The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
.CENTERVILLE TEAM
SHOWS THE WAY
TO LICK.
By ROs7ser Snawhan.
WINNERS OF A A. L. CHAM
PIONSHIP.

I9O4-Idck beat Oakland - II q
I9O5-Berkeley beat lowell. &c
19O0-CentervII1e beat Lick 4-G
A place kick did the trick for the
Centervilie football team yesterday
afternoon in the final game for the 1906
championship of the Academic Athletic
League The scene Of the fray between
the Cenferville team and the husky
lads from the California School of Me-
chanical Arts was at Stege's Park.
Point Richmond, and those who took
the lengthy journey were treated to
one Of the most scrappy and evenly
contested matches in late years.
The Centerville boys made fine
showing, played the game it should
be played at all times, and worked
their forward pass almost at will.
The pass was practically the cause of
the downfall of the Tiger team, for 1t
was one of these plays which enabled
the country lads TO work into a suit
able position to try for field goal. 1t
was a pretty piece of work on the
part of Renouf. Centerville's fulfback.
for the ball went squarely between the
goal posts for the only score OF the
day.
10 De BeAten Dg a uelQ goal, OF d
''fluke" as most players term il, de-
pressed the Lick boys very much II
they had been forced over the line II
would not have seemed so bad, be-
cause several times the Tigers were
within a yard or two of Centerviile' s
goal line. The nearest Centervile came
TO Liek's goal was seven yards.
RENOuF KICKS OFF.
Promptly at 2:s0 o'clock Renouf of
the visiting team kicked OF to Bell.
who returned the ball to the forty
yard line. Lick was held on downs and
Everett was forced to kick The ball
was fumbled by Centerville and Rodda
OF Lick made a neat dive for it. For
some time the game resolved itself into
a kicking contest and IL was during
this part of the battle that the fercest
lighting occurred. First one side would
be held and then the other Individual
work on the part of Hatch and Wither
ly OF Centerville, for a forward pass,
and Bell of the local team, who con-
tinually broke through the opponents
line and blocked plays, tended to keep
the spectators in a continual state of
excitement.
Centerville started its good work
toward the end OF the half. A twenty
yard end run by Hunt brought the
ball to Liclx's fifteen-yard line. Hatch
tried q quarterback sneak" but Bell
Of Lick broke through the line again
and carried the captain back several
yards. Again Centervflle worked up
to the desired line and again a Lick
man broke through This time II was
Everett. 1t was a fine tackle on the
part of Everett, but the setback placed
the Centeryille players in an ideal po-
sition for a field goal. The attempt
proved successful.
FINE WORK BY LICK.
Lick started some fine work during
the last OF the first half. Rodgers
made buck for twelve yards. which
placed Lick IN a position TO score
The Tigers got within q yard Of the
line and then the Centerville boys held
them. CenterviIle naturally kicked on
the next play.
The second half took on an entirely
different aspect. The Lick boys started
in like demons and certainly put their
opponents in the shade for while
Lick men made their downs no less
than five successive times and got
within fifteen yards Of their opponents
goal. At this point Rodgers tried a
field goal, but unfortunately for the
local boys and fortunately for the
country lads, the kick was blocked.
Licks downfall was due TO the
Tigers inability to successfully use
their trick plays Lick won all It's
contests this season by fierce line
plunging. and IL the team had stuck
to this style OF play yesterday the
game would have resulted differently.
Throughout the entire contest the
work OF Bell and Knox of the local
team stood out prominently. Every
play saw Bell in the right place. An
other feature was the thirty five yard
punt by Quarterback Knox just before
the game closed.
LINEUP OF TEAMS.