Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-10-23
DOGS READY
FOR ]. REAGAN
McAllen High Clashes With
Strong Houston Club
Saturday
lSnecial 70 The Herald.O

McALLEN, Oct. 23-The battle
Of the century for McAllen football
fans is on the boards for Saturday
afternoon. Oct. 25. Out on McAllen
high school athletic field the vagar-
les Of old pighide pastime will be
Haunted in goodly measure before
the eyes of McAllen and Rio Grande
Valley high school football followers
when Coach Arnold Kirchamer and
his snappy John Reagan Bulldogs
from Houston trot out for their
scheduled joust with the proteges
Of Mentor Cowboy" Ogan In the
biggest inter-district schoolboy clash
to be carded IN the Valley this sea
son.
Bolstered by the eturn Of at least
one man and probably more who
were believed badly hurt in the
early week tussle here against Ed
inburg high school. the Bulldog stall
warts will be a hard club TO stop.
even in a game with the machine
like Reagan lads who are IN the
midst OF a scrap for class "A district
high school hOnOrs In southeast Tex
as. Last Tuesday when Harvey Bal
LEWIS crew Of Edinburg lads ran
over the McAllen Bulldogs to chalk
up n Of the early seasons biggest
upsets and cop an Is TO 0 victory.
eleven local youngsters learned that
football is played in the field and
no. on paper. They had been tout
ed as heavy favorites over the coun-
" capital squad but found the GO
ing very tough in holding Ballew's
boys 70 a three touchdown margin Of
victory.
Those Passes
If Reagan has a passing game, as
McAllen fans have been warned. the
game will probably turn out TO be a
display of smart defensive football
on McAllen's part. The Edinburg
team COPIED its outright win with a
purely aerial sort Of game. passing
consistently throughout the scrap.
Against this shower Of losses Meal
lens secondary showed up rather
dismally. The Oganmen never did
solve the intricate air game which
Ballew had worked out with his
backs and wingmen. But lightning
isn't going TO strike these Bulldogs
twice in the same place. They will
certainly be ready 20 plug UP any
gaps In their defense should the
Reagan eleven start an aerial cir
Gus.
On the other hand. II the time is
ripe, McAllen may stage a passing
attack with which Reagan will find
trouble in coping. Ogan already
has developed a nice air offensive
which has shown spurts of polish
in two games. and with a week of
drilling IL should be in top shape for
the game with the Houston aggre-
cation. With weak spots looming
up al left guard and at one OF his
halfback posts. Ogan has set about
to correct this matter. He has
shifted Barney Jackson from center,
where he inserted Stan Ross, re-
serve, and Jackson will take over
the job at one of the halfbacks,
where he proved he was adept as
any man on the McAllen club BY
Keeling off some fine gains through
the tough Edinburg line earlier this
week. Thanking Ross at the all
important pivot-point will be John
Cronic, a big lad who has exhibited
promise of developing into a fine
lineman this season. This com5i-
nation should prove pretty effective
against Reagan
Lineup Changed
Ogan's lineup, changed a bit, will
probably consist of Webb and Jack
son at halfbacks. Nordmeyer az
quarterback. Jones at fullback, Ford
and Snowden at ends. Karam and
Hayse at tackles, Cronic and Wiley
at guards and Ross at center. This
is Just about the best all-around
squad Of which the Bulldog mentor
al boast.
Ticket sales for the contest at the
middle Of the week indicated that
a record crowd will be on hand Sat-
urday evening when the Houston
eleven comes TO the Valley for its
inter district scrap. All upper VAL
ley cities are certain to turn out for
the contest and little interest is TAX
en- away from the game by the fact
that the Brownsville and Edinburg
Junior college teams. the only two
eleyens Of their calihre In this Sec
ton, meet at Brownsville, 60 miles
from McAllen In the other end OF
the Valley