Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-19
FOOTBALL is
GAME TODAY
ST. vNcENTs AND DENVER TO
MEET ON eRIDIRoN
Local Men Outweigh coloradoans, but
Latter Are Confident of Winning
over Men Taught by
Coach HempeI
The lineup for this afternoons game:


The lineup for this afternoons game:
DENVER ST. VINCENTs
Renick, end nd..............G Mast
Brewster. tackle. ,Leffert
Green. ..............left guard. .Phii''ps
Ashby .center... boleran
Pruter. right guard. Taylor
Dere.. .......reht acke.......... Brinkop
TaIt. end........ .Grindle tc)
Bartels. quarter. Huppert
Owens. left alf..,.......,.W Mast
Brusse .fullback. ..........,.....G Gait
Wiley. half.
St vincent's college football team held
it's final practice before today's game with
Denver university Thursday night, and
visitors were allowed to see the boys
work after signal practice.
The local bunch puts up a hard, fast,
rushing game and is much faster than it
was ever believed 1t could be.
The game at Fiesta park this afternoon
will be a peach Denver and ST. Vincent )
are entirely different in character, weight
and method. Hempel's team does better
close work and line bucking and pushing,
and the ST. Vincent's coach expects his
men to get through and break up the
funny plays which have been heralded ar
the Denver style throughout the season.
On the other hand, d. u. is very fast
depends mostly on open work, and the
players put up a heady game. They
watch where the ball goes every time, and
follow unerringly. st. Vincent's will have
to keep their eyes on the interference in
order to get away with some of the
smoothest and quickest trick plays ever
seen in the west.
Coach Koehler who played left tackle
with Chicago in 1902, has drilled Stagg
tactics into his men until they work to-
gether like machinery and they make up
in speed and cleverness what they lack in
weight.
Cold poundage and beefiness won't
count much in the struggle. st. Vincents
averages 164 pounds. according to Coach
Hempel. while Denver averages about 100,
according to Coach Koehler.
Holleran, the college center. weighs
about 14S pounds, and he has to go up
against Capt. Tom Ashby, the fighting
parson of the Denver team, who tips tne
Fairbanks at 235 pounds. But Holleran
has been singing a sledge all summer,
and the toll has made piece of iron out
of every muscle in his body. He knocks
the biggest men in st. Vincent's scrubs
down like flies.
In Thursday nights practice at the coll
lege Stoney did some rapid end running,
and he lodges well. Whit Mast, left half
bucks the line in locomotive fashion, anj
Capt Grindle, right end, Is a good sue
cessful place kicker.
John Gait, the acquisition from Sherman
Indian school, is a rough. house player and
he tears up the line fiercely Gait will
astonish Los Angeles football fans who
see him for the first time today, and he is
likely to surprise Denver. He weighs
about 1888 pounds and his speciality is ir
forward passes.
Quarter Is Fast
Rupert quarter, is fast and helps his
men along nicely. His leg work averages
thirty yards, and it is anticipated that he
will be used for place kicking.
Yesterday morning enthusiastic meet
ing of students and alumni was held at
ST. Vincent's and a rousing rally was
made over the game. A thousand tickets
have already been sold to the students
and their friends, and the general public
sale yesterday at Dyas & Cline's promises
one of the largest crowds ever seen at a
gridron in Southern California.
The principal feature of the st. Vim
cent's-Denver game is the fact that it Is
the first interstate intercollegiate football
game ever played on a Los Angeles field.
The Denver university team was very
blue Thursday night at signal practice
on the first floor of the Hollenbeck hotel,
because of the cripples who must hug
the side lines. Hardine Is still suffering
from an abscess in the left inner ear, and
although he came out of the California
hospital yesterday Coach Koehler would
not even allow him to eat supper, so
serious is his condition. Hardine had a
high fever all day, and may become so
Ill that the team will have to leave him
here until he RECEIVERS.
Sammy Cohen full back, and the fastest
man on the Denver team, who Is con-
sidered one of the star layers of the west
this year, cannot play, having strained
the ligaments of his lei. leg so badly
that he has to carry cane to limp
around on. Cohen was injured three
weeks ago, when a Colorado university
tackle twisted his leg.
Dere, sub for left tackle is the lightest
man in the bunch, weighing only liz
pounds. Probably Denver has the lightesr
football team of any college in the west
this year.
Brusse Kicks Well
Brusse, who is great on drops, can kick
like bay steer, and has the record this
season of 1000 per cent in place kicking.
He will be one of the most dangerous men
against ST. Vincent's.
Young Bartels Is fast gritty, heavy
player, and besides football has gained
distinction as one of the best all-round
athletes in the world. He holds two
championship swimming records. too.
Walter Hempel, who leased Fiesta park
and Is therefore the ostensible boss of the
whole shebang, is responsible for the rot
ten condition of the grounds, which are q
disgrace as far as football Is concerned.
When asked for an explanation as to
why the field has been covered with two
inches of heavy sawdust, Hempel claimed
that the recent rains made sawdust
necessary. 1t appears from investigation.
however, that the sawdust was thrown
over, Fiesta park long before rain ever
fell this season.
Coach Koehler has registered power
full kick against the shavings, and che
Denver manager has >peatedly requested
Hempel to have it removed. 1t will be an
unpleasant thing for Los Angeles to face
If there Is trouble before the crowd over
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