Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-30
CADETS AGAIN THE
NEW MEXICO
CHAMPIONS
Belt Finally Rewards Up Hill
Fight of Years BY Military
Institute for Much Coveted
Title.
,soeeial Correspondence 10 Morning JournalI

ISpeciaI Correspondence TO Morning JournalI
Roswell y. NJ, Nov. 2S.-The foot
han team of the New Mexico Mill
tary Institute, after an uphill fight
Of many years. is at last recognized
as the undsputed champion OF New
Mexico for the year 1910.
In years past the Cadets have fur
nished little more than practice
games for the best teams Of the ter
ritory and il was not until the lat
ter part OF last season that they be-
gan to show championship form The
Institute won its first real football
victory by defeating the A. and NJ
College in Roswell on Thanksgiving
Day Of last year Since that date, the
goal defended by the Cadets has
never been crossed, and they have
wiped out many old scores by de-
cisively winning from five OF the
strongest teams in western Texas and
New Mexico including the New Mex
leo school of Mines and the Univers-
ity of New Mexico.
BY defeating the Agricultural Col
lege Of New Mexico last Thursday,
Thanksgiving Day, in the nercest
game ever played at Mesilla Park
the New Mexico Military institute
rinEDGd the hilN HSN''4f
Just one year after their first victory
the red and black are the proud pos
SCISSORS Of the much coveted title.
The Farmers and Cadets are hered-
ltary football rivals. As old players
graduate or drop out Of either school
they pass on TO their successors an
eternal hatred for the football team
od the other school When g rat
matriculates as a cadet. the first les
1t, To. flnnf /, &c
in coming to school is to assist in the
overthrow of the Farmers football
scuad. and when q boy first leaves
the farm and heads toward Mesilla
Park, he is met by body OF stu
dents outside the park limits ana
forced to take an oath of vengeance
against tho Cadets before he Is per
miNted TO enter school,
with such intense feeling existing
between the schools, although 1t is
friendly rivalry it is not surprising
that when the teams met on Thanks
giving Day this year, both sides
plaved with fiendish determination
to annihilatc the opposing PLAYERS. As
usual in games between these two
institutions. the one Thursday was
conducted in Il friendly manner ana
neither team rcsorted to unSenlie-
manly or uuspOrtsmanlike tactics.
any objectional features,
The chances were So nearly equal
when the two teams entered tho lleld
it was a toss-up as TO which would
win The Cadets had slight ad-
vantage in weight and experience bul
the hardships of the forty eight hout
trip by auto and rail from ltosWeli e
Las Cruces took the edge oil theh
condition. Their regular training was
L. irr4fTullF and
their sleep broken. This, OF course
gave the Farmers a great advantage
in addition to that of playing on thelf
own grounds with Il crowd OF en-
thusiastic rooters to encourage thenl
Both teams started the game with
a vengeance and displayed unusna
energy throughout the entire contest
The A. and NJ. team showed marNcl
ms courage and endurance and is t.
be complimented on its ability 70 hoiu
thu, Cadets to q single touchdown
only one score was made during the
game and the final outcome was III
doubt until the referees WHISTLE
ended the last quarter. the one
touchdown was made by the lnstltut,
in the first quarter when Higgins q
half back. intercepted Forward paSs
on his own ten-yard line ana pr't'
tically an Omen field ran hlnetN
wards To the Etfdi. al W Nf'''Nf
side could score although the Caoet'
carried the ball fifty yards in the ias'
quarter and were in striking distanc,
of tho goal when they lost the pal
on "A tumble The final score was
Military Institute, .; Agricultuia
College, o. :,
The Cadets are lavish ia then
praise of the manner in which tneN
were entertained while AT M'siila
Park and for the many courtesles eN
tended them.a Next year the institute
homes To have q return game in Ros-
well and be given an opportunity t'
reciprocate.
Too much praise can not be ac'
corded Mr.. r. r. Brown, who plloteo
the Institute team through its mos
successful football year. rms IS tn'
first season that the Cadets nave ever
been handled by a regular coach' an.
Mr.. Brown clearly demonstrate. .
that. with proper coaching, th'
Cadets who are practically kept u
training the year through by their eN
ercises in the open air. are physlcaliN
superior to the students Of non-mill
tary schools.
The Institutes second team lost Z
game on Thanksgiving Day To th'
Roswell High school The Nadets
however. were handicapped hecaus'
their back field was carried to La
Cruces as substitutes for the reguia
team. This left them with broker
line-up and the fact that they hel'
the High school. trained team
down to one score is considered re
markable.
I-pon their arrival in special auto
via Vauahn late saturday evcnin'
the victorious football PLAYERS wer'
royalty received by their FELLOW
cadets at the Institute reguia
old fashioned iolliication was hela
The cheering of the happy cadet
could he heard an over the city
big bon fire was built. causing q iir'
alarm To- be- sent in. hut the depart
mtnt WAS net needed