Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-04
CARDSPLACE
nine MEN in
GRID LINEUP
Moody Will Be Asked
To Attend Big
Pep Rally


MERCEDES. Dec. 4-Running
true to form. the Harlingen Cardi-
mails. Valley football champions,
placed nine men on the All-Valley
SQUAD which will participate in the
first Battle of Grapefruit New
Years. The team was selected by
the Valley Coaches and Officials as
sociation in session here Tuesday
evening.
Mission, runner-up for the Valley
pennant. placed five men on the
team. while McAllen and Weslaco
tied for third place with four per-
formers each ranking among the S5
best in this selection. La Feria and
San Benito placed three each, and
Edinburg and Donna tied with two
each. Pharr-San Juan-AlamO rated
one man to complete the list.
Tentative Lineup
Gene Cox of McAllen received q
vote Of i5-the largest cast for any
one player. Karmeier CPharr-San
Juan Alamo, Waters CHarlingenJ
WitherspoOn tHarlingenl Murray
(Harlingenl and WaSham (Harlin-
gem received votes of "a each. Pat
terson of Donna was given the lar
gest vote of any back, obtaining Is
ballots.
This is how the All-Valley first
string would line I'D, II formulated
according 10 The number Of votes
they received.
Ends: Murray (Harlingen) IL,
Washam (Harlinnen) IA.
Guards and Tackles: Cox CMc-
Allen) Is. Karmeier (Phar-San
Juan-Alamo) IA, Waters (Harlingen)
IA. Witherspoon (Harlingen) "A.
Center: Ross tAdission) and w.
Lawrence CHarlingen tied with l3
votes each.
Backs: Patterson CDonna) 13;
Witt (Weslacol u. Landry (Mis-
sion) u, j. Lawrence (HarlingenO
IL.
However. Coach Dutch" Rektoril.
will be given leave to pick his own
first string from the squad OF 33
that will be turned over TO him.
Team Personnel
Following are all the players that
placed and the votes they received.
Ends: Murray (Harlingen) Ia,
Washam tHarlingen) IA, Barnum
CEdinburg) Is, Cara CNiSSion) IL,
Earnest CMcAllen) 10, Ritter Oa
Feria) 8.
Centers: Ross CAIission) Is. w.
Lawrence CHarlingenl l3, Young
tEdinburg) IL.
Guards and tackles: Cox (NGcAll-
en) IS, Karmeier (Pharr-San Juan
Alamol IA, Waters CHarlingen) Il,
Witherspoon (Harlingen) IA, Nor
ton CWeSlaco) IL, Wood (Mission)
u. Valdez tMission) II, Dickson( La
Ferial u, Bales (Weslaco) u. Eddy
CDonna) 8, Hewlett CSan Benito) Z,
Drury CHarlingen) z.
Backs: Patterson Donna) Is,
Witt tWeslaco) ~, Landry mis-
sion) IL. J. Lawrence CHarlingen)
~, Adamson (San Benito) 10, jam
ison CWeslaco) 10. SibSon Ia Feria)
10, Walsh CAIcAllen) 9, West (Har-
lingen) 9, Carter CSan Benito) 8,
Scheupbach CHarlingen) 8, Allen
(McAllen) z.
Squad Meets Thursday
The all-Valley squad will be cali
ed together for the first time at
8 d. N. Thursday at the Harlingen
high school. This will be q general
get-together meeting preparatory
to getting down TO actual training
next week. II has been announced
by Coach Dutch" Rektorik.
Coach /. A. Martin OF WeSlacC
has been selected as the assistant
coach BY Rektorik.
At the Tuesday evening meeting
Of the coaches IL was also voted 70
invite Gov. Dan Moody TO the VAL
ley Dec. II for a general pep-rally
for the All-Valley team 1t was stated
on good authority that the sorreI-
topped young chief executive was IN
mood TO accept.
There were fifteen voters present
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