The San Francisco call., 1905-01-01

; w land of sunshine; fruits and
=. Y: flowers: we boast of our agripul-
tural products and beautiful girls. but
we frequently lose sight of the Drawn
and muscle Of our young. men. Native
sons have displayed their prowess on
many a hard-fought field, in the. arena
and. on the water, and their fame has
been heralded' all over the world
There as no reason why this State
should not send forth the greatest ath-
letes Our climatic conditions for out
door. sports are unsurpassed. Probably
in no other section of the; country, and
in! fact the world, is it possible for low
ers Of outdoor sports to enjoy them the
year round. In California one. can dip
into the ocean on New Years day,
whereas our. Eastern friends are hug
'ging fed-hot stoves in an effort to keep
warm. Baseball, tennis, cricket and
other games are played every month in
the year, while in other parts of the
Uaited States these. pa5times can only.
be enjoyed at certain seasons. :.
These conditions are invaluable in de-
veloping the athlete. Opportunities for
outdoor exercise are absolutely neces-
sary, as the health-giving. breezes that
are waited from the Pacific Ocean. in
fuse new life into their veins and make
it possible for. our men to go out into
the world and cope with the best.
During the past year the athletic
young men of this Golden State have
not been idle. Trophies have come to
them in abundance and records have
gone a~glimniering by reason of their
sturdy efforts: On track and field on
water and indoors our boys have been
to- the forefront and held high the
standard of athletic supremacy.
The football season has just drawn
to a close and the record of the Stan-
ford team is still fresh in our memo
ries. Under; the able and magnetic
leadership of G.. H. Clark and the very.
skillful coaching of James flanagan.
100, the team won the championship
OF the coast and also the mountain
region by defeating every eleven pftted
against it. In. the opinion OF many ex-
perts it was The strongest aggregation
of players ever sent forth from Palo'
ALTO. During the. season many teams
the latter got into their stride they put
up the real article of football. After
defeating the University of California
eleven, which, by the way: was no
prep school team, the Stanford men
jCurneyed to Colorado and defeated
the crack elaven Of that section and
opened the eyes of the multitude to
the fact that away out in California
were football players that had to. be
considered. Some enthusiasts "doped''
it that Stafford could even: heat
Hurry y-up" Yost's Wolverines. This
may be exaggeratng it bit, but there
is no doubt that this years team would
give the Michigan eleven 4 hard tussle
for honors Clark played at LETT end
and put every ounce of his ITO pounds
into the play. He broke up interfer-
ence and got his man and was fast
dcwn the field on kicks. He played
through the season without injury. and
his presence on the field did much to
bring about success for Stanford.
A week before the big annual inter.
. collegiate game, Lick School boys de-
feated the Oakland High School boys
for the championship of the Academic.
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The game was played al. the Presidio
. athletic grounds and was full of bril-
liant plays. Hotchkiss, left guard,
captained the victorious team. The
playing was fest and hard and every
inch of the way was contested. Al
though Debated, the Oakland boys
We're not disgraced. They were up.
against a stronger aggregation and
had to succumb. Members of both
universities were present at all the
Academic League games and watched
for promising material. The colleges
will eagerly grab such good men as
Hctchkiss, Cert, Dietz. Moulin, O'Con-
nor and Saunders.
Association football is also having
a vogue here. The team wearing the
coiors of the Occidental Athletic Club
and captained by 7. S. Lyrlon is prac-
tically the champions of the year,
having defeated the Independents, last
years champions.
Gaelic football is as popular as ever
among the men who hail from ireland.
The ParneIls,. captained by Peter Bar
rett, is conceded to be the leading
team. as victory has come to the seven-
teen men who compose the organiza-