Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-12-26
A TERRITORIAL CAPITAL.
Our Indian Boys Play the Santa Fears
to a StandStiII.
ANOTHER TIE GAME.

A tie game was the result of the
hard fought football battle between
the Santa Fe Indians and Albuquer.
que Indians for the championship of
New Mexico, on the Santa Fe gridiron
Christmas day.
The championship is still retained
by the Albuquerque team, who fought
a stubborn battle to maintain the
highly praised championship.
The teams were evenly matched
and it was difficult to determine which
were the aggressors.
Albuquerque won the kickoff and
Santa Fe played for goal. Everything
was in favor of the Santa Fe team dur.
ing the first half. but they were un-
able to reach Albuquerque's goal. by
reason of the strong interference.
Roybal, left half of the Albuquerque
team, made an end play gaining thirty
yards, but was injured in the scrim-
mage that followed and had to be TAX
cident, they would have undoubtedly
scored, as Roybal is one of their star
players.
The Santa Fe team got within Albu-
querque's seven yard line, where the
contest was waging at the end of the
fl st half
The vim and energy of the players
did not weaken in the second half
The ball was passing back and forth,
each team making small gains and
holding out strongly against their op-
ponents.
Santa Fe's team made a gain of fif.
tee yards around the end, and the Al
buquerque players were again unfor-
tunate in the scrimmage that follow
cd. Right Guard Brown twisted his
leg and was taken from the field, and
Sandoval was put into the game.
The Albuquerque team were the ag
gressors in the second half and they
were playing fast and furious. Vigil
got the ball aid made a gain of about
twenty yards.
The ball, by a series of plays bach
and forth, was carried within Albu
querque's territory. The Santa Ft
players now tried kick play but die
not succeed. Making a bluff thai
something was wrong they threw the
Albuquerque Indians off their guard
just long enough to kick the ball ovel
Albuquerque's guard line, but the AL
huquerque boys were not asleep anG
| downed the kicked ball back of theil
own goal. thus making a safety play
which counted for neither side. The
ball was taken to the twenty-five yard
line and put into play.
No big gains were made, but tht
| playing was exciting and full of inter
| est
At the close of the game the bal
was on Albuquerque's forty yard line
The Santa Fe team made all theil
gains, except one, by going through
the line, but the Albuquerque line wal
strong enough to prevent any largC
gains.
| Albuquerque most effective worl
and largest gains were made by enc
| plays.
OF the five games played in New
| Mexico this season four were ties. TIT
only victory of the five games was,car
ried off by the Albuquerque Indians a
Las Cruces on Thanksgiving.
The Santa Fe Indians royalty enter
tanned their visitors, while they wer,
at Santa Fe. The Christmas Dime
was a grand affair
The sport loving element of the cap
itol turned out in large numbers. Mos
of the Santa Fe people who attendeI
the game were conveyed to and iron
the schools by the wagons of the inst
tuition free of charge. Rooters 70
Santa Fe predominated. which onl,
made the Albuquerque boys put al
their energy into the game. There wa
plenty of excitement and interest,n
plays, and the football spirit of III
spectators was displayed by enthusias