Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-21
POLY HIGH WINS
FROM |. A. HIGH
PENALTY GOAL GIVES MECHAN-
les VICTORY
1000 PERSONS WITNESS HoTLY
PLAYED STRUGGLE
GeissIer Almost Ties Score with PEN
alty Kick from Difficult Angle.
Fair Rugby Played by
Both Teams
Poly, 8; L. A. High, o

Wnen the IOlyleCnnlC HIlteH uoltdlSu tho
Los Angeles high school Rugby team yesterday
afternoon in nercely fought an exhibition
Of the English game as has been witnessed on
a local gridiron this season, they annexed the
Rugby championship OF tho south The two
teams so evenly were matched that the game
was In doubt throughout, and even after the
Polys had secured their three points in the
second half by the perfect goal Kicked by
Pierce the Los Angeles high contingent present
stl were confident that victory would be
theirs. That their confidence was not far mis-
placed shown by the fierce onslaughts that
followed, and at times 1t looked as If their
strenuous efforts would be crowned by vic
tory.
At least 1000 ardent supporters Of or the
other Of the two contending factions were seat
ed In the Coliseum to cheer the gladiators on
to put forth their best efforts. on the east
side was a of waving blue and gold the
colors of the Mechanics, while directly across
the field waved the blue and white. Before
each of the student bodies the yell directors
were continually busy with waving arms and
nourishing canes. directing their respective
school yells, which continually rolled challeng-
ly back and forth across the stadium.
Kick OFF at 2:3o
The teams lined up shortly after 2:3O with
the ball in the possession Of the Polytechnc5,
and when Referee Mitchell gave the opening
signal Pierce booted tho ball to Geisser on
the ten-yard line. who kicked the ball into
touch in his ow nterritory. This was followed
by a Scrlmmage In which Poly showed superior
weight and had slightly the better Of the ar
gument Manning made a good attempt for a
touch but was tackled Through a series
OF dribblngs and scrmmages thehigh school
brought the ball back into Polytechnic terri
tory, where Monk Pierce recovered 1t and
made beautiful punt to his opponents ter
ritory, where Newman In a bralliant play,
pulled his team cut Of tight corner. At this
stage of the game it continual see-sawing,
first one side would have the advantage, and
then the other. In the scrimmages the Poly
technics were slightly the stronger.
In an exchange Of punts between Newman
and Pierce slight advantage was gained by
either. After a series of scrimmages In the
center OF the field Los Angeles was given a
freue kick for Manning being on-slde, ana
Harrington kicking, booted the pigskin across
the field to Bloeser, very near the Polytechnic
line Bloeser was tackled, and the ball was
forced to the Poly Vineyard line. Here tho
ball went into touch and on the scrImnase
that followed the throw-ln Poly managed to
gain five yards. At this juncture Rubio, FOR
the Los Angeles highs came very near scor-
inf, and II he had not dropped the ball on
the Poly nve-yard line after having been
tackled there would have been u different
story to tell. The ensuing scrimmages re-
suited In the Poly technics making a touch
back, and Mobiles men were given FIRE. free
kick which went out ofs bounds. Poly,
through good dribbing and passing, brought
tho ball back to the center OF the field, where
It remained until the close Of the half
eelssIer Kicks of
The second half opened with Gessler
kicking off for the blue and white. whica
watkins resumed TO the center OF the field
L. A. suddenly showed her speed OF the
opening of the game and ran the ball 70
within twenty yards OF the blue and gold
goal but the advantage was soon lost ana
shortly after Newman had to punt to clear
the L. A goal Here on series Of scrums,
Poly finally started a series OF passes ana
dribbles that carried the bali 10 within hYe
yards OF the l.. A. goal Hard fight on the
part OF the boys In blue and white again
carried the ball out OF danger and the night
ing resumed In the center OF the field. Hard
nEhting carried the ball back and forth on
the field, and Haney, getting hurt, was re-
placed by Mendoza From a scrlmmage IN
the center OF the field, Bloeser received the
ball and punted 10 L. A. hve-yard line
where during the following serum Harrigan
got off side and Poly was given a free try
for the goal, which resulted in Pierce kick
ing a perfect goal that netted the three
points for the winners. Tho boys In blue
and white made a desperate attempt in the
following remainder of tho game and
rushed the ball right up to the Poly goal
line where a serum play resulted In free
try for tho goal. But Geissler being less
fortunate than Pierce in having harder
angle to kick. failed to score by very mar
row margin Fierce fighting from then un-
IN the close of the game failed to net any
advantage for either side.
Following was the lineup; ..,r,