The herald., 1898-11-27
SOLDIERS DEFEATED
FIRST BATTALION ELEVEN ARE
BEATEN BY U. S. c. TEAM
THE GAME WAS 0NE-SIDED
Poor Crowd Attends the Benefit Foot
ball Game for the Monument
Fund-Good Team Work


In game full of brilliant end runs and
long punts, the wearers of the cardinal anC
gold jerseys of the University of Southern
California defeated the pigskin chasers o.
the First battalion of the Seventh regiment
yesterday afternoon at Fiesta park.
A good-sized crowd was in attendance
but not as large as the promoters of the
game expected ard the worth of the object
demanded, so that the monument fund o
the regiment was not greatly increased.
Inc major portion OF the spectators were
soldiers, and as they only rooted when theil
men were advancing the ball, the usual noise
and hubbub attendant upon gridiron strug
gle was lacking most of the time.
A number of boys I'M blue patroled the
side lines with fixed bayonets and kept the
crowd off the field and out of the way OF
the spectators on the bleachers, a feature
that added interest to the game and gave
satisfaction to the onlookers.
The ever-present small boy furnished con-
siderable amusement by his skirmishes with
the guards stationed along the north fence,
which was blown down by the wind on
Thursday night and had been hastily re.
paired. Numerous holes presented oppor-
tunlties for free admission that were too
tempting to resist, and the guards had hard
work to keep the urchins from running the
lines.
Two fifteen minute halves were played
and the college team put this short time to
good use, Tor they ran up a score of "a to
U and only once was their goal in danger.
This big score resulted largely from the
loose play of the soldiers, who lacked team
work, but the fine interference and excellent
team work of the varsity eleven were
factors.
The college backs and ends, guarded by
their interferers made several spectacular
runs around the end, while the line was ag-
gresslve and outplayed their military op-
.ponents at every point. Rinehart punted
in his usual splendid form until his leg was
injured near the end of the second half.
The regiment team had several good in
dividual players, but lacked team work.
They were slightly superior in weight and
when they massed their backs on the tackles
made good gains. Willet played good
game, plunging through the line for srbstan-
tai gains and making several pretty tackles.
Cox and Logic tackled well, but could hard
ly solve the problem of interference.
The coin was tipped at 2:4O and u. s. G.
winning, took the south goal. At2:45 Funk
sent the spheroid down to the U. S. G. ten
yard line; Patterson ran it back twenty
yards. Wilson tackled on to the interfer-
ence and ran the left end for thirty yards.
A smash through the line added ten. An
end run gained seven more. Guards back
and play through the right tackle carried
Wilson over for touchdown in four min
utes from kick off. Rinehart kicked the
goal.
Funk kicked off for twenty yards. After
several plunges into the line, Rinehart
sl<irted the right end for fifteen yards. Mar
tin made fifteen around the left and Wilson
took the ball to the Seventies two-yard line
with long run. The soldiers braced up and
took the ball on downs. Parsons went
around the right end for fifteen-yard
gain. Willet made several good gains, buck
ing the line, and U. S. G. got the pigskin on
downs. Rinehart made twenty yards around
the left end and Ballou was pushed over for
the second touchdown. Rinehart kicked
the second goal.
Funk kicked off for forty yards to Rine.
hart, who returned to the Seventh's forty.
five yard line. The Seventh fumbled and
Holland fell on the ball. Aided by a strong
Rinehart skrted the right end
and sprinted forty yards down the side line
for touchdown. He failed to kick hard
goal. Again Funk lifted the hog hide thirty
yards into U. S. c. territory, and the col.
lege boys made touchdown on three end
runs, twenty yards by Wilson, forty by
Martin and twenty-five yards to the goal
linz hy- pinnl npf t..
licult goal.
Another thirty-yard kick by Funk. with
seesawing back and forth in the center of the
field, finished the half. Score: U. S. c., %;
Seventh, 0.
In the second half the soldiers took brace
and came within few yards of scoring.
Rinehart kicked for thirty yards and the
Seventh brought it back to the tifty-yard
line. U. ). {. got the leather on a tumble
and rushed it up the field for touchdown
by Williams. Rinehart kicked the goal.
Jarvis toe sent the pigskin to the u. S.
C.s tifteen-yard line. Wilson caught it and
passed it to Rinehart, who sprinted down the
side line for twenty-five yards. Rinehart
punted thirty yards and U. s. &. took the
wind bag on a tumble. Steady plunces
through the line took the ball to the one
yard line of the Seventh, where desperate
stand was made, but Patterson smashed
through for touchdown. Rinehart kicked
The goal.
Funk kicked off for twenty-five wards and
Rinehart returned for ten yards to Ford.
who carried it back to the U. S. G.. twenty
five yard line Willet ran the right end for ten
Yards; Cox made seven yards around the
left and the blue rooters on the bIeachers
began to yell. Rough house, was the sir.
nal and a touchdown would have gone to the
soldiers but Willet fumbled and Holland
ell on the ball on the U. S. C.'s seven-yard
line. Rinehart punted ten yards and caught
The kick himself. He then punted for twenty
five yards more as the whistle blew and
ended the game. Score: U. S. C., "a; Seventh
regiment, O. The teams were:
U. ). Z. Seventh Regiment.
Holland. g. C................. Funk
[lardie. e........... .R.G. ............ Kincher
Ballou. .L.G. Mort
Williams. R.T. Willet
............ .................. Logic
lIinman. n........... 1T. Barrell
Martin. r. e.. ......... Loria
- '....''.... ..'...'...... ........... Ford
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