Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-28
POLY IS LAST
TO GET GOING
TR0T OUT FOR INITIAL WORK
TOMORROW
PRACTICE DELAYED BY VARIOUS
CAUSES
Has Arranged Schedule That Includes
Nearly All Southern Rugby Organ
izations-Season Promises
to Be Busy One
pY H. HANIMoNp nrALL

local football teams to get started on
fall practice the circus and the bad
weather having kept the Rugbyites
from getting under way last week, but
tomorrow, without fail, the candidates
for this seasons fifteen will be invited
to Praeger park by Coach Thompson
and taught the rudiments of the Eng
| lish game with It's "trys," "out of
touch" and other English expressions.
Poly will meet all the local Rugby
| teams In one or more games this sea-
| son. With Pomona and Redlands, the
two stronger teams Id the Orange
Belt league, the local boys will play
two games, one at home and one
| abroad. A special rivalry exists with
the Redlanders. for both games last
year resulted in a tie.
Monk" Pierce. who has been spoken
of as one of the best Rugby fullbacks
in America, again will don a Poly suit
to play his old position, while the
| five eights will be fought for by
Strang, Howell, Brook and Trojan
Brook Is said to be an expert at the
game, having played on Canadian
teams. Captain Manning will be fast
member of the back field, which, with
Newman, Hammond, Lafferty. Ander-
son and Malone, should be one of the
best ground-gaining forces on the team.
For the serum line Coach Thompson
will have a husky bunch to pick from
in Hendrickson, Price, Layman, Rick
erhauser, Curly, Porter, Kelly and
Olmstead of former years. while several
new men have signif1ed their intention
OF trying out. Miller, a one-time Po-
mona high school player. is looked
upon as the most valuable addition.
The one big loss is former Captain
Rickerhauser, who has entered the
University of Michigan.
Thirty Games Scheduled
With thirty gridiron contests sched-
uled for the coming football season on
Southern California college and high
school fields, the majority to be pulled
off In this city, the ever-hungry pig
skin fan will get at least his fill of the
great American college game this sea-
son.
Since the University of Southern Call
fornia swallowed her pride and met the
other colleges terms complete round
robin schedule of games has been
framed up for the schools in the con-
ference, and in addition to these Coach
Hempel of the Saints will bring the
strongest of the middle western elevens
here to meet his squad, which at this
time shows the promise Of being the
best in the south.
Coach Noble has arranged games
with all the college teams, and the
scores the latter make on the academ-
les will show their comparative foot
ball ability. Besides his college games,
the progressive high school coach has
carded matches with Santa Ana, Har-
ward and Belmont, the latter being the
most likely to develop class.
| The suburban schools also will get
together. but so far few contests have
been billed. All the stronger teams of
the Orange Belt league have games
scheduled with Polytechnic, which will
stick to the English game for another
year. and it is probable that several
interesting games will be seen by those
who delight in the "cockney" sport.
The last two games on the schedule
are conditional upon victories on the
part of the Catholics in all their other
contests. The prep schools of the
southern colleges also will meet all
around, but the dates have not been
settled as yet, and the games are not
likely to prove a star attraction since
the colleges have so many matches ar
ranged.
Athletic Atoms
The freshmen and sophomores of Oc-
cidental will battle for gridiron su-
premacy on the Highland Park athletic
field tomorrow afternoon. The latter
have the decided advantage of having
several members of last years varsity
in their numbers.
U. s. c. is rejoiced over the return
of Haigier, the star tackle of two sea-
sons football elevens.
Basketball practice will begin in the
prep schools as soon as the squads
can be organized. This ought to fur
Eel
caring to indulge in the harder form
of athletics-football.
Judging from the victories the Berke-
lev fifteen is putting over the Frisco
Rugby clubs, the big game appears to
be theirs.
Dana Lecke of Pomona, who ran sec
ond to Jones in the two-mile race in
local intercollegiate track events, has
graduated from these and is taking a.
mining course at the Colorado School
of Mines, where he has started In rail-
training.
Lester Metcalf. better known to ath-
letic fans as MET" the all-round Po-
mona athlete. has entered the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology at
Boston. While in college Met played
every position on the football team ex-
cept quarter and end, held the Soutn-
ern California record in the hammer
throw and was an active member of the
basketball and baseball teams.
Because of a continued scarcity of
suits the members of the University
of California law school football team
have been unable to get together Tor
practice The faculty Of that school
promised to donate the necessary MOLE
skins, but so far neither coach nor
suits have made their appearance and
the would-be lawyers are not in
state of utter happiness.
Gage. the crack halfback from
Boone academy at Berkeley, who was
reported to have enrolled at Los An
geles high school, has decided to take
q prep school course at st. Vincents,
and will report for football practice
Monday afternoon. Coach Hempel Is
much gratified at securing the new
player. who will fill out his back field
in great shape.