The San Francisco call., 1906-09-20
Students Declare New
Style Has Come to
Remain.

BERKELEY. Sept. 19-Rugby re-
ceived its first introduction to the uni
versity students and faculty today, so
far as student participation in the
sport in concerned. Fifteen chosen
seniors and a like number of Juniors
played a game of the new sort that
the authorities have prescribed for the
collegians during the next two years.
The interest shown in the sport
cheered the university powers. They
saw in the packed bleachers and cheer
ing rooters" abundant evidence to
disprove tho talk of apathy" regard
ing the new sport on the campus. Two
thousand students, men and women,
sat for ninety minutes while Coach
Taylor put his men through sthe tricks
of Rugby football. and nothing but ap-
proval of the spectacle was heard.
Rugby has caught on, and has come
to stay, If the evidence of this after
noon is to be taken at its face value.
The juniors and seniors proved to be
even in the matter of skillsat Rugby.
Neither side was able to score. The
ball was passed dangerously close to
both goals during the hour of play,
but the surging, swaying mass of
players always managed to carry the
pigskin, to kick or pass 1t out of
danger Throughout these maneuyers
the spectators got a chance to see a
fairly good exhibition of Rugby.
The men naturally were awkward.
They have had to unlearn much that
they had been taught OF the old game,
besides acquiring the art of the new
sport. They have had but a few weeks
TO do that, and rough edges accordingly
were frequently seen.
The possibilities of the game were
apparent to the crowd. and that was
enough. The team work required was
in evidence. The men played with
vim and showed that the old loyalty to
California is likely to win for the
blue and gold new laurels at Rugby
when Stanford Is encountered at test
OF the Rugby game In November
Cal Haffey, the big center OF last
years team, captain of the seniors, to-
day said after the game:
This game is no childs play, It's
rough enough for the toughest and it
takes splendid wind and limb to make
good couldn't b. more tired IL /
had gone through an hour of the old
style game"
Little Whitman, quarterback last
year, played with vigor enough today
TO have the jersey torn from his back,
SO that he had TO exchange garments
with substitute on the side lines.
Sam Stow, captain of the juniors, de-
ciared the sport to be magnificent
by dozen other football stars, the
casual looker-on had no difficulty in
guessing what is to be the fate of
Rugby at California.
Coach Taylor expressed himself as
well pleased with the showing of his
pFoteges. He has two months more to
drill the men
The lineup:
Juniors Forwards, w. X. Fuller, j.
Barnicott, f. M. Twitchell, III. Budfe-
man. 7, Hook. E. Stow, ID. Amith, N.
harris; backs, C. Stokes. L. d. Graham.
!. y Ball. r. Sorenson. E. Dyer J. E.
ostrander (three-quarters). r. Butler
tfull back
seniors-Fo Forwards, c. H. Haffey
.capt.l. G. c. Jones, r. II: Chubb, A. B.
Mckillican, L. Evans. c. L. Dimmler.
y. + Dickson, C. ". Craig, T. T wat
erman and r. N Foster; backs, OF.
Lowell. r. L. Button, W. c. Davis c.
cameron, cameron, Q. H Friedlander. J. c.
" whitman, r. Campbell, A. G. Soares,
Lasater, p. S. Haury, C. B. Howe, M.
2. Mitzrnain and J. A. Nutting.