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? THE EDNA tiifiALD
The Crying Towel
BY COY WHITE
The Cobras of Industrial are the new champs! They
beat a good ball club to claim the District 27A title and
bring Jackson County its only football championship of
the 1951 season. The chief says this writer will go to
El Campo this afternoon to watch the Cobra-Hondo Owl
bi-district engagement. Believe it or not, that's a break
that most country weekly newsmen seldom get on any
given Thursday afternoon (press day). But the boss
twisted my arm.
The Owls may be a little tough. Some time ago they
were perennial winners in their loop. They may be
storming back for another round of championships, but
it is at least one man’s opinion that the lads of Coach
I; Wendel are capable of taking care of themselves.
These kids can not only make the breaks^ but the Cobras
are quick to grab every opportunity. They could very
well go all the way, and could have the bi-district crown
on their heads by the time this is read.
COWBOY GRID BOOK IS CLOSED
As far as the Cowboys are concerned, the grid sea-
son is a closed book. And the story didn’t have such a
happy ending. But now Aubrey Stallings will turn the
local sportslight on basketball. Perhaps the cagers will
have a better season than the Cowboy gridders. The
material looks good at this point.
And speaking of Stallings, the mentor informed this
department that A. J. Peters, Tommy Sowders, and H. M.
C’rabb were eleqted tri-captains of the B-team at the
close of the schedule. The coaeher praised these three
lads for their splendid spirit and highly endorsed the
choices, which were made by the tri-captains’ mates.
WE’RE JUSTLY PROUD OF OUR BAND
The show put on by the Cowboy Band last Thurs-
day night was a jim-dandy. Yours truly was particular-
ly proud of our musical outfit, since the kids thoroughly
outclassed my old friends of the Beeville Trojan Band.
The youngsters seemed to be out to whip the Trojan
Band just as bad as the Trojans lashed the Cowboys on
the gridiron. They did just that, thereby pumping up
The Crying Towel’s ego no little.
, i Erector R- J- Kluge and his band members are to
be heartily commended for the spirit and color they have
created during an otherwise rather disheartening foot-
ball season. All Jackson County should be proud of the
Cowboy Band. They are constantly publicizing and manu-
facturing good will for the rest of us while we have our
neads buried in the sand of personal gains.
e ?-T to the point that every time I see a pair
of white chaps I feel like tipping my hat.
THE SPIRIT IS STILL THERE
You can t chill that old Edna football spirit. I noted
riday night that although the Cowboys were already
thoroughy whipped by the Trojans at the time, every
fan to a person got on his feet as the Cowpokes returned
to their kickoff posts after racking up their onjy touch-
down ot the evening. That’s the same kifld of spirit I
remember Edna having when the Cowboys were beating
everybody else’s ears down. And we’ll return to those
prosperous times again.
JUST WRINGING IT OUT
That wasn’t a scoring record for the Edna-Beeville
def1 e8t hUk ltfledrPthe albtime mark. The Cowboys were
?rojans bY an identical score (39-7) in
in record over the Trojans was recorded
,9!3b’ the locals were 37-7 winners in the an
schools aft1Cr‘nli d Bob.1.Moore- K°nial superintendent of
® at Goliad, calling on this department Friday,
thtrL mit)ffP0 rfte+rv,the C0bra'Badger affair in order
that he might certify the circuit champion early Satur-
day morning at Austin . . . Trickiest Saturday morning
headline: Jank a Tank in Goliad Win.” Truer words
have never been uttered. Allen Jank is one of the great-
est running backs in Class A football of South Texas
but he s only with a fourth-place club. The Tigers spot-
rtav Y.orhtowr| ® Wildcats to a 14-13 half-time dead Fri-
ay night and then turned Jank loose, lie rattled off 21,
40, and 64-yard touchdownfrips in the last half and
scored one of the other two TD’s. My'younJ Go1”ad
riend is deserving ot recognition. Attention, you college
coaches, he’s a senior. ietfe
Cobras Outscore Karnes City
To Win District 27A Honors Here
Thursday, November 22, 195
man had picked up nine for ihe
Badgers. But again a fumble
streak hit both tei(ms. Norman
Norman Hamilton recovered Har-
per’s rniscue and then the Badgers
regained possession when Jesus
uud paved the way for
Tl>.
