Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-03
LOCALS SHOLD
WITH CALIFORNIA
WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT IS
SHOWN BY CASTAWAYS
TEAM WORK OF BACKS is A
FEATURE
Blue and Gold Weak on Passlne-Caley
Converts Both Trys for crouch's
Players - Fair Crowd
at Game
BY CHARLES JERNEGAN
Castaways, 10; California, 10


castaways, 10; California, 10
When Mayor Alexander. amid the
cheers of a good sized crowd of en-
thusiastic Rugby supporters, kicked
off the ball for yesterdays game be-
tween the Castaways and the fifteen
of the University of California, he
opened a game than which there has
been none harder fought in the an
nails of California Rugby.
The playing of the Castaways came
, as a great surprise to all who wit
messed the recent game with the Los
Angeles high school. Although out
weighed several pounds to the man the
locals played a game, featured by well
placed kicks and long field runs. Ber-
kelley played a steady, plugging game,
in which poor passing coupled with
miserable scrummage work was re-
sponsible for the score. All things con-
sidered the northern fifteen should
have won hands down. The Castaways
have had but few practices together,
many of the players are able to be out
but small portion of the time and
their coaching has been confined to
weeks play.
CaStaWay ! cam WORK
By one of the prettiest pieces of
team work ever seen in Southern Cali
fornia the Castaways worked the ball
well down the field and across the Cal
ifornia's goal line early in the contest.
The score was tied when Johns carried
the ball across the locals goal line for
a try in the last minute of play. Both
trys were converted. To the experience
and hard playing of several expert
enced men in the CastaWay lineup
must yesterdays victory be attributed.
The Higgins brothers Tom and Pat,
backed up by the fast work of Lewis,
Walton and Heinely, proved that fast
running coupled with accurate judg-
ment will as surely count as superior
strength and weight.
! Doomed to disappointment were
those who journeyed to Fiesta park
yesterday afternoon with the expecta-
ton of witnessing a mild pink tea af-
fair, in which frequent pauses were
made for the players to get their wind
and time taken out for every scratch
or bruise. Although not exceptionally
rough, tire very energy with which
both teams entered into the game
made it impossible for every player to
| come away unhurt and more than one
was assisted from the field.
First Half Even
During the first few minutes Of
play the ball was worked almost to the
| Castaway goal. Dodging in and out
of the confusing mass of players and
ever within striking distance of the
pigskin, Lewis played one of the most
sensational games of the day. Time
after time when the ball was showed
threateningly close to the Castaway's
goal line did this player punt down
the field for twenty-f1ve-yard gain
into touch Berkeley had possession
of the ball the greater part of the time,
| great advantage. Two touchdowns
were early scored on the Castaway
goal. Lewis relieved the situation by
a nice lodging run, which carried the
game well into the territory of the blue
and gold. Another breach of open
field, a running pass by Pat Higgins
and another by Lewis and Best carried
the ball across the goal-line for the
| first tally of the afternoon. Galley con-
! verted the try, giving the locals lead
| of five points over their opponents.
| Scrummage, after the next kickof
again worked the play to within thirty
yards of the Castaway goal-posts,
where the locals were penalized for
free kick. California failed to convert.
| however, the score remaining to in
favor of Crouchs huskes
johns Makes Try
From this period of the contest until
Johns carried the ball across the cast
away goal line the scrummage passed
I'D and down the field. Dwiggins made
| a beautiful kick into touch from with
| in ten.yards of his goal line and fol-
lowed up the ball for another good
gain. Berkeley appeared to rally TO-
ward the latter part of the initial
twenty-five minutes of play and
worked the ball across the line by
sheer force. Elliott converted the try
making the score to 5.
Both teams put all the vim and en-
ergy of which they We're capable into
the second half, keeping the spectators
constantly on the uui vive California
scored another try and converted after
five minutes of hard play. Pert, after
a neat double pass, showed the ball
over the lime streak, placing the north
ern nine five points in the lead atler
the try had been converted by Elllot
with a we'll judged kick. The locals
as if enthused by the reception ac-
corded them by the fans. played fast
and heady ball, scrummaging the ball
back to the halves time after time.
Rosey Holmes scored the second try
for the Castaways after clever dodg-
ing run through the entire eight tor-
wards, which was again converted by
Galley Neither team scored again.
Play Clean Cut
The entire play was clean cut, the
greater gains being made by the fast
passing of the backs, coupled by we'll
Judged kicks in touch Dwiggins
played star game at full for the Call
ifornians, as did Cert, Elliot and Phle-
gar. Both aggregations used the 1928
serum with eight men, playing their
backs we'll forward. Owing to the eX-
cellent showing made by the Casta-
ways against their formidable oppo-
nents it is probable that Mondays
game, when the all star high school
fifteen clashes with Berkeley, will draw
an even larger crowd of enthusiasts.
Owing to the care with which Manager
H. b. Crouch of the Castaways pre-
pared for the reception of California,
the program was carried out without
hitch In the evening a banquet was
rendered the teams at Levy's by
Crouch, at which the future of Rugby,
especially on the Pacific coast, was
spoken of in the most glowing terms.
Mother" H. j. Howe refereed yes
terday's contest. The lineups:
CAsTAwAYS CALIFORNIA
Davies 140 full Dwiggins' 1S8
Best. ITO wing Johns, IFS
Lewis. 175 Paul, loo
p. Higgins, 16s Harlowe, l5l
Henley, 40 center Peart, 1856