The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1919-10-25
FOOTBALL PROSPECT
GOOD At STANFORD
STANFORD AND CALIFORNIA TO
MEET IN AMERICAN
GAME

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apparent when football practice be-
gan at Stanford on September 10,
the prospects for a strong varsity
team this year are good.
The adoption of the American
game by Stanford last years brings
the Cardinal football team face to
face with an American contest with
California for the first time in IL
years. California resumed the "old
game in 1914.
Melbourne c.. Evans, coach for
Stanford, for a month confined the
work to defensive tactics. With
scheduled games drawing near,
however, Evans has shifted to Of
fensive work and the ability of the
team is commencing to be apparent.
Lack of weight in the line at the
outset seemed to doom the Stan
ford team. With the return of two
star line men to college, E. Regin-
aid Coughey, of Ukiah, Cal, and
George H. Bihlman, of Live Oak,
Cal, men of over 200 pounds each,
and with records for work on serv-
ice teams, this handicap seems to
have vanished. Caughey, in 1917.
was named as AIl-American ALI
Service guard, following a brilliant
season with the ambulance service
team, at Allentown, Pa. Bihlman
saw action with coast service teams
and was selected as All-Western
guard in a service combination.
These two men by their ability and
weight are certain selections for
the two guard positions and will be
the mainstays of the line.
Cornelius E. Fighter, of Camp
bell, Cal, is the most promising
candidate for center. Fighter is a
former rugby player but has shown
aptitude in the present game and is
being coached by Coach Evans for
the central position. Aspirants for
tackles are Aubrey A. Curtice of
Spokane, WASH; Ferdinand M.
Brock, Detroit, Mich; R. S. Perish
ing, Los Angeles; Frederick L..
Adams, Sacramento, and William C.
Stevenson of Boise, Idaho. These
men have some experience in the
American game and are fairly heavy
and fast.
Positions on the ends are being
contested for by Robert F. Pelouze.
Medford, Ore; Frederick Bonney.
Stanford; Henry F. Campbell, Mo-
desto, CAL; Dale J.. Butts, Newberg,
Ore; John c. Patrick, Palo Alto,
Cal, and Karl w. Saskatchewan.
Pasadena. Pelouze, Bonney and
Campbell played on Stanford rugby
varsities in recent years. Pelouze is
ESPECIALLY fast and has had some
experience in American football on
high school teams before entering
college.
The back field contains some of
the cleverest rugby men who have
appeared in uniform on the Stan
ford football field. Daniel B. Car
roll, the Australian player, whose
name is famous in coast rugby an
nails, is e%ndeavoring to master the
unfamiliar game al the position OF
half back. Adherents of the theory
that rugby experience does not pre-
vent a player from being a star at
the American game look to Carroll
to prove it. Robert H. Templetson,
Palo Alto, a candidate for full back,
has one of the most remarkable
kicking toes ever een on the coast.
Templetson's football experience
has been confined to rugby, but
Coach Evans is working hard to
teach him American to gain for his
team Templetson's punting ability.
Other fast candidates for the back
field are J.. Kenneth Lilly. Ashland,
Ore; Wesley A. Seamon. Marsh
field, Ore; Floyd p. Campbell,
Portland, Ore; and Robert Shlau-
deman, Pasadena. Candidates for
quarterback are Leslie Wark, Long
Beach, CAL: Alfred Holt, Portland,
Ore, and M. Levy, Prescott, Ariz.
Holt captained last years S. A. I.
C. team which represented Stanford
in an American game with Califor-
MIA.
Realizing the handicap of lack of
experience in the make up of a
football team, Stanford supporters
are not too sanguine as to pros
poets of a victory over California.
They are relying, however, on prom
Using material, the ability of Coach
Evans to instill knowledge of the
fine points of the game in players,
and the traditional fighting spirit OF
Stanford teams to send the varsity