Duplicating their earlier feat,
Hall shot a long one to Lyssy for 33
yards Jifrid a counter. Harper chunk-
ed to Smith for the extra point, and
Indians
Finish Third
In 27A Race
Tidehaven
Cops 30-B Title
Tidehaven Friday night copped
the District 30-B grid champion-
ship by soundly spanking the Ilal-
lettsville Bnijhmas, 43-13.
Charles Driscoll scored twice,
and Km 11 Silva, Kay McShane, Car-
los Vacek, Henry Day, Charles
Black, and Leo Orsak all tallied
for the Tigers.
Charles Been and George Gillata
accounted for the dosers’ scores.
Watch yaw Wallet.
But most
imporrant
jWypzof 0,1 watch
The Maroon and Silver Cobras
of Industrial Consolidated High
School are the new champions of
District 27A.
Coach I. C. Wendel's lads
climbed on the throne of the re-
cently revamped loop in Edna Fri-
day night by downing the Badgers
of Karnes City, 20 to 13.
Both clubs entered the final af-
fray undefeated In district eompe-
tiiion, but the Cobras unleashed a
terrific power game spearheaded by
a poisonous cross-buck to whittle
the edge off a scrimpy Badger crew
that made a game of it right up to
the hilt. A capacity crowd braved
hiy winds to witness the classic
staged between the Jackson Coun-
ty eleven and last year’s chujm-
l'ions of a higher bracket. The
tilt wound up Karnes City’s first
season in 27A. The Badgers
operated in the some circuit with
Class AA Edna (lowboys prior to
the recent Interscholastic League
sliukeup which put then in Class
A company.
With Jackson County's other two
schoolboy grid teams, the Edna
Cowboys and the Oanado Indians,
moving up their respective engage
“•cuts to Thursday night to make
way for the big tussle between the
Cobras ant! Badyers, the spotlight
was turned on Edna, where the
event was brought in order to ac-
commodate the crowd. Fans from
throughout the district flocked here
to support their favorite.
A fumble on the opening kick-
off proved to be the back-breaker
for the Badgers. The hobbled boot
wus recovered by the Cobras and
on second down they racked up
the first touchdown. The IVen
dolmen were never headed after
that.
The champs were crowded in the
second period when the Budgers
notched six points, but in the third
quarter the let(d was widened to
11-0. Early in the last canto the
Cobras were out front, 20 to 6.
The Budgers pulled up within
shooting distance with seven points
late in the game, but could get no
Itloser yis the Cobras mainlined
possession of the pigskin the rest
of ihe way.
It was Neil Hoskins who pounc-
ed on the tale-telling opening
fumble on the Badger 25. Ronnie
McFeron picked up nine yards a>id
then Hoskins pranced the remain-
ing 10 yards for the TD. Bubba
DeAtley slammed his place-kick
between the uprights, and the
Cobras had the all-important seven
points that decided the game.
A blocked punt lead to the
Badgers’ first taflly. Charles Hall,
Kurnes City end, broke through to
block the kick and recovered on
the Cobra 18-yard line. On the
first play from scrimmage, Jerry
Smith rambled for a touchdown.
Sam Harper attempted to rush
across woth the extra point-after
but he was Infilled down and KVIS
clung to a one-point lead.
The Vanderbilt boys followed
with a crushing drive that carried
from their own 44 to the Badger
two-yard stripe, hut a gallant
Karnes City stand staved off the
lliruNi in the shadow of the goal
posts. The hi {11 went over on the
'wo, and after Smith had gained
I wo, the Badgers quiek-kickwl a
beauty that put the Cobras on their
own It) and got Coach Boss John-
son’s cohorts out of a tight spit.
