Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-29
TUMBLE COSTS
INDIANS CAME
FATAL MISPLAY ASSISTS IN
STANFORD SCORE
Braves Are Defeated by Cardinals, AL
though Hempe's Squad Showed
Wonderful Improvement In
AII.Around Playing

brilliant football game ever witnessed
in Los Angeles, Stanford was victorious
over the Sherman Indians by score
of to at Fiesta park yesterday AFTER
noon.
Though beaten, the men from River
side played magnificent ball. and not
for an instant did they quaver before
the tandem formations of the north
erners Their grit was shown IN
striking fashion after the fatal tumble
at the beginning of the second half,
which in the end cost them the game.
Crawford of Stanford sent the ball
whirling to Lugo and the half came
back full tilt for thirty yards lodging
and using his arm in splendid style.
A final lunge to make a last yard as
he fell from the tackle and the bail
flew into the air, and as 1t rolled along
the ground a Stanford man was on 1t,
The crowd, which had risen to its
feet, divining the exciting run, groaned
as it witnessed the splendid effort re-
suit in a Cardinal advantage. Slowly
but surely, using a tandem play that
gained their greatest distance through
out the game, Stanford forced the ball
towards the Indian line using every
ounce of strength to carry the ball the
required distance.
In the shadow of their own goal
posts, on the one-yard line, the men
from Sherman braced themselves and
with a stonewall defense, held Stan
ford, and as the crowd realized that
the ball would go sailing away from
the danger line, it gave wild DEM
onstration that was not the customary
conduct of the Fiesta park grand
stands.
But they deserved it-those silent fell
lows from the Indian school-for bet
ter defensive stand has not been seen
California football
field.
But the tumble was yet to count,
and as Neaphus backed against the
wire fence at the end of the field, his
punt went but a distance of fifteen
yards near the right side of the
grounds.
Stanford Desperate
The Stanford men, rendered desperate
by the defense which was wearing
away their strength and foiling their
best efforts to place the ball within
striking distance of the line, began
forcing the ball toward the Indian goal
posts and finally, with the aid of
five-yard penalty which the Indians
sustained for offside play, Thompson
went over for the only touchdown Of
the day. Crawford kicked goal and
the score stood to 0.
The story of the game is that of
contest in which brilliant offensive
plays stood in relief against defense
that seemed impregnable.
The backs played the game of the
day, for Stanford and time and again
they broke up the interference of the
Indians, stopping plays that would
have driven the Cardinals to certain
defeat were 1t not for the smashing
work of Chalmers, Stott Vandervoort
and Crawford, who played with the
dash and fearlessness for which they
have been noted on the northern grid
irons
The Cardinal forwards were open
to attack from the Indian side of the
sorimmage line and much Of the red
skin distance was gained through the
Stanford line For the Indians, Lugo,
Tories and Neaphus were the stars that
scintillated among a team in which
every man was in the game from the
call of time.
The most sensational play of the day
came off in the first half, when Lugo,
the big halfback of the Indians, found
his way between the right tackle and
end of the Stanford team and skirted
the left side of the field for thirty
yards. The stands went wild at the
gain and cheer after cheer was given
for the Indians.
A critical moment was in the last
half and an intense silence fell over
lne nelQ as lOfIeS, Lne llJJle ndlI, pre-
pared to hurl four points into the camp
of the Cardinals. 1t was the third
down with the ball on the Stanford
fifteen-yard line, The red man had
fought hard, but there was only one
more down and four yards to go.
Tories Pretty Kick
Neaphus said something to Tories
and the little redskin walked back
few yards and waited with folded arms.
Neaphus spread himself on the ground
and cleared a place for the oval. The
Indian line set itself like a rock, the
Stanford men fuming with impatience
for the play. Neaphus gave a glance
at the waiting halfback, snapped a
signal and for a brief second the ball
rested on the ground. only to meet the
driving toe of Tories. and as the Card-
nails struggled to break the play, which
meant a score against Stanford, the
leather went skimming between the
goal posts for as pretty goal as could
be kicked
This was not the only play in which
Tories came to the fore and a few
minutes later he wedged his way be-
tween the Stanford defense ana
blocked place kick that the Cardinals
were attempting. In one instance he
hurled Stott back for loss of fifteen
yards.
team showed that they are every bit
the clever players for which the north
gives them credit. 1t was due TO their
defensive work that the Indians did
not wreak havoc with the Cardinal
pride and on the offensive they were
equally effective.
Thompson in the line was a tower of
strength and on the offense was used
with a regularity that would have worn
down a weaker man.
The ends were weak and although
many of the Indian plays ran between
tackle, the end men found themselves
out of the defense.
On the defense, the Indians were
magnificent. The line held in better
style than in the game with Berkeley
and the back field of yesterday to a
man backed their forwards with a de-
gree Of success that made the Stan
ford men strive with their mightiest
efforts.
The men were not in action five min
utes before Stanford players were wear
ing an anxious expression and Chal-
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