VOLUME LXXVIII.-NO. 182.
A GREAT AT GAME OF FOOTBALL THAT -
ENDED IN A TIE
Football ties are now in fashion. Thr
twenty-two big and strong young men
who represented the University of Califor
nia and Stanford College in a game of in
tercollegiate football yesterday afternoon
at Central Park succeeded in recording the
third tie in the series of five annual sanies
thus far played, the score standing 6to 6.
.-tanford Won two games of the number
contested so far, but the first game it cap
tured from the U. C. eleveij did not count
in the contest for the University Club's
handsome trophy, which must be won
three times by one of the teams before it
becomes exclusive property.
When heavy raindrops fell yesterday
morning tne thousands of people who had
made arrangements to witness the great
game felt rather disappointed over the
prospects of the day, which looked any
thing but inviting. As the hours passed
the dark clouds of the morning disap
peared, and at noon the inaications for a
pleasant afternoon looked decidedly favor
able.
It was announced that the game wonld
commence at 2:30 p. M., but long before
that time thousands of people passed j
through the three gates leading into Cen
tral Park, and ail of the available seats,
with the exception of those reserved at the
north and south ends of the park, were
taken.
The friends and supporters of the Uni
versity of California were strongly repre
sented in all parts of the park; the blue
and gold was everywhere conspicuous.
The cardinal color of Stanford was also j
worn by thousands of people who congre- j
gated in a special compartment at the east j
end of the field. The Stanford brass band |
of forty pieces bad taken a good position I
among those who had gathered to sbout |
and toot for the eleven of Palo Alto, and i
they looked decidedly swell in their pretty j
uniforms.
They played good football music, too, j
which seemed to put renewed life into the \
young men, who kicked and bucked and j
punted hard and fast to gain a victory over !
their well-trained opponents from Berke
ley.
Judging from the cheering and the wav
ing of bunting when any good play was
made there must have been at least five
people who wore the U. C. colors to every ■
person who sported the old cardinal of
Stanford. The ladies, of whom there were j
many present, took special delight in sport- i
ing either the cardinal or the blue and gold. ,
Umbrellas, sticks and hats were decorated,
Md some of the most deeply interested ,
spectators smoked cigarettes of blue and j
gold paper.
Tin boms were conspicuous by their ab- j
eence this year. A few boys were armed j
with bazoos", the noise from which was
drowned, however, by th« shouts of the>
multitude and the cannonade of the big ;
bass drums.
A small bear which the students of
Berkeley had with them as their mascot j
created much amusement in the field prior '
to the commencement of the game. The
little shaggy fellow was decorated in blue
and gold colors, and his handler tried
every imaginable way to induce him to
dance to the tune of "The Band Played
On," but Mr. Cub failed to understand
what all the confusiop meant, and refused
to dance or give an illustration of how
Berkeley proposed to tackle Stanford in
a low way and thereby win a great game.
The Stanford boys had as their mascot
The San Francisco Call.
a white bulldog with a red nose; but when i
Growler glanced across the held and saw
his bearship he slipped between his hand- t
lers legs and made his escape for parts
unknown.
When the hour for the game arrived it
1 i was estimated that there were between
i 10,000 and 12.000 people in the park, and
1 | the places of vantage on the outside of the
• : grounds were also occupied by ladies and
i I gentlemen.
1 Every housetop from which a view of
the game could be had was packed with
I people who did not fancy being taxed a
\ dollar to enter the grounds. The City
i Hall, or at least that part of it from which
the contest could be seen, was also crowded
with spectators, who watched the progress
1. of the game through opera and field
! glasses.
While the struggle between the giants of
i the gridiron was going on a soft rain com
] menced to fall, and then there were hard
j words spoKen as umbrellas by the hundred
| were raised by those who did not fancy a
wetting and a Thanksgiving cold. Those
I whose view of the game was shut out by
the sudden rise in umbrellas objected
furiously to the silk blockade and such
remarks as "close her up," "pull down the
blind," "never mind your hat' : and "get
off the earth," were heard on all sides of
the park, but the umbrellas remained
hcisted and the rain fell on.
The ground upon which the athletes
tumbled and fumbled in their desperate
efforts to get the pigskin within the touch
: line, was getting clammy and soft, as the
I slowly descending drops from the sky in-
I creased in numbers. Chunks of crushed
\ earth were packed on the noses of the most
I desperate anQ courageous of the players
j after each scrimmage, and, indeed, the !
j faces of those able athletes who had bat- !
