The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-29
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FRESHMEN IN
FOOTBALL
BATTLE ARRAY


game this afternoon between the frshmen
e1evens of Stanford and California on the
Recreation grounds is the most important
football contest of the season. Since the
inception of the freshmen contests in 1894
the interest in this intercollegiate event
has been steadily growing, and now 1T is
only second to the great contest Of the
year This will be the fifth time that the
YOUNGSTERS have measured their respec-
tive strengths on the gridiron and the
honors are even. The winning side this
afternoon will bring to it's college not
only the banners of q single victory, bur
the reputation of freshman football su-
periority.
1t ia hard TO get a line on the playing of
the California and freshman teams In
the early games of the season the blue
and gold eleven has shown In much better
form and punished more severely the OPP
posing teams which both universities
have met at one time or other during the
season. The California freshmen nave d
good individual eleven, and the team
work is even of good positive quaity;
but there comes wall from the field or
Berkeley which is full OF president de-
feat. 1t is written TO the old hackneyed
music of injuries received on the gridiron
which, while it will not prevent the men
from playing in the game, will so mini
nlize their best efforts that they Will be
as other men.
This is the list of casualties of the Cali
fornia freshmen eleven: Campbell, left
guard, bad shoulder; Albertsen, right
tackle, a bad knee: Kinsey, quarter,
severed tongue; Smith, right half, bad
shoulder; More, full back, bad ankle,
and Lipman left half. a most trouble
some knee. Altogether there is COM
posite bad man on the freshman team
which will represent the blue and gold IN
the game this afternoon.
From Stanford there is, strange to say,
no such dirge this year. The men are in
good physical condition. but there the
feeling of contentednesS stops. Ihey rear
the California youngsters on account or
past performances, which the cardlnal
supporters declare should regulate the
betting. A freshman game is the most
deluding of all events TO call. A political
election offers surer signs for preJudg-
ment than game between these young
sters. Last year California scored an
game inside of five minutes. Stanford
then got the ball and the same thing hap
pened to the other side.
If the work during the season is test
then California should win the game this
afternoon. The blue and gold freshmen
have played much better ball than their
adVerSaries In the early games OF the
season. Still there is that element of I'M
certainty as to just what progress the
Stanford FLIES have made in the last two
weeks and to how much truth there is IN
the reports OF injuries to the Calffornians.
At any rate the game should be an inter-
esting one, and on form alone California
should win out The latest news from
Palo Alto bespeaks marked. improve
ment in the work of the eleven there and
some very good team work in the fresh
man eleven.
The game last Saturday between the
Olympics and Stanford was full of sur
prises. The OlympicS played their best
game thus far and the Stanford their
worst 1t was really the Olymptcs game,
although the single touchdown scored by
Stanford brought with it a victory for the
cardinals. The Clubmen would undoubt-
eddy have scored twice had they played
with intelligence, and Stanford earned
but one touchdown. 1t was Ill fortune to
one side and good fortune to the other.
Except for the one stand made by the
Stanford team, and ii was as pretty
piece of defensive work as has been seen
on a local gridiron IN hVe years, the car
dinal eleven played ragged ball; me
than Stanford did in the entire game. 1t
was Murphy's kicking that prevented
The greatest difficulty with Stanford
this year is the development OF center.
The late reports from Palo Alto say that
James is out or the work there, ana TINS
leaves another weak spot in the Stanford
line. The evolution of a center trio at
Palo Alto is the problem that Cross is
strong, though not as good as they might
be or as they might have been during four
years past. The ends are playing first
class ball, and the backs will be all right
when they have recovered from their in
Jurles; +baf pacyes him yweiI in the fore
ground of quarters. His punung IS OF an
exceptional order. He is the best in that
phase of the game that has ever been
seen on this coast and his running is also
magnificent. He is easily the best quar-
ter on the coast, and this is not saying
enough, for he combines active intelli-
gence with physical ability. He is the
greatest, foe that California has this. year
and perhaps the only man to be feared
on the Stanford eleven.
One excuse might be given for the poor
showing that Stanford made last Satur-
day, and that is that the full Varsity was
not in the lineup. An end, a tackle. a
fullback, a halfback and a tackle were
missing. The practical defeat which the
administered cardinal
had a good effect on the men at Palo
Alto, for they are now playing with more
of competition. something which charac-
teriZed the Stanford team in former
years, but seemed lacking in the early
part of this seasons work.
At California there have been numerous
changes made in the Varsity. Greisberg
has been put on the second eleven and
Cornish moved into the center position on
the Varsity. There has been general
switching Of guards also So :. In another
to decide upon the center men for the
Varsity, at least to form a center for reg
ular play The final decision will be left
open until a late date in November, just
before the big game. Whipple has been
put in at right tackle and Thane IS now
playing quarter in place of Hopper, whose
knee is in a most wretched condition. The
other places are filled up as in the pre-
The Oivmpics are working regularly on
the tan bark. Hobbs is out nightly for
practice, and there is a strong likelihood
fore the game with California two weeks
from to-day. Cadwallader may be in the
Olympic line in the game against Stan
ford next Saturday. With this giant
there would really be no hope for Stan
ford in line play. He rips open the Califor-
MIA line with ease. and with the support
OF such men as Sheehy and Hobbs the
Stanford line would open like swinging
doors for his entrance
The lineup to-day will be:
California. Stanford.
Hill Left end. Right. Rice
Hansen. Left tackle. Right. Weber
Campbell. Left guard. Right. Cairns
Duden.. Center ......;..-..: Anderson
Clay. .-..-ttlSnt guaru. Lett. Eaton
Albertsen. Right tackle. Left. .Beedy
WombIe. Right end. Left...........Sell
Kfnsey. Quarter ......... Cooper and
Rodolph
I.ipman.............Left half. Right. Downing
Smith Capt. Right half. Left. .Geisser
and Friselle
More Full back. .............. Carson
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