The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 16, 1904, Page 39

Pages 39 to 50 THE (€ C7/ BN SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1904 STANFORD 6 ' Cardinal Freshmen Deleat Blue and Gold “Babies™ CALIFORNIA 5 flropatkin Turns Upon Pursuers at ‘the Sha+khe Riveg Slavs Mak; Final Stand Battle Continues R LOSS OF THE CZAR'S ARMY IS APPALLING -Thou;;[fis Left Dead Upon Field During Retreat R §T. PETE Oct. 16, 2 2. m.— t he battle of . ng overshad- rceness and the number of at of Mukden. It is is one The re- to prepare the ort Nevertheless, the ewspaper »re accept- eworthy absence of bit- t General Kuropatkin, s prevalent that he was the offensive. A are inclined to of circum- the skillful n removed his alized the dan- ctim admire advance. The re 1 sumed com- f three divi order to cover the retreat widespread ADIMTS THE DEFEAT. Message From the Russian Front Credits Japan With Victory. SIAN FRONT, Thu offensive »anese along the whole work was on the right, where the he possession of Hau and s succeeded in the latter, though at fearful capturing sautzi, still River, held was furious- ssaulted regiment lost The Tamboff regim extri- self from seemir hope- fon and succeeded in effect- rement. The Russians stuck of their positions heroically Tuesday, except at the Schill River. the morning of Wednesday the anese renewed their attack, pre- ng the way for their infantry with ry bombardment. At noon an right began falling back, but the attack upon the Russian cen- ter and left weakened perceptibly. The fire slackened in the evening, ie fire continued with little ion throughout the night. the Or yanese to-day (Thursday) 1eir attacks and the battle w varying success, but ole favorable e Russians co tinued to give € ssian wounded are being sent to Harb WOUNDED CROWD ROADS. Lack of Bandaging Material in Rus- sian Field Hospitals. | IMPU VILLAGE, Midnight, Friday, | Oct. 14 (By courier from Mukden) The difficulties of their heav 1o the he Mear the Japanese attacks upon | the entire Russian front | This probably led to the ory east column on the night of October | 13 to retreat from the passes. detachments on the flanks also treated, but the fight was continued | in another place about 2 o’clock in the | npelled the ab: 1 r efforts nand to capture morning. The artillery fire which be- | it j5 pdded, it must be remembered gan on the southwest front, seemingly that flanking movements are double- near Shakhe, on the morning of Fri- edged and cut both ways. In any case and continued | the decisive moment appears to have day became heavier throughout the day, despite the storm of rain and hail, and it is continuing now, at midnight. All the chief roads in the direction Bloodyim of a totali cease until mid- | to the Japan- | s | ;umns has overcome the desperate re- | sistance of the Japanese and captured task and their Lumin Pass, which opens Ru&sxans‘mu(e to the right flank of the Jap- & Tumin Pass. | 1¢ the continued. | Rygsians have taken the Japanese in ders to the | gank and rear. One more effort, it The | treat with heavy loss from the Shakhe re- | River or run the risk of being cut off IUarg__ulletins ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2 a m.—The latest ad-| vices from the front bring | the story of the battle up to Saturday morning, when the fighting at Shakhe was re- newed with unabated vigor. | The Russians are hnldmfi their position at Shakhe and apparently neither they nor | the Japanese are able to ad- vance. TOKIO, Oct. 16,9 a. m.— The latest advices are that | the Russians left 4500 dead | in front of General Kuroki'.&"g alone. The Russian | losses in front of Gencrali Kuroki are estimated at 20,- | 000 men. ‘ + - of Mukden are crowded with wound- ed. The Red Cross field hospitals have | army mobilized all their forces. There is a | great lack of bandaging material. | — “LIKE A SLAUGHTER-HOUSE.” | Thus a Lone Survivor Describes Anni- | hilation of His Company. ! MUKDEN, Oct. 15.—One of the blood- | iest episodes of the desperate fighting | | between the Shakhe River and Yentai| | 1g the last three days occurred at| | Bur the village of Endotiula, west of the | railroad and on the neighboring heights east of the railroad. The Japa- | nese had been driven out of these po- sitions with terrible losses, but on Octo- ‘ ber 13 they concentrated such a mur- derous artillery fire on the village that it became necessary for the Russians | to withdraw, the railroad, however, be- | ing held { The same evening the Russian com- | mander gave imperative orders to re- | occupy Endotiula. The Zaraisk rflghl | ment, without firing a single shot, marched under cover of darkness and | bayoneted several battalions of the | Japanese, many of whom died as they | slept. A few Japanese escaned and | sought shelter in stacks of Chinese corn, but the Russians, carried away by the frenzy of revenge, rushed upon the survivors and literally tqre up their bodies with bayonets. The Russians | then rolled themselves in the Japanese | blankets. The next morning the Japa- | nese again shelled out the regiment, while their artillery came on at a run and secured a position east of the rail- | road. | Again General Kuropatkin r\x‘dfll“el’]’i the Russians to retake the position, | but the efforts of his troops were in | 1 vain. The Russains could not reach the Japanese trenches, so withering was the Japanese fire, and only a few | returned where companies had charged The companies in some | cases were commanded by sergeants after the officers had fallen. One offi- cer, his face streaming with blood, | limped up to the general, who was furious. “Where is your company?” the general. “This is all that is left of it,” plied the officer. “It was like a slaughter-house.” The artillery fight on Wednesday was the flercest of the war. The Jap- anese handled their guns superbly and chose splendid positions. Their guns seemed to have every range measured. I They would concentrate the fire of 200 | | | | asked guns first on one place and then on another. Some of the Russian regi- ments were literally shot to pieces. The bombardment reached a climax | at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, when the Japanese tried to envelop and | break through the Russian left wing. | Sttt RUMOR CHEERS MUKDEN. Russian Column Reported to Have Captured Lumin Pass, MUKDEN, Friday, Oct. 14.—News has been received here to the effect that one of the Russian eastern col- a direct anese main positions at Yentai mines. report is true General Kuropat- kin's plans have succeeded and the is asserted, and the Japanese must re- from the army between the Shakhe and Shili rivers and annihilated. But, arrived. SRR Gty E A ‘War News Continued on Page 41, Col- umn 1. | CAFTAIN FENTON OF STANFOED, ~Oo= > mogmms =roro ks CARDINAL PLAYER WHO WAS THE HERO OF THE FOOTBALL GAME YESTERDAY ON CALIFORNIA FIELD AT BERKELEY AND ONE OF THE SENSATIONAL END RUNS. = 3 ANNUAL FRESHMAN + kicking is excepted. be clearly superior all in all. cerned. | will be final. President Jordan Praises Work of California Eleven ALITFORNIA, I think, played a little better football It was a splendid game and of course I am glad that Stanford won. way there should have been no complaint. they could and neither eleven was enough better than the other to This is Stanford’s seventh victory in the eleven games that have been played thus far and we have rea- son to feel quite well satisfied as far as I do not know enough of the technique of football to ren- der an opinion about the decision in favor of the cardinal on that unusual play, but of course the decision of the national committee - if the If victory had gone the other The men did the best the freshmen are con- REMARKABLE PLAY PUZZLES EXPERTS OF THE GRIDIRON Both the Stanford freshmen and the blue and gold “babies” played good football sporadically yesterday at Berkeley. Again they seemed to grow | tired on one side or the other and then it was any one’s game. The cardinal won the victory with their score of 6, but California advanced the ball scores of yards more than her opponents in a straight rushline game. Stanford was strong in Fenton, her little quarter and kicker, but California’s running backs and two-thirds of her line as well had the cardinal men opposite them dis- counted. It was poor headwork that lost the game to the blue and gold. The home eleven had the ball seven yards from their opponents’ goal line in the second half on a first down. Stanford had scored 6 and California was a touchdown to the good. The blue and gold backs gained four and a half yards of the necessary five in two downs. It looked like a splendid chance to push a back through center for a touchdown or at least a half-yard gain, but the signal called for an end run through the mud and a cardinal tackle nailed the runner for a loss. It seemed the unanimous opinion of the football critics that California should have won on form if punting was not a feature of the game. In kicking the cardinal boys gained yards upon yards. Fenton was always there with a swift foot to balance up the play. The greatest point of interest in the game was a peculiar situation caused by Fenton’s doing what he was not expected to do and which ordina- rily would have been poor