Laredo High School - La Pitahaya Yearbook (Laredo, TX)

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pi 11.sgiiafiii'ifiaifa. I g 5 A W ,ff .. ...Q ep..- i te v Oscar Hein, Radcliffe Killani, Hector Farias, Ellis Crabb. The Javelins received the kick-off and Tyben substituted for McKormicks, Laredo covered a fumble back of the line of scrimmage, and Mejia went over the line for a touchdown. Burr was injured during this quarter but continued to play. The Tiger machine functioned well and in spite of several penalties put over another touchdown. Crystal City began the second half with a passing attack but only one out of five of the attempted passes was completed. Pena went over the line for the final touchdown and ran the score to 18-0. The Tigers missed a chance to score in the last few minutes of play when the team was penalized fifteen yards when the ball was on the three yard line. A special train bore several hundred rooters to Crystal City to see the game and to do their part of the winning by giving the team undying support. KINGSVILLE 1 3-LAREDO 6 The first and only defeat of the season was handed to the Tigers by the Kingsville Teachers' Reserves. The game was played in order to get a comparison of the strength of the Tiger team and the Robstown and Kingsville High School teams. The Teachers had defeated both of these teams and as they loomed as winners of the district, a game with the Teachers would give the relative strength of the two teams with that of the Tigers. The game was played on the Laredo field and a large band of rooters were in the stands. Neither team scored during the first half, although the Tigers made five first iw-E bv. -- .15 I - . l I Laredo 18-Crystal City 0 Page 109 V6-ggytm gry, - it t ft 'ii 9.2.51 so

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Richard Bunn, Fernando Pena, Enrique Mejia, George Crabb. Mejia boosted the Laredo score to 19 when he went over the line for a touchdown and then made a perfect drop kick for the extra point. Both the line and the backfield functioned well during the game, and even though there were no individual stars, each man played his position well. LAREDO 33-PEARSALL 0 The Tigers evened up an old score when they defeated the Pearsall Wildcats 33-0, and incidently piled up a total of 104 points by the game, to opponents 0. The Tigers broke the record for iirst downs again during this game by piling up 31 downs to Pearsal's 6. Mejia began the slaughter by crossing the line and kicking goal for a total of seven points. During the second quarter Mejia added six more points to the score. Laredo made 11 first downs while Pearsall made only one. Burr scored a touchdown and ran the score up to 20. During this period both teams were penalized frequently, but the Tigers continued to advance the ball as they had been doing throughout the game. Pena scored a touchdown and the extra point was added when Pearsall was penalized for being off sides when the kick was attempted. Burr's second touchdown and Mejia's second drop kick brought the score to 33. Several passes were attempted by Pearsall during the last few minutes of play, but they were unable to score. LAREDO 18-CRYSTAL CITY 0 By defeating the Crystal City Javelins 18-0, the Tigers won the championship of the district. Pena Going Through the Left Side of the Line Page 108

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f-raigiiissljiigii i .X LPI I L. Fortassain M. Matthews J. Jefferies R. Conner downs to the Teachers' none during the first quarter and four to the Teachers' none during the second quarter. The Tigers scored first and then lost two more chances to score with the ball on the left line by fumbles. Kingsville Teachers then opened up a passing attack and this the Tigers could not stop. When Capt. Burr left the game with injuries, the Laredo morale crumbled somewhat, but Ferdie Pena carried on for the Tigers. During the second half the Teachers' Team was greatly strengthened when Rutlidge, a brilliant quarter back, entered the game. On a series of passes Kingsville succeeded in putting over the second touchdown. Neither team scored any more points and the final score read 13-6. COTULLA In the last scholastic game of the- season the Tigers received the surprise of the season. They were expecting a somewhat easy victory over the Cowboy eleven, but at the end of the first half the game stood 0-0. The score varied during the second half when Mejia and F. Pena, on a series of line plunges, carried the ball to Cotulla's seven yard line. Mejia on his last play made the final seven yards and scored Laredo's first touchdown. Burr failed to kick goa . The cowboys were fighting to overcome the lead when the Tiger machine was strengthened by the arrival of Matthews, one of Laredo's guards. During the last quarter F. Pena's long run and a series of wonderful passes from Burr to Mejia netted another touchdown. Del Rio Hits Laredo's Left Side Page 110 e e e e if-qnifl1flg 1