The San Francisco call., 1904-10-16
FENTON
PROVES THE HERO
OF THE OCCASION

The football game between the fresh
men elevens of the University of Cali
fornia and of Stanford University at
Berkeley yesterday was a wildly excit-
ing contest. Sensational and spectacu-
lar plays were quite the order of the
day The enthusiasm of the adherents
of the blue and gold and of the car
dinal knew no bounds. But II took the
national football rules committee in
New York to tell that Stanford won the
game by a score of s to 8.
For long time there was a dispute
over the validity of a certain peculiar
play, on which the cardinals score de-
pended, and when the game was over
no one knew who had won. The Call
Immediately telegraphed to the football
rules committee in New York and OBJ
tained the ruling which gives the vic
tory to the babies of Stanford. The
spectators got all the entertainment
they could expect to find at a football
contest.
The cardinal can boast of the hero of
the day His name is Fenton. He was
ever in the thickest of the battle. His
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defeat. His running and hurdling when
he had the ball were sensational
enough to bring the rooters of Califor-
mia to their feet. Three times he leaped
over the heads of men who were at
tempting to bring him down. He kept
his head in moments when more expe-
rienced men would have failed He was
bruised and trampled upon until the or
binary boy would have begged to be
taken to a hospital, and yet he con-
tinued to run and plunge and tackle,
while he encouraged his followers. AS
the doubtful play has been decided in
Stanford's favor. little Fenton deserves
all the glory, for it was he who turned
the trick in the cardinals hour Of need.
CROWD COMES EARLY.
Yesterdays game was the formal
dedication Of California field. The
weather was perfect for the spectators,
although it was rather hot for the play
ers. The sun shone warmly, the air
was clear and white and heecy clouds
were floating across the sky. Back Of
the grand stand rose the massive hills,
giving the scene an appearance Of ma
jesty and grandeur.
For more than an hour before the
game commenced a thick, black stream
of humanity was making its sluggish
course I'D the slopes from the gymna-
siurn. The trees and the tops Of the
houses around the fenced gridiron were
swarning with eager youngsters.
Wherever the workmen had failed to
make the fence boards fit there was a
small mob fighting for the peephole.
The gates were jammed with people
struggling to enter, for there were no
reserved seats, and those who came
first secured the points of vantage. Be
tween the gates and the entrances to
the front of the grand stand the way
was Uttered with lumber, tools and
other debris left by the builders. While
one picked his way across this litter he
was entertained by the steady chink
and thug of American coin as the box
office clerks swept it into their yawn-
ing treasure chests.
All was color and life on the grand
stand. Over here solid masses of peo-
pie were shouting California" until
they grew hoarse. Over there the
CHEEKY cardinal was waving riotously
in the breezes, while the band from
Stanford discoursed the patriotic mu-
sic Of its alma mater. When President
Jordan crossed the checkered field and.
picking up spade, threw earth across
the chalk line, there was much en-