Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-21
brownsville, Donna
Furnish Upsets In
Valley Grid Games

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lands Alamo Heights Mules Of San
Antonio and Coach F~essenden's local
Eagles, This game was played on
Thursday, this date being arranged
by Red Irvine, athletic director of
the Brownsville schools, TO allow
Valley ANS who would otherwise
not have seen the game, in preference
TO a Friday contest. IL was a great
game, and practically every coach
In the Valley was present, as well
as a goodly number of the players.
Coach Fessenden's Eagles victory,
and magnificent playing sent the big
crowd home, prasing the team play
of the locals. And incidentally, il
opened the eyes Of a number Of
critics, who were skeptical as to the
potential strength Of the Brownsville
club.
Looked upon before the season
started as a more or less second d.
vision club by most critics, the locals
are now regarded. and r%ightfully so,
as n of the best clubs in the VAL
ley, and il you believe local parti-
sans. and We do, the smoothest
working machine Brownsville has
ever had.
Their opposition was good. Alamo
Heights has a good football club.
They played the game according to
Hoyle. but the Eagles played IL bet
ter. The difference was In the clock
like precision Of the Eagles, and
not individually.
The club is in excellent shape, and
Fessenden hasn't a mar on his squad
who isn't working in unison with the
others. That's the kind Of spirit
coach has injected into the Eagles.
and it's going TO carry them a long
ways toward the championship, and
earn for them the communication of
the local fans, as we'll as others.
There is harmony out at the To-
cal high school anent its athletic af-
fairs-a willing spirit to help each
other is manifest by the different
coaches, Connally, Plato, Fessenden
and Irvine, their director.
Coach Earl Morrison's G~reyhounds
Of San Benito. had little trouble in
whipping the Mercedes Tigers. $50.
Morrison had a number OF substi-
tutes in the lineup during the whole
Of the game.
Denton's Cardinals Of Harlingen,
kept up their winning stride, down
ing Martins Weslaco Panthers, IL
to 0. Though Weslaco Is looked up
on as a weak member Of the league
this year, and Coach Martin does
have a weak club, they gave the
Cards n scrap. Weslaco always plays
its best aaginst Harlingen. Denton's
combination in passing, Steele TO
Murray. continued to show good form
and in the last quarter, this pair
worked the deadly aerial play on the
Panthers for a touchdown.
There vas a scrap at Donna be-
tween Coach Weir's Bobcats Of Ed
inburg and Dailey's Redskins, with
the clan Of Daley winning out. 10 TO
Q. II was a kind Of revenge for the
Redskins they having been beaten
last year az Edinburg, when they
were ruled favorites to cop the con-
test.
Jim Dykes fast travelling McAllen
Bulldogs are still on the rampage.
and their victim last week was Coach
Emery Pharr-San Juan-Aiamo elev-
en-. McAllen winning, Is to o. The
Triplets continue TO improve, and
showed excellent form.
ri Jardin Comets downed Stuart
Place. 10 TO O. Coach Richey OF Ell
Jardin has a scrapping little outfit.
In Sam Lesser and Joe Biggs. he has
two backficld men who would do
credit to any club in Valley. They
are fast, heavy enough, and Lesser
IS a wonderful passer. with Joe
Biggs being one Of the best receiv-
-s we have seen in the Valley this
year.
The weather man was in a better
humor last week than the one before.
A cooling breeze zipped across the
g%ridirons. making playing conditions
better. and the fans more comfort
able. The grids were all dry. and
fast. and the rain-a slight one at
that-only helped to make the dia-
monds smoother.
A noticeable feature sof the games
the past week, was the excellent Of
ficiating. This is one Of the most
important cogs Of the Valley league.
and Chairman l.. p. Shifflett Of the
league has on his list some very ca
pable officials.
One game in particular. and the
one we saw, Brownsville and Alamo
Heights, was n of the best run
games we have ever seen. Referee
Graves, Umpire Caruthers and Head
Linesman Higgins certainly did a
fine job.