The San Francisco call., 1901-11-02

uons of its supporters, nor has the eleven
reached the degree of proficiency its
CoachinS would seem to warrant. Condi-
tions have been against California. From
the start there mas been a lack of mate
rlal, ana this scarcity of players has been
augmented by a series of unfortunate ac-
cloents ana deliberate des7rtions from the
ranks. At present the squad is made up
OF out thirty men, and on occasions It
mas been reduced by temporary accidents
to barely two elevens Such circurn-
stances are disoouraging alike to players
and coaches.
California's eleven weighs under the
average 1t Will not reach Stanford's s
weight by nearly ten pounds to the man.
This IS condition that cannot be helped
but the teams lack of aggressiveness as
a unit is something which will tend tc-
ward defeat unless overcome Not that
aggressiveness is an unknown quantity
to the team, for the men have shown in
past games that they can be aggressive
If they will. There are individual men
who crash into opposing lines with All the
spirit and determination that any mar
could have.
Several men have already secured their
positions beyond doubt. but other places
are being contested for in a manner which
will puzzle the coaches to pick the sue
cessful candidate. Particularly is this
true at quarterback, where two men of
practically equal but different kinds OF
ability are opposed to each other.
Barring accidents Gendotti will play
center Early in the season he had More
head, the freshman, as an opponent of
ability, but dislocated shoulder put
Morehead out, leaving the present center
the only available candidate. GendOttl
is light for the position, weighing only
weight and is given credit for trying
hard. Overall at right guard is big and
strong and has all the physical requisites
His steady and reliable playing could be
punting has Deen good, and during the
past few games he has averaged forty
yards. In spite of much practice his place
kicking has not improved like his puntine
nor as it should. His position on the
team is assured. Stow at left guard has
been handicapped by bad shoulder His
playing. however. has been a disappoint-
ment in all games which have been held
this year. His strength and experiencs
would seem &c warrant better supporT
than he has given the team.
Larry O'Toole had a splendid chance n
make left guard, but recently he hande
in his suit and left the field Hendricts
is steady sub-guard. Lack of waicH.
and strength are against him. Stroud Is
heavy freshman who is coming 10 tbs
front for guard. He played center nm bis
team this year. and was being tried o,,,
for that position on the varsity vUbsn tL
coaenes snlfted him to sub-guard owinc
10 the scarcity of material there Stro,,S
stands chance of beating STOW out fo-
the varsity. 0u1 loi
Albertson has his place at left tacL,c
sada, sale; ne Is not a brilliant player, but Is
steady and uses his brain to good al
vantage: He i particularly useful fiV When Sg-
II comes TO interfering for Mini in the Ia+
ters runs, His work is of a faitbf,iSS fS - IetI-
and his interference is performer i HItt STr
discretion. Hansen and Bralv are are tr,,irn wLen
out out for tackle The latter is the heavie57 lH5
determinatio He has piaved s,,b baeINs elas
and sub-fullback for two years. HansnS
mas had more experience at tackle. haVi1e
played the position for three seosn,as nsv iile H
substitute. He is a hard worIe. a. a.
STANDS good chance of making taclxis
A rev weeks ago Womble was shifta1
frC,l from rlgnt end to halfback and after J
rev Gays practice there was returned &c
ms old position The change was nade
lor TWO purposes-one to keep Womblt