The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-11-15
The Throop Institute and U. S.
c. Game Yesterday
TROOPS GREAT VICTORY
In the Presence of a Large Crowd OF
Admitting Spectators
Both Sides Played Good Game, but the
u. S. c. Team Was
Badly Beaten

| The best game of the season was the
verdict of everyone who witnessed the
| football game between the University oil
| Southern California and Throop lnsti-
| tute teams at Athletic park yesterday al
| ternoon. 1t was a hard fought and a
well fought battle on both sides and the
Throop team won by the score of ~ to
0. There was no lack of brilliant plays,
beautiful runs and clever tackles, but
the L. S. c. boys were outwitted, baffied
and beaten.
The results of Goodale's careful coach
ing and constant practice on the part of
the team were manifest in Throops play
yesterday. There was wonderful i'm
provement over the game they played
last week with the High School team.
While that game was noticeably weak
for the lack of team work and individual
plays. the team work yesterday was
nearly perfect. Throop played COM
pact interference that was most effect
ual. Goodale, who plays right half is
a wonderful player. and large share of
the credit of the victory yesterday is due
to his efforts, both as coach of the team
and his individual play.
game, but We're over matched and fairly
beaten. TROOPS victory yesterday
shows what is in that team and that they
stand a fair show of winning their share
of the league games is unquestioned.
When the rival teams met on the grid
iron yesterday everyone expected to see
an exciting game, and they were not
disappointed. Throop got the kickoff in
the beginning of the game, and placed the
ball on the twenty-yard line. 1t was
worked back several yards, however. on
a buck. Goodale of the Throop team
then got the ball on criscross and made
an end run and was tackled few yards
from the goal line. 1t took only a few
minutes more for Throop to buck the
ball across the line. Score. to 0.
They began again and the ball was
soon placed in the U. S. c. territory.
There plucky struggle was maintained
on the defensive, but Throop still bucked
the ball effectively, gaining five yards a
almost every down. The ball was again
carried across the goal line by Goodale,
who also succeeded in making a goal
kick. Score, 10 to 0.
U. S. c. had the kickoff and sent the
ball well down toward the goal line,
where it was caught by Vose and carried
back quite distance. Throop then lost
the ball on a tumble, but soon regained
possession of it. GOodale punted it well
down into the U. S. c. territory where it
was caught by Edgerton, who was
tackled and downed before he had a
show to make run. Throop got the ball
and rushed it down to the five-yard line,
where they were held by the opposing
team. After three unsuccessful bucks,
Throop lost the ball on downs. Time was
called with the ball still o nthe five-yard
line.
In the second half Edgerton made the
kick for the U. S. G. and downed the
ball himself Goodale punted the ball
twenty-five yards, where it was caught
by Edgerton, who was immediately
downed by Throop man. Goodale got
the ball on double pass and made a
beautiful end run, but was downed on
the five-yard line. A determined buck
carried the ball over the line Goodale
scored another goal kick. Score, 16 to 0.
The ball was again forced into the
U. 5. &. territory. where Goodale punted
it well down the Y. S. c. line. Here Vose
made an offside play in catching the ball
before it had been touched by a U. S. C.
man. Umpire Mcpherson rendered a
poor decision in not ruling against the
foul The U. s. c. team threatened to
quit playing unless the umpire was
changed, and SO Phil Wilson was called
from the spectators to act in that ca
pacity
Struggling against their opponents,
the u. S. c. allowed the ball to be forced
goal line. where it was bucked over after
" hard struggle and goal kicked; score,
22-0.
more successful game was player
from this on by the University team
For the first time. the battle was waged
entirely in Throop territory Both sides
played desperate football at this stage
When II. s. c. had placed the ball on
TROOPS 5-yard line the two teams pre-
scented an interesting spectacle of
swaying. struggling mass OF muscle
Throop had made determined stand
and the opposing team made three I'M
successful attempts to buck the ball
across without gaining yard. The ball
then vert to Throop on downs just as
time was called, and the University team
still lacked about four feet of the goal
line score. 90.
The lineup yesterday was as follows:
Throop institute-Lee. center: Mann
right guard Pettingill. left guard; Tur-
ner. right tackle; Weber, left tackle;
quarter back: Goodale, right half; Call,
left half: Hart. full back
University of Standardization. GEN.
ter: Goldsworthy. left guard; Human,
right tackle; Umsted, left tackle Mar
tin. right end: Promo, left end; Wright.
quarter back; Thomson. right half
Gwynn, left half; Edgerton. full back.
EATONS VS. HIGH SCHOOL.
The Eaton and High school football
teams met on the gridiron at Agricul-
tural park yesterday afternoon. The
game. which was an exciting and holly
contested one throughout. was won by
the Eatons by a score of Co.
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