The San Francisco call., 1910-11-09
PROUD THOROUGHBRED INPATIENT CHAMPS HIS BIT FOR RACING
CARDINAL Rutgers
PRACTICING HARD
Coach Presley Avoids Scrun1S,
but Puts Charges Through
Stiff ManeuVerS

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov s.
the big contest Saturday at Berkeley,
Coach Presley is not giving the varsity
any serum practice against the second
team, preferring rather the less dan
gerous method of training adopted at
the beginning of the season. The pack
was put through a tackling, sdribbling
and passing drill, while the backs en-
gagged in passing rushes. cross kicking,
and joined with forwards in dribbling
and passing.
The only change which Coach Pres
ley has made since the accident to
Kern was the interchanging of Mitch
ell and Reeves at outside five and CEN
ter, with. Reeves now at outside five.
Mitchell is fast getting into condition
and is showing his old time speed and
snap.
big turnout of students witnessed
the practice and tore out yells with a
vim and vigor which showed that they
have great confidence in the team
which will represent Stanford Satur-
day afternoon.
The consensus of opinion is that the
result of the game will hinge on the
forwards. The cardinal supporters are
pinning their hope on their ability in
the lineouts and as dribblers. The
serum this year is not composed Of 200
Founders, as last year. but of men who
are scrappers and will fight to the last
ditch They are fast and aggressive.
Presley is still keeping Horton and
Fitting two of last years veterans, on
the substitute list. Smith, a new man
this year. is still in the running. hav
ing gone into the game with the Olym-
pic club as Franks substitute
The varsity team and the substi-
tutes will be announced by Coach
Presley some time Thursday afternoon,
so that they may appear-at the big
rally which is to be held Thursday
evening in Assembly hall and in which
the students will give the cardinal
players their final ~sendoff. The team.
instead of going into the hills and
spending all day Friday there, as they
have done in past years. will have the
Phi Kappa Psi house all to themselves
for the entire day Friday. After din
ner they will return to their own
rooms for the night
The rally will be one of the most
elaborate and impressive that the stu
dent committees can arrange The
first feature of the affair will be the
burning of large quantities of redfire
before all the fraternities. Then at
in Assembly hall with the entrance of
Encina club marching as a body. Sew
eral speeches will be made by faculty
and students as soon as the clamor of
welcome to the team subsidies. Fol-
lowing the speaking the men will re-
pair to the inner quadrangle, where
the~band will play, more redfire will
be burned and the serpentine will be
danced around the arches. This will
be kept up for some time and then
the serpentine will sweep over the
baseball field to wind for a long time
more around the big bonfire, which the
freshman class have been busy on for
the last week.
This bonfire is one of the most elab-
crate features of the plans for giving
the team a fitting sendoff. Many men
have been busy upon it and 1t is rap
idly taking form. A scaffolding so feet
high has been erected and this is be-
ing filled with all sorts of infammable
material. The fire from this bonfire
usually burns for several days and on
the night of the rally lights up the
entire campus. Beginning with to-
night squads of freshmen will be on
guard constantly to watch the pile.