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,Valley Coaches and Officials Form Association
* r IRVINE
VICE PREXV
All-Star Valley Team May
i Play State Champ* At
End of Season
V HARLINGEN. Sept. 11. —Perman
ent organization of the Valley coach
es and officials association was ef
fected here Tuesday evening when
soma 50 football heads met and
elected Forrest E. Grove. La Fern
Insurance man. president. J. W.
(Red) Irvine, Brownsville athletic
director, was unanimously selected
for the post of vice-president. *
Bishop Clements, well known Val
ley athlete and scribe was unanim
ously named secretary treasurer.
ft fas decided to hold meetings
each Tuesday night for the * next
four weeks in order that pre-season
budress might be cleared away The
sesdais are to alternate between
Mercedes and Harlingen to equalize
the distance for coaches at opposite
ends of this section. The next meet
ing will be held1- at Mercedes.
Certificate Cards
A fee of 50 cents is to be charged
members to take* care of postage,
stationery, etc.,* for the distribution
of information during the coming
year.
At the suggestion of Coach “Cow
boy” Ogan of McAllen, a committee
with Irvine as chairman was named
to pass certificate cards to active
officials. These cards will permit
the officials to see any game in the
Valley when they are not working.
It was made clear that this com
mittee will not govern the officials
in any way but will sene merely to
issuo courtesy certificates.' There
are five coaches am this committee.
Bobby Cannonjmew MissiofP'coach,
made a plea for* better sportsman
ship on the £>art of the fansk* He
urged the coaches to cajjj^a ijies
aage of sportsmanship hpme to their,
students as well as t(/members of
the squads. In the past^everal
instances bordering on rowdyism
have been reported, it was said.
J. D. Foster, Edinburg coach, who
was acting temporary chairman,
heartily agreed with Cannon bring
lngin the point that “A ball game
is only a ball game, after all.” Fes
ter stood up for the officials, urjfing
that the coaches not “ride” their
decisions .
The coaches have no right to in
terfere except when there is a ques
tion of rules involved, Foster said.
Battle of Grapefruit
A proposal b> Ben Eps;,i. Har
lingen merchant, that an An-Valley
team play some outstanding team of
the state, preferably the Texas
champions, a post-season game each
* year, was taken under advtseme it
by the coaches. They will confer
with their school officials and take
final action at the next meeting.
Epstein pointed out the publicity
that would be brought to the Valley
through this game and stated that
the chambers of commerce doubtless
would stand behind the move. Un
der Epsteins plan, the game would
bo modeled after the " Battle of
Roses.” He suggested that the con
test be oalled the Battle of Grape
fruit.”
In threshing out the question of
eligibility, it was brought out that
the post-season game might be
counted against the Valley gridders.
Clements was to ask the Interscho!
astic league for a ruling on the
game and make a report at the next
meeting. . . .
All of the coaches seemed to be
in favor of the proposal as it would
give the Valley gridders something
to work toward throughout the
season. , ..
Following are some of the
schedules formed by coaches pres
ent;
i r Weslaco
Oct 4— Pharr-san Juan-Aiamu
iSite undecided, i
Oct 11.—San Benito (Site unde
cided..*
Oct. 18—LaFeria at Weslaco.
CXt. 25.—McAllen (Site unde
cided.) ' ... . «
Nov. 1—Raymo.idville at Ray
mondville.
Nov. 8.—Donna at Weslaco.
Nov. 5.—Open.
Nov. 22.—Mercedes at Mercedes.
Nov. 29 —Open.
Edinburg High
Oct. 4.—San Benito at Edinburg.
Oct. It—Mission at Edinburg.
Oct. 18.—McAllen at Edinburg.
Oct. 25.—Open.
Nov. 1.—Harlingen at Edinburg
Nov. It—Mercedes at Mercedes.
Nov. 22.— Donna at Edinburg.
Nov. 27—Pharr at Pharr.
Raj mondvibe High
Sept. 20.—At Donna
Sept 27.—Lyford a: Ravmondville.
Oct. 4—Harlingen at Raymond
nuc.
Oct. 11—Open.
Oct. 18.—Pharr-San Juan-Alamo
there.
Oct. 25.—Mercedes at Mercedes.
Nov. 1.—-Weslaco at Ravmondville.
Nov. 11.—Brownsville “B" at Ray
mond ville.
Nov. 22.—San Benito at Sari
Benito.
fiov. 28—Open.
McAllen High
Nov. 1.—Open.
Nov. 11.—Harlingen at Harlingen.
