The San Francisco call., 1904-10-16

ends a splendid chance to distinguish
themselves. Stanford had a trifie bet
ter team work than her rival. The
! tackling was a credit to both elevens
| and to their coaches. There was but
little grasping of arms or heads to stop
runners, and besides saving injuries it
was much prettier and more effective.
The California backs were speedier and
kept their feet better. The biggest part
of the blue and gold line was stronger
than that of the cardinal, and this pre-
vented the visitors from gaining ground
by bucking. Tomasini had rather the
better of Stow and Koerner, and Over
man had the opposing ends guessing
frequently, but otherwise the Stanford
line was working against odds.
California made a big gain on a fake
kick, but few other tricks were tried
and none others proved successful.
There were but two penalizations, one
for offside and one for interfering with
fair catch. The men on both teams
were in poor condition, which, aided by
the hot weather, made the game go
slow along toward the last. Rough
work was seen occasionally. Coe, the
cardinals center, was ruled off for
slugging. The officials performed their
work creditably. The annual freshman
game is always an uncertainty. as the
players generally are not in good condl-
tion and do not remain steady at crit
ical moments. Yesterdays contest was
better than an average freshman game.
California had better weight than Stan
ford, and this partly accounted for her
excellent showing in line bucking and
mass plays.
STANFORD KICKS OFF.
The cardinal started the game with
a fifty-yard kick to Kendall, who came
back fifteen. Riley punted to center,
and after the lineup Fenton kicked
back twenty-five yards. Riley fumbled
in the first rush and Stanford got the
ball. Fenton punted outside for five
yards in return. After a preliminary
rush Riley kicked to Stanfords' twenty
yard line and Fenton sent the ball back
to center.
Snowden, Sperry and Riley went
right at the Cardinal and worked the
ball down to their opponents seven
yard line in fifteen plays. Here Stan
ford held for downs and Fenton kicked
out of danger. Tomasini secured the
pigskin on tumble and Fenton forth
with kicked to the middle chalk line
without a rush. California made a
few yards on line bucks and then
Riley punted twenty yards. Stanford
kicked back twenty-five yards and
California worked in a punt which
rolled almost to the Cardinal goal line.
Riley got through, blocked Fenton's
punt and fell on the ball for a touch
down. After Riley got over his first
flush Of pleasure at being a hero and
his comrades had ceased cavorting,
Richardson tried for the goal and
missed.
Stanford kicked forty yards after
the lineup. Kendall caught the punt
and came back ten. The Blue and
Gold failed to make their distance and
punted. Fenton booted the ball back
twenty-five yards and after a prelim-
mary rush California kicked way
down the field. Stanford called for a
kick, but the signals were misin-
terpreted and the ball went spinning
Stanford man fell on it and Fenton
kicked out of danger from his seven
yard line. Jordan, Californias right
end, distinguished himself by catching
two Blue and Gold men behind the
line in succession Immediately after
the pigskin had changed hands on
downs.
PUNTING is FREQUENT.
Fenton kicked and Riley returned
punts until the ball was on Califor-
MAS twenty-yard line. Then occurred
the sensational play which gave STAN
ford the game. A few minutes later,
after the KICKOFF, the referee called
time with the ball on the Blue and
Gold forty-five-yard line. The second
half opened with plenty of kicking.
After ten minutes of play and as many
kicks, the ball was California's on her
own fifty-yard line. Riley bucked
center for five yards, Golcher made
four through right guard. Sperry got
seven through left tackle and then
Golcher made a spectacular run of
thirty yards around his opponents left
end.
Stanford held for downs and Fenton
kicked back twenty-five yards. The
ball worked back to center after sew
eral exchanges of punts. Then Golch-
er made twenty yards on a fake kick.
There was another exchange of punts
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