Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-05
OCCIDENTAL IS
UNABLE To SCORE
ORANGE ATHLETICS HOLD THE
PRESBYTERIANS
After Forty Minutes Of Play the seor,
ls 0to o--stevenson Of Athletics
's the Hero Of the
Game

Occidental, o; Orange Athletic club, 0.
After forty minutes of fast playing
on the new gridiron at Occidental col
lege yesterday afternoon the represen-
tatlve elevens of Occidental and OF the
Orange Athletic club left the grounds
without n score to the credit of either
team.
The game lacked sensation at all
times and neither team was able to fur
nish any kind of an exhibition that
might have been termed football.
The visiting eleven of orange pick
ers was In no condition to play. They
showed the effects Of good living and
where the muscles should have shown
through the jerseys there was simply
a pltiful roll of fat to show what an
old football man can become after he
gets loose from the hands of the
trainer.
Coach Ed Merrill sent the Occidental
first eleven against the orange pickers
in the first half. Orange won the kick
off and sent the ball to Occidental's
forty yard line, where Wieman smoth-
cred 1t and started to return. He was
several moments too late, and when
he found out that he was expected to
run with the ball seven of the orange
pickers were hanging around on vari-
GUS portions of his anatomy, while the
other four were attempting to find
some of his face on which they might
step.
Make Twenty Yards Advance
: BY steady line plunges and bucks
around Oranges left end the Presby-
terians managed to advance the ball
twenty yards. The team played like
one man. and showed vast improve
ment under Merrils teaching, but it
was simply an off day with them, and
no matter how hard the bevy of fair
admirers up in the grand stand called
down to them the men were unab BILE to
get up a fighting spirit.
For five minutes Spalding, Occiden-
tails clever little quarterback, was un-
able to keep his men Old the jump, and
then, after the ball had been advanced
into Orange territory there was a
tumble, a whirl Of arms and legs, and
when the various members of the
teams were unwrapped an Orange man
was found to have taken charge of the
ball.
Then came the surprise of the day.
The 1.-THE Presbyterians started to wade
found that while the line might be
taken care of easily there was a little
Irish faced lad In the fulback position.
From his head waved great masses Of
fire red locks. There was not a speck
OF the orange color on his person, and
when the dull red of his Stanford jer-
sey was seen, followers of both eleVens
sent up wild yell of welcome for
Stevenson. one Of the headiest foot
ball generals the coast has ever pro-
duced.
Stevenson was out of training. He
admitted the fact and Occidental never
said much for fear the ex-Stanford
man might try and show them what he
could do when he was in training.
On every play the flaming torch of
Stevenson's hair could be seen plough
ing through the line, and after it came
the rest of the team.
Time after time he hit the line for
steady gains. When he found the
Presbyterians fiat on the ground,
awaiting his charge, he went over them
in hurdle plays and nearly every gain
made for Orange during the day was
to the credit of the fullback. Also he
did all the punting. The rest of the
Orange eleven sort of stood around
and formed background for the bril-
liant haired descendant of Brian Birou.
For five downs the Orange men were
able to keep the ball and then the
Occidental line held and the Presby-
terians took the oval. Again and again
Lerner at left end for the Orange
men was drawn in and boxed while
the speedy Occidentals swept past him
with splendid interference. Lerner
seemed unable to stop the charges at
his end Of the line, and the Presby-
terians, having found the weakness,
sent the play around the left for near
ly ever gain they made. g,
Irishman Saves the Day
On the Orange twenty-five yard line
the visitors made stand. Above in the
bleachers Occidental rooters were call
ing for score. The girls We're i'm
plorng the grimy warriors for just
one touchdown. But there was an
Irishman behind that Orange line and
his hair was red and the line held.
Like a flash the Orange men sent
the ball to Stevenson and he punted
TO Occidental territory and there the
ball remained until the end of the
half.
In the second half Merrill withdrew
his men from the field. 1t was good
policy as the game with Orange would
not have counted In the scores of the
Southern California league and it was
risky to put the best men of the team
against sush a smashing defense as
the Orange men were able to put up.
The entire second team of the Occi-
dental squad was sent out in the Sec
end half, and before ten minutes of
play the Orange quarterback called
to the grand stand: Send back that
first team. These youngsters really
know how to play football"