Nov. 22.—Mission at McAllen.
Nov. 26.—San Benito at Harlingen.
Oct. 4.—Tentative with ^Browns
ville Junior college.
Oct. 11.—Donna at McAllen.
Oct 15.—Edinburg at Edinburg.
Oct 24^-Mercedes at McAllen.
Mercedes High
Sept. 20—Scrimmage at Stuart
Place
Sept. 26.-¥Jftuart Place at Mer
cedes..
Oct 4—Mission at Mission.
Oct! 11.—Pharr at Mercedes.
Oct. 18.—San Benito at San Benito
^Oct^S-—Ravmondville at Mer
cedes
Nov. 1.—Donna at Donna
Nov 11.—Edinburg at Mercedes.
Nov! 15.—La Fwia at Merced^
Thanksgiving—Weslaco at Mer
F/fiHTS tflST
(By Associated Press)
FALL RIVER, Mass—John Gon
zaels, Arizona. outpointed Fred
O'Connor, Boston, (0>.
PITTSBURGH. — Maxie Rosen
bloom. New’ York, outpointed K. O.
Bobby Brown, New York, GO).
JERSEY CITY.—Ai Ridgeway.
Union City, N. J„ outpointed Jose
Martinez, Spam, GO).
ALLENTOWN. Pa -^Jnse Diez.
Cuba, knocked out Larrv Roach
Newark, N. J., <2j.
LOS ANGELES—Speedy Dado,
Filipino, outpointed Ernie Peters,
j Chicago, GO).
I * GREENVILLE. Miss. - Eddie
! Goldberg, St. Louis, outpointed
Louis Andrews. Memphis, GO). Pete
White, St. Louis, knocked out
Frank Moran, Miami, Fla., (3).
INDIANAPOLIS. — Charley Lup
i Toledo. outpointed 'jimmy
Hackley, Indianapolis. GO). Jackie
Purvis, Kokomo, Ind.. outpointed
Johnny Seamon, Canada, (8).
EAGLES^FLASH
IN SCRIMMAGE
Excellent Form Shown. By
Brownsville High; Back
field Strong
With Harbert Davenport at cen
ter and Perez at his old halfback
post, the Brownsville high Eagles
flashed their best form of the sea
son Tuesday in scrimmage against
a fairly strong team thrown to
gether by •‘Sot” Plato.
The Eagle forward wall, led by
Bcb O'Bryan, held staunchly on the
defense and charged their oppon
ents in good style on the offense.
Barnhart. Newman. Cabler and
Perez carried the ball in a manner
that brought back memories of the
Eagle back field of last year. They
scored a touchdown on the first
three plays.
The Eagles are getting into good
condition and thejr team play Is
improving as was shown by the
smooth manner in which they
clicked into action. The team is
now mastering the fundamental
plays Coach Fessenden prescribes.
Work on blocking and tackling is
continuing apace.
Plato is pleased with the pros
pects of his “B” squad. “I have a
bunch of boys that are going to be
first string next year if they keep
up their good work.” Plato says.
Norther Helps Teams
In S. W. Conference;
DALLAS. Sept. 11.—(£*)—The ser
ious business of getting into condi
tion for the 1929 southwest confer
ence football marathon was well
under way on seven fronts todav.
At least one coach. Clyde Littlefield
of Texas University, expected to
have his huskies scrimmaging by
the iast of the week.
With the exception of Kyle Field
at College Station, where Coach
Matty Bell's Aggies went through
their paces, ideal weather prevailed
for the opening workouts yesterday.
A blazing sun bore down on the Ag
gie candidates, whereas a cooling
! "semi-norther" brought the mer
; cury down on six other fields and
instilled ginger into the workouts.
There was a smattering of top*
I coats among the crowds that
! watched the Southern Methodist
j University- Mustangs and Texas
! Christian Homed Frogs limber uo
at Dallas and Fort Worth, re
spectively. It was the finest open
ing day weather the conference has
seen in many years.
2 NEW COACHES IN
TEXAS CONFERENCE
FORT WORTH. Sept. 11.——
Two of the six Texas conference
elevens will take the field this sea
son with new coaches at the helm,
j Logan Stollenwerck. former South
ern Methodist University star, has
i taken hold at Trinity University.
| succeeding Barry Holton, while A1
| Sarafiny succeeds Jack Meagher as
head mentor at St.* Edwards’ Uni
| versity.
TEXAN DEFEATS
GEORGE LOH
Wilmer Allison Trounces
Chicagoan And May
Meet Tilden
FOREST HILLS. N. Y.t Sept. 11.
