[edit] TITLE MUDDLE CLEARED UP IN THREE SECTIONS

May Be Possible to Award High School Football Championships

North Texas Doubtful

Ten Teams Still Undefeated. Few Games Still to Be Played

Austin, Tex, Dec. 2 - The following report is based on officially-reported high school games reaching the Interscholastic League Bureau early this week.

The situation in District No. 1, has cleared up satisfactorily, and it seems now that a genuine championship may be declared in that district. Abilene eliminated Plainview, Miami was eliminated by losing its last game, Amarillo and Electra have arranged a game for next Saturday, and the winner will play Abilene later.

Section No. 2, due to a lack of uniformity in the schedules arranged, presents the situation of six teams which may be called real contenders for the championship in that district. At a conference in Fort Worth November 26 the following schools were represented: Cleburne, Sulphur Springs, Waxahachie, Bryan High (Dallas), and Sherman. It was hoped that a unanimous agreement might be reached for elimination, but due to the fact that Fort Worth and Clarksville were absent, and Waxahachie dissented from the plan to drop all teams which had suffered a defeat in the season, a unanimous agreement could not be reached. The teams having played widely divergent schedules and the showing made by Waxahachie having been so strong, the winner among the so far undefeated teams of the proposed series will still have a cloud upon its title to championship in this district unless Waxahachie is taken on and defeated or given an opportunity to participate in the elimination.

Two Leaders in Section 3
In Section No. 3, Houston Heights defeated Beaumont, thus leaving Bryan and Houston Heights the main contenders in this district.

In Section No. 4, Uvalde's late reports show unmistakable strength, and Uvalde should be given a chance at the winner of the Corpus Christi-Brownsville game to establish a clear title in this district. The bureau has consistently refused to undertake a state championship series but has intimated that with proper cooperation such a series might be played this year. Exceeding its best hopes at the beginning, it now seems possible to declare undisputed champions in at least three districts.

In the following standing of teams, those teams that have played less than five different high school teams are not considered:

Ten Are Undefeated
Abilene, Amarillo, Bryan, Clarksville, Cleburne, Corpus Christi, Dallas (Bryan Hi), Electra, Houston Heights and Sulphur Springs - 1.000 per cent

Waxahachie - 0.900 per cent

Marshall, Beaumont, Brownwood - 0.875 per cent

Uvalde, Temple, Eagle Lake - 0.857 per cent

Tyler, Sherman, Plainview, McKinney, Mercedes, Corsicana, Childress - 0.833 per cent

Paris, Humble, Haskell, Gatesville, Comanche - 0.800 per cent

Hearne, Hillsboro - 0.778 per cent

Greenville, Bremond - 0.750 per cent

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