Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-16
''H|'' FOOTBALL
MEN HOPE To
TAKE INDIANS
Realize They win Meet a
Doughty Crew Saturday
But Hope to Gain Victory;
Giomi May Be Out Again.

Coach Moore's High school
football players are by no means
highly confident of victory in
the game with the United States
Indian school, scheduled for Sat
urday afternoon, at Washington
park. They realize the prowess
Of the Indian lads they are to
meet, know they are in for a
stiff buffeting before the after
noon is over, know that they can
have no Ill fortune If they are to
emerge triumphant, but hope that
they will have sufficient of for
tune to gain the desired victory.
Viewing the showing Of the
High school boys against Las
Vegas last Saturday, considering
their decisive victory over that
always difficult aggregation. the
former might be expected to be
quite confident of winning Sat
urday. And perhaps they would
be were 1t not for the fact that
Hugo Giomi, captain and left
halfback Of the team will prob
ably be out of the lineup be-
cause of illness.
RoybaI May BE Out.
Roybal, another sterling back
field man, may also be out
Roybars value was indicated in
the game with Roswell. His
booting was particularly missed
he being regular kicker for the
eleven. 1t is possible his loss
will be partly balanced by the
return of Giomi, who Is ex-
pected to return to backfield
play, However, 1t is not GER
tain that Giomi will be able to
get into the game Saturday.
Whatever the outcome Of the
game, prospects are that 1t will
be as bitterly fought, as sensa-
tional as the one of last Satur-
day, when the Menaul school lads
squeezed out 2 to 0 victory
over the Indians, after the In
dian players had booted away
number of chances to cop. That
game was all that could be asked
from the spectators viewpoint:
1t did not develop the play OF
such teams as Notre Dame and
those of their caliber, but it was
more interesting to the spectator
than many in which these teams
compete.
And one may look for the same
sort of football any time the In
dian team plays. If ever a team
reflected credit to its coaching
system for the manner in which
fundamentals of football nave
been drilled and are carried out,
the Indian school team certainly
does that. There is no eleven
anywhere, not barring Iowa
Notre Dame, Nebraska, Lafayette,
Pittsburgh or any other, on
which the players smash in for
tackles or body blocking more
viciously than the Indians do.
The mechanical play Of the
Indians, both on the oftense ana
defensively, is of the type TO
thrill even a spectator who cam
not distinguish a forward pass
from a putt, home run. Job or
nlasse shot. If they could only
carry the cool thinking nppara-
tus of their coach onto the field
there would be few teams of
university caliber 10 down them.
If they play as cleverly with
their heads Saturday as they
have proved they can with their
bodies, it looks as though the
clouds will hang heavy over High
school. And whether or not
they do, they are certain to offer
enough on the field to satisfy the
most exactlng in mechanical
play.
High school and the Indian
school have met regularly each
season for a number Of years
and have always staged hectic
struggle. Last year the Indians
defeated High school twice, the
first time 1910 and the second
time 1877. In 1921 the two
teams playec one game to Lila
tie and High school won the
other % to 0. In 1920 each
team won a game. both by close
scores.
Thus the score is practically
even for the past three years,
However, the indians copied
both contests last year and thlsI
season the High echool boys are
eager to wipe ont those defeats,
with this in the background
they will fight more bitterly than
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