Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-26
Z. A. HIGH TO
PLAY LICK
NORTHERN CHAMPS WILL BATTLE
WITH UNDEFEATED LOCALS
Leading Football Teams of Southern
and Northern California High
Schools Decide State Cham
- pionship Thanksgiving

Los Angeles High has at last secured
game with a team from the north for
Thanksgiving day. The local boys were
notified yesterday by telegram from the
Lick High that they would play game
in this city on that date.
Manager Howard has been turned down
by three northern teams this week,
Berkeley, Oakland and Belmont, and 1t
comes as quite a relief to him to be able
to secure this game.
Howard is not the only one who is
feeling good about it, as Coach Hempel
of ST. Vincent's has had 1t In his mind
for some time to have a double header
on that date. His team is to play the
Oregon bunch on Thursday, and he
wanted the local high to play part of the
bill with him. He is to bring both teams
here and pay their expenses, putting no
responsibility on the high boys at all.
For a while it looked as though it
would be impossible to carry out this
plan, but since the Lick boys have con-
sented to come down he feels that at last
his pet scheme is to work out
The highs will play first, the kickoff
being for 1:30 o'clock, and the colleges
after they have finished, making one of
the biggest gridiron attractions that has
ever been staged in this part of the state.
The L. A. high bunch was out last
night in hard practice in order to be pre-
pared for the northern boys. Coach
Sorensen did not like the showing the
team made at Santa Ana Saturday, and
he thinks that the boys have not been
taking care of themselves lately, so as
soon as he round out that the bunch was
to play a game Thursday he called
meeting and put all the players under
strict training orders until the game is
bo 1ipo will have IN he
pushed along fast, as that seemed to be
the weak part of the team last Saturday
That game with the celery belt bunch
came In just the right time, as it gave
the coach a cnance to find out the weak
points of his team before the champion
interscholastic game of California. The
school does not only want to show that
they have football team here, but they
also wish to show the northern team
they have a sc Lool that has few sup
porters behind their pigskin bunch and
for that reason one of the biggest rallies
that the school has ever had was held
yesterday noon, when the whole school
promised to come out and support the
team.
Ordinarily no such thing would happen,
as 1t is unusual for the whole school to
pledge itself, but the Spokane high
school sent challenge to Chicago high
for the championship of the United
States, last week, and totally ignored the
local high, and for this reason the school
wants to show the northern high as we'll
as the Oregon bunch that they are going
to have something to say about that
championsh., game.
The Lick team is, since Saturday, when
they defeated Berkeley high, the cham
pion Of northern California, having also
licked every team they have gone up
against. The team itself is not quite as
heavy as the locals, but they are a fast
bunch and IRE at present in the best of
condition, so that they will give the home
eleven walk for their money. Their
team will leave the north Wednesday
evening and will arrive here Thursday
morning. when they will be met by a
committee from high and be escorted to
their hotel.
This game means a great deal to the
home boys, for if they win it they will be
the champions of the ,state, and will,
therefore, have :, shot at the United
States interscholastic championship. 1t
will probably be their last game this sea-
son, unless they should happen to go up
The lineup vii. be composed Of the best
men the school has, and the coach has
decided upon the following to fill the posi-
tions: Silent, center; Warrington, right
guard; Adamson, right tackle; Brant,
right end; Walker, left guard; Cochran,
left tackle; Geissler, left end; Lull, full
back Decius. righ half; Mitchell, left
half; Cass, quarter.