The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-22
WILD STUDENT
ENTHUSIASM
At BERKELEY
Football Men Packed
Off the Field.
A RATTLING PRACTICE GAME
BETTER REPORTS COME FROM
CONGRESS SPRINGS.
Stanford Plays a Good Defensive and
California a Strong Offensive
Game-Coaches Are Hope
full and Reticent-
A RATTLING PRACTICE GAME
BETTER REPORTS COME FROM
CONGRESS SPRINGS.

At least 200 spectators lined the Univer-
sIty Of California gridiron and packed the
stands yesterday afternoon for the last
hard practice game before the match on
THANKSGIVING day. All varieties of en-
tertainment were ofered-a cremation of
the hoodoo, fast and snappy football, IN
termezzos by the college band. which for
the first time IN its checkered career
played music that reached the dignity OF
the name, and an enthusiasm Of youth
that has never been eQualed within the
. confines of Berkeley.
The ceremonies were ushered in by the
burning of the tackling bag. This is
custom at Princeton and at the suggestion
OF Cochrane was put into practice Tor the
first time on the California campus IRE
cisely at o'clock the students coming
from their recitations gathered In sarolne
cOmpactness about the stuffed efflgy OF
the god of hoodoos, the progenitor or -FOUR
football defeats. A torch was lighted ana
the flames applied 10 the coal-otled bag
on an altar of sand the last remnants OF
many weeks of preliminary work was sac
rificed to the awful lust of god VINO mas
made it his special business to alight upon
the California banners on Thanksgiving
day Whether or not the sacTlhce Will APP
pease his wrath and keep MIN quiet anu
lar distant on Thanksgiving day Will De
decided not many hours hence me low
dfrge and funereal chant Of the eXpiating
collegians was apparently weird enough 10
eNpel the Unsuitable deity for all time
This was the introduction TO a most
eventful day on the Berkeley campus. Inc
conclusion brought forth great enthusiasm
and such scenes as made the college town
wild with excitement. Cochrane. with
shout of satisfaction, called OUT, Line up
for the last play" Hardly had the words
left his mouth when 500 rooters left then
seats and leaped the fence that separated
them from the gridiron- Rushing down
upon the field in cycloniC fashion they
picked out the football players, mounted
them upon their shoulders and bore them
sin
could not stem the tidal storm and was
forced against his vOlitiOn TO ride the hu-
man horse. Hall, Thane, Pringle' PIunk-
ett-in fact. every canvas Jacket on the
field was suddenly made barehead rid
er.
The team was deposited upon the sod in
front of the gymnasium. but all this idol
atry did not cease there. Songs, yells,
shrieks and heaVen-splitting noises CON
tinued to tell the blue and gold gridiron
athletes that something exceptional was
happening. The. only man on the held
who was not packed off was CadWallader
Four enthusiasts made try at MIN. ne
giant of some 275 pounds was ImmoVaDle,
and as a derrick was not HANDY ne alone
escaped the temporary dementa OF the
There was a genuine cause for. all this
exuberance.. The big eleven had played
its last hard practice game and 1t was
game that well deserved the show of en-
thusiasm For forty minutes Cochrane
put mis- cubs through a practice that was
IS fast. snappy, full Of ginger and as sat
isfying as anything ever seen on the
line up against Stanford on Thursday
played at the outset of the game. In order
to save the backs, who were bit f1ne,
Cochrane changed the lineup from time
to time, giving McNab a chance in place
of Hall Kaarsberg at full made a splen-
did showing. He kicked two goals from
field punted for good distances, ran with
the ball for big gains and conducted him
self in general good style. "Locomotor'
Smith plowed through the opposing line,
holding his feet with five men around him:
Thane, Pringle, Whipple. ,Greisberg and
the rank and file did their duty. The ends
never played a better game. with perhaps
the single exception of interfering with
fair catch.
What was most encouraging to the Cali
fOrnia coaches was the team work. The
eleven played as a unit, the interference
being strong and well formed. The pass
ing was quick and the backs were we'll
under way at the time the ball was put in
the hands of the runner.
The work on the offense was of strong
quality. but not so fine on the defense.
Cochrane's criticism is follows:
Il was well satisfied with the work OF
the team on the offense, but the defensive
is all but satisfactory. The second eleven
was allowed to advance the ball at times,
and this should never be the case. It is
all right to say the team played good ball.
but will they play 1t on Thanksgiving day?
Twice they have failed a the crucial time,
the last evidence of IT being on Saturday
week. when they played the Olympics.
Then, again. the California eleven will
face a line of men who will play for their
lives. 1 am not so confident of victory.
but am full of hope" And then the great
Princeton captain smiled and walked
away to the gymnasium.