Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-11-27
ARIZONA IS VICTORIOUS
IN HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
Visitors Took Game from New Mexico University by Vigorous
Offensive Play in First Half; Determined Rally by Boys
From the Hill in Second Half Stopped ArzonaS Advance
But Came Too Late for a Winning, score, Ten to Five.

In what was very decidedly the beS;
football game ever seen in New Mexico
or Arizona the Arizona University
players defeated the University of New
Mexico by the score of 10 to S. yes
terday afternoon before a crowd OF
about 1000 spectators who held their
faith in the New Mexico team right to
the end Of the game. cheering them
up to the finish even when it became
apparent that the rally which the boys
from the hill took in the second half
had come too late for results
Arizona's husky players won the
game by vigorous ofensi,e play in
the first half, when tney were fresh
and when the home team seemed 10
be struggling un1er NOR or less ner-
Vousness which made itself apparent
in frequent fumbles and in weakness
in defense which was disappoint-
ment after the teams good record in
earlier games.
The Arizona men played their game
in the first half In the second half
the boys from the hill had mastered
two or three trick plays which in
the first half were always good for
substantial gains. The well organized
defense of the Arizona men, however
saved them in the second half when
much of the brilliance of their former
play had disappeared.
Even With the advantage of weight
and team work which became appar-
ent right at the beginning Of the
game, it required the visitors fifteen
minutes to pull out their first touch
down. 1t was accomplished by per
sistent line bucking and a trick pass
repeated again and again and through
which the Now Mexico boys seemed
unable to see until the half was over
ana the game won. The nervous
ness of the home team contributed
to the result in the first half There /
was good deal of fumbling at inn /
portant stages and the team as a /
whole did not show the snap and (
confidence which be anne apparent /
after the second half had started. .
After crowdlng down the field by 1
short gains the visitors put the .
bali into Robcrtsons hands for
an end run which scored the first
touchdown, The Interference of the
Arizona team during the first haf was
ideal and showed clearly q course
of able training. Tile second touch
down was a combination of msfor-
tune and fumbling for the New Mex
leo team. A beautiful punt to Irwin
bounced in the contrary way that
sometimes possesses a football in ac-
ton, Irwin failed to connect and
Arizona, always down the field, at this
stage of the game. was there with
man to carry the ball behind tine
posts. Both times Arizona failed TO
kick goal
The first half ended with the New
Mexico team in much better cundi-
tion, playing with more speed and
suroncss ana evidently beginning toi
get into their game.
The visitors went into the second
haIf lacking some of their earlier
spirit ana the boys from the hill were
there with a good deal of additional
spunll and spirit. and things began
To look up. Arizona was pcualtzcd
of times for holding and off
side play and either the altitude or
the pace set in the first hair or both
began to tell Allen, who had had
little opportunity for work during the
first half got the ball on a fumblcd
forward pass ana carried it down for
-hirty-hvc yards There followed am
interval Of off side playing. both Z
teams being pcnalized A hot exchanE,.
'i punts cnsued resulting i'm lick
10 AriZOna'S ron ward limo zvlgr. tb,