Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1903-11-14
NEVADA'S VICTORY
over BERKELEY
4 Hard Fought Game On A
Muddy Field
Final Score OF 3 TO Z In Favor OF
the Sagebrush Boys. Great
Enthusiasm.

The football game at Oakland add
Oh another laurel to the wreath of
the Nevada boys, and students,
goods and the public are equally
deligbted with the result. When
Nevada tied Stanford several weeks
ago. everyone knew that the Sage
brush eleven would score over Berke-
lev. but even the strongest partisans
did not anticipate such victory as
was won
Following was the lineup:
Nevada-Knox, left end; A. Stec-
kle. left tackle; Lawrence, left guard;
Leavitt, center; Menke, right guard;
C. Hart, right tackle; Captain Smith,
right end; Leadbetter, quarter; |, X,
Sickle, left half; Friesell, right half
]. Hart, full.
Berkeley-Right end, Oliver and
Craig; right tackle, Heitmuller; right
guard, Captain Overall; center,
Stoud; left guard, Stow; left tackle,
Howard left end, Demerritt and
Clary; quarter, More and Geary;
right half, Mini and Kittrell; left half,
WhippIe, Snedigar and Risley; full
Force and Stern.
The game in detail is thus described
by an eye witness:
Nevada put up a wonderful game
against The first eleven OF the Uni
versity Of California upon the Berke.
lev gridiron The result of the first
half was tie of nothing to nothing.
The game was played upon a
muddy field as all the night preceding
and up to II o'clock in the day there
had been a drilling rain.
magnificent crowd was present,
the beechers being full and many
standing upon the field. Nevada had
many friends among the spectators,
and every point made by the sage
brushers got its proportionate share
Of the applause.
The Reno rooters gave evidence OF
their splendid lung power at various
stages Of the contest.
California kicked off in the first
half The ball was caught by |, X
Sickle, who carriedit in fifteen yards.
The game was played with vim and
dash. Nevada showed wonderful i'm
provement in team work over previ.
Gus games and kept the bail most of
the time in California ground When
time was called neither side had
scored.
The great feature OF the second
half was the marvellous run OF /. X.
Sickle, who carried the ball to
touchdown from the eighty-fve yard
line, making one of the most brilliant
plays ever witnessed on any field,
Fresell was in good form and easily
kicked a goal, Notwithstanding the
heavy field Toward the end OF the
second half Berkeley succeeded in
making safety, scoring two. At
the calling Of time, the score stood
six to twom favor of Nevada
Everyone joins the University Of
Nevada in its rejoicing over the vic
tory, especially when it is remember
ed that the three hundred students
OF our university have been forced to
learn the game themselves with the
assistance OF Dr. Sickle, while the
Berkeley aud Stanford boys, with
unlimited money, have employed a
number of the best eastern coaches,
Arrangement are now being com
pleted to have the Nevada eleven
play Portland and afterwards the
Reliance. II the boys of the Sage
brush state triumph in these two
contests, as they undoubtedly will,
then the team from the University
of Nevada will hold the championship
OF the Pacific coast and the entire
northwest.