The San Francisco call., 1899-12-14
INDIANS TO
PLAY ON THE
LOCAL FIELD
Carlisle School Football Team
and Its Wonderful Rec
ord This Year.

Notwithstanding rumors OF grumbllng
and lissension among the University II
California football forces arising from tho
presea- negotiations OF the management
with he Carlisle Indians. IL is a settled
fact that the public will witness on Christ
mas day the initial meeting between foot
bali teams OF tho far East and the far
West. Californias victorious eleven viii
60 into training under the guidance OF
Coaches Cochran and Kelly tomorrow
afternoon ard. barring serious accident,
VIII be in splendid shape 10 battle With
the dusl1y braves OF the Government
school.
A representative OF Berkeley-David
B-owr-Starford g. left Tor Chicago
Tuesday evening. where a conference as
10 details Viii be held With W. II. Thomp-
son. the Carlisle manager. The Indian
squad 90 players, including seventeen
men. with Coaches Warner and Connor.
viii leave iAe Pennsylvania town on sun
cay afternoon next an0 on schedule time
Wal arI.ae Boa tnIs clty on Thursday. ne
2lst inst. Two Gays ~ .imberlng up on tee
slAteeuln and foisom street grounds and
oue lf gt.t NllI certainly enable them 10
Dt in nf cUuoluou Tor the game OF the
following uaK. as the Indians have in the
past stood traRcl better IMAM other East
Iuo members ~ the Berkeley eleven, as
it hueo zap ou Thanksgiving day. may not
pay against tnc Carlisle men-naIneiy.
Naptain N.lppie' whose suspension bars
hiLI, ara Has, left END. stll nursing
hand broken early in The nrst hair q
abe D,E game. Their absence VIII not
lessen iue Team strength. Clay ana Mas
fers. tle tackle ana end substitutes, re-
epccflkciT. UtuE practically equal IN skill
10 the o. -uiar lue men. With ner quar-
ttt u l-ChS intact the California offensive
oasu Wlu uot be lacking. The rush'n nB
force of these players Will. however, be
severely ftFfc0 against the highly Su-
perior ln llan line. lhai California gre AZ
eleven Wlll De- in perfect Trim TO battle
Tor tfc Western position IA the football
world there .s rDt "a doubt The team ~ 10
cope with EgstcIr methods Of play exc
Cuted by fast, daring players OF years OF
experience 90 severe matches with The
strongest college cleyens in the country.
and every possible effort viii be made ly
coaches and men 20 meet the new condl-
tous The Carlisle Indians on The sea
fOus showing rank easily among the hest
teams and certainly demonstrated their
superiority over cornell, Columbia and
PennsylNlnia and an equality on compar
afKc basis with old ale herself. They
were defeated only 10y Harvard and
Princeton. u is easily seen that stin work
is cat nut Tor the California boys in the
coming match. which will serve as tho
rrst criterion of our Western football de-
Nelopmtnt
m, number OF games the Indians will
play while on the coast has not been de-
rermintd Portland and Los Angeles are
otSlrOus Cf seeing the redskins play and
an all-CallfoTnis eleven OF eN-college stars
has asked for a game 10 be played IN tits
city on New Years day
The Carlisle Indians are the great at
traction g the Eastern football world
and aside from their picture sQuencSs. fun
nish the best preliminary games FOR he
teams ~ Harvard, Yale. Princeton and
Pennsylvania.
This year Carlisle attained its greatest
success. as already stated. While beaten
hy Princeton and Harvard. IL scored on
TIE latter team twice. first on a long -un
from the tumble OF "A Harvard back and
again on one of little Hudsons marvel
ous drop kicks from behind the 45-yard
line. pennsylvania was easily defeated
bA II 20 score. Cornell was also beat
'n and Columbia, victor over Yale IN a
mloseason To- 40 game. was fairly swept
OF the field by these swarthy red mel IN
"a 81 10 contest. From these scores Il
may De readily seen that the Indians form
an up-t0-date Eastern football aggrega-
zion.
A great part Of their success is due 20
The fact that the personnel OF the eleven
changes bat little from year to year
many 81 the men having been enrolled ar
me Government school AT Carlisle for six
wears They have learned slowly. how
ever. their first season several years ago
having given them the rudiments Of play.
thoir second the flnesSe Of line work: their
third stin cleverer developments in back
Held formation. followed lastly by a
knowledge of the art OF punting and drop
Kicking unul they now stand out as a
wen rounded eleven. While rather more
prone 10 succumb 10 bodily injury than
one would Imagine they stili possess Won
derful endurance In the way Of keeping
MP last play and are reckless 10 n high
degree la throwing themselves at a lire
or IA open field tackling
Nothlng Ia the line of Hudsons drop
Kicking has ever been seen on this coast
ln only one rame Of the year-that against
PrincctOn-has he failed 10 send the hall
fairly over the goal for a FIVE point gain
MetoNen ana seneca are desperate llne
fmashers. while Mhcclock and Pierce are
guards of great strength and agility In
thcir last game. the one against Colunn-
hia, Seneca. the halfback made senarate
runs Of .5. 3o. %. 20. q. and x wards each.
Their New York college ounonents l,,ic-
tors over HaleD could make no gains
through The Indian line or around lt Tho
Indian touchdOwns are converted into
goals not by TIE usual place-kick method
buii by the drop kicking Of the phenome-
An attemnt was made 10 have Stanford
Try conclusions with the Indians as vveii
as Berkeley. but the management and pr
MurphN, INC athletic trainer. would not
consent 20 the teams appearance Rniny
essentially n green eleven the Card,nsl
authorities prefer 10 have the work ~ a n
other season behind tho men before their
mettle IS tested against an Eastern
II IS stated on good authority tha, there
rs absolutely no friction bet tween foiavere
manager and the general athletic and e,
ccutiNe committees az Berkeley as stated
IN morning pave ir regard so this
game with the Carlisle Indians. Tho hes,
or feeling exists between Manager Nfurno
and tho members - Tho fepr, and tho
coaches. and tho fnancial affairs ~ tho
iha,ch VII he fnFcn care ~ hv tho same
authorities in Tho usual manner. T. has
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