football. PLAY IS UNUSUAL. The play on which the game of yes- terday depended was a very unusual one. None of the veterans present had ever seen its like before and it probably would not happen again in a century. It was California’s ball on her owa twenty-yard line. Riley punted thirty- five yards to Fenton, Stanford’s quar- terback. The little chap caught the pig- skin and instead of running, as is the custom under such circumstances, he booted the ball back over the heads of his own team and of his opponents who were rushing in a body to tackle him. The football soared through the air and landed fifteen yards from Caiifor- nia's goal. The blue and gold freshmen thought the pigskin would roll over the line and they did not touch it. The ball stopped, however, a foot from the goal posts and while the two elevens were gazing at it in indecision, Fenton, who had returned the punt, came through the crowd and dropped on the pigskin. Then there was the wildest kind of an uproar, If Fenton was “on side” it was Stanford’s ball. .If he was not, it was a touchback for California and her kicker could easily have punted the ball out of danger. The rules were pro- duced, but there were no regulations for this kind of a play. The tired youths who were fighting for suprem- acy were given a long rest while the officials tried to get some light on the question. The rules say that a fullback cannot put himself on side when he receives the ball from one of his own men. In this case Fenton caught Riley’s punt, and therefore did not get the ball from his own team. Referee Fickert main- tained that Fenton was “on side,” while other officials and coaches disagreed. On the advice of “Jim"” Lanagan, coach for the cardinal, it was decided to ac- cept the referee’s ruling temporarily, proceed with the game and then refer the whole matter to the national foot- ball rules committee in New York. Last night the ruling in favor of Stanford was telegraphed to The Call. After getting the ball by the temporary de- cision Stanford sent Vandervoort through for the touchdown. The goal was kicked without trouble. TACELING IS EXCELLENT. interference on both teams was yesterday in nine plays out of The poor ye - every ten. This sort of thing gave the A 50 ! W Akl i AR ¥ D 3 2 -;r'tgl Ywan L i ends a splendid chance to distinguish themselves. Stanford had a trifle bet- ter team work than her rival. The tackling was a credit to both elevens and to their coaches. There was but little grasping of arms or heads to stop runners, and besides saving injuries it was much prettier and more effective. | The California backs were speedier and kept their feet better. The biggest part of the blue and gold line was stronger than that of the cardinal, and this pre- vented the visitors from gaining ground by bucking. Tomasini had rather the better of Stow and Koerner, and Over- man had the opposing ends guessing frequently, but otherwise the Stanford | CAPTAIN FENTO successful. | line was working against odds. California made a big gain on a fake kick, but few other tricks were tried and none others proved There were but two penalizations, one for offside and one for interfering with a’ fair catch. The men on both teams | were in poor condition, which, aided by the hot weather, made the game go slow along toward the last. = Rough work was seen occasionally. Coe, the cardinal’'s center, was ruled off for slugging. The officials performed their work creditably. The annual freshman game is always an uncertainty, as the players generally are not in good condi- tion and do not remain steady at crit- ical moments. Yesterday's contest was better than an average freshman game. California had better weight than Stan- ford, and this partly accounted for her excellent showing in line bucking and mass plays. STANFORD KICKS OFF. The cardinal started the game with a fifty-yard kick to Kendall, who came back fifteen. Riley punted to center, and after the line-up Fenton kicked back twenty-five yards. Riley fumbled in the first rush and Stanford got the ball. Fenton punted outside for five yvards in return. After a preliminary rush Riley kicked to Stanfords’ twenty- yard line and Fenton sent the ball back to center. Snowden, Sperry and Riley right at the Cardinal and worked the ball down to their opponents’ seven- yard line in fifteen plays. Here Stan- ford held for downs and Fenton kicked out of danger. Tomasini secured the pigskin on a fumble and Fenton forth- with kicked ‘to the middle chalk Mne | without a rush. California made a few yards on line bucks and then Riley punted twenty yards. Stanford kicked back twenty-five yards and