The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 13, 1904, Page 43

Pages 43 to 54 THE SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDA Stanford _— 18 | STALWART MEN FROM STA CARDINAL IS TRIUMPHANT ON CALIFORNIA GRIDIRON :GAMESV Wbfl AND LOST BY THE RIVAL UNIVERSITIES ord University (Mairch) . .14 » University of California rd University (December). 10 Unlversity of California anford University. . sosmies . 6 University of California . nford University.. .. 6 University of California rd University 6 University of California ford University. 20 University of California 1 University f;! University of California 30 g 1 University. . 5 1901—TUniversity of California. .. 2 1902—University of Californi of Californi nford University 1903—University 1904—Stanford University...... . Games won—Stanford University, sseeesdB ; University of Stanford University . .. Stanford University ... Stanford University ... University of California California, 4; tie zames, — ENTHUSIASM IN THE GRAND STAND DURING A MASS PLAY ON THE GRIDIRON. [ irhousands Watch the Bitter Struggle on Californi; Field and See Berkeley Fairly Beaten. of strength for s, a sudden tbreak of & the story ate grid- y on the new g, savage, | beat down t blue and gold napped before ults. Upon the as enacted a terri- of the law that the Around about the ammed thousands ling while the ham- of brute force ble dictates of fell battling and in their might. a game only, of life itself. x f students and ands of their friends day of days. picked athletes of two had been trained, d dieted into al condition and the A ertness. In these en, some in red and some s, that indefinable thing, ma mater had been vest- ength of a muscle, theY g the partisan vomen, young and Littie wonder Is it, ning of the bal- ied yesterday after- thousand ribbon- themselves tier on fornia flelds. The m Milpitas rubbed bank president; a Word clapped a steam- ulder and screeched as p devil. ROOTERS SPRING SURPRISE. Color everywhere, from the sprout- ing green on the hils to the peacock ppings of the grand stands. Two lotches of solid dye flanked the field, the one vivid with the cardinal of the ftanford rooters, the other shrieking with the blue and gold bonnets of Berkeley’'s young men. Then in the covered sections on each side of the ersities ulders with a th one possess: een counts the | During | BY ROBERT W. RITCHIE. ous scheme almost paralyzing to the urprises were sprung everywhere. ver where the Stanford claquers sat [in a solid rank of red there were a |few mysterious —movements, and | presto! a great white “S” appeared picked out against the glaring back- ground. All this because some of thein- | genious youths had arrayed themselves in cooks’' caps and nighties according essary alignment of their s initial letter. Next from Berkeley’s rooters there suddenly shot aloft a skyrocket trailing on its stick shreds of the college colors. Then from Stanford another joke. Hoisted | upon an improvised screen there ap- | peared the familiar legend of a break- fast food with the motto that “Sunny Jim (Weller) eats Force.” Then it was California’s turp to throws a trick. The trick was little 4-year-old Willie Lindberg, who appeared before the rooters, garbed all in blue and gold, to lead themv in the yells with his baby arms. WEIRD YELLS SPLIT THE AIR. The yells—but everybody knows them by this time. The barking “Rah-rah-rah, Stanford!”- and the long-drawn cumulative Berkeley “Os- the | ki-wow-wow!"” There were some new ones, con- ceived out of the quick wits of Bulke- ley and Thorpe, the rival yell leaders, and these were bandied back and forth through the braying mega- phones of the students. “Lusty, blow, blow Always crow, crow.” The men from Palo Alto turned the Californian’s precious yell into a scof- fing and a hissing. “Skyrocket!” Berkeley would reply-with a rising in- flection signifying Stanford’s ambi- tions, but ending the shibboleth in a groan of squelched hopes. Then the teams came trotting on, the blue and gold men first. To his feet leaped every spectator and the air was torn with the jangling of yells. Out of the welter of noise came the solemn organ notes of Stan- ford’s hymn to the college. Men and girls sang in sweet unison, standing. FIERCE STRUGGLE BEGINS. A conference of officials, little Hop- per shaking hands with Coach Lana- gan, and then the men in canvas aligning themselves in the arena. The scream of the referees whistle, a gridiron blossomed the gay dresses end satin streamers of women. When the masses of spectators rose to yell the tints jumbled-and ran into g riot- thump of the yellow ball springing high from Sprott’s foot and the game is on. With like regularity machine sounds the muffled impact hitting mass. A sprawling kicking hodies, the sudden shifting into position, quarterback’s nervous bark, and then again that thudding of mass pile of Jar. Neither side has.victorx. Down the field the Stanford backs work the pigskin by inches at a time, only to lose to Berkeley and see their hard- gained yards of advantage swallowed up by the soaring punts of Heitmuller. The ball stays persistently in Cardinal territory and the heart of the Cali- fornian rooter is glad within him. But then came that terrible second half. The battering and the bruising power of Jim Weller's head had worn down the strength of the men oppos- ing. The Berkeley line wavered, then held, then crumpled up. President Wheeler squatted down on the side lines near Coach Hopper and spoke to him, once, twice. Hopper, with his bent knees trembling and his teeth clenching a wicked black cigar, had his eyes and his thoughts on that weak- cning line and did not hear. THE WRECK OF THE TEAM. A ball pushed over the last line, then the splitting staccato yelp from the cardinal. Again the hammering. Wel- ler, Chalmers und Dole pushed through the weakened defense