The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-30

of thinking instead. The freshies with
the cardinal shirts who strutted brief
hour and quarter on the RECREATION
Park gridiron were a sorry lot after the
game. The red was transformed into
black and seemed buried under a tower
ing heap of blue and gold. The result
of the ninety minutes ecStacy was daz-
cling victory for the Berkeleyttes and an
ignominious defeat for the bedraggleo
There was but one team in the game
from start to finish. For a few minutes
when Stanford buckled down to work ana
held the California freshmen on the two
yard line 1t looked as If there was some
mucilage in the Stanford rushers, but TINS
proved a delusion and ever after the stan
ford team acted as If they were sorry for
the creditable defense they made when
their goal was in danger. Early IN the
first half Smith and Lippman ana More;
all wearing the striped shirt of blue and
gold, plugged the red OBSTRUCTION IN front
of them for big gains until the Danger
point was reached. and then the cardinal
stiffened suficientiy to get possession of
the ball. This was the only time the
Stanford colts played good laudaple
After this surprising and inconsistent
burst of speed the California team began
to exert itself on the road to toucn-
downs. and inside of five minutes lot
of sprawling blue and gold kickers mex
tricabIy bound up with their red-shlrted
enemies on the goal line told the story OF
touchdown. Smith and Lippmann or
California, backed up by the entire team,
won the first score for California, ana
the noise that foated over the field was
a sonorous indication that their efforts
was scored in the first half, due to the
successful plugging of the Stanford line
and general fast work OF the blue ana
gold in their team play smith carried
the ball over for the first five points
Lippman for the second. No goals We're
kicked either time.
After that California, conscious Ina ina
the Stanford team could make little head
way on the offensive, kicked the ball
whenever it was necessary. Inc deIen-
sive play of the Rerkeleyites was always
sufficiently effective to prevent the stan
ford team from gaining the required as
lance, necessitating kick AFTER every
second try on the part of the latter. Al
times Stanford would mold the CallIoTLla
backs and regain the ball on downs, but
this was not often, and the loss OF the
spheroid would follow so hard upon its
possession that nothing but complete
failure remained for Palo Altos cubs.
In the second half the play opened with
a series of punting interchanSes ana
some rare fumbling on the part o. sor can n
the back field for the cardinal AFTER the
spasm of kicking subsidized Smith broke
out of the bunch at the center OF tnS
field and was not downed until ne reacheo
! the thirty-yard line. Then the line buck
ing began anew, and the third toucn-
down was scored, but no goal was
All this time the Stanford men played
without ginger and without snap. Inere
| was some few minutes left, ana IL was
mere matter of drawing equations with
time on one side and touchdowns on the
| other so far as California was concerned.
! Three times the blue and gold tried for
! a goal after touchdowns and missed, SO
| they tried the fourth, and made it, but
| by the merest accident. The ball struck
| the goal post and sided over the cross
| bar Then the 5000 people seemed salts
fed and yelled some more-those adorned
| in red to drown the terrific din of their
! rivals with chrysanthemums and violets.
| The score board read 30, and received
| no additions during the rest of the game.
The men who distinguished themselves
| in the football battle yesterday belong
with but one exception to the blue and
gold team. First Smith would dash
| through the pack and then Lippman for
! steady gains of appreciate distances.
More the fullback of the California
! eleven, punted in splendid shape Womble
| and Hili on the ends were down on every
kick and generally toppled over the
stanford man in his tracks. But 1T was
not the Individual playing of the Califor-
MIA men that won the game 1T was the
principles instilled by the coach, Cochran.
Concentration of effort and general as
sistance to the runner.
The line up was as follows: