Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-19
I'm OUR
VALLEY

HAVE YOU learned to spin a
yo-yo?
If not you are hopelessly out-of-
date and old-fashioned.
This Japanese toy has taken it's
place as a major activity of the
present summer and yo-yo contests
appear about to become sport page
headliners.
Brownsville's first contest is to be
staged at the Capitol theater Sat-
urday night and youthful yo-yoers
and not so youthful yo-yoers are
said to be spinaing them more and
more wickedly.
There is talk of a yo-yo cham
pionship meet in the Valley in the
near future.
San Benito is having her indi-
vidual contest; likewise Harlingen,
Mercedes, McAllen and other Valley
towns.
Now it Is proposed to bring all
the champions from these various
contests together into an elimina-
ton tournament which would close
with the selection of the Valley
champion yo-yoer.
There also is likelihood of a yo-
20 refueling endurance contest, pat
termed after the refueling flights so
popular in the aviation world just
now.
The champion Of the United
States is said to hold record of
some 5000 consecutive spins of the
yo-yo. Valley yo-yoers talk Of spin
ming the little top for several con-
6ecutive days.
A Valley yo-yo king would be a
valuable aSset-or would it?
A bell-hop from a California ho-
tel has become millionaire as a
Gesult Of his operations in yo-yo.
One day he saw a japanese valet
Spinning a little top up and down
a string. He became interested, tried
to do the tricks himself
efficiency and other bell hops want
ed a yo-yo.
An idea
If bell-hops liked to yo-yo, other
people would also.
He gave the Jap $1oo for sole
rights.
The backing of capital was Sc
cyTed, a large factory went into
,pi$bduction.
Now the bell-hop is clipping cou-
pons.
Maybe all that didn't happen, but
it's good story.
my COTTON"-up and down the
string goes the little yo-yo-'is
about eaten up with worms, and I
don't seem to find time to poison
like I should" Valley farmer was
heard to tell a friend on a Browns
vile street corner.
THAT So" was the companion's
remark as he closely watched his
own yo-yo as it descended and as
eeaded in beautiful rhythm.
MY trees need some attention
but / don't seem to be able to get
any one to do anything about it."
and the yo-yos spun on.
Then the conversations turned To
more difficult maneuvers with the
whirring top.
Just then a mother walked bv.
on her left arm was a CRYING babv.
who seemed to need attention. In
the mothers right hand there was
q yo-yo. "Zizz, Zizz," said the little
top as it spun out in front and back
In perfect tempo.
A local theater manager walking
down the street toward his movie
palace noticed black object whir-
ring up and down the front of the
building. Glancing up to the oper-
ating room window he saw one of
the men on duty there waving his
arm up and down in rhythm with
SSs7e darting object. The man had
made yo-yo of a large metal
spool such as film is wound upon.
And he acquired a considerable
/. skill with his huge edition of the
popular toy.
O11A1Oh1,O OELA a, Young
Brownsville banker is going to
audit his way around the world.
He has been appointed to the
staff of foreign auditors Of the Ma
tional City Bank of New York
which maintains branches in almost
allNpartS of the world.
After about a years training in
the work, during which time he is
scheduled to visit any lands, he is
to be placed in charge of one of
the branches, likely in Spain. And
later his foreign training is to be
utilized in the foreign department
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