The San Francisco call., 1909-11-22
st. Mary's Has
! Shade Best OF
Santa CIarans
TOufed 10 Win Big ThanksgiV-
ing Contest From the Prune
PickerS by Narrow Margin
By WILLIAM UNMACK

thursday afternoon viii witness a
renewal Of hostilities on the football
field between the two great Catholic
colleges Of this state. For more than
a half score years there has not been
football game played between the
teams representing st. Mary's college
OF Oakland and Santa clara college. It
is rather Song story why these games
were discontinued. but now that mat
ters have assumed placid air between
The Two colleges from an athletic
standpoint the public looks forward
with pleasure TO the meeting of these
teams that years ago was second in
Importance only to the game between
The two great universities, California
and Stanford.
Judged from the performances Of the
Two teams during the last season, 1
notice that both colleges broke about
even when playing the Stanford
freshmen. Each team lost both its
games against the cardinal babies.
Santa Clara lost the first game by 10
% and the second by p 10 0. Playing
against the same team. St Marys lost
The hrst by % 10 and the second by
s 20 @. From these games, therefore.
ilere Us not much TO choose between
rle two teams
Santa Clara PLAYED only one game
against the California freshmen and
won ID bY IS TO @. ST. Mary's plaved two
games against the same team winning
The second by 3 points TO and losing
tne hrst by l5 points TO g. This, again,
ust be considered very even going,
and on the games played against the
Two university freshmen teams neither
tatlollc college can claim much Of an
advautage over the other. If any
thing. santa Clara has just a shade the
best or the argument IN these games.
but ID is just a shade.
Against the University OF the Pacific
Doln co4eges Won their respective
games Santa Clara defeated the San
Jose college by Il points 10 3. while St.
Nary ran up score OF Is TO 5. In
lnese games ST. Mary's shows up TO
better advantage.
In the games played against the Reli-
Euce club St Mary s just played Skit-
Ties with the Oaklanders and beat them
80 10 o. Santa Clara defeated the Reli-
ance men, u 10 o. OF these games,
am Of the opinion that Reliance placed
a better team IN the field againSt Santa
Clara than was played against the st.
Marys team. and on this showing.
therefore, the advantage of St. Mary ;
Is nOt 50 great as the respective scores
would indicate.
The games mentioned 2 bove are the
only Ones that any idea q 5 to the merits
Of the TWO teams can be framed UP
from At any rate, ] do not believe in
scores by teams against the same op-
ponents as q sure rule for gauging the
ability Of two football teams. The fal-
lacy Of this mode Of reckoning was
Tudely ava kened in the StanfOrd-Cal-
1fOrnla game. Stanford. on paper. had
al the best Of the argument, and TO
those who took this form of deciding
the winner could see nothing else but
Stanford, stanford. Stanford
Ia regard 10 Thursdays game, the
outlook is more complex to me than
was the California Stanford game. II
was an easy matter TO pick that winner,
but the winner Of the ST. Mary Santa
Clara game looks harder. suppose
those who go on comparative scores
look them over for minute, and by
that il viii be noticed there is prac-
tically little difference in the two
teams. That, then, naturally insures
30 TIE dopesters stop TO consider
-lat ia q number Of the games played
Hv santa Clara their coach, who is
gible 10 play against other teams
81 number Of these preliminary games ,
Mckenzie playing on the Santa cara
college three-quarter line mas made
big difference both in attack and de
Tense Now take this player out OF his
position and the men do not display the
same fight and ability 10 open up the
game as when he is in. On Thursday
this viii make a big difference IN the
team work Of the Santa Clara team. NJ C
kenzie has been the pivot OF most OF
the back play by the Santa cara boys.
The St Mary's team has the adNan-
faEe Of weight. which, II the game Is
10 be d forward one, might be bad tor
the santa Clarans- However, stanford
forwards had the best OF tne WeieHl
argument against California and yet
the latter won. 50 on this theory there
is hone for the Prune boys st Mary s
has another asset that must be taken
irfo consideration and that is the
coaching. In ". J. Howe the Oakland
team has one Of the finest Rugby
coaches that ever demonstrated the
era~7e in any part Of the world.
Leaving the coaching question aside,
Il looks 10 me as If St Mary's has a
slight advantage and they should just
sbout win. II St. Mary's wins / do not
look for very big margin, as the
leans are. TO an appearances, very
evenly balanced.