Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-01
HEMPEL PLANS
WINNING TEAM
DREAMS OF NEW RECORDS ON
THE GRlDIR0N
Announces Schedule for Early Part of
Season and Says He Expects to
Eclipse All Former Foot
ball Achievements

The fact that Coach Walter Hempel
of st. Vincent's college is saying SO
little as to the probable success of his
prep" school team the coming season
may be taken for what 1t is worth.
However, the stout one did murmur a
few words yesterday afternoon. He
said:
"St. Vincert's college will be repre-
sented the coming season by one of the
hest football teams that ever was
turned out in Southern California.
But" he continued, "in view of all the
optimistic reports that l am hearing as
to what the other local colleges intend
to do 1 am inclined to be somewhat
modest. OF course we viii have a
schedule, but if we should win our
most important game, which will be
played Thanksgiving day with the
Sherman Indians, l am at loss to
know which team 1 could match mine
with for a Christmas day game.
Judging from reports which nave
reached me, other local colleges al
ready hold signed contracts with the
University of Michigan team, the UNI
versity of Chicago and one with Yale
university. guess about the best
thing | can do will be to sign imme-
diately with the University of Heidel-
berg, or, in case one of thelocal schools
already has signed the latter univer-
versity of st. Petersburg and give our
Los Angeles football lovers taste OF
international football
The jovial coach smiled While remark
ing about his proposed games, but
wishes to assure the Los Angeles pup
lie that he will attempt to show them
what real football is and how it should
be played even though he is obliged to
do it with "preps," as he calls them,
although he remarked yesterday that
he would not exchange them for any
other team that was turned out last
wear. And, when 1t comes down to
reasoning, why should he? Although
the st. Vincent team did not play foot
ball last year with Occidental or Po-
mona they played and defeated the
crack football team of the Los An
geles high school, which team sue
ceeded in defeating both Pomona and
| Occidental However, the Los Angeles
high school team and the st. vincent
team had played many practice games
together, and for that reason perhaps
the victory was not regarded as a
match game.
The schedule for the st. Vincent
team will be as follows: october II,
with the Los Angeles high school; Octo-
her 81, with the Colorado School OF
Mines; November IA, Utah Agriculture
college and on Thanksgiving day, with
the Indians. COdCn 11SIlpol Ao6"iN Us
| the latter game as his hardest proposi-
| tion. No doubt he is well acquainted
with the styles of play and the stand
| ings Of the western college teams, but
Il is a known fact that the Colorado
school of mines for four successive
years has won the championship of the
| Rocky mountain district in football
This is not remarkable, however wnef
| il is considered that the Colorado
school OF mines is a graduate schoo
and composed of graduates of the Uni
versity of Michigan, University of Chi
cago, Yale, Harvard and many other
eastern universities. The University OF
Utah last year won the title from the
Colorado school of mines, but there
were reports of sickness and other all
ments that may have been probable, re-
gardless of the fact that these reports
are accepted as a matter Of course aftel
| a big game.