Phoenix tribune., 1920-10-16
HIGH HONORS WON
BY COLORED boy
IN FOOTBALL GAME

Superior knowledge of the game.
greater tonnage and a seemingly nev-
erending String of substitutes were
the three factors that combined to
Agive the Alumni 13 to 6 victory over
the Phoenix Coyotes in the opening
football struggle of the season at East
Lake park last week 1t was a game
Of many features, sparkling end runs,
/ brilliant broken field running and
hard smashes through the line, com
bining with frequent attempts at the
basketball style of play to give root
ers real afternoon of action.
Alumni hopes for one sided vic
tory were early exploded by the stone
wall defense of their less experienced
and lighter opponents and an offense
that was as effective as it was sur
prising. In fact for a few minutes
during the first period it looked all
/ Coyote. A well-sustained drive swept
the Alumni off their feet, carried the
/ Lall into the very shadows of their
goal and then across the lime-white
mark for the first counter of the game.
That was enough for half a dozen
of the old-timars, who wearied per-
ceptibly under the terrific driving
power of the high school machine.
Substitutes went into the game in a
procession-almost steady stream,
| it seemed
Freshened by the appearance of so
many new players. the Alumni took a
decided brace, began rushing the ball,
and before the half was completed
had showed two men across for touch
downs.
Coach Robinson's men had at least
half a dozen excellent scoring chances,
but after their first launch across the
goal line. seemed to lack the driving
power needed to put across another
marker. Twice during the last half
the Coyotes were within their oppo-
nents' ten-yard line, only to lose the
ball on downs or on attempts to use
the forward pass. Three other times
they were within the twenty-yard line.
The excessive heat, however,
worked a greater disadvantage to the
high school players than to the Alum
nj, primarily because Coach Robinson
did not have half enough substitutes
to keep pace with the changes made
by the stars of days gone by Nearly
three full teams were employed by
the veterans to score their victory.
At rushing the ball the Coyotes
suffered little in comparison to the
Alumni. At open style of play they
were far superior, successfully launch
ing half-dozen forward passes. One
was intercepted and probably 10 were
grounded. The Alumni failed to make
connections once at the ball-heaving
style.
Coach Robinson introduced to Phoe-
nix fans colored youth named Rosser
who in line plunging ability excels
anything turned out at the local school
in seasons.
Rossers work in the opening game
his first in interscholastic circles
was easily the outstanding feature,
especially from the Coyote standpoint.
His line-plunging was equally as bril-
liant as that of Peters for the Alumni.
He hits the line low and hard, picks
his holes readily and is not easily
thrown. He plowed for yards time af-
ter time yesterday with two or three
tacklers at his side He's a hard
man to stop, forms fairly good inter-
ference for his backs and is in the
game every minute. fighting for every
inch of ground. But his offensive
work was no more brilliant than his
defensive play. He was in every
scrimmage, it seemed, invariably stop
ping the opposition before or after it
had plowed through the line.
Gilliland, captain and JOY, half
backs, shared honors with Rosser
from Coyote standpoint 1t is Gil
liland's brilliant dash around end that
put the ball in scoring position in the
first quarter. Rosser then plowed
through guard for touchdown on the
first play.
Peters, captain of the Alumni; Lyall,
Duncan, Corpstein and Corral played
good ball for the veterans.
If clothing prices are really coming
down the country will avoid an awful