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CALL'S DOUBLE PAGE OF SPORTS
STANFORD'S
VICTORY IS
EARNED
Cardinal Ruggers Show That
the Open Style of Play
Counts Most
WILLIAM UNMACK
Stanford played the game on Satur
day. The men on the team showed
that the open style of play can be
executed even against the most deter
mined efforts of the opposition to en
tirely bottle it up. It was the forcing
of the open play that gave Stanford
the victory, and it was a well earned
victory, too.
Had California played the same
Myle of ball and attempted to open
up the game as it did in the last 10
minutes of play, the result might
i>ave been different. It is, however,
one of those cases of "what might
have been," and it's too late now.
California men have played more*
Aggressive football than they showed
Saturday. The team for some reason
appeared to be off color. They showed
signs of "nerves," which did them no
good. There was considerable fum
bling by the back field men in par
ticular. When Stanford tallied Its
first score the result further un
nerved the California boys, and It
gave an opportunity to the Stanford
men to redouble their efforts.
In the early stages of the game the
California forwards outhooked the
Stanford men. but toward the end of
the first half the Cardinals evened
this matter up, and in the second half
had the best of the argument. When
California did get the ball It was of
little service to the backfleld, as the
rear rank kept it in and would not
take the necessary chance to let it
out to the half fives and threes. When
!t did get out occasionally Gard and
Parsie were on to it like a rocket
and were successful in their efforts at
interception and smothering.
CARROL LIKE SPHINX
Danny Carrol stood out in the game
with the same majesty and same
commanding aspect as the Sphinx. In
the deserts of Egypt the Sphinx
stands out and pales everything else
into insignificance. Carrol stood out I
«s the most remarkable Rugby player I
that has ever worn a Stanford or
California upper. Carrol's work was
•omething like that of a college pro
fessor lined up in class with a high
school hoy.
<"arrol showed the knowledge of
the professor. Had he not done so it
would have been surprising. To see
a man like Carrol anticipate the
plays in the way he did. always on
hand to rush into the fullback post-
Jon when Andrews left it vacant for
a. few seconds, ready to go up to five
or rush behind the scrum when the
ha If hack was missing, are all little
points that go to make a Rugby
player.
it is headwork acquired by playing
the game from infancy that has
made Carrol the world famous inter
national player that he is. His selec
tion on such famous team as «the
Wallabies and Waratahs of Australia
and several other Australian teams
against England in Australia and
against New Zealand only come to a
man of ability. Danny lived right
up to his international reputation in
the hijr game.
P.eferee Bill Hill could not have
handled the whistle in better shape
than he did. and it is to be regretted
that rumors are floating round in cer
tain points.
One of these comes from the Stan
ford campus to the effect that Hill
ordered the game to proceed while
Erb was out without waiting for Til
ton to go in.
It is quite likely that Hill did order
the game to go on. but he was per
fectly justified. The Stanford rumor I
is not a nice one to hear, seeing that
California is accused of having asked
Hill to proceed with the game with
out the halfback.
HILL IH THE RKiHT
Hill would not take Instructions
from any one on such a point. The
facts are these; When Erb had been
out a considerable time Hill went over
to the injured man to see when he
would be back. He found that It
would be impossible for him to get
back in the game and then rushed to
the time keepers to ask if time was
xi P.
The Brown brothers told him the j
time had expired and he Immediately
Instructed the scrum to get down and
start play. It was not Hill's place to
wait until darkness set in for the
Stanford halfback to come up to his
position.
The play started without a halfback
and Stanford gained the ball. Just
What would have happened had Carrol
Tint been there is hard to say, but it
looked as though California would
have rushed the pill down the field.
Carrol took in the situation at a
glance and rushed behind the pack.
Surrounded he got his kick away and
found touch.
PEART IX FINE FORM
The playing of Sterling Peart on the
California team opposite Carrol at
'•enter three-quarter was the big fea
ture of the California team. Peart
stood out on the California team in
the same ratio that Carrol stood out
over both teams.
The California captain showed well
in all his work, though there were one
or two occasions when his Inability
to take the ball resulted disastrously.
The most noticeable of these was
when Carrol grabbed the sphere and
put in his history making 40 yard
dash for the goal line and got away
with it.
