El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-09

II \ game that did not have a dull
moment from the time the first
whistle, sounded until play stopped,
the Aoy. soccer team in the Junior
league defeated the strong Villas team
Monday afternoon by a score of 2 to 1.
The game, which was played at the
AOy grounds, was not 'Only very close
and hard fought but il brought out the
best team work of the year. Both
teams showed splendidly in this de-
partment, but Villas eXcelled AOy slight
". AOy's victory was due to a number
o. causes. Toward the end of the game
superior weight and strength were a
great aid in defeating Villas. Another
cause Of Nilass defeat was the fact
that the team lost the services Of Jim
mic Hunter in the second half when he
was injured and compelled to retire.
Jimmie, who plays center for Villas, is
undoubtedly the best player at that DO
sitiOn in the Junior league, and he is
almost, if not quite the equal of any
player at any position in the same
league. Luck also played prominent
part in the defeat Of Villas. On three
different occasions, twice during the
first half and once in the second,
Villas player kicked the ball squared
between the goal posts. On each o
-casiOn, however, the ball was just
trifle too high and the score did n
count
Guyler Magruder again showed t
he is the peer of any backfield man
the Junior league. Guyler not OF
showed fine team play but he was
over the field, blocking, kicking an
drlbbIng. Time after time he tod
the ball away from an opponent am
dribbled il to within few yards of tho
goal Then poor support by some team
mate would allow an AOy player to get
the ball 1t was really the wonderful
fH.r Il ,r
anything else that enabled Villas to
make the game as close and exciting
as 1t was. George Cross played a fine
game at wing. His team play was per-
feet and in all departments he showed,
very strong. Ray Lawrence also
played a strong individual game as
well as working wei with. his team
mates. All of the Villas boys showed
good team work, but had the rest Of
the team even approached the indivad
uaI play Of Guyler AIagruder. George
Cross, Ray Lawrence and Jimmie Hun
ter, during the time he was in the
game there would have been an en-
ttrely different outcome in score.
Leandro Silva. at goal keeper was
far the best for AOy. His defensive
work was as good as has been seen
even in the Senior league during the
year. The Villas found it almost inpOs-
sible to get the ball past him except
ny 4AAEEN4ll1 IL lar 1--WE MS mead he
saved Aoy number of times by fine
jumps which enabled him to stop the
pail before it could pass the Uprights
Elias Lopez, Pedro GolindO and GivinO
Avtllar, all rush line men, all played
a fine offensive game. Their defensive
work was not quite so good but they
left that end of the game largely to
the backfield men, and that is consid-
cred to be good team work
Neither team was able to score until
the first half was more than half over.
Villas came within an ace several times
put were unable to quite make it,
Then Guyler Magruder took the ball
away from an Aoy boy very close to
the Villas goal Entirely unaided he
carried the ball to within a few feet
o. the AOy SOal. Here a pretty niece
straight at the goal keeper, he sud-
denly booted the ball over to the left
side of the goals where George Cross
had come unnoticed by the Aoy play
ers The ball went perfectly true 10
Cross and with a quick twist of knee
and foot he pushed the ball over. That
ended the scoring for the first half,
and for Villas during the game. Short
ly after the second half opened Elias
Lopez made a pretty kick from very
scored with only two minutes left to
play. Aoy took the ball to within q
few feet OF the Villas goal Here a
general melee followed until Aoy final
IS pushed the ball over the line through
sheer weight and strength. Before the
ball could again be put into play the
whistle sounded. ending the game. The
largest crowd Of the season was pres
emit fully 500 school children. teachers
and others having turned out
= =
Wednesday night the MesiIla Aggies
VIII hook up with the School OF Mines Z
in a basketball game at the Y. NJ. c.
A. On their last visit to FL Paso to
play basketball the Aggies did not fare
very well. going down I'm defeat before I