SCHOOLBOY SLANT By Walter Robertson EIGHT SURVIVORS of a field of The going will be tough but they forty-eight teams which launched) should clear this hurdle although | bids for the second Class AAAA|the Houston team has become a state football championship three) power, at season's end. Baytown, | months ago will stake all the sea-| 27 to 14. son's successes in a quartet of ‘THEY'RE HARD TO PLEASE games this week end. | Qur neighbors from Fort Worth | Here at Dal-Hi Stadium Friday) sometimes can be very hard to night North Dallas’ Bulldogs make please. The annual Dallas-Fort their first play-off appearance in| Worth bidistrict clash at one time | sixteen years and against the team| was played on Sautrday afternoon they last met in bi-district plav, | each yeer. But, at the request of | North Side of For: Worth. The) Fort Worth officials, the game was game will be a battle of underdogs. | switched to Friday nights a few North Side failed to win a game years back. Early this week the Jast year and was rated fifth in the) Cowtowners decided they would Fert Worth race this season. North/ like toe take advantage of the warm Dallas experienced an aill-losing) Dallas sunshine and requested that season only two years ago and) this year’s game be played Str managed only four wins in ten) day afternoon. games last year. The Bulldogs! Of course, genial Dallas _ were rated no better than third in although it would mean a change preseason predictions this season. | in the appointed referee for the’ The outlook here and elsewhere: game who, because of previous’ NORTH DALLAS Over North commitments, would not be avail-| Side.—Both teams apparently have able Saturday. But when Dallas improved tremendously since North | proposed a substitute referee, Fort Dallas edged the Steers, 12 to 6, in Worth balked, requesting a coin midseason. Their running games toss to determine which official | may be near equal, although North | would referee. | Dallas boasts a deeper supply of At that even we-strive-toplease top ground threats. And the Bull-) Dallas grew cold. So the game will dogs’ passing game appears to, be played, as scheduled, Friday have a decided advantage. North night. Dallas, 19 to 12. | WHAT NOTS.—That T-wing for- LUBBOCK Over El Paso Austin.! mation Sunset sprang on Woodrow —The Westerners have not tasted | Wilson Thanksgiving Day was talk- defeat in twenty-three games and, ing point for television salesmen will be all out to retain the first, who are ever brandishing TV's AAAA title which it won Jast year.| educational merits. Bison Coach Although it was the El Paso school | Byron Rhome admits much of the which dumped a similar great Ly Ibe, “stuff” was picked up while watch- bock team from the running in) ‘ing Michigan State at work from 1849, the Westerners are not seen coast to coast. . . . The case of to falter here. Lubbock, 34 to 4. | A. C. Black, the giant Crozier Tech WICHITA FALLS Over Ray (Cor-| basketball player, is unfortunate. pus Christi).—The Coyotes sport|The District 4AAAA committee | the most magnificent record in the} | ruled Black ineligible for basket- state. They're unbeaten and have ball competition until midterm be- been scored on only twice. Ray ap-/ cause he still has a halt-year's eli- parently was looking to this game! gibility remaining at Spence Jun- Est week es it stumbled over ior High. Black will be sorely crosstown rival Miller, 14 to 13, missed by the Tech team for the | for its first loss. The Gulf Coasters first half of play. But the ruling) will have their eyes on the right: appears to be a sound precedent target this week but look for Wich-| for future cases. After all, the jun- ita Falls to score the bull'seye./iot high program undoubtediy Wichita Falls, 14 to 0. would not have been adopted by’ BAYTOWN Over Reagan (Hous- the state's educators if they had ton).—The Robert E. Lee Ganters not expected a student, athlete or! are pledged to no slips this year, not, to finish his junior high train- after falling to Lubbock in the final| ing before moving on to senior game last year at the Cotton Bowl. | high. |