Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-02

CNL against opposition ellneT team
hasn't gone up against, as yet.
The Association Golf Tourna-
mcnt composed OF players from
Brownsville. Mercedes. McAllen,
Edinburg. kingsville, Laredo and
Corpus Christi, will be held at
kingsville, February %. The tour
nament is scheduled TO last only
the one day on the date mentioned.
The tournament was held In
Brownsville last September, and
pronounced one Of the best meet
ings y held by golfers from the
different member cities.
IL might be well to mention that
Brownsville's 1S-hole golf course at
the Country club is one Of the fin
est In Texas. George Desha, local
golfer and official OF the club, be-
lieves that a few more handicaps
would set the local course off as the
best in the country. Joe Wells is
chairman of the golf committee, with
Desha as an advisory member.
There is a lot Of controversy as
% which club Is the champion jun
Tor high team Of the Valley. Meal
len, Harlingen and Brownsville have
each lost a game apiece. The local
juniors have played but three
games, due 10 inability to match con
tests, says Red Irvine, director Of
local school athletics.
J. W. Hollingsworth, principal Of
the junior high school Of Harrington,
wires us as follows in regard to the
Harrington junior team:
"Harilngen junior high school
football team claims the Valley
championship IN a percentage basis,
and issues a challenge to any team
that has claimed the championship
on a basis of eight games played.
The game to be played in Harrington,
under the auspices Of the junior
high school association Of Harlin-
gen. Officials to be picked from
the Valley league"
Next season the junior high teams
Of the Valley, in order to eliminate
such situations as have arisen this
year, should organize a junior lea
que in the Valley, making out a
schedule, and carrying it out. 1t is
very dIstasteful to Valley fans to
have wrangles as 70 who is the win
ner among the junior schools and
boys. II should be stopped, and it
looks like the. only way is to organ
ize in a business-like manne right
away for next years football season.
Brownsville has one Of the finest
high school stadiums in the state.
II is a large piece of ground. en-
closed with a 10-foot board fence;
It has a grandstand with a seating
capacity Of 1900; il has bleachcrs
that will accommodate 1000. Its
playing field ID smooth and fast, but
not too hard a piece Of ground. But
and here's where the rub comes in
1t hasn't been named as yet. ard
an appropriate monicker for this ex-
cellent stadium should be placed on
II. Something for the local school
board TO think about.
And in speaking of stadiums. re-
minds US that Beaumont, the door
mat baseball club Of the Texas lea
que for ten years or more, will have
a brand new ball park next season.
IL viii be ready when spring train
ing starts. President Stuart of the
Exporters announces that the park
viii be a commodious one. Mr.. Stu
art realizes, as everyone else does
who has been in the old Beaumont
park that if the Exporters were to
ever get anywhere. financially, es-
pecially. a new ball park would have
20 be built. This will be bad news
to left-handed batters OF the Texas
circuit, because the right field fence
is only about 200 feet from the bat
ter's box; but the center and left
field fences are between four and
five hundred feet from home plate.
Tex Richard. the impresario Of
Madison Square Garden, New York.
owes a lot Of his success to his con-
g~eniality. Never is Tex too busy to
give M a civil answer always af-
fable, and accessible. And newspa-
permcn can always depend upon Tex
for 2 story. and in a manner that
bids y come again.
The 25th annual convention Of
minor league baseball clubs will
gather this week, on the 5th. in
Montreal, Canada. for a threc-day
session. II is the biggest meet
ing OF baseball maGnates, players,
and the like in organized baseball.
Last year the meeting was held in
Dallas. and the north Texas me-
tropoiis got a lot IF good public
ity from that convention. The as
ISOLATION has AT its head Mike Sex
ton: u is a democratic organiza-
ton; IL knows no borders or boun-
daries.' Lest we forget-if the
Valley has organized baseball next
summer. Brownsville would make
an ideal meeting place for the con-
vention in 1929.
Boys and girls. DePaul Academy
high school football team OF Chicago.
will be in Brownsville on December
Fl. for a game with the Eagles. This
club is the champion football squad
OF Illinois.
But the game we are interested in
right now. il che one to be PLAYED
Friday OF this week in this city. be-
tween the McAllen Bulldogs and the
Brownsville Eagles. II will be a
county contest-Hidalgo VS.. Cam
eron. And both clubs are truly and
champs IN right Of their respective
counties. They viii be battling for
the Valley title. And what a battle
il should be. The smooth working