t were
being subjected to q supernatural churn-
ing. There is no doubt in the world that
Palo Alto has worked harder this last
week than ever before b cn In 9f yees
son was solely good physical condition.
This year it is that combined with team
power.
Owing to the injuries received from time
to time during the season the Stanford
eleven has not solidifed into a coherent
mass. Even at this late day there is
some doubt as to who will play behind
the line. The rushers are pretty much in
the nature of fixtures, as far as positions
are concerned. The center will be COM
ard on either side. Gilman. who is a candi-
date for center rush. and is now inning up
with the scrub" eleven may find himself
in the varsity on Thanksgiving day, but
the chances are against him. 1t is pretty
certain that James will play right guard
and Blanchard left guard. although
James is, at the time of this writing, suf-
fering from what Palo Alto men call ma
laria. He was sent up to Congress
Springs ahead of the team to take the
waters for It's eradication.
There is no doubt as to the tackles. VIII
son will be in the middle. of the right
side of the line and Rusk in the left.
They have been the choice tackles since
the beginning of the football season, and
places on the varsity. The ends will in
all probability be Smith on the left ex-
tremity and Parker on the right. Parker
is one of the malaria brigade, but one
would not imagine 1t from his playing.
Smith is still waiting for the parental
sanction to his playing, and he is conf
dent that his father will at the last mo-
ment concede his heartfelt desires.
Back of the line Murphy will play quar-
ter, and from all indications he will play
1t with that brilliance which has charac-
is a man with a head, speed and expert
ence, not to mention his punting and
lodging ability. Murphy has practically
last three years. He is cool, reliable and
crafty, the man for the position. As far
as the halfbacks are concerned a marked