relentlessly, “Hold 'em, California!” wailed the Berkeley cohorts. Five, ten yards at a time crashed the bullet formation from behind the Stanford rush line, rending, smaching. Men began to totter and stumble in the California fighting front. First, Sperry had to be led sobbing from the field. Next Mead went, then Gray. Then Captain Stroud, dazed and bfind- ed, was drawn to the side lines by the coaches. The blue and gold team, rud- derless and beaten to a daze, fought blindly against two more inevitable touchdowns. Finally, as if by the irony of fate, the last whistle sound- ed with, the ball only a few feet from the coveted Stanford goal. Then the Berkeley ranks had to sit i the gathering dusk and watch the serpentine dance of the cardinal zig- zag California field in delirious vic- :gg:. And while they watched they g ————— Greatest Shoe bargain of the week at the “Rightway.” See page 41. . ———e OIL COMPANY INCORPORATES.—Articles of incorporation were flled yesterday by the Coalinga-Peerless Ofl Company with a capital etock of $1,000,000, of which has been subscribed by each 'of the following directors: John M. Wright, J. H. Neff, John C. Cole- man, Z C. Cather and H. C. k. ——— California O | NFORD SCORE VICTORY OVER BERKELEY — CAPTAIN CLARK PRAISES COACH LANAGAN’S WORK EASELESS pounding of ‘ California’s tackles did the business for us. We hammered at those posi- tions from the first kick-off un- til the end of the game. This play was the one that brought us our greatest gains. The Stanford men played well to- gether, the result of James Lanagan’s coaching. It was his victory more than ours, and all honor to him. California al- ways fights hard and this year's blue and gold team was cer- tainly no exception. Before we went into the game I expected we would win by a score of 6 to 0, so, of course, I am satis- fed. A R R TR T AT GOLLEGE ELEVENS ESTABLISH A NEW ERA IN FOOTBALL By Snappy Playing Stanford Team Wins Game: BY PARK WINSLOW. The great football game between the University of California and Stanford University at Berkeley yesterday re- | sulted not only in a splendid victory for the cardinal, but it also marked a big stride forward for Western football. The apathy that has characterized the Pacific Coast. gridiron contests of the past was noticeably absent. The men on both teams played With an earnest- | ness and a ferocity unparalleled in any lof their previous struggles. Stanford won with straight football by better team work. Various individuals on the cardinal eleven performed spectacular feats, but it was not they, but the or- ganization, that won. The blue and gold eleven was inferior in point of ex- perience, and a few of the men were physically unable to perform the duties laid out for them. Both teams were fast and deter- mined. Coach James Lanagan accom- plished an extremely difficult task in keeping practically & veteran eleven from getting lax through overcon- fidence. Coach Hopper deserves great credit for making something from al- most nothing. » The cardinal had a slight advantage in weight, but that had little bearing on the result of the contest. The key to the score is that California had a “green” eleven .and i CAPTAIN STROUD | SAYS THE BEST ELEVEN WON | THE best team won. We played the best that was in us: In the first half we held them down fairly well, but in the second half it was an uphill battle. Every man on the team played the game and I am proud of them. We take off our hats to Stan- ford this year, but our team will win pext year. We were against an aggregation of players who were superior to us in the game. ‘Weller's bucking was a feature of Stanford’s playing, although Sprott and Dole each played star games. The cardinal sur- passed us in team work and showed the benefit of excellent coaching. Chalmers Startles Spectators by Long Run. -+ Stanford had one of “class.” The game demonstrated to the satisfaction of every expert who witnessed it that the day has passed for the ‘“old woman" talk to the effect that the climate makes good football impossible west of the Rockies. This season’s blue and gold team would have defeated last year's cardinal eleven by better than a touchdown. MEN IN GOOD CONDITION. The players in both teams were in splendid condition and fought for all there was in them. California never had half a chance to show what her backs could do. Her line was too weak in spots to. give the runners an oppor- tunity to start. The blue and gold right tackle, left guard and both ends were unable to cope with the men playing opposite them: They played low and worked hard, but to no avail. In the second half, when the home team struck the toboggan, the boys in the positions mentioned were thrown out of the way as' a longshoreman handles lumber. 4 Stanford's interference was as good as any the writer ever saw on an East- ern gridiron. No one knows what Cali- fornia might have done in this respect had the opportunity been presented. The cardinal backs tandemed through the line time after time, assisted by every one of their fellow players. How | Lanagan ever got his men to work in that way in the last three weeks is a wonder. In the early part of the season there was an apparently utter absence of team work in the eleven from Palo Alto. California tackled well in general. ‘Whenever a blue and gold man was able to get at a cardinal back the run- ner was bowled over in championship style. As the home team’'s backs did not get a chance to run the visitors lacked opportunities to' demonstrate thelr tackling ability. g The . officials performed their duties admirably. The whistle was sounded as soon as the ball was down, thus pre- venting rough work and wrestling for the pigskin. A close watch was kept for offside plays and for holding, and a phenomenally clean game was the re- sult. The penalizations were infre- I'so busy as they were last night figur- WHAT PRESIDENT WHEELER SAYS OF THE RESULT || CONGRATULATE Stanford Ihenrmy on a clean victory in a clean game. The first half was one of the best illus- trations of the game of football that any one ever saw. It was full of surprises and shifting in- terest, as well as shifting advan- tage. Our team has had throughout the season a splen- did support and carried It through the game. Every man played for all there was in him. They were green men, mostly, and that showed in the second half. I was delighted with the good spirit shown by the stu- dents of both universities in cheering the good plays on both sides. The whole event presents a macnificent illustration of the best form of intercollegiate sport and intercollegiate spirit. 