The herald., 1896-11-30
FOOTBALL.

FOOl lDAl<L.
Saturdays football game at Athletic
park concluded the series of league
games for this fall and settled the South
ern California championship. The game
was lost by the Athletic club and won
by Throop, not so much by their superior
play as team as by the inexcusably
poor play of one or two individuals of the
Athletic team. Throop is much the light
er team and did some brilliant playing,
but brilliancy in football cannot ac-
complish great deal as a usual thing
when placed against well drilled team
that is far superior in weight.
If the Athletic team would do half the
practicing done by other teams, they
possess material that would make for
midable opponent for any football team
in this state.
AS neither the Throop nor Whittier
team has yet been beaten this year, and
as each defeated the l.. A. A. c. by near
ly the same score, there is some doubt as
to which of these Is the stronger team,
and vigorous effort is being made to
bring the two forces together. Nothing
has been accomplished, however, and
Marion Weight, manager of the Throop
tcdul, POSltlNcly ucCldfeS tlbdI his IltIi
will never meet the Whittier state school
players on the gridiron. This is to be
regretted, as in every game in which
they have played this season the Whit
tier boys have shown themselves honor
able players and have put up as clean
games as any team in the league.
A move Is also on foot to arrange for
a match game between the L. A. A. c..
and the Reliance team of Oakland, to be
played here some time during the
complished, it is needless to say that the
citizens of Los Angeles will be treated
to rare exhibition of football playing.
The Athletic club and Whittier teams
will again try conclusions at Whittier
December 12. The home team will enter
the field with a determination to wipe
out the defeat Of the last game, and the
public will doubtless be treated to an
exhibition of some capital playing. The
l.. A. A. c. is also trying to make ar
Throop institute in which they hope to
prove that Saturdays play was not the
best that can be done by the club.
The University of California team
went to Redlands Thanksgiving day to
play the Redlands team. They received
a drubbing at the hands of the Red
lands boys, who piled up a score of 10 to
against them. Something is evidently
wrong with the u. s. C.s playing this
year. In all the games they have con-
tested so far they have been unable to
score a single point. If the U. S. c. team
Is to be factor in the winter games some
changes will have to be made and either
the line reconstructed or something else
done to give new life to the team.
The High school eleven played the
Throop institute light team of Pasadena
Saturday at Agricultural park and were
defeated by a score of 6 to 0. During the
game Ray Conger of Throop institute
suffered the dislocation of a collar bone.
Arrangements are being made for an
other game between the same teams for
two weeks from last Saturday.
A telegram was received last week
from Berkeley in which the u. c. team
accepts the invitation Of the G. A. A. c
to play a match game of football here
on Christmas day. Arrangements have
also been made to play a
match game with the Iowa team on
the Tuesday following. On New Years
day the Iowa eleven and the Berkeley
team will try conclusions on the grid
iron at Athletic park. This will make
very interesting series of games and will
give the residents of Los Angeles an op-
portunity to witness several exhibitions
Of high class football playing