Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1947 Page: 3 of 8
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WM. LLOYD QUEEN POST
Veterans of Foreign Wars
NO. 2467
Regular meeting on the First
Monday night of each month at
8:00 P. M. at the American Legion
Hall.
Alton S. Queen, Post Commander,
Clyde Crenshaw, Post Adjutant
Stale Fire Insurance Commissioner
Urges Care With Christmas Dcorations
AUSTIN, Dec. 16—tin urging
Texans to remember fire prevention
in their preparations for Christ-
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mas. Marvin Hall, State Fire In-
surance Commissioner, says that
o,ne of the greatest causes of holi-
day fires is flammable decorations.
“Elaborate decorations are the
main feature of holiday festivities
when families, friends and groups
gather in homes, churches and
schools, and they can be made fire
safe if a few simple rules are fol-
lowed,” he stated.
1. Decorate with incombustible
materials such as glass, metal and
nsbestos. Flammable materials can
be made flameproof by saturating
them in a solution of nine ounces
of borax and four ounces of boric
acid to one gallon of water. The
fabric should be well saturated with
the solution, drained and hung
to dry.
2. I)o not use the fire hazardous
cotton, paper and pyroxylin ir
decorating.
3. Do not permit decorations tjj
be around or near to chairs an
other places where people ma
smoke. It is preferable to have the
up naar the ceiling, well above tl
head of anyone standing up.
4. If lights are desired in wi
dows or on tables, use electric lig
bulbs. Never use candles. Keep ci"
tains and other flammable mater*
pulled back at least six incl
from any light. *
5. Special lighting effects sh
he installed and watched carefi
6. Open fire places should
screened and mantel senic eff
should be well secured and at 1
three feet away from any <
flame.
7. Package wrappings shoul
disposed of the minute the “Cl
mas tree” is over.
8. Decorative fall leaves an1
berries should be disposed 1
soon as they begin to turn bro1"
wither.
Pearsall Mavericks Defeat Pori
Lavaca Sandcrabs For Regional Title
STATISTICS OF THE GAME
Pt. Lav. Pear’l
SCORE.................
7
26
FIRST DOWNS ..........
7
14
By rushing ................
5
14
By Passing ...............
1
0
By Penalty ................
1
0
RUSHING, yds gained
114
305
Yards lost .................
21
10
Net yds gained ........
93
295
PASSES attempted
7
1
Completed .................
2
1
Yds gained passing
19
8
Incomplete..................
... 2
0
Had Intercepted
3
0
FUMBLES
1
7
Ball Lost....................
1
2
PENALTIES
0
1
Yards penalized
0
11
PUNTS
4
2
Average yards .........
33
31
Yds punts returned
10
13
TOUCHDOWNS: Port Lavaca-
“Those bloodhounds really follow a trail!,
GUY STEVENS
(Hollywood National Syndicate)
Have you read the Want m
the Beacon lately?
Take a case of 7-Up HOfcr
the Holidays—$1.00 per cas*us
deposit).
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POST NO. 476
AMERICAN LEGI
Meets First and Third sda>
Nights at 8 P. M.
E. F. Adams, Colder
C. W. Davis, Adjit
... and
may your
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every iChristmas
be bright!
There probably isn’t a fight fan
in the country who doesn’t think
Joe Walcott defeated Joe Louis in
their title match a few nights ago,
General opinion is that Walcott
“wuz robbed.” But robbed or, not,
the two will meet again next sum-
mer in what promoters will try to
term as “the fight of the century.”
It’ll be far cry from that but it
should be a very interesting battle
if only to find out whether or not
Louis is really washed up.
It is very doubtful, when these
two boys meet again, that Louis
will look so bad and Walcott so
good. In return fights, it has been
an old Louis custom to kayo his
opponent as early as possible. Only
one man, Tommy Farr, did not suf-
fer that fate. But that was only
because he did not seek a return
match after losing a 15-round de-
cision. Max Schmeling, Bob Pastor,
Arturo Godoy, Abe Simon, Buddy
Baer, Billy Conn, and a few others,
all were mowed down by the Bomb-
er in their second meet. Louis was
rather ashamed of his showing
against Walcott. So it’s almost cer-
tain he’ll do better the next time.
It all boils down to just this—if
Louis is the Bomber of old, it’ll be
a short fight for Walcott. If Louis
is washed up, then Walcott may
repeat—unless of course he’s wash-
ed up too.
• • »
The football team to watch next
season will be the Wildcats of
Northwestern. Even though they
only won three games this year,
they scored 129 points. Against
Michigan, they ran up 21 points
which was more than any other
team could score. Against Notre
Dame, they pushed across three
touchdowns, two more than any
other team could boast. They trim-
med UCLA, Indiana and Illinois,
all tough teams. But Northwestern
had one weakness—defense. If they
give that a little more polish, which
no doubt they will, Big Nine teams
are going to have a tough nut to
crack, come next Fall.
If nothing more, the Trojans of
Notre Dame’s 38 points. According
to Midwest reports, the Wolverines
have backs much faster than the
Irish ball carriers. The way Emil
Sitko and Bob Livingston took off,
the Michigan backs would have to
be jet-propelled.
The Trojans of course could still
recuperate and put up quite a bat-
tle New Year’s Day. They’re on the
spot in this Rose Bowl game. What
little is left in way of Coast prestige
is at stake. One thing may be in
their favor. Coach Fritz Chrisler of
Michigan scouted the Trojan-Irish
meet and at no time was he seen
cowering from fright. So the Wol-
verines might go into the game
very much over-confident.
