Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-05
REDLANDS WINS
AT RUGBY GAME
LOS ANGELES HIGH DEFEATED
AT FIESTA PARK
FINE TEAM WORK is SHOWN BY
VISITING PLAYERS
Final Score Is s to 8, with No Especial
Spectacular Star on the Fife
teen Which Won the
Victory
Redlands. S; Los AnaeIes, 8

Redlands, 5; Los Angeles,
In probably the best Rugby contest
between secondary schools seen IN Los
Angeles this year, the Redlands hlsh
school Rugby team defeated Los Ahse-
les highs fifteen at Fiesta park yester-
day afternoon by store OF 10 D.
While the contest might not have beul
of the most scientific kind, or the class
of ball played perfect according To the
best authorities, throughout the game
both teams played the hardest kind OF
football and it was far more eXcitlng
from the side lines than any previous
games.
The Redlanders scored early in the
first half, Trout crossing the line for
them after a run of about fifteen yards.
This play seemed to arouse the Los
Angeles boys from their languor, for
they rushed the ball to their END OF the
field, and ii was only by the hardest
kind of defensive playing on the part OF
the visitors that kept them from cross
ing. The second half, however, was the
best of the day. The Los Angeles team,
determined to defeat their smaller ri
walls If possible, played with all the vim
and determination at their command,
while the visitors, with equal determin-
alton, fought them back.
Redlands Gets Kickoff
Redlands kicked off, Bennett secured
the ball and kicked out of touch, well
up the field. Gelssler, for the locals,
started a fast passing rush that netted
them thirty yards, but this gain was
soon overcome by the Redlanders' drib-
bling, and five minutes after the hair
started Trout broke away and crossed
the line for the first try of the day. As
he crossed the line this player dropped
the ball, and had any of the local team
been following him they could have re-
covered very nicely, but as they did not.
he was able to secure II again and
score. Hentschke converted the goal.
and the score stood to In Redlands'
favor.
Geissler kicked off for Los Angeles.
sending the ball we'll into Redlands ter
ritory, and II did not leave this side OF
the center line for any length of time
during the remainder of the half The
Los Angeles team did some good work
in passing rushes, showing great inn
provement since their last game with
Poly in this respect, but did not dribble
enough, and In this department Red
lands was their superior Several times
during this time the local team was
within striking distance of the goal but
were unable to rush it over. Here the
good defensive ability of the Redands
team stood them In good stead. At
one time near the end of the half Gelss-
Ter got away for n good run, but was
not supported by his team mates, and
when tackled had no one to pass to.
thus losing a good chance to score
The half ended with the ball on Red
lands 3-yard line.
Battle Royal Started
Geissler kicked off in the second half
and the Redlands team rushed the ball
back up the field to the 25-yard line
where the locals turned on them and
rushed 1t back the length of the field
to the formers 15-yard line From
here, in a beautiful passing rush from
Geissler to Harrigan, the latter scored
the only try for Los Angeles. Geissler
failed to convert the difficult goal, leav-
ing the screo to in the visitors' ia
Vor.
From this on to the end of the game
1t was battle royal. Just after the
score was made the ball, put I'm play
again, went from the Redlands 15-yard
line up to and across the center of the
field and back again in one play with
out going out of touch The particular
star of the second half was Phil Har-
rigan of the local team He brought
the bleachers to their feet on numerous
occasions by his beautiful runs and
kicking to touch4 He was ably assisted
in making some of his long gains by
Conway, a comparatively new man in
the high schools lineup, who played
remarkably well. Another new man
who did good work was Clark at half.
He was put in at the beginning of the
second half and played his position in a
Creditable manner.
Team Work Is Feature
For the Redlanders there was no par
ticular star, their strong feature being
team work. w. Hentschke did well i'm
the serum, especially on the defensive,
while Brown, Trout and Bradshaw in
the back field made good gains for their
team. The half closed with the ball on
Redlands' 1O-yard line. The lineup:
REDLANDS LOS ANGELES
Rubin .............. forward. Grant
A. Hentschke .....,forward. ........ Walbridge
Tisdale ............ forward ......,....... Beach
W, Hentschke forWard..........,...,. Dorm
Nolan .,........... forward. ........,..... Blades
Pettingil ....forward.....,...... Barman
Driver forward. ..........,.. Condee
Bradshaw ........... forward .....,..,.... Wilson
Acheverria .......... half back. Harrgan. Clark
Trout Ne-elgntS Dack.,..,.. GeiSsler
Brown ......fYe-eghths back Boyle, Harrigan
Bennet .,..- .three-fourths back Morrison