Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-13
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CPORTS
OFORUM
BY BISHOP CLEMENTS

Brownsville and FL Jardin high
school boys basketball quints, are
scheduled to battle Friday afternoon
on the local court for the champion
ship Of Cameron county.
Coach Richeys III Jardin Comets
gained the honor to battle for the
title when they defeated Santa Rosa
last week, and the Eagles whipped
the Greyhounds from San Benito
yesterday afternoon, to 20 into the
finals.
The local girls team was eliminat-
ed from the county race yesterday
by Wilson Tract, who beat them,
80 to IL. Wilson Tract will play
Santa Rosa at Harrington Friday aft
ernocn for the county title.
So, the basketball season, il COM
ing to a close. Friday the county
championship will be settled, then
the winner will meet other dis
trict winners, and 50 on up until
the tournament to be held at A.
& NJ. in March III n Valley teams
wins the right to enter the state
l UuTnAmCH tntI WILL DC dL - 1AS~
! tinct disadvantage, because of lack
of indoor courts. Edinburg Junior
college has the only indoor bas-
ketball court in the Valley, and of
course, you know, the state tour
nament games will be played on
an indoor court.
Something the local schools need
in the worst way, Is a gymnasium.
A gym is one OF the finest assets
and one of the best investments a
school can make for its students. We
hope the local school board builds
a gymnasium for the local schools
oon
Last Tuesday night Tommy
Loughran and Armand Emmanuel,
heavy weights had n scrap in San
Francisco Loughran dowred the
Basque. But the managers OF both
fighters were fined SOU apiece for
hnggling over n referee prior to
the scrap by the California State
Athletic commission. They did n
good turn for the boxing game,
when they fined these managers,
most of whom create more dissat-
isfaction than any hundred boxers.
When one wants 10 take time TO
find out where all these squabbles
come from in the fight game, Just
20 to the business management,
that's where IL originates Don't
blame the fighters, they are in the
darkness as to the goings On.
Up around Austin, where our good
friend Roger Powell, holds sway,
a semi-professionzl baseball league
has been organized, with San An
tonic, Yoakum, Seguin, Lockhart and
Austin, as entrants at present. Geo.
Huntress, Jr, is chairman at pres
ent, and Gene Seng, temporary sec
rotary and treasurer.
Now don't get the San Antonio
entry mixed with the league club
there, because 10 isn't. Ii will be
composed Of the best amateur tai
ent Of the Alamo City However,
II the Texas league club of San
Antonio this year isn't any better
than in the past few years. they
would do well 10 finish one, two, in
this semi-pro league.
That "Ramblin' Wreck Of Georgia
Tech is still dealing misery TO the
basketball teams in their parts. I'm
defeated. with nine victories 10 their
| credit, the court team. like their
football outfit, looks like il will 90
through the season with q clean slate.
Mexia. Uncle Jess McLendon's
little city, was not represented at
the directors meeting of the Lone
Star league last Sunday In Dallas.
Mexia has been In organized base
ball continuously since 1922, when
they were members of the Texas
Oklahoma league at that time. Pri-
or TO that however. the Gushers
we're members OF various Class ID
circuits in those parts. Probably
n year out Of organized ball will
do some Of the oil town citizens
good. There Is always an element
in every town who can't Gee the
benefits derived from baseball un-
ill their town goes without a team
these long summer months.
"When the Detroit Tigers get into
Arizona a few weeks hence" says Err
nest Lannigan, in the Sporting News,
they will be invading the home Of
the ella monster. This reptile is SO
tough that il is said Of il that when
il once attacks a man he Is through,
hook, line and sinker. Its bite Is fatal.
Stanley Harris was asked about
this. Stanley, a mild-mannered man,
was Of the opinion that the ella
monster wasn't so tough" continued
Mr.. Lannigan.
4" We will spike him to death if
he wants 20 litter up u ball park
Harris said. Say he added, we will
have our ball players so h~ard-boiled
that they will bite the fangs out of
those ella Monsters
Names given athletic teams are
varied and. to some extent, funny.
For instance teams are named
Scorpions, Javelinas, etc. But n
name that attracts attention in
central Texas, II that applied TO
the Taylor basketball team The
team Ia known as the Taylor
Ducks"
Howard William Of Texarkana,
Texas. is expected 10 hold down an
outfield berth on the Houston team
OF the Texas league this IN
Williamson has belonged to the St.
Louis Cardinals ever since he left
the University Of Texas. several
years ago. He had the misfortune
to injure his leg. which has handi-
capped him, but pronounees his limb
in tip top shape, and Manager Sny-
der expects the protege Of Uncle
Billy Disch 20 come through with
flying colors.
An athletes legs won't stand up
forever I'm any OF the competitive
sports. The other night Ray Cong
er, the American sprint king, out