Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-01

sition. And that was the way the
| Saints lost yesterdays game.
The Colorado boys brought a few
surprises with them from their home
among the mountains. They sprung
| the first one when they made the first
| touchdown 1t was made with the
supposedly long forgotten "shoestring
| play, play which takes headwork to
| execute, and one that was abandoned
| by Harvard university after two years
of failure to execute it against Yale
| and Pennsylvania. 1t decidedly is an
''old rule" play, although not barred
under the present CODE.
| Gilbert, the Miners right end, crossed
| quickly before the team lined up and
| took a squatting position about twenty
yards to the left of the center of the
scrimmage. Brooks sent him long
pass and he made the touchdown after
q fifteen-yard run without any inter-
ference, as the Saints had not seen the
move and were taken completely by
| surprise.
Fumbling Is Costly
The Saints lost many advantages
through the fumbling of Meats. Tortez
missed two place kicks for goals, both
from the thirtyyard line. Stoney, IN
| turn, missed two attempts for goal
from place kicks, one from the thirty
yard line and another from the twenty
| five ward line. To Stoney is due large
part of the credit that the score was
not larger, his great punting time ana
again sending the ball out of danger.
Meats did fair work as quarterback,
and many times he was obliged to use
| desperate tactics to advance the ball.
He brought Stoney into action in the
second half and Stoney made good,
time and again making end runs be-
hind secondary interference that
brought the bleacheriteS to their feet.
Meats did good work in advancing the
punts Several times he caught the
ball and started out of the hostile
group of players for their goal line. He
was grappled now by one and then by
another, and only after substantial
gains could the opponents get the death
clutch on the slippery fellow. railing
through the line in a squirming, TWIST
ing manner, he would keep on until
half the Colorado team had encamped
upon his frame.
CAPTAIN Brooks of the Colorado team
proved to be the star of his team, and
his all-round playing was of a sensa-
tiona1 nature. He did the punting Tor
his team and did it well, He played
quarterback and from that position
handled his men like a general Inc
lining up of the Colorado team was
sight worth seeing. They were quick
as lightning and their formations were
made with the precision of clockwork,
Inere are rev Teams III TIC NetSb Niie'e
surpass this crack mining bunch
Kirschman played a great game for
the Miners also, and it was through
his good place kicking abilities that
the Miners made their second score. He
booted the ball over the bar from the
Saints ffteen-yard line. A dazzling
split play gave the visitors their last
goal in the second half, which was
finished by Douglass, who ran fifteen
Yards with the ball through the Saints
left tackle after Brooks brought the
line to the right on fake buck.
GAME IN DETAIL
st. Vincent won the toss and chose
to receive the kickoff. Skinner kicked
to Tortez, who ran the ball in 20 yards.
on the first down for the Saints, Tor
tez fumbled the forward pass, but re-
covered the ball on the S0-yard line.
Tortez. with an onside kick, sent the
ball out of bounds at the 55-yard
mark.
The miners took the ball and Kirsch-
man made yard on a center buck.
Douglas made five more yards on a
buck through the Saints right tackle,
Brooks kicked out of bounds on the
Saints 35-yard line. The Saints next
sent Tortez for five yards around the
miners left end and Casey made four
yards on the same play, but going 10
the miners right end. Stoney made
four yards through center and Casey
made the first forward pass of the
game by sending the ball for 40 yards
to Ybarrando The visitors held on
the next down and Meats kicked to
Brooks on the miners 2O-yard line.
Kirschman for the miners failed to
gain through the Saints. center ana
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