—(-TV-Form revs*«£s» resulting in
the elimination of some of his lead
ing antagonists are smoothing the
path of Bill Tilden to his seventh
national singles tennis champion
| ship.
George Lott, the Chicagoan,
whom Tildfn was expected to have
to be^t to win the crown, is the
latest important casualty. Wilmer
! Allison, the impetuous Texan who
upset Lott in the third round yes
terday. is not considered such a
formidable hlirdle in Tilden's way
as Lott would have been.
The vicious serving and furious
overhead smashing that helped the
young combination of Allison and
Johnny Van Ryn to turn back the
French doubles team in the Davis
cup challenge round stood the Tex
an in good stead in his great duel
with Lott.
For the fourth round today Alli
son drew a comparatively easy op
ponent in Elmer Griffin of New
York. Tilden, who was hard press
ed by Frank Shields; the 19-year
old New Yorker, in a four set en
counter yesterday, also earned a
breather, opposing Henry Culley of
Harvard next.
TEXAS LEAGUE
Tuesday's Results
Dallas 9r Houston 1.
Waco 12; Fort Worth 4.
Wichita Falls 8-7; San Antonio 1-0.
Braumont-Shreveport, post poned.
rain. 4
Wednesday's Schedule
Houston at Wichita Falls
Beaumont at Fort Worth.
San Antonio at Dallas.
Waco at Shreveport.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— P. w L. Pet.
Wichita Falls . 74 45 29 608
Shreveport . 73 42 31 !575
Dallas . 75 « 34 .547
Houston . 77 41 36 .532
Waco . 77 41 M .532
Fort Worth . 75 39 36 .520
Beaumont.. 76 35 41 .461
San Antonio . 77 18 59 .234
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Results
Detroit 8-9; New York 4-10
8t. Louis 6-1; Boston 1-0
Philadelphia 6; Cleveland 5.
Chlc/go-Washlngton. postponed, ratn
Wednesday's Schedule
Detroit at Boston.
St. Louis at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Washington
Standing of the Clubs.
Team— P W L pet
Philadelphia . 134 93 41 .694
New York . 133 77 56 .579
Cleveland . 131 70 61 .534
St Louis . 133 69 64 .519
Detroit . 134 62 72 .463
Washington . 132 60 72 .454
Chicago . 131 53 78 .405
B°«0n .. 136 49 87 .360
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday's Results
Cincinnati 7: New York 5.
Pittsburgh 7; Brooklyn 6
Only games scheduled
Wednesday's Schedule
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati
New York at Pittsburgh
Boston at. St. Louis.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— P w L. Pet
C*1*0**^ . 133 90 43 .677
Pittsburgh . 134 78 58 .582
New York . 131 70 61 534
St. Louis . 130 63 67 .485
Brooklyn ... 134 62 72 463
Philadelphia . 133 60 73 .457
Cincinnati . 132 55 77 .417
Junior College and
Cards Meet Oct. 10
The Harlingen high school Card
inals will play the Brownsville
Junior college here Oct. 10, accord
ing to a contract drawn up be
tween Coarh 'Dutch'* Rektorik and
Brownsville officials Tuesday eve
ning at Harlingen.
This game should prove a draw
ing card due to the rivalry between
the football squads of the two
cities.
The junior college also has a
game with San Benito at San Be
nito Sept. 26 and one with the Ed
inburg junior college there Oct. 24. j
I Don’t Miss These
FAREWELL DANCES
The last big dances of the year featuring
Tonight Fred Gardner and his
Wednesday, “Troubadors”
V ^ept. 11 The mos|. p0pUiar orchestra
Saturday at the University of Texas
Night, Sept. 14 One night $2.50—both for $4
RAIN or SHINE
AZTEC ROOF
“ San Benito
—, _ - -.
Spoils Clk&fts
— With —
Hal Eustace
Gome SO coaches and officials of
the Valley gathered at Harlingen
Tuesday evening and perfected a
permanent organization of their
body with Forrest E. Grove of La
Ferla as president, In addition to
routine business, the group consid
ered the feasibility of a post-season
game between an All-Valley eleven
and some other representative team
of the state as proposed by Ben
Epstein of Harlingen.
The coaches seemed In accord
with the plan but wanted more time
to go deeper into the plan before
ratifying it. Epstein outlined an an
nual contest built along the lines of
the ‘ Battle of Roses” on the Pacific
coast. A great amount of publicity
for the Valley would result from a
game of this kind, he said. The chief
obstacles to the plan were said to be
whether the All-Valley players could
be taken frogi their studies; wheth
er the game would result in ineligi
bilities and whether the type of
opponent wanted could be obtained.
