Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-18
u. S. c. EASILY
BEATS QUAKERS
UNIVERSITY DOWNS WHITTIER
Is TOO
After Lecture Coach Traeger's Men
lmprove--1as Nucleus Of
Good, Fast
Team

Football ardor was dampened at
Bovard field yesterday. both by the
rain and also by the poor exhibition of
the college game put up by u. s. G.
and Whittier, in the first conference
match, which the university won by a
score of Is to O. The play on both
sides was ragged throughout. and only
did the Methodists display signs of
real gridiron class.
Traeger's men scored one touchdown
and goal during the first twenty five
minutes, but after g. lecture from the
coach during intermission they started
the second half with q rush and man :
aged to annex a score from the field
and one more touchdown. The Quak-
ers came near scoring in the same
half, but the effective tackling of Clark
kept the varsity's record unsullied.
The first score came in the first half
after lot OF poor playing ON botn
sides, composed of low short kicks, at
tempts at bucking and end runs OF
short duration.
Makes Touchdown
Hatch, the Methodist end. received
the ball from a Whittier put and ran
through a scattered field to the five
yard line, from which Rushhoupt, sub
bling for Burek at full, went over the
line on a straight buck. Paulin fol-
lowed with goal. The rest OF the half
was given over to running the ball up
and down the field and interchange of
punts, in which the Quaker, Short. out
distanced his Methodist brethren.
In the second half Paulin's long
spiral sent the ball far into Whittier
territory and tumble gave the pig
skin to the university. Hatch on an
end run decreased the distance to the
goal line and a drop kick by Ickes was
but the Quaker guards were offside,
too quick for him to kick. and with
the ball under his arms ne lodged
around right end for a touchdown,
only to have the play returned to the
starting point because of the oppon-
ents' offside play. The same trick was
tried once again and this time the line
held and the U. S. c. quarter sent the
ball bouncing over the posts with not
a fraction OF an inch to spare.
Following an interchange of punts
between Paulin and Short, the former
punted to Critics, the Quaker quarter.
who let the ball roll past, but later
recovered on the flve-yard line and
was forced to punt from behind the
goal posts to prevent a safety. lckes,
the classy little U. S. G. backfield de-
fender, ran 1t in thirty yards for the
final tally of the game. On the kick
out U. S. C. failed on a fair catch and
right to kick goal was forfeited.
Whittier Menaces Goal
Whittier came near scoring a few
minutes later when Critics secured the
ball on a punt and ran half the length
of the field to be nailed at the thirty
yard line from behind by Clark, the
Methodist half. Renneker followed
with nice substantial end run, when
placed the Whittier eleven within strik-
ing distance, but fearing their own
ability to make the distance Wells
tried a place kick and failed. Ickes
secured the ball and came down the
field for a feature quarterback run.
which took away all Woodward's
chances for scoring. The game ended
without further features.
While the team work of the U. 5. G.
eleven was poor and their style of play
nothing classy, Coach Traeger GER
tainly has a good nucleus of star play
ers to build plays around. Iskes proved
the find OF the season for quarter, as
his readiness and long runs made him
the start of yesterdays struggle. AL
Ian at center proved mainstay in the
middle of the line while Paulin did
some excellent work in the backfleld,
and Haighler was in on every play at
tackle. Hatch starred at tackle.
Halfback Renneker was the feature
player for the Quakers and gained
ground we'll on bucks and end runs.
while Short and Critics also did good
work back of the line.
Coach Woodward was much pleased
with the showing his men made and
hopes to defeat Occidental next Satur-
day. The Whittier men played under
the disadvantage of having only twelve
footballers to play. and If two players
had been knocked out the Whittier
coach would have been up against 1t.
The lineup:
WHITTIER. u s. c.
Green. ........... left end ......... .Geller
Raymond. ....... left tackle ....... Hatch
Henderson. left guard $3.50. Malcolm
Goodenow
Feeler. ............ center King
Hiatt. .......... right guard 1890. Brown
Pickett. ......... right tackle .Haighler
Benneker. right end ...... wallace
Critics, ........ quarterback ....... .Ickes
Wells. ....... right halfback ....... Clark
Renneker. ..... left halfback ..... .Paulin
Short. ......ss.. fullback ..... .Hushhoupt
Touchdowns by Ickes, Rushhoupt; goals
from touchdown, Paulin; goals from field,
Ickes Referee, Sorenson Of Los Angeles.
Umpire, Perry of Whittier. Head lines
man, Cromwell of u. s. G. Timer. Bro
deroson of u. s. c.
Length of halves. 25 minutes.