The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-09

TANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov.
S.-The cardinal eleven went
~ through the final signal practice
- tonight prior TO their effort on
the gridiron tomorrow. The team
will not leave Palo Alto until tomorrow
morning, arriving in San Francisco about
II o'clock. when they will proceed at once
to the Palace Hotel. They will remain
there until time for the final contest.
Coach Fickert says of the outlook:
To-morrow's game will be even harder fought
and the teams more evenly matched than they
were last year Berkeley principal chance OF
However cur ends will be stronger than people
generally believe.
Trainer Moulton vouches for the condi-
ton of the men in the following state
ment:
will go into the game without bandage-alI
being in proper shape. No one of them will be
to anything The condition Of the team is
such that they should put up better ball In
the second than in the first half. 1 believe the
men have followed training rules closely as
possible and 1 appreciate their faithful train
ing and think it will bring forth good results
Captain Fisher is cheerful over the
pl aspects, but not overconf1dent. He said
to-day:
We think we are to meet team Just about
equally as good ours-the chances are even.
Most OF our new plays VIII De AZ mixture 1h Of
some doubt in my mind to their effective
ness We are going to play good, hard clean
will be because we have met a better team.
Derusal of the descriptions of the
varsity men, as given below, shows that
the average age of the cardinal varsity
is nearly p years, the average height
feet 10 inches and the average weight
Iearly ia pounds.
Captain Ralph Stephen Fisher. 'O2 right half
had no previous football experiences before en-
Stanford. The
grid during his first year here. but made
the varsity in his sophomore year. Last year
a disabled shoulder kept him out of the game
Fullback Frank L. Shaker. '02 PLAYED two
years the Chicago University team and last
year on the Stanford varsity slaker's home
Left Half Harrison W. Hill. 'O2f registers
from Redlands Cal. He played on the '01
freshman team and has served two years on
the varsity.
Quarterback Charles B. Raitt. 'Os, was can
man team and has had experience in the last
two intercollegiate contests.
from Portland. Ore He was quarter on the
'02 freshman team. played two years on the
second eleven and last year at right end on the
varsity.
Right Tackle Ralph j. McFadden. '4 nlavsd
center on last years freshman team and was
also center. on the varsity during part of the
game. ~
ters from San Jose. He has PLAYED his noSi
ton on the '0s freshman team and also on
the second eleven. ~
hOWdIu Lee, %, anu Cornelius ID. HaIIvor-
man. '0S. will alternate at center Lee cornss
from Denver. has played two years at center
on the varsity and also held that position on
the '03 freshman team. OA'
Robert A. Thompson, '0S. left guard. pIavsd
the second eleven last year eo
Left tackle William 1. Traeger. 'Os rsgis+.-s
fom Porterville and has starred at tacIis -
the varsity for two years. He also nIavaS 81
his freshman team. On
George H. Clark. '04, left end with the ~
ception of Hauverman. is the only man on the
team that has not had previous varsity az
perience. He has played three years as 80
and halfback on the Hoitt's Preparatory ScbooI
team and was fullback on the '04 freshman
team.
OF the ten intercollegiate games n1avaa
Stanford has won five and the JTniversifS-
of California two. The remaining three
were tie games.