Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-25
RUGBY
CONTEST TODAY
| OS ANGELES ATHLETIC CLUB
TO PLAY HIGH SCHOOL
cAsTAWAY PLAYERS WILL STAR
IN CLU5's LINEUP
Noble Expects Much of L. A. High
Roys-L. A. A. C. Team to Play
Berkeley and Stanford in
Near Future
RY cHAKLEs JERNEGAN

/ This afternoon, at Fiesta park, there
will meet in the first Rugby football
game Of the season two fifteens. The
team of the Los Angeles high school
has already been through more than
weeks rigorous training under the
direction of Ralph Noble and has as
sumed a most formidable aspect.
Their opponents, representing the
Los Angeles Athletic club, while lack
ing team work, will possess several
we'll known stars in the back field and
will be supervised by Pat Higgins.
Higgins is one of the oldest Rugby
enthusiasts in this section OF the coun-
try and played with the crack Austral-
ian fifteen, the WalIabies, when they
played the American all-star aggregd-
ton known as the Barbarians.
Despite the fact that the Athletic
club has organized it's fifteen upon
short notice it is more than likely that
the high school players will be given
a close rub for the honors. Several
members Of the former Castaway team
will be seen on the L. A. A. clubs
lineup.
The serum, however, will be strict
ly Athletic club product. Clark Jarg-
sterff, the heavyweight boxer; Dick
Allen. another star in Pacific coast
boxing circles; Ed Galley, E. A. Coch-
ran, George Damron, Heine Heinzman
and Dan Long are the forwards. Ton
Higgins, formerly of the University of
Ireland, will star in the back field, as
will PUSSY" Tompkins, than whom
there was formerly no faster back in
South Africa. Tompkins played with
an all-star South African organiza-
ton, quickly springing into prominence
for his remarkable head work and
speedy running.
Don Hineley, a Stanford alumnus;
Roy Edwards, a speedy back, and Da-
vies, who has played the game in
Merry England, will also be used on
the back field. When the fifteen line
up for action the foregoing lineup may
be somewhat changed and 1t is pos
sible that Walton, an English player;
Strathern, Ward and Ben Watlington
will endeavor to cover themselves with
glory
Today's practice game will in all
likelihood not only furnish two inter-
esting halves of the English game, but
will enable Coach Noble to form an
opinion of the merits of the high
schools players. Hitherto the work
has consisted Of merely rudimentary
work with an occasion practice against
the second team. HarTigan, Geisler
and Newman have all shown up to ad-
vantage during the practice and on
these three backs will the brunt of tho
battle fall. For the high school squad
Wilson, Rogers, Doran, Skinner, Grant,
Crowell. Barman, Boyle will compose
the serum. Just what the play of the
forwards will bring to light in the way
of first class material is as yet mat
ter of conjecture although several of
these players give promise of develop
ing into experts. Harrigan will be
stationed at half, while Geisler, who
should prove a tower of strength in
the back field will hold down first
five-eighths. Davids will play second
five-eighths, while Newman will be seen
at three-quarters. Mitchell and Rivers
wings, and Mcclure, fullback, COM
plete the personnel Of the team.
Members of the Los Angeles Athletic
club feel confident that the boys will
make a creditable showing and a
schedule OF fall games is now being ar
ranged by Manager H. B. Crouch.
What will undoubtedly prove two Of
the best contests of the season will be
witnessed when the clubs fifteen meet
Berkeley at Fiesta park, Saturday,
October 2, and again on October A..
The October contest will be played,
however, by an all-star Rugby team
composed of the fastest players of
Poly, L. A. high, Harvard and the Los
Angeles Athletic clubs aggregations.
Berkeley will send her best players
against the local boys and a record
breaking crowd is looked forward to-.
On October % the L. A. A. club men
will meet Stanford at Fiesta park and
a week later will play the northern
team on their home grounds. While
these games will prove the banner
events of the season, contests are also
being arranged with Santa Barbara,
Redlands, Harvard, Polytechnic and
other schools playing the English
game.
Members of the club will be out en-
masse this afternoon, and an exciting
game is looked forward to. Notwith-
standing the fact that many believed
that the English game could never be
popular in California, so great an in
terest has been aroused over the af-
ternoon's contest that a crowd OF
several thousand persons is expected.
No admission will be charged.