Arizona republican., 1903-01-18
VICTORY FOR NEEDLES
Boilermakers Skinned the Natives in
 a Hard Fought Battle.
Needles, 1s: saeaton. 5.

state got away with the honors, but they had to earn them, and the defeat was no disgrace to the Indians. The | interesting feature of the game lay in the fact that almost to it's finish it was anybody's game. although after the first few minutes of playing the white boys were always in the lead. It was | apparent that both teams did better | work in forcing the enemy than they | did in defending their own. The ! Needles team furnished most of the l spectacular plays, though there was one notable run by the Indians. The Indians on the contrary were always | the most successful in straight line bucking and when it come to slow, wig orous, grinding and pushing to the | front a few yards at time the natives made a better showing than their op ponents.
 There was the best of feeling throughout the game with but few l controversies, all of which were amica- | and quickly settled. The grand stand at the start was plainly roofing for the Indians. and in fact felt a
 measure of local pride in them all through the game. though when the white visitors had handed up two or three nice punches they commanded | respect consideration and liberal ap- | plause. Toward the close the Indians | dld a lot of fine straight work, and for
 a time it was thought they would add
 five or six points more to their score | and the rooters encouraged them,
 thinking it would be better to have things evened up q bit.
 Christy and Friedman were referee and umpire, sherman and Mccarthy | timekeepers and Ford and Ingles line men. The Indians won the toss and
 chose the east goal. giving Needles the
 kickoff. The Indians played slow but
 vigorously for small gains to within
 about thirty-five yards of their goal
 where the pigskin was punctured and
 a new oval was brought out. Then they
 kept forcing the issue till they landed
 a touchdown. corked a Needles man
 and missed the goal. This gave them
 a score of five for the first ten and d
 half minutes of the game. Needles
 kicked and the Indians caught the ball
 and made a few yards by hard work.
 but the enemy held them for small gains. About the center of the field the Indians lost the ball and Needles all but lost it back to them, followed by a gain for Needles and a good run l
 The next play was a pretty one, Frank Hines of the Needles team mak- ing 35-yard run to within yard of . the end. after which Lampson bucked ? for a touchdown. Goal was missed and 7 the score was 5 to ,.
 The Indians then took the center of the field and kicked to within twenty 2 yards of their goal on the east when . Frank Hines got the ball again and l made a 25-yard run. The Indians got ? the ball but did not keep it long, for . Main got hold of it and ran over half
 the length of the field to the west end.
 Goal was kicked and the score stood
 Needles II, Sacaton 3.
 From center again the Indians kicked
 the pigskin to within twenty yards of
 the enemy's goal, when Needles caught
 it and fumbled. The man with the |. ball tried to throw it to one of his fel- :. lows, but an Indian intercepted it. The : Indians then worked the ball up to ]: within twelve yards, and the first half 2 closed with the score still standing at :. 11-5.
 I There were still many predictions h that the Indians would win the game n on the theory that they do their best
 work in the last half. But they did nc; T Q till it was too late.
 f The Indians kicked to about thirt , e yards of the west goal. when Needles Q got the oval and made ten yards, fol
 lowed by a fine thirty-yard run by
 Lampson around the left end. when he
 was tackled and thrown heavily. The
 pigskin was showed about two thirds E. | the way across the field when the In
 dians got 1t. but Needles soon recovered :, it and pushed it along to within twen- = ty-five yards of the end, when they {, lost it again to the Indians on downs
 The Indians made some gains and one
 good run for fifteen yards around the left end. The Indians made a bat '. catch, Needles got the ball again anG - pushed it to within twenty yards oi
 the end, and in the next play Main got a touchdown, but goal was missed and
 only five points were marked down
 making the score 16 to ,, the last score made.
 .. The Indians kicked to within flfteer 7 yards of their goal when Lampson got
 the ball and by the clever interference = of his associates a clear field was opened up for one of the best runs ever
 made by anybody. It was almost the
 length of the gridiron for he was  = the end. Though a spectacular play il , did the white men no good, for the In dians got the ball on the next down
 and buCked it back almost to the cen
 ter of the field Then Joseph Knox
 of the Sacaton team secured the pig
 skin and ran round the left end to but :, little more than twenty yards of gonl Four or five yards more were made
 when time was called and the battle . was over. The Indians in the last ff- teen minutes of the game played furi- ously, and they owe it to that fact alone that Needles did not get another . touchdown. It was saved by the mar
 row margin of a yard
 The lineup was as follows:
 Needles. Sacaton.
 hcf arland ........c....... Wm. Stevens
 Times .............r. g......Antone Juan Taylor ............l. g......W. Jackson
 outherland .......r. t..........T. Allison
 Adams ............l t.. M. Blackwater
 Mcholn ...........r. e.. Winfield Scott