Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-19
HIGH GRIDSTERS
DOWN INDIANS;
SCORE IS 25 TO D
Malcolm Long, High School
Quarter, Is Star of Game
With Wonderful Play in
All Departments.

over at High school there is
thin shanked young student, suffi-
GENTLY lean that it would not re-
quire a particularly vivid imagl-
nation to bring him close to the
"scrawny' class. His companions
dub him "Skeeter" or "Splinters"
or something of the kind. They
might far more appropriately make
1t young Eckersall." Malcom
Long is his correct name.
Coach Moore's High school foot
ball crew faced the United States
Indian school yesterday afternoon
at Washington park and at the end
the the count read: High school,
IS; indian school, 10. Perhaps II
would most aptly describe the con-
test to say that q very correct
reading would be Malcolm Long
20, Indians, 10.
A Long, Long Story.
Long is reported to be an excel
lent student. Yesterday he played
football. When the day was over
the Indian football chasers, the
High school crew and good crowd
Of spectators heartily agreed that
he had played. All were agreed
that the story OF the day was
Long, Long story.
Long plays quarterback for the
Tigers. He is supposed to be the
pivot about which the play of the
team revolves. But yesterday af-
ternoon he just about "hogged
the.whole show. 1t was Long here
and Long there until it became
Long, Long, Long. And yet it was
not monotonous, for the Long bus
mess was replete with the spectac-
ular.
Most football fans had looked
for an Indian victory yesterday,
for the Tigers started with re-
yised lineup and with NUMBER OF
strong players out OF the game,
But the High school boys who did
start played splendidly, as well, II
not better than the regulars. Then
Coach Moore had imbued his crew
with the thorough spirit Of fight
And on top of other advantages
he had Malcom Long.
Long started it off just after
Wilson had recovered the ball on
the Indian 25yard line, following
Mestas' tumble Of the Kickoff
Long drove through the line Tor
five yards. On the next play ne
passed the ball to Glassman. one
Indian was about to tackle Glass
man behind his own line when
Long dropped the tackler. Glass
man circled the end and Mestas
cut in to bring him down, lie
looked certain of the tackle When
Long made a beautiful dive Tor
good five yards, brought Mestas to
earth and allowed Glassn1an to
race across the Indian goal unhin-
dered. Roybal missed the attempt
to kick goal.
Mestas Fumbled.
On the next kickoff Mestas again
funbled and Long dove past three
players and under another to re
cover the ball on the Indian 80
ward line. Roybal made q short
kick and then High school blocked
the Indians attempt to boot and
recovered the ball. Roybal made
a short pass down the center oil
the field and Long bobbed up from
a melee, leaped high into the air,
clutched the leather and then
souirmed through for a net gain
of IS yards. on the following play
Long drove through the line eight
Yards to the Indians one-foot line.
Roybal then went over by inches.
A little later a bad blunder by
the High school team opened the
way for the first Indian score. Roy
bal booted and the ball after strik-
ing the ground rebounded toward
the High school line. The High
school boys, instead Of grabbing
the leather and causing it to be
dead allowed the ball to roll 10
yards toward their own goal line.
On the second play following Mes
tas drop kicked pretty field goal
from the 30-yard line. That was
the o .ly score for the Indians
while Malcom Long was in the
game.
Mestas was downed on his 12-
yard line on the next kickoff after
he had fumbled and recovered. He
booted at once and Long made
beautiful run through the broken
field for "a yards before being
downed. Holcomb made two yards
on forward pass. Another for
ward pass down the center of the
field and Long grabbed it for nine
more.
Prettiest Play of the Game.
A third forward pass came from
Roybal and with It came the pret-
tiest play of the game. Nobody
saw Long close to the play as
High school men closed in to take
it and the Indians crowded up to
block or intercept the pass. But