The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14
Bv William Unmack

r HAT California viii win the
Rugby football championship of
the world within the next i've
years is the prediction being made
BY men OF foresight who are thorough
y expert on this code Of football
The prediction is based upon the show
ing OF the All America Rugby football
team that has just completed q sue
cessful tour of Australia, and compe-
tent Judges in that country are unani-
nous in declaring that this country
meaning a California team-will tri-
umphantly carry off the Rugby football
honors OF the world
This is no Idle prediction OF these
great sport loving people in Australia;
they foresee clearly the trend OF events
in the Rugby football game as played
here, and it does not take such experts
long 10 estimate the ultimate result of
such thoroughness and determination
IS were shown in the different games
the American team took part in in the
land OF the Southern Cross.
Although the team only won two
games out of the schedule of eight
played and another resulted in tie
score. the results are far more sig
nifcant than at first appear.
The team sailed from San Francisco
on the 18th of May. and that was the
first time in the history of football
that a husky team of athletes repre-
senting the pick OF the Rugby football
players Of the different universities
had ever left these shores to contest
with the football teams OF foreign coun-
tries on equal terms for the supremacy
Of the world, and now that their mis-
sion is completed the men are home
ward bound and are due TO reach this
port on Sunday, August rs.
on February l3. 1903. an "All Amer
ics" Rugby football team played
international game against "All Aus
tralia" in San Francisco. and on June %
Of this year an "All America" team met
the Maori footballers of New Zealand.
The first game was won by the Aus
{ tralians. but IN the game against the
/, New Zealand Maoris the American team
was victorious. The American players
were thorough representatives Of Rugby
football as now played in the univer-
.ities Of the Pacific coast.
Football in this country is in a pc
culiar position as regards competitive
games with foreign countries. owing to
the style Of the game played in all
other sections Of the country except
tbe Pacific coast states. Throughout
the east middle west. south and west
10 Nevada every college almost with
out exception plays the well known in
tercoIlegiate football This style of
game IS peculiar to this country and is
unknown TO any foreign country in any
mart Of the world. and the consequence
Is that contests on the football field
between American intercollegiate foot
barlers ana those Of other countries
have heretofore been an absolute i'm
feasibility. On the Pacific coast, how
ever. the universities and other seats
Of learning have adopted the English
game OF Rugby football and conse-
ouently are in position to compete
with foreign countries. as the rules
governing this code of game are the
same wherever It is played in any part
ofthe world Just how the Pacific coast
universities came TO adopt the Rugby
game may be summed UP briefly as fol-
lows:
In 1904 an Australian who witnessed
the intercollegiate style Of game played