* * *
Emil Sitko still has two more
years to go at Notre Dame. Which
should be bad news for Irish foes.
Against Southern California, he
made more yardage than all the
Trojans backs put together—130 to
118. Of course, Bob Livingstone,
sub for Terry Brennan, wasn’t ex-
actly day dreaming on that field.
He, too, beat the Trojan back total
—by 16 yards.
* * *
Many have mentioned that the
Louis-Walcott championship fight
set a new world’s indoor gate rec-
ord. The receipts totalled $216,477.
It is a new record—but only for
heavyweights. The Louis-Waicott
take bettered the previous indoor
record of $201,000 established by
heavyweights Jimmy Malone and
Jack Delaney at Madison Square
Garden on Feb. 18, 1927. The
Rocky Graziano—Tony Zale title
fight staged in Chicago last July
holds the indoor record. The gate
receipts for that fight totalled over
$415,000.
« • »
There may be much chatter over
the Rose Bowl game but one must
remember that the Sugar and Cot-
ton Bowl games are major attrac-
tions and just as important. Down
in New Origans, the city will be
jam-jacked for the Sugar Bowl
contest. Railroads are again run-
Leroy Key 1; Pearsall—Gale Gal-
loway 3, Teddy Riggs 1.
EXTRA POINTS: Port I.avaca-
Jimmy Matulik 1; Pearsall—John
Gibbs 2.
PORT LAVACA 0 0 7 0—7
PEARSALL 0 13 0 13—26
Southern California have one con-1 ping sleeping car specials to help
solation—they now only have Mich-
igan to worry about. But for their
own sake, the Trojans had better
not think too much of that game,
they’ll worry themselves to
death. Everyone seems convinced
that Coach Cravath and his boys
are in for another lacing. In fact
the big talk is whether or not
Michigan is strong enough to top
take care of the big crowd. As far
as the game is concerned, fans will
be watching Alabama’s Harry Gil-
mer and Texas’ Bobby Layne, two
of the greatest passers in the coun-
try today. It was in this very same
Bowl back in 1945 that Gilmer,
then a 17-year-old freshman, sur-
prised players and fans alike by
completing eight consecutive pass-
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es. But Alabama should have their
hands full just the same. In Layne,
Texas has a back who can pass,
run, cal! signals and everything
else. It should be quite a battle.
In the Cotton Bowl, Penn State
and Southern Methodist, two sec-
tional champs, are going to battle
it out for a share in the mythical
national crown. At least 100,000
tried to get tickets for this game
but only 46,000 will have the pleas-
ure of seeing it. Like the Sugar
Bowl game, this one, too, is bound
to be a hot battle. One thing more
—Penn State has two Negro play-
ers on their team. So it will be the
first time in history that a south-
ern bowl team has invited colored
athletes to participate in their
show.
* * *
Mickey Owen, suspended Brook-
lyn catcher who jumped to the
Mexican League, is still very anx-
ious to get back into the big
leagues. If the major s become ten-
team circuits, than there’s a good
chance that his ban may be lifted.
Gqod playerJ'Will be needed. In the
meantime, Mickey has a new job.
He’s an auctioneer of livestock.
* * *
San Francisco fans will have a
chance to see at least part of
Notre Dame’s great championship
team. Johnny Lujack, George Con-
ner and Sygniond Czarobski will
play on the East team New Year's
Day. For Lujack it will probably be
his last game as a collegiate play-
er. He still has one year more to
go at Notre Dame but the pro of-
fers that he bas received are too
good to ignore. Coach Leahy is
figuring on Tripucka as his first
string quarterback next year.
« * *
JUST GAB—Joe Walcott receiv-
ed a $25,000 offer to fight Joey
Maxim again. . . . you can just bet
your last dime that Jersey Joe
won’t fight anyone but Mr. Joe
Louis. . . . with a million-dollar
gate in the making, Walcott would
be silly to be taking any chances.
With all the Brooklyn players go-
ing to Pittsburgh, you’d think the
Pirates were a Brooklyn farm. . ..
the Dodgers may miss Walker.
(Victoria Advocate)
Held on even terms for three
full periods by the courageous
Port Lavaca Sandcrabs, the Pear-
sall Mavericks powered their way
to two quick touchdowns and a
26 to 7 victory over Coach Billy
Saylor’s eleven in the mud of
Patti Welder Stadium Thursday
night to annex the championship of
Class B Region X.
The clean, hard fought contest
was played before some 3f,200
chilled fans and was enlivened by
a fist fight between five or six
overly enthusiastic fans on the
sideline on the 10-yard fine.
Outmanned by the larger and
more experienced West Texans,
the Sandcrabs put up a brtter bat-
tle before succumbing to the
pounding of Coach W. E. White’s
ace back, Gale Galloway, 1901-
pounder, in the closing quarter.
The big boy ignored the slippery
footing that held in check such
fleet backs as Leroy Key of Port
Lavaca and Teddy Riggs of the
Mavericks, powered his way over
the three of the four touchdowns,
with Riggs scooting over for the
fourth.
Key gave the Pearsall supporters
something to worry about early in
the third going over from the two
late in the quarter to make the
score 13 to 7. The lone Sandcrab
score, like three of the Maverick
scores, was set up by a break, an
alert lineman recovering a fumble
on the Pearsall 30. A pass to Key
netted 11 to the 10, Henley made
three and Key took it over.
That was all the scoring for the
Sandcrabs, but Key’s runs always
were a threat.
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1. E. Friery, Set
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