, 1935-09-15
Especial to The Heraldl

MCALLEN, Sept. l4.-lne Lower
Rio Grande Valleys Glass B high
school football race will get under
way Friday with IL teams assured
and possibly another which will en-
ter Glass q competition during the
coming week.
AT the present time. without hav-
ing seen any Of the teams IN action,
II appears that last years champs
OF both Valley and district, the Don
IA High School Redskins, Will be
well up In the running but most pre-
season dope seems to favor Coach
Criville CMIule) Browns San Ben
ito GreyhOunds. At Weslaco, Harry
Johnson's Weslaco High School
Panthers. Valley. district and BIZ
district champions Of 1888, r re-
ported to be on the comeback trail.
Othe- possibilities r the McAllen
Bulldogs. the Mission Eagles and
possibly the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo
Bears or the La Feria Lions.
Most Valley schools suffered Sc
verely from graduation last May,
San Benito saving four for use this
season. Donna eight or nine but not
including the flashv Barnard or the
steady ground-gaining Stanley Reed,
Weslaco reports a half-dozen vet
Grams. La Feria counts eight return
ing lettermen and McAllen has sew
en- players from last years Bull
dogs.
San Benito's four lettermen In
clude Howard Kennedy. halfback;
Arnold Hoefling at fullback, Edwin
Willett at guard and Anselmo Can
III at end. Pacing plenty Of punch,
however. are the graduates from the
ranks CT the Greyhound Pups, in
GLIDING Morgan. Broer, Brady. Cliff
ford, Ballenger and George. plus
Captain Lester Parker, back, Wyatt
Carter at tackle. George Ayoub at
center. Ray Hill at guard along with
James Alsobrook.
Reed Is Gone
The quiet surrounding the Indian
wigwamS at Dcna was broken slight
" during the past few days with the
wall that Stanley Reed, probably the
outstanding high school performer
scheduled for appearance on Glass
B grids in the Valley this season has
not re-entered school. Coach George
Vest will miss this line-busting vet
eran of district and bi-district cham
pions of 1884. Also 10 be missed Is
the flaShy Barnard, one Of the sec
tons outstanding fullbacks last year
and one Of its best finds Of recent
years, who Is not eligible this year.
Coach Harry JohnSon's Weslaco
Panthers are counting the return OF
a dozen veterans but has a few
holes to plug with reserves. The Pan
theirs breezed through the district
until mid-season last year, well on
their way to a duplication Of Valley.
district. bi-district and regional
honors in 1888. but the mighty Don
ma Indians stopped them short. Jim
Miller and Gilbert Swanzey, beth
steady players. are due for end posi-
tons this year, Captain Lamar
Smith Is expected 10 get his old job
at center, guards will be selected
from Tom Fort. Grady Aldridge.
Kenneth Barth. another veteran, and
Cecil Peck, while tackles probably
will come from among Art Beck
with, a veteran, Z. Z. Poinbeouf,
Robert Roeder, John Tate and Elmo
Ferguson.
In the backfield will be the vet
Grams. Melvin Wilson, Charles Fer
guSon and Woodrow Isham, in all
probability, teamed with Kirk Leo
nard. Lloyd Duke. Ralph Finchal, a
recent arrival from Oklahoma, and
Ray Cassidy.
AT McAllen, Coach Bob Fog
horn Knight reported seven letter.
men but a sad lack Of reserve ma
terial. The veterans include Capt.
Billy Overstreet, and Tony Trad,
ends: Jack Rucker. center; Johnny
Harrod and Clyde Smith. backs;
Claude Bedinghaus, tackle; and Les
ter Kolberg. guard. The Bulldogs
ended up second In the Class b VAL
ley grind under Knight last sea-
SON, his first year az head coach. he