The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-10-09
The PIGSKIN CtiASfRS
FOOTBALL SEASON OPENED ON
THE LOCAL dRIDIRoN
OCCIDENTAL BEATS PASADENA
Los Angeles High School White
washes st. Vincent College-Good
oames-Small Attendance

Yesterday was an ideal football day and
the season was opened with two well played
games on the local gridiron.
A good-sized crowd gathered at the Oc-
cidental grounds at Highland Park yester-
day morning to watch the college team try
with the eleven Of the Pasa-
dena high school.
Occidental won the toss and took the
ball and the game was called at o:4o.
Chaplin kicked off for forty yards. Ham
mel ran It in for ten yards, ana then the
Pasadena boys slowly forced their way
down to the Occidental's twenty-yard line.
Their opponents took the ball on downs
and regained some Of the lost ground, but
soon the ball changed hands and HammeI
gained three yards, followed by twenty
two-yard run for a touchdown on the part
of Buchanan. Brown kicked the goal.
Chaplin kicked off again, and after rapid
exchange of the ball from one team to the
other, the half ended with tho ball in the
nc ssessson Of Pasadena, about the center
Of the field
After a ten-mlmutc rest the second half
opened with a forty-yard kick by DERBY.
Torrey brought 1t twenty yards. After sew
eral large losses by Occidental, Cromwell
got around the end for a fifty-yard run. He
repeated for twenty-five yards. Fifteen
Yards for an off-side play by Pasadena and
a good buck carried Torrey over the line
for a touchdown. Cromwell kicked the
goal. Buchanan kicked of for Pasadena
and Gordan and Cromwell brought 1t back
twenty yards. Pasadena secured the pig
skin on an ofY-side play and soon were
threatening the college goal. Buchanan
made a thtrty-yard run and touchdown.
Brown kicked the goal. Time was called
with the score ~ to in favor OF Pasadena.
The teams Lined up as follows:
Pasadena-S. Brown. c.; Schumacher, r.
e.; Ruskin, |. g.: Derby, r t.; Sweeney, !. t.;
Hart, r. e.; Smiley. !. e.; Brown, q. b.; Ham,
mel. r. h.; Ballard, l. h.; Buchanan, I. b.,
captain.
Occ1dental-Bennett, c.; Mcclure, r. g.;
Martin, !. g.; Means. r. t.; Ellis, l. t.; Sails
bury, r. e.; Chaplin, l. e.: Cromwell. r. h.,
captain; Gordan, !. h.; Cox, q. b.; Torrey,
TX. b.
Referee. w. Saalsberg; umpire, c. V. Bet
tbs; linesmen, H. Sh!nn and E. G. Hart.
High School-St. Vincent
In the afternoon the elevens Of the Les
Angeles high school and st. Vincent college
lined up at Athletic park before fair
sized crowd Of spectators.
The high school boys defended the north
goal and Bell kicked off for st. Vincent at
3 o'clock. Munday ran it back five yards
and a series of rushes gained forty yards
for the high school, Bosbyshell gained
eighteen yards; then Wynn made twenty
yard run and touchdown. Wynn kicked
goal. Bell kicked of again and a series Of
runs and bucks by Munday, Wynn and
Bosby shell ended in a touchdown by Bos-
byshell nve minutes after the first one.
Wynn added another goal to his list.
Bell sent the ball down the field and the
high school started back but fumbled. Muir
r.etta punted thirty yards and the half
ended with the ball on the high school thir-
Ity-yard-lne.
Wynn opened the second half by kicking
the ball thirty yards into St. Vincent ter
rItory. Murrietta ran It in twenty yards;
bucked tackle for five yards. The high
school took the ball on downs and for sew
eraI minutes the pigsk!n see-sawed back
and forth in the middle OF the field, Janss
distinguishing himself by several good
plays. Finally the high school team took
a brace and Bosbyshell. Wynn and Munday
by series Of good plays put the wind
bag on st. vincents four-yard line. Web
ster was pushed over for another touch
down and Wynn kicked the goal.
Bell gained twenty-five yards on kick of.
and St. Vincent got the pigskin on FUN
BILE and carried 1t to the high school twen-
|ty-five-yard line as time was called. Score:
st. Vincent, 0; high school, Is.
The teams had the following lineup: L.
A. H. S.-Miller, c.; Janss, r. g.; Van Nor
man. l. g.: Rees. r. t.; Baskerville, !. t.;
Stearns. r. e.: Klokke, l. e.. Bosbyshell, r.
h., Munday, |. h.; captain, Neuhart; Web
ster, q. b.; Wynn, Z. b. St. Vincent-Sa-
blchi, c.: Stanton, r. g.; O'Hara, l. g.; Bal
ley, r. t.. Durrazo, !. t.; Whelan. r. e.; Kerr,
l. e.; Fitzwilliams, q. b.; Murrietta, r. h.;
F. Bell, l. h., captain; Amestoy, +. b. The
officials were: Referee, w. H. Ramsaur;
umpire Jack Spence; linesmen, w. J..
Brown and T. c. Knoles.