Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-02
MANY VALLEY
COACHES BACK
AT old POSTS
Lyford, La Feria, and
Brownsville Have
New. Mentors With
Good Regulations

Incoming football players ann
bright budding prospects from last
years elevens usually get a pro-
lonEed preseason h~allyhooing that
often brings about cases uf megal0-
mania not cured before mid-season.
but what about the conservative
plugging coaches that come and 10
unheraldedg
With few exceptions. Valley coach
ing staffs are intact from last year.
These exceptions include Lyford.
Brownsville, and IN Fcria.
Tom Duffy Is making his debut in
this section as coach and aTricul-
tural teacher at Lyford. coming from
Humble, where he built up u repu-
tation as a basketball coach. His
teams will Ne dark horses generally.
due ~ the unknown quality and
quantity OF his material. He has had
prospects out tossing the ball around
after an informal fashion for some
time.
La Feria Gets Star
AT La Felia, J. IN. Holmes will be-
gin his coavhinE career after mate
rally aiding lunch counters over
the state in nickels forked over for
4 A0AANG nA MUUFN& GNA4hNNA-hM ENINAME
UP nights composing cute phrnsaolo-
gy in which 70 couch his achieve
ments as guard on the Aggie ham,
pionship eleven
He was named nv many to myth
zeal All-Southwestern conferences
elevens. His work On the AgEie team
stood out, despite the presence Df
such super-Stars as Joel Hunt.
His prospects are stated 10 be good
providing the aforementioned meg
a~lomaniaY sometimes known as Asu-
periority simplex" does not break
out in the ranks Of his charges.
Brownsville has an array of coach
ing talent considered by many aa
the best ever gotten together in this
section. Each of the newcomers,
Fessenden. Plato and CDnnaIly, have
regulations built up on achievements
both as participants in and coaches
Of athletics.
F~essenden and Plato formerly CO.
vorted about under the coIors or
lllini. while Connally halls from
Austin, the great metropolis or SEN
ators and representatives, and stu
dents.
OF course. "Redv Irvine will b.
back to herd his brilliant charges
about.
Kitchen Al Mercedes
Carl Kitchen, Mercedes staIwart,
IN reported as absorbing panna n
Bible tactics NJ the Corpus Christi
football school. Kitchen, q Baylor
man, has IA light eleven but has lost
few men, His team is expected ~
have all the advantages Of coopera-
ton growing out Of two years of
play together.
!. u. Martin or WesIaco who has
copied championships at various
times, is back again. He has the
reputation OF inspiring THE ability
which he himself holds. Martin was
q four-letter man at John TaEleton.
His charges usually have IN small
range Of plays but they play those
we'll and fight all the way.
Caude Bailey. we'll known M n
peach "a VA hurdler, wv back at MI
old stomping grounds NV Donna. Last
year he turned out good football and
track aEgregations-
O- C- Emory, Valley old-timer, Is
back AZ Alamo-Pharr-San Juan. re
has been working under a handicap
for some time due 10 The curtaiiment
OF athletics following tine death VII IA
~ 49, ~ lAN fNTtr"CITV
school. Emory's speciality While &C
Baylor was baseball.
McAIIen Locking LTD
J. G. Dykes G. McAllen has de-
cidedly better prospects this year
than previously. MrAllen teams
have been characterized by their
lightness fer some time. but this
year a heavy lime IA in sight. Hn
has new material from upstate. good
material from last wear. and IN Cox
and Weatherford. returning after N
year out WI school. "A pair that would
grace any Valley eleven.
Roy Cochran at Mission had a fair
junior high club last year that is OK
pected tD aid his prospects on the
Eridiron.
Edinlurg coaches include A. N.
Weir. a resident of this section for ii
long span 0f time, at high school:
j. ID. Foster. college; and John Scott
At junior high. Weir has his old
team back and I'M addition. IA puntar
and passer, departments which would
have been a great aid last wear.
Santa Rosa Holds BurwelI
M. G- Burwell seems to like the
Santa Rosa community well for Nv
is beginning his fifth or sixth year
there. Fair football and basketball
teams were turned OUT att year.
Burwell IN a former Mississippi IA.
& NJ. athlete.
Billy Woods M R~aymondville ia
noted for hi basketball teams. He
lost eight or nine players ast year
BY graduation. however.
D- M Denton of Harlinren IA back.
apparently ready NJ deal death to
championship aspirations or other
Valley elevens. II he cops the Val
lev title this year. NE will have per
manent possession WI several loving
cups. Hills prospects are stated IS
about average.
William NJ. Morrison is to guide
the San Benit0 gridirun squad once
more. He lost only five players from
his district championship eleven of
last year San Benit0 wv having her
athletic field IN back of the school
fixed up Morrison is well liked by
boys on the squad which goes a long
way I'm obtaining cooperation.
Last but not least Il r.. 3. Ritchey
Of the Fl Jardin community. Boys
from The school near tha airport
turned out their first football eleven
last year. With the same crs~ back.
they arc expected 60 be materially
improved this year. Their basket
ball team made a favorable showing
also.
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