Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-10-31
BY CHESTER LAWRENCE

q EVERAL thousand football enthu-
siasts are expected to witness the
~ biggest pigskin battle of the
Southern California season this. after
noon when the st. Vincent eleven
tackles the crack football team repre-
senting the Colorado School of Mines
at Fiesta park. Interest in the game
is unusually great for several rea-
sons, principal among them being the
fact that the Miners have the dis
tinction of having won the Rocky
mountain championship for three sue
cessive years. and the local followers
of the game are anxious to see how
the Saints line up with the crack west
ern team.
That the Saints will have to play far
superior football to any which 1t has
shown thus far this season in order
to conquer the great fighting machine
which Coach Russell has developed is
the opinion of many local experts.
While the Saints will be cheered on TO
their best efforts in the terrible strug-
gle by thousands of loyal rooters, the
Miners have a large crowd of South
ern California friends who ere conf
dent that the visitors will win.
Confidence of the Miners is not of
the wind" brand, but 1t has good,
real money to back it. Neither is their
gives odds simply from partisan en-
fhusiasm, but it is tempered by bust
ness prudence As far as can be as
certained, st. Vincent money is not
plentiful but IL the money is scarce
the Saints courage and confidence are
high. So, when time is called, the
crowd should see such game as only
two teams which are equally chock
full of football pluck, football knowl-
Nd dnfa n a
play.
Coach Russell of the Miners team
had his huskies out on the Occidental
gridiron yesterday afternoon for lit
tie limbering up practice. Despite their
tedious Journey across the desert, the
Miners appear to be in almost perfect
condition and, according to the state
1nent of one of their men, they are
feeling better than at any time since
starting on their western trip. NO
scrimmage was held with Occidental
because of the short period interven-
ing before the game with the Saints.
In their suits yesterday they looked
fully as strong as they have been her
aided, with possibly the exception that
they are not as heavy as was sup
posed. Their average weight as they
came off the field last night, was only
ISL pounds for fourteen men. The CEN
is exceptionally heavy, Noll at right
tackle weighing 1873 pounds, and Baker.
at center tipping the scales at ll6
pounds. However, Skinner and Gilbert,
at the ends, bring the team average
way down, the former weighing only
1872 pounds The Saints backs will
outweigh the Miners backs consider
ably, the latters set weighing under
100 pounds.
Undoubtedly the lightness of the
team is Offset by the speed which the
boys have developed, and they are es-
pecially fast when it comes to exc
cutting the forward pass. Coach Rus
sell spent little time in signal prac-
tice, combining the work mostly to pass
ing. punting and falling on the ball.
At a meeting of the coaches of the
Miners and st. Vincent football teams
last night at the Lankershim hotel 1t
was agreed that Coach Bill Traeger
of the University of Southern Califor-
MIA will officiate as referee of today's
game, while either Coach Noble of Los
Angeles high school or Coach Warner
of the Sherman Indians will officiate
as umpire or field judge. The length
of the halves will be twenty-five and
twenty minutes.
The lineups Of the teams today prob
ably will be as follows:
MINERS. ST. VINCENT.
Skinner. e. r... .Grindell (cap)
Kruger. ..........L t. r........ Rheinscnlld
Cavanaugh. ........L &. r...'.'... .Carrlgah
Baker. .........s..' c. ''''''.'' AhoIhpSoh
Evans. ............r 6. l........... Murray
Noll. :. l.......... .Lefert
Gilbert. ............r a. ]. .....'. foarrando
Martin. n. l....,...... casey
Brooks (cap.) ....... q. b. ......'.. .Moats
Douglas. ...........L b, r.'..'''.''' Toftez