Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-12
come BACK In
LAST QUARTER
Valley Title Almost Certain
To Be Wen by Har-
lingen
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HARLINGENs Nov. 12-R.
Murray. lank Card end. owns Har-
lingen today as The result Of three
long thrilling runs to toucndowns
in the closing minutes Of the Har-
lingen-McAllen battle for the VAL
The final score was 26-6, but II
does not tell the complete story OF
the Bulldogs strong hight UP until
the closing plays.
Although they were consistently
outplayed and their running attack
completely squelched. the Bulldogs
played aIr-tlgnt football whenever
the Cardinals approached their
goal in the first three quarters. The
Dogs themselves had scored On a
lucky break in the first quarter and
for a long time it looked as though
they were going TO win 60. Coach
Cowboy" Ogan's crew put up a
Etaunch defensive battle and neld
the powerful Card running attack
well in hand in the second and
third quarters.
Beg For Score
With Harlingen fans begging for
n score, Scheupbach got away for
q 25-yard run to McAllen's 5-yard
line Just before the third period
ended. The Harrington full back
then plunged over 10 tie the count
Go. The stands went into a wild
uproar.
The ball game was broken up in
the fourth quarter by Murray. On
a triple pass. he broke loose on his
own 32-yard parallel and a So
yards for a touchdown with the en-
tire field strung out behind him.
Goal was kicked, making the score
1876.
Desperate, the McHi boys launch
ed a aerial attack that proved
their undoing. Several plays later.
Murray intercepted a pass on Nc
Aliens 40-yard stripe and ran
across the goal line. The goal was
kicked, making the score 20-6.
Fatal Passes
Murray had hardly stopped pant
Ing from his long run wnen he in
fercepted another pass and ran for
q touchdown again, this time from
McAllen's 42-yard parallel. Final
score 1856.
Outside Of Murray'S startling per-
Torrance, the outstanding feature
OF the game was the manner in
which the Bulldogs battled with
their backs to the wall. knowing
full well the team that went down
was on the Skids, SO far as the VAL
ley race was concerned, the McHi
boys put every thing they had into
their defensive play.
In the second quarter they held
the strong Cardinals for downs on
McAyllen 30-yard line, 8-yard line,
and two-yard line. Gene Cox's play
stood out. With the ball on his two
yard line. Cox summarized through
q writhing mass Of humanity to
tackle j. Lawrence behind the line
OF Scrimmage. preventing the tying
Of score in the second period. Sch
uepbach and j. Lawrence were the
big guns on the offense for the
Cardinals. Walsh gained most Of
McAllen'S ground.
Fight On Field
A fight marred the game in the
first quarter. Schuepbach and Cox
mixed up in q lively affray in the
first quarter. Words were passed
between the two, and S~chuepbach
assumed the role Of pugilist. taking
n punch at Cox. The McAllen cap
tain started in when the boys were
separated. The officials allowed
both the boys to remain in the
game, assessing a i5-yard penalty
against Harlingen.
This win puts Harrington on top
Of the heap and makes them over
wfelming favorites to cop the VAL
ley b Championship. Up until Mon
day, neither McAlen nor Harlingen
had been defeated. They were the
only undefeated, united clubs in
the Valley. A crowd Of about 5000
witnessed Harlingen's last period
comeback.