Weekly journal-miner., 1920-10-27
OPEN GAME WINS FOR NAPIERMEN; NORMAL'S
 OLD STYLE OVERCOME
lFrom Sundays Daily)
Special to the Journal-Miner)

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 FLAGSTAFF, Oct 23 - Ralph Wciland's spectacular catch of a 2S yard forward pass from Jack Bar .rctt when the game was hardly two minutes old spelled victory for Pres .cott High School today against the Northern Arizona Normal by a score of 6 to 0.
 It was the only score of the game, but it was enough to establish Pres cott's claim to the northern title, which Winslow alone can now dis pute.
 It was a close and bitter battle for tie remaining periods of play, with only one chance for the Normalites to score and that came in the third quarter. The potential pedagogues had worked the ball down to Pres cott's 3-yard line With four downs to go. the Badgers looked to be ir bad way. But the line showed ali the sturdy strength of Gibraltar and refused to give way before the rival iwarriors from the north.
 Four lungs were made to pena- tratc Coach Napier's line and still Flagstaff was short of the coveted goal line The normal lost the ball on downs, and never again had q chance to score.
 Snow Mantles Players
 The attack at that stage of the
 game was made in a driving snow storm. Indeed, the whole final period found the players bucking wind and
 snow as well as the opposing line. ! Flagstaffs defeat in a measure was
 traceable to the failure to open up its
 game. It stuck for the most part to fold fashioned football which, against
 line so well grounded in funda- ;mcntals as the Prescott eleven was a ipoor method of attack. Coach Thomas had taught his pupils well and al though outwcighed by Flagstaff, the Badgers knew their football better.
 The northmen's slogan seemed to be Back to Normalcy" and the team followed that policy with a degree or consistency that would have warmed
 the heart of Marion, O., where the prophet of the creed is residing un- itil March 4
 ! While in the case of the front porch
 candidate nOrmalcy seems to be head ing for success, with Flagstaff, play ing fl safe merely was courting dc feat. With muddy field and a stone wall defense against them. the situa- i ton called for modern open fo2tball and they simply didn't have ii, As a
 result, the Badgers tonight are lick ing their. chops where they might have been licking their wounds.
 Little Max Eschcr piloted his team like a young Napoleon. At the outset he saw that bunting game would keep Flagstaff worried, for the wind made catching punts a prccarious pastimc, while the heavy footing ul- derneath destroyed all chance for fas; or far-reaching quarterback runs. This punt formatio mad another d's- Itinct alvantagc. It could be used as threat to kick or a forward pass, and the realization of that fact kept Flagstaa u di!rn:ua, Its sccord- Iary defense had to watch for both plays.
 Flag Not Overwhelmed It is not 10 Jc construed tl'af Flagstaff was so overwhelmingly out played. Indeed, barring that forward pass, they fought nearly on even terms
 It all happened so >uddynly. Pres colt kicked off and Flagstaff return cd the ball to the 55-yard line, only ito be held for downs. Right here the Normalilcs should have realized the strength of Prescott's line, but when the Badgers lost the ball on a tumble, the northmcn neglected to profit by
 the lesson. Again they lost on downs. Gene Weiland got off q punt
 for 40 ycards. There was all exchange
 of kicks and again Flagstaff lost the ball on downs.
 At this point Prescott uncorkcd 'ts earthquake Jack F.rrrcy; got bac> ostcnsibly for a.punt, bu. double
 crossed his opponents. He threw beautiful forward pass to Raipn Weiland who gallopcd and lodged and straight-armed his way 25 yards
 to a touchdown. Two minutes ot ac-
 tual play and the game was over! The Line-Up:
 FIaus+aH Pos Prescott