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WITHIN q couple more weeks,
district championships in the state
high school Glass "A" football race
win be fairly wei decided. Only
20 Of the 80 teams In the Is "A"
district remain with unblemished
records, and that number viii be
further culled this week.
The situation by districts is as
follows:
Dist. I. The two unbeaten
clubs, Lubbock and Amarillo, meet
Nov. IL at Amarillo.
Dist. z - Breckenridge and Abb
lene indicated. No games sched-
uled this week.
Dist. 3. ~ No games played as
yet. San Angelo meets Big Spring
Nov. IL. Sweetwater. only other
team in the district.
Dist. 4. - Austin Gel Paso) and
Fl Paso unbeaten. Austin plays
Bowie Saturday.
Dist. 5. - Wichita Falls and
Quanah unbeaten. They have no
games this week.
Dist. 8. - Gainesville and Sher-
man unbeaten, but they meet this
week at Gainesville.
Dist. z. - Fort Worth Masonic
Home ~undefeated. The Masons
meet Paschal this week. Fort
Worth Poly indicated, but has
been tied.
Dist. 9. - Dallas Tech and
Dallas Adamson undefeated. They
play this week.
Dist. 8. - Greenville beat Paris
for the title in this two-team
district. CThis Is the district to be
disbanded in order to make room
for the proposed Valley "A" dis
trict).
Dist. 10. Gladewater and
LOngview ~unbeaten. Nov. III
Gladewater plays Kilgore and
Longview takes on Tyler.
Dist. IL. - Mexia. only unbeaten
club. idle this week.
Dist. IL Temple and Corsicana
u~nbeaten, meet this week.
Dist. Is. - San Jacinto and Sam
Houston, undefeated, battle Friday.
Dist. IA. - Port Arthur, doomed
for a state title, and Beaumont un-
defeated. Port Arthur idle this week.
Beaumont takes on South Park.
Dist. Is. - Thomas jefferson only
indicated club. The Jeffs play San
Antonio Tech this week.
Dist. is. - Robstown and Corpus
Christi unbeaten. Laredo visits Cor
pus Christi and Kingsville goes to
Robstown this week.
With prospects for one Of the best
amateur quints ever turned out In
the Valley. the Goodyears, sponsor
ed by z. w. McCollum OF Browns
vile, viii begin practice In the Har-
lingen high gymnasium Monday
night.
The spearhead Of the new club will
be Whitley Baccus. Harrington coach,
who rated All-Southwest last year
while playing with the S. M. U.
Mustangs.
Celer squad members will in
clude George Sellers OF McAllen, for
mel Centenary flash who is easily
one Of the best cagers ever TO per-
form In the Valley: Dog Ramsey. the
McAllen battler de luxe; Bob Knight,
McAllen coach distinguished by the
hon-like roars he emits on the cage
floor; Coy Hill, who formerly per-
formed with Tulsa University:
Dewey Coats and Sam Lesser Of
Brownsville.
A erhndtYla a. hafr~ -w~~h~l~.A -
present. and st. Mary's University
OF San Antonio and Schreiner In
stitute have indicated that they
want games. Mo~nterrey's Circulo
Mercantil also is d~ickering for q
game with the valleyites.
OLD NOAH BRUSSO. a 54-year-
old French Canadian, is In the VAL
ley. You say you are not inter-
ested? Well, well back up and say
1t another way then.
Tommy Burns, who won the
worlds heavyweight championship
from Marvin Hart and later lost II
70 Jack Johnson in Australia. is in
the Valley aiding Art Dana in the
promotion Of a fight card at Har-
lingen Thursday night.
Hale and hearty. Tommy Is a
popular figure who can spin many
yarns concerning the rough DAYS
OF the fight game. He will likely
appear before several Valley civ
ic clubs before leaving the latter
part Of the week.
Tommy, a native OF Hanover.
Canada, began fighting in 1900 and
continued as late as 1918 when he
knocked out one Tex Foster In
four heats. Tommy fought So
times. won IS by kayos. nine BY de-
cisions, drew once, lost four and
was knocked out once.
He was recognized as champion
Feb. %, 1905, when he beat Mar
win Hart in 20 rounds at Los An
geles. He dropped the title in
Sydney. Australia, Dec. Is, 1908.
when the police stopped his bout
with Jack johnson In the l4th
round.
Some Of the old timers he fought
were Dave Barry. Tom McCune.
Jim O'Brien. Tony Caponi, Bill
Rickard. Bill Lang, Billy Moore,
Philadelphia Jack O,Brien, Jack
Twin Sullivan, Joe Beckett, Arthur
Pelky and Cyclone Kelly.
SATURDAYS STARS
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