Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-26
RIVAL GR|DIRON
STYLES ON TAP
Old and New Style American,
Soccer and Rugby Football
to Be Played

This is the day for the football carni-
val. Ninety-siX pigskin artists on the
eight teams will mingle in all the
known styles of the game on Bovard
field this afternoon at o'clock. All
the details of the meet have been ar
ranged and the events will be pulled
off as per schedule. rain or shine
Manager Wheelan says that all the
men on the various teams are in the
best possible condition and the games
should be good examples of the styles
they represent.
1t win be interesting to some of the
fans to know how the gr'diron idea
originated. For the past three years,
ever since the introduction Of Rugby
into the southern schools, the argu-
ment over the comparison between the
American game and the English sport
has been one of the principal topics
Of conversation wherever the football
fans Of the south cluster To go fur
ther. some of the old heads horned
their way into the controversy with the
noise that the old American was the
only real blooded sport, one which took
head work and beef-in short all the
factors which so to make up an ideal
college athlete-and to satisfy them
the sherman Indians and the old st.
Vincent team will clash in short
struggle on the bark in an endeavor
To show the gathering what real foot
ball is.
OLD SEARS on HAND
Many Of the old time stars who in
the past have sent thrills running over
the spincs of the southern rooters, viii
he sco1 i'm action. Tories, Lubo Gait
and Ardiio will be on the Sherman
team while Neighbours Rheinschild
Murray and Stoney Will grace the line
for the old Saints.
Following the old time intercolleg-
late game the Rugby fifteen from Poly
high and a piclzed team from the Los
Angeles high SQUAD will clash in
Rugby game. The Polytechnic aggre-
cation has been out Of the running as
far as outside competition goes for over
n year but have been practicing all
season in the hope that they would get
= chance before the New Year was
ruBg in. The Los Angeles sound Will
not represent the Hilltop institution /
rs their regular season closed two
weeks ago but the blue and white .
athletes have been looking for an op-
portunitN to play their Old time rivals
from the Washington street school. SO
it is case Of the old annual game in
theory if not i'm fact.
After the English exhibition. Throop .
and the Southern California Athletic .
club will meet in an exhibition of the 7
new intercollegiate game a. played un- /
der the new rules. This game has made +
q decided MT tOlS season ana All lHe /
games played by the conference col I
leges were far better than any ever
seen i'm the south during the past sea
sons While these two teams are not
of collegiate rank, the have the rep
utatiOns of being the fastest inter-
scholastic teams i'm the south. The ClIb
team will he made up of L. s. c. preps
in tho main, with the addition of few
outsiders.
sOCCER on PROGRAM
tt, final event will be a soccer
game between the Draw hangers and
the honny Thstles. all 5 otsmcn who
claim that their game is by far the
best and in fact is the only real foot
ball played by the Anglo Saxon race.
These two teams are bitter rivals in
the Southern california Soccer league.
and their fight for the top place in that
association has been long and hard
fought all season. 50 the game this
afternoon looks to be a little moro than
Just an example of the good old High
land sport Another fact that inter-
ests the fans is that the game which
viii he plaved by these two teams this
afternoon is nothing like the game
played by the city schools The Rang
ers and ThiSteS are composed of men
from some of the best teams that
ever played across the water and what
they don't know about the game would
be hardly worth printing.
The games will start at 2 o'clock .
Take University cars south on spring
street or the West Jefferson south ON
broadway to the t. s. @ campus, and
once in the locality it will not be hard
70 find the exact spot.