Arizona republican., 1901-12-04
UNIVERSITY NOTES


 The best game Of football eyer Wit ] messed by ,he Tucson public took place | on the university campus. Thursday ! afternoon. between the PhoeliZ Indian school eleven and the ." Varsity team.
 At 2:35 p. m. the bleaohers recently 1 built, were filled to overGowing and the side lines were lined with an euthus- i-stic crowd numbering some 800 or 100 souls. Many carriages were also ] in evidence, occupying points of van tase surrounding the gridiron. With
 9 challenge yell. the home team ap- peared on the field at a brisk run anl lined up Tor few minutes signal prac- l tiCe. after which the visiting eleven
 took the field for the same purpose.
 The Indians won the toss and chose
 the east goal, thus having the td-
 vantage of the wind to their backs
 Varsity kicked to the 2O-yard line
 and the visitors retGrne- the ball to
 the 15-yard line. By q series cr slow
 end runs, netting small gains. the red
 skins carried the pieskir thirty yards into Varsity territory. where they were
 held for downs. Varsity worked tn.
 ball slowly down the field by close end
 runs interspe-scd with line bucks. to @
 few yards past the center of the field.
 where the Indians secured tEc hall
 The visitors tried few Ulc bucts
 with small success. and finally had To
 resort to end sAiTtiug. These tactics
 resulted in small, but constant c1ius.
 which kept the reducn showing in possession Of the baI uJ first downs. The ball was worked --J-ly down the field. but no sensational runs were made, as varsity U1z --iaetius the play more than half way and refused to
 give au open field
 G-he Indians fumbled. bl- their full
 back secured the ball by a sweeping grasp. and circlinS the left end went down twenty-five yards fer @ touch down. They scored an easy SoGL
 Varsity kicked well down the field and the Indians returned it to the o. yard line. They tried to force tho
 line for gains by playing guards and tackles back, but the nome line held hard and discouragel the visitors hCpes of advancing the bali b. that method. They also lined up in the 1. formation for the famous old ''reyol,- {. ing wedge" but the Varsity boys were !. next" and immcdilt-ly formed to resist it, whereupon the attempt was {. abandoned and the play was never |. tried The visitors rezCTted 10 -aDOIious : end runs and forced tle ball to the ! 'Narsity's 5-yard line, where tEe latter . team, disputing every inch of ground . by stubborn resistance, obtained the . ball on downs. At this point the home . team instituted a system of line 1 bucks and wicked close end runs that 1 were too much for the opposing team. 1 as the plays came faster than they could realize or form to resist, and tEe . ball went well down into the Indians territory where, on the -J-yald Lnr. with two minutes to play, drop kick Tor goal was tried and resulted In a failure.
 The redmen tried to advance the ball, but were Ll=1CseSsLUI and rsrOrteI to a punc The ball was .5icEed WI ID and catching in an upper current of strong wind, went far down tle fic;d where it was secured by the home team. who came ripping to the center line. and time was called for the first half.
 Tho second haIf was called after ten minutes interlnission and the ball Was kicked to the Varsity. wno returned t for downs to the 15-yard line. Here !. the Varsity boys astonishcd the nu- tiFes. as well as all others in atten- dance, by abandoning end plays almost totally and throwing a series of wicked bucks through the line and over the tackles, which were irresistible. even by 9 team which weighed seven pounds to the man more than themselves. Dur ing the eight minutes that followed tne visitors Crly secured the ball once. and then were unable to advance the re- quired five yards, Whereupon Varsity secured the oval and ploUghed down the field for five, seven, four and six yards at every bucX, making gains wherever the notion strticss them. When five yards from the Indians goal a dispute was raised by the Indians. they claiming that the required frcc- ton of yard on the third down was not gained. The proper authority was appealed to and upon the unanimous advice of all, that official. upon his own judgment. decided that the amount had been gained, whercupon. the Indians manager and coach. act ing under impulse and excitement. for got all the rules Of manly sport, and ordered the boys off the field. The team was loath to go. and the Varsity , went through for q touCh-down.
 The referee gave the visitors two minutes to rezD-ue play. at the end of which time, they not returning, he de-