The San Francisco call., 1906-11-10

Gold gridiron. and Cardinal hopes are
high tonight.
Stanford's picked team IS not suffer-
ing from the much dreaded spirit OF
overconfdence which has defeated more
teams than the effectiveness Of their
opponents. The Stanford boys will en-
ter the game tomorrow fully under
standing the difficulty of the task be-
fore them. They are to compete against
a heavier aggregation. and will not be
called upon to use all of their vitality
to carry Off the honors. Stanford. to
be sure. has more vets" on the team,
but they are vets" of the old game,
not Rugby. Veterans OF the American
game are not a great deal better at
the Rugby sport than novices. The old
varsity men possess, however. the cool
ness of head acquired by experience
TEAM is NOT oyERCoNFIDENT.
IT wish to warn you against the un-
certainty OF comparative scores. said
Coach flanagan at the final sendon to
his proteges, and this has been the cry
ever since the cardinal turned the ta-
bles on all of its opponents in the prac-
tice matches in style. Rugby is too
uncertain a game" continued the
coach, for even the rooters Of the car
dinal TO back to any extent. Be eley
is scared at the outlook and I do not
want Stanford TO lose control OF the
situation by getting the big head"
Much will depend upon the 6condition
of the stadium. II the ground is rough
the feet-footed lads OF Stanford will
be handicapped considerably. Stanford.
however, will not rely on the condi-
tion of the footing tomorrow, but VIII
play from the word go. Stanford has
this year team which has as much
fighting spirit as any aggregation that
ever wore the colors of the university.
MOULTON PREDICTS VICTORY.
Many things will determine the fnal
outcome tomorrow. and the Stanford
the margin Of advantage is possessed
by the cardinal Speed. endurance.
scoring ability and lighting spirit. as
well as spirit of unselhshness. are
needed for a successful Rugby team.
and Stanford boasts of most OF these.
At the point of speed Stanford has
the fastest aggregation that Dad"
Moulton, the veteran trainer, IN all of
his experience as trainer of colleges,
has ever seen together. why, il those
fellows at Berkeley can turn out
better and faster team than this bunch
of men, says MouIton. then this is
the greatest State in the Union for
runners. I have never seen so many
good runners together They are all
Mercuries.
The speedy Holman has no equal on
the field save Stanton of Berkeley. and
the other cardinal backs are close to
Holman's class. being track. baseball
and basket ball as well as football
stars
Weight Is in favor OF Berkeley. but
1t is largely confined 70 the forwards.
The blue and gold serum has a repu-
tation which marks il dangerous. but
the cardinal bunch will have the jump
and II the Berkeley men beat the
sturdy pony" forwards of Stanford
they will have to eclipse chain light
ming Stanford's backs form the strong
point Of the cardinal lineup. This fac
tor gives to the Stanford team the
scoring ability which il has shown
conspicuously IN all Of the practice
matches. The blue and gold men have
not shown exceptional ability as scor-
ers. but are strong on the defensive.
Dad" Mou1ton as a trainer has the