The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-10-17
SPORT
FIRST RUGBY CAME
TO CALIFORNIA
FRESHMEN LOSE THE
FIRST GAME WITH BERKELEY
BY A SCORE OF TO 0.

Sundays cable report told of the
winning of the Freshman contest pe-
tween the University of California and
Stanford by the Berkeleites. The score
was 3 to which shows that the game
was fought out all along the line. A
Stanford correspondent had the fol-
lowing to say in regard to the prospects
two weeks before the game:
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Septem-
Der 29.-Two weeks from today the
first intercollegiate event Of the season
will take place on Stanford field,
when the baby" teams of the Univer-
sity of California and Stanford will
clash in the first intercollegiate game
of Rugby football ever seen on the
Coast AS is usual at this time of the
year the eyes of the college world are
turning toward the freshmen and the
men of 1910 will hold the center of the
stage from now until the referee blows
the final whistle ending the contest Of
October 18th.
What are the chances for a Cardinal
victory in this initial Rugby game?
That is wha,'s Lothering the heads q
anything else. The Stanford freshme'
are a good bunch. That's a certainty
They are strong and husky, and at the
old game the Cardinal 1910 aggrega-
ton would be a cracker-jack But do
they know enough Rugby or will they
know enough about the English game
to properly handle Dr. Oscar Taylor's
pupils two weeks hence? 1t is the
opinion of the majority of students
here that they will. There is q most
quiet and serene confidence in the
prowess of flanagan and Bansbach,
and it is not doubted for a minute that
the first clash between Blue and Gold
and Cardinal at Rugby will result in
Cardinal victory. And so, with this
spirit permeating the air. the freshmen
Rugby candidates go through their
PAGES at lively rate every afternoon
on Stanford field and a good crowd
turns out daily to cheer them on.
EAGER To LEARN.
The 1910 candidates are decidedly
living up to the confidence placed in
them by the student body. In the first
place they are going at the game with
great spirit. If anything, they are
too eager to learn the game and Lam
agan somtimes has to key them down
But this is a good sign. In action,
they are about as daring and reckless
at anything ever seen on Stanford
field and if grit has anything to do
with the result of the game, the Car
dinal looks like a winner. These
traits the freshmen have exhibited
from the beginning of the season, but
what is most pleasing of all, they are
actually beginning to assimilate tho
principles and points of the new game
and this assimilation is beginning to
show in their play. flanagan has had
the best of the freshmen divided into
two teams, the Reds and the Blacks,
following the same method of pro-
cedure as was followed with the var
sity squad. On Wednesday last, tho
two freshmen squads went against
their varsity namesakes and the
showing they made was excellent. AS
far as the scores would Indicate the
freshmen Reds are a much better or
ganization than the freshmen Blacks,
for the freshmen Reds met defeat at
the hands of the varsity Blacks by
score of 5-3, while the varsity Reds
showed under the freshmen Blacks
$50. But these scores don't give a
fair idea as to the relative merits of
the two freshmen fifteens, for the var
sity Reds are far and away the best
team on the field and on Wednesday
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