Peart, however, was the backbone
of the team, and without his wonder
ful defensive tackling, hi* hefty boot
and his ability on the attack the blue
and gold would have been in a bad
way.
The men of the two teams gave
everything they had. They played the
way they were instructed. The in
structions on the one hand won the
game, the other instructions lost out.
Moral, a team s best defense is its at
tack.
Quod erat demonstrandum—Stan
ford 13, California 8. 1
».
HOW THE RIVAL VARSITY RUGGERS MIXED UP IN THE SCRUMS
This is the way the camera caught the Stanford and California football stars in one of their numerous scrums near the finish of the great game last Saturday afternoon.
STANFORD IN LEAD
WITH TEN PLAYERS
ON ALL-STAR TEAM
WILLIAM UNMACK
T!ie Call has announced its All-America selections every year since
Rugby has been played here, and today the seventh aggregation of stars
is selected.
The Call confines its selections to the colleges playing the game, and,
following precedent, only selects an All-America intercollegiate combina
tion. If the Olympic and Barbarian clubs and others were taken into con
sideration, there would be considerable moving around of the team here
named, and clubmen would in some of the places nose out the collegians.
The 1913 intercollegiate team will, of course, not suit all minds. No
two men ever thought alike on this selection business, and The Call an-
nounces its team as the 15 best suited
from the lines of attack. The selected
15 men would prove a strong defen
sive aggregation and is capable of
stemming the most herculean efforts
attempted to cross its lines.
AGGRESSIVE WORK COUNTS
The attack of a team, however, Is
always the best line of defense, and
Stanford demonstrated this on Satur
day by defeating California and hold
ing the blue and gold away from Its
lines by its methods of attack. Cali
fornia realized the truth of the attack
too late, and only in the last 10 min
utes did the blue and gold show that
"attack is the best method of defense."
The All-America team here pre
sented is selected along the lines of
attack. It is quite possible that the
Rugby union will select Peart of Cali
fornia as the fullback for its All-
American team, but. Judging by the
wonderful game he played at center
three-quarters, he would prove of far
better service to his team in this
center position. He shows everything
necessary for the position, though
there were one or two times that he
did slip up in taking passes cleanly.
However, that Is bound to happen In
the best of regulated families.
Young Skinner of California showed
a remarkable defensive ability and
played a phenomenal game at full
back. He will get no more strenuous
attack by the New Zealanders than
he got Saturday, and the lad has
proved that he is able to meet the
situation.
He Is not as good or strong a full
back as Peart, but by placing him at
fullback the attack is strengthened
by having Peart footloose and free
to go into the three-quarter line.
CARROL A REAL STAR
Many will undoubtedly be surprised
that Carrol is not selected as center
three-quarters. Carrol, of course, was
the whole show on Saturday. With
Peart in center, however, it gives Car
rol an opportunity to shine as a scor
ing man in his correct and legitimate
position of wing three-quarters.
True Carrol was nearer up to the
play for defensive work at center and
was able to take advantage of all
sorts of opportunities and anticipated
many plays. But give the speedy Aus
tralian a chance on the wing and he
will Justify his selection as a winger.
For the other wing Urban has land
ed the berth. Reeves and Urban are
in slightly different classes. Urban is
more of an opportunist and an at
tacking player, while Reeves is a
solid defensive man, able to stop the
most deadly rushes. Urban can also
stop rushes, but not in the same way
that Reeves can. Urban, however, is
wanted to start rushes and do the
best he can on stopping them.
There will be no argument as to
Austin's selection. He and Carrol were
the heroes of the Stanford team and
with Peart proved the three best men
on the field Saturday. Lachmund
showed lots of class and played a
sterling heady game. He showed good
attacking qualifications as well as
strenuous defense.
TILTON AT HALFBACK
For halfback there will possibly he
considerable difference of opinion, but
here again Tllton was selected on his
showing In getting the ball away
from the scrum. He showed to better
advantage at this play than Erb did.
while Erb showed better at stopping
rushes than Tilton. The latter, how
ever, is able to cope with the rushes
all right.
