Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-08
LAWYERS GO IN
FOR ATHLETICS
BASKETBALL is LATEST OF
EFFORTS
EXPECT TO ORGANIZE TWO
CRACK TEAMS
Coach Newnnire Is Planning Invasion
of North Later In Season and Has
Asked All Colleges and Uni
verslties for Games

Since the odoption of the conference
rules by the University OF Southern
California the law college has been
forced to place its own athletic teams
in the field. A football team was
the first thing. Louis r. Draper or
Williams college was selected to coach
the team, and with weeks training
made a very creditabe showing against
Occidental. Practice games were played
with ST. Vincent's and u. ). Z.
"preps." game was played with the
Sherman Indians, which the lawyers
lost through lack of team work. This
was only an incentive TO harder work,
and it will go down in law school his
tory that Friday, November 6, law
school made the first score against the
high school I'm the season OF 1gOS-1SO9
after u. S. C. and Pomona had gone
down to defeat and st. Vincents had
been held to a 0 to 0 score.
Now the law college has started in
early to turn out championship
basketball team. Earl Newmire, man
ager of last years team, will manage
and coach this year. He has begun
early and started an innovation by hold
ing interclass games. As the coming
lawyers mostly are engaged In offices.
practice will be held both in the even
ings and afternoons. A supper will be
given to the winning team by the
losers.
The games will be played Mondays.
Wednesdays and Thursdays as follows:
Juniors VS.. Freshmen, Winners VS..
Seniors. Losers VS.. Seniors. Thus
Coach Newmire expects to be able TO
pick out two crack teams. Those play
ing are:
Senior team-Newmire, Richardson,
manager; Lewis, Selph, and Goode.
captain.
Junior team-Williams, Folsom, Die
trick, Howard, Wall, and Weber, man
ager
Freshmen - Chamberlin, wheelock.
Roberts. Blumberg, Nourse, Greene,
and James. manager.
A game was played with the normal
school last Wednesday. The lawyers
won by 80 to 30. Thursday the Browns
berger Home school was taken into
camp by the score of IS to 10. A game
is desired with the high school. and the
lawyers are certain they can win by a
large score.
Last year the law college was unable
to get games with the local colleges, as
they claimed their schedules were full.
Law had her doubts on the subject.
and this year already has issued chal-
| lenges to all the colleges. Practice
games with the various high schools
have been arranged as follows:
November i0-Law VS.. Harvard mill
tary school.
November 11-Law VS.. San Pedro
high school.
November 14-Law VS.. Hollywood
| high school.
November 1s-Law VS.. Gardena high
school.
November 21-Law VS.. Long Beach
| high school.
November 25-Law VS.. Pasadena high
school.
Last year during the Christmas vaca-
ton the basketball team took trip to
Escondido and San Diego. Law won
the first game by two points and lost
the second by two points. This year
Manager Newmire expects to take the
team on a trip north, If the team
shows up as strong as the prospects
| indicate. Games have been asked for
with Ventura, Santa Barbara, Mon
terey, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Stanford
university. San Francisco Y. M. c. A.,
| Olympic A. c., University of California,
Berkeley, Oakland, Sacramento Y. M
| c. A., Stockton Y. M. c. A., Fresno
| and Bakersfield Manager Newmire
expects to take the trip during the
Christmas holidays and intends to
show the northerners what profess
sionaI' school can do in athletics.
Law is the only one of the afflliated
colleges that has taken up athletics TO
any extent, and is to be congratulated
in her efforts. There are no more ardent
admirers of clean athletics than the
dean, Frank r. Porter, and Secretary
Craig, and to the latter the young men
of the law college always viii look Tor
support and advice in clean athletics'