The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-22

slump is due in some respects 10 the re-
grettabIe accidents that have been the
portion of the cardinal eleven during the
past two weeks, ever since their last en-
gagement with the OlympicS in San Fran
cisco. Three of the best men on the
team are shelved on account of injuries
Burmeister, Wilson and Dole-the result
of which Is a weakening of the line and
gross Gripping to the back field. With
Dole and Burmeister on the side lines the
quartet of backs is reduced to a duo,
leaving Fisher and Murphy to bear the
brunt of the labors. Fisher who cap
tains the team and plays right half, is
the one man on the Stanford team who
is playing what is usually called remark
able ball. His efforts are untiring and
his energy in working up the team to its
proper consistency will show good results
before many weeks have passed, though
for the present the team is not playing
the kind of ball 1t should.
The most noticeable weakness of the
Palo Alto contingency lies in the center
of the line Accustomed for many years
TO the possession of a center trio which
in weight, strength and experience was
incomparably better than any opposition
ever offered 1t, the team seems lost in
the deep sea with the present center men
who are not extraordinarily weak, but
only so by comparison with what has
gone before. Most of the gains were
made through the center. in the fateful
game with the team which wore the col
ors of the Iowa regiment. 1t is sun
early in the season, and this center Will
in all probability develop into q fairly
strong trio before the season Is over. AT
anv rate it will not be very far behind
that which will fight for the blue and
gold on Thanksgiving day.
Across the bay on the Berkeley, campus
an9ther st et 6f mas Var 9ffR aa' score of 5
points against the Kansas Regiment $
eleven is a good showing and has caused
considerable jubilation among the stu
dents Cochran has certainly done good
work with his football aspirantS and he Is
continuing the hard daily practice TO
who injured his knee a few weeks ago,
is suffering severely and will probably
was at first thought to be trifllng acci3
dent has developed into an aggravated
case of water on the knee, confining the
quarterback TO his bed. Hopper was
ton, handling the team In splendid style
and adding much strength to the defen-
great to the blue and gold eleven. To fill
his place 1t may be necessary to take
Thane from halfback and play
him as quarter. He has experience and
nossesses lust the qualities for the posi-
lion. The other men, Kerfoot and Woolf,
are practically novices, though Keerfoot
has been playing LOT Two years. ollOulu
Thane go in at quarter that will leave
the right half for Smith and McNab and
as there is some thought of playing Nc
Nab tackle, Smith will practically be
alone for this position. Kaarsberg has
been playing at his place in the far back
field, his kicking improving slowly and
his running in about the same degree.
The OlympicS are at their quiet signal
practice and feel a mite better in spirit.
The eleven, which the club men put on
the field last Saturday, was the strongest
it has mustered up to date. Hobbs was
there and it made a difference. There is
lust a chance that he will play to-day. If
he does he Will be In better condition and
the same gaps which he tore up in the
California line will be reproduced with
a cardinal coloring this afternoon. Other
with the possible exception of change
at right end, where Middlemas may be
found instead of McNutt, who has not
proved much of an addition to the Olym-
pic eleven.
1t Is hardly probable that the same I'M
pleasant features which marred the game
a week ago will be seen on the field this
afternoon. Men who saw Butte play In
their toughest games declare that the
match last Saturday was as replete with
sloggtng holding, and general foul play
as was ever witnessed on the icy fields
Of Montana where general mixupS are
common. The Olympics shift the onuS
upon the Californians and the Califor-
mans on the club men. Such exhibitions
the days gone by. Smashed heads and
gouged eyes are not becoming at this day,
even though worn by football men.
On account of a lack of space the con-
sideration Of the freshmen elevens of both
colleges will be postponed for week,