The San Francisco call., 1909-09-12

- AzS The incident sim
ply sent the spec
WILLIAM UFHACK tators into convul-
sions of laughter.
silent is giant in every sense-tan
broad shouldered- broad elsewhere and
with a superabunCsnce of avoirdupoiS
that must certainly be reduced before
le is in Al condition. His weight must
ne every bit Of 100 pounds more than
Gait OF the Barbarians.
Gait Is an aEera ged sized man and
well built, but when UP against Silent
in the last game he looked insiEnifi-
cant The cause Of the meeting was as
follows. The freshmen had kicked the
ball down 10 the Barbarian fuIlback.
The latter took II neatly and got his
kick away. A second later Silent, who
had been following up the kick. came
ID with Gait. gave him his hip and
down the two Went That is where the
laugh came in and though humorous
10 the extent that il brought forth a
hearty laugh from all on the ground.
players included. Yet Silent's action in
Dumping player not IN possession of
tnc ball was positively illegal. and Ref
cree Lsfferty would have been perfectly
justified in penalizing the offending
PLAYER. Again. had il come down to a
have been justified in ordering the
PLAYER of the field for foul play" 1t
Is possible that Silent had no knowl-
edge Of the serious breach he was COM
hitting By humping Gait the way he
did II was impossible for the latter
20 get out Of the way. as he was bal
had plenty of room and time TO swerve-
When two players are running for"
ffe ball the rules allow them TO Shoui-
der" but they are not allowed to use
thetr hands on one another TO get the
hall
In encouraging the high school boys
10 take part in Rugby games with
them the Olympic and Barbarian CLUBS
boys in the game, but are doing the
Rugby code 4 great deal OF good On
The high school Rugby material the
future OF the game rests Both the
universities depend TO great extent
On the high school boys entering these
Institutions TO materially strengthen
the football teams. In the iutercoIle-
eisre game il is always said that while
bovs 80 10 the universities with big
repura3ions on the gridiron from their
schools the university coaches are al
WAYS Handicapped with these men, as
thev have TO be retaught the game
Again. most OF the school heroes Iatt
70 ma ke good their reps when In the
. uriVe rsities- With Rugby. these condf-
lions will exist 10 certain extent, but
II boy has had two or three years
kuzbV experience in school the game
xiii not have 70 be retaught him. He
VIII get the fundamental principles or
Rugby at his school and these are the
- me as At the universities. he viii
also. provided the coach is an expert
euced Rugby man, learn a numpef OF
the fine points at school, but 1t viii
be when he goes 10 the university ana
PLAYS among the best Rugby talent
viii he thoroughly developed.
man might play Rugby in this
state for the first time. After sucn eN-
perience this man viii consider HIM
self eligible 10 coach a team al the
Rugby code. No greater mistake could
ever ne made Even men who have
PLAYED the game all their lives are no.
= II competent TO coach To be GOOD
coach 4 man has to have a way of inn
psrtfng his knowledge that VIII be
thoroughly and readily understood by
T~r- rf-s,r In n
r.isved Rugby until recently He might
be just the man TO properly impart his
knowledge TO q team. but stll he VIII
mo- make competent coach. Up to
re point of showing q team what he
has learned this man viii do well on
certain points In serum formations. a
they should be. however he viii utter
lv fail. Certainly he viii have a serum
formed after his style, but put II UP
against a well formed pack thoroughly
versed IN the tricks as taught by
and the first pack viii utterly fail
again 4 coach of few years expert
ence does not know one-tenth of the
game He has his book of rules, prob
ably knows them verbatim. but even
rhen he does not know Rugby as it
II is experience that the high schools
need now, and the Barbarians and
Oiympics are setting a splendid exam
pie in having the boys play with their
teams whenever possible
There are lots of little tricks that
no rule books can teach, lots of little
ways of getting out OF tight corners
that are never seen in Rugby games
here
Many Of the Barbarians are Rugby
ties Of lifelong experience Not all of
Them are stars or given TO brilliancy.
but they are plodders and II you watch
these men on many occasions the spec
rstor will notice one or the other OF
them do something that none OF the
opposing team ever thinks of doing.
Sometimes you hear some one near you
ask. Why did he do thatg The an
swer is not hard TO find The one word,
experience, should suffice
Referee Howe's act in Thursdays
game in ordering Elliot off the field
for questioning a decision was. com
mendable- The failure to maintain dis
cipline on the field has encouraged an
attitude on the part of the players
which has resulted in making the lot
Of the referee anything but happy
one. The matter viii have further
discussion at the meeting of the ref
erees' union Wednesday night The
abuse hesped upon referees has be-
come so common that many well quali-
fed men have declined to further par
uEipate in local games.
The California varsity team played
good football last Thursday, but they
could considerably strengthen both at
tack and defense by moving one or two
men around Both Dwfggins and Cert
are out Of their element in the posi-
tions they now occupy. At fu1Iback
Dwfggfns is thrown away. He makes
Tor man OF such resourcefuiness and
given 10 such brilliant work in the
open. he may as well be stranded in
the Sahara as played at fulIback. Had
Dwlgglns been at halfback CHS old po-
sItionl last week there would probably
have been bigger score on the blue
and gold end Of the ledger As half
back Dwiggins has no peer at present
Cerf was not at home in the serum
half position Were he and Dwiggins
hanged around the defense and atfacIS
would be strengthened many times.
The other positions are well taken care
~ and with little more coaching
the blue and gold will wipe the floor
sta any Of the teams hereabonts
Nevada university played their first
game last Thursday against a local ciub
i. III Reno and won handIIy. The team is
making good progress in the game and
: Coach Mayers is teaching the men
number Of new points
Charley Badger weI known as an
athletic trainer IN Nevada has been
re-engsged 10 train the team Next SAT-
urdsy the Nevada team viii play with
team from the University of the pa
vffc. which VIII Iesve for Reno on
Friday and they will meet the local
urfverxffE the neW STADIUM,