Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-26
HIGH TEAM
WINS LAS T
BIG G,CONTEST
DEFEATS u. S. C. IN EVENLY Y
FOUGHT GAME
soRENsEN's PUPILS PLAY BEST
GAME OF SEASON
Mitchell Displays Usual Form and Is
Mainly Responsible for Sixteen
Points Made by His
3ide

The members of the Los Angeles high
school football team couldn't ask for
merrier Christmas or a more generous
gift than the pigskin present whicn
dropped into their blue and white stock
ings off the University of Southern Cali
fornia tree in the shape of a 16 to VIC
tory on the Fiesta park field yesterday.
Sorensen's wonders were, nevertheless,
fully prepared to assist In landing the
windfall in the right sock. During all tina
long season which saw the high school
pass undefeated through contests with the
best teams of the south and the state,
the academies never played in better Or
faster form than against the Methodists
Yesterday There was a motive behind
the tremendous efforts of the Mitchell
followers anG 1t certainly moted-the 6 to
O disputed score registered against high
school on the Holmes histories of the past
season were obliterated beyond recall!
It's shame to give Stan any more
space, but his engineering of his team
yesterday calls for large bill board as
monument to his memory. Besides, the
phenomenal -.igh school captain personally
conducted eleven of the sixteen tallies.
made by his crew, to the register
There wa another team there. the
Hamelies ST any excuse is offered bv
The University of Southern California fol
its showing it can not be on the grounds
of lack of orm. The Methodists put up
the best sample of football they have ex-
hibited to date. Rather let their plea be
lack of class. Shute was the grand old
man of the Holmes aggregation
Game in Detail
Burek kicked off and Decius fumblnd
and fell on the ten yard line on the re.
turn. High kept ball. Decius went
around left end for fifteen PAGES. but was
penalized to five yard line for holding.
Lull tackle bucked seven yards and then
two more. Mitchell booted to center and
Shute was downed on the forty-ive yard
line. Shute broke away for thirty-five
Jumps on fake kick. Burek bucked one
yard and Shute advanced to five yard
line on fake place kick. Shute cross
bucked one yard. Geisler pushed Coch-
rane back for ten yard loss. Mitchell
blocked punt and Cochran recovered the
leather on his own twenty-five yard line.
Decius skirted left end for eight PAGES.
Iull. kicked and Geisler downed Shute
out of bounds at center Shute punted
and Mitchell ran ball back to forty-f1ve
yard line. Shute was downed on ten yard
line after fifty yard kick by Mitchell.
Shute kicked and Cass carried in fifteer
yards. Decius crossbucked five yards and
Lull added three. Mitchell and Decius
contributed seven yards to the general
result around the ends. University held
on the ten yard line. Mitchell Kicked goal
from placement on the twenty yard tape
Score High school y, u. s. G. 0.
Bureks startling punt sailed behind
the posts and Mitchell took the free boot
out from the quarter line. Burek ran IA
five yards and relayed to Shute. Shute
punted and Geisler recovered on the ten
yard line. Mitchell kicked to the forty.
five yard tare and Shute was stopped by
Geisler Shute punted on side to fifteen
yard line and Mitchell ran in ten yards
Shute lost hai ee TO gain by fumbling
Mitchells kick on the thirty-five yard
line Mitchell went around right end for
seven yards. On fake run, Lull kicked
and Shute advanced to forty-three yard
line Shute featured in next few minutes
of play by scattering the field and clear-
ing right end for thirty-five yards gain
to highs five yard line. Burek was
pushed across for touchdown in the fol-
lowing downs. Shute caught the .kickout
for position and kicked goal.
Score-U. S. G. 6, Hight school A.
Mitchell introduced and Burek returned
from five yard line TO ewtney-eight yard
line. Skim bucked five jolts. Shute
puHlCut anu Tall iitU Unity
eight yard line Alrny fumbled boot from
Lull and Adamson recovered. Decius
slipped on end run for five yard loss
Adamson gained his yards. Mitchell
failed to kick from placement on forty
eight yard line. Shute kicked out from
quarter tape. and Decius ran in ten yards
to center. Bran failed to gain. Mitchell
passed to Geisler on fifteen yard line for
thirty-fve yard gain. Mitchell lost three
yards in attempt around end. Mitchell
booted short on try to punt from place
ment on thirty yard line. Shute kicked
out to fifty yard line and Brant was
stopped on center. Cass gained two yards
on quarter back run. Decius bucked one
yard Mitchell punted from center to
Shute, who was downed on his fifteen
yard line.
Second Half
Action in the second half was full Of
High school movement. and the academ
les started early to take the Initiative ana
everything else that wasn't tied down.
Mitchell started activities with a long
kick and Woolin ran in to twenty-eighs
ward line n q fake kick Shute failed TO