Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-16
INDIANS AND
SAINTS PLAY
FIERCE FOOTBALL GAME COMES
OFF AT FIESTA TODAY
SchoIder Says His Sherman Redskins
Are Out to Win and HempeI's
Eleven Must Fight
Hard

One of the fiercest football games of
the season is anticipated when st. Vim
cents, the unbeaten conqueror of such
big outside teams as Denver university
and the University of Utah, meets the
Sherman Indians at Fiesta park this
afternoon.
Both teams are literally up against
it, and circumstances force each eleven
to do its utmost, as today's result means
glory or the sacrifice of gridiron pride
to the contestants.
St Vincent's must win in order to
keep UP it's reputation and prestige and
draw the crowd Thanksgiving day, when
the Catholics play the Oregon Aggies,
who are the champions of the north
west, having defeated Oregon university.
Redskins Are Desperate
The redskins are at the point of des-
peration and will fight like cornered
beasts. The bitter defeats which Sher-
man has sustained from the hands of
Pomona and Occidental rankle in the
Indians breasts, and they have sent
down word from Riverside that they
will play to win.
This game is bound to be extremely
interesting to football experts for the
reason that it will contrast in the most
startling manner the weaknesses and
advantages of the old game of straight
football against the modern, open work,
forward pass methods and tricks.
Hempels men are going to be bothered
by the Indian ends, and Scholder the
ancient and honorable Sherman player,
who has been in the game since the
flood and manages to carry the duties
of coach, captain and left end, will give
the Catholic runners some tough hand
ling that they will long remember. Will
let's, at right end, is fast and aggres-
sive and it is pretty certain that he
will be there with the goods today.
Without a doubt the Indians have
shown vast improvement within the last
week. and st. Vincent's is not going to
have a walkaway.
The game as doped stands like this:
The Indians should play st. vincent's
off their feet on straight football and
bucking, but the Catholics are toutedNto
make three or more touchdowns on trick
plays, kicking work and the forward
pass.
GaIt's Great Forward Passing
Hempeps gang have shown wonderful
control of the forward pass and it is
doubtful whether there is another team
in the west that can touch them on sue
cessful throwing of the pigskin. John
Gait is perfect and handles the football
more like a baseball than anything else.
During recent practice he made three
successive forward passes of forty-five
yards apiece.
1t is probable that Gait will net the
greatest gains this afternoon by the for
ward pass. Although he is a magnif-
cent bucker. the best in California today,
as n matter of fact, 1t is not likely that
he will be able to get through his old
Sherman schoolmates very often, as they
him.
an opponent so hard to beat at straight
football as the Indians, nor so easy to
beat on fast, heady work and tricks and
forward passing.
1t is the one best bet, however, that
the Catholics will know that they have
been in a football game, and it Is alto
gether probable that several of st. Vim
cents best men will be laid out cold
and disabled beyond hope of participation
in future games this season. Those In
dams play rough and hard, and when
they tackle a man he gets hurt, as a
rule.
This indian game may so dangerously
cripple Hempel's eleven as to menace
st. Vincent's chances against the Ore
gon Aggies.
Galley to Referee
Caley. Colorado university, will referee.
Following is the lineup for this after
Moons game:
CT VINCENT INDIANS
Grindle ...re......,."...... Wiilets