Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 24, 1923 Page: 2 of 12
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MERCEDES TRIBUNE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1923
Speedy Me A lien Backfield
Gains 32 to 24 Decision
Over Mercedes on Friday
Presenting the fastest backfield
quartet which has yet stepped out on
a Valley gridiron, the McAllen High
football warriors last Friday dazzled
the Mercedes Tigers with a varied
and versatile attack and sent the
Tigers home on the short end of a
32 to 24 score. McAllen scored five
touchdowns and dropped twice for
the extra point. Mercedes made four
touchdowns and failed to convert the
extra point in each case.
McAllen secured the jump on the
locals right after after the kickoff,
and scored a touchdown in the first
six plays, uncorking some beautiful
criss crosses and delayed passes
which literally bewildered the Tigers.
It was a case of open football versus
the old fashioned game, and open
football won. Time after .time the
McAllen backs succeeded in fooling
the locals so badly that the man
with the ball had a straight getaway
with an open field. The Mercedes
line outplayed ,their opponents, and
it was through the line that Mercedes
made her gains. The failure of the
secondary defense to diagnose the
play enabled the McAllen backs to
break loose for long gains.
First Quarter
Mercedes kicked off to the McAllen
20 yard line, play starting on the 38
yard line. An attempt through cen-
ter netted McAllen a yard, an end
run around Mercedes’ right wing ad-
ded 5. The first forward pass of the
game put the McAllenites on Mer-
cedes 30 yard line. An attempt
around left end resulted in % yard
loss, but on the next play around
the right end the ball was carried to
the 3 yard line, from which it was
swept around left end for the first
touchdown of the game. The try
for a drop failed.
McAllen kicked off to Mercedes’ 20
yard line, Mercedes running the ball
back to the 30 yard mark. Two
successive forward passes failed, V2
yard was gained through center and
Barbee punted 25 yards, the McAl-
len half back being tackled in his
tracks.
McAllen at once started down the
field for their second score. Mercedes
center yielded 8 yards, and on the
next play McAllen fumbled but re-
covered for a 12 yard gain. A shot
off left tackle netted two yards, a
forward pass failed. An attempt at
left end was repulsed with no gam,
but on the next play a pretty for-
ward pass made it first down. Around
the end again for a five yard gain,
2 yards through center, and then
around the Tiger left end and Mc-
Allen had their second touchdown.
The try for extra points failed.
McAllen kicked off to Mercedes,
Barbee carrying the ball from his
own 20 yard line to the 40 yard line.
Three cracks at center made it fiist
down on the McAllen 45 yard line.
An attempted end run resulted in no
gain, and on the next play McAllen
intercepted a Mercedes forward pass.
On the first play, the Wes,t^ Enders
fumbled ond Mercedes regained the
pigskin, only to lose it when an at-
tempted drop went out of bounds on
the McAllen 25 yard line. A 9 yard
run around Mercedes’ left end was
followed by a 15 yard forward pass
for a first down on Mercedes 45
yard line. An off tackle play gained
2 yards and again the fast McAllen
backfield shot around left end for
a first down. A thrust through cen-
ter for a yard and a half exxded the
quarter. Score, McAllen 12, Merce-
des 0.
Second Quarter
McAllen opened the second quarter
by gaining a yard through center.
A forward pass failed, and a thrust
off tackle failed to gain. Mercedes
ball on downs on their own 30 yard
line. Barbee shot off tackle for 3
yards, Johnson hit center for 5, and
Sewell added 6 for good measure and
a first down. On the next play Bar-
bee broke clear of the McAllen
line and went .through the McAllen
left tackle for a 25 yard gain. Schrad-
er broke loose, fell and recovered
for a 5 yard gain. Another crack
at the McAllen left tackle netted 5
yards and a first down on their 20
yard line. Two attempts through the
line and one around the McAllen end
failed to gain, and a forward pass
was intercepted. It was McAllen’s
ball on their own 6 yard line. A cen-
ter thrust was turned back, and two
successive end runs failed. McAllen
punted to their own 35 yard line,
the Mercedes back being tackled in
his tracks. Barbee and Sewell hit
the line and in 7 tries carried the
ball across the line for the first
local score, Sewell getting the honor.
The try for drop' failed.
Mercedes kicked off to McAllen and
right here the McAllen team un-
corked some of the prettiest woi’k
of the day, never stopping as they
swept around the ends for their third
touchdown. A beautiful forward pass
fi’om the 40 yard line to the 11
yard line was a feature of this at-
tack. An attempted forward pass for
the extra point failed.
McAllen kicked off to Mercedes’ 35
yard line. A try at right tackle net-
ted four yards and the half ended.
Score, McAllen 18. Mercedes, 6.
Third Quarter
Mercedes kicked off to the McAllen
20 yard line, the ball being carried
back to the 40 yard marker. A for-
ward pass was grounded but on the
next play Mercedes' left end yielded
23 yards. A pretty delayed pass
trickled through right tackle for 15
yards, followed by an off tackle gain
of 2 more. Five yards were added
around the Tiger left end, center
stood firm, and a fake pass fooled
the Tigers with a line plunge for
another touchdown. McAllen drop-
ped for another point.
McAllen kicked off to the Mercedes
40 yard line and the Tigers seemed
to really get together for the first
time in the game. Barbee hit center
for 15 yards and a first down. Sewall
added 8 and Barbee accumulated 12
more, putting the ball on McAllen’s
20 yard line. Sewall went through
center for 7 and Barbee hit the same
spot for a touchdown. The try for
a drop failed.
