Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
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Blu Bishop Clements.

Cleburne and Abilene are lining w
today for a game, upon the outcome
Of which q great deal depends on
which club will win the state high
school football championship. And
among the spectators mt this game
will be none other than Doug Fes-
sender, mentor Of the local high;
Director Irvine, Soc Plato, Junior
college coach and George Bell, bust
ness man. These fellows left early
yesterday for Abilene.
Now on this good day comes one
Tex Richard. fight emprcsario of
the United States, and tells US IN
Yesterdays fastest growing daily IN
the south. that in 1913 he lost an
opportunity 70 promote a fight be-
tween Bolivia and Paraguay.
Mr.. Richard says he went 70 Para.
quay in 1912. along with q number Of
Texas cowboys.
Tex Richard never rode a COW pony
IN his life.
But anyhow. arriving in the South
American country. Rickard says he
came across a number Of forts. all
filled with Bolivians.
But il seems that during the IN
term Of getting TO these Bolivians
a number Of wagon teams had Joined
Tex's outfit.
And Richard didn't say so, but he
was safely %ensconced in of these
wagons.
These Bolivian soldiers told Rick
ard and his party mat # they didn
turn around and start back they'd
shoot them.
And right then and there II where
Mr.. Richard began 70 think; he
says 50 himself. although he calls
it, a Thought
That is he thought he had better
turn back. Returning TO Paraguay
that " among Paraguayan Off
cials, Richard says he was offered
the help Of the whole army IL he
would fight the Bolivians.
Gentlem-n. here's where the rub
comes IN. Ehsn Richard saws he
didn't like 20 act without instruc-
tions. ID ems that he and his
party were orking for some syndi-
cate; so , wired for instructions.
or course s bosses in Buenos Aires
and Paris didn't want to start a war;
that il Mr.. Richard says they didn't.
and ordered Rickard and his men 70
desist from any further possibility
Of trouble.
Isn't ID passing strange that Tex
Richard, the man who has promoted
fifty or more major prize fights in
the United States; y mar who con
trolls an interest IN Madison Square
Garden. a man who doesn't take or
ders; n man with a mind Of his own;
will come out and state that he
turned the big chance to start a war
between these two ~belIirerent coun-
tries. because he thought he had bet
ter turn back; turn back from trcu-
bic threatening II he tried to pass
or come near Bolivian forts?
Moral: Tex Richard is in hot wa
ter snent a heavyweight bout; other
promoters are about 70 steel his
thunder; he has got o do something
sensational. Did he?
Well. he got his name on the
front pages OF the newspapers.
Captains arc being elected hy a
number of Sorthwe est conference
eIeyens these DAYS. The latest are
Lester Brumbelop, r.. &. L. and
Mills Of Texas - 8 w.
Suppose in baseball, that If q tie
game resulted a flip OF the coin
would name the winner? n "a u
laugh! But that's the way the Inter.
scholastic league Of Texas decides
football games that are tied. Por,
Arthur and Main Avenue of San An
tonic played a six 70 six tie game
last Saturday. A coin vas flippst
70 decide the winner. and Port Ar.
thur won. We arc glad that ere M
such rules IN baseball: and the way
CT deciding football champs. a. ~a7
the case IF the two schools mention.
ed. y . bad rule-a very. very bsd
rule and should he stricken out.
Bud Price. r.. assistant coach ~
the Terrill school Of Dallas, writes
~ that he would like 10 arrange a
game in the Valley next year fo-