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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
FARLEY TOBE
HELD 8 P. NJ.
AT CITY HALL
500 Per Month Per
Man, On Nebraska
League Style, Is Ex-
pected By Fans

Baseball fans from all over the
Valley will gather tonight at Hzr-
lingen, in the office Of Mayor Sam
Bolts. in the city hall. at 3 o'clock,
for the purpose of organizing a
Class ID league.
Sentiment for this meeting. and
enthusiasm for a league in the VAL
ley, has been rampant for the past
few weeks. Guy Trent. OF San Be-
nito, headed a committee Of citi-
zens who toured the Valley last
Tuesday. feeling out the baseball
spirit Of the different towns and
citizens. The whole day was spent.
and those accompanying Mr.. Trent.
and along with him, believe that the
Valley is ready TO form a league.
in organized bail. under the protec-
tion OF that institution.
II the Valley is TO have baseball
1<the daily diamond stuff. for at
tBast three or three and a half
months this SUMMERTIME meeting
tonight will decide.
Billie Burnett. Rio Grande Valley
manager of the South Texas Chamber
Of Commerce. who returned last
night from Mercedes and Harrington,
where he had been on business. re-
ports that everything looks fine for
n of the best gatherings of this
kind ever held in this section.
The meeting Is scheduled to get
underway ut S o'clock. and Mr.. Trent
is urging and has done so in the
past several days, every fan in the
Valley TO attend. The San Benito
citizen, who has been an active base
ball enthusiast in the Valley for
fifteen years, believes q league, or
gsnized along the lines OF the Ne
braska State league, which cleared
$4,000 last season, is the proper
kind Of organization for the Valley.
IL is simply this, Mr.. Trent. says:
each club to carry thirteen play
ers, including the manager. Every
player TO receive no more than 500
per month for his services, and less
II IL can be had, and the manager
10 receive $500 per month"
Now, Mr.. Trent states, that Is
n workable proposition, and IN a
better one can be had, that's what
is wanted.
"Thsre may Sc a player or players
In every town who won't play for
pay, il such is the case. then that
much expense can be dropped from
the payroll. In other words, the sum
total of each clubs payroll must not
be more than $500 per month" Mr..
Trent advocates.
AL Prince, Of Mercedes, states that
II every club will live up TO that
rule. then the league will be a going
concern.
Mr.. Trent believes every club will
do so, and states that a violation Of
this rule will break up the league.
and such club will be blackballed
from organized baseball.
"Violations of this rule. III any,
will be known, because we. In the
Valley, are 20 close together, both
in distance. social and business re-
iations, that an infraction will be
found out, IL any. But we will have
TO bind ourselves not 10 break this
rule"
Mayor Bolts, OF Hsrlingen, stated
TO Mr.. Burnett yesterday. that ev-
erything was in readiness 10 handle
the baseball crowd tonight. and that
he expects a large gathering.
Brownsville citizens. in numbers.
are expected to attend the gather
Ing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
J~ananese Beats
Billiard Champ
In Tournament

NEW YORK. Feb. 5.-tFHThe
worlds 1872 Balkine billiards crown
rested a trifle ~insecurely on Edou-
ard Horeman's head today.
The Belgian made an inauspicious
start in defense Of the games most
coveted title last night when he
bowed to Kinney Matsuyama, the
Japanese, 400 to 292 in 10 innings.
II was the first match in the
championship round-robin tourna-
ment in which foreman stakes his
crown against the assaults not only
Of Matsuyama but also of welker
Cochran and Young Jake Schaeffer.
Of the United States. Erie Hagen
lscher Of Germany, and Felix Grange
Of France.
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GGHTS LAST



