Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-30

starts his second string men, AND
he has been Informed that the AL
buquerque eleven this year Is prob
ably the most powerful in its his
tory.
Yet, before leaving Fl paso yes
terday, CuVicutz predicted his
team would win. Further, lie said
The Tigers are in much tho best
shape they have been this season
and declared that if the team had
enjoyed the same lineup had been
in the same physical condition and
the youngsters had played the
Same brand Of football they are
now showing, they would surely
have defeated Phoenix,
Coming from Coblentz that is
significant to the highest degree,
1t means that instead Of facing a
Tiger eleven weaker than the one
met last year, the Albuquerque
boys will meet team Of much
greater strength.
Giomi VIII Start
And Albuquerque will not be
quite as strong. TRUE, the team
is to start with its regular lineup.
But while the players will be there
their full playing strength will not.
Glomi hos been patched up so he
will be able to start. Long has
come around fairly well and will
also start. But a parallel for these
two other players might be found
in the auto racing game. They
are like a patched auto tire and
no race driver would dream OF
starting n race with a patched tire,
as it could NOT stand the strain.
And yet, making fun allowance,
there is still a good chance for
the Albuquerque crew. 1t has been
proved since the beginning of the
season--in the Princeton games
against Chicago. Yale and Har-
ward, in the Brown-Harvard, the
Army-Navy and many other games
that football parallels love in
the adage "None but the brave"
II the Duke City eleven enters
the game without too much confi-
dence, knowing that it IS facing
odds, but imbued with the spirit
of fighting its way over all OBJ
stacles. If this determination is
maintained from the sound of the
first whistle until the referee fin
ally calls a halt, victory may well
attend. The Duke City boys may
we'll heed:
1t IS human enough in victorious
fight,
When the blood leaps hot and fast,
To charge straight through and lit
tie heed
Whether that charge be the last!
But to sink I'm the depths of De-
feat's dead murk,
As Despair's clutch grips the heart,
Then to fiercely fight, till victory's S
won
That calls for a noble partl
Fighting under such conditions.
fighting even though the odds go
heavy against them, the Albuquer-
que players may snatch victory
from defeat, as Princeton did
against Chicago, as other teams
have done through the season.
High Team Powerful
For Albuquerque really has a
powerful team this year. 1t is a
team of which any high school
might well be proud. In spite of
the confidence expressed by the
Tiger coach, in spite Of the admit
ted strength of that eleven, Albu-
duerque man for man and team
for team can well match the Ii
gers, may even have a slight edge.
1t devolves itself into a question
of Albuquerque not committing
the fatal blunder of entering the
game flushed with overconfidence.
When this sort of spirit obtains
the morale of the team is not so
balanced as to accept a bad break
in proper spirit. And El Paso has
the faculty Of getting the early
breaks. Even against Phoenix the
Tigers scored before Phoenix was
able to get into swing. They are
quite likely to score first against
Albuquerque.
But if Albuquerque fights as
Phoenix did the Duke City team
can pull out on top just as Phoenix
finally won. And starting the
game in fighting mood, Albuquer-
que may we'll prevent El Paso from
getting the jump.
Football has been proved so un-
certain this season that it would
be folly 10 attempt to predict the
winner where two teams appear
so evenly matched. 1t is only Ger
tain that being matched as they
are, with the Tigers always a fight
ing crew and with Coach Moore
having instilled the same spirit
into his men, the fans are certain
to witness a bitter gridiron strug-
gle this afternoon.
There will probably be sufficient
Of the spectacular to satisfy the
most exacting, Even though the
Albuquerque defense may stop
Captain Stanley Dawson, his very
manner of going after a forward
pass is satisfying "Pidgie" Scot
ten will probably pull off one or
two plays to bring the fans to
their feet. Carson, Light or Phil
lips may also stage something OF
the sort.
And Albuquerque is likely to
deliver with something OF the
same. If Long is at his best for
even a snort period of the game
there is every likelihood he will
stage something quite sensational
And so may Giomi Roybal, Glass
man or some other.
Anyway, it looks like a long
hard winter ahead and a great
game of football this afternoon
Let's all hope Albuquerque will be
on hand TO cheer the Duke City
boys on to victory.
The probable lineups follow:
AIbuaucrduc, EI Paso.
......L. u. Dawson, Capt.
Wilson j.. T........ Tatum
Marion .....,. l.. G......,.. simon
Moore ........C........ Woodul
Ward ..R. G........ Garter
Coen ......R. T....... Clark
Holcomb .....R r. E....... Binford
Long ......Q. B....... Scotten
Giomi, Capt. J.. II. B...... Phillips
Glassman -. X. II. B........ Light
......F. B........ Carson
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