Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-15
PORTS FORUM
By Bishop Clements
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The boys and girls county bas,
ketball title will be settled today
between Fl Jardin and Brownsville
high CUNTS, and Santa Rosa and viii.
son Trast girls team.
OF all the cities In south Texas
Bro~nsyiile needs n gymnasium
worst Of all. A gym whereby in,
door baseball. basketball, 4 huwlins
alley and many other kinds Of sports
may he had. There is nothing So
conducive TO a clty's general demesn.
or than athletic events between il.
citizens IN q gymnasium. A munic.
ipaliy owned gym. say with an audi,
forum In connection, would be 4
good investment for Brownsville
Something for the city fathers to
think about.
Out at the high school. with it,
splendid buildings, faculty and
pupiis-all these are fhere-but
no rymnasium. The suthorities
owe 10 "a themselves and the pu-
pills TO build o gymnasium whereby
athletics of this sort may be In
duigfd IN In the proper manner.
Tex Beccrrii. Brownsville fight
promoter, liz making elaborate prep
arati0ns for his fight card 20 be
staged at the Fort Brown skating
rink Feb. 25- Dick Wymore, the lit
tie hattler Of La Feria, will be one
Of the principal fighters. A worthy
opponent will be matched against
Dick, the promoter
II you must hunt for heard Of and
unheard Of fossils of cons Of years
ago, you viii be required to take out
a hunters license. the same al one
does If he goes after other wild
game in Texas, II a bill introduced
in the Texas senate by Senator c. G.
Small becomes q law. The Houston
Post-Ditch's Houston" column OF
Wednesday. says of this subject:
Every person who hunts sought
after game in Texas is required By
law 70 secure beforehand a hunters
license Under the provisions of a
bill introduced in the upper house
by Senator g. &. Small, every person
who hunts game u couple Of three
million years old would be required
10 take out a fossil hunters license.
Although il sounds freakish, SEN
ator Smali's bill would serve a good
cause. Texas Is gaining fame as =
state where fossils Of major scien-
tific interest and value are located.
The state az present has no means
Of checking up on fossil discoveries
or keeping track Of specimens re-
moved by searching parties from
other states. 1t is desirable that a
record Of all important finds be
kept. and the fossil hunters license
arrangement would provide machin-
cry for this purpose"
Now, We belong 10 that clan who
believe the game laws are all out
If proportion In that what one
law affects one part Of Texas II
works TO a disadvantage In other
parts. But the fossil hunter's H.
cense may be made uniform 10
cover the whole of the state and
not be a detrlmenf 10 any partfc-
ular section. And up around Roma
and those parts, @finds" have been
made Of prehistoric animals. etc.
No the pefrified animals will be
Aast rs good In the summe as In
the winter. and the proposed bill
may be made uniform. and no kick
made at all along those lines.
"Texas high school football is fac
ing a crisis" says Boyce House in
the Austin Statesman of last Tuesday.
Mr.. Boyce writes interestingly OF
the workings Of the Interscholastic
last season. which was called
upon 70 render many important de-
cisions in regard 10 ineli9ibility rul-
etc. Of the different high
football players OF the state.
The article. in part. followss
Texas high school football is fac
Ing a crisis.
Another season marred by such