Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-02

It may be o bad way 70 start tho
New Year, but we extend sincere
sympathy 10 Riegels, California
center, who ran 10 yards in
the wrong direction yester-
terday after he had re-
covered u Tech tumble.
Years to come this
man will be pointed
to in same catego-
~ AZ Fred Mer-
kle OF base
ball history.
They call him "Father" Lumpkin
why, we do not know. But this
much we know that Roy [Father)
Lumpkin, Dallas. Texas. boy. showed
$4,000 people in Rose Bowl, PaSa-
dena, CAL, yesterday afternoon just
why he is proclaimed one OF the
greatest backs that ever donned q
gridiron suit. Lumpkin and his
mates Of Georgia Tech romped on
the University az California, = 70 2
in what was regarded as tho most
spectacular, thrilling football game
ever staged on the coast.
Lumpkin Is a former star Of the
Oak Cliff high school of Dallas, 1925
and 1926. Along with "Stumpy"
Thomson, Mizell end other Tech
backs CALIFORNIA; Golden Bears were
struck midrift by the Golden lorna
do and took the count II was not
until the hast quarter that the Bears
were able to score, and that on q
forward pass. Tech outplayed Call
ifornia in all but the last period,
and thereby added prestige to the
southern brand Of football, for this
game just about determined the
championship 81 the United States.
Radio OF the game
did a good Job, too. For instance,
in case you didn't listen in, would
call the huddle system Of the Tech
eleven the crap shooting forma-
tlon," and "the Tornado II now in
the land Of milk and honey" etc.
But when this turned the
mike over to someone else during
the last quarter-you could very
easily tell that he had spent his
life along the II Of one thor
orouEhfare in California. He said.
among other things that he had
always believed, and heard, that the
southern players were slow. and
their language long drawn out. hut
was convinced henceforth that the
southern players were heads and
shoulders above the average play
ers in both action and speech.
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A recent issue Of the Sporting
News has this story:
"Ten years ago, Grover Cleveland
Alexander shuffled his way into the
big push az the world war. no more
disturbed than he since has been
when called upon TO do mound duty
in the National league. Alexander
was known as zone of those funny
guys" 70 members Of his outfit in
the A. z. =.
"Once Alex, an artilleryman then.
found an old German hand axe near
a rest camp. lie plodded through
the camp shouting make way fer
George Washington and his Ratchet
While Alex was q company clown,
one Of the biggest laughs Of the
outfits experience in France was at
his w expense. Alexis French re-
quest for a can Of jam was misin-
terpreted and he received a can Of
glue. It is said he did not discover
the mistake until he began to spread
Il on several hunks OF bread he had
boarded for a feast"
New Years Day marked the Off
cial closing OF the football season.
California Georgia Tech and South
west Conference.-The Six Conference
games brought to a close one OF the
most interesting college seasons III
history. In Valley the season has
been off since Friday. January 21.
when Brownsville defeated DePaul
Academy OF Chicago for intersec-
tional honors. II has also been a
most interesting season in this part
Of the state among the high schools:
especially 80 IL this true or the lo-
cal high club. After being in "A lcth-
2rgy for a couple Of seasons. the
Eagles finally found themselves I'M
der Doug Fessenden and swept ev-