The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-04

III N1C uC4Q has 50 Splil up tAC gaines
the same opposing Ruggers this seas
and Olympic club men have held 81
played by the varsities against Nevao
played all these teams and fair line
of dope was obtainable from a numer-
ical standpoint, but this year there
are only two teams on which any
dope can be taken from. namely, the
Barbarians and the University OF Cali
ifornia club.
This season the Olympic club and
the California varsity had little
dispute over the number of reserve
men to be used in the games. and the
consequence was that the Olympic
= club refused to play the blue and
gold. This took away one strong
line of dope in comparing California
with Stanford. On the other hand.
while Stanford played the Olympics a
series of good games. the California
team was pitted against the Titans.
aad here again there is no oppor-
tunity to Judge the relative merits
.. of Stanford against this team.
card TO GET A LINE
In the two games played by Cali
fornia against the Barbarians the
. teams went to a tie score in the first
: contest, neither team scoring. In the
second game the varsity won easily.
q to O. AS opposed to these
. scores, stanford scored q total
OF 2e points against the Barbs' g.
80 The first game al Stanford was
.. close one, the. varsity winning by
te 3, and the second game went to
Stanford. is TO o.
On this series of games against the
clubmen there is apparently not
= much to pick from. Stanford mas
scored heavier than the blue and gold
by a matter of five points, but the
California men kept the clubmen from
:. crossing their lines, while the Barbs
put one over on Stanford
= The only other club team that
played both varsity teams was the
newly formed University of Califor-
MA CLUB. California defeated the
Team Is to 0, while Stanford failed to
make such a good showing, winning
: 13 TO g.
Besides the above mentioned games
the Stanford men played the Olym-
r FIRST contest to 8. and last saturday
the varsity men came back and won
|r9 to y. The only line of figuring on
these games is that Stanford must
!. have improved since the first OF the
games with the Olyrnpics- There are
= no Olympic games on which to figure
California.
EASY FOR ALL-BLACKS
=: The California men, on the other
hand, played Santa Clara, and the
mission town boys held the varsity TO
a s to score Santa Clara and STAN
=. ford were scheduled to tangle, but the
- game did not come off.
The series of games between the
two varsity teams and the New Yea
:sland All-Blacks gives little or no line
of figuring. New Zealand admits that
= they can not play their real game on
the dirt field over at California. while
down at Stanford they were perfectly
at home on the turf field. The scores
indicate this AT Stanford the New
Zealanders won by "a TO and TO o..
. while over at California the first two
games were won by 81 TO and Ss to g.
: Those 8 points scored by California
can not be taken into any considera-
> ton The points were gained when
the varsity had the visitors off their
guard Such tactics as employed to
make the score have never before
been seen or heard of in Rugby foot
ball For all the good that the three
points does California in the knowl-
edge that they were scored, does
donsters little good in getting to any
basis for figuring the merits of the
teams on the scoring of the points.
CALIFORNIA IN LEAD
The game yesterday at California
field was a farce and no stock can be
taken in it.
If scores count for anything-the
average college dopster imagines they
do. but Rugby men fail to see the
point-then California has all the best
of the arguments in the games played
and in the New Zealand series STAN
ford has not got a look in with the
California team on the scores regis
tered On these scores California
should win in a walk.
1t will be found that Stanford
played a better game Saturday than
IT has done for some time past. The
California varsity team-the one that
is considered to be the team for Sat
1lrday-pIayed its last game against
the New Zea1anders on October 20
ard showed wonderful ability for
. short period of the first half In that
half New Zealand was held to an s
to score, but in the second period
the Ali-BIacks rolled up their usual
heavy score, though the California
men allowed two tries TO go through
without any opposition
FAST BACKS WILL HELP
Summing the whole situation up,
scalifornla has a set Of aggressive for
wards. with dangerous set OF backs,
If they can get the ball. whether
California or Stanford has the best
hookers will be proved on SATURDAY.
New Zealand has played against potn
teams and gives the Stanford hookers
the credit for the best work In TINS
respect. ..a,,
. stanford has set Of backs wnlch
e has not shown anything much above
es+be california back field men, thous n,
~ there is anything In which Stanford
sexcels in the back field play. X is tne
Combination of the whole back Heid
. raen over more or less indiVldualism
shown by the blue and gold.
: stanford forwards have not shown
the same aggressive methods OF the
Parlxeley men, but their work has been
GOOD. stanford forwards are light,
. compared with California but they are
q fast lot and follow up well, which Is
an asset worth having.
Now you have the dope. numerical,
nhvsical and otherwise. Put II under
vour hat and think 1t out, and then
ask yourself. who ID going to WinI