The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-25

yards ana their supporters went wl18.
Steadily the ball was forced down 617
line piunges ana swift skirts cf Stan
fori's end until 1t Fested yard from
the goal lire. California was cheering
wildly. Stanford was stlent Then came
the star play Of the game from spec
tacular point. Hall was ssne at ths
center and 3umbied. It was Stsnford's
bali on her one-yard line. Murphy
kicked the ball straight up into the
air and In the scrimmage he caught It.
Cochran's face was white as death
I was standing by him and wondered
what II meant. followed his gaze and
saw that Murphy had cleared the en-
tire California team and was of like an
arrow down the southern edge Of the
field. An oeeanQf cardinal color
hsshsa>tnte/fife, Stanford cheers were
xblitting t1e air. when suddenly real
ICED thafEan was In full pursuit Of the
esa,f4pted Murphy. An hntense 81.
Ilefce fSn overdRs crowd >
Hail wns desps ate and His despera-
ii on lent him az unnasura1 Speed. 1t
@as hssfambIe that had lost the Bsiss
aAd he wat eeterml9fa to regain it He
nAme, the hon Sp~of his>eQllege and per.
haps victory: were to be derided Twen-
>ty yards/up the field he svas slightly
gainipS. but Murphy wae bounding
oysf the white lines like wild locomo-
tive. Forty yards and opfy three>yhite
lines separated tbe-two Kunners. MUIR
ply. the prjde.> the feet footed sprinter
of stantsrd. saw the soA line ahead Of
hinl>Tdth a ciearfelA I'm his nostriia
yas't the scentS victokt He saw be-
>yonAth gdaf line the Alteration of ths
studeht body/the immortal wreath Of
ath,effc> tame. - -
These were the7sfews that iured hsra
on. but that rap ia, swifs falling sound
OF laundering feet behind him chilled
bis blood He tn few an ms poweF aud
>efergy into the final. supremA spuEt.
The silence was depressing. The pent-
sp. nervous tension of the thousaafdo
present charged the very air ss with
elecNicity The hopss of the 81 he and
gold and cardinal hung in tAe bal
ance. \ There was only FIVE yards be-
tween the two giants and the goal lins
was b1t forty yards q way Ehen saw
a play that l have not seen enualed.
Wnh a swift motion Rall threw hie
arrhs above his head and quickly
brought them down hgain. Without
losing an inch or sfactening his speed
he seemed as it we're DO gather himself
into bow knot. ana the next instant
he had launched h&adlons through ths
air Sure and tn ae was that>dfve ana
I knew it would (not fail Of its purn6ss
or fall short ogfts WORK, / Recognized
in It and it's execution the training OF
cochran. o9A ~pomentary fssh Of
'bSoWn ,canyaF through the-air, cna
eutferlng stra ak of blue and>gSra legs
xand thst-w ell. Murphywas pushed
anS bornk heaSsy to i eeartS.a am bio
s5-yaSd face for vletgfy was> >endsdM
Slowly but surely the .tise Of Ssss
tNSe swept It's subtle \binaws owes
the csrdihel. and when tho game veg
ended dsyH2ess and deheat \had\ sst.
tied on the proud and hAFetofore\ un.
bfepished benJex Of Stanford Uni-
y.r3ex> T1ky1ousnt>a fight aqdSoat-
buA my sesbect and admiration Aent
out Mn thS same spirit to tsAm
in &heir dark hSdr of dsSsas
as /my CONGRATULATIONS and good
wishes wsre exteHded to Captain HaS
and his/deservtSs men. Then victor
and vknqyishsd alike were swallowed
PIP In the multitude that broke over
The fences and flooded the field
The lights Of the city were beginning
to twinkle through the deepening
Of the twilight, like numberless
drefiies caught In some maze. The dust
Of the conflict hung as 6lmy veil over
the field and the cheers Of the victors
were in my ears. Then the tubilant and
the sad mingled In the same ceaseless,
surging tide OF humanity and began 20
wend It's tortuous way homeward. The
game was over. the field deserted ana
the noise OF battle stilled. The blue and
gold and the cardinal had met, and the
question OF the supremacy for football
skill and prowess had been settled Sor5
The season OF 1898,