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

Cleburue and Abilene are lining az
| 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 at this game
will he none other than Doug Fes-
sender, mentor of the local high;
Director Irvine, Soc Plato, Junior
college coach and George Bell, BUSH
ness man. These fellows left early
yesterday for Abilene.
Now on this good day comes one
Tex Richard, fight empresario of
the United States, and tells US in
yesterdays fastest growing daily in
the south. that in 1918 he lost an
opportunity to promote a fight be-
tween Bolivia and Paraguay.
Mr.. Richard says he went to Para
quay in 1912, along with a number of
Texas cowboys.
Tex Richard never rode a COW pony
in his life.
But anyhow. arriving in the South
American country. Richard says he
came across a number of forts, all
filled with Bolivians.
But ii 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 one Of these
wagons.
These Bolivian soldiers told Rick
ard and his party ,nst if they didn't
turn around and start back they'd
shoot them.
And right then and there is where
Mr.. Richard began to think; he
says so himself, although he calls
it a Thought
That is he thought he had better
turn back. Returning TO Paraguay
that is among Paraguayan Off
Gals, Richard says he was offered
the help OF the whole army il he
would fight the Bolivians.
Gentlemen. here's where the rub
comes in, when Richard says he
didn't like 70 act without instruc-
tions. 1t ems that he and his
party were orking for some syndi-
cate; so r. wired for instructions.
OF course is bosses in Buenos Aires
and Paris didn't want TO start a war;
that is Mr.. Richard says they didn't,
and ordered Rickard and his men to
desist from any further possibility
Of trouble:
Isn't IL passing strange that Tex
Richard. the mar who has promoted
fifty OF more major prize fights in
the United States: a man who con-
trolls an interest in Madison Square
Garden; a man who doesn't take or
ders; . man with a mind Of his own;
will come out and state that he
turned the big chance to start a wal
between these two belligerent coun-
tries, because he thought he had bet
ter turn back; turn back from trou-
bic threatening IL he tried ia pass
come near Bolivian forts?
Moral: Tex Richard is in hot wa
ter anent a heavyweight bout; other
promoters are about to 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 are being elected by q
number % Southwest conference
elevens these DAYS. The latest are
Lester B~rumbelow. 7. c. U. and
Mills of Texas A. & n.
Suppose in baseball, that If a tie
game resulted a flip Of the coin
would name the winner? It is 10
But that's the way the Inter
scholastic league Of Texas decides
football games that are tied. Port
Arthur and Main Avenue Of San An
tonic played a six TO six tie gam
last Saturday. A coin vas flipped
to decide the winner. and Port Ar
thur We are glad that are no
such rules in baseball: and the way
of deciding football champs, as was
the case Of the two schools mention
ed. is q bad rules very, very bad
rule and should be stricken out.
Bud Price. .Jr.. assistant coach Of
the Terrill school Of Dallas, writes
Us that he would like 70 rrang a
0araa IN tha Iatiav paxt xraar fer