Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-25
COACH MOORE
HAS TURNED To
/ MORNING WORK
With Holiday Declared for
TeaC hers Convention,
High School viii Have
Morning Practice Daily

There -Jill be no more afternoon
football practices for Albuquerque
high school this year. Practice
will be held at o'clock this morn
ing and will be held at the same
hour next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. With the teachers
convention in session there will be
no school until after Thanksgiving
and Coach Moore has decided 10
take advantage of the opportunity
for morning practice.
With the passing of each day
followers of the Duke City eleven
view the Thanksgiving game with
Ell Paso as having a more rosy
tint. Each day the team works
prospects for victory grow bright
er. And if Albuquerque does not
commit the fatal blunder of being
overconfident victory may well at
tend.
Two occurrences have tended to-
increase during the past two days
the hopes for an Albuquerque vic
tory. First of these is the retu. l
to form of eft Tackle Wilson.
Wilson has either been out of the
game or has been decidedly off
form for the past few weeks. Both
have been due to an injury re-
ceived early in the season.
Wilson is. undoubtedly, the most
powerful linesman Albuquerque Hi
boasts. Tipping the beam at a
trifle above 1870. abnormal weight
for a high school player he pos
sesses strength commensurate with
his bulk, on top of which he has
good speed for a big fellow and has
been taught considerable football
play by Coach Moore.
With Wilson in form the left
side of the Albuquerque line comes
almighty close to being what many
auto tires are not-puncture proof.
And Wilson is now in top condi-
ton. Soreness following his old
injury has been worked out and
he is ready for a great battle. With
Wilson ripe there need be little
fear of the powerful but slow
moving Carter, ripping through for
! big Ell Paso gains. On the con-
trary, the way the husky Wilson
! is now charging indicates that
Carter is going to bump into some
thing next Thursday which he does
not anticipate.
The second feature which is
pleasing high school followers is
the change ih Center Moore's play
on defense. Moore has been the
greatest problem of his namesake,
the coach. A rare passer and
good line player generally. Coach
Moore had reached almost the
point of despair as to teaching Cen
ter Moore the all important rowing
game on the defense.
| But Thursday afternoon the
coach againr-went over the essen
tials of the rowing r'vle of play.
And after season of missing the
point, Center Moore in those two
days has apparently found him
self, He is rowing the field and
smashing into the point at which
the play is made, breaking up for
ward passes and tackling after the
fashion of Brice Schuller.
Schuller, captain of the El Paso
crew last year. is probably the
greatest high sch )ol center ever
turned out in the southwest. Ger
talnly, no school has turned out his
equal during recent years. Two
years ago an all-star district team
was selected in Ell Paso from
among the army club and high
school teams. Both the army and
club teams had powerful PLAYERS
that year. Yet Schuller was given
the call over all of them. The only
other high school player selected
was Goodwin Ragsdale, then picl5-
ca Tor end and now stellar back
field man of the Texas COLLEGE Of
Mines team.
The development Of Moore in
roVlng play is far more important
than many followers Of high school
realize. Playing close to the line,
rs formerly, Moore offered no pro-
tection against forward passes and
could stop up only the hole at cen
Ter. Rowing he stops plays at all
points along the line and breaks
down the short forward passes.
il, ana that short forward pass is
the pet play of FL Paso. A pass
snapped Just over the center of the
me after ends and back field men
nave zone down to draw out the
secondary defense. has brought the
Pass City players much of their
yardage. With Moore to break
these passes UP their sharnest
weapon mas been sheathed.
Both Coach Moore and Center
moore are to be congratulated on
the development of the latter. The
change may be the most important
factor in bringing Albuquerque tho
looked-for victory