Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-18
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
is ON IN EARNEST T
STANFORD COACHES HANDLE
MORE THAN 1926 MEN
Training House Fund Amounts to
$4,000 and This Sum Will Be Exc
pended in Fitting UP New Athletic
Grounds-New Gymnasium Work
Special TO The Herald.

Special TO The Herald.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Sept. II.
Football practice is now on In earn
est There are at present 125 men
working under the direction of the
coaches. The first thing on the prac-
tice program is a ten minutes dumb
bell drill. After this the men engage
in punting, handling of kicks, catching
and passing the ball, and running on
punts by the linemen. To close the work
the men take brisk half run around
the cinder path. This form of exer-
else will be increased in vigor each
day. so that by the end of the week
work at formations will be in progress.
Several of the freshmen candidates
have shown great ability as punters'
and their value to the squad is very
great, as the best punters Stanford has
had for the past few years have not
returned to college.
The first work on the new bleachers
for the Stanford athletic field was. be-
gun this week, and will be continued
with great rapidity. The contract calls
for the completion of the structure by
October 81. The grading of the field
was completed September 1, and the
concrete foundation of the bleachers is
already completed.
$4,000 for Athletic Field
The training house fund, which will
be devoted to the building of the
athletic field, has reached $4,000. This
fund has been accumulating for six
years, and is made up Of 10 per cent
of the gross receipts of football games
during these years, together with the
annual student body assessment and
popular subscription. This money will
not be sufficient to completely equip
the field, as the total cost will exceed
$50, 900. The remaining amount will be
borrowed and paid off in yearly INSTALL
ments.
Jiu 1itsu will be incorporated this
year in the courses of the university
gymnasium. Mr. Katakura and Mr..
zlzuki, two Japanese students who
have recently entered the university,
have been appointed as instructors in
the gymnasium and will conduct
courses in jiu jitsu and teach various
other forms of Japanese athletics.
In addition to these courses the Japs
will teach the more advanced classes
the fine points of Japanese tumbling,
wrestling and physical development.
Zuzuki has been in this country but a
short time and Is a retired soldier of
the Japanese army. Before serving his
term as a soldier he graduated from
the University of Toxic, where he be-
came proficient in the art of self-de-
fence. Katakura came to Stanford a
year ago and is well known as clever
wrestler. These courses are only open
to those who have had at least two
years of gymnasium work.
Fencing Is Taught
The gymnasium is giving for the first
time a regular course in fencing. This
work is under the direction of ]. L.
Choate of Los Angeles. The more ad-
vanced students in this department of
sport are members of the fencing club,
Foil and Mask, of which Instructor
Choate is president. The club has been
materially strengthened by the addl-
ton of a student from the University
of Paris, who handles the foil very
cleverly. and will take charge of one OF
the gymnasium classes in fencing.
H. A. Moran, the first Stanford man
to receive a Rhodes scholarship, left
Monday for England. He will go from
Liverpool directly to oxford where his
college work will commence the last
Of September. Moran is the third Cali,
fornia now holding a scholarship al
Oxford.
G.. e. Dole of Riverside has beer
elected vice president of the Stanford
Tennis club. G. A. Hodge of San Diego
was reelected varsity captain.
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