Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-28
OXY PREP TIGERS
TO MIX WITH use.
High School Departments of Rival
Schools viii Meet at Co.
cidentaI Today

The next game on the u. S. c. foot
ball schedule is the u. S. c. prep-Oxy
academy contest this afternoon at Baer
park. The young Wesleyans are rely
ing especially on the head work of
Quarterback Tod Wright and the boot
ing and plunging ability of Wallace to
bring them through victorious.
Wright Is an ideal quarterback in
build, lacking only in experience. He
has played two years on the prep team
and is expected to prove of varsity
caliber inside of another year. Wal
laces punting in the Santa Ana game
last week was the feature of the con-
test, and the future Methodist stars
expect to gain many yards by Wal
laces foot work this afternoon.
Not at all discouraged by the fact
that his star fullback. Sid Neighbours,
will be ineligible to play against Occi-
dental in the annual conference game,
Coach Dean Cromwell of u. S. c. is
working hard with his men, endeavor-
ing to get them into first-class shape
for the Tiger battle a week from Sat
urday, and is very optimistic regarding
the seasons schedule. Although Crom-
well processes to believe that the(un
versity eleven will not win the cham
pionship and picks Pomona as the most
likely candidate for conference honors,
underneath his apparent disbelief in
the ability of his men to trim the Clare
monters and OXy is firmly rooted idea
that the u. S. C. team will be in the
running from the start and stands an
excellent chance to cop the champion
ship banner.
Still with Neighbours out of tho
game, the Methodist chances do not APP
pear so promising. This husky young
ster was rated the best punter in the
south this year, and his kicking ability,
coupled with his clever line bucklng
and all-around efficiency, places him
among the best opponents of the pig
skin game in the state. Neighbours
was declared ineligible to play against
the Tigers Thursday afternoon by the
faculty committee, as his college work
was not up to the standard. However,
Neighbours can take part in the game
against Redlands next Saturday and is
expected to be reinstated in time to ap-
pear in the Whittier and Pomona
games. Bill Hatch, who was also I'M
der suspicion by the faculty, was found
to be all right, as a number of his cred
it's had been overlooked.
In case Neighbours is ineligible to
play in the remainder of the games,
Skinner, who was a star at the rugby
game with L. A. high last year, will
take his place at full. Cromwell rates
Skinner as one of the best men on his
squad. He is heavy and fast, and all
that he lacks is experience at the
American game. He will be a star
next fall.
Cromwell is another Southern Cali
fornia coach who is looking out for
Whittier and not Understanding the
Quakers in the least. He intends to
put his men through just as hard a
course of work for the Whittier game
as for the Occidental and Pomona con-
tests.
The university eleven will be light,
the extra weight of several of the line
men being more than offset by the
lightness OF the ends and backfield
men. The fifteen men who made the
trip to San Diego last Saturday aver
aged 154 pounds, which is exceedingly
light for a college team. The Methodist
ends are very light. Hill tips the scales
at 1876 pounds, Hummell weighs 100.
and Wallace is somewhat heavier,
weighing 150
The Methodists expect to play a post
season game. They have been invited
to make the trip to Tucson, Ariz., for
Thanksgiving day, playing the Uni
versity of Arizona, but Manager War
rem Bovard is endeavoring to make
arrangements to bring down a team
from either the University of Washing
ton, washington state college or the
Oregon Agricultural college. The lat
ter is the team that defeated st. Vim
cents in that memorable game for the
championship of the coast at Fiesta
park, two years ago.