McAllen High School - El Espejo Yearbook (McAllen, TX)

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'WANS JO HZ5 KYUH MAIL TARBUtTo ft A WAS ft A tn tLT 5AX°H t oT to ■flHLlH £Aft£lA V AftRA£j7£ 'VWTtAlN SVAH . s'Cojft gJi er a hard-fcught 19+1 football came T39c to gain am season let us pause and review the ,‘tlse last half; while Rcbstown had wine and losses that caused the ! °ur downs with the ball within Bulldogs to land in third place inline yards of the McAllen goal the Valley AA Grid race. j toe. The line did have the ability Me Alim 20. Mercedes 0 to hold in a pinrfi. despite nun- Beginning a season on a muddy ors that it didn’t have enough ex- field, the Bulldogs won a hard perience to hold with a 195 pound earned victory over the Mercedes fullback, George Brittain, running Tigers with a score of 20-0. The full -tpced on line plimges. Bulldog backfield turned out a McAllen 26, Harlingen 6 grand performance while the inex-1 Harlingen was the following vic- perienced line failed to click as a tkn with a soore of 26-6. The Bull- good line should. As a whole the dogs had a better start than the Dogs appeared to have a rather Cardinals sod let down only long good team if the line could tm- enough for Harlingen to score six prove as the season advanced. points. This game was nicknamed McAllen 32. P SJ-A 6 VaU ChMnpionshlp pm,. In the «ccnd 1C41 game the »• «« « conf'1 Pharr Bear, worried the McAllen «• ««“ • ” e«“u ttr Coache, and the team, having a b a,en large line and 11 returning letfr- and « BuUdog, were .apposed men. Once on the field the advutt- to- e „j McAllen 0, Brownsville 6 ages were forge tten and the line I v ;mnmvnmfiit The J941 game with Brownsville showed considera ole improvement ®. , . „ . a, they co-operate with the McHi. to back,, and the second team along ®“ “ «»■ »tmn MaAMea was with other aubrtitute,. the more j ?» « «• j—.'» wa, 3245 In favor of the Bulldogs.at “ »» «-achdowns. in what is usually called a grudge T » 8 ™ wa a heartbreaking battle. The Une seemed to be much defeat with a few McAllen play- different than it was the previous ®re Paying tbfcir hardest and the week with an especially effective playing with splendid co- blocking from end to end. operatic.! scored 6 points to Mc- McAllen 20, Weslaco 0 Allen nothing. Next on the Hst ol McAllen McAllen 0. Mission 46 win came Weslaco. 20-0. The Seven A team members miss- WeSlaco Panthers weren’t expect- the Mission non-conference ed to give the Bulldogs much treu- S3™ a mounted to 46- ble but they proved to be one of °- strong Eagles led a merry the scrappiest little teams in Val-1 chase- tMting back and forth a- ley oontpetition. but went under cross the McAllen goal line sever- the heavier McAllen grid machine. al times. A post season game wasl At the half the acore was 0-0. have been arranged but it was| however, an inspired McAllen ele- «ever played. ven returned to beat the panthers. McAllen 30, San Benito 6 McAllen 19. Brackenridge 0 T Bulldogs, seeking revenge Bfackenridge of San Antonio for the Mission defeat went to San was expected to give the home- Benito and there out played the boys a beating with their heavy, Greyhonds with a score cf 30-6. line and their famed backfield. but cnly field goal of the year was the small McAllenites turned the kicked, there, by Walter Lever- tables. rolling up a score of 19-0 as the line and backfield and again the line and the back- blocking succeeded in holding out field showed near perfect co-oper- the Greyhounds defense. The San ation in the -blocking and ball-tc- Benito team won only one game temg duties is 1X131 season- but they are a Waller I veroiaim gave the San team to watch in 1942 Antoniang something to remember! McAllen 13, Edinburg 28 with his lor« runs for touchdowns of the hardest played gamesl With the whole hearted co-opera-' the season was with Edinburgh tion of the rest of the Bulldogs; who wen the Valley A-A Cham-1 when their blocking and tackling Pionship. The »beats started off I was the best of the season. McAllen 14. Bobstown 0 The trip to Robstown was the longest of the season when the Bulldogs wen 14-0. The game was a non-confercnce affair that the Bulldogs won the hard way. Dur- ing the first half McAllen gained] the most aggressive the first quart- er; scoring 13 points. The second quarter was just the opposite, as the BarlUktgs opened up with a passing attack not easily forgotten by the opposing team. (A fumble across the Edinburg goal line ac- cented for one less touchdown on —