In any other Rugby country than
California McKim would never be se
lected on an all-star team. His con
sistent playing off side on Saturday
would have barred him in the eyes of
the selectors, but locally he can not
be done without It is hoped that be
fore the game next Saturday that he
will have digested the lessons taught
by the numerous free kicks awarded
Stanford for his aggressions.
True, many of the offsides were not
intentional on MeKlm's part. This
offside is McKim's only bad mark.
He was the most aggressive, deter
mined and speediest forward on the
California team Saturday and has
been all the season. Locally, it Is im
possible to keep him off any all-star
team.
As a hooker he is clever, and, with
W T ines and Hall of Stanford, has been
named to form the front row of the
team.
VOIGHT GETS A PLACE
Voight of Santa Clara has shown
good form all the season and gets
into the big team for the second row.
Blase of Stanford, who played center
in the rear rank of the Stanford
scrum, has to be given a position on
the team for his consistent work in
the loose on the lineouts and his abil
ity in the scrum.
Btg Bill King of California, who
plays the same position on the Cali
fornia team as Blase does for Stan
ford, must also be on the team. They
are the two largest men. By leaving
King in his own position and putting
Blase In the second row with Voight,
the scrums will be fairly evenly bal
anced and a good combination worked
out.
Tor breakaways there is no one will
deny the positions to Gard and Dar
sie, the Stanford boys. They were
there a million and played the game
of teir lives on Saturday. This com
pletes what would prove to be a won
derful combination.
The team is not selected on the
showing made Saturday, but on the
work of the men throughout the
whole season.
Willard in Chicago
Ready to Mix With
The Fighting Boer
CHICAGO, Nov. 10.—Jess Willard,
Tom Jones' candidate for the heavy
weight championship has arrived from
California.
On next Monday evening at Milwau
kee Willard stacks up against Rodel,
the Boer, Jimmy Johnston's danger
ous scrapper. Rodel has fought Gun
boat Smith and all the best hopes in
the east and still is alive and doing
business at the old stand.
BARGAIN SALE
OF MONEY
The Call will sell .100.000
pontile* tomorrow.
One hundred for ninety-eight
cents.
starting tomorrow morning at
ten o'clock, at The Call office,
"00.000 pennlea freah from the
I . s. mint will be offered for
aale at a bargain. Limit, $50 to
a customer.
The Call's Stellar Team
Unmack Makes Selections
The Call All-America intercollegiate team, as selected by the
noted authority, William Unmack, is as follows:
Fullback—Skinner (California).
Three-quarters—Carrol (Stanford), Peart (California), Urban
(Stanford).
Five-eighths—Austin (Stanford), Lachmund (Stanford).
Halfback—Tilton (Stanford).
Forwards—McKim (California). Wines (Stanford), Hall (Stan
ford), Voight (Santa Clara), Blase (Stanford), Gard (Stanford),
King (California), Darsie (Stanford).
Reserves—Backs, Reeves (Stanford), Hazeltine (California);
Forwards, Fleming (California), Brant (California), Abrams (Cali
fornia), Watkins (Stanford), Peck (Stanford).
LOWELL IN
LINE FOR
TITLE
With but one minute to play and no
score credited to either team, the
Rugby fifteen representing Lowell
high school carried the ball over the
Cogswell line in the deciding game of
the Kan Francisco subleague on Sat
urday. From the scrum on the five
yard line. Turkington of the Lowell
ites rushed the ball over the line, but
conversion, which was attempted by
Knight, failed.
As had been expected, the game
proved a very even affair, neither
team having an advantage over the
other. Cogswell's weight in the back
field was made up for by the speed of
the Liowellites, but as the game was
a battle of forwards, neither backfield
had much chance to show their class.
By virtue of this game, which was
protested by and awarded to Lowell
from Lick, the liowellites gain the
championship of the San Francisco
subleague, and will play Palo Alto
high school in the near future for the
A. A. I* championship.
Their subleague schedule having ex
pired, St. Ignatius' Rugby fifteen Is
giving their attention these days
strictly to getting into shape for their
game with the high school depart
ment of Santa Clara university, to be
held on November 19. The squad is
trying to arrange games with Trin
ity, Hitchcock and Alameda high
school fifteens to get practice for the
big game, which is considered the
most important of the season to the
Catholic Institution.
