The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1936 Page: 5 of 12
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THE BALLINGER LEDGER
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S^OR^S She Gets Pointers for Pigskin Dance
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The newly equipped athletic
field uflered the fan* everythin*
they could want Monday ni*ht
but a victory There were boys
■tiling (lire snft pillow*, boxed
candy with a prize in each and
every package, drinks, program*,
peanuts, a snappy pep squad, a
*ood band, and every other com-
fort and entertainment.
*o*
Onte receipt* Uw the opening
«umc were a little over $275 which
la equal to a holiday game in
previous seasons
♦OO
The Bearcats will g<> to Menard
Saturday to meet the fast class n
team there In a night game Play
will be culled at 8 o'clock Izvnl
fans are invited to accompany the
team.
♦o*
The opening conference game
will bf played here on October 2
with the Rising star boys furnish-
ing the opposition
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The Bearcat> at present are far i
from a football team and unless i
additional material conics out tnd
the players start snapping into j
It, there will lx no district race so
far ,us Ballinger is concerned
What is wrong in Ballinger In 1
next to the largest town in the
district, tile Bearcats are the
smallest squad and in most cases1
the smallest squad of any school
In class C in this section The
school offers everything possible
for its students Football players;
are provided the best equipment i
that can be bought, are under two
Putnam Gets 12-6 Victory
Over Bearcats in Opener
I Angelo Supt H C. Lyon acted
I as master of ceremonies and
l after several announcements pi>-
sented the following program:
"Planning tor the Field Torn
Caudle, postmaster, and a former
member of the board of trustees
! Our Present Athletic Policy.” A
visitors the big end McGregor, of the athletic cum-
12-6 count | mittee of the board of trustees
"A Word of Appreciation,
Melvin Holt, Bearcat cup-
A crowd of about 1 000 saw the (and gave the
first night football game in Bal-jof the
I linger Monday evening and Putnam had the game in the
attended the dedication of Bear- bag all the way making 1 «*0 yards ] ton Wright coach
cat Field The stands were fairly to the Bearcats 120 on running
I well filled when tht floodlight-. plays, penetrating the 20-yard
i *ere turned on ; zone four times and making ten
The only disappointment was first downs to Ballinger's three : Fi^i
I when the Putnam team, couched Cunningham. Brandon and Jobe lain
1 by Bill Wright, brother of (.'each were outstanding performers for ! How We Can Help" Miss Eltzu-
Felton Wright of the Bearcats, the vtsiiing club Carter and beth Parker manager of *ie pep
pasted a stinging deteat of 12 to; Barnett, of the locals, showed up squad
;« on the locals soundly whipping well on defensive play with ShelTy j Ballinger Schools, Troy Simp-
the Ballinger team from the first and Ashenhurst doing most ol the son. editor of The Ledger
, to the finale. .offensive | The Ballinger Spirit,” J D
The Bearcats furnished only two The Beareats were weak on I Motley secretary of the Ballinger
thrills during the entire evening tackling and blocking was almost! chamber of Commerce
The first came when ShefTy nut of the picture The local team j *
grabbed a Putnam pass and is mostly new this year, only three Ill'll. IIKADAl HE'S mink.
raoed 55 yards for the only local Mettermen of 'last year's .quad' SIMPLE KKMKIiY IMlK.s IT
score of the contest The next returning. Material for the coache Headaches caused by constipu-
came in the third quarter when 1 to work with is scarce | tlon are gone after one dose of
Ashenhurst took a hort punt and j At the dedication rites preced Adleriku This cleans poison out of
made a beautiful run of 45 yard . ; in* the game Couch Bill Wrutlit BOTH upper and lower bowels
j emerging in aim.. • clear field j of Putnam was presented He *■-'*ll-s had sleep, nervousnezs J Y
Putnam evened the count in complimented Ballinger on t h«
THREE RURAL SCHOOLS
IN COUNTY Ol
Three rural schools, Millar,
Benoit und Hagan began their
fail terms Monday morning and
Olfen and Dale No 2 will start
next Monday, September 28 Tha
remainder of the rural schools,
with the exception o' Spring Hill,
Fel- I will begin the fall term October 5.
The erection ol tht new Spring
Paul iHU) -school hulidu i'
How I Like to Help," Paul iHl11 school buildu p ha* been
Oibb-s assistant coach delayed because of rains but
What We Propose to Do This | materiul was being Vauled to the
Pearce Lb ag
Whin < nrrine, the Toa« (inlcnnial si. n-i'n (,one.is \ t. • I
Dancer -anlerl In tin a hwtbill r-r.arr Inr lie- 1 I *•-' it |» .
she went directly to Ihe gridtrntt III gel I .iiinler*. Mm'c -It .. shun a
wearing I la- Number II sail nl >. W 1 Ml- \nt . u ■ I. > \N
getting in.trurtii.ii-. from the igually m nsatiui.al t u.iivrnia star. W--
Muller.
EQUILIBRISTS. LIKE
BOOKKEEPERS. MI ST
-STRIKE A BALANCE"
the second quarter when Brandon beautiful set-up at the park but'
intercepted a B-ar it pas- on the added, the small amount ut1
45-yard line and returned the ball material is a disgrace for a dmo. '
,t<> the 20-yard Stripe. Here Bal-'the size of Ballinger You have
dinger drew a 15-yard penalty., more students in the seiuor class'
putting the ball on the .'. yard line than we have in the entire higlii
land Cunningham carried it over1 school. Coach Paul Gibbs of!
on the second try A line plunge Ballinger, invited boy , to com*'
failed for the extra |x.mt , out for training and urged parents
With only a few minutes left to to permit them to do so
audience whose minds are on next piay the fourth quarter Putnam
winter's fur coats will acknowledge started a steady drive down the
that Buddy's Intelligence and (p-u went
location Monday and a crew was
ready to start wo? it. Trustees
expec ted that the opening of the
term there would lx delayed
because ol being tu-able to com-
plete the building b\ October 5.
