The herald., 1898-11-28
ON THE GRIDIRON


ford's football banner has been trailed in
the dust by the wearers of the blue and
gold from Berkeley. The defeat was not
unexpected, but such an overwhelming,
crushing rout has broken the Stanford heart,
for no matter in what contest they were
worsted by the L. C. men, the cardinal en-
thusasts could proudly point so their foot
hall record without single game lost in
seven years.
Now all is changed and this solace is gone,
leaving in its place the bitter pangs of
hopeless defeat. Stanfords team put up
piucky, defiant game on Thursday and
went down before their California rivals
after gallant and dogged resistance that
lasted until the whistle of the referee sig
nailed that the agony was at an end, and
the battered, crippled gladiators were free
to limp off to their dressing rooms. Two
Los Angeles men did yeoman service for
Stanford, but the irresistible onslaught of
the massed backs of California were too
strong for Phil Wilson at tackle. Rea
Smith played brilliant end until twisted
ankle put him out of the game. Lew Free
man of Pasadena played left guard on the
cardinal team during the second half and
held his own against the giant Griesberg
l.
ponents at every point, and won the game
by brilliant individual play, welded into
magnificent team work. How we'll Coch.
rane had nstilled Prnceton's mass attack
on the tackles into his ready pupils was
shown by the long gains made through Stan
ford's line.
The blue and gold team worked like a
machine and the backs struck the line like
tor and E,c &c 4 h.
Stanford men seemed availing to stop the
steady advance up the field. Craig, the
Berkeley left end, is Pasadena boy, and
his playing was magnificent, being we'll
sustained throughout the game. The
Berkeley backs were superior to those of
Stanford, and to their ground gaining ability
is due the large score.
A weak knee and Captain Halls superior
speed prevented Murphy, Stanford's plucky
quarterback, from eclipsing the feat of Poe
OF Princeton, who covered ninety-eight
yards of the gridiron at Princeton and
turned defeat into victory. But the gods
ruled otherwise, and the better men won
by better individual and team work.
On most of the eastern gridirons Thanks
giving day was cold and stormy, in striking
contrast to the pleasant weather in Califor-
mia. Pennsylvania played Cornell in snow
storm at Philadelphia, and Minnesota and
Illinois met with the temperature below
zero and snow piled on the ground. Michi-
gan defeated Chicago after bitter struggle
and holds the championship of the middle
west. Chicago stands in second place and
her team made an enviable record against
the big eastern elevens. The light team of
the University of Wisconsin had brilliant
season and only succumbed to the superior
weight of Chicago's l0O-pound team. O'Dea,
the Wisconsin fullback, kicked goal from
the center of the field in the game against
Northwestern, Thanksgiving. This is the
longest field goal on record.
Harvard Is supreme among the big four
of the east, having defeated Pennsylvania
and Yale, and far outclassed Princeton in
her games against these teams. A striking
example is shown in the games between Yale
and Princeton, when Princeton, though out
played, won by scratch, and between Yale
and Harvard, when the latter outplayed
Yale from start to finish and overwhelming
ly defeated the "Sons of Eli"
The chief event of the past week on the
local gridiron was the annual game between
Pomona college and the University of
Southern California. The latter team won
by score Of IA to II, after one of the hard
est games ever played here. The U. s. G.
team has improved wonderfully in its
work since it's game with the high school
eleven week ago, though the defensive
work is still somewhat weak and the men
seem to lack endurance. These points were
strongly emphasized in the last few mo-
ments of the game with Pomona, when the
latter team carried the ball up the field for
touchdown, and were we'll on the way to.
ward another, but were stopped by the ex-
piration of the time allotted for the game.
A peculiar situation has resulted from
the victory of the high school eleven over
the u. s. G. team. In the Judgment of
most we'll informed observers Of the Po-
mona-U. S. @. game, either team would
have been able to beat the high school, vet
both must concede seeming superiority to
the latter team, for it defeated the winner
of Thursdays contest. 1t is to be hopet]
that another game can be arranged between
the U. s. G. and high school teams, 10 that
the question may be definitely settled. Such
game would prove good drawing card
and be pretty and exciting match.
The high school eleven will play the Whit.
tier team at Whittier on next SATURDAY.
and may arrange to play the Indian team
from Phoenix during the stay of the latter
team in Los Angeles.
On next Saturday afternoon at Fiesta