{ tied to the end, were liberally marked with i
! mud when they took their departure from
j the gridiron.
But those lovely topknots or skull
i protectors, of which so much has been said
i and written since college football was in
j vented, were in an awful state of dilapida
tion after the rain and slush caught on.
Yet those brave young men felt a pardon
able pride in the awful condition which
their hirsute covering presented at the
j finish of the second half of the great
j Thanksgiving day game of 1895.
Some betting was indulged in on the
; grounds, with Stanford on the long end,
but in the down town resorts the Berkeley
team sold a slight favorite. The bets were
j small, few going as high as $5.
Notwithstanding that some rough tac
j tics were used by a few of the players dur
! ing the game to gain a point, very few
accidents resulted to mar the sport. Hupp
and Frankenheimer had to leave the field
| owing to sprained ankles. Hilborn, who
took Hupp's place, distinguished himself J
by knocking an opponent down with his j
fist, and for this exceedingly bad breach j
of football etiquette he was immediately j
removed from the gridiron, much to the
chagrin of his friends, who expected great
things from him.
But in football, and especially when a
championship game is being played, it is
sometimes hard for a spirited young man
to hold his fists in subjugation when a
favorable opportunity is offered to resent
an imaginary insult.
Judging from the way the Stanford
boys handled their opponents in the hist
SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1895.
: half of yesterday's game everybody ex
pected to see the U. C. team badly beaten,
, but in the second haif the Berkeley lads
changed tactics and made up for lost
i ground. Camp and Butterworth were, of
course, very interested spectators, and
; watched every part of the game closely.
The Stanford eleven returned last night
to Palo Alto, after enjoying a splendid
evening's entertainment at the Bush-street
Theater, and the members of the Berkeley
team departed for their homes after hear
ing the opera of "Dr. Syntax" at the
Baldwin Theater, and thus ended the ex
; citeraent and pleasure that attended the
■ great football game of the year.
BEFORE THE GAME.
Incidents Outside the Grounds.
The Crush at the
Gates.
The three entrances to the grounds — one
on Market street and two on Eighth — were
totally insufficient to accommodate the
, immense crowds that began to pour in
from all directions about 2 o'clock. The
: streets surrounding the grounds were
1 packed with a surging mass of people, all
endeavoring to enter the park. Ladies
: and their escorts were jostled this way and
! that, and many a toe was stepped upon
! and many a person vowed if he could get
out of the crowd he would be glad. JJut
once~one got into it that was impossible,
and slowly but surely he would be crowded
I up to the gates and literally shoved into
the grounds.
! • About 2:15 o'clock the Stanford Univer
i sity brass band came marching out Mar
| ket street playing the "Honeymoon
! March," followed by an immense throng
j of students, football enthusiasts and small
i boys. They weTe cheered again and again
as they entered the grounds and marched
across the field to the east side and took
seats in the Stanford section. Throughout
the game this band was very much in evi
dence and played in perfect harmony, ex
cept the base drum, which got wet by the
rain and sounded very doleful and strange
ly out of tune.
The U. C. section was not without its
musical contingent, and this band seemed
to delight in playing at the same time the
Stanford band did, and as the tunes were
different, the effect was somewhat bewil
dering and anything but harmonious.
Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley resi
dents had secured their seats in the U. C.
section, of course, and it seemed as though
they must have practiced the "yell" of the
wearers of the blue and gold often, they
gave it in such unison and with such pre
cision.
Governor Budd and his wife drove up to
the Market-street entrance of the grounds
about half-past 2 o'clock. They were im
mediately recognized by the throug, which
made way for them, and tney passed in
and occupied seats in a special box through
out the game.
The Stanford coach was the first to ar
rive at the park. It was drawn by four
black horses, and laden inside and out
with the players, substitutes and a few es
pecially favored students, who were blow
ing long discordant tin horns. The coach
had been followed all the way out Market
street by an immense retinue of small
boys, who were right in sympathy with
the entire proceeding, and kept up a chorus
of yelling. The men jumped lightly out of
the coach, passing through a gantlet of
onlookers, who either did not have the in
clination or the money to go inside. On
entering the grounds the players were the
recipients of a greater ovaticn at the hands
of the assembled thousands.
