El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-25
BATTLE ROYAL WITH
HONORS EVEN
At FINISH
Game Forfeited Once by the
Military Institute With
No Scores.

| There was a battle royal on the grid
! iron at Washington park Thursday
| afternoon. The combatants were the
FL Paso High school eleven and the
! team from the Military institute, and
neither side scored, though the game
was forfeited by the Military institute
| in the first quarter, the official score
| being / to o.
1t all happened with II minutes to
play. Institute was on it's own %
yard line and was penalized 10 yards
by field judge Hahn for pushing and
pulling their Ihan through the line,
contrary to the regulations. The Mill
tary institute team objected to this
decision, which was enforced by referee
Elfers, and declined to play, so the
game was given to the High school,
/ to O..
Game Resumed.
There was considerable wrangling
between the captains of the two teams.
When the argument came the ball was
in the possession of the High school
on their opponents Is yard line, when
coach Van Surdam said they would not
stand for those officials presiding dur
ing the rest OF the game 1t was then
agreed to continue the game with Van
Surdam of the Military institute as
referee anu COdCA OOAU W Gil VI NAAO
school team as umpire and the game
went on.
High School Outweighed.
Outweighed nearly 10 pounds to the
man the boys from the High schooi
with bulldog tenacity and grit held al
critical moments and at times threw
their opponents back for losses me
superior weight of the institute boys
told at times and they went through
80 1Ov
only to be stopped after making long
gains of 10 and Is yards and being fire.
quently penalized. The High schooI
team was also frequently penalized for
offside plays.
The forward pass was used by both
sides. but nearly every time MAI
from the opposing team would eaten
the ball. Military institute fumbled
frequently and was not fast enough to
get away from the speedy tacklers OF
the High school team
One Chance Lost.
High school had one fine chance TO
score a good victory when they made
90 yards on a triple pass, little Cheno-
weth carrying the ball to the oppo-
rents' IS yard line. With the ball on
their opponents Is yard line Grady
tried for a field goal. but missed. and
the only chance to score was gone.
1t was the High schools ball in the
center Of the field when the first halI
ended with the score 90
In the second half it was the same
thing over again and the end - the
second half with the field covered
with a cloud of dust and the clouds OF
night gathering so dark that one could
hardly. see the ball on a forward pass
or kick, the institute team held the
ball in the center of the field when
the game was called. and the score
stood 90.
When they got back to town. both
teams going through the game with
cut a man being hurt the High school
crowd had a parade with the students
dressed in sheets. footing horns and
giving the school yell. they marched
through the streets of the city and
went to the Crawford theater. where
they hammered and pounded on the
balcony and gallery doors. giving the
school yells and shouting loud and
lcrg.
Issues Challenge.
Capt. H E. Van Surdam of the Mill
tary institute has issued a challenge
to the High school to play off the tie
at any place they may wish, with coach
Brown of the New Mexico Military in
stitute. Coach Ballewock Of the New
Mexico A & NJ. college and coach
Shipp of the university OF Arlzohd u
officiate.
Coach Ballard Coldwen of the High
school team babe his men farewell
after the game Thursday night and |
said he had been vel satisfied with
the work they had done during the
season just closed and hoped they
would have as good team next year.
The Lineup
High school-Center. Grady; guards.
Wright and Thomas: tackles. Turner,
White and Burch; ends, Lyman and
Hoover (captain); quarterback. Cheno- |
weth: backs, Roman. Kuhn and Lomax. /
Military institute-Center, c. Bald |
win. guards Long, white and Albro; |
tackles Screnson, Snyder and Ford;
ends, Bateman and Davis; quarterback, |
Kenan; backs, PomerOy. j. o. Mccoy |
(captain) and B. c. Mccoy
Officials-Referees Elfers and van /
Surdam; umpireS, Linour and ColdweH. !
til Hahn head lneSman, (