As blocks will be awarded to the
members of the team that faces the
Santa Clarans, much new material is
working out, trying to make the team.
Rugby Union Names
Star All-American
Team This Evening
The California Rugby union has
named 23 players from which the All- I
America team to play New Zealand
next Saturday will be picked. These
men will report at California field this
afternoon for practice and the final
team will be announced tonight nt the
Rugby union meeting, which is to be
held at the Olympic club.
The .23 players from which the team
will be chosen are:
Austin, Stanford; Blase. Stanford: Boulwsre,
Barbarians; Brant. California; Carroll. .Stan
ford; CasK. Olympic*; Darsie. Stanford: Erh.
Stanford'; S. NnM. Olympic; Card. Stan
ford; Clasocock, Barbarian*; Haley. Olympics;
Hall. Stanford: King. California: Koowlea,
Olympics; McKtin. California; Mowat' M.
Mitchell. Lea Angeles Athletic club; Peart,
California; Quill. Santa Clara; ftatnagp. Santa
Clara; gtolx. Olympics; Urban, Stanford;
Vulfiht. Santa Clara.
SODENBERG
LOOMS UP
AS STAR
Johnny Sodenberg. the crack Omaha
middle weight, is to blossom out as a
headliner on next Friday night. Pro
moter Milt Weitner has matched him
to box Kid Krantx, the hard hitting
158 pounder of the northwest. The
pair meet in the feature event of a
card of nine bouts, in which some of
the cleverest of the four rounders are
to participate.
Sodenberg has become a prime fa
vorite with the local followers of the
game as a result of his willing style
of milling. He Is aggressive, game,
and appears to be improving with
each bout.
Krantz is well known to the local
followers of boxing. At one time he
was cot idered a likely contender for
middle weight honors, but he failed
to come up to expectations. He is an
exceptionally hard Tiitter, and he has
been a barrier to many an aspiring
158 pounder.
As both men are aggressive per
formers, who depend more on their
ability to hit and score a knockout
than winning on points through clev
erness, the fans should see a sort of
Donnybrook.
Eddie Miller, the wlll-o-the-wlsp of
the four rounders, battles with Willie
Mack, a spunky little bantam who
provides action any time he enters the
ring. An attractive match is the one
between Walter Scott, the clever 130
pounder of the Mission, and Carl Gou
batz. It brings together the clever lad
and the typical fighter.
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JOHNNY EVERS SOON
TO BECOME TEACHER
IN DIAMOND SCHOOL
BILL BAILEY
JOHN EVERS, manager of the
Cubs, is planning to open a base
ball school. No, it isn't the kind
of school you have in mind. John
isn't searching for a large hall where
he may instruct the young at so much
per lesson.
John expects to open hia school at
the West Side park next summer.
There will be no charge and every
lad who believes that ho is cut out
for a ball player is Invited.
That's the kind of a school Connie
Mack has? Exactly so. Then Johnny
is patterning after the boss of the
world's champions? Exactly so. In
this instance Evers doesn't care if he
is accused of borrowing another's
idea. The elongated boss of the
world's champions has no patent on
the idea. Neither would he offer any
objections. And on top of that Evers
Is quite willing to flatter the Phlla
delphian—lf It will help the Cubs.
MACK HAS BASEBALL SCHOOL
Since Evers expects to follow in the
footsteps of Mack and attempt to do
what the tall and silent boss has been
doing in the way of developing play
ers, why not tell something about
Connie's school? Your permission Is
granted? Thanks. Here goes.
Connie Mack's school is In opera
tion every day during the playing
season. Evers' also will be. Harry
Davis and Ira Thomas are among the
instructors at the Mack school. Evers
will select some of the veterans of
his team to fit similar roles. A cor
dial and general invitation is ex
tended to every ambitious ball player
to come over to Shibe park and show
what he possesses. Such an invita
tion will be extended to the youths of
Chicago and vicinity.
When a youngster who has a desire
to become a pitcher reaches Shibe
park in Philadelphia he is sent to the
mound for the morning batting prac
tice. Then such fellows as Baker,
Collins and Schang take a clout at the
ball. Same stuff on the West Side
when Johnny gets his school to going.
Except that it will be Zimmerman.
