The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-01
CORNER BIG CROWD IN THE UNIVERSITY CLUBS STAND

with the officials, Referee Goodwin blew
his whistle and the intercollegiate match
OF 1879 was begun. Stanford won the
privilege of the kickoff, and Chester Muir
known as Floating Rib Murphy, began
the contest that brought so much joy to
california and SO much sorrow and cha
grin 10 Stanford. Away the ball sailed
down the field. Smith, dubbed the Loco
motive. was waiting for it'on the 10-yard
lEe, but there was no rest for him after
me pigskin reached his hands. Flowing
MS way through the covering OF sand he
BOWED over brace Of red-shirted oppo-
nents and was not brought TO earth until
he reached h's own 30-yard line.
Both teams were breathing hard. nerv-
Gus and shaky with gridiron fright when
Hopper yelled out his signal for the next
play: Swish came the California backs
al the Stanford line, but the cardinal
stiffened and there was no gain Coch-
ran on the side lines grtted his teeth
and cursed under his breath for he
couldn't understand IT. Another try with
the same result, and the Stanford men
in the stands went wild with exultant
excitement. California was forced to
punt, kaarsberg being called upon for
this feat To the Stanford 30-yard line
the pisskin went, and then came the
cardinals first chance for offensive play
Fisher was hurled against California >
line Three yards nearer the enemy,s
goal was the ball Another two yards
WIS ali the red wanted, but they yere not
TO be. The ball was passed TO Murphy
for kick, but Hill, the blue and gold
end, drove him into the sand before he
could swing his foot. The next attempt
at punting was successful and Murphy
punted the ball 10 the enemy's 45-yard
line.
Seventy yards away from the Califor-
MIA line stood the Stanford goal posts.
Ii was a long, hard course and the work
Of touchdowns severe and trying. Now
MIA rooters. and the team needed the cry.
Smith plunged through a hole between
Burnett and Gilman for a small gain.
After an Intellectual attempt at the Stan
ford center Smith was shot with cata-
pultic force at the other tackle and his
course was marked with supine red
shirts. The center was hammered, the
guards were hit and battered, the ends
were circled. Hall, Smith, Kaarsberg and
Womble tearing their way down the
field. Peter the Stanford Eater" KaaTs-
berg tried his kangaroo leap over the
pile Smith dashed through the tackles
five yards al a time until the pigskin rest
ed on the Stanford 5-yard line. There
was no stopping the California cohorts.
braced for the struggle. Hardly had the
cardinal team lined in position when
Percy Hall smashed through McFadden
and Traeger with the rest of the blue and
gold men on his heels. The crowd on the
bleachers knew 1t was touchdown and
every kind of college noise floated over
the field with blue and gold tone effects.
Five TO nothing was the score, soon
changed to six as Kaarsberg kicked the
ball out of Womble's hand squarely be-
tween the goal posts.
What happened in the first half were
three repetitions of this hammering, pep
pering line fire on the part OF California.
Again Murphy kicked off and again
Smith picked his way up the field, hold
ing his feet with three Stanford men en-
circling his body On the California 30
yard line the second onslaught began
by the blue and gold. This sort of gain,
slow but sure, was a trifle too much Of the
former to suit Cochran's colts, so Kaars.
berg punted to Murphy. looking wan and
sad i'm the back field of his own territory
Not an inch did he advance the ball, for
like shots out Of a cannon Womble and
for Stanford TO do but punt. and Murphy
was called upon again. With the ball on
CALIFORNIA; i0-yard line that eleven be-
gan it's second touchdown crusade. Rip
ping and discovering the cardinal rush
line Kaarsberg, Smith and Hall played
ninepins with the dumfounded red men