The San Francisco call., 1908-10-18

While they offered their scDureSt de-
Iense the blue and gold players brushed
p ASIDE Ike 50 many reeds and IA n
HD~l5 points. -
-FOUR thousand persons saw the con-
tes- The Gay was perfect. the field
iasl and the players buoyed TO & high
pltch- Shortly before the game the
university band marched across the
neld and took seats in the center OF
the yell section. This was signal for
wild outburst Of applause from the
tsllrornia adhereuts and milder one
from the Stanford rooters.
stanford's rooters We're finely trained
I'd In fire voice The sad feature was
tler they didn't have much to root for.
AT z-5O G small echo OF applause
roke from the north side of the field.
IT. heralued the coming Of the blue and
gold players. Then q thin line Of ath-
.rLes, led BY Captain Elliott, emerged
from lhe dressing room. As soon as
1re California babies appeared on the
neld they met with reception that
must have warmed their hearts. The
pend began playing college tunes, the
yell section toned up and gave them q
-oud and vimful Osh WOW.
The stanford warriors. closely fol-
lowed California They did not appear
8 wei Imbel. as confident as full of
ginger or as natty as the blue and gold
one Uspful little Miss. with the big
Sest chrysanthemum that ever knew
PLAYERS lined up: Condition Will tell
Very likely this blue eyed. chrysanthe-
mpm hidden little miss didn't know she
vas prophecies. but she was, as sub
seuuent happenings verified.
TO the student OF condition Califor-
uia looked far filter than its rivals.
T mere was confidence on every face.
Esch .oung giant seemed TO think that
the burden Of Atlas, so far z s the game
yves concerned. was on his shoulders.
Referee Lefertg sent them at their
ask soon after they appeared on the
rield- when they lined up the rooters
California singled FHnnEfF and
Elliott and few more of the stars.
Bennett stood high above his fellows
shoulders door wide. He was z great
son OF Anak. very berserk among his
fcilows, and his subsequent playing
showed that at least in his case looks
were not deceiTing.
Captain Erb easily proved the star Of
she STANFORD team His kicking was
clean and accurate and wei timed. his
interference good and there was : dash
and snap about his play that stamped
hin IN artist Of Rugby.
4 Before the game Stanford s yell sec
on inplored its babies 10 give Cali
,roken the handle OF that az, for II
vas q useless weapon even as figure
T6e cardinal babies won the toss and
chose the western goal The playing
was even for about 10 minutes, when
Fullback Brown Was Knocked out in a
rush stanford kept right on. however,
ard held California safe After about
The lire for Try. Harris kicked from
a different angie and failed to score.
when The team lined Up again stan
lloyd took the play away from Calitor-
MA and weQt on the aggressive, ano
nVa minutes after California had
scored stanford eNened II up by scoring
= frv Rogers kicked goal
As soon as Stanford took the lead
The dghling spirit Of the blue. and gold
zane TO tie fore. and they simply be-
szan 10 plow thro1sh the stanford line
~ was an irres tistible onslaught. and
hefore The half closed California scored
mother trN. Wheeler carrying the oafl
II the close Of lhe slrst haif Cali
fcrria looked "a winner All over
stanford opened the second half
Rogers kicking of The cardinal
babies showed Improvement for about
10 minutes IN lhis half. and then they
seemed Ia sllap in unison. and Calffor-
mia scored q try. Rarhborn carrying the
ball over Evans kicked goal After
scoring this goal and try, California
sin,plv swept Stanford of Is 4e1t an
. scored TWO more goals ard tries
Tie cardinal men were guilty OF q
deal Of fumbling during the game, and
this IN no small measure accounted for
their defeat by California
when tlle lnai whistle blew the Cali
f9fuia roOters climbed down out Of the
stUnd and did Serpentlne on sacred
stanford ground. but the Stanford I'D
herents made a good show Of temper.
and are now waiting for the big varsity
match 10 be even win California fof
fAat blue and gold serpentine yester-