Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-01
OPPOSITION
TO Be NAMED
Rektorik Will Coach The 80
Leading Players For
Big Tilt

The All-Valley grid squad win be
selected at the regular meeting Of
the Valley Coaches and Officials
association TO be held at the Mer-
cedes high school Tuesday eve
ming.
Other important questions as to
who the All-Valley team will play
New Years and a. to where the
Valley squad viii train also will be
cleared away.
A squad Of 80 players will be
named by the coaches and offici-
MS. Each or the 13 "B" clubs will
lave one vote in the selection
That Is. only one coach from each
town will be allowed to name a
squad. Officials who have worked
in six or more games will be al
lowed to cast q ballot.
Likely Opponents
Six strong upstate teams have
answered invitations TO participate
in the New Years spectacle which
will be staged at Brownsville this
season. These teams arc C~orsicanar
Cisco, Cleburne. Marshall, Temple
and perhaps Waco. Ben Epstein
moving power IN the All-Valley
project. says Corsicana will prob
ably be the team selected.
Coach Dutch" Rektorik OF Har-
lingen. as winner of the Valley title.
will have charge Of the squad OF
80. He will select his own assist
ant and will use his own judgment
as to which OF the 80 gridsterS shall
play on the first string" The
team will be brought together fol
training purposes in the near fu-
ture. Jersies and other equipment
have already been ordered. Colo
and green are the colors. in keep
ing with the occasion-"Battle Of
Grapefruit" The numerals. in gold
will be across the front Of the jer-
sizes, while a grapefruit viii be or
the players backs.
Sponsors at WCrk
A special committee or seating
arrangements has been az work fol
some time and tickets will 90 or
sale soon. 1T has been announced
q. G.. Richardson. secretary Of ths
chamber of commerce, and w. l.
Pendergraft. both of Brownsville, are
attending TO this end OF the project
The game will be staged at Tucker
field which has q seating capacity
Of about $500 at present. Addition
oil bleachers will be erected, and Il
is hoped to care for o crowd o
around 10000.
The seats are to be allotted TO va
riouS towns on an absolutely fail
division by a committee composed o.
Whit ROGERS, McAllen chamber o.
commerce. Myron +. Ward. Harlin'
gen chamber. s. M. Patterson
Weslaco chamber. y. IL. Ramsey
la Feria chamber. q. G. Richardson
and w. L. P~endergraft Of th'
Brownsville chamber. Ed Mockoes
Of Brownsville. also Is q member o.
the committee and will be IN chargE
~ seat sales. Tickets will be or
sale IN the various towns until II
DAYS before the game. Then al
will be taken I'D and sold only Y
Brownsville or at the gate.
Bodies Cooperate
Next season the tilt will be staged
in Harrington and the following veal
in McAllen. This decision was ar
rived at at a Joint meeting Of TN
Coaches and Officials and the Val
lev Chamber OF Commerce score
taries.
The secretaries have agreed Y
handle all financial transactions
while the coaches viii do the attn
lctic end OF the affair. IL Is hopet
10 work the Battle OF Grapefruit
into an annual event patterne'
along the line Of the "Tournamen
OF Roses on the Pacific coast
Ben Enstein. HarlinEen merchan
and snort enthusiast. originated IN
proiect. He obtained the backing o
the Valley Coaches and Officiai
ard thev in conjunction with IN
valley secretaries made II . thinI
cf reality.