Arizona republican., 1896-12-27
REDEEMED BY THE RED MEN
Football Championship Re-
 mains in the Valley.
Prescott Defeats Phoenix One Day But the Next the Revolving Wedge Is Worked With Success on the YaVapai Athletes.

q don't know how much them h. dians weigh, but they played about ton apiece" This remark was made by a member of the Prescott foot ball eleven after the game yesterday, and referred to John G. Whittier, John Ames, Wellington and other distin- guished persons who reside at the h. dian school and sometimes appear to advantage at foot ball.
 Prescott had just emerged from a foot ball carnival with inglorious de- feat and five disabled men. It had gone into the contest stimulated by victory over the Phoenix eleven the day before. The official score in yes terday's game was, Indians, p; Pres colt, 6. Unbiased spectators said it ought to have been g to O. but the Indians could afford to give their op- ponents the benefit of a doubtful play.
 The circumstances which led up to the disaster are variously speculated upon. The observations of the Pres colt players themselves are of interest and value for the reason that they were made at close range. They say they were defeated on account of the dust which the Indians kept stirred up; because the Indians made the play too continuous: no time to spar for wind because Prescott was not up in the Pima language and signals, and lastly because of a general unfamiliarity 1 with the principle of the revolving wedge upon which the Indians have secured the patent right for this terri tory
 i No doubt all these causes were con- tributory to the result. The superior weight of Prescott was as nothing. However the Prescott line was rein 1 forced, it could not withstand the ter rife bucking of the red men.
 Merweed, who pranced gaily across the field the day before, lodging Phoe- nix players, couldn't get a start yester- day. Every scrimmage was a sure sign of Indian victory.
 But the great feature Of the play was the operation of the rsNGlving wedge which, seeing it had no" apex, might be more properly called a cyclone. It is formed by several players joining 1 player who has the ball in charge. The cyclone moves steadily with a circular motion toward the goal and when 8 favorable moment comes the cyclone bursts, scattering the opposition and releasing a swift runner who is out of jurisdiction with the ball before he can be located. The average weight of the Prescott team was 175 pounds l The Indians averaged 146.
 With William Stevens captain an6 Oliver Wellington field captain, they Vavages Buck; right tackle, Joseph Mcdonald; right guard, Jose Manuel center, William Stevens; guard, George Head; tackle, Juan Allen; left end John Ames; right halfback, James H Ellis; left halfback, Cyrus Sun; guar terback, Oliver Wellington; fullback John G. Whittier. Average weight 146 pounds. Buck, Manuel, Head ant Allen played this season for the frs time.
 The first half might be described a series of successful processions to ward the Prescott goal. The last hal was more closely contested and nea the end a punt enabled Myers of Pres colt to make touchdown.
 When the game was over the vic torious Indians paraded the town witl composite yell borrowed from Ameri can colleges and the Apache tribe.
 The game Christmas between Phoe nix and Prescott was the hottest eve played in Arizona and was won by th visitors by superior weight, superb in terference and speedy sprinters. Tn general play of the Phoenix eleven though, was more interesting to scientific spectator.