The San Francisco call., 1908-11-08
Building Trades Take
all the Glory
After Defeating Independent
Football Team They Remain
All Week i'm Calcium
By Bob Shand

If there has been any part of the
calcium not utilized by the Building
Trades association football team it has
not been visible to the naked eye any
time during the last week There has
not been the ghost of chance for any
thing but a builder to crush into the
glow and it is about the biggest corner
in fame manipulated here in long
time. 1t will be remembered that the
Independents took an awful fall out
of the ThiStleS a couple of weeks ago
and after doing that corralled nice
assignment of new players and went
forth TO slaughter the erstwhile Poor
Boobs, the Builders. The BoobS duly
appeared at the appointed time last
Sunday. but they baked at the last
minute and refused to be slaughtered.
All the powers of persuasion brought
to bear upon them by the silver
tongued Indies had no effect and al
though Tommy Fay pleaded with the
carpenters and plumbers. pleaded with
them to act like gentlemen and just
come on and get licked like a lot of
heroes, there was absolutely nothing
doing. Instead the Builders took
couple of reefs in their pants. rolled
up their sleeves and went after the
big end of the score with vim and
determination that carried the Indies
off their feet and made the old timers
look like SO many truck horses. When
the smoke had cleared away the Inde--
pendents had the lovelieSt little lemon
in their possession and the men who
build things were trying to keep from
laughing out loud, each little Builder
claiming to have sore lip.
SHY AT BUILDINGS
And that is the reason that the men
who play In the Indies have lately de-
ings in course of construction. Jimmy
Anderson has been known TO make a
detonr of four blocks to avoid a new
building and Tommy Fay declared that
wi 1arl ha a G n a ha =,
the merry "ha ha" dropped on him
from every story. Next time the
Indies will be a little more careful.
A number of young men, who looked
physically able to play most any game
banded together last Sunday and mas
querading as a football team got some
gate money under false pretenSeS. The
Scotias sed-to be. a good team and
there used to he some men on kthe
eleven who knew quite lttleS bit
about the finer points Of the game. but
around Freeman's park last Sunday
possessed neither ability agility or
anything else that goes to make up
football team. When jokes like Boden
are rescued from the scrap heap and
imposed an unsuspecting public as
live ones it is time to call halt and
the game Allowing team like
that presented to the spectators at
Oakland last week to continue to ap-
end will do the game incalculable
harm.
HORNETS PLAY GOOD GAME>
The Hornets put up good game
against the Burns, and both sides were
satisfied to let it go at draw. The
Insects have had more than their share
of hard luck this year, and the team
is all shot to pieces now. McRitchie.
goal keeper and captain, had an eye
closed two weeks ago, and last Sun
day had a few fingers smashed, which
will keep him out of the game for the
rest of the season. Then little Sharpe,
the Rugby player and outside right for
the Hornets, had some ribs smashed in
the same game, and will be on the shelf
all winter. Added to this some of the
recruits are not showing the form ex-
pected of them. and it is only the work
of the veterans that gathers a point
for the club once in a while.
The Vampires and Thistles had
strenuous time at Alameda. and there
continued in the dressing room after
the game and that some Of the officials
were roughly handled. Anyhow, there
were a few badly marked maps when
the festivities in the pavilion were fin
ished, and lot of hard feelings were
carried away from the grounds. Johnny
Croll saw the hard feelings being taken
away. but said he didn't care so long
as they left the wheelbarrow The
game was a, good one, and the result
was Was fair reflex OF the play The
in the first half. but in the final period
the vamps put it all over the Scotties
and played them to a standstill The
Thistles and Rovers will provide the
best contest today. Here are the teams
for today's games:
Observation-Disclosures, Gore, Kay, Townes. W
Jackson. f. jackson, Shanks Duncanson, GRAY.
Nichol and Scott.
Building Trades--J Smith. Dewnr, Mckinley.
Orr, Brown, Spence, Haig, r. Smith, Carsweil
Bremner and Hamilton
MISUNDERSTANDING. Kirvin Soutar Tier
ney. Anderson, Lydon, Smith, Donohue, T. FAY.
Airey and Highett
Albion Royers-Marra. Selkirk. Anderson Me-
Kiernon, Mzen McIntry, Walters, Marshall
Aitken, Pike and Balmain.
Scotias-Wiiliamson Sommervile. Bddick,
Wardlaw, Hamilton and Armor.
Robert Burns-Buchanan, Sharp. Black
Young Doig, Brown, Grant, Munroe, Harris
Welsh and Jackman.
i. Hornets-Rolfe, waeber Lynch. Williams.
Glarner. Massey, Buckingham, Thorpe, Elliot,
Sweeney and Lees.