Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-12-13
COTKE PLANS
EAGLE GRID
INVESTIGATION
J. Tijerina Claimed To
Be Beyond Age
Limit

II rgopose TO Lt,ke q complete
and thorough investigation into the
allegation that Juan Tiierina, third
string Eagle center, Ks over 10
years OF age" Supt. G. wv. Gotke of
the local public school system stat
eel Friday.
This statement followed on the
heels or orders from the interschol-
astic league TO H- H. Hutto of San
Antonio. chairman OF the Dist NO.
% committee. that he investigate
TlIerina'S age.
Juan and his father are con-
vinced that me is not over I9 years
on age. All the records in our DO
session would corroborate their be-
lief. We do not propose To toss
away the district championship
without going into the case thor
oughly. All records and proofs
will be carefully scanned In an e.
fort 20 arrive at the true facts I'm
the case. III "a mistake has been
made, IL iS of technical nature
we certainly haven't violated tho
spirit OF the rulings laid down by
the tnterscholastic league. Al
though T1jerina Is as fine a boy as
we have In school. In all fairness 10
can be said that his playing did
not affect the standing OF our club
In the district. AS third-string
center, ne got into only two games.
one with Corpus Christi and one
with R,obstown. These contests
we're won by top-heavy margins and
Tijerina's part In these had no ma
terial bearing on the final scores"
Main Factor
Roy Cochrane, Main avenue
coach, Is the moving factor IN the
latest protest against the power
full Brownsville Eagles. Earlier fin
the season. he IN conjunction with
Austin high. indicated that they
would protest the eligibility OF
John Sylvester, declaring that he
was competing for his fifth year.
Brownsville authorities collected
data which completely disproved
these charges and Cochrane never
protested, although he had broad
cast press reports over the state
indicating that he would do sop
casting suspicion ON the Eagles.
The latest protest came up when
COchrHne delved into records here
and turned his findings over tD Tom
Dennis. Port Arthur coach prior to
the Brownsville-Jacket game i'm
Houston.
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The first indication or a protest
was given when Supt. G. M. 6lnms
or Port Arthur telephoned 5upt.
Gotke stating that he had data that
Tijerina was 20 years OF age. The
local school head replied that all
records in his possession indicated
Tijerina to be only 10.
Friday before the Eagle-Jacket
contest. Coach Dennis presented
two bits OF evidence TO Supt. Gotke
in Houston. The one was a birth
certificate and the other letter
from T. p. Walker, state census Of
ficer, to Cochrane.
No Protest
A formal protest was impossible
as the game was TO be played with
In "a hours. Supt. Gotke agreed
to meet Port Arthur in q protest
hearing the following week. How
ever, Coach Dennis refused TO pro-
test. Dennis stated that Cochrane
OF Main avenue had furnished him
the information. The San Antonio
coach was In Brownsville earlier In
the week gathering information 20
turn over TO Dennis. Although
there was no protest entered, Roy
ID. Henderson OF the interscholastic
league, saw the evidence in Hous-
ton and considered ~ worthy or
consideration.
Consequently he ordered MIR.
Hutto, chairman of District NO. Nv
To 20 into the case He stated i1
part "since this controversy can
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