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Legally IllegalFor ArtesiansTo Play Football■en,Ttm.ARTESIA—It Is legally Illegal to play football In thissouthern New Mexico community—although there has been no postponement of the Alamogordo fame today or future Bulldog fames.Neither city nor school officials are very worried over an old ordinance still In effectmakinf It a crime to engage In a contest wherein physical force upon the bodies of contestants is the substance of tho contest.”The law was passed In 1912 and also outlaws hoxlnf or wrestlinc. Accordinf to old timers the law was made during Artesia's early clean-up campaigns which saw the community take the lead In the state for the closing of taverns and gambling houses. There is still no gambling In Artesia — but following outlawed football fames spectators can legally visit taverns.
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Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Fri, Sep 17, 1954
Page 27
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