Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-05
BSBEE FOOT
BALL TEAM
DOWNS TUCSON
tRy Lee Hamilton,.

One ssaeAil~L. say sFti field
goal by noeeeh. all tailed in tac first
half. enabled Bisase High school to
close rs sosthal season with well
earned vssseEy. In figures. it was 10
tea
Taoas4 proved something OF a sur
prises and according TO the local boys
they have improved about 100 per
cent since Bisbee met them on their
home grounds earlier in the season
Capt Proctor. left half for the visit
ors. was practically the whole show.
breaking up some of Bisbee's plays
back of the line and making most of
his teams gains. Had they all put
up a game Ike Proctor's, the result
might have been another story.
But That jetracts nothing from the
credit which belongs to the home
boys. ~Biddy" Doyle. Jr. got his
first chance at a regular position,
and the game he put up at right
guard, specially in the first half.
won cheers from the spectators as he
broke through Tucson's line time and
time and again and got his man, break
ing up their plays. BeatoD. too at
tackle was onto his job every min
ute. and spoiled Tucson's only cnance
for touchdown by brilliant tackle
near the side lines, after Proctor had
got by everybody else with the ball.
Doyle, by the way. seems likely to
develop int crackerjack at catch
ing punts. Every chance he had yes
terday, enc of them a difficult for
ward pass, ne was Johnny on the
spot" getting the bail on the particu-
lar occasion mentioned for 25-yard
gain.
The second half was more of kick
ing duel ana honors were about even
" divided In distance gaining: In
this half Proctor was laid out after
a collision with Walter o'Maliey. but
pluckily resumed play after about
tenrminute iRtermission to give him
time to recuperate. Bisbee's goal
was threatened seriously but once.
in the second half. and from that it
was easy sailing. The forward pass
ana en-szde kick were the reliable
gamers Bisbee got away with a
neat run around right end on one &C
casion- Tucson once tried a fake
kick formation but they didn't do it
again. fer the simple reason that Bis
bees linemen were right onto them
AMI threw simons for loss. Every
trick that Tucso1 attempted was neat
1y blocked at every stage.
The refeFeeing of Bright, of Bisbee.
7monstrated some interpretations of
rules to Tucson that they were In
clined to argue about at times. but
readily gave in when shown they
were wrong Altogether. it was a
clean exhibition of football. with no
attempts at roIgnness which FREEDOM
mated in the Douglas game.
twenty-five and twenty minute
halves were played. Tucson re-
turned Bisbee's kick of ten yards.
Bisbee promptly held for downs on
TucsoR's 80 yard line. John oMailey
failed 10 gain. Bisbee then punted
back Of Tucson's goal and Sam Ben
ton fen On the bali for a safety.
Score, Bisbes 2 Tucson 0.
An exchange OF punts followed,
then TEesen, after a ten-yard buck,
Kicked behind Bisbee's goal, but Bis
bee got the ball for a touchback-
Bisbee kicked off and it was Tue
sons bali on Bisbee's 40yard line.
Tucson gained yard and then :oI
ward pas went wrong. Bisbe9s bali
on their ewn 3O-yard line. Bisbee
punted and the Tucson man went
down IN his tracks on his own so
yard line. They tried forward
pass. 5imens threw the tall where
his own nan wasn't Beaton picked
It up aad raced back across the goal
for the enfy touchdown of the game.