J. I'. Pruitt, talented Cobru
quarterback, put bis mates on their
way to another score as' the sec-
ond halt opened when he recovered i * -- - ----
another costly Badger fumble on the', , »r0m ,he sixtl1’ 8eventh
Karnes City 30-yard line. Ernest ‘ ‘ grades will not weigh
THE CHAMPION COBRAS!
INDUSTRIAL (20) KARNES CITY (13)
4UJ' Yards gained rushing * 157
“ Yards gained passing 84
Net yards gained 238
First downs 7
5 Passes attempted n
” Passes completed 5
3 Passes intercepted by 2
^ Fumbles lost 4
I® Punting average 33
Yards lost penalties 25
Cowboys Drop Last Game
To Second-Place Trojans
BEEVILLE WINS ONE!
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the* count was Cobras 20, Badgers
13.
The Cobras, afier reeling off three
first downs, were threatening at the
final whistle. A back-field-in-mo-
tion infraction set them back
. . r ------ Duiacuuu *s(*[ rnern har*k nn
Quintero piled on McFeron’s bobble, the Badger Ui after they had gain-
aad paved the way for the final fed the ll-yijrd line. Ronnie Z
Feron gained back the five yards,
but tile bull went over to the Badg-
ers seconds before the game ended,
and the Cobras were declared 1951
champions of District 27A.
The Cowboys wrapped up one
of the most dismal seasons in his-
tory of Edna football Thursday
night, when ihe Blue and White
clads dropped a 7-39 District 30AA
decision to the Beeville Trojans
before a meagre homecoming crowd
scattered over the Edna spacious
stands.
It wy£ the ninth defeat in ten
starts for the Cowpokes, who
two weeks ago posted their lone
win of the grid season over the
I’ort Lavaca Sandcrabs.
The age-old annual last-game tus-
sle marked the end of the liue for
eight senior Cowboys who bowed
out of schoolboy football fighting
their hearts out for a cause that
was lost from the very beginning.
The visitors stored 13 points be-
Yards gained rushing
Yards gained passing
Net yards gained
First downs
Passes attempted
Passes completed
Passes intercepted by
Fumbles lost
Puntng average
Yards lost penalties
BEEVILLE (39
367
Quinn ran him a close race. Le-
sak, Cunningham, Campbell and
Curlee sparked the defense, u)id
Sowell closed out his schoolboy
grid career with his best game of
The Ganado Indians have salted
away their cleats ami pads for the
1951 grid seiBon, finishing tile Dis-
trict 27-A race la third place.
Coach Torn Talley's Redmen
cinched their spot in the standings
Thursday night by shipping a 20-7
defeat on the Palacios Sharks.
QuaiVorlmek AJex( |Lopez engi-
neered tlm Redmen to two third
quarter score and polished off the
evening by shooilng an 18-yard
touchdown pass to end Harold
Long in the fourth period.
The Sharks tallied first and held
a 7-0 lead at the intermission. A
31-yard aerial from Lopez to DiJve
Fowler and Lopez' extra point
run gave the Indians a 7-7 tie in
Lamar Wins But
Bay City Beats
Birds First Time
Bay City’s Black Cats trimmed
Ihe El Campo Risebirds, 27-0, in
Bay City Friday night for their
iirst win over the Ricebirds in seven
yea i s.
It was a District 26AA game,
but had no bearing on the loop
race. The Black Cats Injd ouly one
smear on their record, but that was
a 7-13 loss to Lamar Consolidated
some time ago which cost them the
district pennant.
--0-
ihe season.
But it remains for some of the
youngsters to leave a spark of hope
for next year in the hearts of Cow-
boy partisans. Among this group
were a couple of little half-pints,
Everard McWowell and Tommy
Sowders, as well us the 180-pound
Douglifc Tinker, who played a bang
up game at his wing post.
From their performance in the
season finale, Larry Shook, 185-
pound buck, Bobo Wiegand and
Xlayard Sowell will he welcome re-
turns next fall.
