El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-26

I COACH r. z. Van Surdam fulfilled
his promise 10 give every man on
the Mines team chance Delore
the end Of the season and he did
this and more in the initial aiiair
Thursday. which the sturdy Mines
aggregation Won. g to o. from the
gamely fighting Base Hospital
Van made good with the team, he
made good as the best coacn the IN
stitution has ever had and he made
good with the student body and the
loyal supporters OF the Assayer
eleven by bringing home the bacon
in this last game OF the Miners
schedule for 1890. Some Of EN- know
him well enough 70 call him Hen
dersOn, this aggressive mentor. but al
call him Van and dean s. IL Worreu
OF the state school. who arranged tor
the services Of the capable coach at
the start Of the season, is entitled
to just as many cOngratulatorT pats
upon the back as the coach himself
for the Introduction OF a winning
eleven at the school
II did not win the majority OF its
games, that's true but l. quit the
season with a victory, and with this
knowledge and sncouraEemenr can
start with a clean slate with the
blast OF the bugle next fail
Two OF the Bennett Clan.
There are two BENEFITS upon the
side by side it would not be a con-
fusing matter TO tell which is which
at ak One IS Joe in the line. a
power OF strength. and the other IS
Gene, at quarterback
One f. large and powerful. the
other f. small and ElueFy- They
nearly got mixed during some OF
the playing Thursday afternoon,
however. a. each played such a
stellar game that they command
ed the attention Of the fans and
each was heartily cheered. Sec
ond only 20 the good work OF
bennett in running the team came
the playing OF Edwards rho
made three Of the four touch
downs scored By the Miners
against their husky opponents In
addition to hitting the line for
substantial gains and being an
all around pillar OF strength to
the team
Capt Mccain handled his Hospital
in a capable manner but the pill
rollers were unable 10 stop the more
consistent offensive OF the Mines
team Benefits end runs were par
ticularlr pulling as his interference
made 10 extremely difficult 70 tackle
him. and he always seemed 10 PICK
out the end that could be turned 20
good advantage. Edwards was used
TO advantage upon the line and his
gains netted many yards. He once
chased 100 yards for a touchdown or
what would have been a touchdown
II he had not run out OF bounds at
the 50-yard line. but the Mines ath-
letic body in the stadium made Sc up
10 him by some enthusiastic cheer
ing
Hosnitof Assumes Offensive.
Period number one was inauEurated
with some scrappy playing upon the
part Of the Hospital team and it
seemed as IL the FORT Bliss crew in
tended 10 make short work OF the
Nine team.
It repeatedly advanced the BAH up
the field for a succession Of downs. /
using line bucks mainly. Ingra- I
ham and "Gesky," We viii call him
that for short combined their Of i
fensive strength with that OF Smith .
az quarter. and the Hospital boys
were within striking distance Of the .
line twice, only 20 have the ball
taken away from them In the sec
0nd quarter the game had not gone .
three minutes until the Mines team L
was within 70 yards OF the Army goal Z
and Edwards was sent over from mat
point.
The Mines got the bali on their