Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1917 — Dr. Rue Parcells a Basket Ball Mentor In Texas. [ARTICLE]

Dr. Rue Parcells a Basket Ball Mentor In Texas.

Rue Parcells, son of E. M. Parcells, of this city, and former high schorl, j football star, is still in athletics alj though not actively engaged himself, i Parcells was probably the best quar- • terback evpr turned out the local team and ' was also a basketball and baseball player of ability. He comes from Rensselaer’s old school of .athletes. Recently Dr. Parcells and family located at Armarillo, Texas, where ne has built up a large practice in dentistry. As a Sideline Rue has taken charge of the Armarillo high school basket ball team and is a letter written to a friend in this city sends a clipping from a local paper. An excerpt from the clipping follows: “Amahi walloped Panhandle and Ochiltree in a twin bill of basketball at the Woodman hall Saturday night. The Panhandle game was a 34 to 19 affair and the second game was all Amahi, 46 to 9. For strategy, Coach Parcells has no business in Amarillo. The Allies need him. In the first half of the ' Panhandle game the doughty mentor held his star forwards, Hare and Wiggins, out, starring Weigline and Bates in the point of getting positions. This pair did not warm up enough in the half to show their form. At the start of the second half, Weigline was moved to guard in place of Wheeler and Bates left the game. Good feeling and teamwork scoring twenty uoints to their opponents' eight, half of these coming from free throws.”