Towering Wendell Baker, an all-
district end last year, wound up his
roof caved in during the fast imriod” "“7 g,'kl ckwr " a
as the visitors added three more ‘“te 1,111 ,0 draw llim,,rs' He
TD’s.
fore the Cowboys were aide to gel
their mitts on tjje pigskin, and
James Denard, one of the Cowpokes
who w4* wearing KHS satins for
the last time, racked up the only
yardage gained for the homelings
during the first quarter.
With Freshman Billy Baker and
Senior Jimmy Walls hearing the
major load of the Trojan offense,
the Beevillians notched their third
touchdown in the second quarter,
to make it 20-0 before die mid-
w;,^- point.
With tlie Cowboys digging in,
they battled the Trojans to a stand-
still ill tlie third period, hut the
Humble to Air
Two SW Games
Saturday Humble Oil & Re-
fining Co. will broadcast to footbi |1
the third quarter. Then they were fans in tlle Southwest two Confer-
ahead when Harvev Ashford nlnmr. 10IK'U Sames expected to be cram-
ahead when Harvey Ashford pliuig- once games expected to be crarn-
ed over from the three yard line. me<1 vvith excitement from begin-
The Indiijns had control of the hall
for most of the third stanza.
The victory gave the Ganado
team a 4-2 record in the district.
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Industrial Thanks
Edna For Field Use
The trustees of the Industrial
Cousolldatedd Schools, Supt. It.
E. Morris, Coach 1. C. Wendel,
Coach C. E. Massey, the Cobras
and the patrons of the Industrial
Schools take this means of extend-
ing their sineerest thanks to the
Edna School Trustees, Supt. Oscar
Bounds and all connected with the
schools for the very generous and
sportsman like offer in making Ed-
na Memorial Stadium available to
the Cobras for the district cham-
pionship football game last Friday
night. They also wish to thank
everyone for (he splendid coopera-
tion in making all the necessary
preparations for the game.
—*-0--
El Campo to Have
Midget Rice Bowl
Grid Game Dec. 1
El Ci^uipo will stage its first an-
anal Midget Itlce Bowl football game
on Saturday night. Dec. 1.
Tlie opposing teams for tlie Jny-
oee-sppnsored contest will be the El
Campo and Texas (Jity juniors. Tlie
ning to end. The Rice Owls in-
vade Ft. Worth to meet the TCU
Horned Frogs in a crucial tilt,
while the Baylor Bears, with ouly
one Conference defeat on record,
takes on the SMU Mustangs in
Waco.
Lamar defeated West Columbia,
33-0 to wrap up the title Friday
night.
It was in the final stages of tha
game, however, that Coach Albert
Thurmond’s hijds pulled themselves
up by the boot straps and drove 40
yards for their touchdown, to
stave off a threatened white-weteh-
iug.
To a man, the Cowhands who
were bowing out of the picture
turned in top-shelf performances.
These lads were Tommy Curlee,
Maxie Lesak, Joe Quinn, Vernon
Sowell, James Denard, J. D. Cun-
ningham, Gene Campbell and
Mike M itch ell were gen-
erously applaluded as they left
the field with 15 graduating bands-
men, after It. J. Kluge’s ertf-k and
colorful Cowboy Band had put on
its greatest show of the season for
the homecoming ceremonies.
Denard possibly was the standout
performer on both the offense and
defense, but the gritty little Mike
Mitchell and the consistent Joe
Ihe
and Lionel Vargas headed
staunch Beeville line play.
The Cowboys kicked off lo open
the fracas, and rambling for three
conseentiye first downs, the Tro-
jans notched a counter without
losing possession. Baker and Walls
alternated to set up the counter
and Walls scooted the last seven
yards to cross the double stripe. He
attempted to rush the extra point
across but failed.
The Trojans kicked off, but the
boot was fumbled by a Cowboy and
LeRoy Hadwin recovered for the
visitors and they were on their
way for another tally. Walls rip-
ped off 25 yards, Lynn Stanley got
six, and Wails added four, to re-
cord two first downs. Margarita
Reyes fired a pass to Paul Conrad
for seven yards and Wulls counted
from the three yurd stripe.
