Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-27 | Page 16 | 'Flu' Delays Coast Gridiron Contests

'FLU' DELAYS COAST G1IR0NJMESTS United States Marine Corps Eleven Plans to Equal Record of 1917. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. Precautionary measures to prevent the spread of Inf luenta have delayed the foothnll schedules ot the husky football teams of half a dozen military and naval camps in central California, but the season, when it really starts, is expected to develop more Mgh-class football than has ever been seen In these parts. The United S ta t ea ma rlnc corps team of the Maro Island barracks, although under quarantine, Is practicing dally und the early season showing, according to sports writers here, indicate ft Is tho equal of tho undefeated unde-feated 1017 eleven. William Diet?,, Carlisle Indian coach, is whipping the meu Into shape. Most of the players are former stars of the Universities of California nnd Washington. Mather Plold, Sacramento, is putting out a crack aggregation and the filers expect to give the "devil dogs" a close contest for tho eonst championship. This eleven recently defeated de-feated the Fori Baker soldi. rs who are being coached by Lieutenant Dormau. Tho Fort Baker teum Is said to he the heaviest in tho west. Tho "gobs" of the Verba Buena ("Coat Island") nnval training station are ntronglh-ciiing ntronglh-ciiing their wenk baekfleld to balance against Ihelr defensive !fn' which, though strong, recently re-cently failed to avert defeat at the hands of the Mnn- Island marines. The Fort Baker eleven defeated the student army training corps ream of the University of California early In th season, hut the college lads are reported be mftlttttg real progress Under Andy Smith, their coach. A Ban Francisco Fran-cisco sports editor suggested this week that the eastern plan of playing a series of football foot-ball games for Ihe benefit of war funds might be adopted by the University of Cnllforula and Stanford university, I hits' ending the prolonged pro-longed dispute which ha severed athletic relations rela-tions betweon the two Inst hut Ions. St. Mary's college a I On Ic land also hai a ten in In the field, lis first game having been plnyed with Hie heavy artillery Saturday. St. Marv's will meet the University of California November 0. Another teum Is being Organised nt the Presidio here and each of the can loom cuts on the const is expected to put a represent n 11 Ve eleven In the field.