Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-15
HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS INDIGNANT
RESENT CHARGES OF SPYING
ON OPPONENTS
SHOW GOOD sPoRTsMANsHiP IN
DISCUSSING 1T
Ninth Street Grammar School Defeats
Flfty-second Street Schooi-Six-
teenth Street School Prac-
- tlcing Daily
by CHESTER LAWRENCE

The student body of the Los An
geles high school, in addition to many
prominent business men of the city
are highly indignant at the insulting
insinuations spread by members OF
one of the local colleges regarding the
Spying of members of the Los An
geles high school on the training OF
the st. Vincents football squad with
the object of learning their signals
Manager Stan Mitchell of the Los
Angeles high school football team was
as surprised as anybody to learn that
any college football team in Southern
California could be charged with such
tactics or that the members ever would
intimate such a thing. He said: I'VE
are both surprised and indignant over
the affair. We have our own reputa-
ton in the amateur sporting world OF
Southern California and during many
years of active athletic work 1t never
has been questioned. But this charge,
unsportsAnanlike, to say the least,
small as 1t may be, cannot be over
looked. I regard 1t as direct insult
to every member of the team, and II
barely is possible that the faculty OF
the Los Angeles high school will pro-
hibit US from playing Saturdays game
with st. Vincent. OF course, we wish
to play the game. We do not expect
to win, but we play football for the
love of the sport, and there Is not Q
member of the Los Angeles high school
who would stoop to such tactics as
those charged to them Whatever
tactics are used against us in Satur-
days game, and we may expect any
thing now, will make no difference te
u.s. We will abide by the ruling OF
the referee in all cases and allow the
spectators to say which Is the clean
est team"
OF the hundreds of young men in
Los Angeles athletics, none is better
known or better liked than tSan Mitch
ell. Stan has won his reputation as
an athlete under the eyes of many
of the best amateur sportsmen of Los
Angeles. and no insulting accusation
from st. Vincent or anywhere else car
make the least difference in opinion
of his many friends. The fact that
Stan has taken hold Of the Los An
geles high school eleven and given MS
time and efforts toward promoting
clean football there proves that he Is
Interested In the sport for the sports
sake, and not for a set of signals
which may or may not be any good
Story Creates Indignation
| Mrs. 8. M. Dorsey acting principa.
of the Los Angeles High school. said
the faculty of the Los Angeles High
school that we are as surprised as we
are indignant over these charges. The
| high school never has accused st. Vim
cent of any such contemplate thing
There absolutely is not word o
truth in the charge. Our boys are to'
| busy attending to their own business
| to meddle with what st. Vincent o
anybody else is doing. Coach Noble Il
one of the finest specimens or manhood
| on the Pacific coast and know MIN
| too well to believe he would stoop Il
any such thing. No doubt there arr
plenty OF yellow automobiles abou
Los Angeles, and I believe we have
| numerous children peeking through tht
fence at Fiesta park while our tetam Is
training, just as they seem to have al
St. Vincent college, but why they
should bring themselves so low as tc
say they are our boys cannot under
stand. We are to play them next
Saturday and, OF course, hope our
We are in football for the sport and
whether we win or lose makes no diff
ference, so that our boys conduct
themselves as genalemen."
The 'insinuations' against the stu
dents of the Los Angeles High school
were a subject yesterday which was
discussed widely among the sport lov-
business men whose sons are attending
the Los Angeles High school regarded
the statement as direct insult to
them. One prominent business man
said: "It Is the poorest piece of sports
manship I ever have heard of. It Is
hard to conceive that Coach Walter
Hempel had anything to do with 1t,
as his standing as a sportsman al
ways has been of the right sort in Los
Angeles, as far as I know, and 1t
should be to his welfare as a sports
man and the college he represents to
see that different tactics are used"
1t was reported also that "a special
guard with a Chinese stinkpot is now
watchin- that hole" AS there may be
several thousand people at the game
Saturday many of the high school stu
dents are thinking seriously of request
ing the st. Vincent management to
bring all the guard" they wish, but
for the benefit of many of the students
mothers and sisters who are planning
to attend, to leave the "stinkpots"
where they belong.
Ninth Streets Victors
The Ninth street grammar school
American football team defeated the
Fifty-second street grammar school
yesterday afternoon on the Fifty-second
street campus by the score of 20 to O.
The Fifty-second street eleven wera
good in line bucking and tackling, and
F'ullback {Arcy, for the defeated club
made good in several punts.
The Ninth street team played ar
open game throughout and Halfback
Clark, for the Ninth street eleven, made
several good passes on the end to Ro-
senblum, and the tackling of Kile and
Rosenblum, Pohle and Hickman was
the feature of the game. Pierce's line
plunging was of a classy nature. Wat
ters, at center for the Ninth street
boys, was the stumbling block against
his opponents in line plunges.
Martin, at quarter, used very good
judgment at critical moments and man.
aged his club well on the field. The
Ninth street boys are gentlemanly play
ers and desire to secure games with
either the Seventeenth or the Thirtieth
street clubs for Saturday morning or
afternoon. Any team desiring a game
with the Ninth street aggregation will
confer a favor on Manager William
Martin by calling up Main 7651 or an
swer through The Herald. Following
are the lineups of both teams:
NINTH ST. FIFTY SECOND
Rosenblum. ..............L Recommendation
Kile. Thomas
Campbell. G..........s. .Leconde
Waters. .Palman
Crepau. G............... Garter
Costa. Tracy
Pohle. E........... Foster
Martin CMgr.) .Hipman