Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-11-27
THANKSGIVING
FOOTBALL GAME
Military Instit u te
Plays Farmers at
Ell Paso
CONTEST FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Both Teams Confident of
Victory. Odds Favor
Cadets.

afternoon at Washington park In this
city the elevens Of the New Mexico
Military Institute at Roswell and the
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts at Mesilla Park, New Mexico
will clash In their first gridiron battle
Great interest centers in the outcome
of this game as 1t will decide the foot
ball championship of the Southwest
neither team having been defeated
thus far this season. The playing OF
the game on neutral grounds meets
with popular favor and will give Meth.
er team any undue advantage over
the other 1t is estimated that an i'm.
mense crowd will witness the strug.
gle.
Excursions will be run from both
Las Cruces and Roswell and these
will carry several hundred rooters and
students from each school. Both dele
cations will take along brass band
and Ell Paso will resemble an eastern
college town tomorrow. While both
teams are confident Of victory and are
being backed by their respective
schools and towns, the odds are slight
ly in favor of the speedy cadets, who,
while they are not quite so heavy as
their opponents, have been well coach
ed and taught number of trick plays.
The Farmers on the other hand are
both heavy and fast and while per-
haps they have not had as good coach
ing, have had the advantage of play
ing several games, which has given
them chance to ascertain the weak
places on their team and remedy
these.
That 1t will be battle royal, goes
without saying. Following is the line.
up Of the two elevens:
New Mexico Military Institute.
Baird, center, fourth year; Willburn,
left guard, second year; Watkins,right
guard, second year; J. Hill, left tackle,
first year; F. Hill, right tackle,
third year; Bunting, left end,
fourth year; Lohman, right end and
captain; Wynne, quarterback and
coach; Houghton, right half, third
year; Webster, left half, assistant in
structor; Crowell, full back, first year.
Substitutes.
Dow, half back, second year; Mon
toya, end, first year; Hubbell, end,
first year.
The average weight of the team is
166 pounds.
College Of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts.
Fraker, guard, third year; Howard,
center, first year; Atkinson, guard,
first year; Anderson, tackle, third
year; Carrera, end, second year;
Elliott, tackle, second year; Llewellyn
end, first year; Weddell, quarterback,
second year; Reading, full-back, third
year; Miller. half back, third year;
Ames, half back. second year.
Substitutes.
Forsythe, half back; Kelley, half
back; Skaggs, guard; Jacobs, guard;
Windsor, quarterback; Carlisle, end;
Thomas, tackle
Cadets Have Been Coached Well.
The Cadets have been thoroughly
coached by Captain F. o. Wynne, who
was last year member Of the Wand
erbilt University eleven, at Nashville,
Tennessee, and who for several years
played on the Christian Brothers Col
lege eleven OF st. Louis. Wynne thor
oughly understands the game. He has
trained the Cadets in the latest plays
and will, himself take part in the game
as quarterback, in order to keep his
team under his command throughout
the game, it was agreed between the
managers Of the two teams that their
respective coaches be permitted to
take part in the game.
The Institute team will be managed
by Major D. G. Pearson, Commandant
Of Cadets, who will represent the au-
thorities Of the Institute in all ques-
tions which may come up for dispute.
He will also see that the cadets do
their part towards playing a thorough
gentlemanly game.