Northern Arizona State Teachers College - La Cuesta Yearbook (Flagstaff, AZ)

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I II II to, XcL Cuesta JOHNSON IIECKATHORN NEW MEXICO TEACHERS The overwhelmingly defeat of East Las Vegas Normal Col- lege aggregation marked the entrance of Northei-n Arizona State Teachers College into inter-state athletics. The Las Vegas men played a good but losing game, and a cleaner playing squad would be hard to find. No scoring was done in the first quarter, but the substitution of first string Lumberjacks backfield at the beginning of the sec- ond quarter resulted in a touchdown in but a few minutes. The second half, from the first until the finish. Flagstaff continued to score steadily. The final score was New Mexico Normal College 0- staff 34. -Flag- a i JL 26J[ !■ o r I y - E i K li 1

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ry ta Guestg v .ITNIOK (0LI,K(;E Costly fumbles and lack of power to carry the ball over the line at critical moments, coupled with tough breaks, caused the Junior College Bears to beat the Lumberjacks by a score of 18-7. The Lumberjacks comi leted twenty-six downs to their op- ponents ' two. The Lumberjacks lacked coordination in the first half, yet the Bears were unable to p ierce the heavier wall of the up-state college and were forced to use the kick as their only of- fensive threat. The Bears at no time had the ball in scrimmage nearer than their own 40-vaiTl line. 1 : 192 6

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1 i TS — ISAACSON PHOENIX INDIAN SCHOOL One of the liardest and best-fought games the College has ever played resulted in a 7-7 tie. The game was with the Phoenix Indian school. Neither team was able to score in the first half, the l:)all in scrimmage being kept near the center of the field. The Lumberjacks came back in the second half and scored a touchdown in the first three minutes of play. The Indians scored to. ard the last of the third quarter. The Lumberjacks started another advance in the fourth (|uar- ter, but the whistle ended the game with the ball on the Indians ' 20-vard line. {£1 192 6. : ' jL i. : ' - -j£, , .£2 , ' = -£-:kjL jlj. x WT A