California worked in a punt which rolled almost to the Cardinal goal line. Riley got through, blocked Fenton's punt and fell on the ball for a touch- down. After Riley got over his first flush of pleasure at being a hero and his comrades had ceased cavorting, Richardson tried for the goal and missed. Stanford kicked forty yards after the line-up. Kendall caught the punt and came back ten. The Blue and Gold failed to make their distance and punted. Fenton booted the ball back twenty-five yards and after a prelim- irary rush California kicked way down the fleld. Stanford called for a kick, but the signals were misin- terpreted and the ball went spinning back toward the Cardinal goal. A Stanford man fell on it and Fenton kicked out of danger from his seven- yard line. Jordan, California’s right end, distinguished himself by catching two Blue and Gold men behind the line In succession immediately after the pigskin had changed hands on downs. PUNTING IS FREQUENT. Fenton kicked and Riley returned punts until the ball was on Califor- nia’s twenty-yard line. Then occurred the sensational play which gave Stan- ford the game. A few minutes later, after the kickoff, the referee called time with the ball on the Blue and Gold forty-five-yard line. half opened with plenty of kicking. After ten minutes of play and as many kicks, the ball was California’s on her own fifty-yard line. Riley bucked center for five yards, Golcher made four through right guard, Sperry got seven through left tackle and then Golcher made a spectacular run of thirty yards around his opponents’ left end. Stanford held for downs and Fenton kicked back twenty-five yards. The ball worked back to center after sev- eral exchanges of punts. Then Golch- er made twenty yards on a fake kick. There was another exchange of punts ~ Continued on Page 41, Column 5. went | The second | | | | ! { o+ President Wheeler Prond of Playing on Both Sides | HE result of the game is perfectly satisfactory to me. I thought from the first that Referee Fickert's decision should be accepted. am glad they were so successful. should be in any way ashamed. ball as far as I could observe. not wish to criticize the playing to-day’s contest was an unusually ball. look forward to next year’s struggle with unabated interest. The California eleven did splendid work and I It was not a defeat of which she These freshman games are always uncertain and sometimes much the and the contest after some reverse. Stanford played creditable foot- | Personally I enjoyed the game and better team will lose its spirit of either team and I believe that Ido | good exhibition of freshman foot- | N PROVES THE HERO OF THE OCCASION The football game between the fresh- men elevens of the University of Cali- fornia and of Stanford University at Berkeley yesterday was a wildly excit- ing contest. Sensational and spectacu- | lar plays were quite the order of the| day. The enthusiasm of the adherents of the blue and gold and of the car- dinal knew no bounds. But it took the national football rules committee in New York to tell that Stanford won the | game by a score of 6 to 5. For a long time there was a dispute over the validity of a certain pecullarI play, on which the cardinal's score de- pended, and when the game was 0\'2{, no one knew who had won. The Call immediately telegraphed to the football | rules committee in New York and ob- | tained the ruling which gives the vie-| tory to the “babies” of Stanford. The spectators got all the entertainment | they could expect to find at a footbali contest. | The cardinal can boast of the hero of | the day. His name is Fenton. He was | ever in the thickest of the battle. His | kicking saved Stanford from certain | defeat. His running and hurdling when he had the ball were sensational enough to bring the rooters of Califor- nia to their feet. Three times he leaped over the heads of men who were at- tempting to bring him down. He kept his head in moments when more expe- | rienced men would have failed. He was bruised and trampled upon until the or- dinary boy would have begged to bei taken to a hospital, and yet he con- tinued to run and plunge and tackle, while he encouraged his followers. As the doubtul play has been decided in Stanford’s favor, little Fenton deserves all the glory, for it was he who turned the trick in the cardinal’s hour of need. CROWD COMES EARLY. Yesterday's game was the formal dedication of California fleld. = The weather was perfect for the spectators, although it was rather hot for the play- ers. The sun shone warmly, the air was clear and white and fleecy clouds were floating across the sky. Back of the grand stand rose the massive hills, giving the scene an appearnce of ma- | jesty and grandeur. . | For more than an hour before the game commenced a thick, black stream | of humanity was making its sluggish | course up the slopes from the gymna- | sium. The trees and the tops of the | houses around the fenced gridiron were | swarming Wwith eager youngsters.