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GAINESVILLE DAILY REGISTER, GAINESYIHLE, TEXAS.
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print from a newspaper story. It that Brownsville’s Eagles made up
1 -Month—720 Hours—The First Anniversary
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reads:
“The Texas Aggies are three high school football flesh in state
on both teams. Because
of players
Fordham and the Aggies this sea- Eagles. One veteran writer said
been speeded up to the
game has
For the
perman to
substitution.
coaches are doing quite a bit of
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an
the strain
up a game that is already fast.
The Leopard cagers open their
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newspaper writers this week.
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Want ads ring the cash register.
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Mighty Mites Facing Biggest Test,
May Be Inspired by Underdogs of Old
Two St. Jo Players
Make All-District
Local Cagers to
Meet McKinney
Gridders Feted
By Kangaroo Club
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tion is weak or the club this year
is stronger, but anyway they're
winning games. Their latest vic-
tory was chalked up against Pon-
been doin
number ol
THE DAILY REGISTER WAN AD PAG I $ GAINESVILLE’S BUSIEST MARKET!
ceeded Verde Dickey, who resigned
a few years back to become Virgil
grows about Amarillo it recalls
another team that got the same
reputation but met its Waterloo
Dear Santa, Please bring Pickle
and me a cooking set and some
Paris once
said in his
. .Coach Higginbotham
talk the big difference
Dear Santa, I am a little girl 7
years old. I would like for you to
bring me a big doll and sewing ma-
chine. My sister wants a doll and
THE LEOPARD cage team this
season is looking fairly potent here
IF YOU’LL notice the box scores
in the papers you’ll see a long list
It’s All on Paper,
However, Which Is
Not Dependable
to Amarillo in the finals by from
two to four touchdowns. And some
critics said that was conservative.
But Tyler beat Amarillo 25-13.
der High
night.
Smart wife! And one with the right idea, too, as
any Register Want Ad user will testify. Almost
every day there are dozens of things advertised
in Register Want Ads .... tools, autos, rooms for
rent,, help wanted apd many others. Make it a
practice to be a regular reader and user of
Want Ads . . . it pays!
KIMBROUGH IN NEW TYPE OF HUDDLE— Big John Kimbrough (center), Texas
A&M’s All-America fullback, who flew to New York to see the sights and find out what the
American Football League Yankees have to offer as a pro grid career, chats with his hosts,
(Dear Santa, I am anxious for you
to come. I would like for you to put
a big red ball, bow and arrows. and
firecrackers in your pack for me.
Your pal, Roy Spoon.
into one of the best to represent
the local college.
shoes. We go to the Rad Ware
school. Nella Jean and Pickle Pres-
tage.
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HARMON ADDS TO LAURELS—Walter P. Holcombe
(left), president of the Downtown Athletic club in New York,
congratulates Michigan’s All-America footbal star, Tom Har-
mon, upon his receiving the Heisman trophy as the nation’s
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W ANTS $10,000—Paul Christman, Missouri University’s
passing star, said he was not interested in a professional foot-
ball contract at “less than $10,000.” That was his reply to
word he had been drafted by the Chicago Cardinals. Much of
his interest these days centers on Miss Inez Potter, his fian-
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are growing larger and better all
the time. More than 350 persons.
Cowtown . . . See where the Ag-
gies are going through some heavy
drills, all but John Kimbrough.
The Aggie mentor had better wire
• Sell unwanted articles that you
have wasting space in closets and at-
tics . . . phone 97 and ask for an ad-
taker. Take advantage of our eco-
nomical rates to realize cash!
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Dear Santa, I have been a good
girl and want you to bring me a
ball, wrist watch, and cedar chest
for Christmas. Dorothy Bond.
FODDER—The beautiful trophy,
presented the district four years
ago by the Wade-Tex theatres, was
transferred from Sherman to Paris.
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The little piece of paper is de- school team I ever saw.”
state race. The big Cisco machine
rolled up enough yards to win five
games but Cleburne had the fight
and Cleburne had a punter named
Seaman Squyres.
Oh, they all say nothing like
that will happen this year, that
Amarillo is too strong.
Yes, it probably won’t. But, just
the same, it makes pretty good
reading for an underdog. And it
isn’t bad reading for an over-
whelming favorite.
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CALLISBURG, Dec. 16.—Misses
Aileen Long and Eula Stinson
were in Sherman Thursday after-
Dear Santa. Please bring me a ously ilfor some time, is slightly
pair of gloves, toy banjo, coloring Proved
set, coloring book, candy, apples, r
oranges, nuts. Your little friend,
Edward D. Adams, 1730 Lindsay. !
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more concrete, and to give the
cracker barrel quarterbacks a lit-
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sids and the Fordhams laid side by Douglas G. Hertz (left), owner and Coach Jack McBride of the Yankees.
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Dear Santa, Will you please bring Shepherd spent
me a doll that a “Mama" and Lindsay with
“Papa” and a set of dishes. I
go to the Rad Ware school. We are
isn’t so bad that Fordham should ..
cancel out. Not shown in cold sta- they stayed together in college
tistics are a few little items such : they surely would land in the Rose
as the fact Fordham threw only i Bowl the first year.
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White, a
at Adamson
without a
in that city Monday
a piano, my two brothers want tri- 'Denton Saturday and Sunday.
. cycles, balls, and cars. We all Jimmy Tom Blankenship is UI
I want some candy, nuts, apples and with influenza
oranges. Norma Faye Smith.
very tough guard, are
So the
Games: Texas Aggies, nine;
Fordham, eight.
Running: Texas Aggies, 1,411
yards; Fordham, 1,250 yards.
Passing: Texas Aggies attempt-
ed 159, completed 76 for 1.020
yards; Fordham, attempted 87,
completed 31 for 552 yards.
Net gain running and passing:
Texas Aggies, 2,431 yards; Ford-
him, 1,802 yards.
Punting average: Texas Aggies,
38.5 yards; Fordham, 35 yards.
Defense against opposition rush-
ing: Texas Aggies, 446 yards per-
mitted; Fordham, 792 yards per-
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the annual barbecue tendered by the ‘
Kangaroo Club of Sherman, honor- !
ing the Sherman High Bearcats :
and the Austin College Kangaroos,
Tuesday night at Cawthon gymna-
sium.
The guest list included 12 high
school football squads and the Aus-
tin College squad. Among the high
school teams to attend was the
Gainesville Leopards.
Principal speaker for the ocea
sion was Assistant Coch Roswel
Higginbotham of SMU, who spoke
on “The Problems of a Coach." Fol-
lowing his talk, pictures of games
between . M. U. and A&M, Pitts-
burgh and Texas U. were* screened
for the big crowd.
Coach J. B. Head of the Bear-
cats presented the Wade-Tex Th
ater trophy to Coach Raymond
Berry of the Paris Wildcats, win-
ners of the district title. The
trophy will become the permanent
property of the team winning the
championship three years in suc-
cession. So far, it has been won
twice by Sherman and once by ,
Gainesville, going to the Wildcats
this season for a year.
Guests were welcomed to the
party by the Sherman mayor and .
a full plate was served to each. '
Newly elected officers of the
Kangaroo club were introduced, as
well as a number of special guests.
Just how strong the
it should be for it gives more boys
opportunity to play, relieves
on regulars and speeds
Jones was
voured each morning. That is
Coach Jim Crowley's answer to
the statistics quoted above.
A.jy. WEULS, Editor
Friday, Dec. 20th. for Christmas ‘ ----jt------
Who has been seri- Merchants Warned
On Taking Checks
AU merchant have been warned
, to be careful in accepting checks
i for merchandise during the Christ-
mas buying season, particularly
juniors this season. Lowery Inzer
and Barney. White are the two
seniors, In fact, fewer men are
lost from the Paris squad than any
other in the circuit, which means
the Wildcats will definitely be the
favorites to capture the 1941 loop
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ST. JO. Dec. 18.—Two St. Jo
boys, members of the St. Jo Pan-
noon.
Mrs. Zora Shepherd received a
telegram from Riverside, Calif.,
Tuesday telling of the serious in-
juries her son. Andy Shepherd, had
received in a car wreck there Mon-
Dear Santa, If you come my way
Christmas night, please bring me a
ball and bat, and whatever else you
want to leave me. I love you al-
ways. Billy Gene Kirchenbauer.
Eugene (Dock)
title. Sherman probably loses more
apd lettermen than any
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“Independent American family you say?” comes
back the wife, “Oh, no you don’t! Let’s just march
ourselves right in and look for one in the Regis-
ter Want-Ads—Betty tells me that she and Jack
have bought lots of things that way and saved
money on them, too!”
Dear Old Santa, I’ll be waiting at
grandmother's for you, so be on
time, or I’ll be worried. Bring me
a watch and a big ball. Your friend,
Rose Marie Perkins, Route 1,
Whitesboro.
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between a coach and a doctor was.
__„ buried his mistakes
..2... e newspapers aired out
those of a fovtball coach . . . Fort
Worth citizens ire raising a pot
to buy appropriate Christmas
•resents for the Masonic Home
team. They ought to, the Masons
, ane, _____________Tell your merchant you saw his NXF* 042,1
brought plenty of publicity to advertisement in The Register, —"P 1 -ooDa player.
took a first class lickin' from the
Mustangs.
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manent property.
won it twice. Gainesville once and
reputation - . . S.M.U. cagers take.
on the Southern California quintet
in Dallas tonight. The Califor-
nians just finished dropping two
‘straights to Rice, the second loss
last night . . . Temple and Cor-
pus Christi face each other Sat-
urday. but both squads will be in
bad shape, with many of the key
men injured and others out with
the flu . . . The Masons are already
out in the Panhandle, waiting for
their execution at the hands of
Amarillo. They’re game kids,
though, and facing the big, bad
Sandies doesn't bother those boys
. : . Joe DiMaggio becomes the
first hitter in several years to
capture the American league
batting crown two years in suc-
cession. Joe had to stage a driv-
ing finish to finish first this sea-
son ... The Leopard cagers open
their conference season Thursday
afternoon in McKinney. ‘Coach
Nabors thinks his boys have a
chance at the title this year . . .
Joe Pasque and Raymond Pope of
Those are some, of the appella-
Broken down and analyzed it tions given the burly Sandies.
.......— - One sports writer said that if
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Higginbotham of S.M.U. was the, this season, and although the boys
principal speaker: and after hishave played little together as a;
talk pictures of the S.MUAM- I team, the Leopard coach believes
S.M.U.-pittaburgh and S.M.U.- he has a title contender this year. 5 -0 vrune iuat uay gaineu
Fexa games were shown, the The locals have played two prac-i_s than ten yards from scrim-
Pittsburgh game in color. AHig"tice games. 1 ” ’ - ;
said he brought along the Aggie High, and won these tussles by
game for those A.&.M. fans who, large margins.
might be downhearted after the: No* other games will be played in . ---------------
Texas tilt and the Texas pictures the circuit until after the Christ-! tie in the quarter-finals of the
for Longhorn fans who might be|mas holidays. ~
feeling a little cocky after the!
Turkey Day victory. You see,
A.&M. beat the Ponies while Texas
substituting to keep fresh men on
extent that it takes almost a Su-
play the entire tussle
at the beginning of the season. We
yet whether the opposi-
Dear Santa, I am a little girl 11
years old. I go*to school at Six Mile
school. I want a doll, dishes, nuts,
candy, apples, oranges, firecrack-
ers and anything else you think
you can spare me. Your- friend.
Jewel Anderson, Route 1, Gaines-
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one pass against Pitt in a game _ -
played in an ocean of snowflakes, the Mighty Mites of Masonic Home
had only one kick out of 55 blocked as they journey today toward the
in all kinds of dreary weather and Panhandle and their Saturday date
compiled that fine defensive record j with Amarillo in the semi-finals of
against almost strictly running i the state race.
teams. ' Not comforting for Corpus
Not shown is an intangible some- j Christi and Temple, one of which
thing that makes winners of un- [ must meet Amarillo or its possible
3-3— —"it i upsetter—in the finals.
j Corpus Christi and Temple play
at Corpus Christi Saturday.
But as the air of invincibility
Other Old Stories thers. were chosen on the official
j Yet, for the story that may buoy all-district team by coaches and
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yesterday for another year as head
coach of the Bearcats. Head suc-
Intangible Something
That Makes Winners of
Underdogs Not Estimated
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By FELIX R. MKNIGHT
DALLAS, Dec. 18 (AP). — Of-
fensively or defensively, running or
passing—twirl the statistical chart
in any direction and it still gives
you Texas A. and M. as the Cotton
Bowl football game favorite.
Odds haven’t been posted for the
Fordham date, but a season has
been played and the fearsome Ag-
gies get the call on every perti-
nent statistic.
Paper edges hold good until just
about kickoff time in any game,
the Aggies learned rather force-
fully a couple of weeks back. Texas,
University proved the underdog
could have his day—and a huge
one.
Statistics on Clubs
years in succession to become per-
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And mind you, there had been
such outfits as Oak Cliff (Dallas)
of 1924 and Waco of 1921 and 1927
to be considered.
Brownsville skipped through its
district without trouble and en-
tered state play with- “favorite"
written all over it.
But the wires carried the news
week later than Brownsville had
____ - . .. — fallen — that Port Arthur a team
conference season Thursday after- nobody thought should be on the j
in a tilt with Coach Swede same field with the Eagles, had
McMurry s McKinney High Lions. won the game 13-12.
thesame.to be played in the Mc-, A year later Tyler’s Lions came
Kinney &ymnasium. „ . cut of East Texas picked to lose
This marks the opening game •
of the circuit, which includes quin-
tets from Gainesville. Sherman,
— , Denison, Bonham and McKinney,
including lettermen and coaches The Lions captured the title last
from District 5-AA and District season, while Bonham was winner
14-B. were present for the big feed the previous
and apparently all enjoyed both CJlci, 2auus m me Leoparas . .. , ,------ —
the food and the program. Coach has several new faces on his squad most critics say is a hopeless task - —
ET—-t-tt— -f c N it wa- the .. _..... ......."3 is a game in 1925 played by Cie- awarded the right guard post on
burne and Cisco’s big dam Lobos. I the first team and J. L. Buck was -
------- .ana, ue Leopazu cuacx peleves Outweighed 20 to 40 pounds to named fullback on the second;
S.M.U.- he has a title contender this year.' the man Cleburne that day gained team.
•" ‘he ”” * ’ ’ pi,.d iJ prac- । ess than ten yards from scrim- Wylie Goulding received honor-,
both against Ponder mage. In fact it didn’t run with able mention as quarterback and i
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Yet Cleburne played that pon-1 lineman,
derous Cisco team to a scoreless __________
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UEE, dear,” he says, “one month is
gone already. Here we are, settled in our home—
an independent American family!” “It’s a grand
a
and glorious feeling,” wifey answers, “and I love
it. But John, dear, I do wish you’d do something
about the front lawn—it looks so unkempt!”
“What can I do? We have no mower—maybe I
can borrow Dad’s, he won’t mind.”
More than 350 persons attended dishes, two boxes of crayolas, two
- - color books, and two pairs of house
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Dear Santa, I am a little boy six
years old. This is my first year in
school. Mass Fox is my teacher. I
like her. I want a little green car,
cap gun, firecreackers, candy, or-
anges. apples, nuts, and anything
else you think you can spare a lit-
tle boy like me. Your little friend,
George Anderson, Route 1.
