The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-12
by ADDISON \. MOORE,
President New Mexico High school
Athletic Association


Athletic Association.
Thanksgiving day his year brought
20 n close the host, II not the greatest
high school football season that the
state OF New Mexico has seen In re-
cent years. best for two reasons;
First, because OF tho number Of
schools taking up football. some OF
them for h first time. and second,
because of the better grade OF foot
ball as we'll as sportsmanship dis
played.
There were come 10 teams OF high
school rank playing the American
game this fall In tho state. These
were; Clayton, Ration n New Mexico
Normal University. In the northern
part; santa Pc High school Senta Pc
Indian school Albuquerque High
school, Albuquerque Indian school.
Menaul school. Belcn. and Gallup. In
the central section, Las Cruces and
Dcming In the south. n Roswell.
Artesia. Clovis n Portales In the
Pecos valley. OF these. Belen and
the Normal were playing for the
first time In recent years, and Gallup
played other teams In the state for
the first time.
In spite OF the larger number Of
games played, the protested game
played between Clayton and Ration
~ ANNNNAhEklMNNA hAl WINS Wv NNAhH
contest that ended II. bad feeling 80
far as we know. This II n decided
boost for sport for sports sake In
New Mexico. This would also indi-
cate that excellent officials were OBJ
tainablc this year Too much credit
a not be given to these men who
uphold high standards OF sportsman-
ship In this typicaliy school game.
The following deserve special men
Hoo Lea NANa aAAuNAEN
Glen q. Ream. Y. NJ. c.. A., Albu-
querque, n. NJ.
Roy johnson. L. y. NJ, Aibuqucr-
que. n. NJ.
Captain Brown. Roswell. n. NJ.
Captain F1ickinser, N. NJ. NJ. l.,
Roswell. n. NJ,
Sergeant Dufie. Roswell, y. NJ.
Herman Fauber. Ration. n. A..
Leslie Dean, Las Vegas. y. NJ.
Rev Reemstena. Las Cruces. y. ".
Coach Bergman. n. NJ. A. q NJ
State College. n. NJ
Title to South.
From tho schedules printed below,
according to the dope purc and sim
pie. II would appear that the ptlt,
goes to the south, and probably 10
Las Understanding after this
Roswell beat Albuquerque.
3g-0. ~ Paso beat Albuquerque,
$50. Las Cruces held III Paso. 90.
This gives Las Cruces "A 6b-point lead
over Albuquerque which no other
team has. However. In the two
games between Deming and Las
Cruces. both schools ave won one.
and Dcming has a lead OF : points
over Cruces. II should also be no.
ticed that on the date OF the 90 las
Cruces game. III paso was playing
Dcmlng also. and III Paso's coRch
says tina what was supposed to be
the fret Tiger fcam waS sent To
Las Cruces.
In the northern part OF the state.
Clayton had the team, rat
ing about 25 points over Albuquerque.
Ration ranks almost even with Albu-
Qucrque. ms the home town score
against Vegas were 27-6 for the for
mcr. and sos Tor the latter.
on the other hand. h writer
would say with most every one else
IN the state. tina dope loo not tell
the truth Roswell high school de
serves a better rating tina "a doubt
ful second or third place, Roswell,
with the exception Of A~lbuqucrQuc.
has played a. full a schedule rs any
and ia the only team In the state
with its goal uncroSsed drumming ul
"a total OF gg6 points To their on
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their only contest with the state out
side of the pecos valley was tbs
game with Albuquerque. though thii
was true Of the southern part OF th'
state as well ~ Of the north. n
Albuquerque performed the function
Of connecting link rather poorly. du'
to the fact that the team was almos
entirely green, and for that reason
did not play consistently. At am
rate. "a game between Roswell an'
Las Cruces would clear the atmos
phcrc considerably.
In this state. so large and ~
sparscly populated. Albuquerque
seems 10 be the only school that ca
link up the different sections in higl
school football last year and thi
they have done this, Last year thcl
were fortunate in having more Of
veteran team and In having most q
the games at home, In that cas-"
they were champions. This year
with better but inexperienced mate
rial aud the important games ava
from home. they were less fortunate
They played "A rca schedule, how
ever. and played It with honor.