Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-17
REDLANDS
BEST TEAM
AT RUGBY
DEFEATS POLY FIFTEEN ON
B0VARD FIELD
CHAMPIONSHIP DECIDED AFTER
FAST CONTEST
Visitors Are Heavier and Prove Supe.
rior in Serum, Scoring Ten
Points to Local Teams
Three

The flag will hang half mast for many
a week at the Polytechnic high. and all
on account of the Rugby team losing the
championship game with Redlands yes
terday afternoon by a score of 10 to
on Bovard field. They should not feel
badly about it at that, as the game was
one of the hardest contested that have
been seen in this part of the state for
some time. Both teams were in the best
of condition and it was fight from start
to finish.
The bleachers were packed with about
l2OO students from both schools The
Polytechnic rooters were out in all their
colors; the girls wore yellow and blue
shirt waists and were arranged in such
a way that large p was formed, while
the rah rab boys each had megaphone
colored in blue or gold. The Redlands
high also had good representation III
blue and white.
The game was fast from beginning to
end and it was a clean one, as there
gere no snuabbles at all to speak of.
There was some growing about the de-
cisfons of the umpire, but he must be
excused, as he ran the game by the
English rules, which are somewhat diff
ferent from those recognized locally.
The game was called at 2:15. Redlands
line. The first five minutes of play was
given over to punting and serum, the
ball being kept in the Poly territory the
greater part of the time. In this short
period it could readily be seen that the
Redlands boys had the best of it in the
scrums, as they were heavier.
Sanborns Makes Touchdown
At the end of about ten minutes the
strangers secured the ball from a serum
and A. Sanborns carried it over the line
for touch and 7. Sanborns kicked 1t
over. Poly then kicked off to the 20-yard
line, but was unable to keep 1t there, as
Brown made long punt back into their
own territory. The Poly boys then made
a strong rally and with the aid of Monk
Pierces punting they carried the ball
down the whole length of the field and
over the line, but they carried it over
too close to the side lines for Pierce to
kick it over. The boys of the blue and
the white then kicked from the 25-yard
line into the center of the field, where
the ball was at the end of the first half,
leaving the score 8 to in favor OF the
strangers. Between the halves the root
ers for the two schools sang songs and
cheered for their respective players.
At the beginning of the second half
Poly kicked off. the ball landing on the
30-yard line. For the next fifteen minutes
the bali was carried the length of TIE
field two or three times. Then the Red
ianders bucked up and the ball was car
ried over the line by Phelps and was
kicked over by r. Sanderson. Poly then
Kicked off to the country boys, who car
ried it into the blue and gold territory.
Pierce Is Star
II was then that the star play of the
whole game was made by Monk Pierce,
who secured the ball from the serum and
carried it down the field for forty yards
before he could be stopped, In the first
serum after this Poly was given free
kick as one of the boys on the other side
was off side. Soon they were penalized
a free kick for the same reason. The ball
was then carried to the center of the
field where it was at the end of the
game The score was 10 to 8 in favor of
Redlands
The Redlanders who shone were T. San-
borns, who did most of the kicking, and
Phelps, who is wonder as a forward.
The star of the whole game was Monk
Pierce. He is phenom when it comes to
playing Rugby. He can pick up the ball
running at full speed and kick it a great
distance, no matter in what position he
receives it. The other star player for the
boys of the blue and gold was Yerkes
1t was mainly through him that they
could make any gains, as he has the
lnack of getting the ball out of about
every serum.
The lineup was as follows: