Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-12-27 | Page 6 | Holidays, Examinations Hurt Stanford Chances, Declares Warner

HOLIDAYS y EXAMINATIONS MI TIO S HURT HURT 51 STANFORD CHANCES CES DECLARES RES W WARNER AR ER I f un DEPENDS t I UN ATTITUDE I f w Warner a r n fl e C r Disappointed With Spirit of Players STA STANFORD FORD U UNIVERSITY Cal Cai Dee Dec e 27 21 1 AP AP Whether Whether Stanford conquer Alabama New Years Tears day dayto dayI I to uphold the honor of the West Vest or ort orl orti t l Is ti left eft floundering In Jn the wake of a aI ar r I defeat Is a problem the thes players plaYES s themselves must solve 11 within the next week for right now L Coach Pop Warner thinks his charges barges are not taking the game 1 i seriously enough I Although though I not directly predicting I the outcome of the game the fa faI famous fa- fa moss mou coach Indicated his dissatisfaction I action faction with the mental attitude altitude of tb squad In a statement before de deI departure de- de I I last ast night for Pasadena t Natural aural causes such as th the Christ Christ- j t inas nas holidays and final examina- examina I were were held responsible for disruption dis- dis 1 of the football spirit at atI I Stanford tOur practices have been so broJ broI bro- bro J I lien len up by final examinations and andI I Ith I th the Christmas holidays Coach Warner said that we have ha not teen seen able to accomplish much durI during dur dur- I lr big ing g the past two weeks in preparing r r the team for the Alabama game I Ay Af great eat deal depends on how our workouts go at Pasadena next I week i ri I am afraid that the irregularity of our workouts up Here have pot not made our boys take the game ame serif seriously seri seri- r f enough and our problem Inthis in inthis this respect is much the same that Washington faced last year In the l intersectional game I think the outcome of th the game depends a areat great reat eat deal on the attitude of mind mind o ot the Stanford team TAKES AKES WORKOUT YESTERDAY IThe squad went through an in- in I ormar ormal practice yesterday morning consisting of light up up ex- ex Seventeen pla players ers followed Tamer arner and Assistant t Coaches and Winterburn aboard he e train last night while twelve whose homes are in southern California alifornia left Friday The entire quad will assemble again today In Inose Rose tose ose Bowl Pasadena for practice The Car Cardinals will go Into action with nIh h almost their regular season This his is assured with the thee e that Bif Biff Hoffman full- full lack ark would be in condition to play V first of the month He unde un- un r de went a minor operation two days i go for an Infection of the foot r nIr Bob Sims sub halfback is on onI h hf ht crippled list through a leg In ln I ury OFT received ten days ago His lace ilace as understudy to George ague ogue will be taken by Donald Hill h Coach Warner declined to name Is starting I lineup but close follow follow- re are certain it will be the same used all year It follows Ends End and Walker tackles and Harris guards Swan nd ld center McCreery Post halfbacks Bogue of f ad td d Hyland nd fullback Hoffman I I However during practice last r eek Spud Lewis held down the station station- much of the theme I me the me while Sam Josephs tempo- tempo rily replaced Hoffman at fullback