Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-12-01
PALESTINE Is
DUE TO REACH
CITY TONIGHT
Visitors to Outweigh
Locals 3 Pounds Per
Man; Names of Of
ficials Withheld

IL won't be long now
In just about the same number Of
hours az one has fingers and toes
if one is ambidextrous and has an
extra toe or two. Coach Red Irvine
will be sending his team of fighting
Brownsville Juniors onto the field
to do battle for the right to q
strangle hold on the junior football
championship Of Texas.
Friday is the date set for the
classic. There o'clock is the zero
hour, and unless an earthquake or
election intervenes the place will be
the senior high school stadium.
For the benefit of the uninitiated
the high school stadium is located
almost directly in the rear Of the
high school building, which has been
repusing on the northwest corner OF
Elizabeth street and Palm boulevard
for many years.
Already the Palestine team is rid
ing a train in the direction of
Brownsville. They boarded that
train-one of the fast Missouri Pa
cific 'cracks"-shortly after mid
night Thursda ymornin, and are due
to arrive in this city az 1880 o'clock
Thursday night.
Five hundred and "a miles L. X.
Barry il bringing his green jersied
Flying Panthers to rub noses with
B~rownsville's team Of s%crapping little
demons that have gone through the
current season without a defeat and
without having been scored upon.
A compilation Of the weights.
which were issued semi-officially
late Wednesday. shows that the visit
ors as a team will outweigh the locals
BY three pounds to the man. The ay-
erage weight Of the Panthers is 13s
pounds. while the average of the
Brownies is $50.
These figures are based on the
weights Coach Barry certified 70 IN
a special delivery letter 70 the local
school. and on figures obtained at
semi-official weighinE-in OF the 10.
Gals Wednesday afternoon.
The locals were weighed by Coach
Irvine in the presence OF Principa.
Dodson, Of the Junior high school
and a representative Of the Herald, 81
the scales Of the health department
OF the school.
Names Of the officials will not b,
announced until just before the gam,
Friday. Irvine stated Thursday morn
ing. He does not believe that ther'
will be any gambling on the game
but would rather not subject the of
ficials TO prospects of embarraSs
ment in the event they might be ap
preached by omeone wishing {
wager a few dollars on the outcom
Of the game. hesitated.
The locals were put throug'
their last hard workout Wednesda
afternoon. Irvine had them on tn
field at 4 o'clock ard labored wit
them until a mantle of darkness
made further work impossible.
IL was a full-sized practice session
in every sense Of the word. The boy
ran signals, practiced passing arr
kicking, and wound up the day wit
a hard scrimmage against the sec
ond eleven.
The original plan had been for
scrimmage against the senior hig,
school team. but this was decided no
to be good policy at the last minute
The juniors are in the well know
pink of condition, and he didn't fee
like taking any chances OF injury
Irvine said.
Prospects Of some real football
weather gave added zip 70 the las
hard session, and il is believed tn
advent Of the current northern viii
further inspire the locals 10 deeds o
grid daring after the opening whistle
sounds Friday.