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Team To Beat]branticlt;arTc25Clark Nealon of The Houston Post, here for Friday’s Jacket-Lamar game, points his finger at the Jackets as “the team to beat in District 14-AA” in a story in the Post Sunday.“Over in District 14-AA of Texas high school football the boys say ‘Beaumont’ without hesitation,” Nealon writes.“But, this corner, without having seen Beaumont, will risk a vote on Port Arthur to be on top ,^e when district battling comes to gQ an end Nov. 30.“Coach Tom Dennis has practically worn out the term ‘inexperi- j by ence’ in pre-season chatter, and, no pa doubt, he’s right. But the big, rangy football team that defeated Lamar of Houston, 13 to 6, Friday night in Port Arthur without the aid of Guy Nunnelly, bright star of last year, is going to be strictly o. k. by Nov. 11.”Nealon adds that the Jackets “are a little on the shaky side yet,” but that the club has a fine i set of backs and a line that shows signs of developing into a typical, j business-like Port Arthur forward C'ilt; wall. * N! yvThe Houston scribe liked several | pi Jacket backs, including Bartleet, ] St, Pierce and Daigle, and says “Nunnelly should be the man to ‘make things hum.’ ”(
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Port Arthur News
Port Arthur, Texas, US
Tue, Sep 26, 1939
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