Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-17

thoukh He BE gray ndiTGu. bthf
Is n good man. who knows his
stuff" he replied. Matty Bell is
regarded in football circles as one
Of the best coaches in the country
His teams at Y. c. L. in the past
five years have been model defeH-
sivc outfits, especially.
Did you ever see a negro football
game? Sam Huston college is q
negro school Of Austin, and Wiley
college j. a negro school or Marshall.
These two schools are ancient rivals.
The antics Of their players on the
football field Is worth going miles
10 see. For instance the backfield
on the defense will walk right up
near the line and point their fingers
as near as possible into the faces OF
the offense backs. and holler. "Dah
you is. dis am dc man whut gonna
carry dat balll Man l sho' hopes
YOU comes round dis enid" And ~
that kind or chatter * carried On
during the entire game.
Brownsville high school girls
basketball team looks like one Of
the best the high has had in many
years. Under the direction Of Miss
Nalenta there Il a lot Of keen in
terest being displayed by the girls.
The number Of players has increas-
ed TO forty. and each afternoon
that number may be seen on the
high school couris practicing.
san Benito starts the ball rolling
tomorrow night. Baseball fans ~
,he city By the resaca" are TO meet
at the chamber Of there,
and map out plans % put their city
in organized ball, as q member Of
the proposed Glass D league in the
Valley. Guy Trent and l.. L. Zenor,
our good friends. are taking q lead
ing part IN the baseball movement,
and with these and many other good
baseball enthusiasts or San Benito
70 put the organization over. that city
viii soon be on their way in a fight
for the Valley title.
Its going % take a lot Of con-
certed effort on the part Of base
ball fans the Valley over 10 get
the league started. Who's going 20
take tire lead in the different
towns in the Valley is a noOt
question. Everybody wants base
bail, hut nobody seems "a want t0
take up The burden Of organizing.
Well. anyhow, there is going TO be
a meeting. We are told. sometime
next week. ard those valley towns.
IL any. who arc not represented
will just be left out in the cold.
Cecil GriEg. Id years gone by. .one
az the greatest football players that
ever strobe upon q gridiron. being a
member of the Austin college. Sher-
man. Texas, outfit. Crigg is now
coach a. Austin college. He put out
a whale Of team this past year, with
not much material 10 work with. He
has been umpiring IN the Teas lea
que for the past three years. In
1925 Cecil was n member Of the Aus
tin team OF the Texas Association.
and along with the writer. enjoyed
being a member Of that pennant-win-
ming organization. Grigg represent
ed. among others. Sherman, AZ the
meeting OF the Lone Star league held
a. Z y Ut A1Et 2GAAAA. III 2il@A III
was admitted to that circuit. Possibly
GrigE will manage the new entry.
and should make an ideal "boss."
He managed a part Of the 1921 sea-
son At Austin. but internal dissatis-
faction wrecked The Senators that
year.
Thirteen sweaters we're awarded
Coach Richey's IL Jardin football
club last week. They arc gray
and maroon. With a small football
in the front in maroon with I'll
Jardin written in. Undoubtedly
Richey is one coach who isn't su-
perstitious. Thirteen. 10 most ath-
letcs Is an unlucky number, and
70 coaches il Is an enigma, and
they won't stand for it.
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We are in receipt Of a photograph
Of the McAllen football club, along
with its coach Jimmy Dykes. The
Bulldogs were runners-up for the
Valley title last year, being beaten
by Brownsville in their only defeat
Of the season. In the game with the
Eagles the Bulldogs were overwhelm-
ingly defeated, but they came right
back the next weekend. as all good
teams do. and whipped the R~obstown
Cotton Pickfrs all over the McAllen
field. 40 to g. And now on the bas-
ketball squad Of McAllen high, are
found a number Of star football play
ers. including Overstreet, one ar the
star ends OF the Valley.
This game of basketball Is really
interesting-you fans who don't
think you would like il HAD better
come out some night or afternoon
and watch the girls. boys and men
squads In action. You will get n
kick out of ii. There Is plenty Of
action. and the physical and men
tai elertness displayed by the diff
ferent players is worth seeing.
Edinburg-the Hidalgo county seat
which supported a baseball club
in 1926, well, has not been heard
from in the matter Of putting a club
on the field this year in the pro-
posed Valley Class ID league. Neither
has Mission. Fans in the lower part
of the Valley are somewhat disap-
pointed in that Edinburg. oonsid-
cred q good ball town. will net be
IN the league, Is present indications
preclude.