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

Emery nc the head of the Laredo
outfit il would enhance enthusiasm.
Basketball win now take It's
place In the schools Of the Valley
and an independent circuit has
been formed composed Of Cameron
and Uidalgo county cities. Those
making up the personnel in Hi-
daIgo county are Donna. Edfnburg.
McAlien and Pharr; and Cameron
county entrants are Harlingen. Rio
Hondo. San Benito and Brownsville.
Ionic Phipps Is head or the local
auint. and expects to put out a
winning team.
And while basketball games are
being played. baseball fans will be
whetting their appetites for q chance
TO witness contests in the proposed
Glass d league in the Valley. And
by the way, track coaches Of the
high schools will be getting a line
on material for teams in the next
couple Of mcnthr.
ALL KINDS OF WHOLESOME
ATHLETIC EVENTS IN THE VAL
LEY. WE ARE ANXIOUS TO HELP
IN OUR wAY-SEND IN YOUR
SPORT DOPE.
Bobby Jones, the great golfer, who
IL also a fuil-fledged s~ttorney-at-
law Of AtlHuta, Ca, is going TO lend
his knowledge Of golf TO the Ameri-
can Golfer. ons Of the widely known
publications pertaining t. that sport.
Jones announced q few days z that
he had Joined the editorial staff of
that publication.
StribIing and Sharkey are going
70 battle for what is regarded a.
the nearest approach to a settle
mcnt cf the logical successor TO
Gene Tunney. They will meet NJ
Miami, Fla, Feb. ~. under the
auspices Of Tex Richard. The
South, home Of %Stribiing, will be
pulling for its native son to come
through tn a victory. ibii
started fighting at a tender age, IN
So far as fighters go. had a letup
and then came back, fought his way
TO the very top Of the c~ontendins
ladder and many believe thst he
fore this year u over Stribling
will be the worlds heavyweight
champion fighter.
Ben Frudenstein OF Brownsville,
who has = keen knowledge and in
sight into the fight game by reason
Of an association lasting twelve
wears or more with the pest in the
country, prior TO coming to this city,
tells US that Jack Dempsey, who is
refereeing bouts over the country,
q certain per cent Of the gate
receipts. 1T Just goes to show what
a great drawing card Dempsey is"
Frudenstein says. And furthermore,
Dempsey has proven himself o man
after declaring he would not fight
again, he did not desert the profes-
sion. as others have done, but be
lieves in IL and Is for II. II - pass
ing strange that SO many prize fight
ers. of all the professions. after
msking their million, desert the game
and issue more or less in~sinuating
remarks rs 10 IFS being . crooked
game. Boxing is all right: 1t is just
what the fighters make Of it-no
more nor less.
San Antonio'. second base trcu-
bles will be eliminated this year.
The Bears have obtained Tom
Connolly to fill the place. In 1922
Connolly played second for Gal
weston, then . member OF the Tex
as league. ard vas regarded as
the best second-sacker, not only IN
the Texas league but In the min
ors. He was called Cowboy" hut
as a matter Of fact he never rode
a horse in his life He was reared
In New York City. But 1t just
goes to show that there II nothing
I'm q name, and especially Q mon
ECKER.
Speaking ~ names, other day y
Houston . football club from Waco
going under the name Of the Thugs
played tbs Seals" of Houston. Blu
well stick by the Eagles - TIE bes'