Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-11
Herald Staff Correspondence


MERCEDES, Oct. ll.-Rowdyism
induced by poor officiating and lack
Of side line restraint caused the
Harrington Mercedes high school
gridiron tilt here to degenerate in
TO a pretty poor exhibition Of the
national rah-rah sport, Harlingen
emerging from the messy melee a
walkover winner by Al TO z.
"Tackling" from the sidelines by
spectators who attempted TO retard
! progress OF players resulted IL one
player fighting back and hitting
an official instead One fight
among players also marred the
contest. Much OF the trouble was
due to the fact that spectators
surged across sidelines on foot and
astride bicycles almost at will.
AS for the game itself. 1t showed
a clear advantage for the Harlin-
gen Redbirds who we're playing
their first contest Of the season In
the Valley Conference. Coach
Jerome Dutch) Rektorik used sec
ond and third string players q
good part Of the game. The charg-
ing backs catapulted forward for
great gains while the line did fine
work.
The Mercedes Tigers, consider
ably improved over last season,
showed a fighting heart and b. this
no reference is meant to be made
to fist fighting. They contested
every inch OF ground and Coach
Schmalzried has a bunch Of which
he may well be proud.
Soils Passes
Jimmy Lawrence was easily the
outstanding player on the field.
This Cardinal turned in a consist
entity good game throughout his
stay In the lineup. q. Soils turned
In some good work for the Taggers.
Harrington kicked off. opening the
game and Mercedes rolled off two
first downs In short order, @. Soils
passing to Murray for an is-yard
gain and the other first down
coming on an off-tackle play. Mer-
cedes was forced to punt and the
ball went out OF bounds on the
Harrington 20-yard line. West pass
ed 70 6cheupbach for a 30-yard gain
and q little later another Hariinger
pass was incomplete over the goal
line and the ball went " TO the
Tigers on their own 20-yard line.
Cissell paved the way 70 the first
touchdown OF the game by inter-
cepting q Tiger pass on the Mer-
cedes 2o-yard line from whence
Lawrence went over for q touch
down. West kicked point, score :
to o, Harlingen.
Harrington kicked off and Mer-
cedes made a first down with the
aid OF a fiye-yard penalty against
Harrington but was forced to punt.
The quarter ended with Harlingen
In possession of the ball on her
own 35-yard line.
Jimmy Gains
Jimmy Lawrence tore around left
end for 20 yards and then 80 To
take the ball away up the field as
the second quarter opened. Scheup-
bach took the ball 8 yards to make
a first down on the one-foot line
and Lawrence went over for 9
counter. West kicked goal. Score
IA to 0. The Harrington seconds went
In at this point and the teams
battled on fairly v grounds. the
Cardinals being prevented from
scoring as Mercedes recovered one
of their fumbles near the goal line
Harlingen had its passes working
in the third quarter. II was a pass
which paved the way to the only
touchdown OF the period by Cissell.
Lawrence's kick for goal failed and
the score was 20 to 0.
The fourth period saw lots OF
action Of all kinds. the Card first
string going back IN. Lawrence
loped Is yards for n touchdown 10
start things off and est kicked
goal making the score 81 10 0. West
made a 68-yard run but the Card
inals were penalized Is yards. The
Cards were right back. ha-lmering
at the goal In q minute but the
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