Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-07
SHORTY ROESCH
FOR [. A HIGH
EXPERT COACH TO HANDLE
TEAM AGAIN
LOSS OF CRACK PLAYERS WILL
NOT WEAKEN LINEUP
Several Promising Graduates from
Grammar Grades Expected to SAT-
isfactoriIy Fill All Vacancies
Next Fall
BY RED PERKINS /

The outlook for a successful season
for the Los Angeles high school foot
ball team next fall is SO satisfactory
10 stan Mitchell, team captain, that
he is not worrying in the least The
handicap that all southern teams are
to experience in the loss Of star play
ers via the graduation route is a big
one, but Mitchell has in sight several
good men for tryouts to fill these va
cancies, and he is so optimistic that
he believes the holes will be filled
| most satisfactorily He predicted yes
terday that the fall team would be
the equal, at least, of the 1907 team.
While the team will lose several
players, Mitchell already has his lines
out for several crack players from the
grammar grades that will enter high
school next fall, and he has been so
busy for some time at getting a line
on these prospective new men that he
believes he viii have equally as strong
team next fall as that which he
captained last season. These new
players are not to be of the expert
mental kind, altogether, as they al
ready have shown him what they can
do by their playing in the past.
Among the cracks who will not be
back on the team next fall are: Lull,
who played fullback, and who will go
to Stanford; Bergman, formerly at
quarter, who will go to California, and
Jim Walker and Cochran, both of
whom also graduated. To fill these
for Mitchell, judging from his ex-
tremely optimistic view of the fall out
look for his team.
Brant and Geissler will be on the
ends with Ammerson. Walbridge, who
held down the tackle job last season,
will return to the school and be on
the team next fall. Walbridge is cred
xxrft holding faI,
ord for Southern California in shot
putting. Warrington, one of the
guards, is another crack athlete that
will be seen in the lineup, in all prob
ability.
Cass will be in the backfield, as will
Percy Howard, Decius, Winget, Percy
Halbriter and Payne. All these play
ers are prominent in baseball, foot
ball and track athletics, and none will
be an experiment in any position that
he may be given.
Another bit of good news comes in |
the tip from "a reliable source" that |
Shorty Roesch will coach the team. |
Roesch is considered one of the most |
capable football coaches in the south
west and his successes with Los An
geles high Throop and st. Vincent's
teams are his testimonials, If he ever
needs any.
The blue and white has a creditable
record and in predicting that he will
have as good team next fall as in
the past, Mitchell means that he is
going out after the high school hon
ors, at least Los Angeles high beat
U. S c., Lick, Occidental, Pomona
ind Santa Ana, and to turn this trick
again will require that the team be
10 weaker, at least, than last season.
Lick and Belmont will be among the
cams that Los Angeles high will play
lgain next fall, but dates for the fall
sames have not been arranged and
Us yet no schedule has been talked
,ver The games with Lick and Bel
mont probably will be played late in
he season.