Tlie Blanton and Lagl* Branch
schools were announced to open
last week but havt postponed
their opening dates until October
5 because work m the fields
requires many ol tin pupils.
♦
RHODE ISLAND RI P HEN
LAYS GIANT DOUBLE EGO
Dan Bradley, who Jives on the
west end ol Twelfth street, came
Co. to The Ledger offit* 1 riday with
♦ one of the largest in ■ eggs seen
I A HKibl.l REPAINTS here m some tin - T'* egg laid
by a Rhode Island h> i was found
The exterior of the Piggly Wiggly | Friday morning at hit home.
grocery store here is receiving a
new oat of paint this week The
color scheme has not
Jennier Even those women In the
performance entitle him to remain
before an appreciative public until
he dies a natural death
And speaking of balancing, the
to lose his Job but H an equ.llb- I bll"k baUl,u e “ ,lardl>’ af
all attending the show which
claims to lx- the greatest circus
on earth for the price "
rist fails he may lose his life
The dictionary describes
An equilibrist, like a bookkeeper,
of the best coaches in West Texas, j must be able to strike u balance ’
have the best field of any class j There Is this difference, however
B school in this part of the state. If a bookkeeper fails he is likely I
the loyal pep squad does more
than its share to win. a gixid band
adds color at games, and a bunch
of fans Is behind the eleven In | equilibrist
everything it does, yet there Is balancing
less material out for football here j mentions
than a? Paint Rock, in class C which perform balancing feats a-
The local lads seem interested m | dirt,cult as any accomplished by j The Ballinger junior hieh -h.x.l
football, it is hard to think they humans, of men and women who f,)(ltb.(ll wlU opei.
a.e yellow and unless mama (execute intricate dance steps and J (Vto,„.r s ,lt Sal, Al;u,(.!n
and papa art* holding out lor turn backward omersaults vr. a
‘tiddle ilc winks' instead of foot- strand ol wire, of a .*jr! who
ball, we can t understand why ihe lands on her head atop i 25 f >• >
coaches are not overrun with | pole balanced in her male o-m-
materiul instead ol not having p.uuon s to It. or of itie many othei
enough for scrimmage. 1 accomplt«l\ed equilibrists w ho
♦' • »n: •!:n wI: . .. Br>>tt.
Later we will have something to':t-Ring Circus which i> '■•hedulecl
say about u.dr-tdual players, cood , to uvt matin-e and eve: in/ ;-r
cr bad. bti' for the present wc formaiic.--. in Balin gcr, Saturday
shall pass up remarks of thl October 3.
nature and await turther develop-j
menus
changed any, but the old colors
arc being painted over to brighten
up the building.
♦
An airplane makes about 87
. , . , | present with the times as much noise as the aver-
for a touchdown exception of Blondy Cross «,f San ag. automobile
All speakers on the dedicatory
program were present with
( Trie egg measure? 7 inches by
# V inches iuitl weighed over 9
been | ounces Later is wa: mopped and
broken and it was cL; .covered that
there was anotiiei * gy; Inside th®
large shell
♦
Mrs Mary Koby, of Mats huala,
Mexico, is the guest of Mr. arid
Mrs John Webb.
a n
as "o n e skilled tn
as a rope walker It j| \|oR HU.II MMITR Al.l.l RS
nothing of sea lions i TO OPEN SEASON OCTOBER 2
the San Angelo junior high schon.
eleven Tin; local lads wll. find '
still '. lie- tn tin tr fir ? mat : -
Phone 306
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Ballinger
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the tx t m the
dHllul.u:cc .-I :.
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ine out dally a
team
fate a:
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All Tire and Batt« ries guaran-
teed at Freeman's. tf
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IIK.II M IIOOI. I’Ll* Mjl Mi
ro ft lit tsll I'ltoc.lt AMs
Possibly the nit ' novel baia:
<ing (. .it on view circus day wiil lx
'hat "f Uapiam Dalbcar.iC wi
jumps while balanced on th>- huh
•Vreii Clew. ! iian
attend* (I ' > b’i -in. - i:
:: n ! V I r
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Mr G* Si.-
Tiie Bahitv .1 high scho. ;vp
squad will publish the iu. -i.uii'
for all hot ball amt played h. n
this fail The program . arrytn:
the names of players Hu n num
bers, positions and weights, will
i
fret this m u Adv.-rtLsing wilt
bt> s«:>id i ll the prt.i'i.ur. anti tin-
pep squad will build up . fund
from this with which to .arty on
its activities during the -e.is.m
Heretofore turns had had pro
grams printed for games durin
the season but the vthtx.l will
operate all concessions comic, ted
with the 1936 games Merchant
are requested to take advertising
only in programs published bv tin-
pep squad girls Miss Elizabeth i
Parker leader, and member; oft
the squad will solicit before each I
game.
of a plain old wagon wins
then climbs a 15-font 1airc
this odu position, leaps to a
and tli.n to the ground all ot
eours* • ;n:hout ' "-ti. • h.< i».d.,.:.-.
The C •:. Alberto to..' ...
p. ■ ' it. : ■ with weak h< it
hide their eyes when h
rope to th* root of the
and slides backward tot
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 24, 1936, newspaper, September 24, 1936; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1161206/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.