Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-12
MENAUL WINS
FROM INDIANS
WITH SAFETY
Score Is 20: Indians Out
play Their Opponents But
Menaul Gains All the
Breaks of the Game.

Outplayed throughout the entire
first half and for the greater por-
tion of the second, but getting the
big break Of the game, and prac-
tically all OF the smaller ones as
well, the Menaul school football
eleven scored a lucky 2 TO 0 VIC
tory over the United States Indian
school gridsters, yesterday after
noon at Washington park.
The louo score of the game came
at the end Of the third quarter
it was the final play OF that pc
riod. Held thrice on the Indian
schools 42-yard line, Menaul was
forced to kick. Arvizo was elected
for the booting job
The Indian forwards charged
through and Aryizo was forced to
hurry his boot. The result was a
low drive which cleared the line
only a few feet. The ball struck
the ground yards in front Of Pa
dilla, who was standing on his own
fiye-yard line. As the leather re-
bounded Padilla reached for it but
the ball took q nasty hop and Pa
dilla was barely able to touch 1t
and defect it over toward the side
lines.
The ball had sufficient momen-
tum to carry it over the Indian
goal line in spite Of the fact that
Padilla had partly stopped it, Pa
dilla then rushed back and fell on
the ball, though he might have
been able to pick it up and run
it back at least over the line. This
was pardonable, however. as he
was dashing toward the ball and
could not tell how close Menaul
players were TO him.
But Padilla certainly used bad
Judgment in attempting to stop the
ball at ALL Had he allowed it to
roll over the goal line it would
have been a touchback and would
have been brought out to the 90
yard line. TO get even this much
he would have been forced to run
the ball back Is yards after re-
ceiving II, an improbable accom-
plishment under conditions.
Dame Fortune surely turned her
smile upon the Menaul lads and
her frown upon the Aborigine
players. Shortly after the opening
Of the game a beautiful broken
field run by Captain Mestas and
trio Of line plunEes gave the In
dams the ball on the Menaul six
inch line. on the next play Chez
burtled into the line with ample
force TO carry him over had he
crashed into bone and flesh. But
il happened that he drove squarely |
into the goal post. Menaul took |
the ball on the six-inch line and |
Immediately kicked.
Later the Indians had splendid |
to boot a field goal. |
-Four times they were inside the !
30-yard line, squarely in the CEN
ter Of the field. Each time they |
had five yards or more to go on
the fourth down. And three times
they foolishly attempted to run the
ball The fourth time Captain
Mestas tried to drop the ball |
across the bar. So close was 1t |
that many believed the kick was
good. But referee Williams ruled |
that It had missed by inches.
On another occasion, Chez for
ward passed to Pahe. The ball
was a little over Pahe's head as |
II crossed the goal line. but a
stride and q leap would have en- |
abled him to gather it in for a
Instead of the stride |
and leap. however. as he saw the |
ball going over his head he stop |
ped and turned to deplore the pass. |
On one occasion Padilla made |
broken field run,
lodging like n hare before the |
hounds. He had thrust off the !
last Menaul man when he Stun /
blea and was taken from behind.
Again Morris cleared the opposi-
tion, twice Mestas accomplished it
and each time the man with the
ball failed to get clean away be-
cause he stumbled.
Then, near the end of the game,
TTaswood broke through for a 35-
yard run. That run left the In
dams in fair position for a try at
field goal. which would have won
the game if successful But the