CHICAG0-Jerry fluffy Griffith,
Sioux City, Iowa. stopped Billy Freas.
Grand Rapids. Mich. (Tl. King Tut,
Minneapolis. stopped Tony Sanders.
Chicago, (2). Danny belmont, Chiea-
20, outpointed Jimmy Harris, Gin
cinnati, (6l. Young Battling Lee
whisky, Chicago. knocked out Billy
O'Brien. Rockford, Ill. 90.
PEORIA. Il.-Sammy MandeH-
Rockford, ILL.,, outpointed Don Davis,
Chicago, CI0). Johnny Melton. India
napolis, knocked out Taylor Van
Necht. South Bend, Ind. 90.
PHILADELPHIA-Johnny Dundee.
Baltimore, outpointed Tony Ascencio.
Spain. GO). Henri Dewanker. Of
France, stopped CASTOR LeEaure. Of
France, (S). Vidal Gregorio, Snain,
o~utpointed Milton Cohen. New York,
10.) Tiger Taylor. Macon, Ca. out
pointed Bucky Carlo, Philadelphia,
LITTLE FOCK, Ark.-Eddie Kid
Wolfe. Memphis, Tenn, knocked out
Johnny Harris, Kansas City, On.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Billy Brown.
Helena, Ark, won on foul over Tod
Smith. Canton. O.. (5)-
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Jackie Dugan,
Louisville. outpointed Paul Allen,
Chicago. G0l.
TULSA. Okla.-Babe Hunt. Tulsa,
outpointed Jimmy Burne, Louisville,
Ky. (10).
BUFFALO, n. Y.-0sk Till, Buffa-
10, stopped Johnny Mason, Cincin-
natl, (s). Jack Manlev, Wilkes
Barre, o~utpointed Tony Ross, Pitts
burgh. (1O). Bucky Lawless, SYRIA
cuse. NJ ", and Jack Horner. St.
Louis, drew, (s).
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High School To
Play La Feria
This Afternoon

Brownsville and Ia Feria. girls
and boys basketball CUNTS, are
scheduled 20 play the first Tarre Of
the county tournament today.
The boys team is IN excellent
shape for the contest With Coach
Holmes La Feria outfit, a. rs the
girls team.
The contests are TO get underway
az 4 o'clock on the LEGAL field.
Today the first games OF the
county tournament are to be PLAYED.
with ire following teams matched.
San Benito vs.. Il Feriz. Wilson
Tract W. R~anre-wlle: Rio Hondc W.
Santa Rosa; Highland VS.. II JRrdin:
Harrington vs.. Stuart Place. and
vrcwrsvills and In Feria elashinr.
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d~eservedIy SO. They seem headed for
the 1929 title. but the Longhorns of
Austin stand in their way this year.
These clubs meet Saturday night.
Coach Walker Of the Steers has q
crack quint team. S. VI. u. Mustangs.
however. last night. took the starch
out Of the Steers by O 81 10 80 win.
II was m upset in basketball circles
Of the conference. but the Ponies
seem TO have the edge on the Steers
IN several fundamental ways.
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BY FOREST c. PHoG) ALLEN
president, National Association oil
Basketball Coaches.)

Why do so many senior-year sth-
letic captains fail to measure up?
I have seen athletes perform bril-
liantly in their sophomore and junior
years, only to fail as players, in
their senior years. with the burden
Of m athletic captaincy placed on
them.
Athletics. as conducted today. are
work, not play. Critical and cold
blooded groups thronE our athletic
arenas 70 analyzs and 10 criticize
every play ana every nis-play Of the
athletes involved.
In other days, coaching was an
avocation. Today. it is a vocation,
in which the coaches too often hold
their position on their record Of
wins. AS a result, the athletes be-
come the coach's meal ticket. They
must work for him and they must
win for him.
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LEADS
HORSESHOE ARTISTS

ST. PETERSBURG. Fla, Feb. So
F-Blair Nunnamaker. Cleveland
horseshoe HEAVIER. was peacernaker
today in the midwinter slipper sling
inr tournament which will produce
"a new national champion or all
~barnyard golfers. His pitching v
erage so far IL .74s.
q. G. Davis. Of Columbus. Ohio,
the titleholder, fell by the wayside
yesterday.
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right arm packed full Of throwing
power. He also carries q good bat
ting punch.
With all of his youth and all
around playing ability Colbert Will
have to keep Old Man Maranville's
shoes filled.
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TO WREsTLE

Joe Stecher. who lost the heavy
weight wrestling championship 10
Gus S~onneberg sometime ago, has
announced he In ready TO wrestle
again. and Kansas City will be the
site.
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RETAINS GOLF TITLE

RETAINS GOLF TITLE
A. G. ". Gosling Of Toronto. Can
ada, Monday. retained his Bermuda
amateur golf championship. defeat
ing Nicol Thompson. Jr., Of Toron-
70. five and four in 80 hole final
round.
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$50 he Herald SPORTS SECTION Gn4aa
Meet Will Decide On 3D. Loop Tonight
-
Baskets and


