Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-28
L. A. HIGH PLAYS
LICK AT FIESTA

Everything Is now ready for the big
game on the high school part of the
Thanksgiving programme, for the Lick
High school team arrived in the city yes
terday afternoon. They were met at the
station by committee from the local
high and were escorted to their motel.
The party consisted Of sixteen players,
two coaches and trainer. The coaches
are George and William Middleton, f.nd
the trainer Is Roger Cornell.
The northern boys have been working
hard this year and have made fine
showing so far in all of the games they
have played. They have been practicing
the last week for the game today, and
they seem to be very confident that they
will make a good showing against the
home boys The team was taken through
secret practice late in the day at Fiesta
park as the coach wanted to get the
kinks out oil their backs, after their long
ride from the north The coach himself
feels confident that his men will hold
their own, as he has been working them
hard all season to keep them in the very
best of condition.
The team itself is about the fastest of
it's class that has been seen in this part
of the state in long time, and by the
way they went at it in the short practice
they had here it looks as If the local
bunch is going to buck up against the
real thing today. Lick averages about
14S, while the home team averages 167,
but weight does not count so much when
there is plenty of fast work.
Rodgers Star
The star is Rodgers, who is the best all
around player the team has. He does
all the booting and also is a wonder on
heavy line bucking. Another good man
is Quarterback Kennedy, who has con-
troll over his team that many a college
quarter would be proud of. 1t was
through his fine generalship that the
team has be IN able to make such good
showing in the northern games. The
team was taken through signals in it's
rooms at the hotel last night, so as to
have the plays completely mapped out
for the hardest game they will play this
season.
The Los Angeles boys have been work.
ing some themselves for the last week.
Coach Sorenson did not like the showing
that they made at the game with the
celery belt bunch, as they played very
poor game compared to their standard
in previous games. He has made them
do the real training act for the last few
days. The last practice was gone through
yesterday afternoon, there being no
scrimmage, but only little touching UP
on the signal line.
The whole team is in the pink of con-
dition, and the men should do their
school credit in the game today. There
will be only one new man on the team,
and he is Right Han Decius, who took
the place of Powers, who was put out of
commission in a scrimmage the latter
part of llst week. Decius may be new
one on the team of this season, but he
is not green, as was clearly shown in
the game with Santa Ana, when he
practically played the whole game, and
it is principally on this showing that
Coach Sorenson decided to put him on in
the big game. HE is bit light, but
what he loses in weight he makes up in
swiftness and clever lodging. The line
up, with this exception, will be as usual.
Locals Root for Visitors
The school is going to give it's team
good backing up in the bleachers, along
the line of FOOTING. 1t will be the biggest
turnout the school has had in a long
time, as there were about five hundred
tickets sold yesterday to the students,
and then there were not enough to sup
ply the demand. The team will be led
been training the boys in their yells
and also teaching them few Of the yells
of the Lick institution, so that the
northern boys will not feel as though
they were forgotten.