The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-19

tbe most prominent of which is the fact
that there is great doubt as 70 tne o U,ns
come of the game. Last season e !s,Itt 60
no fraction OF doubt as to the result 50
far as victory to one side ana deIedS Ior
| the other was concerned. 1t was d loIS,,
! gone conclusion that the earolnI WouIu
| Triumph, the only question being the mag
nitude of the score. But now we nave III me
element of chance in the forecast: ne
| blue and gold and the cardinal are on
| level although at the time OF TINS Wrltlns
California occupies a position Dill Inoro
elevated than her adversary.
For seven years have the two big col
| leges Of California met face to face on the
! gTidtron arena, and four scalps hang from
! the Stanford belt. The other three games
! honors Of the day by big scores and twice
| by a single touchdown. The encounter OF
! Thursday next will be the elghth, ana
there is a strong probability that II WI,
| he the first victory for the blue and gold
on the intercollegiate field OF pigsk1n bat
! tie.
A college team always takes a point of
view directly opposite to that of the pugt-
| list on the eve of battle. The pugllist sees
but one party and that ts himself. what
! ever happens, he is convinced that VIC
| tory, with her smiling front, was made at
his express order and It's sole purpose IS to
perch upon his broE. Not SO the captain
| of a college football team. He hopes for
| victory, he fears his opponent, and sim
ply says that his men will do their best,
Ct al times PAYNE the tsa fespb
| Captain Hall Of California and Captain
Fisher of Stanford are sincerely reticent
about the big game on Thursday. Coach
| Cross will say that California has a splen-
did team, snappy, fast, well-drtlled and
! capable of displaying a strong front
Coach Cochran declares that the Stanford
eleven will be worthy of the steel when It
Jumps onto the field and that 1t is TO be
whoIesomely feared. To this the Califor-
MIA coach adds; 1.-The score will not be
go, however" Cochran thinks the score
will not be large one; he forecasts 1t as
two touchdowns to the other sides one.
He will not say which side will have the
the twinkle in his eye the blue and gold
colors flashing through his brain were as
ISOLATED with the number two.
For the first time in many years Cali
fornia has traversed a road that was not
altogether black and shadowy. The
ragged unsystematized and uncertain
methods that were pursued with consis-
tent regularity have given way to order
and certainty. Cochran began his work
on men who were of the most mediocre
talent. He has at least made a team of
them. They have played together pretty
much all season and their unified work
shows for it. Though the team has not
been authoritatively announced, 1t will
be the same that played in the game
against the Olympics last Saturday. At
Stanford Cross has gone through gigan-
tic labors in his endeavor to form team
and has been handicapped a number Of
times by accidents to the men, preventing
their practice. The result is that he has
not been able to give the men that neces-
sary team exercise which is the all in a
| football eleven. He was obliged to de-