Scarcely had the Stanford boys got
within the gates than the coach bearing
the University of California players came
around the corner of Eighth street on a
run, rolling from side to side over the cob
blestones in a manner that suggested the
possibility of its capsizing. But the driver
knew his business and brought the lead
ers and then the wheelers around deftly
and the coach was brought to a standstill
in front of the entrance. The yells and
cheering were deafening and fairly rivaled
that of the throng on the inside, which
was at the same moment welcoming the
Stanford men who had arrived a few mo
ments before. Everybody was excited,
and it peemed as if the audience had gone
wild. Those outside the grounds quieted
down a little as the men passed in, only to
be awakened to renewed enthusiasm as
they heard the cheering inside as soon as
the men were seen.
The crowds of people who did not enter
the grounds remained on Market and
Eighth streets throughout the entire game,
for they were there after it was over and
answered every yell and cheer given on
the inside. As the yells would come alter
nately for the U. C. boys or Stanford they
were thus posted on the progress of the
game, ana, save that they did not see the
actual playing, probably enjoyed it all as
much as those within.
When the game was over the rush for
the cars commenced, the people being
spurred on to rapid movements by the
dripping rain and probable visions of a
fine Thanksgiving dinner awaiting them
at home. The car systems thereabouts
were totally unable to accommodate the
rush for the time being.
Ladies and their escorts piled on the
moving cars, and the wonder is that no
one was injured. It shows what a hold
the game of football has upon the people
when they will endure all the inconve
niences incident to yesterday's games for
the sake of witnessing the play. The rain
could not dampen the enthusiasm, though
it ruined many a new creation in fall mil
lir.ery. The ladies stood in wet places,
suffered from the crush entering and leav
ing the grounds and on the cars, and bore
it all with a smiling fortitude, which de
monstrated that the game was more than
worth it all.
It was a jolly holiday crowd throughout,
composed of the best people in the com
munity, and while the game is patronized
by them it is bound to be always a success.
DETAIL OF THE GAME.
A Record of Every Movement of the
Ball During the Great
Contest.
The general spectator, and even those
individuals acquainted with the players,
cannot always distinguish whicn man is
moving with the ball, particularly when
the plays are close formations directed at
the line. The following detailed account
of the progress of the ball, when read in
connection with the chart, will show how
the advances were made and by whose im
mediate efforts. With the exception of the
two kicks-off by Carle all Stanford's punt
ing was done by Captain Cochran and all
California's kicking by Ransome. The
wavy lines indicate punts, and from their
number it will be seen that kicking was a
very important feature of the fifth annual
intercollegiate game :
Game called at 2:30.
Stanford has ball at center and Carle
kicks off to California 15-yard line.
riupp, California left half, makes the
catch and regains 10 yards before tackled.
Ransome circles Spalding's end for three
and follows in another gain of two yards
before being downed on California 30-yard
line. Ransome drops back for a punt on
last down and sends the ball 45 yards to
Stanford 35-yard line.
Captain Cochran makes the catch and
runs the ball back 10 yards before he is
downed. Then Reynolds is sent through
the University of California line for three
yards. Spalding follows with a beautiful
run round Nelson and under good inter
ference covers 21 yards before he is downed
by Ransome close to touch on the east
side on the University of California 30
--yard line. A double pass to Code and
Stanford's quarterback goes through Rein
hardt for three yards. Cochran drives at
the same place for a little over a yard.
Cochran punts a short distance and
Berkeley failing to catch the ball Code
nearly gets it and then loses it to Hupp on
California's 45-yard line.
Hupp is given the ball and starts round
the end, but gets only a little over a yard.
U. C. then tries to buck Campbell and
loses half a yard in the attempt. Ran-
Borne tries hard to gain the necessary four
yards round Spalding's end rfnd sets but
three, and the ball changes hands on
downs.
Reynolds ia fired between Douglas and
Plunkett for two yards. Spalding starts
for another run round Wilson, and, keep
ing well under cover of his interference,
clears the end and makes a strong run of
25 yards, when he is again downed by Ran
some near the eastern touch line and
only 22 yards from goal. Then little
Frankenheimer is brought into*ervice and
bucks Reinhardt fora small gain, but in
the general mass pushing and crowding he
is forced back for a loss of two yards.