CALLISBURG-
. - touchdowns better than Fordham." history.
of changes in the rules, particu- Such were the words of a man ’ Close critics of the game,
larly that one which eliminates the , whose football team played both coaches, officials, all praised the
center jump after each goal, the r * ’....... —
The Junior College Lions may or
may not be tougher than last sea-
son's squat;, all depending on how
two or three of the boys come
through. Tie Lions will definitely
miss Clifton Shaw, one of the fast-
est ball handlers we've ever seen
in junior college competition. How-
ever. Coach Shaw has strengthened
his first string in one or two other
Dear Santa, Will you please bring
me a wagon and bus, candy, fruit,
and nuts. Thank you, Carroll Nel-
son. 1 r
THE KANGAROO club of
Sherman staged another successful noon
barbecue, honoring the Bearcats McM
and Austin College Kangaroos, last
night. The Sherman boosters have
this each year for a
will be eligible for another year’s
participation with the Wildcats?
Buryi Baty, one of the best backs
in the state, Bucky Sheffield, the
day.
Miss Eula Stinson
By HAROLD V. RATLIFF.
Associated Press Staff
Amarillo has come to be looked
upon as an invincible team.
“Other Texas high school teams
shouldn’t even be in the same
league,” “Best team Texas ever
had” and “The all-state team."
... , * Each morning for breakfast, the itself.
to? speed t: basketball player must Fordhams have their cereal, milk Brownsville in 1929
be in even better .shape than the —and a square piece of paper. On} It was in 1929 that word drifted
" . this paper is a photostatic re-, up from the Rio Grande Valley
Texas Aggies Are Favorites Over Fordham Rams Any Way You
Leopards will be depends consid-
erably on whether or not some of
the seniors. eligible for another
year of football, decide to stay in
school.
Ballard's assistant
other cluh. Both Bonham and
Gainesville will lose some valuable
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the Mustang team were guests at
the Kangaroo barbecue last night.
Pasque played tackle for the
Ponies, .Pope a whale of a job at
center.
boys, while Denison should be
High in Dallas. Head has made a
splendid record as tutor of the
Bearcats and his re-election was
K expected, even if his strong out-
fit was tripped up this year by the
Paris Wildcats. He will have an
opportunity! to see what he can do
■ with a green bunch next season,
for if we remember correctly h
loses 19 lettermen this year.
this week • Mr. and Mrs. Horace Moody and
Mrs R. C. Wilson and Mrs. children, and. Mr andMrs..J.N
Wednesday in •
e . Mrs. Richard Mr and Mrs. Tom McGill and
Schmitz daughter of Healdton, Okla., spent
Mrs. C. W. Rudd, who has been Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Jess
studying about Christmas, ’’etty ill for some time, is unimproved, Davison.
Jo Parker. . and has been put back to bed again Mrs. Tom Binford and children.
by her physician. and Shirley Nell Stiles are ill with
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those kive Paris boys who were
selected on the all-district team
speaking of basketball since Advance men for the Fordhams
thePgamehas deen speeded' up it assure Texans that the Rams,
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fatbalet ge mbFe “brutts nanaonehvingnthnaccenerennavams when everybody was wondering if
bumps and take abigser chance on . reports that the Aggies are still] maybe they shouldn't create —
being injured, this cage gam crestfallen over their Rose Bowl other division of the Interscholastic
causes a greater strain on thefailure. r------ —a —* -L- • *---+a
heart and lungs. And to play at
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MARYSVILLE. Dec. 16. — Mr. i from strangers;
and Mrs. Paul Young and children' :Thewarningwas given byofi
. ry,,),,, mr,4 K , , .1, cials in the sherifS ofICE, UOunLY-
OfT \ spent the weekend with Attorney John Atchison, and Js-*
relatives here. tice of Peace H T Schafer, Jr
The little son of Ernest Yoakum i Several checks have been turned
, . ----- was taken to a Gainesville sani- into the various offices during the
e and nipple. I would also tarium Friday afternoon. He was past week which bore forged sig- •
Jce Moore. and a table., reported much improved Saturday natures.
1 , •afternoon. Ten your merchant you saw his
Dear Santa, I want a blackboard,1 Mrs. Janie Sapp of Duncan. Ok- 1 advertisement in The Register.
so I can learn to make my num-
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