The San Francisco call., 1908-11-29

All the Thistles have to do now to
win the league championship is to
keep up their present gait. The Scot
ties have certainly struck their stride
and at the present time are playing a
splendid article of football. Last week
at Freemans park they made the
strong going San F'ranciscoS look like
lot of selling platers, and in the
the Scotch lads put up another classy
article of the round ball game ana
took the Rovers into camp, to l.
The secret of the Thistles' present
which prevails in the club. Every
player is a very particular friend OF
all the other players and the team
generally meets every evening in the
week and talks things over.
The race for the bunting at present
/ looks like a contest between the YAM
pires and Thistles, with the Albion
RoverS a dangerous contender Two
weeks ago the chances of the Oakland
team winning the race were excep-
tionally bright, but several things
have happened since to dampen the
hopes of the Rovers admirers.
PLAYERS INJURED
In the game at San Mateo two
weeks ago Pike, the clever inside left
of the team, had the misfortune to
wrench his knee and will not be seen
with the Thistles, Thanksgiving, Ait
ken, the best football player on the
team, had his right arm broken and
will not play again this year. With
ii would seem as though the Rovers
We're out of the race. Jesse Moore,
however, is of the persevering kind
and states that, although the team
Will not be as strong as hitherto, he
has secured some substitutes for the
injured men and with a reorganized
forward line expects to make hard
fight for the championship.
The chances of the vampires COM
ing out on top have been increased by
the arrival of Middleton. This player
Vamps' defense last season and was
rated as one of the best defenders on
the coast. He has been in Canada
since the opening of the present sea-
to the rescue of his old team. 1t is
not known yet who Will be left out
to make room for Middleton. The
present defense is all to the good and
range the team and drop one OF the
forwards in favor of halfback and
then place Middleton in the middle
division The Vamps have been ex-
tremelv lucky this season, none of
their players having been injured, and
the hopes of the Alameda teams sup
porters are high.
The Burns accomplished very
creditable performance last Sunday IN
drawing with the Albion Rovers at San
Mateo The Rovers went TO the little
town confident Of victory. ovv aoWever, y ~
them, and the Burns are to be con-
graduated on their pluclxy hght. Inc
Scotch team has number or clever
PLAYERS and all that is wanted to make
champion team is a little practice in
the gentle art of combination. With
this down to a fine point the Burns
would have to be reckoned with.
The Hornets and Scotfas romped over
the Alameda field for the edification of
the Encinal sports and the Hornets had
no trouble in winning by three goals TO
nothing. At that, however, the insects
cot n goal that was not coming to
them. one of the Hornet players de-
liberately listing the bali near goal.
The Scotias would have lost IN any
case. so this goal made no d1nerence
| in the material result. Harry Bird, we'll
known as a member OF the American
British rifle team of SIX years ago,
made a welcome appearance for the
Hornets and played clever game. Ges-
games last season, also turned out for
the first time this year and with little
more practice viii do
sCOTIAs STILL WEAK
The Scotia team is still lamentably
weak and something should be done
! iramsdiately to strengthen the eleven.
IT is no pleasure to watch the Scotias
attempting to play soccer Football and
| the boys ought to realize that them
| selves 1t is not the fault OF the players
| that the team is so weak; they do their
| hest and play a hard game every time
| ont but they have not the ability.
There is trouble brewing between the
Sacramento teams and the association
| the result of the arbitrary action of the
| narant body last season in throwing the
Sacramentos out of the cup competition
on a techntcality.
The Call told at that time there was
] much dissatisfaction in Sacramento
over this matter and that the team
! would withdraw from the association
| Three other teams have been formed
! in the interior city this winter and ths
leaders of the old team have gone out
and preached the gospel of rebellion tc
the Younger teams While the Sacra.
! rnento boys had good reason to kick a
the way they We're treated last year
thev will find that the association thi:
| season is composed of men of a diff
ferent caliber from those who played
| gallery parts in the deliberations o.
! fhe body last season. 1t is more thar
/ likely that a diplomat, such as Freddie
i RirdsalI. will make a trip to the capita
cifv and have a heart to heart talk witt
fhe bows. If Freddie goes it is our one
! hest bet that he convinces the lads Il
come back to the parent body.
The San Francisco team today viii
he. Lewis, Evans. Dewhurst. Siggs
/ Snencer, Perkins, Wills, Jones, Hailes
] Cochrane and Priest. The Build
ing Trades team has been chosen a.
foIfows: Smith w. Dewar, Sommerville
IIaio ReIl Mckinley. De Har Bremner