Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-30
ST. VINCENT'S
MUST WORK
HEMPEL's ELEVEN NEEDS HARD
PRACTICE
Practice Game with Los Angeles High
School Is Disappolnting-shoWs
Up Weakness of the
Saints

St. Vincents practice game against Los
Angeles high at Fiesta park yesterday
afternoon was disappointment in so far
as the former team was concerned.
Hempel's bunch appeared to be rather
dopey and although several fine indi-
yidual stunts were performed the show
ing made by the team as a whole proved
conclusively that the coach will have to
instill a lot of fighting spirit intp his
eleven IL he wants them to make a credit
able game against Utah university In the
great contest at Fiesta next Saturday aft
ernoon.
Dechnnan tackled we'll at first but later
fell down miserably, and the ends were
fatally slow In running DOWN on tne
punts.
And right here is given a piece of
friendly advice to st. Vincent's which 1t
is hoped the boys will take in the spirit
in which 1t is offered. Listen, st. Vim
| cents! Get life into your playing. Salt
Lake was heavy team, averaging BO
pounds, and Coach Maddox has drilled
them until they are said to be swift. Here
you have a handicap of twenty pounds OF
bone and muscle to the man, besides
speed, against you. The only way In
which you can win is to do exactly against
| Utah what the Mormons themselves dld
| against Colorado School of Mines.
| The Miners went out to Salt Lake City
last Saturday crying CUTTERS and
towards" and other maddening insults
at poor Utah. Half the Mormons, in"
| cluding their star men, Convill and Peter
son, were out of the game because OF
severe injuries. and the Colorado prize
fighters thought they would run their old
| scheme of terrifying the enemy success
| fully. This plan reacted. The Utah men
went in to play football, and the Miners
went in to slug. That's why Utah won,
| and for no other reason. The Mormons
got red-eyed and saw blood on the moon
| in every Miners face. The Saints fought
with the desperation of the heartbroken
soldier who believes he is going to be
killed. but determines to stand and die
| by his colors.
There's the spirit, St. Vincent's! All
credit to Utah for going in and skinning
C. S. M. Now, you turn around ana 90
the same to them. Maddock's mep are
swelled headed now. They will come to
Los Angeles with the idea that the locals
will be easy meat for them to eat raw.
Practice Disappointing
Yesterdays practice was disappointing
to St. Vincent's best friends.
The ends must run down on punts raster.
Also there will have to be some tall prac-
ticing of catching punts. Nearly every
punt yesterday was e her entirely muffed
through slowness or was dropped through
sheer stupidity and lack of tight grasplng
1t must be said in all fairness, how
ever, that Taylor, Gait and particularly
Casey, showed up WELL But even Gait
was too slow. He waited too long on
nearly every play
With Taylor breaking up all the plays
that come to his side, certainly the
tackles should be able to nail their man.
Lamar gets through the line well, but
he is not supported.
Stoney did well on end runs, and Dech-
man was very good a forward pass
De Uberando kicks well. Casey is
picked by many as the coming star in
Saturdays S game. Last night he did won
derfui tackling. 1t Is inexplicable how
Hempel could have left this man out so
long Casey is the best natural football
player on the team. Hempel should GER
tainly put him on for the rest of the
week, although he cannot be worked too
hard, as his leg is in bad condition it
will be a great misfortune If Caseys leg
does not get in good condition before the
big game.
Caseys style of going through the line
is startling. He is one of those rare
players who are able to adjust their
bodies SO that they can go through low,
and yet stand firmly on their feet. Berry
man is fair at the forward pass. Huppert
is good running in open field.
Fast and fierce should be the slogan
from now on.