, 1935-09-17
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AS FRIDAY, nights game here
with the Mercedes high Tigers ap-
proaches, Coach Maurice Pipkin's
chief problem Is starters for the
tackle positions.
The Eagles have five tackles, four
Of them lettermen, and they are
about evenly matched In ability.
These boys are waging O merry
battle, and the Brownsville eleven
Is certain to be strong at tackles.
The lettermen are ndrAes Hinojosa,
Jim Box, Albert Barrera and Ed
Guerra. and to further complicate
matters. Doug Farley, a newcomer.
Is making the competition warmer.
The wing assignments also are
keeping Coach Pipkin burning the
midnight oil as he ponders over
the work Of five candidates, three
Of them legtermen. The boys With
1894 "B" awards are Ed Perez, Raul
G@fcia and George Krausse and tie
others r "Scrappy" elf Schrieber
and Gus Krausse, an Eaglet last
season.
Schrieber is about TO- fight his
way TO g starting position and is
certain to see plenty Of service be-
fore the season ends.
Del Perkins and Louis Henggler,
lettermen, are reasonably sure Of
starting the guard positions and
Goro Tanamachi. a husky Japanese
youngster with plenty Of ambition,
and Don Early viii be the reserve
guards.
The Eagles will be well fortified
at the pivot position with Dearl
Adams and Raul Garcia, both let
termen, ready for action.
Billy McDavitt and Ted Grisett
have been running the spin position
In the backfield, and one Of them
win likely start at this difficult as
signment against Mercedes Friday
nH2pt. Louis Fernandez will quar-
telWslck the Eagles while running
off the tail-back post. The wing
backs viii be handled by Phil
McNair. Jimmie Strong. Xavier
Quintero and Jackson.
The Eagles have been drilling for
three weeks and r rounding into
q clicking outfit. They have been
working hard on blocking assign
mentS which should make the Of
Tense OF the Eagles more powerful
than IL was last saeson.
The Aguilas will work hard Tues
lay and Wednesday before tapering
off Thursday in preparation for the
opening contest.
THE SOUTHWEST conference
was ranked with the best IN the ma
tional last year, and 1t will be tough
er this seaSon with the Rice Owls.
headed by All-American Bill Wal
lace, setting the pace. The Feather
ed Tribe lost only three regulars and
they have, In addition TO Wallace,
two ether players capable Of an AL
American rating-John McCauley.
the former Edinburg line blaster.
and Primo" Miller. a great tackle.
Rice waS ranked fifth among the
elevens Of the nation last year, and
the Owls should have an even bet
ter aggregation this season. They
open their grid season in san An
tcnio Saturday against the st.
Mary's. a revived outfit coached by
the canny Frank Bridges OF Baylor
fame. The Valley viii be particular
ly interest In Rice because CT Its
four Valley players-McC auley OF
Edinburg. John Frankie Of Los
Fresnos. John "Leche" Sylvester CT
Brownsville and Jess Adkins OF
Brownsville.
The team TO beat Rice-if it's
done-is the Texas Christian Horn
ed Toads. Incidentally. the Christ
ians turned the trick last year and
they were the only eleven TO whip
the Owls. The Christians are LED by
All-American Darrell Lester who
plays the pivot position, and their
offense Is built around Jimmy Law
renee OF Harllngen. The Frogs lost
only three regulars from last year
nc they have lettermen standing
&ree-deep behind every position.
The Christians were in-and-outers
last season going from the top tc the
bottom. but this year 1t will be di1-
ferent as the squad Is more exper-
fenced.
Ponies, Steers Strong
Inc MUSTANGS anu 4cAdo VIII A4hC-
IL battle for the third place slot
with sentiment favoring the Steers.
The Ponies have their greatest squad
IN years. but Ray Morrison, the
former coach. has departed for his
first love-Vanderbilt. Matty Bell,
Morrison's assistant last year and
prior to that coach at T. G. u. and
A. a. M. has taken over the coach
ing assignment. he certainly has
one sweet layout II he Is capable OF
making the most OF 1t.
The Texas team should be fully as
good as the one q last season which.
was ranked l4th among the nations
best. Jack Chevigny's Notre Dame
football has had a year TO soak IN.
a@sdthe material e ample. The Steers
hnre an enrolment CT 4.500-almost
twice that Of any other school In the
conformation which TO draw ma
terial.
Arkansas, Baylor and A. e. NJ are
nominated to bring up the rear.
Baylor, however, whipped s. M.
u. last season in q grand upset,
and the Bruins have the best ma
terial in the past eight years. Nor
lev Jennings. who learned his foot
ball in 1911 at Mississippi A. & NJ,
may throw the boys a wide curve
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