The San Francisco call., 1909-11-18
TWO HIGH TEAMS TO
MEET ON GRIDIRON
Berkeley Manager Returns En-
bIem-0akIand Game Is
Assured

BERKELEY, Nov. l7.-Through the
efforts Of Coach Dave MacAndrews of
The Berkeley high school football team
the large Banner OF the Oakland high
school. which a member Of the Berkeley
high school student body is credited
with taking at the last bay counties
heId meet has been secured and re-
turned 10 the wearers of the blue and
white. 1t has been learned that no
member Of the accused school was IN
any way connected with the taking of
the banner and the athletes and promi-
nent students of the school only inter-
ested themselves in the finding of the
banner in order 10 restore the feeling
Of friendly rivalry that has always eN-
iSted between the athletes and students
Of the two schools.
MacAndrews has Deen endeavoring
ever since the taking Of the banner TO
locate the cause Of the ruptiOn between
Oakland and Berkeley and TO have the
banner returned TO the former school
The name Of the purloiner of Oakland's
banner was learned Tuesday night and
upon the promise of MacAndrews that
his name would not be made public
the youth produced the stolen emblem.
The playing Of this years annual
football game between Berkeley ana
Oakland was made contingent upon
the return of the banner by Principa
Keyes of the Oakland high school and
when the banner was taken TO oak
land high school this morning by Man
sger Roy Turner Of Berkeley all ob-
stacles in the way Of the game were
removed and the teams of the two
schools are holding secret practice IN
preparation for their biggest game OF
the season. which viii be played next
0-0n
the gridiron of the Oakland state
league park at Fifty-seYenth ana 1roNe
streets, Oakland.
On account of the intense rivalry
between the schools the game viii be
one of the hardest fought prep school
games Of the season, the two aggre-
CATIONS being evenly matched, each
team containing number or tast hhe
men and clever backs such as are seen
on few high school teams OF the bay
region
For Oakland Wittemeyer, who plays
back Of the line. and McElrath, cap
tain and left tackle, viii undoubtedly
prove a strong combination for their
Berkeley opponents.
Berkeley high is as yet unbeaten
by a school team this season. The
fast eleven played one Of the best
games Of the year against Bill
urday, holding their opponents down
TO no score and nearly crossing Bel
rnonts goal line on a number Of occa-
sions. In the back field Incel, Hunt
and Wiley are playing an exceptional
game OF football, the trio being hard
combination for opposing ends and
tackles and working the forward pass
plays and long runs in fine style.
In speaking OF the return of OAK
lands last banner Coach McAndreWs
said today:
THE principal reason that I made it
my business to find the banner and
return il to Oakland was to show the
latter that no student of the Berkeley
high school was in any way connected
with the affair, of which fact ! was
confident, and subsequent revelations
have proven that 1 was right 1t
seemed q shame that the sportsmanlike
rivalry between the two schools
should be spoiled by an act of that
kind, which was in reality committed
by a town boy who had no connection
with the high school,
The game viii be refereed by VIII
liam Middleton and "Bill' Reid will act
as umpire. Pat O'Dea will be field
ne lineup of the berkeley high
school team is as follows:
Centers-Wstkins and steindorf; guards
Brunk. Brown. NJ Sinclair and Hanford;
tackles, Captain BreTsrd Sinclair and Steele;
ends, Hardy Agar. Miller Kaufman; quar-
ters. Morris and Parish; backs, Incell, Wiley,
Hunt and Clayton
The Oakland high school team lineup
has not yet been announced