Denard then got the (.lowboys in
business with a 15-yard return of
Cuero and Uvalde
To Collide This
Week in Bi-District
Coach Hansel Mangum's strut-
ting Cuero Gobblers pasted a 204)
defeat on the Yoakum Bulldogs
Friday night' to finish their regu-
lar season run without mishap
and cop tlie 30 A A championship.
It was Mangum’s first season at
Cuero, after lie had tutored the
Wharton Tigers to a state crown
last year.
The Gobblers will meet Uvalde,
winner of District 29AA, in the bi-
dhnrict decider.
By virtqe of the 39-7 win over
tlie Ed mi Cowboys, tile Beeville
Trojans wound up their race Bg
District 30AA. in second place
four conference wins and one de-
feat—to the champion Gobblers.
Tlie Refugio Bobcats, newcomers
to the loop from a lower bracket,
finished the race in third place,
lashing the hapless Port Lavaca
Sandcrabs, 53 to 12.
Yoakum’s Bulldogs, transferred
to the circuit this year, wound up
in fourth place, although they tied
the Bobcats in that tussle several
weeks ago. The Bobcats were
((warded the decision on penerat-
tions, which would liave decided the
issue in case the two closely
matched clubs had finished in a
deadlock for first place.
The Cowpokes struggled through
what has been labeled their most
nigged season in the history of foot-
ball here, dropping their flnal tilt
to their ancient rivals, the Beeville
Trogtjns, to wind up their grid
year In fifth place with one win
and four losses.
The Port Lavaca Sandcrabs fail-
• Health is your one
priceless asset. Guard it
closely. At the first sug-
gestion of illness, go at
once to a physician. Let
him diagnose your con-
YOUR HEALTH!
dition, then follow his
experienced counsel.
And — if your Doctor
gives you a prescription,
be sure to bring it here
for careful compounding!
NIGHT CALLS__________________________ 2075
Karnes City 30-yard liue. Eruest
McFeron picked „p two and then
Rounic McFeron pickd his way 37
yards for a counter/* DeAtley
again otjme through with- the extra
point from placement and it was
14-0, Industrial.
•'-”alll<‘ crushing game of the
Dobras took them on a march, this
time from the Industrial 30. Hos-
kins, Pruitt, Philip Henry, and Ron-
nie McFeron alternated at chipping
off small chunks of yardage after
the hotter had ripped off a 22-yard
trip. This series, which saw the
Cobras post three first downs, came
after fuwbllitis had struck both
tenhns, and in the AIphonse-and-Gas-
ton stunt, DeAtley came up with
the recovery for Industrial. But
the hall went over to the Badgers
on their own U-yard line after
another stubborn defense.
Ronnie McFeron got off on the
longest jaunt of the evening ea/rly
in the last quarter, the big elusive
hack racing 45 yards for a Cobra
tally and bringing the score to 20-
6 in favorjjt-hig mates. DeAtley
missedTSTthe first time his try for
point. Pruitt set up the touchdown
with itis interception of Harper’s
pass.
"I"1 'he Badgers opening up
their expected bag of tricks, the
Karnes City (toys took to the air but
Royee Dalrneli swiped one of Har-
per’s aerials and the Cobras post-
ed a/nother first down before being
forced to punt
Hall fired a long one to Pat Lysay
to cover 33 yards after Alton Hart- Yorktowa
over 110 pounds, or about half that
of some of their bigger brothers.
The El Campo team will be
coached by David McCoy and other
members of the Rice Bird stuff
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Football Facts
Football Results.
Beeville 31), Edua 7.
Industrial 20j Karnes City 13
Gauado 20, Palacios 7.
Cuero Ho, Yoakum 0.
Refugio 53, Port Lavaca 12
Goliad 32, Yorktowu 14
Aransas Pass 40, Kenedy 0
Bay City 27, El Ca^upo o.
Wharton 27, Boling o.
Lamar 33, West Columbia 0.
Hondo 33, Devine 12.
Tidehaven 10, Haliettsville 13
Mathis 10, Bishop 0.
The District 30AA Finish
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