3 € Experts Praise th Defeated Men for Efforts. quent and were caused by overzealous- ness on the part of the line men to get away with the ball. The weather was | a trifle sultry for such a strenuous game. The field was in as good condi- tion as possible without turf. There were but few instances of fumbling, and none of these proved expensive. California was markedly superior in punting. It is laigely due to “Heine” Heitmuller that the cardinal did not roll up a man's size score. His kick- ing in the first half evened up for the line-bucking of the visitors. Cap- tain Stroud played a heroic game for | the blue and gold at center. Time after time he broke through and | stopped plays, but support was lack- ing. His work aroused the admiration of every spectator and when he was helped oft the field in a crippled con- djtion the cardinal rooters gave him well deserved cheers. California has ample reason to be proud of her foot- ball captain. Hyde played a fair game at center for Stanford, but was no match for his opponent. CARDINAL GUARDS ‘ARE STRONG | Roosevelt, at the visitors’ right| guard, was too good for Gray and | Haffey, who went against him. He} had a strenuous name to start with and the strength, alertness and brain to back it up. He brushed his oppo- nent out of the way and made a big hole every time he received the proper signal. Thompson did wonders on the other side of center with Stern and Kerr.. He and Sprott appeared to be making way for a three-seated auto- mobile instead of for backs, who could almost sift through a keyhole in their frenzy to advance the pigskin. It is due more to the linemen, who made the holes, than to the backs, who carried the ball, that Stanford secured three touchdowns. I frequently saw ‘Weller, Chalmers and Dole get from three to seven yards past the rushline before a California man could brush at them with his finger tips. This fact in no way detracts from the splendid game played by the cardinal backs, but without some crackajack men in the line they would never have been ing up their respective gains. Shields was not the equal of Heit- muller on the cardinal’s right tackle, but with the able assistance of Roose- velt he helped the backs make many yards on his side of the line. Clark | Continued on Page 44, Column 1. GREATEST GAME EVER SEEN HERE SAYS DR. JORDAN HIS year's game was the Tfint‘sm exhibition of football and one of the most spec- | tacular I have ever seen on the coast. My opinion is that the representatives of Stanford won because the men were in supe- { rior physical condition and played together better than did the representatives of Califor- nia. The blue and gold men should feel proud of their team, for although losers they fought every minute and did not quit at any stage of the game. I was delighted to see the sportsmanlike attitude of both the players and the rooters. It is no easy thing to stand in your own bleachers and cheer while a victorious rival cavorts om your field, yet California did this. All honor to its adherents. REFEREE BEST APPLAUIS TEAHS, Says That Both Elevens Play Clean - Cut Football. R — CAPTURE RED BALLOONS ———— BY LOUIS LEVY. Although football is a rough game and the padded athletes who sprang at each other in yesterday’s annual inter- collegiate gridiron battle suffered in- jury, not a player lost his temper nor committed a breach of the rules. It was a clean-cut, gentlemanly game, par- ticipated in by men who represent the highest types of the college athlete. It was a pathetic sight to see brave ath- letes, withdrawn from the field be- cause of injury, weep on the side lines because they were not permitted to risk life and limb for their alma ma- ter. It was also heart-stirring to see fair women cast flowers into the arena in the path of the tearful-eyed gladi- ators who were heiped from the field soothed by fellow collegians. President Wheeler was on the firing line throughout the battle, and, al- though it pained him to see his cour- ageous boys go down to defeat, never- theless he felt proud to be the head of an institution that put forth such men. He was loud in his praises of the men who played on both elevens. He ad- mired their Spartan spirit and the clean, sportsmanlike way each side played. What gladdened his heart was the splendid spirit shown by the root- ing sections of both colleges. Never be- fore had either university cheered the injured or applauded clever college yells. This proved to President ‘Wheels as it did to every ome who wi in the big inclosure, that even in the heat of battle the college man does not forget that he is a true sports- man. REFEREE PRAISES GAME. Charles M. Best, once a star mem= ber of the Lafayette Colleg® team, act- ed as referee in place of Ben Dibblee, who was unable to attend the festiv+ ities. Mr. Best is a diminutive man, but he proved an ideal official. His eyes never lost sight of the ball, and, as a result, there was no “fudging.” Rich- ard Smith was umpire, and, like Best, was on the alert, and whenever either team was offside he reported it and a penalty was meted out to the side Continued on Page 45, Cofumn 4.