Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-11-07
Several Times Tucson Goal
Was In Jeopardy
FINE START FOR COYOTES
Phoenix High School Team
Showed Result of Thor
ough Coaching and Devel-
oped Some Very Strong
Players

One of those rare events in foot
ball-a-nothing to-nothing game was
played yesterday by the second team
of the University of Arizona and the
Phoenix high school In two vicious
halves of Twenty-Five and thirty min
utes each the ball was for the great
er part of the time in Tucson territory.
At no time during the entire game
was the Phoeniv goal in actual danger.
while the Coyotes had two opportuni-
ties of scoring. one of these chances
was lost by the Phoenix man dropping
the ball in the schrimmage, just as
the touch down was about to be scor-
ed, and the other was during the last
two minutes of play when the Coyotes
had the ball way up on Tucson terri
tory.
Generally speaking the game was
clean football all the way through. Al
though the Coyotes" came nearer
scoring than their opponents and ac-
cording to the chance and hazard of
the game should have won, ii would
be inaccurate to say that they outplay-
ed the visitors, neither is the reverse
true.
Tucson played straight football.
Their line was heavier than the Phoen-
ix line and they depended on their
weight to make gains Phoenix under
the crafty coaching of Rockwell. did
the remarkable stunt several times in
the game of punting the ball an en-
ormous distance and then capturing it
themselves Thus the steady and de-
liberate gains Of Tucson. made by
bucking the line were overcome in an
instant by one of Goebers long punts
forty yards or so down the field.
There were two times in the game
when the hearts of the Phoenix root
ers stood in their mouths. In each in
stance they were swallowed again very
quickly. The first of the two cru
ciai points in the game was at the end
of the first half
The visitors goal was placed in jeo-
pardy by two long punts by Goebel.
Goebel kicked first from near the
center of the field He waited until
the last second before being tackled and
then stuck his toe into the pigskin and
drove it down the field. A Coyote
who knew just where the ball was GO
ing started for it the instant the play
was made, and he was right there
when the bali landed. He fell on it
With thirty yards gained by kick the
trick was thought worth repeating.
Again the ball was passed to Goebel
but this time the punt fell short and
it was Tucson's ball on her own fif-
teen yard line.
Tucson was nightly scared at this
iuncture. There was but one thing to
do and the Phoenix backs fell back
for the expected kick. The ball would
have been kicked out of the danger
zone had not a Coyote jumped and
blocked it. Another Coyote fell on
il and a touchdown looked certain.
The Phoenix rooters shrieked with joy
and rolled on the ground. 1t was
all premature. With the ball on the
Tucson five yard line every nerve was
set for the final push over. The sig
nal was given and the high school man
with the ball broke partially through
the line and then fell tackled by a
Tucson player The ball rolled out of
his hands and bumped across the line.
Under the present rules this is a
touch back. which means nothing ex-
cept that the opposing team got the
ball on their own twenty-five yard
line. 1t was quickly kicked back by
Tucson out of the danger zone and the
first half was over. Grimshaw was
sligtly injured in this play, but remain
ed in the game.
With five minutes more to play in
the last half il is an even break that
the Coyotes would have scored They
started in with tremendous energy in
the second half and rushed the ball
up toward the. Tucson goal again. Dur
ing the first part of this half the ball
was carried to Phoenix thirty five
yard line A forward pass which Tue
son had used with great execution dur
ing the game. was again tried. but a
Coyote somehow got 1t. Goebel punted
again and Marlar for Phoenix gather
ed it in. The ball was now on Tucson's
foirty-five yard line and in the hands
Of the Coyotes. There were but two
minutes of play There was but one
signal that should have been given at
this point and that is for Kick.
Neither of the captains thought to
ask for the time and apparently they
did not know how short 1t was. A kick
by Goebel might have scored goal or
at least have advanced the ball so near
the enemy's goal that a push and a
shove would have sent it over. Two
kicks such as had been made earlier
in the half. would have scored a goal
for the high school instead, however,
Brooks went through the line for five
yards and another play netted several