Bishop Clements, secretary-treasur
er of the body, was instructed to
ask a ruling from the interscholas
tic league on the proposed game.
Official sanction is sought in t der
.that this game not be counted in
the players eligibility records.
If the game could be put over,
It would mean a lot to Valley foot
ball. This section is not rated very
high at present by other football
circles of Texas. We feel sure an
All-Valley team would stack up fa
vorably with other elevens of the
state. In addition to clearing up this
point, the contest would give the
Valley gridders something to look
forward to. The boys would work a
bit harder if they knew they had a
chance at a berth on this eleven.
It may seem like a pipe dream now.
but Brownsville's DePaul game
wasn't even a pipe dream at this
stage last year. There are lots of
obstacles to be hurdled, but wc
would like to see It put over.
Much ground was covered at th**
meeting Tuesday evening. Sched
lues were formulated with little
haggling and everything went off
smoothly. None of the coaches was
overly optimistic as to his prospects
but each hoped for the best. As
one coach told another: “I hope you
the best of luck in every games ex
cept the one with my club.” A group
of husky youngsters sat In on the
meeting. They were members of the
Harlingen Cardinal squad.
Speaking off-hand from the dope
we heard spilled at Harlingen, it
looks as though Harlingen and Mis
sion will be the strongest clubs in
the class ■ B" circuit..
Another meeting of this type is
to be held at Stuart Place Friday
evening. The heads of athletics in
the rural schools of Cameron county
will gather there to arrange sched
ules and thresh out other prob
Ipms. It has been rnorted that
8anta Rosa will have no football
team this season. The Piougbboys
have turned out several tough ag
gregations in years gone by under
Coach Burwell. The Santa Rosa
cridders scored 26 points on San
Benito two years ago. if we have
the correct dope. Burwell has left
for other parts.
The fact that the University of
Mexico is taking up football this
year has been just another new?
item so far as Brownsville is con
cerned heretofore. But now we have
tangible material. Louisiana college
will play the U. of Mexico at Mexl
...
SPORTS FORCED
OUT BY SPUDS
Texas Leaders Eliminate
Nearest Foe By Taking
Two From Indians
(By Associated Press)
The Spudders just about slam
med the door to the second haif
pennant in the collective faces of
the Shreveport Sports by downing
San Antonio in both ends of their
doubleheader yesterday. 8 to 1 and
7 to 0. The scores, decisive as they
are, would indicate Jim Gallo
way's men are quite themselves
again.
Without going into the thing too
far. it may be seen that the north
countrymen, two and a half games
in front, have what amounts to a
chattel mortgage on the privilege
of playing Dallas in the big series
next week. If they win three of
their last five games they are in,
even if the Sports win all of their
five remaining contests.
"Waco's Cubs said farewell to
Panther Park for 1929, punctuating
their adieu with a 12 to 4 victory
over the Cats. Lefty Stein had the
Kittens baffled in all except the
second inning, when they did all
their scoring. His mates pounded
Haynes from the hill in the seventh
and finished up with four runs off
his successor, Sullivan.
The Steers took a parting shot at
the Buffaloes, 9 to 1. It was the
Bisons’ eighth loss in nine games
since hitting the highway.
Team Work Shown By
Pharr-San Juan 11
< Special to The Herald»
PHARR. Sept. 11.—The Pharr-'
Safi Juan Bears are at work every I
day now trying to get ready for the
first game of the Valley schedule.
Coach A. H. Willis, who comes to
the Pharr-San Juan high school
from Seguin high school, where he
held an enviable record, and from
San Marcos college where he played
a remarkable brand of football, is
giving the boys strenuous workouts
on the local gridiron.
The loss of the o&ptain, Glynn
Bell, will be a handicap to the
team but new material is showing
up and the boys are working out
with the determinatien of making
a good showing during the season
Kormier. Doty, Harless and others
are back from the team last year.
co City Oct. 5. The Louisiana squad
will come here by rail and make
the remainder of the trip by plane.
Football is taking to the air—and
that doesn't mean passing, either.
