STATE BASKET BALL TOURNAMENT PLANS

Interscholastic League Reports On Football Results

Austin, Tex. Dec. 12 - The past week has witnessed among high schools of Texas a shifting of athletic interest from football to basket ball. The Interscholastic League has undertaken a state basket ball tournament to decide the championship among high schools in the state, and it is expected that this season will develop more than ordinary interest in this report.

The league's bureau of football results closes the season's work with this report.

A title to state championship has not been established, and it will not be advisable to attempt further games looking to this end, since the season is so far advanced. It may be said, however, that Abilene has clearly won the championship in that section of the state, and Corpus Christi has done the same thing in the southern coast region and Rio Grande Valley country. The winner of the Bryan-Houston Heights game will be undisputed champion of East Texas, while Cleburne, Clarksville and Waxahachie remain in the northeast section.

In all 239 teams have participated in the more than 600 games reported, touching 4,302 players. Only twenty-three accidents have occurred, one of them resulting in the death of Nelson De Mange of Pharr. This is an average of one accident to every 187 boys taking part. In addition to the fatality, eight collar bones were broken, five legs, two arms, three wrists, one hip, one nose, one skull and one boy had two ribs broken. In following up the accidents it has been found that many of them could have been prevented had proper protections been used.

Interest is Stimulated.
The bureau of high school football results, established this year by the University Interscholastic League, has developed an efficient organization which has accomplished results far exceeding the expectations of those in charge. It has served as a clearing house for results, each team being furnished each week with the result of every game reported. These results have been compiled, serving as a sort of barometer of the strength of the various teams. This service on the part of the Interscholastic League has operated to knit closer together all public high schools as well as to emphasize clean sportsmanship and the importance of eligibility rules. Reports from all parts of the state declare interest has been greatly stimulated in football and that this has been the most successful season ever experienced.

This has been the first time any systematic effort has been made to collect data regarding injuries received in football games, and the statistics that follow show that accidents have been very few, refuting the statement made so many times that football is brutal and dangerous.

The Final Standing
Considering all teams that have played as many as five different teams, the following is the final standing of teams:

Abilene, Bryan, Corpus Christi, Cleburne, Houston Heights, Clarksville - 1.000 per cent

Waxahachie - 0.900 per cent

Electra, Marshall - 0.889 per cent

Brownwood, Beaumont, Dallas Bryan High, Eagle Lake - 0.875 per cent

Mercedes, Sulphur Springs, Temple, Amarillo, Corsicana - 0.857 per cent

Childress, McKinney, Plainview, Paris, Sherman, Tyler - 0.833 per cent

Humble, Gatesville, Haskell - 0.800 per cent

Hillsboro - 0.778 per cent

Uvalde, Kenedy, Greenville, Fort Worth Central, Bremond - 0.750 per cent

Austin, La Grange, Masonic Home, Weatherford - 0.714 per cent

Gilmer, Hearne - 0.700 per cent

Comanche, Denison, Navasota, Taylor, Smithville - 0.667 per cent

Calvert, Ennis, Polytechnic - 0.625 per cent

Marlin, Galveston, Waco, Taft - 0.600 per cent

Hubbard - 0.571 per cent

Farmersville - 0.556 per cent

Mathis, Mineola, Honey Grove, Harrisburg, Bertram - 0.500 per cent

Beeville, Reagan - 0.444 per cent

Terrell - 0.375 per cent

Athens - 0.333 per cent

Alvin - 0.142 per cent

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