Plunkett is assailed next and bucks for
three yards with the ball on U. C.'s 20
--yard line and third down. Cochran punts
to the 15-yard line, and Ransome
fumbles the catch, for Williams, the Stani
fold center, is upon him and is after the
ball, which he secures five and a half yards
from goal. Frankenheimer bucks for
three yards and brings the ball within
three yards of goal and then follows in the
same place for eight feet, but the umpire
takes the ball back and Cochran goes tan
dem through Reinhardt to within two feet
of goal. Stanford lines up right in front
of the post on tirst down and over two feet
to go. A buck directed at Wallthall is
backed up well and only a foot is gained.
With only that foot between themselves
and four points the Stanford team crouch
low and rush a tandem through Reinhardt,
forcing Captain Cochran over the line for
a touchdown, thirteen minutes after the
game began.
Cochran kicks the goal, Code holding
the ball, and Stanford has 6 points to Cali
fornia's 0.
Ransome kicks off for Berkeley to Stan
lord's 30-yard line, where Fraakenheimer
fails to get it at once, and the ball roils
back to the 25-yard line.
Cochran punts from far back of the line,
really losing rive yards on his kick, and
Berkeley holds the ball.
Captain Sherman dashes between Cotton
and Spalding for three yards. Ransome
follows between Campbell ana Fickert for
nearly two yards. Hupp tries Jeff's end
and is tackled by Code, and in the general
crowd back the ball is downed without
gain of the half-yard necessary to the pos
session of the ball.
Cochran punts out of Stanford territory,
at once sending the ball to the middle of
the field, where Jeff is upon Ransome and
downs him before he can recover more
than thxee yards. A tandem buck is
started and the umpire's whistle sounds.
The ball is taken back to Stanford's 30
--yard line for an off-side play and U. C. in
possession.
Captain Sherman dodges between Cotton
and Carle for three yards. Ransome gets
round Cotton's tackle for five yards and
then follows with a try at Campbell for
one yard ana the ball is now on Stanford's
20-yard line. Ransome is given the ball
again and gets past Campbell for two
yards. Sherman tries the same place and
is stopped by Frankenheimer. Ransome
smashes between Fickert and Campbell for
half a yard. Hupp tries to go round
Spalding and is downed by Code, with a
fraction of a yard gain ; he is given the
ball again and makes a spurt at Jeff's end,
gaining three yards.
Stanford takes the ball on the failure to
cover five yards in three tries and Captain
Cochran punts to the 25-yard line, where
Captain Sherman fumbles the catch, and
Cochran is after the ball with a rush,
downing it on the 22-yard line. Spalding
is sent at Wilson's end, but his inter
ference is forced through and he is downed
with loss of half a yard. Frankenheimer's
lame ankie causes him pain and time is
taken out. On a fake kick Rey
nolds exhibits one of Camp's sur
prises and rushes low in tandem
fashion between Douglas and Plunkett for
11 yards. He follows again with the
ball round Wilson's end, but is downed
after half a ysfd gain. Code was the
quarterback kind and sends the ball too
straight ahead, but Fickert breaks through
Plunkett and gets the missed catch, down
ing the ball on Stanford's 32-yard line.
Frankenheimer goes through Wallthallfor
two yards. Spalding starts for the left end
and is tackled by Reinhart without gain.
Cochran now punts to the 46-yard line for
a gain of 14 yards.
Ransome runs the ball back four yards to
the 43-yard line where he is brought down
by Code. Ransome pants to Stanford's
five-yard line.
Cochran makes the catch and saves his
team from a dangerous position by a long
spiral return, gaining 15 yards on the ex
change of punts and sending the ball to
Berkeley's 50-yard line. Cotton is down
the field in time to take advantage of
Plunkett's fumble of the catch. He starts
forward and covers five yards with the
ball and is almost Clear for an open field
when downed. The umpire orders the
ball back to where Plunkett fumbled it,
and Stanford has the ball on the U. C.
50-yard line. Reynolds bucks Douglas for
three yards. Cochran rushes between
Wallthall and Reinhardt for 11 and fol
lows with a center buck that gives a
yard. In the scrimmage Hupp's bad
ankle is hurt, and after a few moments'
wait he has to be assisted off the field.
Hilborn is put in his place. Cochran and
Frankenheimer go tandem to Reinhardt,
but without gain, and the ball changes
hands.
