The San Francisco call., 1910-11-21
RUGBY SEASON TO
CLOSE With RUSH
Three Big Games viii End Cal
ifornia'S Best Football
Year
By WILLIAM UNMAcK

The football season is fast drawing
to a close and the finish this week
promises to be a whirIwind. Three
important games are scheduled and
each one will bring out many OF the
fans to witness the grand finale OF
the season The first game Is 10 be
played on Thanksgiving day at Sacra-
mento between the Sacramento Ath-
iettc club and the ST Mary's College
team Of Oakland This Is the Sacra-
mento clubs first year at Rugby. but
there is a good team there and the
game is being eagerly looked forward
to by the Sacramento residents
The other two games are OF more
Importance, as championship title
hinges on EACH The championship OF the
Academic Athletic league will be de-
eided next Saturday when the cham
pions Of the San Francisco sub Leaf que.
Mission high, meets the champions of
the Peninsula sub league. PaIo Alto.
The other game will be played next
Sunday at the Presidfo athletic grounds
and is for the club championship, the
contesting teams being the Olympic
team, present champions. and the Bar
barians These games will be a 1T
ting climax to the most successful
Rugby season California has ever en-
joyed.
The Academic championship game Is
being looked forward to by all fol-
lowers OF school activities from all
sections of the state. The game Is
bound to be good one and the Palo
Alto lads have been playing remark
able football all through the season.
Their game with the California fresh
man team earlier in the season will
long be remember by those who had
the good fortune to witness that con-
test 1t was the best exhibition OF
the passing open game that has been
seen anywhere this season. and for
that matter 1T is doubtful II any games
during the Rugby epoch have equalIed
1t in this respect. The Palo Alto play
ers had a hard struggle to win the
championship of their league, as in the
San Jose high team they found worthy
opponents and had TO play of tie
game with them for the title. The
Mission team, on the other hand, has
not shown to such advantage in the
passing game as their rivals from PalO
Alto. but in defense and fighting spirit
the MissiOnltes hold their own with
any. Mission defeated Lowell for the
local title and thus earned the right
to play or the Academic title with
Palo Alto. It is possible that the win
ner Of the Academic league title will
go to Los Angeles to play the local
champion school there for the title
of the whole state.
The Olympic and Barbarian game
will be the third time these teams
have met in annual combat for the
title. In the two previous encounters
the winged o team has been victor
ious and should the O1ympics win Sun
day the Wolf trophy as we'll as the
title will go to them. The WoIn tro-
ply has to be won three times before
becoming the permanent property Of
any club.
Both CLUB teams will be represented
by their strongest line up. and In this
respect the Barbarians will be able
TO put a much stronger team In the
field than during any OF the prelimi-
nary games with the universities. The
Barbs did not show well in the
preliminary games as did the Olympic
team, but the former could on very
few occasions get its really strongest
team together. Sunday. however, every
members will be on deck and the game
will be far better than preliminary
scores seem to Indicate Both teams
are training hard for the contest and
condition will be a big factor In the
outcome.