Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-25
WHITTIER SCORES
ON OCCIDENTAL
QUAKERS CROSS PRESBYTE-
RAMS GOAL LINE
Coach Gorton's Eleven Piles Up Total
of Twenty-Five Points on Visitors.
Thompson and Wieman
Stars
Occidental 25. Whittier 8

Before a crowd of over two thousand
enthusiastic rooters and fans Whittier
college went down to defeat Deiore
Coach Gortons Occidental husk1es
yesterday by q score of 20 to b. &c
cidental played fast game from start
to finish, although the game was drawn
out due to wranglings over the inter-
probation of the rules.
The game was a good combination OF
the old and new rules, neither open or
close formations being used too much
Occidental took the defensive from the
start of the game and in less than two
minutes of play had crossed Whittier's
goal line for points. and this fast
start by Occidental literally won them
the game.
Although beaten before the first half
was over, the Quakers played hard and
clean football. taking advantage of
every misplay by the Presbyterians
and were rewarded in the last ten min
utes of play by a touchdown when
Big Renneker intercepted an on-side
kick by Thomas and ran sixty yards
for a touchdown.
Occident outweighed Whittier about
two or three pounds to the man.
and found little difficulty in bucking
the Quakers line. Thomson especially
tore things up, by his hard bucks over
the Whittier guards and tackles. Cap
tain Wieman was one of the stars OF
the game, until he was knocked out in
the last half.
Renneker and Feeler stood out like
gaints among all the rest of the
Whittier players, the former making
some sensational bucks and scoring
the only points for his teammates.
while the latter recovered some on-side
kicks, which gained about fifty yards
for his team.
Game in Detail
| Occidental won the toss and chose
| to kick off. Wieman kicked to Wells,
| who fumbled, but Short recovered the
ball, and kicked. Thomas caught the
| ball and ran to the Whittier 10-yard
| line before being downed by Renneker.
Thomson bucked five yards through
center. and on the next play Johnson
carried the ball over for touchdown.
| Wieman punted out to Thomson, who
heeled the ball and iWeman booted it
over the posts. making the score 6 to o.
| Short Kicked off to Collins, who ran
the ball back to the 45-yard line. Whit
| tier held and Wieman punted to Short.
who returned the kick, Occidental re-
covering the ball on Whittiers 50-yard
line. Thomson made fifteen yards
around Whittier's left end, and Hop
l1ins missed a forward pass. the ball
going to Whittier. Occidental held and
Short punted to Thomas, who made a
pretty catch of a short kick Wieman
punted and Renneker fumbled, Hopkins
recovering the ball. Occidental carried
the ball down the field to Whittiers
10-yard line where the Quakers held.
and Short punted out of danger. On
the next play Thomson broke through
the center of Whittier's line on a buck
and ran 40 yards for a touchdown.
Wieman kicked goal Score: Occidental
12 Whittier 0.
Short kicked off to Thomson, who
ran the ball in twenty yards Whit
tier held and Wieman punted to Renne-
ker, who fumbled. and Johnson fell on
| the ball. Occidental missed a forward
pass around their right end, and was
penalized fifteen yards. Wieman punt
| ed and in three consecutive fumbles
Renneker fell on the ball. Occidental
got the ball on downs and Thomas
received a beautiful forward pass of
thirty-five yards, just as the whistle
blew at the end of the first half.
Whittier Team Scores
Short kicked off to Thomson, who ran
in twenty yards. On the next play
Landreth got loose on a tackle around
buck and ran forty yards before he
was downed. He fumbled the ball as
he hit the ground and a Whittier man
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