Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-04
HIGH OUTWEIGHS
BELMONT ELEVEN
CRITICS FAVOR LOCAL MEN
TO WIN
Visitors Are a Likely Bunch and Are
In Excellent Condition and
Training for Todsy's
Game

Disparity as regards the WelBhts VI
the respective lines will give high
school an advantage this afternoon
when the local eleven faces the Bel
mont team on the gridiron at Fiesta
park, but from indications the game
will be no walk-over for either side.
The northerners worked out on the
81. Vincent campus yesterday atter-
noon, and by the manner IN whlch
they went about their practice 1t Is
evident that the rudiments nave peeH
instiled with effective results.
The Belmont men, clean limbed,
lively set of young fellows, arrived on
the private car Aspen yesterday morn
ing and registered at the Lankershim,
where apartments had been reserved
for them.
Accompanying the party are w. T.
Reid. head master of Belmont; NAL
q. c. Collins, coach, and Mrs. Collins
and /. Damon, assistant coach
After luncheon the men boarded q
Grand avenue car for the st. Vincent
college campus and spent an hour at
signal practice.
Although the difference in the weight
of the forwards should figure In the
trend of the contest, there is feature
of the Belmont game that may alter
the predictions that have been gen
orally set ahoat thus far as to the size
of the score.
What promises to make the game an
open one is the fact that a youngster
by the name of Miller on the Belmont
team has a dangerous kicking pedal
that sends a wicked looking spiral for
forty-five or fifty yards 1t appeared
to be the best exhibition of punting
witnessed in Los Angeles thus far, and
the manner in which the oval cur
vetted through the air made the GER
tainty of its reception into the wait
ing arms problem. place kick from
the toe of the same player went whirl-
ing over the goal posts after travelling
a distance of forty-flve or fifty yards.
The two back fields are on par as
to weight, but high school men possess
an advantage of eight or nine pounds
in the line.
Collins of West Point, the Belmont
coach, is a typical looking athlete and
was at one time considered among the
higher ranking tackles of the coun-
try, having been a member of the Den
yer Athletic club and the Reliance team
of San Francisco.
Damon, the assistant coach, halls
from Harvard.
The high school team has undergone
several alterations since the last game,
with the object of bringing out the
greatest possible strength of the men.
High school should take the game,
but the majority of those who witnessed
the work of the visitors last night
seem to lean to the opinion that two
touchdowns, or three at the most,
would be a good victory for Roesch's
men.
The Belmont forwards will have a
hard proposition to open way for their
backs in the enemys line, and high
school has fair defense on the ends
to stop any running work that the
northerners may spring.
Belmont's greatest hope will lie in
the ability of her linemen to frustrate
the attacks of high school backs, and
if the white and red can manage to
hold the ball long enough the punting
of Miller should count for something.
Stub" Raitt, the old Stanford
quarterback, and Morris Cadwalader
of Pomona fame, are to officiate as
referee and umpire.
The high school men eased on their
practice Thursday evening and last
night did not go through any scrim-
mage or signal work.
The Belmont eleven has played sever
games in the north, losing one to the
Stamford freshmen by a score of II
to II.
The weights of the two elevens, as
given by Coaches Collins and Roesch
are 150 for the Belmonts and 1853 fol
the high school men.
Game will be called at O'clock