Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-23
POLY IS AFTER
RUGBY HONORS
EXPECTS TO WIN SOUTHERN
CHAMPIONSHIP
PLAYS REDLANDs HIGH THANKS
GIVING DAY
Coach Robert Thompson Fast Whip
ping Boys Into Great Form and
Predicts Vlctory-Flfteen
Has Good Record

The Polytechnic high school Rugby
football fifteen will play the Redlands
high school team next Thursday after
noon on the Rediands field for the
championship of Southern California.
The Washington street team has been
putting up a fine article of the Rugby
game and expects to win the champion
ship. The team has defeated some or
the best Rugby clubs playing in this
portion of the state, having won from
Santa Barbara by the large score OF
90 to on the Channel city held, de-
featng the fast CastaWays on the 30
ward field by the score of to 5, and
defeating Pomona high school twice,
the first time by the score of IL to 0
and in the second game by to D. Inc
last time the Los Angeles club met
the Redlands boys they tied with that
team by the score of to 8.
Kurrle who played sub last season.
Lehman, Kallmyer, Olmstead, Potter,
Swarts, Hendrickson and Strang are
considered among the best players IN
Southern California. Lehman was IN
1ured in the CastaWays' game, sus-
tanning a fracture of the nose, but Will
be able to take part in the game
Thanksgiving day. Kallmyer is an all
round athlete and is connected with
the Poly basketball team in the County
High School league. Olmstead played
with the Echo Park team before going
to Polytechnic, and Coach Robert
Thompson considers him one of the
fastest members of the fifteen.
"Red" Hendrickson is another tast
man with the ball and is accurate in
kicking goals. Porter is an old man
on the team and thoroughly under
stands the fine points of the game
having played with the fifteen for the
last two years. Strang is captain OF
this years baseball club and is an all
around athlete. Newman, Miller, Ham
mond and Franklin are the three
quarters, and Coach Thompson expects
them to carry away the honors in this
position against Redlands, as they are
hard men to break through. Newman
played halfback for the Echo Park
American football eleven before gong
to the Washington street school. Mil
Ter. is a Pomona high school graduate
and played Rugby several months pc
fore entering Polytechnic. Hammond
ia another player from the Echo Park
eleven, while Franklin is connected
with this years track squad, entering
in the mile and 220-yard runs
Rowell, Manning and Malone are the
other ouarterbacks of the club. Man
ming is a good man on the club ana
will try for track honors next season.
RoWell twisted one of his ankles IN
the Castaways game, but is expected
to report to Capt Manning 1or the
final game of the season. Malone acts
as catcher for the baseball team ana
formerly was connected with the santa
Clara college football eleven before
coming to Los Angeles. monk Pierce,
fullback. is an all-round athlete and
without him the Poly aggregation
would be at loss to fill this position
He also is good in making long runs.
Coach Robert Thompson formerly
was connected with Stanford univer--
sity before coming to Polytechnic, ana
is considered one of the best instruc-
tors in the English game.