Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-12-30
ON THE GRIDIRON.
Phoenix Wins the Game With
 Huachuca.
It Was One of inc Best Games Ever Played in this City,
 Large Crowd

The most closely contested and deeply interesting athletic sporting event which h1s ever tsken place in Phoenix came of Christmas day, st the Park, when the Fors Huscirca and Phoenix football tsans met. Other games have bean
 more scientifically played, perhaps, but none nave pleased the observers so well es Saturdays game. The ball was mora in g. ght than ueusl. and it was ee sier for the uninitisted to perceive what the players were trying to accomplish. There VT plenty of kicking (not at the Um- p: J St which Husohuos olee.ly ex- cslled. Phoenix wor, but just by the shin of their teeth. A smaller scois than that made -2 to C-wfs impossible. It wss sch is yed in the last four minutes of the lfst half by safety touchdown. l ae gsme hEd been dead heat bstween tie sesms during the entire first half Id the great9r pert of the sec ond. To- words the end the soldiers began to go thfo, gh the Phoenix line for good gains, Id it looked like t'iey might ultimately score touchdoW1, bus a fstsl tumble Dy the quG'l .rbt ek in passing the bail slowly, Id good tackle by Phosnix ma ], lost them ''le ball which Belle 8 got and made long run which turAed the tide Phoenixws-ds. That piee of good luck VT followed by gains, egRre- gatiug 20 yards, made by ne-bucking. Then BelIBs made F7otbsr lorg run Wh ;ch Jones supplemented with longer one almost scoring 8 touchdown. He had got it within thre yards of the line when he wts tackled. It looked like sn es sy thir 2 for Phoenix to make that l,t- tie distsno } :; but Huschuoa made a brave snd for the t ne successful stand, and ths net results of the efforts of Phoenix in three downs was two ysFds, winch l.fs ths bal wiSh the soldiers, and @ yard from their line, and just exactly midway between their goal posts. A more critical condition of affairs c0u d not possibly arise in football game un- der Rugby rules from the formation the Oacks, except possibly the qusfs sr, had a!mos5 nee ,sssrily to stand out of bounds, and consequently could not take sne bali and Eun w.sh 1t for 10 is an C6 scAtlt cI6uOub bAtAo o1g Ol gh D6Il must made within the gFldiron. The same ssse ntlal preven .d the fuIl back from kicking ous of dan ger. A tanc.ful F ssiD:lIby IS that she 8 quai srback kick could have bsen made 01s It wisely was not at. smpf ed, end the only rG iorb VI } D go oIrectiy shiough the centrs, for the goat posts prevented any serious BssauIt On either wing Of the Ploeuix iIre. The soldiers tired to fof G the 'nLer. aud fsIied, ead were pushed over t2eIr oEn line for 8 down, which 1un-5 two for she side not in possession of the bal. The ball is sometimes VOL Lnsf <iiy touched down behind f1e goal lire of the side in posse ssion 50 save woIse results, but this touch was ensif. ly involuntsFiiy, and YVES the decisive event of the day for if actually won She game for Phoenix. A game of football being won by juet such score hes but few if sny pre6 sdent7-ceFtainly none in eny at all prominent games played in recent years. Ib was so veIy near being draw that Phoerix hts but little to crow over.