Every practice period is intensive
work. The execution of every play
Is timed to the nth degree. Every
game Of every opponent Is secuted
and analysed in minutest detail.
Thus have our athletic contests be-
come serious business instead Of
play. They have become altogether
too serious for the average senior
who knows the additional response
bility and the grind that q major
sport eaptaincy implies.
Every normal athlete wants 10
win. However. the old-fashioned
spirit Of my all for Alma Mater
Is no longer the same sharp blade
that it was in other years.
Along with the changes IN our
methods and standards Of living,
have come the new attitudes Of
present day youth. The preliminary
training, both Mt home and At school.
OF hardships- Men in our college
groups today are out III search or
freedom, IN search Of a modern
care-free Garden of Eden where
they can work n little and play a
lot Too much Stacking makes
them rebeilious. And the average
athletic captain, in his senior year,
Is unable and unwilling 70 enter
into an ultra-serious pact with any
coach, for another seasons toll.
The honor system or selecting
captains now is in its trial stages.
IL may avert some Of the tragedies
q the past. Minnesota, Indiana and
Kansas are experimenting now with
the plan. Under this plan. the coach
appoints . captain for each game.
After the competitive season IA over.
the men who have participated IN
the games. elect an honor captain for
the season just completed.
In this way. the captain gets the
honor without the responsibility.
which has seemed in many instances
TO interfere with his technique and
brllliarcy as u player.
This type Of post-election should
represent the teams affection-bv
choicei and should not interfere
with the efficiency OF the high
power of the machine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

Arkansas University IA the champ
basketball outfit Of the Southwestern
conference. They havs hsid that
1oner for tia PAST three years, and
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CPORTs.

BY BISHOP CLEMENTS

Valley baseball fans will meet to-
night at Harlingen in the city hall.
Guy Trent, Of San Benito, who
headed a committee OF citizens who
toured the Valley last week in the
interest Of the formation Of n Class
ID league, il anxious that every fan
in this part of the country attend.
Mission. McAllen. Brownsville, Mer-
cedes. Hariingen. San Benito, will
have representatives at the meeting,
ready TO say yes or no, as TO wheth-
er they will enter the league, reports
in local baseball circles indicate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

This big boy Schmeling, from the
Deutschland, undoubtedly Il some
mauler. He socked Johnny Risko
all over the ring at Madison Square
Garden last week, and Is hailed as
the next heavyweight champion.
But don't get in a hurry, you fell
lows. history has shown that it's
n long, long. and hazardous road
10 the championship Of any title
A star today may be a bust" to-
morrow. Max may get 10 the top,
but he isn't there yet-he has
made a good start.
The Washington times., 1929-11-18
LOCAL PRODUCE

Eggs-C receipts. S0@SssI
white hennery. BS0Soe.
PouItry-TurkeyH. young. SBs Oad
Toms. 2sc; white legharn fowls. 9sc:
Plymouth Rocks. five pounds ana over.
2s62 27c; Rhode Island Reds, 81 pounds
and over, 2sc: mixed chickens. 2s03ee:
turkeys dressed, CSC; chickens, s0eI
large fowls. 3e9S2e: Keats, 4o6soe.
Lambs, lie.
Calves, 15hc.
Apples-Supplies moderate. Demand
light, market steady. Boxes: Washing
Fancy Delicious. 1915. Fancy, $s,5o:
Extra Fancy staymans. 1925. Bushel
nashss' inchss up pirsR5a Tork. $500 G stasman.
u. s. No. /. az inches unA $1.7502.O0.
mostly s2.OO: U. S. No. !, 3N inches
up s2,?5. Pennsylvania. u S. No. !.
~ inches up Grimes slightly russeted,
CabbaEe-supplies. moderate; demand.
light; markt, steady. New York, 1oO-
South Carolina, barrel crates, spproxi-
mately 1oo-lb. net. pointed type. s2.so0
ass.
celery-supplies moderate; demand.
2-s crates. $3@350; California, crates.
trading slow, $3.50.
Lettuce-Suppiies, moderate; demand.
moderate; market. about steady. Call.
fornia, crates Iceberg type. As dozen.
$500
onions-supplies, light; demand. light;
market. steady. Indiana, 120-lb. sacks
Green Mountains, U. S. No. /. mostly
81.
PotaIoes-Supplies, moderate: demand.
light: market, steady. Pennsylvania,
150-lb. sacks round whites, U. S. No. i,
$4.2s. some fair quality 81; New York.
-5o-lb. sacks round whites, U. S. No. /,
$4.25@4.40; Maine, 15o-lb. sacks Green
7
Sweet Petatoes-Supplies, light. De-
mand, light; market. dull. e. s. Vir"
ginia, cloth top barrels. Fellows, No. l.
$2.s5@2.75.
String beans-Supplies. moderate. De-
mande. light; market. weaker South
Carolina, bushel hampers green, best,
50. 50;, fair quality, So. Norfolk Section,
Va. 5peek hampers, green. ordinary
275. Florida. bushel hampers, green,
stringless, best, IS: flat, fair quality.
$3@S.25.
Cucumbers-suprlies. very light. Too
few sales reported to quote.
squash-Supplies light. Demand.
light. market, slightly weaken Florida
bushel hampers. white and wrapped,
Eggplant-supplies moderate. De-
mand, light: market, slightly weaker
Florida. pepper crates, fancy, SS.S864:
few express. receipts high as $3.50:
choice, &27s1s.
IomdLpeE--SuppllSS HEnt. Demand
light: market steady. California. lug
boxes. ripes and turning, wrapped 6x6
and larger. $S.35@S5e, mostly $3.50;
fair quality low as 50.
CauIiflawer-SGpplies light. Demand
light: market firm. California pony
crates. snowballs. $2.250$2S5; Long
Island $S03.25.
Oranges--Supplies moderate. Demsn nd
light market steady. Florida. boxes.
medium siZe. best, 1915; fair quality.
3.25@3.50
Grapefruit-Supplies moderate. De-
mand moderate; market steady. Florida,
haNaS No HAAA60
The Washington times., 1929-11-18
RELIGION HELD
CHILD s NEED

