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Show RUGBY GIVES WAY TO . AMERICAN FOOTBALL British Game, After Thirteen Thir-teen Years, Loses Standing Stand-ing in California. SAX FUA.NVIHOJ, ';.i., inc. Io. K"l-lowers K"l-lowers of football on lb- Pru-iiif c..:isl have had an t-xeellent opportunii ' judge of th.:- relative merits of the Aiiiim'-l'--an inf fivolk-iMc fiitiim" of football :uKl Jirili.sh Kan k- of loiKhy. Tli.; faot liiat after- t It lri.---n j:ai;i as a nmjoi si-orl. KunLv . I--111111. -iy Un ...-.. n n-l-K.' I-i I-i t.O thtj r;inlin rr Uiu minors aKrsls Hit-tn Hit-tn at that (i. fail. Ml to fill ihu Aiin:rlraii rt-'uiirciniriit. Tim swllr.h thrc- vr-acs ai or tlio lini-v-r.slty of faiirornia from Hie Kiikjv to tin American lolrt, and the re turn this v car at Stanford un iverfiity, lias t'ur-I'ishod t'ur-I'ishod some I ni .tchi inff study fur stu-fc.itM stu-fc.itM of ftn-thall. It has been ili;moTi;-trat.f-ii to the tt-n-e- a! sal isl'ai-t ion of aii lh:U a k no w IrHue ot the Kuiihy riiiiu.' serves but liule i;r-pftse i;r-pftse uhen applied t" the A meriea n code. L''or the I'lrf vc:ir or two aiu-r the lYii-' lYii-' vr-rsity ri California quit Kuby for the A morii-a n panic., (he wearers of Ihu koUI and hi mi were fompfllf (I tu submit, to a si-rics of overwhelming def, -a. t s, the scores running Into the 60s and Tom. It iviis found that the players not only had to learn the Ameriean game, but also had to unlearn the Kugby game. . The two styles are at variance in a number- of the rudimentary essentials, .''or Instance, In the American game tackling calls for sharp, quirk action, in which the tackier grits at his man low in an effort, to bring him down, hi Kug-hv, Kug-hv, the tackling is high, as an effort must be made to Intercept, if possible, ih passing of the bull from one man to another. Knr this reason, it is remarked that the Kugby player who turns lo the American game Is prone to go at his opponent op-ponent too hixh and bis tackling 1 weak vtuin judged by America n sfind'trds. Possesion of the. ball in the American Same is a first requisite for the possibility possibili-ty of offensive art Inn, In Kugby, the ball practically always Is in the. loose, and the temporary property of the player play-er who happens to be nearest to it. Rugby calls for kicking into touch with little, respect to any of the players. When a punt is made in the American game, consideration must he made of the men (n the line and their ability to get under It so as to smother any attempt of an opponent running it back. The University of California showed by its play this season that it had forgotten its Kugby and had come into its own again In the American game. Stanford's , recent defeat at the hand of California i by a score of tiT to fi indicates that the j Onrdinal tennis will have to meet with reverses similar to, those undergone by California during the latter's transitional . days. Thus, for another season or two, Cali-. Cali-. fornia is likely to have things pretty much her own way in the annual game ;iguinst Stanford, and run up several victories vic-tories to the credit side of her balance until the wearers of the cardinal get into ihofr stride. California was aided by the -war for the reason that It look many veterans Trom her opponent's -.lineup while she still waa in the novice class. |
