Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-16
SAINTS MAY BE
NEW CHAMPIONS
HOLD BIG ADVANTAGE SINCE
SATURDAY
RESULTS ON GRIDIRoN THAT
DAY WERE STARTLING
Form ReversaIs Many, and All Tend
to Indicate That HempePs Bunch
VIII Annex Season
Honors

What a shattering of football idols
there was Saturday afternoon in the
local football hall Of fame. First and
foremost came the elimination Of the
Los Angeles high school as a champion
ship possibility in Southern California,
when Occidental showed the inferiority
of the blue and white. Then the tie
game between Pomona and u. 5. G.
took a big slice off the prestige OF the
Methodists as the local conference
champions. At St. Vincent there was
volcanic upheaval of pigskin work that
smothered the Utah boys and incl
dentally proved that the Saints loom up
as the possible Southern California
champions for the season of 1903.
The orange and black team proved
that 1t had been advancing at rapid
rate during the past week by the su-
perior manner in which it disposed OF
the Los Angeles high school. The re-
suit demonstrated a strange huctuatlon
in the fortunes of football. There were
few of the close followers of football
who could get themselves to believe
that the Occidental contingent would
be able to squeeze out ahead of the
high school, and it practically was I'M
thought of that Gorton's men would be
able TO develop the necessary speed ana
strategy to crumple the local boys to
the tune of 10 to g. The result par
ficularly was surprising in the face OF
the results of the contests that these
teams had against u. S. C. Compare
high schools decisive victory over the
Methodists and then the IA to 0 victory
of the Methodists over the Occidental
team, and it may be easy to figure out
why few thought the crimson would
win.
Coach Hempel will accompany his
football squad today to Long Beach,
where they viii loaf around and take
a plunge in the surf. All the men are
in good condition, outside of a few
minor bruises. Regular practice will
be resumed Tuesday afternoon in prepa-
ration for the biggest football game of
the season, that with the Sherman In
dams, which will be played Thanksgiv-
ing day. Unless there is a big slump
between now and the day Of the game
with the Indians it begins to look as
though the Saints would have the
premier place in the Southern Califor-
mia football world without any dispute
of the title.
The Utah football squad left Los An
geles yesterday morning for Logan, and
upon the arrival at their college town
the squad will disband for the year.
Basketball to the Front
Immediately following the close Of
the football season next Monday. bas-
ketball will be taken up by both
men and women at Occidental. Out
side games will not be played until
about the first of December, and these
games likely will be for the men only.
Physical Director Braden has started
an appeal to the faculty and President
Baer to allow the young women to
play conference games with the teams
from u. S. c., Pomona and Whittier,
and il is likely that it will be allowed.
Two years ago, when President Baer
took the presidency of the institution,
he firmly shut down on all inter-
collegiate athletics for women, but
since Pomona and u. S. c. have been
putting out teams the change likely
win be made.
Instead of starting out and playing
the regular interclass schedule for the
presidents cup, practice schedule
will be played to give the inexperienced
material chance to learn the game
before the regular games are played.
This same line will be carried out in
the men department of play, as a
presidents cup has been offered for
to men also.
Last year the class of 1911 carried
off the cup in both the women's and
mems departments. The winning
girls team had no trouble in defeating
all Corners, except the second-year
preps and between these two the
hardest game of the tournament was
played, the collegians winning out by
their superior weight. But this year
the props have been practictng regu-
larly, and with their entire team back
intend to regain the cup. The incom-
ing freshmen class of the college has
some classy players also, and should
~ri,v fI1o oh mir a hard FTIT for no
title.
Last year the men in the present
sophomore class won out only after
hard struggle with the present junior
class, and this year there is strong
bunch of likely players entering in
the freshman class, who should make
the games even more Interesting.
Baseball Work Begun
Fall baseball training will start next
week at Occidental, and Bird, Wieman,
Sweet, Johnson, Patterson, Lockwood,
Preston, BoyntOn and Bishop, who are
not interested in basketball, will get
out and timber up so as to be in fairly
good form when the regular practice
starts next spring. 1t is the object Of
the coaches to work to develop the
batting eye of the men, as this was
one of the weak spots OF the teams
work last year. Coach Gorton has an
enyiable record ON the diamond among
The colleges Of the east, and while at
Rutgers turned out teams that made
q. very good showing against the larger
colleges and more than held its own
against teams of its own caliber. The
batting cages are to be repaired and
the men then can get all the practice
thew want without interfering in any
way with the basketball and track
training, which win be on in full blast
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