Ransome drops back, but it is a fake
kick, and Hilborn gains five yards round
Jeff's end. Sherman follows round Cotton
for three yards. Hilborn goes into Camp
bell for two yards. Ransome tries to go
between Cotton and Carle, but is stopped,
and be is forced to punt, and sends the
pigskin to Stanford's 20-yard line with a
kick of 46 yards.
Cochran makes the catch and runs it in
five yards before he is downed. Punting
on first down he drives the ball to the
50-yard line.
Captain Sherman makes the catch and
runs it back four yards. Campbell is bucked
into hard for two yards, and Franken
neirner is again laid out. The ball is 44
yards from Stanford 1 s goal, and Shermai
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tries to go round Spalding, and is brought
down by Cotton and Reynolds after a
yard gain. The next pa«s is fumbled,
but Hutchinson manages to recover the
ball, although Berkeley loses three yards
and the ball is forfeited on downs.
Reynolds tries to circle Wilson, but
Ransome and Hilborn break through into
the interference, causing a loss of two
yards. Wallthall is bucked for three yards.
Cochran bucks between Douglas and
Plunkett, but no gain, and the ball goes
back to U. C. on Stanford's 45-yard line.
Sherman dashes straight forward through
Campbell on a fake kick, going three yards.
Hilborn tries to go round Campbell and Is
stopped short. It is third down and the
ball is passed back to Ransome; but he
does not punt. Running strongly and
straight ahead, he clears Spalding's end
and avoids his tackle; passes and avoids
Code; gets by Cochran and is finally
brought down on Stanford's five-yard line
after a gain of 35 yards. It is only
five yards to a touchdown, and Ransome
reduces it to three yards, bucking between
Fickert and Campbell. Again he bucks,
but gets only half a yard, Campbell being
laid out by the force of the blow he took.
The ball goes to Stanford and is taken
out to the 10-yard line for off-side play.
Cochran punts out of dangerous territory
to the 35-yard line.
Ransome runs his catch back five yards.
An attack upon Cotton is repulsed with a
hard loss. Hilborn tries Jeff's end, but
his interference fails him and he gains a
yard unprotected. Ransome tries to circle
Campbell, but without gain. Sherman
plunges for Spalding's end and is tackled
by Spalding after a five-yard gain. But
the umpire brines the ball back and gives
it to Stanford on herownSS-yardline.
A buck into Reinhardt yields a yard.
Cochran bucks the same tackle again and
gets half a yard. Now on a fake kick
Reynolds makes a second try at the tan
dem play through guard and gains 24
yards, carrying the ball to the middle
of the field before he is downed. The
whistle sounds the end of the half, with
the ball in Stanford's possession on the
center line, and the score is 6 to 0 in her
favor.
The second half opens with California
with the ball for the kick-off . Ransome
punted to Stanford's 15-yard line.
Spalding, who has distinguished himself
in the first half by^several long runs, starts
forward from the catch, and with a run of
seventeen yards brought the ball to the
32-yard line before tackled. Cochran
pants into California territory with a kick
of forty-eight yards, and the ends are
down after it, preventing any return.
California has the ball on her own 30
--yard line. Ransome punts to the 45-yard
line, where Stanford is downed with the
ball.
Reynolds bucks Douglas for three yards.
Spalding follows at the same man and
gains eight yards, bringing the ball to
Berkeley's 35-yard line. In the next line
up Hilborn is causht slugging a Stanford
man and is promptly ruled off by the
umpire. Carr, the third 11. C. man to
play left half back, goes.in to take his place.
Spalding tries to gain through Reinhardt,
but the Berkeley backs support him and
force Stanford to lose a yard. Cotton takes
the ball for a tackle-round-tackle play and
gains two and a half yards through Doug
las. Frankenheimer bucks Selfriiige and
Plunkett for two yaras, and Berkeley is
given the ball on the failure to cover the
necessary ground in three tries.
Stanford kicks at once to Stanford's 51
---yard line, where the ball is downed.
Cochran punts on first down back into
Berkeley territory, and the ball is downed
without advance on IT. C.'s 50-yard line.
Ransoroe again punts as soon as he geta
the bait, and sends it over to his opponents'
30-yards line.
On a fake kick, Reynolds works the new
tamlem play through the center for the
third time, and grains six yards. Spalding
goes next on a tine spurt throuch the line
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