The San Francisco call., 1910-12-18
FOOTBALL Fight
WAKES EXCITING
Winged VS. Think They Can
WreSf Championship Back
From CenfuryS

The fight among the club teams for
the local championship in American
intercollegiate football is hard one.
For four years the winged team
of Vallejo held the championship and
never lost a game. A week ago they.
lost the title and tasted defeat for
the first time at the hands of their
old rivals, the Century club of Oakland.
The Century team has always been the
contender for first honors, but the best
they could ever do was to play an oc-
casional tie game with Vallejo after
defeating all of the other club teams.
On last Sunday they got together
stronger team than ever before, per-
fected their teamwork and defeated
the champions to the tune of 1 5 to 3.
Nine of the Is points were the
result of three field goals that were
made possible by the poor handling of
kicks by the Vallejo backield and
the slow kicking of O'Brien, who al
lowed two of his efforts to be blocked,
with disastrous results for the winged
VS.. The former champions are not
satisfied with the game of last sun
day and will make every effort to re-
gain their title on New Year day,
when they again meet the Century
team in Vallejo. 1t is certain that the
Oakland boys will have to be at their
best if they are to hold the champion
ship. Vallejo will probably never have
another off day in the kicking de-
partment like they had week ago,
and it does not look as if the Centurys.
could gain ground by straight foot
ball consistently enough to score a
touchdown. Place kicks can never be
figured on, and as both teams are
strong on defense. it looks as if the
game might be won in this manner.
which is very unsatisfactory.
The Vallejo team is not the only one
that disputes the right of the Centurys
TO the title. and there are at least
three more teams that are anxious for
an opportunity to try conclusions with
them. The Pastime club has recently
organized team with the idea of
obtaining game with the Western
team that will play on the coast over
the holidays. The stars of the west
ern colleges viii play in Denver on
Christmas day and in Portland against
the Multnomah club team on January
2. Manager Mimic of the Pastime
club has kept the wires hot in an eff
fort to secure game with the stars
for, January I, but as yet nothing def
mite has been arranged
The Pastime has a good bunch of
old players together and they think
that they can take the measure of the
Centurys and will meet them today at
80 at the Preside. grounds for the
championship. The game should be an
interesting one, with the advantage in
favor of the Centurys, as their team
work should be better. The Pastimes
are a heavy bunch of fellows, and in
their time some of them were good
ones, but they have not been playing
the American game for number of
years, and as they have taken up Rug
by, it will probably take them some
little time to shake off the Rugby
habits and get back into the ways
Of the old game. They have been prac-
ticing hard every night for a couple of
weeks, but they have not as vet iined
UP in a practice game and are conse-
quently an unknown quantity.
Aguierre, who will play right tackle
today, is probably one of the best men
on the team. He Learned the game at
Santa Clara college and has played on
the Olympic's Rugby team for three
years. Otto Walfish is another of the
Olympic Rugby players who will be
in the lineup. He will play fullback
and great things are expected of him
by his teammates. sid Holman, who
Will fill the quarter back position, is the
most up to date player of the lot, as
he has followed and coached the Ameri-
can game without a lapse. The team
has plenty of weight, as the three cen
ter positions will be filled by players
from the Presidio who viii tip the
scales at over geo pounds
The Brooklyns and Yosemites will
both try conclusions with the Centurys
in the near future. The Brooklyns
although a light team, played a hard
luck game against the Centurys a few
weeks ago. which they lost. IL to 0. AS
the score was more or less the result
of misplays on the part of the Brook
lyns they feel that they have a good
chance for the championship.
The teams in today's game will line
up as follows:
Pastimes. Position Centuries.