Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-30
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Blu Bishop Clements
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Remember o'clock on the local
gridiron-the Harlingen Cardinals
and the Brownsville Eagles-will
play a football game.
Roy B. Henderson is head OF the
Int~erscholastic Football league Of
Texas. headquarters ut Austin. A
rule was made several days ago in
regard to eligibility-and n which
has caused considerable discussion.
and misinterpretation. This rule will
nave q far-rcaching effect on high
school students all over the state, as
well as Valley schools.
In effect il says that il a high
school student enters school in the
spring plays baseball that spring.
can sti.l play four seasons of foot
ball. Mr.. Henderson further says
that the student would not become
Ineligible until the fifth season Of
baseball. The committee ruled that
il a srndent misses playing one sea-
son OF a sport, after he has started
participating in high school athlet-
les, one year of eligibility for that
sport Is consumed. As an example:
If a student plays baseball the same
spring he enters high school. and
then misses football the next fall, he
then would have only three seasons
Of football eligibility remaining"
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CLYDE Pratt, we'll known Valley
baseball player. is coach Of the Cor
pus Christi high school football
eleven. Valley fans were pulling for
his squad in their game Friday
against Austin high. and Pratt's men
came out victors. Clyde may bring
his Buccaneers to Brownsville for q
game sometime this fall. Twould be
a grid classic.
BY this time Thursday some hunt
or or hunters are going TO claim n
or more Of the prizes being offered
by Batsell-Wclls Sporting Goods Co.
From indications there will be plen-
tn shells used up the first day Of the
duck-shooting season.
There was q lot of pep being
displayed yesterday by Coach
Webb C~onnally's Junior high Red
Ants. Bob Birgs has been placed
at Quarterback position the
coach has been handicapped at
all season.
Arkansas-now that she has won n
few games-is sending out stories Of
injuries 10 its star players, and be-
moaning they will be handicapped
before each game. Same old kind Of
stuff Texas University. up until this
year, had been harping on. But Il
won't do any good. Just an alibi.
Story came out Of Houston Satur-
day night, anent the Eice-Texas
game. that Hughes. a Texas player,
had %"stole" the pigskin in a scram-
bic from an Owl. IL the charges are
true as ~charged-we haven't heard
anything else about II.
Rice sprinters-cross-country run
ners-are doing better than their
football comrades. Saturday they
beat Texas But time was
when Littlefield. now football coach.
was coach Of the cinder path men.
and his teams always came out on
~ ~ AE@ NAN 49,
Willie Kamm, captain and third
baseman Of the Chicago white Sox,
regarded as a dangerous batter in n
pinch. never hit 300 until this sea-
son. kamm iT "A colorless player, but
ne II regarded as the best third base
man in the American league.
Red eagle. Army back. showed
Yale some of the stuff he showed $.
NJ. IT,. when on last Saturday he
galloped over the gridiron for enough
gains to beat Eli IS to 6. lie was
taken out because Of injuries, but
before bis departure ne %Ealloped rs
yards for a touchdown and 70 yards
TO another Touchdown. eagles home
is in Louisiana. lie weighs 167
pounds.
There ~ going 70 be n mighty in
teresting game at McAllen Friday.
Coach Kcllam's Mission squad comes
% Coach Dykes camp for a contest.
IN their game last year there was a
s~quabble over the amount Of time
given to play one of the quarters.
III we remember correctly. McAllen
claimed the last quarter was played
for 20 or 20 minutes.
.
A couple Of Southwest conference
tilts Saturday will draw an inn
nense amount az interest. s. NJ. u.
goes 20 Austin for a game with the
Longhorns and T. c. Y. plays Baylor.
aU
played on the local gridiron Fri
day that will be interesting
enough TO draw the biggest
crowd of the season, so far. Red
Irvine. athletic director. expects
20 install bleachers on the oppo-