The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-01
CARDINAL ELEVEN. i. !.
/. ...GlTNS. IN SPEED.
Line Still Remains the Great
Problem That Coach Lama
!. gan Will Have to Solve

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STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept:
3O.-There has been little change in
the Varsity football SQUAD during the
past week. The constant attention: of
Coach Lanagan is having It's effect. on
the men and the team: at present is
fast. There is a first. and. a: second
eleven now ana .scrtmmages are held
every evening: -, '.'.:::' +.
. The line. still remains the great
pro blenn. which Coach flanagan has to
face. There. is an absence OF. star ma
terfal' for the three line positions that
are. open--center and both guards.
Horton and ,Tomasini. both freshmen,
lead in the race for those positions,
and, although: both have. been playing
ait the tackles station, they can easily
be switched to guards. Sprague, Van
Sickle, jChristy and Mounting, all sec
ond team men of experience. are in
the running and any one of them may
be on the final team. =: =
r Center is probably the wea kest spot
on the eleven at present. There are
four candidates, Hyde, Lachmund. r..
Nissen and s. Nissen,, not. one of whom
has. had much experience, trying out
for the place. Hyde seems to have;
the lead on the others: He. is heavy
and hard to get Through, but he lacks
the aggressiveness so essential to a
successful center rush. The absence
of Roosevelt in the line is seriously.
felt, as he would have filled the post
ton cleyerly- - - ~, ...s..> -: f.:
With the freshman intercollegiate
game a; bare two weeks: off,. most. Of;
the attention is eentered on the work
of the young cardinal hopefuIs.. The
playing the baby team did against
Oakland High last Wednesday,. the.
latter being defeated 16. to O., has given
it just the, right degree Of confidence,
and a more aggressive game may be:
expected from the freshmen from. now
on. =. :--,..-.. =, =.
The game against Oakland. was the
first time that an .endeaver was made
to get the best. eleven men in the
freshman squad into the game at once.
and the effect OF. it was enc ouraging.. :
There was dash and vigor to- the :ple55r-.
no signals were mixed and the line
men tore through the opposing T. =
tense for many tackles. With the i'm
proved team work. that two weeks will
bring, the los class will have a team
nearly as strong as the team which de-
feated the California. freshman last
year by the score: of ~ to o.. The back.
field is not as heavy: or. as aggressive.
but this. years line will be far superior
to that of last and will make up for
the weakness; of the. back field
+ OF course. the final team has not
been selected, but unless something ex-
traordinary happens the follow.
ing will be the makeup of the eleven
which faces California on the 18th
inst: -. -: :.
-Coe,. fgom. Belmont. will be center.
There has been a close fight for the.
position between Coe and Myers, from
Palo Alto. but the former has a shade
the best of the. struggle. Gay, from
Tedlands. and Myers will be. the two
guards. The work of these two men.
against Oakland was good, both on.
oftense and defense. Tomasfni. from
Palo Alto, and Horton, from Ukfah,
win hold down the positions at tackles:
Both have been. playing on the var
sity squad all season, but Coach Lana: :.
gan. will return them to the. freshmen.
a few days before the game to get.
them used to the team. AT. ends Will
son., from. Los Angeles, and .Over1nan,
from illinois, have distanced the other
candidates. The latter is, an especially
strong player and gets down the field
we'll on kicks. -.
The back field is not. So. settled.
There is merry struggle going on for
quarterback between Kearne, from
Pale Alto, and Fenton, who comics
from the Multnomah team of Port
land. Until this week Kearhe had the