The San Francisco call., 1910-05-08
ALL star team
TO PROVE MET7LE
Rugby Football Games i'm Anti
podes VIII Bring Out Best
Talent of Coast
By WILLIAM unMAcK

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The Importance Of the International
tour of the combined Universitie IiuEby
football team to Australia can not be
overestimated. The public does not
realize the Importance of the event, not
merely from an athletic standpoint but
also from the point of view of adver-
tising California. Never in the history
of football has such an international
tour been undertaken. In the east after
every season different auIuhorities Sc
lect what is said to be a representa-
tive "All American team which in
positions from all over the country.
Here ON this coast we also select an
All America Rugby team" for me rea-
son that the game has it's stronghold
here and Is not played in the east.
These teams are selected, but never are
they called upuon to prove :heir niettle
and play an actuaul game. This tour
of Australia, however, will bring to-
gether the very best available Rugby
men of "All America and they will
form what Is bound to be one OF the
history making teams of the whole
country. Harvard and Yale compete
frequently with the English universi-
ties at track athletics, but never have
these universities sent a football team
to play in England. This combined
Rugby team will be the first "All Amer
lea team" ever selected that will sct-
ually be together from practical
standpoint, and play in a foreign coun-
try.
The men to make the trip arc the
best that can be gotten together, and
with little practice they will, 1 am
sure. give very good account of tnem-
selves. The team is to arrive at Bis
bane. Queensland, on June II, and will
have a full week to recuperate and
practice before they will be called upon
to play their first game. The team
will be met at Brisbane by the presi-
dent of the New South Wales Rugby
union, Secretary Hill and Mother"
Howe, besides the members of the
Queensland Rugby union. They viii be
welcomed to Australia py the AmeTi can
consul at Brisbane. and will later be
officially welcomed to Australia by the
governor of Queensland and the mayor
of Brisbane. The Makura, If on time,
will arrive in Brisbane early Saturday
morning tJune ID and the team will
that afternoon be the guests of the
Rugby union at the important games.
That night the first official dinnsr by
the Queensland Rugby un;on is planned.
This will be an elaborate affair, and all
the principal public men of Queensland
will be present.
Sevearl of the best Rugby men will
be unable to make the trip, for various
reasons, and others who will no longer
be at college will not be included in
the team. This is to be regretted as
such men as Cert, Crawford, Jordan,
Holman and Johns would have beer a
tower of strength. However, the team
will be a fairly strong one, though not
what could be called thoroughly repre-
sentative.
Mother Howe Is to join the team in
Brisbane and will act In the capacity
of advisory coach to Jimmy Schaeffer.
who goes with the team as coach. I'm
der Schaeffer's direction the team is
bound to pull together and give good
results, and he will be able to imp1rt a
lot of knowledge to The men on the
steamer on the way over that will be
of service to them in their gaines in
the antipodes. Practice will be held
| on the boat daily till arrival AT Bis
bane, and in this manner the men ought
to. arrive at their destination In good
FORM, tnOuSn III Will take lnc IulI week
for them to thoroughly Timber up after
their long sea journey.
The revised schedule of games is con-
siderably shorter than the original pro-
gram, due to the fact that New Zea-
land was anxious for games, and con-
sequently the stay in Australia mas
been considerably shortened and four
games arranged for New Zealand. The
total number of games to be p'ayed is
II, which is not very strenuous pro-
gram. and with % players tc draw on.
Manager Burbank and Coach Schaeffer
will not find any difficulty in putting a
good team in the field for eacn game.