The herald., 1893-12-03
UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS.
THE GREAT INTEREST TAKEN IN
COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL.
The Tennis Tournement Held on Thanks
giving Day and the Scores.
Results of Fridays
Field Sports.

The past week at the University of
Southern California has been one of un-
usual activity among the athletes; the
elimination of the past terms athletic
practice pent up within the bounds of
Thanksgiving week; for last Monday
Manager Thomson of the football team
had arranged schedule game of the
intercollegiate serles with the Throop
university team of Pasadena, and great
preparations had been made to cause
the day to be long remembered in foot
ball circles.
Posters had advertised the game well,
and large crowd of young ladies. high
school students and friends had gathered
to see the match, including Walter
Camp, the great football coacher of last
years Stanford team, and formerly
crack Yale player, go the HERALD CORE
spondent was informed. But all we're
doomed to disappointment, for two hours
before the game word was received that
the schedule had been changed, and
that the Throop team would not play
the U. S. @. until December 10Th. Man
ager Thomson was greatly put out, not
knowing by whose authority the sched-
ule was changed. He ia inclined TO
think it a case of funny business"
and that the Throops were afraid to
contest them, fearing they would be
defeated without further practice.
An impromptu game was arranged be-
tween the first and second elevens OF the
U. S. @. which proved to be quite inter-
esting, the regular team winning by a
score of to O. 1t is but fair to state,
however. that the regular team played
/ with only nine men.
TENNIS.
Thanksgiving was celebrated as tennis
day. A tournament was held under the
auspices of the Excelsior Tennis club.
The games were played on the Whitlock
and Excelsior courts. Prizes were given
to the winners of each event. The re-
suits:
Gents singles-First round: Curran
drew a bye; Shaw beat Ward. TO, 81 /;
Whitlock beat Wright, 60. 90; Welch
drew bye.
Second round: Shaw beat Curran,
ga, 3; Whitlock beat Welch, 62, 6 0.
Finals: Whitlock beat Shaw, So. SO,
7-5, 6.l, Prize-Silk belt.
Ladies' singles-Finals Miss Nina
Martin beat Miss Mary Boynton, 6-4.
so, 6-3. Prize-Badge.
Gents doubles-First round: Gray
and Whitlock beat Reynolds and Ward,
6.2, So; Curran and Ballou beat Van
Cleve and Shaw, 81, 6-2.
Finals Gray and Whitlock beat Our
ran and Ballou, 63, so. Prizes--Two
red and black tennis caps.
Mixed doubles--First round: Miss
Miss Laura Whitlock and Harry Ward,
ga, rs. Miss Nina Martin and Garner
Curran drew bye.
Finals: Yet to be played between
Miss Arnold and Shaw and Miss Martin
and Curran. Prize--Badge. o
Tho chief interest centered in the
finals of gente' singles in Hartley, Shaw,
Judge Shaw's son, and Ben Whitlock
met each other. Each was foe wor-
thy the others metal, and the fight was
truly for blood. Two deuce sets were
played. Shaw started out we'll in the
struggle OF two hours duration, win
ming the eet. Then, as the game pro-
gressed and it was to be seen that it
was test of endurance, Shaw began to
weaken and Whitlock held his wind.
When Whitlock took the north side of
the court he did his best work. Whit
lock is a 17-year-old phenom, who re-
ceived his first instruction in tennis
from Paul Arnold, Southern California
champion, several years ago. Whitlock
thus conquering the championship
among the students, is desirous of MAX
ing further conquests, and challenges
any player in Los Angeles city to a
match.
One left-handed player made his ap-
pearance in the tournament in the per-
son OF Ballou, student from Ventura
county.
FIELD SPORTS.
On Friday day OF field sports was
held, the events taking place on the col
lege campus and at Agricultural park.
The events and winners were as follows:
One hundred-yard dash-Irwin Oliver.
Standing high jump-Arthur Oliver.
3 feet inches.
Mile bicycle--Roy Crist, minutes II
seconds.
Mile run-Arthur Oliver, minutes 23
seconds.
Standing broad jump-Irwin Oliver.
Football drop kick j. Gray, LAG yards.
Mile walk-Irwin Oliver, minutes
81 seconds.
Run high jump--Arthur Oliver.
Two hundred and twenty-yard dash
Irwin Oliver. % seconds.
Running broad jump-Irwin Oliver.