HOUSTON TEAM WINS GRID CHAMPIONSHIP

Heights High Victor Over Corpus Christi By Small Margin

Houston, Tex., Dec. 25 - The Houston Heights High School football eleven won a brilliant game from the Corpus Christi High eleven here today by a score of 7 to 6. The Heights eleven are champions of Section 3 of the Interscholastic League and the Corpus Christi eleven are champions of Section 4. The game was said to have been one of the hardest fought games ever staged in Houston by high school teams.

About 2,200 people witnessed the game this afternoon. The field was in good shape and Corpus Christi was not without its rooters, many Central students being seated in the visitor's stand and cheering for them.

During the first period neither side scored, although the line plunging of the Heights team kept the ball in Corpus Christi territory a large part of the time. The game was called several times during the period while officials ordered the crowd back.

Corpus Christi tried but one forward pass during this period and it failed completely. The second, third, and fourth periods were filled with action. Corpus Christi battled hard for its single score. No casualties were reported.

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