The San Francisco call., 1913-08-03
FOOTBALL NEXT
FOR L|MEL|GHT
IN SPORT WORLD
Within a Couple of Weeks
Blue and Gold Rugby
Stars Will Begin to
Prepare for Fray
by WILLIAM UNMACK

1t is now only matter of couple
OF weeks before the University of Cali
fornia football aspirants will Sign up"
for the heavy work ahead of them for
1913 season. Stanford varsity men, as
usual, will not be back at their cam
pus until about two weeks later than
the blue and gold men. The season
September Labor day-when the
freshmen will be trotted out on the
field for the opening game.
The Rugby situation at the two big
universities this season looks to be one
wherein both colleges will have to
develop lot OF new material to re-
place the men who have graduated or
been lost through other causes Both
teams have lost heavily. SO that the
question of veterans" will not be
much Of an advantage to one or the
other of the teams.
The attack of all teams. whether
university. college or club, will show a
marked Improvement this season 1t
viii be an Improvement which will
bring the game to a much higher
standard that 1t has ever attained here
that the coming New Zealand team
will have a much harder set of games
to play than the Waratah team had to
go up against.
Even allowing that the teams have
lost many valuable men, there are
others to take their places. Right now
the situation may not look too bright
to a California or Stanford partisan.
but once the men come back to their
respective campus new material regis
ters, and when the teams have had the
advantage of months training and
the wheat is started to be sorted from
the chaff then the partisans of the
various teams will find that they are
going TO have ''as good, If not a better,
team than last year" 1t is usually the
case, and the prospects for the coming
season are better than for any other
year
last wear. so has Stanford so has every
team Most of the men lost to these
universities will be back IN the game.
playing as members of one club or the
other.
The Olympics and Barharians will
both profit by the universities losses,
while 1t is also rumored that UNI
versity of California alumni team is to
take the field this year. 1t Is to be
hoped the rumor has some solid found
alton Such a team would be big
thing for the sport. and 1t would be the
means Of giving the two universities
stronger competition, besides adding
another club team which would make
the Barbs and Olympics hustle for the
club honors.
In Morris and Cass. California and
Stanford have lost two good serum half
backs.
Erb is the biggest individual loss
that Stanford will suffer. Benny Is
without doubt one of the greatest full
backs that has ever played the game
In any part of the world. He was q
" 49, 1fe
ling and Harrigan are four other back
field men that Stanford has lost. and
this Is counterbalanced by California
with the loss of Stroud. Allen and
Evans.
In the forwards both California and
Stanford have lost some husky, fast.
aggressive players. Corbett. Schaupp,
Smith. Partridge and sanborn will
leave a hole in Stanford serum. but
then the loss of such men as Fletcher.
Fleming, King, Brant and Carpenter
are equally as disorganizfng to the
blue and gold team.
OF last years teams and reserves
California has good men returning to
college In Captain Peart. Peart Is go
ing to be one big asset to California.
He is natural born Rugby player,
and knows his game from A to 2.
Montgomery and Bogardus are two
good men to put In as ful1back should
Peart be used further up the field.
Hayes. Graf, Gianelli and Lane are
other high class men who will be going
strong as soon as the blue and gold
season opens.
Stanford will have new man In
Dan Carroll, the speedy wfnger Of the
Waratah team.
Andrews is another lad OF last year
who should just about make the Stan
ford hackfieId while Charlie Austin is
intending to register at Stanford. and
this will ably fill the position left va
cant by Rising.
Ernie Rising, brother OF Bert, is
also scheduled to register.
Urban, Thorburn and Reeves are
three vets who will make things look
bright for the cardinal adherents.