Arizona republican., 1913-11-08
COYOTES ARE
 CHAMPIONS
Won from Prescott Hodags, 19 to 0, Thereby Laying Claim to Championship of State and to Cup Offered by Fair Commission.

The Coyotes are the football cham pions of Arizona state. They took the fruit out of the mouths of the Prescott Hodags yesterday morning on the fair grounds grid to the very re- spectable and at the same time large score of 19 to 0. In the same game they pulled down the beautiful silver cup offered by the fair commission to the team who won the final game and thereby established their right to carry the emblem of the champs.
 It was the best game from the standpoint of straight football play ing and headWork that has yet been played on the local fields this season. On the part of the quarterbacks, whose duty it is to pilot the teams through the rough and rocky parts of the game, there was at all times shown good judgment and speed, and on the part of the rest of the players it may be said they did their share in the thinking part of the game.
 But there was one blot on the beauty of the whole-the fumbling of the Hodags, who continually insisted on dropping punts and allowing the Coyotes to fall on the ball, costing them the downs, and, in fact, contrib uting directly to two of the scores. However. the Coyotes would not have needed the fumbleS of the Pres colt men to win, as they at all times outplayed the northerners and showed the better field work and general ship.
 Prescott put up a brilliant fight and lasting one, and at every stage of the game they fought for every inch, every down and every tackle. They showed some better class and i'm prOvement, especially in carrying the ball and tackling, over the game they put up against the Coyotes three weeks past, and they played as good or a better game than they put up against the Bisbee Miners.
 First Quarter
 There was no scoring during the first half, though the Coyotes got dangerously near the goal line, and the Hodags threatened the Phoenix line in an almost equal degree. Phoenix kicked off to the Hodags, and on the second down the Noun taineers fun1bled the ball, Thoman re- covering. Phoenix was then held and forced to punt, but when Levy failed
 
 on it on the 10-yard line. Peters took , yards over end. Irion failed to gain through the tackle. Peters went over end for ?, and Harrison bucked the center of the line for 1, the ball going over to Prescott on the Prescott 2-yard line, who punted out to the 25yard line, where Phoe- nix failed to hit the mark on an at tpY n6 hoI brought to the 20-yard line and put in play the Mountaineers booted to the center of the field, where the ball was muffed, and Levy. the little quar- ter for the Hodags, came near SCOT ing the first touchdown of the game He was downed after a 40-yard run on the Phoenix 12-yard line, the near est the Hodags ever got to the Phoe- nix goal line, and where they were forced to try at placement for lack of gaining on the first three downs The quarter ended with the ball in Prescott's possession on the Coyotes 40-yard line
 Second Quarter
 Opening the second period, the Ho- dags came back strong for a few minutes, and advanced the ball con sistently to the 2O-yard line. Here Phoenix intercepted a forward pass on the 15-yard line and by two punts and as many recoveries of Prescott fumbles they took the ball out of dangerous territory, where it stayed for the rest of the game. By a run over the end for 20 yards. the Coy otes once more got in shooting dis tance and took a crack at a drop kick, which failed. and the half ended with the ball in Prescott territory in Phoenix's possession.
 Second HaIf-Third Quarter
 Prescott kicked off to Phoenix, but they recovered the ball soon there after and kept it for downs. Then by long and wide end run ThOman carried the ball from the Prescott end of the field to the goal for the first score of the game. He was tackled several times, but he man aged to get away, and he straight armed several men off, making a. 65- yard run, the longest of the game, for the biggest score that the Coyotes made-Ahe first Boots" put the ball squareIy between the posts on the kick for goal. Score: Coyotes, r; Prescott 0.
 Phoenix again kicked off, and re-
 
 when the Hodags fumbled. They tried a drop from the 90 which went wide of the mark The ball went to Prescott on the 2O-yard line and they were forced to kick on downs. In the hands of the Coyotes the ball again came fast to the end of the field. ThOman went over the end for 25 yards, and when Betts went back of the line to the nuetral ten space and took a forward pass from Harri- son, more points were added to the Phoenix score. This was the pret- tiest play of the day, and the men who were instrumental in pulling it off not only used their heads, but played the game. Boots" missed the goal. Score: Coyotes, 13; Hodags, 0.
 Fourth Quarter
 Phoenix held the ball on the Pres