Saier. Leach and Archer swinging the
bat 8.
TEST FOR YOUNG STUB
If the youngster possesses anything
it will develop. If he hasn't the rain
of hits will convince him that he
hasn't and he will be cured.
If the applicant happens to be a
catcher then he will be sent behind
the bat. If he's an outfielder and a
supposedly strong hitter he will be
given a chance to go after the fly
balls and clout. If an infielder he
will be put through the practice, both
in the Infield and at the bat.
That's the way they work it in
Philadelphia and that la the plan for
the West Side.
Now there are certa-in rules which
will be observed and which are now
lived up to in that quaint and quiet,
but pennant winning, village of Phil
adelphia. And one is'that you must
never make fun of a fellow who joins
the school. If his delivery is like a
windmill every one must conduct
himself as if he had been gazing at
windmills all his life.
If said applicant is so clumsy and
awkward that he rolls the filial 60
after falling the first 30 feet between
first and second every one must be
have Just exactly as if he has been
Intimately acquainted with tumblers
and grotesque dancers all his life The
applicant must never be "guyed " he
must never furnish the fun of the
a. m. practice and he must never be
the victim of practical jokes.
NOT BEST WHEN NERVOUS
For it is a well known fact in base
ball that a fellow doesn't show at his
best when he is nervous and that
many a youth possessing the real
stuff loses it when 30 or 40 other ball
players are laughing and he is the
victim.
I One hear? and reads a good deal, just now. lj.
about "Pacific Service."
"Pacific Service" places in the neighbor
hood of 180,000 horsepower of electric energy
at the disposal of its patrons every second of
every minute of every hour of evcrv day in
the year.
Nine hydro-electric plants in the mountains
and live steam-electric stations in the
cities of the territory covered by this system
assist in bringing the aggregate of .->vailab:e
electricity up to the figure named.
This present aggregate is on the point of
being increased by 33.000 horsepower, our I akc
Spaulding-Drum development in the Sierra
.Nevada having reached the point where im- II 1
mediate use may be made of a portion of the
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"Pacific Service" also ni?hes gas to its
patrons from sixteen vro rkl located at
various points of its term .ry, which takes in
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covers an area of 37,775 square miles. 1
"Pacific Service" is the adopted sign of the
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SOUTHERNER
FILLS IN
ON TEAM
Thomas Cobleigh of New
Orleans Is Signed to Make
the Australian Trip
Thomas Cobleigh. an athlete of N'*u-
Orleans, will make the tour of Aus
tralia and New Zealand with the All-
America track and field team. Cob
leigh has been named to take the
place left vacant by tho withdrawal
of Ric Templeton of the Olympic club,
who was originally selected to make
the trip.
Cobleigh is a hurdler of ability and
a general all round man. He will not
be able to sail on the Tahiti on
Wednesday, but will leave here in
about 10 days for Honolulu, where h. ;
will join the same steamer that will
carry the New Zealand footballers
back to their homes. Cobleigh will
get to Xew Zealand In time for tho
third meet of the tour that the team
is taking part in.
Eustace Peixotto, director of the
Public Schools Athletic league, last
night accepted the position of man
ager of the team, to fill the vacancy
caused by the withdrawal of William
Unmack. Peixotto Is well known in
local athletics and is a member of the
board of managers of the Pacific as
sociation. He will represent the A.
A. U. during the tour.
The members of the team leaving
Wednesday are George Parker. Olym
pic club, sprints; Jimmy Power, Bos
ton Athletic association, half mile to
two miles, and Reg Caughey. TJklah
high school, weight events. The team,
though small, is of high class caliber,
and should prove a big point getter in
the various meets. •
San Jose to Stage
A Great Track Meet
SAN JOSE, Nov. 10. —Judging from
th rate at which entries are being
received, one of the biggest track
meets ever held in this county will
be conducted in San Jose on Thanks
giving day. Manager F. A. Saxon of
the local Y. M. C. A., who is taking
care of all of the details of the big
contest, stated today that in all
probability there would be 100 en
tries on tile on the closing day. Ath
letes will compete from Santa Clara
university, Olympic club. Stanford
and the Y. M. C. A., as well as from
all of the high schools of the count
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