Arizona republican., 1909-11-26
THE FIGURES ARE 25-5
A Spectacular Game, full of Brilliant Plays, Delighted a Big Thanksgiving Day Crowd at East Lake Park Yesterday.

One of the most savagely contested
 battles of the gridiron ever played
 on an Arizon1 field-a game in
 which every inch was fought for
 viciOusly and as valorously defended
 down to the last half minute of play was that played yesterday at East
 lake park by the Phoenix highschool
 and Prescott highschool elevens
 which resulted in victory for Phoe-
 nix by a score of g to ,. If any
 game of football ever developed it's own particular here. yesterdays game
 did. The man was Captain Paul
 Brooks of the Coyotes.
 IL is not meant that Capt. Brooks
 won the game single handed. for no
 man can do that; but early in the
 game he showed marvellous ability as space winner. plunging straight through the line for big gains and carrying out trick plays like vet eran, so that for the rest of 1t he was given the brunt of the work
 Whenever a man was seen plunging head foremost through the Prescott line it was safe to assume that that was Brooks. The valiant captain of the Coyotes won his football halo yesterday.
 The whole game was a spirited contest from start to finish. Even when Phoenix was far in the lead the Prescott men never slacked in their huge efforts to push the pig skin toward the Phoenix goal They cannot be called quitters for a mo- ment. for in the very last minute of play, by remarkable exhibition of speed. they captured the bah on Phoenix 3O-yard line after long punt by a Prescott man.
 The game simply teemed with those startling plays that bring the specta- tors to their feet and often. result ! in a change on the score board.
 One of the prettiest plays of the whole game was in the first half. It was Phoenix bah near the center of the field Hahn. the Coyote quarter | ran with the ball little way. looked around and then shot 1t forward to | Lester smith. The latter tucked it l snugly under his arm and. lodging | and ducking, sprinted down the field | with the Prescott team after him. | He ran forty yards and scored a | The play came like | crack of linghning and the touch down was made almost before the crowd realized it. IL was as clean a bit of playing as one could wish to | see. Smith was enabled to get the Prescott line by the strong interference put up by Hay lev and LaTourette who ran beside him and were laid low long before the goal was reached, while the man with the ball kept right on till he fell on it behind the posts.
 The first score of the game was made within five minutes after time was called. Goebel kicked off for Phoenix to Proscotts five yard line. The kick was returned and Hahn ad- yanced the ball 15 yards before he was downed. The interchange of kicks was for the Coyotes advantage and by q series of rushes the ball was Phoenix on Prescott's 15-yard line. It was pushed on for another five and then Goebel kicked field goal making the score 2 to 0.
 The next few minutes of play was by strong line buckinG
 p the part of Prescott For short time they seemed tc go through the almost at will. It was ,ruicial point in the game. The Coy ,tes' acknowledged the strength Of Prescott line by resorting to KICK rg. Prescott carried the ball down he field ana Goebel kicked it hack again. The beauty of this ptay was mat as soon as Goebel stuck his toe nto the pigskln Preston was way town the fiaid after it. Twice m succession he nailed in his tracks the Prescott man who caught GoeDefs punts. and the visitors were forced to 20 through the narrowing line bucking tactics again to regain what they had lost Lowry, the Prescott full. was do- ing valiant service and in two downs gained 15 yards. They played him too strong however and for a few minutes time was taken out while he recovered from a hard tackle. The ball was car. ried to Phoenix 50-yard line by Payne. Merritt and Lowry. It became Phoe- nix ball and was carried back to about the 40-yard line when Prescott got 1t again and tried two kicks. Both were prettiIy blocked One of them Craw- ford. who kicked, recovered for Pres cott by the quickest sort of work. Prescott then tried forward pass which was uncompleted, Prescott los
 ing IS yards by the maneuver. The Coyotes got the ball and the forward pass, already described. was made by Hahn to Smith, the latter running over for a touchdown. The score at