Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-20
No GAME BETWEEN
MINERS U.NM.
ELEVENS TODAY
s0C0RRO REFUSES TO
COME ON VARSITY TERMS
difference Arose Over Trans
uortation in the First Place,
But Locals Had Other Valid
Reasons,

The much hcralded ana long talk
cd of gridiron battle between the
Minors from Socorro and the Varsity
.iaven scheduled to take place on
traction park field this afternoon viii
mt happen this afternoon and if
thines between the two aggregations
are not smoothed down quite a bit,
the chances are hat there will be no
meeline of the two rival %olevens dur
Inc the present football season.
The reasons for the cancesling of
the game at the eleventh hour are
many. The first and foremost reason
is that the university men refused to
sceede TO Socorro's request for adj
vance transportation to Albuquerque.
The Varsity management adopted a
rule at the beginning of the season
that elevcns coming to Albuquerque
10 play the L n: NJ; should pay their
own transportation and get a refund
AFTER inc EaIIIe. ~ LuI. aIso MoIhtu
the other way and the Varsity al
WAYS paid for transportation for their
men 10 outside cities, settling the
financial end of it after the contest.
According to Manager Lee. of the
T.. n. N. team. Socorro refused to pay
their own transportation and wanted
the Varsity to advance them six
teen tickets to Albuquerque.
Il might have conceded this re-
quest" said Mr.. Lee when discussing
the affair last night. but Mr.. Kirch-
man, manager of the Socorro tea m
absolutely refused to send me the
lineup for his eleven. as required by |
the contract. He told me over the
telephone as late as yesterday after |
noon that all the members of the |
Miners eleven We're registered at the |
New Mexico school of Mines and that
he would show me the lineup when
he reached albuquerque.
"Now we are not afraid to play the
,%soc0rro bunch no matter who they
have on their team, but we do want
to play a game on the square and our
request for a lineup should have
been granted. In my opinion their
plan was to have us advance trans
portation to Albuquerque. and upon
their arrival here they would hand
in their list of men. containing the
names Of Donovan, Powell, Bentley
aud Kirchman. four men who were
barred from the game with the Ag-
giles at Mesilla three weeks ago and
who have absolutely no right to play
on any college football eleven. Kirch-
man is a professor at the school of
Mines, has a degree from the Colo
School of Mines and played
Professional baseball with Socorro
during the county fair there this sum
mer' Donovan. Powell and Bentley
are all professional ball players. They
may be registered students at the
school of mines all right, but If the
information we ave at hand is cor
rect they are not bona fled players
and are not entitled to play. !
III We advance transportation and t
socorro brought these four men I
along and entered them as members ]
OF Their eleven we would be between
'he devil and the deep sea. We would :
ether have to play them or refund {
'ne admission price to the people who &
purchased tickets to the game. AS ! t
stated before, we are not afraid to '
pay the Miners and have no doubt g
=" me world but that we could de- $