The San Francisco call., 1909-10-28

10 the team at all. In tnlS respect u
During the first ) minutes 1T looked as
If California was going to have the
hardest game il had played this year.
The northerners showed exceptional
class during this period, particularly
in passing among the backs, but only
for the opening minutes did this hne
combination last.
Some of their rushes during this pc
riod had the California Arooters In
cold sweat, and time and again the
crowd OF fully 1000 people came to its
feet as If touched by an electric shock,
to applaud the fine display of the Wis
itors In the second half the Cana :
dians had lost all their vim and Cali
fornia scored almost at Will. Al times
the defense of the visitors checked the
onward march of the blue and gold, but
the California boys came back to the
attack time after time, and their at
tack was Irresistible. 1t was a triumph
for the California team, and their
play as compared with that of the same
game last year stands out far superior
and shows vast strides In the game:
As for the Canadian exhibition, ] am OF
the opinion that on its play yesterd,ay.
as a team, it Is the weakest tnat mas
ever been sent here.
There was a tremendous amount OF
knocking on by both sides and fumbllng
was at times prevalent. Ine scruths
were splendidly packed. but from the
by both sides in putting the ball IN
the serum.
Manager MacGehean after the game
expressed himself that the best team
won and. in fact. they put it all over
US. I am satisfied that the referee did
his best and under the circumstances
we are satisfied. The best team won
and we have no excuses to offer. On
Saturday we expect TO put up mucn
better game"
For California every man OF the Is
played splendidly. Dwiggins was in
class by himself At all times he got
his kick away and on many occasions
found touch well down in the oppo-
nents' danger zone. Elliott and Allen
five-eighth. Captain Cert was at all
times in the game and showed UP we'll
at half OF the forwards Jordan was
in the game all the time: and / nave @
always on the ball and his following
up and work on the line were COM
mendable Phleger and Carpenter at
all times stood out prominently. A
man who showed up head and shoul-
ders above his mates was Graft. the
freshman, and he played as good a
game as any of the men on either
For Vancouver Pickles at fullback,
while he had a good kick, was rather
slow in getting the ball away The
team was unfortunate IN losing !ne
early in the week and the three quarter
line was consequently weakened. Byrne
at halfback played a really good game,
California men were too quick for him
and he could not get his pass away
to his backs the few times his serum
did send the ball to him. levitt and
wards and the loss of Mofftt in the
first half was a bad blow for the pack.
Up to the time he was hurt Moffitt
played a brilliant game. On the line
out the Canadians used a good amount
of strategy but toward the end they
tired and their line work tagged.
THE PLAY
Mof1tt kicked off for Vancouver and
Cert returned to touch. Thrown in and
the ball was passed TO Evans, who
kicked down the field. Play settled
down in neutral territory and then
the Vancouver forwards asserted them
selves and took the play into Califor-
MIA territory. A splendid passing rush
among the Vancouver backs was
spoiled by a knock on and a serum
formed right on the California line
The Canadians made no mistake about
heeling the ball out and Captain Byrne
scored a clever try. The kick at goal
failed. Vancouver 3, California o.
From the drop out the ball was re-
turned. and Ellis. Mcmillan and Nc
1t was a splendid run and took the ball
once more into California ground.
Vancouver again pressed and Califor-
MIA was forced to save. California
play to Vancouver territory. A return
of punts between Dwiggins and
Pickles resulted in Graff marking.
Loose play followed and California
took up the attack, but Pickles came
10 the rescue with a well placed kick.
From the throw in the ball was kept
in Vancouver ground. and Allen inter
cepted and did a good run right to the
line, where he was downed. and he
passed wild. the ball going out OF
touch once more. Play seesawed
across the field and Elliott got away,
was tackled near the Vancouver line
and passed off the ground TO Allen who
scored. The goal was not converted.
California 3, Vancouver 3.
Loose play followed the drop out