The herald., 1898-12-03
INDIANS vs.. THE use.
RED MAN AND PALE FACE MEET
AT FIESTA PARK TODAY
MUSIC BY INDIAN BRASS BAND
The Phoenix Indian School Football
Eleven Are After the Local
Championship

The football game at Fiesta park this
afternoon will afford unique spectacle to
the lovers of the king Of out-of'dOor sports.
For the first time in the history of the local
pridiron a team of fullbloodedl Indians Will
display their prowess on the barred field ana
struggle to carry the pigskln across their
opponents goal line. The eleven halls from
the cactus-covered plains of kissed Ari-
iona, and its players are members OF the
United States Indian school situated near
Phoenix. They will line up at . o'clock this
afternoon against the strong eleven OF the
University of Southern California and an
exciting game may be expected.
The Indians have been training four
months and are in shape to play hard, fast
football. from the kickoff until the referees
whistle ends the game. They do no talking,
make no kicks on the decisions of the oftic-
ials. and ask no time for members OF the
team to recover their wind, for they have
plenty of substitutes to fill the places OF any
dictated" players. Henry Fowler, captain
of the team and player OF considerable
experience, has been coaching the boys and
has taught them the game in approved
style. That they have proved apt pupils
is shown by their record, for they have met
and defeated all the football teams in Ari-
zona The success achieved at home has
fired them with the ambition to attain
the championship of Southern California as
well as that of Arizona.
Frank Rice. Coahuila, fills the center
position and is sturdy pivot on which to
swing the team. He passes the ball quickly
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and gets into the play in good style. lsidoI
Costa is Maricopa and has brother play
ing on the famous eleven of the Carlisle
Indian school. He is heavy, but is active,
fast and breaks through the line we'll The
left guard is Digger, James Woods, and is
a strong partner for Costa. He is steady,
aggressive and good tackler. Both Costa
and Woods can be counted for material
gains when given the ball. The tackles are
both Pimas and are good pair to draw to
Jose Manuel is on the right side and puts
up a hard, fast game He tackles well and
is good ground gamer. Juan Allen, the
left tackle, is rather light but makes up for
his lack Of weight by his grit and quick
work lie is a hard, sure tackler and run:
well with the ban. Campbell Setoyant is
also IL INA anu pay llle SdlHe dt IlSll
end. He tackles hard and low, carries the
pigskin around the end for nice gains and is
very fast at getting down on kicks. A South
ern California boy, Mariana Silvas, a Mis-
sion Indian from Riverside county, hodt
down left end like a veteran, although thi:
is his first season. He gets under kicks in
fast time and is strong at smashing inter
ference. Samuel Randall, Pima, is the left
half back and can run like iackrabbit He
follows his interference we'll and once
around the end will be hard to overtake
The right half back is John Burke, White
Mountain Apache. He weighs $50 pounds
is good sprinter and uses the straight
arm to good effect in running through 4
scattered field. He is very strong at line
bucking and is one of the mainstays of the
team. The crackerjack' of the eleven is
the full back, Pima named, Vavages Buck
He punts well, interferes strongly and is
hard, fast runner He tackles low and hard