The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-11-03


Vclub has ever had the luck to boas
land with the same opportunities to
present day winged Q team would
clean up eyrything hereabouts-
The Stanford back field on Saturday
showed Improvement over some OF the
earlier games. Notwithstanding the
greasy. condition of the ball from the
wet turf field Coach Brown will de-
vote all his energies to the back field,
and, given a fine day next Saturday.
he expects to see his7back field men
handle. the ball in a manner that will
SURPRISE the skeptics.
In the early season games the STAN
ford varsity did great work in the
back field, and the way the ball went
from. man to man and back to the
original starter of a rush was a fea-
ture of the work of the team. In the
last couple Of games. however. this
feature has been lacking and the Call
ifornia team has been showing TO the
best advantage. -.
=. -. OPEN GAME EXPECTED
With the Stanford back field round
ing into. shape-and the Stanford fans
are elated at the praspects-tbere is
every reason:'to believe that the game
will she an open one. next Saturday.
that is. If the. cardinals can make it
such. California, as "a general rule.
likes: to bottle up a contest, and.does
not seem to. have realized that the
chances for victory lie more. in the
open fast game than a wild forward
SCRAMBLE -
OF course 1T takes two to make d
bargain and If California plays
along certain lines and stamford along
others. then. II is going to be. hard
matter for both sides-o the argument
to accomplish what they start out for.
Even allowing that California does go
IN to bottle UP the game and Stanford
to play The open game, if Stanford
can get the ball. from tne serum. it
|, Will have. half its battle won for It's
methods of play. ..'E's
Then it will be up to the halfback
TO get his pass away before he is
smothered and also to see that. his
pass is sent TO the side of the serum,
where. there is least danger of'inter-
ception. Under these conditions Cali
fornia. would more or less be, forced
into the open game. s..
The game at Stanford went to tan
gle matters in the selection of the
team rather than simplify them.
There we're several positions that
showing of some of the men has put
a new angle on the. selection. The
biggest surprise-or rather college
dom considers IT sufprise-was the
sanding of Captain Jimmy Thoburp
into the game.
The surprise comes from the fact
that Jimmy has been 'hobbling around
for some time with his. leg in. cast
and the lad was supposed to be down
and. out and useless for the big game
These sort of serious. injuries happen
so often .and so regularly that the
general public fails to fall for :the
bunk as year after year, when these
injuries are hoisted '-on the. public =
the injured mar is usually. found in
the game on the. day wanted.
This@is not saying. that even now
Thobufn will be in the game, but the
general public viii not believe that
he.will be kept out of the game until
they sac the teams lined up on the
field. -. =.
DOUBT ABOUT DIi.Ls
over at California there zig a. similar
instance to that Of. Jimmy. in: Tommy
dis. There. is mo doubt that both
Oils and. Thoburn received serious. in
5uries; any one who. base closely fol-
lowed the seasons games knows that;
Ts4+ Sc RE H. 49,
good 1T does either varsity to en-
ieavor to spring sout of the game
STUFF" on them. The. idea of saying
this man and that man will not be- in
the game Is Of course, done with a
purpose from the varsity point of
Views Every year: one college. or the
other tries to. get the other fellow
thinking and this Inquiry business is
one..of the methods employed.
If Thoburn goes into the game Sat
urday 1t looks as though he will be
used in the back field. Just where
is another question that is bothering
fandom. he was played on the wing
threerauarter on Saturday and may be
used there: This will. OF course, upset
all the dope in regard to. Joe Urban
and Reeves as the wingers.
The. fullback position seems to be
now assured at Stanford. The play
ing of Helm Andrews on Saturday
has virtually given him the berth.
according to the varsity dopesters.
He played fine heady game, and his
betty boot was one of the outstanding
features. This line. kicking business
with a heavy, slippery ball. like it
was on Saturday, was carried out to
its best by Andrews
PLACES IN DOUBT
Up to Saturday it looked that Art
Erb was almost sure of his job as
serum half but young Tilton has
come along in the interim and his
showing against the Olympics gives
him a claim to the position as we'll
For the vacant five-eighth berth
alongside Charlie Austin-who is as
sure Of his berth as The Call is of
coming out on the streets today
there are nowsthree possibilities. The
big fight is between Lachmund and
Davidson. with Patterson knocking at
tlfe door The real fight is, however.
between the first two. and the game
Saturday has put another complexion
on*the matter.
The forward lines appear pretty
well known Pettingill, Braden, Blase
and Watkins will have TO be segre-
gated. These four men are battling
for two positions in the serum.
\ Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown. but when il comes to selecting
the varsity teams to go into the an
nual big game, il is a matter OF ''un-
easy lies the head that carries the bur-