Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-20
BY CHESTER LAWRENCE

The official score given out at the
end of the game between Pomona and
U. S. C. prep elevens yesterday after
noon on Bovard field was II to 10 in
favor of Pomona, but incidents after
ward cast serious doubt upon the score
and make It extremely doubtful whether
Pomona or u. S. c. is entitled to the
victory. A new score was made at the
banquet which followed the game at u.
S. C. hall, and that score was TO 60 8
in favor of U. S. c. a
According to reports from the BAN
uuet hall, the latter score should pre-
vail. Crawford, who made the touch
down that gave Pomona the victory by
~She score of II to 10, is said to have
admitted that he kicked the ball before
he fell on it. Reiche, the U. 5. &.
player who fumbled the ball, and
Hunter, who was standing near, are
said to have sworn that the pall struck
at least a foot behind the goal line,
which would make the play touch
back, instead of a touchdown. as as
suned by Referee Noble, who admitted
that he did not see the play. Umpire
Bureck of u. S. C. also stated that he
was not near enough at the time the
ball struck to say which contention
was correct.
The fact remains that Reiche had no
right to attempt to catch the ball in the
first place. although he probably as
sumed that it was up to him to play a
safety" The utmost good feeling pre-
vailed between the players of both
elevens, as the Pomona boys generally
admitted that the goal belonged to the
u. S. c. boys.
The game was characterized by poor
playing on the part of both teams, al
though the local team put up the bet
ter game and the two goals that were
scored against them were made on
fumbles by the u. S. c. boys.
Spurgeon Was Star
Spurgeon, who played left half for
the Pomona boys, easily was the star
of the game and the mainstay of his
team while Wright, the substitute
quarterback of the u. S. c. aggrega-
tion. was successful in rallying his men
during the second half, and by system
atica1ly using the forward pass and
the onside kick was responsible for
the ten points made by the boys during
the latter half.
A tumble by Reiche during the first
half was responsible for Pomona's first
touchdown. Coach Cromwell insisted
that it should have been touchback,
as the ball was kicked and landed be-
hind the goal line before being caught
by the Methodist player. Referee
Noble maintained that the ball hit in
front of the goal and after Reiche's
tumble was pushed over the line by
Crawford of the Pomona eleven.
The second touchdown by Pomona
was made by Allen, who caught Cap
tain Bunker off his guard AMI success
fully broke through the U. S. G. line
in time to block a punt by Hunter on
the Iatter's fve-yard line. Allen pushed
the ball over the line before the sur
prised Methodists could recover. The
score at the end of the first half was
Pomona IL, u. S. c. 0.
In the second half u. S. c. rallied
and used the forward pas several
times for consistent gains, In ADDITION
to the onside kick. They were enabled
during this half to break the formid-
able defense of Pomona and made sub
stantial gains through the center A
tumble by Pomona enabled Wallace to
make the first touchdown fo- U. S. G.
from the five-yard line. Hunter missed
the goal on the kick and the score
stood II to s.
The second goal was made by Cap
tain Bunker, who received the ball
after Hunter had made the distance
on the first two downs. Hunter again
missed the goal and the whistle blew
with the score II to 10 in favor of Po-
mona. The lineup of the teams was
as follows:
II. s. c. POMONA.
wyatt f. r. ....... Garrison
Longshore. T r. ......... Miller
Henderson. L. G. r. ......... Perrin
Bunker. c. .............. Allen
Law............. r. G. L, ........ Heinlch
Iorentzen. ........ r. T. L. ...... Merriam
Tummel. ......... r. E. L. ...... Crawford
Reiche. ............ Q. B. ........ .Stelzer
Wallace. ......... 7. II. r. ...... .spurgeon
stabler. .......... r. II. L. .'-.'''' Barnes
Hunter. ............ T. b. ..........,.Wire
summary-Pomona II. U. S. c. TO- Touch
downs, Wallace, Crawford, Allen Bunker
Referee, Coach Noble Of Los Angeles hish
school Umpire Stan Burech OF U. S. c.
Time of halves, 25 minutes and 20 minutes.
The season of preliminary training
and of midweek games gradually is