The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-28
THE CARDINAL AXIN
BERKELhY'S KEEPING

uons. Collectively and individually the
team. players and coaches were cheered
o. the echo. Then came Wild rush from
THE blue honnctcd rOoters who piled into
the reserved central section OF the stand.
Those who were not accommodated took
Lp "A position on the other side Of the
field aud cheered with the rest
All this oemOustratlVe enthusiasm was
Lut mite compared with what followed
Then came the AK. the Stanford emblem
which was captured after the baseball
game last spring. When the faculties of
both colleges cried halt upon the Ak orgies
81 the California students that Instrument
was carried over 20 san Francisco and
buried among the law books OF Pringle a
lnngle. attorneys, in the Claus Spreckels
building. There IL has nestled FOR many
months, brought 10 light yesterday for the
FIRST time since its interment Borne bv
clinton Miller, The deputized custodian FOR
Charles Pringle, who plays IN the eleven
ana surrounded boy a score OF lusty
frong-lnnged aNmen the cleaver was set
up before the hleachers in view OF an
Songs commemorative OF the history OF
The Ak We're next 0n the p-ogrs me
These rhaps0dics continued until the team
SettleQ down 10 work. when the interest
was transferred from the former Stanford
emblem 10 football
Atter the practice the crowd gathered
around the red AZ trophy and Bred Dor
ely. president Of the Associated students
delivered himself Of an eNtemp0raneous
speech, BILLY Friend and others fol-
lowed MIN IN OratOricai efforts which
were confined 20 an eNaltatiOn OF every
ihing which had blue and gold tInVe
ne crowd then moved IN a body 20 thS,
gymnasium. The large hail was soon
packed 10 overlooking, students hanpfng
on every conceivable piece of apparafr,s
More speech-makng. recitative ~ the
surfing incidents through which the ~ "a
Its FhOrt-lived career had nasse1 WEB
formal ceremony it was then transferred
- william Drum, track captain. and he IS
now custodian 81 The rcd-painted newer
But The FUN ala not end here T.a,,,.
"a The evening the little university town
Mas thrown into fever OF excitement
over The attempt 81 some stanford rnrn
70 recover the monster cardinal ak. W1fia
Tho attempt proved Intellectual n We 80
most stirring time which the contention
over the red trophy has yet uroyolta5 -
tween the colegians Of the two rival ,,yj-
Verstics. '''"' UNI
Berkeley men are highly Indignant over
- le.Iouh pursued by the cardinal en-
thusiasts 10 recover the captured weanon
FROM Tho various expressions which -
being given here and there II is quite exi-
neit ihat Tie supporters Of the blue and
fplu JOCK upon tho cardinal tactics as any
ming but lifting 10 college men. and th,lr
olsposinon toward their sister anniversary,
Is by no means improved In consequence
The excitement over the affair was w.
clpiiated shortly after s O'Clock tb,s 80,
Ing. when telephone message, fror,, OIL,
land announced that the Sheriff ~ A.
lae4a count. had been given search
Warrant 10 regain possession Of the az
from the Berkeley students b,. ,tr.,,, "a "a
law and that he WAS on his way 70 the
university town 10 execute tho writ lespej
IRON clubhouse TO clubhouse and frn,,,
one boarding place 20 another the renorf
spread. some one discharged a run three
times rapidly In succession. and soon me
fidcwa ks were thronccd with colio,-.' -
hurrTing 20 and fro. They an made for
The Commercial Bank. on Shattuck ave-
nue. where ~ was supposed the ak had
pected 10 appear shortly
But no Sheriff or SheriTs deputy mt
81 an appearance. Finally Billy iori,m
this years track captain and newly an.
pointed custodian Of the Ak. told Inc
crowd that the big blade was ouite safn
and even should the Sheriff appear with a
search warrant the Ak could never 10
found. Wherever ifs hiding place might
be the students felt assured that no
search warrant could successfully nm
earth the thing and that try as they
would the officers OF the law would find
their hunt useless.
Satisfied with this the crowd dispersed