| Wherever the workmen had failed to| make the fence boards fit there was a | small mob fighting for the peephole. | The gates were jammed with people | struggling to gnter, for there were no | reserved seats, and those who came | first secured the points of vantage. Be- tween the gates and the entrances to the front of the grand stand the way | was littered with lumber, "tools and | other debris left by the builders. While | one picked his way across this litter he | was entertained by the steady chink and thug of American coin as the box office clerks swept it into their yawn- ing treasure chests. All was color and life on the grand stand. Over here solid masses of peo- ple were shouting ‘‘California” until they grew hoarse. Over there the cheery cardinal was waving riotously in the breezes, while the band from Stanford discoursed the patriotic mu- sic of its alma mater. When President Jordan crossed the checkered fleld and, picking up a spade, threw earth across ‘| the ‘chalk lne, there was much en- thusiasm, until it was declared that he was filling up a mudhole that the play- ers might not soil their garments. ‘Whether the famous educator’s act was a hoodoo for California remains to be seen. President Wheeler made his ap- pearance shortly afterward, and until the end of the contest the two savants wandered up and down the field to- gether, unhampered by officfals, coaches, policemen or other people who get their delight out of life by telling spectators of football games to “move on.” GAME IS EXCITING. When the California fr men trotted across the field there was a tremen- dous burst of applause and organized cheering from the grand stand. The youngsters went through a brief prac- tice as if they were oblivious of the thousands who had pinned hopes on their ability to defeat another eleven from another home of learning. Stanford's appearance did not evoks quite the equal of the apglause given their rivals, but there seemed to be more dainty, little college girls waving cardinal than blue and gold, and that was plenty of encouragement if there had not been a single shout. Once the ball was in play eyes brightened and teeth were clenched in excitement. The lads from the State University were the heavier, they said, and they seemed to push their oppo- nents down the field easily. After al- most every clash for a time the blue and gold adherents were showing their joy in their own unmistakable college way. There was a restless murmur from the Stanford side, like the moan- ing of the sea at Bakers Beach when the. tide is going out. When at last the cardinal boys held their opponents for three flerce rushes the grand stand ceased to look lopsided in its enthusiasm. But, alas! the fair maids with the. bright bonnets forgot to wave their well wishes and lost their pleasant smiles when a begrimed boy went across Stanford's goal line with the ball and owned up that he be- longed to California when the officials had removed twenty-one men from his body and dug him from the mud. Then was the time the blue and gold flut- tered in' the breeze, while pleased -d excited thousands made the grand stand tremble as they applauded. FENTON'S SENSATIONAL PLAY. It was only ten minutes later that Captain Fenton, Stanford's hero, made the sensational play upon which the cardinal's score depended. Each con- tingent had the chance to cheer, for & score and honors were equally df- vided. But when Stanford kicked the goal, a feat which their opponents had failed to accomplish, there was more blue than gold in the California sec- tion. Another touchdown by Califor- nia would have won her the victory, but it could not be done, although the struggling youths fought for it until they were exhausted. Finally the referee announced the end of the contest, and there was no immediately victorious team. Many thought Stanford had won, but as the news of the actual conditions spread the applause slackened. Off the fleld trotted the players, substitutes and trainers, through the gateways leaked the mighty attendance. In the middle of the gridiron the officials took their stand to argue the great disputed play, the Berkeley youth came from its perch in the trees about the fence and the freshman intercolldgiate football game for 1904 was over.