The San Francisco call., 1913-11-05
CALIFORNIA HAS EDGE ON
STANFORD IN WEIGHT
WITH B. POUNDS To MAN
By WILLIAM UNMACK


An advantage of 5sz pounds per
man is what California will have over
Stanford in the serum In the big game
next Saturday. What difference Will
this weight make in the Stanford
team?
Weight in serum is of consider
able Importance under certain con-
ditions, and 1t may play an important
part in the coming game. Should
the weather continue in it's present
disturbed state, the California serum
should benefit with that extra "A
pounds of beef; but IL the weather is
good. with old Sol shedding his rays
on the Stanford green, then differ
ence of 5 = pounds per man will not
be an extreme handicap to the car
dinal kickeFs.
Weight In the serum is an asset.
but 40 pounds is not a very serious
proposition. though 1t may tell its
tale toward the end of the game,
This matter of FIVE pounds per man
Is not as much of an advantage as
It used to be few years ago when
Stanford was wont to outweigh Cali
fernia by some nine pounds or more
The combined nine pounds of eight
men is bound to make an appreciable
difference, but five pounds will not be
so noticeable.
LINEUP OF THE sCRUMS
The weights of the two scrums of
course depend on the final selection
of the teams. At the present time the
consensus of opinion is that the
scrums will line UP something like
this:
California stanford
FensteTmacher Peck
Loekhardt or Fish clover
Saunders Pettingili or Blase
Fleming Gard
King Watkins
Brsnt DaFsie
The combined weight of the Cali
fornia serum is 1883 pounds, or an
average of 1731z pounds per man, to
Stanford's combined total of 1,544
pounds. or an average per man of l6S
pounds.
Both teams will play the s-2-3
serum formation and much will de-
pend on the ability of the front rank
ers to get possession OF the ball The
team gaining the ball can pretty near
make the play to suit itself If
forward scramble is wanted there is
nothing easier than for the back
rankers to keep the ball locked UP in
the pack and break away.
II on the other hand, the teams de-
sire TO play the open game. it is up to
the back rank men to let the ball out
to the halfbaek and for this individual
70 shoot the oval out to his backs and
let them work out the salvation of the
scoring.
The man to take the California
fulIback position is still TO be named.
Bogardus had no opportunity to show
to real advantage in the game on
Monday, but what he did under the
circumstances was good No one
could form any opinion OF any mans
play under the conditions that exist
ed in that nixup. The sticky adobe
made 1t impossible for the players to
show their class.
Whether Bogardus is TO be used at
fullback remains to be seen. Just
what Saturday will bring out in the
way of weather will have consider
able to say in the filing of the po-
sition Skinner, a freshman, is an
other lad who has been spoken of as
a likely fullback, and there Is pos
s4bility that the coaches may use him
on the team
Down at Stanford the fullback po-
drews played the game OF his career
this season against the Olympics and
his work in that contest practically
cinched the berth for him,
The consensus OF opinion at Berke-
ley is that Hayes, Lane and Hunt will
be selected for the three-quarter line
for the Blue and Gold. and this trio
will oppose Urban. Carol and Reeves
of Stanford. There is, however, A
- Il L .
the Stanford back field. Captain
Jimmy Thoburn has come back into
harness and there is a. possibility of
AIS selection to play in the game. His
injury has healed we'll enough for
him to come out again. and. from his
work against the Olympics last Sat-
urday. it looks good for him getting
into the team.
FRESHMEN MAKING GOOD
Should Thoburn be used. it is not
definite whether the coach will play
him as a wing three-quarter or as
nve-eighths. He is a. versatile lad
Lnd can be used to advantage in
either position.
Lachmund, Patterson and Davidson
are three freshmen fighting II out~for
a berth at 1ve-eighths to accompany
Charlie Austin, who can not be dis
placed from this position in front of
the three-Quarter line.
On the California five-eighth line
there is also another possibility of a
switch In case that Peart is used as
q Ave instead of fullback Should
Peart go at fullback, Gianellf and
Hazeltine look the probabilities, but
should the captain not be played there
IT is on the cards that he will play
the position with Hazeltine.
Tilton looks TO be the selection for
halfback, with Erb making q final
close fight for the position. Garfield
does not seem to be bothered with an
oversupply OF opposition, though
Montgomery has played some good