Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-11

games are to be played has been sched-
uled by Manager Pat Wheelan for
Monday, the day after Christmas, at
Bovard field.
The way Wheelan has 1t lined up
the Sherman Indians and st. Vincent's
college are to play the game of ten
years ago. for the benefit of the col
lege and university alumni and to show
what the old fellows claim to be the
superiority of the old-time game.
Then the u. S. G. varsity is to play
the u S. C. preps in the revised Amer
lean game. Wheelan has secured the
consent of Principal Dunn and Super
intendent Francis to permit Polytech-
mic high school to play Los Angeles
high school in rugby game, but the
Hilltop boys, with the state champion
ship tucked in their belts, say they
would rather not continue their train
ing. Wheelan has hopes, though, or
securing them for a match game and
give them the opportunity to prove the
excellence of rugby.
The English game, soccer is to be
played by the Thistles and the Rang
ers. The Britishers are eager to show
off the real football and are conf
dent of winning the favor of the spec
tators.
Wheelan is planning to give a trophy
to the winning team which receives
the greatest applause and the biggest
number of votes in coupon ticket
contest which is to be operated in con-
nection with the admission tickets.
The persons to whom Wheelan has
broached the scheme agree with MN
that it is a great idea and should draw
the banner crowd of the season. Never
in the history of sport has such a car
nivaI been held. There are instances
where rugby and the American game
have been pulled off on the same held'
but never has a community been aple
to produce four kinds of football, each
of which has its strong band Of rooters.
st. Vincent's, through former Coach
Walter Rheinschild, has agreed TO put
a team in the field and many OF the
old-time stars, such as Grlndle, Ialt'
Neighbors, Crawford, Gage and others
Tommy Ybarrando expects to come
down from Santa Clara college TO pay
quarter. George Rheinschild, orotner
of the coach and formerly SAINT
player. also desires to be in the lineup
los Angeles high, which won the
state championship yesterday, mas peen
selected by Wheelan because 1t is the
hest team in the south and VIII pc
able to show the way to play Rugby
up to date. The game the hill boys
put up Yesterday was a revelation
even to old Rugby experts, ana the
of the English game want
to see them in action again ChrlsIlilaS
to win the honors of the day. :
Polytechnic's team is eager TO get
into the game, not so much from
desire to play Los Angeles, but for the
moral effect the contest will nave III
the powers that be 10 per-
NIT the organization of hfteen LOT
interscholastic games next year. Inc
students are jubilant at the idea that
they will be able to play through resu-
lar permission.
gone to Salt Lake, and Wheeian WIZ
have to look up a coach for the RED
skins. He expects to visit sherman
today and hustle things up. The IN
dians have been willing to play, but at
first desired the New Years date
However. it is believed they will con-
sent to the earlier date provided the
old game is played, as most of them
are veterans and will know now TO
plunge through in the same old way
Warren Bovard, manager OF athletlcs
at u. S. c., said:
"The Los Angeles high players have
clearly proved themselves to be the
and most popular Rugby
PLAYERS in the state, but they nave yet
to defend Rugby against intercol-
Iegiate football as the popular game;
AS they are the best eXponents OF
Rugby and as U. S. c.. is second 10
none in playing intercollegiate, II Will
be interesting to see which game the
public will choose as the best game
after seeing both teams play In the
football Christmas carnival"
Walter Rheinschild, former coach OF
ST. Vincents said:
There is no doubt that the new in
tercollegiate football is superior to the
old in some ways, but I myself would
rather play the old. l believe that the
biggest objection to football under the
old rules was the number of injuries
received by the players, and [ will have
to admit that this objection seems to
have been overcome under the new
rules. But as to Rugby, why | can't
become enthused, or at least | haven't
been enthused over any game I have
seen vet. 1t seems to me to lack the
science of the old game and in fact
reminds me of a college rough house. L
think this plan of actually comparing
the games is an admirable one, and
l am sure the old game viii + Win"
George Rheinschild says:
"There is nothing to it but the old
game for me. People can talk Rugby
and new style intercollegiate all they
want to, but for a good game, both
from the spectators and players
standpoint, give me the old intercol-
legiate game as it was before they
poked in the new rules. We do not
care so much to beat the Sherman In
dams as we do to show the public that
the old style of play is the only thing"