The San Francisco call., 1913-10-28
CARDINAL IS
CENSURED
FOR SNUb
Calling Off of Game With
Santa Clara a DiSappoint-
ment to Football Men
BY WILLIAM UNMACK

What bally rot, old chap."
Santa Clara game by Stanford was
the cause of the exclamation by an
Englishman talking to several New
Zealanders yesterday afternoon. when
ford team had called off their game
with the plucky Santa Clara team.
The calling off of the game at the
last minute has not been well re-
ceived in football circles. and there
are those fans who say that it looks
very much as though Stanford actu-
ally does not want to meet the Mis-
sion town boys.
Whether Stanford wants to play
Santa Clara or not cuts very little
figure at the present time but the
breaking of an agreement-a gentle
mans agreement, if you want it
seems to be in poor taste Santa
Clara scheduled their game with
Stanford as early as possible, so that
it would positively be on the lists to
meet the varsity team this season.
EXCUSE BY WILCOX
The success achieved last year has
spurred the Santa Clarans on to their
best efforts this season, with the re-
suit that the University of California
just managed to pull a game out of
the fire against the collegians by the
small margin of points to 8. Natur-
ally the Santa Clarans were satisfied
with this showing and then awaited
the Scheduled game with Stanford.
Yesterday Graduate Manager VIII
cox called the game off, stating that
the close proximity of the big game"
made it impossible for the varsity men
to be put on the field If such a thing
should interfere with the arranging of
a schedule it. should have been fore
seen many weeks ago.
Will Stanford cancel the game ar
ranged with the Olympic club for next
saturday? That is the question which
is being asked by the fans at the
present time. If Stanford wishes to be
consistent it win certainly have to
call off the Olympic club game. other
wise the only inference that can be
drawn will be that the Santa Clarans
have a chance to win the game and
the varsity does not wish to lower its
stock by taking a chance of a defeat
at such a close stage to the big game
From pure football point of view,
Stanford's stand does not appear TO
be built on a solid foundation. If
Stanford and California are secure In
their desires to turn out a first class
team for the big game" then it is to
their interest to get as many games
as possible for the practice necessary
for the rounding of their respective
teams into high class condition and
combination.
From the standpoint Of the men
getting hurt" that is a feature which
appeals more TO the students than it
does to the public. That so many
men get hurt in games in this state
is brought on by the men themselves.
LOCAL METHODS WRONG
Unfortunately, local players go into
the game with bulldog ferocity and
play the men rather than the ball.
Every foreign team that has ever
played here has pointed out that the
local methods are wrong. British
Columbia, Australia and now New
game locally is to get the man"
rather than play the ball.
New Zealand is now in our midst
and has expressed disgust at various
methods used by local teams. Man
ager George H Mason of the New
Zealand team, who is writing a series
of stories in The Call, the first one
of which starts today, will in the
course of his writings point out many
of these wrong ideas.
In the game last Saturday between
California and New Zealand many
men of the varsity team were laid
out and not one of the visitors re-
ceived an injury. The reason is easily
explained. The visitors play a hard,
solid game, and when they see any
extra methods being employed to in
jure them they set themselves for the
tackle or whatever it may be, and the
result is that the wouldbe tackler re-
bounds from their hips, goes to the
ground with a thud and stays there
until the trainer and water boys bring
him to.
The New Zealand methods do not
constitute rough play" but they are
strenuous methods of defending
themselves against unnecessary
roughness whenever it comes their
way They have shown the same
methods in all their games They
are legitimate methods. and the man
using them properly successfully
wards off injuries and gives the other
fellow what is coming to him.