Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-02
INTEREST IN
DYING SEASON
IS KEYED UP
Valley Elevens Said
Of Good Class All
Around; Bulldo g 5,
Eagles Meet Soon
By BISHOP
Herald Sports Editor.


Slowly. but surely. football in the
Valley, Is coming TO a close. Only
one more game between Valley elev-
ems remains to be played, and that is
TO be pulled off this week in this
city between Brownsville and Meal
len for the Valley title.
All the other high teams Of the
Valley have closed shop, begun
packing grid outfits away, and play
ers are breathing a little easter, and
with a chance to let minor wounds
heal, can relax.
The past season has been one Of
interest from beginning to end; a
season of good and bad football; a
season that saw flash On the grid
iron some spectacular team play and
individual e~ndeavors; a season that
saw several new coaches take the
helms, such as kellam at Mission;
Holmes at La Feria; E~essenden at
Brownsville high, and Plato Of the
Brownsville Junior college.
Coach kellam of Mission put his
club in the Valley race from start
to finish, and was tied with Meal
len for Hidalgo county honors, until
San Benito came along and crushed
their hopes for a shot at the Valley
title. The Mission team hustled all
the way. and made many grid fol-
lowers in that part of the Valley.
Jimmy Dykes has brought his club
along s~plendidly. The Bulldogs are
to fight it out with Brownsville for
Valley honors next Friday.
Coach Weir of Edinburg had little
material to work with. but the Cats,
with their traditional fighting spirit,
gave fans a treat in every game they
participated.
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, with Coach
Emery, was the more or less surprise
club didn't play football like they
had an interest in the game; they
were sluggish. But it was different
this year. Coach Emery must have
injected some Of Charley Moran's
liniment into the boys, for they GER
tainly made a fine record this year.
Coach Daley Of Donna, assisted
by Ezell Darby, was handicapped by
a lack of reserve strength. but the
fighting spirit of the Redskins was
apparent this year, as it was last
season.
/. 4. Martin-sage Of Weslaco-
was handicapped by an inexperienced
team. His men were willing-and
gave all they had-as a Martin-coach-
ed team always does. The Panthers
are going to be heard from next
il the promising material on
the squad returns to school intact
next year, as Martin believes IL will.
Mercedes was the doormat of the
Valley league. Coach Kitchens just
didn't have any material in quantity
enough TO win.
Gordon Holmes made his maiden
appearance in the Valley coaching
circles as mentor of the La Feria
eleven. Holmes produced a good
line. but had weak backfield materi-
al to work with. and as a conse-
quence they didn't get very Tar, but
their showing was better than the
year before.
Harlingen was more or less a dis
appointment in grid circles this year.
The Denton team Of this year didn't
look like the teams Of other years,
when they reigned supreme in Valley
circles. Denton has some fine ma
terial for next year. however, and
with the added experience of the
past season, the Cardinals are going
to be in the race. They closed the
season Thursday OF last week in a
blaze of glory, trouncing the Laredo
team, % to o.
Earl Morrison's San Benito Grey
hounds started The season as il they
were going TO run away from the
rest Of the teams, winning many
games by lop-side scores. But they
fell by the wayside when Browns
vile jumped on the Hounds and beat
them 27 to 2. They then braced a
bit and beat Mission, but Friday of
last week they took a terrible beat
ing from McAllen, 80 to II. The
Greyhounds didn't look good in this
game. They will lose a number of
their stars. including Welch. Dod-
son and Horkman in the backfield.
Brownsville has three teams, or
had three teams. The high, junior
high and Junior college eleven. The
Scorpions disbanded several weeks
ago. and the junior high has been
unsuccessful in scheduling games for
future dates.
But when we come to the Browns
WIG EsdEles lL Is nara TO keep our
enthusiasm from running away with
us. Fessenden took over a more or
less demoralized and dormant, at
least, club Of the local high this
year. He started to build from the
ground up and is still building, and
has worked the Eagles into the
smoothest working outfit in the VAL
ley. They have some hard games
in the future. Fessenien has proven
a wonderful teamwork coach; one
who knows what it's all about.
Soc Plato, coach of the Junior col
didn't have but about Is play
ers. but they didn't do so bad. The
first game Of the season was lost to
San Benito. IL to o. Their second
game was cost. 50 to o. to Edinburg
college. But they came back
several weeks later. and outplayed
the Edinburg college Broncs to score
a Z to 0 win over them.
Football interest over the Valley
is intense and mounting.
In Brownsville football interest Is
than ever before. All one
hears nowadays is talk of the Eagles
and their opponents; Of how this and
that played did his work.