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

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Season let us pause and review the I e a Wins ahdloses that caused nhefiour downs with the ball Bulldogs to land in third place in ya the Valley AA Grid race. ,lme The lime did have the McAllen 2.0 Mercedes 0 to hscld in a pimdh despite Begmnmg a season on a muddy ors that it didnt have enough field the Bulldogs won a hard Derlehce to hold with a 195 earned victory over the Mercedes fullback Gevrge Brittam rum Tigers with a score of 20-0 The 'full speed on line plunges Bulldog backzfield turned out a McAllen 26 Harlingen 6 grand gperformznce while the inex-1 Harlingen was the following Perienced line tailed to cliok as a Um with a score of 26 6 The good line Should. As a whole the C105 had a better start than Drugs afpspeared to have a rather C3-Pd-ma-ls and let down only good team if the line could im- enough for Harlingen to score prove as the season advanced. points This game w s mckn McAllen 32, P-SJ-A 6 ln the second 1941 game theibut the D035 d1'UP'Ped two C0 T'h'arr Bears worriGd the McAllen Coaches and the team, having a lange line and ll retuming letter- IDEITI. Once on the field the advant- ages were forgctten and the line showed considers ole improvement as they oo-operated with the McHi, hacks and the second team along Aifter a hard-ilcught 1941 football came gain ano er S4 ith last h lf wlule Rerbswwn wi ab , ' T - DC E ai 83 n un nb D0 sv , 1 with other substitutes, the score pwked fby most sports falls to fb hdom was 32-6 in favor of the Bulldogs, in what is usually called a grudge battle. The line seemed to be muchi different than it was the previous? week with an especially effective! bhcckiing from end to end. ' McAllen! 20, Weslaco 0 X Next on the list of MscAllenl wins came Weslaco, 20-0. The Wedlaoo Panthers wer-en't expect-f od to give the Bulldogs much trou-3 ble, bu: they proved to be one oil 'the scrazipiest moe teams in vai-4 Ley canibetition, but went under! the heavier McAllen grid m3:Chin9.l Am the half the score was o-oi hICJW6Ver, an inspired McAllen ele-1 ven returned to beat the Panther-s.q McAllen '19, Brackenridge 0 i Briaiokenridge of San Antonio, was exipe-Cted to give the home-' boys a beating with their heavy: line and their famed backfield, fbutf the small McAllenites turned thef rabies, miimg up a score of 19-ON and again me line and the back-I field Showed near perfect co-orper-' avtion in the blocking and ball-tc-5 Wellllg duties. x Walter Hevermam gave the San! Anltonians something to remember5 with his mg runs for touchdowns.: With the whole hearted co-opera-' tion of the rest of the Bulldcgsg' IW'l'1En their blocking and tackling was the best of the season. MDAIIHI 14, Llbobstown 0 The trip to Ridbstovm was t11.9Ual'Tf?1' was Just the opposite lolmest of thi season when th Bulldog won .14-0. The game wa a non-ooniercnnce affair that th Bulldog won the hard way. Dur ing the dlirst halt McAll1en ga' c