The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-10-30

links Planned for the
Vancouver Team
Stanford Undergraduates VIII
Entertain Visiting Rugby
Players

STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Oct. 2s.-
A big jolly up and jinks is planned by
the Stanford undergraduates for the
members of the Vancouver Rugby team
when they arrive in the camp of the
cardinals. At a special meeting of the
student body executive committee five
upper class men were appointed TO
make preparations for the affair The
jinks will be held in the big clubroom
OF Encina hall and Will be participated
In by all the men of the university. a
similar function was rendered the
northerners last year and was enjoyed
by them. The Vancouver team Will ar
rive here the first OF next week and
viii be quartered at the various fra
ternity houses and dormitOrleS. The
visitors will be given every opportunity
to mfngle in the local college COM
munity. Coach Presley and Captain
Crawford have approved of the plans
of the executive committee and a rous-
ing reception is expected.
field day to be participated in By
the women athletes of stanford univer-
sity is the proposition which has been
recently advanced at d meeting of the
executive board of the women's ath-
letic association. The date of the at
fair has not been set, but it will be held
this semester on the fields back of the
Roble gymnasium. The sports will not
resemble the events OF held day OF
1
the nature of a contest of the various
class teams In hockey, basket ball
cricket, tennis, with perhaps few
races and weight putting contests
Field days are held as an annual thing
at the University Of California and al
the, big eastern universities for womer
and it is expected a similar practice
will be inaugurated here.
The Stanford varsity Rugby team, to-
gether with the coaches and Trainer
/ Mnnlf0n q
Berkeley yesterday between the Uni
verSity of California and the Vancouver
fifteen and We're much impressed by the
! style of ball played. That the Berke-
| ley men are far more formidable thar
I comparative scores would indicate is
the expressed opinion of all of the bis
Tense work of the blue and gold for
wards and back field especially i'm.
| pressed the cardinal players. Coacf
Presley, in discussing the game, speak
very highly of the style of play of thu
! Vancouver men, but does not care e
comment on the play of the rivals Th'
! comparative scores of the NancouVel
game will probably tell much, in spite
| of the fact that the Barbarian anC
| Olympic club matches have failed L
show the true merits of the respective
varsities;; Stanford meets the van an
couver players next Wednesday for tn
! first time and at this game the Berke
| ley men will be present TO gather dat;
on the Stanford men.
| Sweaters have been granted to all o
the freshmen who played in the inter
| collegiate game against the blue ant
gold babies two weeks ago and toda.
the players met and decided to adop
the same kind of sweaters as forme
teams ordered. The men who will re
ceive the sweaters with the 191
numerals are; F.. B. Corbett, {
! bard, j. w DOran. c. L. Rodgers, A.
King. J. A Macready, z. E. Erb. c.
Whitney, T. Sanborn, A NJ. Sanborn. L
r. Kennedy. A. L. Sundell, E. T. Brow
and E. Everett.