The San Francisco call., 1910-07-22
CRAWFORD Will
COACH KANSAS u.
Famous Stanford Rugby Player
Engaged to Teach Varsity
Men the Game
By WILLIAM UNMACK


1t has been stated on good authority
that d. P. Crawford, the famous Stan
ford Rugby footballer has accepted the
position of Rugby coach for the Kansas
university team. Some months ago the
faculty at the Kansas university ruled
against the intercollegiate game of
football, and Rugby. as played on the
Pacific coast, was substituted, and the
coming season will be the first at
tempt of the Kansas men at the game.
The appointment of Crawford will be
learned with surprise by followers of
the game here. He is at present in
Utah, and is said to have to report at
the Kansas university about the mid
die of next month.
Crawford has had considerable Rugby
experience and has represented his alma
mater in the big game against Cali
fornia on three different occasions. He
is without doubt the best forward who
has ever played the game here, and
when in proper condition would have
no trouble in making any team in any
part of the world.
He captainei the Stanford team in
1907, and every year he has shown out
head and shoulders above any of the
other players on either side. Just
what games the Kansas team is going
to play is somewhat of an enigma to
Rugby men here. There are no teams
playing Rugby in that vicinity, and as
neither California nor Stanford is keen
on making such a long trip the Kansas
folk will be up against it for games.
Graduate Manager Farmer of the
University of California yesterday con-
firmed the appointment of Cedric Cert
as assistant coach to Schaeffe for the
coming season. The Call announced
some time before the All America team
left here for Australia that Cert had
been offered the position, and just be-
fore he sailed for Australia with the
American team he definitely accepted
the post. Cert has had good Rugby
experience. and his tour of Australia
and New Zealand will be of consider
able benefit to him for the duties he is
about to assume.
Manager Farmer also announced that
his schedule for the coming season
was nearly completed. Word is still
awaited from the Nevada university
and also from Vancouver. The latter
place is not yet ready to announce
whether it will be able to send
team this year or not, but from latest
word received from Reggie Woodward
it looks as if a good team will be able
to make the trip.
Farmer is not yet able to announce
definitely the exact dates of all his
games, as they depend to an extent
on word from the two centers men
toned as well as from Ralph Merritt,
who is at present in England trying
to arrange for the appearance here of
the oxford and Cambridge universities.
The California varsity squad will.
have the usual three games each with
the two-club teams, Olympic and Bar
barian, and each of these teams will
meet the freshmen once and probably
twice before the intercollegiate baby
game. Games against all the different
high schools and colleges and the Uni-
versity of the Pacific are also being.
arranged for the baby. team. Farmer
is undecided as to when the first foot
ball rally will be held. as he does not
favor the idea of holding a rally until
both the coaches return from Australia
with the All America team.
The second game of the All America
teams tour in New Zealand against
the Otago Union was won by the latter
by nine points to three. This is an
other good performance by the Amer
lean team, as the Otago team is very.
much of the same caliber as the We'll
lington team that so severely defeated
the Americans last Saturday. The next
game will be played in Christchurch,
Just north of Dunedin The final game
of the tour according to the last
schedule received, was to be played at
Auckland, and this game will be played
either next Wednesday or Saturday,
July 80. The team will catch the boat
from Auckland bound for Honolulu and
is due in San Francisco the latter part
of August.