The San Francisco call., 1913-11-05
FIELD
AIDS He
RUGGERS
Blue and Gold kickers Enjoy
a Good Workout at
PaIO Alto

The California varsity tried out the
Stanford turf field yesterday afternoon
and the coaches came back to the city
with . smile Of satisfaction on their
faces
Coach Schaeffer had 20 men In uni
forms and they thoroughly enjoyed
the change of conditions from the
slow dirt field to the faster turf The
turf was In good condition though
little wet. but this did not materially
interfere with the work. Il anything,
the greasy conditions of the ball gave
the boys thorough trial for what is
to come-
Assistant Coach Cert took charge OF
the back field and Schaeffer had the
forwards In tow. The backs went In
for series of line kicking, passing
and rush stopping. Cert paid partic-
ular attention to Bogardus and Skin
ner. the two possibilities for fullback.
Judging from the amount of time
spent on these two men 1t looks as
though one or the other will be used
At full next Saturday afternoon. If
this is the case Captain Peart will
FORWARDS WORK FAST
In the workout of the back field be-
hind the forwards Skinner was used
as fullback, and speculators on the
flnal selection of the team had 1t
doped out that this viii be the lad to
so into the game. The backs were:
Skinner. fullback; Lane and Hunt,
wing three-auarters; Gianelli, center
three-quarter: Hazeltine and Peart,
hve-eighths, with Garfield half back.
The forwards went through a series
OF scrums. itneout work and dribbling.
The lineout work was particularly
good, the big blue and gold forwards
showing great aptitude to haul the ball
down. There was very little work OF
batting the ball back to the half or
fives. as has been the custom pre-
viously, the men being content to get
the ball and put 1t down to their feet
and break through the opposing line
with dribble.
Big Bill King. Fleming, Brant and
Fernstermacher all showed to advan-
tage on these lineouts. and these four
men are going to be big stone wall
for the Stanford men to oppose.
ZIG SQUAD ON JOB
The whole squad indulged in plenty
of passing rallies, and, though there
was no opposition to intercept or break
up these rushes, the passing was good,
clean and fast. Just how the work
would go against opponents is, of
course, another story The backs
showed different methods in their
work than has been seen, the New
zealandars' tricks being tried with
good results
The blue and gold squad that made
the trip yesterday were in charge of
Assistant Manager Deming Maclise.
Coach Schaeffer, Assistant Coach Cert
and Trainer Charlie Volx went along
to look after the condition OF the
men. The % players who made the
trip follow: Fenstermacher, Abrams,
Hayes, Douglas, Hazeltino, Skinner,
Brant. Fish. Montgomery. Bogardus,
Lockhardt. Lane, Fleming. Crane,
Hunt. Gianelli. King, Russell. saun-
ders. Captain Sterling. Peart, Cam
field. McKim.
On the day OF the game Graduate
Manager Wilcox has decided to cover
the field with straw. The Idea was
suggested by one OF the Ali-Blacks,
who was q visitor at the campus yes
terday and met with the instant ap-
proval of the Stanford manager.
Should the rain hold or and the
sun deign to shine, the precaution
will be unnecessary. but the dea Is
good one, and will give the teams
practically = dry field on tho day Of
tho game should any more rain pour
forth.