Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-20
CARDINAL SQUAD
TO MEET LOCALS
GAME WILL BE HELD ON 0CCI-
DENTAL FIELD
PUBLIC WILL SEE FINER POINTS
OF GAME
castaways Promise to Give Northern-
ers Fastest Rugby of Season.
Stanford Serum Heaviest
on Coast

Arrangements have been completed
by Manager Burbank of the Stanford
Rugby fifteen and Manager Crouch of
the Castaway aggregation for Satur-
days game between Stanford and the
Castaways. The first whistle will blow
at D. m. on Baer field, where the game
will be held. The contest will be the
second attraction of a double-header,
Occidental and the Orange Athletic
club playing the American game at
/ 80 p. m. The Occidental grounds were
selected In favor of Fiesta park largely
on account of the superiority of the
field. Clean end runs and clever pass
Ing cannot be expected on field yards
narrower than the regulation. At Baer
field, however, ample room will be had
for every play.
Burbank Talks
Saturdays game will give the sup
porters of the cardinal a fairly aC-
curate idea Of what to expect when
the team meets Berkeley in the annual
contest. In two halves of the hardest
kind Of play the Castaways held the
Berkeley men down to an even score at
Fiesta park. Should Stanford defeat
the Castaways by an overwhelming
score 1t will send the cardinal on the
field in the Berkeley game strong
favorites Il do not believe that with
our heavy serum and fast backs that
the Castaways will be able to make
much headWay against the boys said
Manager Burbank yesterday in speak
ing of the teams prospects. Our for
wards are the heaviest in the country,
and should the Castaways score at all
Stanford will be surprised. Regarding
the Stanford-Berkeley game every man
will go in to win, and while 1t is too
early to predict the result 1t is safe to
say that it will be no duck soup for the
blue and gold"
Crouch Confident
On the other hand, Manager Crouch
of the Castaways believes that his boys
wifi give Stanford the game of their
lives. and predicts a record-breaking
crowd. Stanford will reach Los An
geles twenty strong Friday morning,
and will practice in the afternoon on
Baer field. This assures the public OF
fresh team to face the Castaways
Saturday afternoon. When Berkeley
played the locals they were partially
used UP by the long journey. All mem
bers, managers and coaches of any of
the high school teams desiring to wit
ness Friday afternoons practice will
be welcome.
Rugby as Played
Since the opening of the football
| season there has been much comment
on the visible superiority of the
American style of play over the English
game To a certain extent this is un-
| deniabIy true. But can high school
teams. some of which are playing
Rugby for the first season, be expected
to excel in clean, open passing plays
| when American football has been
played year after year? VIII the pub
| lie enthusiastically support game
about which it knows little or nothing
and which bears distinctly foreign
| label? To both of these queries the
| answer Is a decided negative. II you
| are q doubter as to the possibilities or
| Rugby go to Baer field Saturday
| afternoon and watch team play which
knows the game. There will be no
| pink tea affair. The game has been
rougher than need be as played among
| the local high schools owing to the
inability of the players to get away
from American tactics. At the best,
| however it requires plenty of nerve,
speed and sound judgment.
Stanford promises to give an eX-
hibition of Rugby as it should be
played. On the quick and sure heel
| ing out of the forwards must the
backs depend. The Cardinal boasts
an eight-man serum averaging 195
pounds to the player, every man OF
which is more than six feet in height.
1928 Serum
John Fitting, Harry Cheda and Harry
| Horton compose the front rank OF
the south. Fitting, stroke on last
years varsity; Cheda, for three years
a member of the front rank as we'll
as member of the international cham
pionship team, and Horton, the great
! all-around athlete, are a formidable
trio. For locks Kenney Doe, the we'll
known Riverside boy, and Cub" Min
turn will bear the responsibility Both
are fast and heavy and may be relied
on at any stage of the game. Thorpe,
| Crawford and Pemberton are the
| backs All are well known. Crawford,
one Of the best track men Who ever
wore a Stanford "S," and Horton,
Eholder of the intercollegiate high hur-
die record will be looked to as point
winners throughout the season.
To see eight big men, averaging al
most 200 pounds apiece, racing down
the field as a defense for some equally
| fast backs should be worth the price
of admission. Stanford promises to
adhere to the finer POINTS of the game.
| Three hundred Cardinal rooters will be
present in addition to large delegations
from nearly every high school of the
south. Are you son of gambolier?
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