The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
Exciting: Not
Football Schedule Athletes Win Dublin and Paris
Faculty Benches Big
Babe Crawford
Other Rugby Veterans at .Sfan-
ford viii Not Be Allowed
to Play on Team

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Aug. L.
With the return of numbers of stu
dents to the Stanford campus and the
approach of a new semester, the abb
sorbing football issue has bobbed to
the front as regular as clockwork.
When undergraduates meet the topic
of conversation hinges on the probable
ity of inustering-a team out of the
shorn ranks of the veteran players of
last year.
AT the outset. and for the first time
in four years, the cardinal squad will
be forced to gather without a cap
tain. big Babe" Crawford, the husk-
lest forward of the pack, who was
picked TO lead the 15. has been placed
on the bench by the faculty and can
not play In any intercollegiate game.
This in itself is a decided blow to the
team, but the big captain is not alone
on the side lines, as several other
veterans have been placed out of the
running by the faculty committees.
OF the varsity of last year many
We're slated to return. In the pack 1t
was deemed highly probable at the
close of last years season that Wing
Forwards Mayors. Miller. Pemberton,
Crawford. Minturn and Reynolds would
return. Captain Koerner and Rhyme.
the front rank men, were not sched-
uled TO be back and 1T is not likely
that they will register again. OF the
other men it is now uncertain how
many will don suits. Mayors, Miller,
Pemberton and Reynolds are eligible,
but 1t is stated that Miller will not re-
turn to college and that Pemberton
will not in all probability sign up.
The prospects in the back field are
more encouraging than those of the
pack. The fifteen will, however, be
without a good kicker. as Kenny Fen
pleted his four years of active compe-
tition and, according to the intercol-
legiate ruling. is no longer eligible.
Fenton was known as the best man at
his position on the coast. His clever
booting of the ball, whether from
place" or in pinch, together with
his agility in passing the leather from
the serum, won him the admiration of
rugby experts from all quarters. Fen
ton this year Will take part only as an
assistant coach to Presley and Lana
gan.
In addition to the loss of Fenton,
it is said the kicking department will
not have the services of either Cad
walader or Brown, the two fullbacks
who played. Calwalader is not certain
whether he will return to the univer-
sity. while Brown has not been heard
from.
At the position of fves the lineup
will be intact. Ganong and Mitchell
are practically sure TO be in their
places and will do much to promote
the rhythmic passing OF the backs,
which was a feature last year and
largely responsible for the cardinal
victory over the blue and gold.
Back of Mitchell and Ganong Hol-
man and Owen will be on deck as wings,
while Vandervoort, the speedy center,
should return to fill his position again.
The loss of the old players has been
Offset by the fact that James F. Lana
gan. who has coached for the last five
years, will again serve in an advisory
position, together with Head Coach
George Presley and Fenton flanagan
methods and tactics have become fix
ture at Stanford and the continuance
of them, it is believed, will bring an
other successful year to the cardinal.
J. E. Stewart, the new student body
treasurer and manager, has compiled
the schedule OF games for the season.
The Barbarians OF San Francisco and
the Olympic club figure largely in the
makeup of the seasons activity.