The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-12-14
MILITARY BOYS WIN FROM
ALL1sTAR COLLEGE noYs

MILITARY BOYS WIN FROM
ALLssTAR COLLEGE BOYS
Those who Witnessed the foobbal
game pleysd last Friday afternoon
hetweeu then n. n. /. foot ball team
and the .A1hstar" aggregation from
town, a the sInstitute field, came a.
paeased with the afternoons
entertainment, The game was snap
pr and devoid OF an r~oughness, both
teams going after each other In the
true sportsman-hke manner which is
the prevailing characteristic, now-a-
days, OF all intercollegiate football
games. Score. Institute. IS. AIlstars,
..
Although the Cadets had the best
OF the game from the start it was by
NO means . waIkover, flor while the
All-stars showed a lack OF team work,
especially In advancing the ball. the
Individual work was good. For the In
stitute, Patty. Baird, and Ted"
IHoughton showing up especially well
and 1t is to be regretted that this is
the first game Of the season in which
he has been able to play. being out on
account Of a very severe charley
horse" in his thigh. For the A1lstars,
Yater at center played a great indi-
vidual game and so did Hill and Kin
gle at tackle. These men showed that
they knew the game from start to fin
ish and Hill in the back field, also did
well.
Some details OF the game are as fol
lows: .
The Institute won the toss and
choose to defend the north goal, which
owing to the wind. gave them a slight
advantage during the first half. The
Town boys kicked OF and Kilburn
caught the ball and was downed in
his tracks by Yater. The Institute then
gained t#o yards through the line but
and the ball went over. The Town
boys then tried two tackle plays. and
failed TO net the required ten yards,
so they were forced to kick, which
gave the Institute the ball on their 35
yard line. Two good gains were nett
ed the Institute by Houghton Int Dow
which made it first down and then a
forward pass manipulated By b In
stitute. Swift, left end to Stains, gave
them the bah ON the forty yard line
In the territory OF the "Allstars."
Here the Town-boys held them for
downs and were forced themselves to
punt on their receipt OF the ball. Kill
burn ran the ball back five yards and
on the next down Baird went through
for a touch down. Institute failed to
kick goal and as there was no more
scoring In the first half, 1t ended with
the ball in Roswell territory. Score In
stitute s. Roswell o.
In the second haf the Institute
boys showed the effect of their fine
training and by good consistent play
ing, mixed with endurance scored two
more touch downs but failed to kick
either goal. However, the Town boys
for the amount of practice which they
have had put up a hne game and made
it interesting from start to finish.
The lineup was IS follows:
All-Stars:-Elliott, left end; King
le ,(Parsons) left tackle; Mussenden,
left guard; Yater, Center; Robbins,
right guard; Hill, right tackle; Levers.
right end; Dow, quarter back; Par
sons F. left half; Hill, right half; Mes
bit (Foster) full back.
Institute:-Stains. left end: McNul-
ty. left tackle; Hill, left guard; Short
center; Young. right guard: Bunting, |
right tackle; Higgins, right end; Kill
burn, quarter back: Dow, left half;
Hopghton. right half; Baird, fun back.
Time of halves. twenty minutes.
Referee, Major Lehman, Umpire Rob-
ertson, Time keeper, Waltz and head
hneman, Mr. OtBrien.