Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-07
u. S. c. AND HIGH
SCHOOL PLAY TIE
NEITHER ELEVEN ABLE TO
CROSS GOAL
Academic Men Put Up Game Battle,
While University Proves
Stronger at Straight
Football
BY Ed MorIarty

Los Angeles high school football elevens
opened the local season at Fiesta park
yesterday afternoon with game which
resulted 90, after thirty minutes of
actual play. The contest ended with
the ball on u. $. C.'s 45-yard line in
university possession.
Contrary to general expectation,
neither team used tactics varying to
any extent from strategies of last sea-
son. 1t appeared as though Coaches
Traeger and Holmes had anticipated a
defense based upon open field work,
and accordingly set their men at the
old style of play.
Every man of the university back
field was capable of ground gaining
when opposed to the academic line,
which during the earlier portion of the
game played sufficiently high to allow
unnecessary gain by the college men.
More confident in the second half, |
Traeger's linesmen laid low with the
result that university backs were un-
able to repeat their gains Of the pre-
ceding period.
Mitchell Strong
Capt Stan Mitchell of the high school |
played brilliant ball and backed his |
line like a veteran. Walker, at left |
guard, and Bergman, at quarter, were |
largely instrumental in blocking many |
of the university spurts. Bergman.
with Geisler at left end, proved fast |
Best of the university a lively time
once that speedy youngster coralled |
the oval.
Practically the only sensational play |
of the day occurred when Stan Mitchell |
of the high school received a delayed |
pass on fake buck over university's |
right tackle and circled Custin for |
twenty-five yards before he was
downed.
The forward pass was looked for but |
did not appear. Holmes had declared |
previous to the game that he did not
intend using the new feature and de-
pended upon four or five plays to ad-
vance the ball.
High school evidently has not per-
fected the innovation sufficiently and |
did not run any risks yesterday.
At straight line plunging u. S. C had |
considerable of an edge on the high |
school boys, the backfeld finding fire.
quent holes in the academic line. AS
far as open field work was concerned |
the high school men appeared to be the
quicker, flashy individual tackles nail
ing varsity men who endeavored tc |
enter the open.
The first half ended with the ball on
high schools 30-yard line, with the uni
NSTSlly dlldck growing stronger dL GaCn |
plunge. AS the whistle sounded there |
came a sight of relief from academic |
supporters, Traeger's men tiring fast |
beneath the heavy rushes of the Metho- |
dists.
BY well directed punting high school
held the university men safe in the
second half, and at the close were in
U. S. c. territory.
Place Kick Fails
U. S. C. was first on the field, the
high school men following shortly after
Holmes team won the toss and elected |
to take the kick off, high school defend
ing the south goal. Scarcely had Gus
tin kicked to Lull on high schools 20
yard line than an academic tumble gave
the ball to U. S. G.
U. s. C. was stopped on the high |
schools 12-yard line, and Hughes
dropped back for a place kick, the oval |
going wild. Mitchell punted to Best !
on the 40-yard line and U. S. C. pounded
it's way up the field, only to lose on AL
tumble at the 25-yard line.
High school, with the aid of Mitchell's |
bright dash, brought the ball well up
the field. Several plunges by academic |
backs combined with u. S. c. penalties |
for off-side play and another boot by |
Mitchell, carried the ball to U. S. C's |
20-yard line Here high school lost on
down and u. S. C. worked the ball to
the academic 30-yard line on straight |
plunges before the whistle sounded.
The second half developed into
punting battle. so far as the high school
was concerned, and u. s. C. was unable |
to hold the ball sufficiently long to
effect a touchdown
Fast work by Geisler and Bergman |
in getting down the field prevented U. |
S. C. from running the ball back after
Mitchelps punts, with the result that |
neither side became dangerous.
An amusing feature of the second half |
occurred when for good five minutes
high school played with twelve men. |
BY some mistake or otherwise an extra
academic player found his way i'm the
field and was tearing things up at a |
lively rate before discovered
A big crowd of rooters was out for |
both teams, and Principal Housch OF |
the high school addressed the academic |
gathering urging them to pull strongly |
for their gridiron heroes.
GAME IN DETAIL