, 1935-09-24

The
Sports
Spade

THE BROWNSVILLE high school
Screaming Eagles will be short
enders here Friday night when they
collide with the powerful Donna
high school Redskins under the
floodlights on Tucker Field. The
Redskins scalped their way to q
Valley and E-district b" cham
pionship last year. and they were
kings Of all the territory they sur
veyed In this section-"A", "B" or
what-have-you.
They have lost their bruiSing
fullback. Big Boy" Barnard, but
they still have Stuart and Reed
behind a powerful forward wall. and
that spells trouble for any South
Texas eleven.
The Brownsville Eagles know
mat they are the s~hort-enders, but
IRE determined to 20 down fight
ing II they must 60 down. The
Eagles have developed an under
dog fighting spirit for the Donna
tilt which Is certain 10 be one of the
best contests on display here this
season.
The Eagles made their debut last
week by defeating Mercedes 39-6 In
a somewhat ragged contest, but
they flashed enough power to prove
that they are a decided improve
ment over the "a edition which fin
ished third in the "A" district race.
Monday afternoon the Aguilas went
through q strenuous session OF
blocking and tackling in prepara-
ton for the invasion Of the Donna
ties. They also clicked through sew
eral new tricks to be pulled for the
~edification of the visitors.
Coach Maurice Pipkin also work.
ed hard In getting the Eagle line
60 charge or the defense-one Of
tMie major flaws which was uncov-
e8Hed by the Mercedes contest.
The Redskins are double tough
and are due to win. but the Eagles
will fire both barrels at them here
Friday night.
ALFONSO FLORES. known far
and vide as kid Pancho". fights
In Harlingen Thursday night. and
that fact recalls mental pictures Of
n scrapping San Antonio newsboy
who should have been a world
champion. All Of the competent
critics vino saw Pancho In his
prime agree that he had everything
that a champion needed.
Little Alfonso discovered how
handy he was with his dukes by
thoroughly thrashing the big bull
lies who attempted to run him off
his paper selling corner at Broad
way and Houston streets. He final
" attracted the attention Of john
nv Coulon, former bantam cham
pion Of the world, who was promot-
Ing fights at Fort Sam Houston
during the war. Pancho began by
fighting his brother. "Nando" as a
l~5-year-old kid at Fort Sam. He
soon got too much for his brother,
and was stepped up INTO the tough
or competition.
Little Pancho became the idol Of
San Antonio, reaching his peak
when he fought Johnny Mccoy to
a 15-round draw. The following
week Mccoy went to the Pacific
Coast and won the flyweight cham
pionship Of the world.
He was too homeSick when he
got away from the Alamo to be
much Of a success in the big time.
He went to New York once and
fought a draw with Mickey Genaro.
but, while the big time promoters
were clamoring for him. he hoped
q train and beat 1t back to San
Antonio.
The Kid Lencho-Pancho series
saw the fight game hit the peak in
San Antonio. They strapped eig/
times before capacity houses with
Pancho winning five and Lencho
three.
Pancho is best knNvn in the
Valley for knocking over Johnny
hughes, the tough slugger who
whipped everything in sight In this
section.
Many an old time fight fan will
90 70 Harrington Thursday night to
get another look at the little fellow
who should have been champion.
The eaternfIlar If tha azffra ha,f-