Mercedes kicked off to the McAllen
20 yard line and a 25 yard run back
put the ball in play on the McAllen
45 yard line. Around the end again
went McAllen for 15 yards. Followed
oTne of the most remarkable runs of
fhe afternoon when a McAllen back
crossed the field three times finally
making it to the goal line for a
touchdown. The try for drop added
an extra point.
McAllen kicked off to Mercedes’
45 yard line. A forward pass failed,
and Sewell sneaked through center
for 10 and a first down. Barbee hit
the same place for 9 and Sewell ad-
ded 7 more for a first down. A
try at left eDd added 5, two at-
tempts at center again netted 5 and
a first down. Four successive tries
at center failed to make it a first
down by V2 yard. McAllen punted
from behind their goal line to the 40
yard line where the ball went out of
bounds. Mercedes then gathered a
15 yard penalty, and on the next play
forward passed to McAllen’s 10
yard line as the quarter ended.
Score, McAllen 32. Mercedes 12.
Fourth Quarter
Barbee opened the final quarter
by hitting the line for 5 and on the
next play shoved the ball across for
Mercedes’ third score. The try for
drop hit the cross bar.
Mercedes kicked off to McAllen’s
25 yard line. A fumble gave McAllen
a 5 yard loss. Right end failed to
yield and a forward pass failed. The
next play gave the locals the ball on
McAllen’s 8 yard line, a poor pass
proving costly. Two tries at center
gave 2 yards and then Barbee shot
off tackle for a touchdown. A for-
ward pass for the extra point failed.
This ended the scoring for the af-
ternoon, although Mercedes thx*eat-
ened several times toward the end of
the game.
Final score, McAllen 32. Merce-
des. 24.
SHOWING IMPROVED
FORM MERCEDES TRIMS
DONNA, SCORE 33 TO 0
Smarting under their defeat at
the hands of the McAllen High teom
the preceeding Friday the Mercedes
Tigers took sweet revenge on Mon-
day afternoon of this week when they
took the fast and fighting Donna
aggregation into camp by a score of
33 ,to 0. A noticeable improvement
was evidenced in the local team over
the work of last week. For the first
time this season a semblonce of in-
terference was furnished the men
running with the ball. The tackling
was also considerably improved.
The game opened with Donna kick-
ing off to Mercedes. Without Barbee
in the lineup the locals were unable
to score during the first quarter, al-
though the ball was in Donna terri-
tory practically every minute of the
play. Donna once held for downs
during this quarter of her own five
yard line.
In the second quarter the locals re-
covered some of their lost scoring
punch and when Barbee entered the
line up he broke through ithe Donna
line for the first touchdown of the
game. The try for drop hit the
cross bar, leaving the score 6 to 0
in Mercedes favor.
Some clever forward passes mixed
with good line plugging netted the
locals two more touchdowns in this
half, Barbee kicking drops for the
extra point in each instance. Score
at end of half, Mercedes 20, Donna
0.
The second half was fairly tame
from the spectators standpoint, al-
though the Tigers succeeded in scor-
ing during the third quarter without
their captain in the lineup. The
try for drop was missed.
In the fourth quarter Barbee en-
tered the game and scored the last
touchdown with three minutes to
play, kicking an easy drop for the ex-
tra point.
Final score, Mercedes 33; Donna 0.
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Brownsville 25
Harlingen 6
In a loosely played game
Brownsville defeated Harlingen last
Friday by a score of 27 to 6, Har-
lingen putting up a much better
game against the champs than the
score would indipate, making 7 first
downs to 8 by Brownsville.
The lone Harlingen touch iown wus
scored on a fluke following an at-
tempted drop kick by Harlingen.
San Benito 32
Edinburg O
Playing a team composed almost
entirely of substitutes during the last
half, the strong San Benito team
beat Edinburg last Friday 32 +0 0.
By virtue of this victory San Benito
remains the only team in the Valicy
league which has not yet suffered de-
feat.
How They Stand
Team—
P
W
L Pet.
San Benito
3
3
0 1000
MERCEDES . _
- _ 3
2
1 667
Brownsville .
3
2
1 667
McAllen .
3
2
1 667
Edinburg .
3
1
2 333
Donna .
3
1
2 333
Weslaco .
2
0
2 000
Harlingen .
_ 2
0
2 000
Donna 7
Weslaco O
One of the best games of the
season was witnessed last Friday
when Donna and Weslaco clashed in
a game the result of which was in
doubt up to the time when the final
whistle blew. The light inexper-
ienced Weslaco team fought the
heavier Donna outfit to a standstill,
but finally went down by the mar-
gin of one touchdown and the extra
point, the final score being 7 to 0,
favor of Donna.
Petition for Flood
Control Bond Election
Circulated by Martin
Characterizing the United States
Reclamation Service as a “bunco
outfit” which ought to “have been
in the penitentiary long ago,” A. E.
Martin of Weslaco, a former mem-
ber of the Hidalgo County Taxpoyers
Association spoke in the Mercedes
city park Monday night advocating
another election for the purpose of
voting flood control bonds. An
audience of about 50 heard the speak-
er.
At the conclusion of his talk the
speaker urged those present to sign a
petition addressed to the Commis-
sioners’ Court of the county asking
that a flood control bond election be
called. Signers of .the petition in-
cluded John P. Gause, J. E. Haynes,
M. C. West, C. R. Carlson, A. B.
George and Paul West.
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Holland, W. D. & Buell, Ralph L. Mercedes Tribune (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 37, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 24, 1923, newspaper, October 24, 1923; Mercedes, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1002616/m1/2/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.