The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-18

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~ the college football teams viii have
-. finished their heavy work prepare
tory 10 the big Thanksgiving day game.
This coming week is perhaps the most in
teresting OF all the season. for every day
is watched with nervous anxiety both for
Improvement in play and. for accidents.
2 The. situation at present is just what II
was two years ago. In 1896 Stanford de-
feated California 10 the tune Of % 10 0,
and in the following season the blue and
gold could not get together, Try as IL
would. nothing attempted seemed 10 sue
coed. AS last resort the team went 10
Del Monte for the final practice. but OF
what avail this proved 10 be the score OF
that year Us 10 o. shows. Last year Stan
ford was on the cipher end of y 20
score. To offset the possibility OF a repe-
utton this season the cardinal secured the
services Of ChamberliR. Yale's captain OF
1885, and brought him out early in the
season. Stanfords team to-day is not
much better than CALIFORNIA; TWO years
ago. VIII Del Monte prove panacea for
the football Ills OF the cardinal: IS the
question asked Dy all.
AS far as Staniord's playing in this city
goes, the team Is IN ba0 shape, not phys
lcaIly but as a team Inc material is
light and with few exceptions neXperl-
enced when compared with the eleven
on the other side OF the bay. Every dis
advantage possible seemed 10 thrust it
self upon Captain Murphy IN the organi-
cation OF his team ana everything favored
captain v nipple from the beginning or
the season. i mere cOulu not De q more
perfectly defined parallel with the names
OF the teams reversed than the season OF
TWO years ago.
The best criterion 10 base a judgment
upon the relative merits OF the TWO col
lege teams * the games OF the last TWO
weeks. Stanford met the OlympiCs TWO
weeks ago on a muddy field and scored
touchdown. which was earned. Captain
fHrF raFr Il RlF cd HfaNA al he
stood 10 ) al the end OF the game in
favor Of the Olympics. week later Cal
ifornia met the Olympics on held that
was the most poorly adapted 70 the blue
and gold style OF play, yet three touch
downs We're scored on the clubmen. and at
no time were the Olympics within posi-
BILE range OF pOint-maklug. While this
game was in progress in this city Stan
ford and the University OF Nevada were
trying conclusions on the Palo Alto cam
puS. Stanford defeated the visitors but
IL was a game in which there was a con-
test, the score OF il 10 5 not being indica-
tive Of the playing. Four days later the
University Of California eleven met the
University Of Nevada team and u 10
was the score.
Thus everything points 10 another vic
tory for California. on a purely form
basis OF course much will depend upon
the work done during the present week.
There nave been occasions when over
confidence has wrought defeat for a
clearly superior team, and the blue and
gold eleven is certainly suffering from
this destructive bacillus. one thing the
Stanford team possesses and that is spirit
and determination. Not n man on the
team Tags. in his work. and every effort
IS being made TO bring together a team
: that VIII make a showing for itself.
Just now there is a peculiar condition
Of affairs in regard. TO the captains OF the
university -elevens. Whipple has been
barred on account of a deficiency in
side 10 keep a couple OF ribs in place.
..Whipple-s dilemma will probably proye
more serious than Murqhy's. for the lat
. ter has a fair chance Of playing In the
game Should Murphy be. unable TO NAV
Thanksgiving day Stanford will sustain
an -irreparable: loss for the reason that
I: California Will probably play fierce, Of.
fensive game. as Murphy's punts would
keep them from the Stanford goal again
. and again. Whirple's loss TO the Califor-
MIA team would cut no mean figure. He
IS one of the best men in the line. az well
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tanning. Of the. eleven. II the decision Of
the faculty rests as final .Whipple's place
viii he filled by either Clay or Albertseh.
This position. right end and quarter seem
the only uncertain ones on the team.
This afternoon on the University OF
california campus the. University Of Call
. fornia eleven and the. University Of ore
gon team will try conclusions. Little is
Known Of the Oregon boys, but good
game is expected as. the men have been
equipped football coaches.
r. The great question troubling the minds
OF ine. mana gers Is the setting or the
T. officials for. the THANKSGIVING game.
Robert. Wrepn. quarterback OF Harvard,
has been jeegraphed for and II is possible
he may come West for the game. Others
whose names are favorably mentioned
are w. b. Goodwin. who has officiated at
the intercollegiate game for several years
and Coach Dickson OF the University of
Nevada eleven. He was formerly quar-
. terbsck on the University OF Pennsyl-
vania team;
Active work on the Sixteenth and Fol-
sOn-street grounds is rapidly turning the
place into q great .hippodrome. There
will be a. seating capacity in the stands
greater than that Of any preceding year
The men~of the Olympic eleven are get
ting ambitious. They viii meet Stanford
this afternoon at Sixteenth and Folsom
streets. and. as this Is the last appearance
OF the clubmen:in this city and the last
OF Stanford before the intercollegiate
match a great deal Of Interest is mani
Tested by the followers OF both elevens.
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