Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-13
NO FOOTBALL
FOR GLENDALE
SCHOOLS TO DEVOTE TIME TO
ATHLETICS
MANY STUDENTS TRYING FOR
TENNIS HoNoRs
New League Composed of Four Gram
mar Schools Already In Full
Swlng--Good Schedule
Arranged
BY RED PERKINS

BY RED PERKINS
The Glendale grammar schools Will
not organize a football team this sea
son on account of lack of materla..
This Is the first time In two years lhat
the Glendale institutions have not
placed football in the field. The dll-
ferent grammar schools will make up
for 1t in other branches of atnlelics,
as several candidates are out dairy Lo1
tennis and baseball honors anu al
ready students of the straMpslLS
town are daily practicing on sae obsIl Ell
mis- courts and playing baseDail.
Among the most prominent mempe.s
OF the Glendale school out FOR TENNIS
honors are Elmer Nelson ana o TWO
year student, who Is trying Tor the
forward position; Leo Goode, aho.hsl
crack tennis player; Frank Gooue 10
cut for center and no doubt VIII MAKE
the team, as he is said to nave won
honors In other tennis tournaments
in various grammar schools Whlch ne
has attended in Southern CallIornla'
Tom Tomplins and Charles McDoh-
aid are running neck and neck Ior
honors at the guard positions. Inc
co-eds are not to be outdone by any
means and have started regular prac-
tice on their courts for the coming
tennis tournaments among the coun-
try grammar schools. Those who We're
out Friday were Marie and owe
Quick. who are attempting to make
the forward positions; Florence Zerr
is out for center and no doubt Will
make the team, as she has an accurate
serve and Is a brilliant player. Cath
crime Leonard and Anna Potts are
trying for the guard positions and
may make the team.
A baseball league has been started
and the grammar schools that COM
pose the league are the Glendale, West
Glendale, Burbank and Tfopico.
The Glendale school has won the
first game and has a perfect percent
age of 1000, while the Tropico school
Burbank and the West Glendale
schools have not yet won a game, but
as the league Is only started and there
are sixteen weeks more to play before
the series is finished. Handsome tro-
phies will be donated by the county
grammar school faculty to the clubs
finishing first and second.
The grammar schools of Redlands
have organized two football leagues
Tor the Junior and senior students un-
der the direction of Physical Director
Hester In the first division Will be
the Lowell -Kingsbury game, which Is
scheduled for October 28 at the Red
lands high school grounds. Other
games scheduled are as follows:
October a0-Ikingsbury VS.. Lowell
at Redlands.
November 6-Kingsbury VS.. LoWell
at RedlandS.
November 13-Lowell VS.. Kingsbury
at Lowell school.
November 20-Lugonia VS.. Kings
bury at ISingsbury school.
November 25-kingsbury and Low
ell at LEVEL school.
The second division will be COM
posed of Mckinley, Franklin and Lin
coin and probably Lugonia. Following
is the schedule adopted:
October 23-Franklin VS.. Lincoln at
Franklin grounds.
October 30-Lincoln VS.. Mckinley at
Mckinley grounds.
November 6-McI<inley VS.. FRANKLIN
at Lincoln grounds.
November 13-Franklin vs.. Lincoln
at Franklin grounds.
November 20.-Eincoln VS.. Mckinley
at Franklin grounds.
November 25-McKinley VS.. Frankilh
at Franklin grounds.
A handsome pennant will be award
ed to the winning team.
The Alhambra high school athletic
club was organized last Friday ana
prospects for busy season are GOOD.
The students will be playing basket
ball In a few weeks and tennis is pop
ular, A new tennis court Is needed.
TO meet this and other expenses IL has
been decided to give an entertainments
and a large audience is desired.
The Herald will gladly give space
to all grammar school athletic events
and the captains and managers are
requested to send in their alHereht
lineups and scheduled games so tnat
they can be published each day. Ad-
dress all news items to the sporting
editor.
Manager Elliott Gibbs of the Pasa-
dena high school has arranged tho
following football schedule:
October 31--Pasadena VS.. santa ana
high school at Pasadena.
November 17-Hollywood high school
vs.. Pasadena high school at Holly
wood.
November 21-Harvard Military
school VS.. Pasadena at Pasadena.
November 2S-Throop Polytechnic VS..
Pasadena at Tournament park, Pasa-
dena.
Chairman w. w. Tritt of the gram
mar school athletic committee is en-
deavoring to have the schools play
Rugby football again this year. Thir-
tieth street school is out for the Eng
ish game and has several candidates
on hand for the different positions,
Volley ball, girls basketball and
Rugby will be played until the laloer
Uart of November, when soccer" foot
baIi will be introduced among the
grammar school students. Tritt be-
Iieves that this game will be more IN
teresting than Rugby.
Handball Is on the athletic program
for January and during February bas-
ketbalI will be played Track work
also will be taken up in February ana
continue three months: After track
season grammar school baseball VIII
be played until the end of the school
term. Last year there were ten
schools in the baseball, league and
from the material that is showing up
at the present time there will be many
Youngsters trying out for the various
positions on the different teams in the
league.
Noted Virginlan Dead
GALLIPOLIS, o., Oct. 12.--Mrs:
Ruth Early Nash. sister of Gen. Juhal
Early Of the Confederate army, died
here last night. Mrs Nosh was the
wife of the late Hon. Samuel s. Nash
"a a.. 4I,a last ~ fha H,a rlU generation