Bobby Cannon. Mission's new
coach, touched on a subject Tues
day night that should be brought
before the fans. There have been
cases of open rowdyism among the
spectators at Valley football games
in the past. Stones have been hurled (
and some of the fans should have
bad their mouths washed with soap
<that was mother's plan). Of course
the fans get pretty excited in their
exuberance and rage, but as Coach
Foster of Edinburg said: “A bail
game is only a ball game after all.'* ;
—
The coaches agreed to carry back
this word from the meeting. They |
will urge sportsmanship to their
squad and to their school. The chief
knocker and loudest yeiper is the
small time gambler who is losing a
few dollars. Cannon said. Let him
drop five dollars and he's out to
scalp the coach and curse the high
school players.
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CORPUS CHRIST I
Tucker field proper—the por
tion within the bowl formed by
the bleachers and the grand
stand—has yet to be trampled
by a cieated shoe.
The field is still being groomed
for the opening contest of the
year here between the Eagles and
Corpus Christ!. It has been con
ditioned throughout the summre |
and now is believed to be one of
the best gridirons in South Texas.
The squads have been practic- J
ing on the field to the right of
Tucker field proper. There are
three fields within the confines
of the fences.
RJ INDVILLE
11 PROMISING
Coach Pleased With Show
ing of Gridders In
Week’s Practice
(Special to The Herald)
RAYMONDVILLE. Sept. 11.—The
football team of the RaymondVille
high school is enthusiastic over the
results of the first week’s practice
and Supt. Standley and Coach Tan
kersley are also well pleased. They
state that the line will average 153
pounds and the backfield 140
pounds.
The first week was spent in prac
ticing blocking, tackling, and light
scrimmage. An exceptional punter
was found in Glenn Cook, and Rod
Marsh haa the appearance of be
coming an excellent broken field
runner. Coach Tankersley is devot
ing considerable time in perfecting
these two boys in their work and
promises that they will show up well
in the coming games this fall. The
first real scrimmage will be Friday
when the locals will meet a town
team, and the first game of the
season will be played the following
Friday when they meet the team
from Lyford.
Those who have reported for the
team tryouts so far are. Billy Ev
ans, Hal Durham, Burgis Ballard,
Beatty McCharen (captain), Al
fredo Garcia. Rod Marsh. Phil
Shrader, Klenn Cook, Hermit Lin
dahl. Pete Brooks, Oscar Cisneros.
Jack Scott. James Burnett, Charlie
Barton. Fred Stone, Lloyd Glover.
Lee Cook and Harry Green.
Gridders Prepare
For First Game
With a game at San Benito just
two weeks off. the Brownsville Jun
ior college gridders will report for
action Wednesday to Coach Calvin
Surtees.
Several of the players, including
Morris Pipkin, Santos Ceyanes and
Cuellar, have been limbering up
with the high school squad.
Surtees cannot tell just what his
squad will be composed of but he
is optimistic.
Several high school stars, notabl}
from San Benito, will probably be
out Wednesday.
A’S TIGHTEN
PENNANT LEAD
Margin Increased Three
Games By. Breaks With
Yanks and Indians
(By Associated Press)
As the Cubs marked time through
an open date in the schedule yes
terday, the Athletics rushed sev
eral strides nearer a pennant al
ready theirs to all intents and
purposes. A Philadelphia victory
over Cleveland in the first part of
a double-header, the permanent
removal of tne second game from
the schedule because of rain and an
even break for the Yankees against
Detroit all combined to reduce the
needs of the Mackmen from nine
victories to six.
George Eamshaw sought his
twenty-first victory at Philadelphia
yesterday, but was sent reelm g
from the mound in the seventh.
The Macks rallied in the eighth and
ninth to give Rommel credit for a
6 to 5 victory.
Babe Ruth celebrated his forty
third and forty-fourth home runs
in New York. The second of these
blows, delivered with two Yanks
aboard in the ninth rounds of the
nightcap, sent the ex-champions
into a tie and paved the way for
them to pull out the decision 10 to 9
a moment later. The Tigers had
won the opener 8 to 4.
Jack Russell achieved the un
enviable distinction of losmg two
games in one day at Boston. The
Browns knocked him from the box
in less than an inning of the open
er, which they won, 6 to 1, and the
Red Sox booted home an unearned
run in the first roui.d of the second
game when he tried to make a
comeback. The Browns took this
one 1 to 0.
The Washington-Chicago game
was prevented by rain.
The National league s abbreviated I
program was featured by the game
at Forbes Field. The Pirates pulled
out the decision 7 to 6 when Paul
Waner drove in two runs #*th a
triple in the ninth. *'*'*
The Reds defeated the Giants 1
to 5 at Cincinnati. The rest had
an open date.
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bark*’ smiling.
Just now you feel like having
a few- ties for Fall. Just now
picking is at its best.
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