The herald., 1898-11-14
ON THE GRIDIRoN

No important games have taken place on
the local grid-iron the past week, but all
the teams have put the time to good use
In hard, effective practice
Pomona college and the Pasadena Ath-
letic association will line up against each
other this afternoon at Pomona, and from
the result of the game one can get a pointer
on Pomona's chances against the University
of Southern California on Thanksgiving day
The University team beat the Pasadena
boys II to three weeks ago. Another
pointer can be gained from the game be-
tween the U. S. G. and High school teams
at Fiesta park next Saturday afternoon.
The High school boys played Pomona to
q standstill on November 9Th, and will give
the University men a stiff struggle
Superintendent S. w. MCGOWAN of the
Phoenix Indian school is in the city, and
has completed arrangements with II. B.
Tebbetts of the u. S. C. team for the game
at Fiesta park on the Sd of December. He
also has games scheduled with the Stanford
team and the eleven of the Fresno Athletic
club, and is negotiating with the Santa
Barbara and Ventura teams. Plans are un-
der consideration for game on Christmas
day at San Diego between the Indian team
and the u s. G eleven, as that city has no
Phoenix eleven, composed of Pima, Digger,
Coahuila and Apache Indians.
The center of the team is Isidor Casta, a
Coahuila, whose brother is playing center
on the famous Carlisle Indian team. Rich
ard Duncan and James Woods are both
Diggers, and play guards. They are steady,
hard and aggressive players. The tackles,
Jose Manuel and Juan Allen, are Pimas,
and play the game like veterans. Mariana
Slvas, Coahuila, plays one end while the
other is held down by John Burke. The
latter is White Mountain Apache and has
made quite record in former seasons. In
game at FL Paso couple of years ago he
threw Bob Fitzsimmons, who was playing
with the El Paso team, so hard that he dis
abled him. Vavaguas Buck, Pima, is the
full back, and lines up to his name for his
speciality is bucking the line. Harvier Enas,
Pima, puts up good game at quarter, passes
accurately, and tackles well. Samuel Ran
dali, another Pima, plays half-hack, and is a
good ground gamer. Henry Fowler, cap
tain and coach, is the only white man on the
team and plays the other half
Manager Tebbetts of u S. C. failed to get
a game for Christmas at San Diego and will
try to play here On that day against some
outside eleven.
The football cranks at the University of
California are jubilant at their prospective
victory over Stanford on Thanksgiving day,
for the signs point to a victory for the blue
and gold. On last Tuesday the Olympic
eleven beat Stanford to the tune of II to 0,
in two twenty-minute halves, and had the
game been full time the score would probably
have been doubled by the club men, The
Stanford men were without life, and the
punting of Murphy alone saved the cardinal
from an inglorious rout. The Olympics had
the pigskin in their possession for thirty five
minutes OF the forty that the game lasted
Smith and Parker, the regular Stanford ends,
did not play, but the rest of the line was
weak, Phil Wilson of Los Angeles alone
playing first class football at tackle. Coach
Cross of the Stanford team characterized
the play of his men as spiritless and without
force.
Contrasted with this exhibition of weak
ness, the Berkeley men made splendid
showing in their game with the Olympics
on Saturday. Though the score was to s.
the California team had the ball more, and
kept it in the Olympic territory the greater
part OF the game. Their team work was
good and Womble, Smith, Thane and Hall
played together like clock-work. The play
ing of Hall and Womble was brilliant and
steady throughout the game. Their sup
porters have good cause to feel happy over
their prospects, but the Stanford men will
make game fight and may furnish sur
prise to the Berkeley boys yet.
In the middle west, the University of Chi
cago seems to have the strongest team, as
they have defeated all the teams of the west
ern colleges they have met and they also
made strong showing against the big east
ern teams. The University of Wisconsin has
made hard fight for the place, but lost to
Chicago on Saturday and will have to be con-
tent with second place.
Princeton, by the quickness of Poe to
take advantage of a tumble, aided by his
superior sprinting ability, won a game from
Yale that was to all appearances Yale VIC
tory until Benjamin's fatal tumble on Prince
toms fifteen-yard line.
Harvard will play both Yale and Prince
ton, and the peculiar situation may result
of Harvard winning from Princeton and los
ing to Yale, thus leaving the intercollegiate
supremacy in doubt among the big four.