Arizona sun., 1948-04-16
Au0ndale News
THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE
TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT
THE TRUTH, so HELP????
PAI.O VERDEiiti

After reading articles submitted
for publication by the standard
bearer of Palo Verde school, in
which she juggled facts by SEEM
ingly attempting to relate the re-
suits of athletic entanglements
with Avondale, this writer has been
propelled out of the peaceful den
of the Desert Foxes" at Avondale,
that truth, twice crushed by the
Palo Verde reporter, may finally
rise.
Unless the truth is revealed about
all of the games played between
the two schools, the Little Foxes"
resent the stroking of their furs in
such publicized manner as en-
ployed by the sports of
Palo Verde.
From here, it seems that my
boastful colleague would have her
readers believe that Palo Verde has
never tasted defeat at the hands
of Avondale; that she is allergic
to making "whoopee" of her win
nings-yet, never breathes a word
about her loss. Oh well, at least she
should be given credit for live ex-
cerpts of Kipling's "If." Those lines
which suit her fancy:
We have tried to beware of MAX
ing erroneous publications, but
since we have been earmarked as
battled-Scared and incapable in
previous competition, we must ex-
press the truth, that our athletic
rivalry may beware of us.
Now if the Juggling of statistical
data which shows Palo Verde only
as a winner in lopsided contests,
will stave off a hand that may be
writing on the Palo Verde walls,
the Desert Foxes" will relinquish
their challenge, but only from
sympathetic standpoint. Otherwise,
let facts be subdued to candid
mind, for Avondale shall not sit
idly by and hear only rumors of
how Palo Verde won at Avondale's
expense. We must report the whole
truth which will show Palo Verde
in her familiar, yet, little mention
ed roll-the losers bracket.
The record will reveal that Av-
ondale has beaten Palo Verde!
Witnesses will relate how the
Desert Foxes" literally licked the
wounds of the crippled Palo Verde
ties as they limped off of the field
of play back to their secret hide
out.
There is an axiom in the follow
ing manner, "He who laughs last,
laughs BEST" Here are the facts
which leaves the sides of Avondale
bursting with the last laugh: out
of three softball games played "The
Foxes" won the boys game 16 to
in their first encounter; Palo
Verde won the last two. Each game
we lost was played under peculiar
circumstances otherwise not previ-
ously announced by the Palo Verde
"thought-twisters." For example,
the second game was played at
Palo Verde on clod-hopping field
through which an irrigation ditch
ran. We did not complain about
this situation, but one could readily
detect that the coach had schooled
her boys in such arts as batting for
the ditch, and hurdling and broad
jumping in the game softball. 1t
was a case of the rabbit being a
little more familiar with the briar
patch.
Now to account for the last de-
feat handed us by Palo Verde: after
being accoSted by the coach at a
Phoenix juction, she asked as to
when we might engage in another
duel. This writer informed her that
Avondale was at the height of its
track-training season, and if she
so desired, we would entertain her
in track meet. The lady in ques-
ton gave this her hearty approval.
What happened afterwards may be
summed up in these words: the
coach not only showed up on a