CLARENDON, Va. Nov. 49,
Speaking at the fall meeting If
the Holy Name Society Of the
Northern Section Of Virginia, held
yesterday in the auditorium Of
the st. Charles School, Senator
David /. Walsh Of Massachusetts
declared the greatest need in this
country today is for more re-
ligious education among the chill
dren.
I'VE should lose no opportunity
to dispel in the minds of our non
Catholic brethren that idea that
we are against education" he
said.
what we do believe and in.
Sist upon Is that our children be
taught not only general subjects
but with them the teachings Of
God.
what fair-minded citizen can
object to such teachings in the
schools Of the Catholic faith?
We have no words Of denuncia-
ton for the public schools. Our
schools only supply something
that they omit" he said.
'.One Of the most threatening
conditions of the country today is
the fact that records show thou
sands yes, millions of our young
er generation growing up with no
religious education at all, who
never even see the inside Of a
Sunday school or q church." he
declared.
"The criminal records will also
show that while the criminal may
have Christian parents, he him
self lacks religious training
Other speakers were j. o. Mar
tin, of Falls Church, president Of
the Diocesan Union of Virginia
and West Virginia; the Rev.
Father Sweeney. Of st. !Gabriel's
Church, Of Washington, and the
Rev. Father Rankin, pastor Of st.
Charles Church at Clarendon.
Michael j. Mcfarland. Of Alex.
andria, was elected president:
M. J. Cook, of Falls Church, vice
president: Francis T. Quinn, Of
Alexandria, treasurer: Joseph L.
Dugan, Of Clarendon, secretary,
and L. j. Sweeney, Of Fort Hum.
phrieS, marshal.
The Washington times., 1929-11-18
EXPENSE RULE
CLARIFIED

An employe Of the Government,
travelling on official business, on
cabin-claSS vessels is limited to
the minimum rate available for
cabin-claSS, except when superior
accommodations are authorized,
Comptroller General j. r. McCarl
ruled today in deciding the trans
portation difficulties of H. Law
renee Groves, commercial attache
at Berlin.
Groves, Mrs. Groves and minor
daughter sailed from New York
to Bremen on the s. S. George
washington. Of the U. s. Lines.
at q cost greater than the mini
mum first-class rate on the S. S.
Levfathan. McCarl ruled that the
Leviathan rates could not be con-
sidered in the case as the George
Washington had but two classes,
cabin class and third-class, and
that the Groves family had taken
the best available passages at the
minin UNI rate for that vessel.
The Washington times., 1929-11-18
IRREGULARI TY
MARKS STOCK
TRADING
BY W. s. COUSINS

NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-With
few exceptions stocks started the
new week at higher prices than
last Fridays closing levels. Where
professional profit-taking exceeded
in volume the incoming buying
orders Of bargain hunters and
confident bulls. slight losses were
recorded, but the general trend in
the first half-hour was upward.
A decline in the volume Of trad
ing to 100000 shares in this
period and the ability Of the
tickerS to keep within ten minutes
Of the trading floor were taken
as evidence Of the return Of the
market to normal, which is the
principal object of the stock cx-
change. authorities at this time.
The business and banking COM
munity. was also encouraged hy
the response to President Hoover's
call for q series Of conferences
of Industrial sterilization at
Washington.
Selling pressure of Unite d
States Steel, Standard Oh Of New
jersey, American Can and other
industrial favorites in the second
hour brought prices below Fri
days closing levels, and repre-
Sented chiefly the profit-taking
and short selling Of professionals
in various stages Of the game.
U. s.. Steel lost about 3 points
at 16fAs; American Can was down
IA from the peak and Standard
Oil Of New Jersey broke below so
for O. orle-point loss. The utilities
could make very little progress
against the flood Of selling based
on the disappointing earnings
statements of a number Of the
leading companies.
Higher prices for motor stocks
followed announcements Of the
increased demand for popular
models and the return of 10000
workmen to their jobs in Toledo
and Detroit.
The Washington times., 1929-11-18
Gas Pipe Line Survey
Extended in Virginia

STAUNTON, Va, Nov. Ia
The United Fuel and Gas Com
pany, which is now surveying for
a large pipe line from the natural
gas fields Of Kentucky and West
Virginia as far east as Lexington,
Va, will extend the survey north
ward through Staunton, to Harris
onburg, and southwark through
Roanoke, to Pulaski, it has been
learned.
Delegates from several neigh
boring cities at the gas conference
held at Lewisburg last week, voted
an overwhelming preference for
the United Fuel and Gas Com
pany.
The Washington times., 1929-11-18
TRADE IS SOUND,
SAYS EXPERT

Americas business is sound and
its industry and commerce will
continue at present high levels
subject only to seasonal changes,
William Butterworth, president of
the Chamber Of Commerce of the
United States declared last night.
He said:
"The general business posi-
tiOn I'm the United States Is
strong. That industry and COM
merce will maintain the levels
they have reached, subject only
to seasonal fluctuations which
are normal, I believe anyone
will be convinced who analyxeS
the elements Of the situation"
Butterworth's address was given
in a radio broadcast. He called
upon business leaders to CO.
ordinate their activities in order
to preserve the present balance
Of industry and trade. He added:
"All fields Of business can
plan for the future with aSsur-
anceS of opportunities for sue
cess commensurate with ability
and diligence, my confidence.
in the business present and in
the business future is based
upon all of the knowledge I
have been able to gather at
first hand, beginning with the
industries most closely related
to agriculture, and is confirmed
by the great prepOnderance Of
testimony reaching me from all
parts Of the country"
The Washington times., 1929-11-18
LINCOLN CHAIR
UP FOR SALE

NEW YORK, Nov. 1s.-The
chair in which Abraham Lincoln
sat the night he was assassinated
in Ford's Tl1eater, Washington,
is to be sold at auction. The old
walnut piece, covered with the
original red satin damask, was
in the Smithsonian Institution in
Washington until last spring,
but is now to be offered to the
highest bidder here at the Ameri-
can Art Observation-Disclosures Gal.
leries, Inc.
The chair is a Victorian rocker
and was especially taken to, the
theater for President Lincoln's
comfort from the home of Harry
Ford, treasurer of Ford's Thea
ter, according to the galleries. It
is now the property of Mrs.
Blanche Chapman Ford, widow
OF the treasurer of the theater,
and is accompanied by her affi-
davits.
The damask covering of the
rocker is frayed and stained,
while the woodwork also shows
age. The back is tufted and but
toned, and the low wooden arms
decorated in a scroll pattern, are
also upholstered. i
The chair is one of the items
in a collection of unusual objects
to be sold on the evenings of
Dec. Is and II. Among the other
lots Is a letter from Lincoln
dated Dec. 18, 1860, to Henry j.
Raymond, then editor of The
New York Times, in which Lin
coin declares that he ''is not
pledged to the ultimate extinc-
ton OF slavery; does not hold the
black man to be the equal of the
white" and never stigmatized the
white people of the South as
immoral and unit Christian" This
letter is offered for sale by a
descendant of Mr.. Raymond.
A painting known as the Ash
bourne" portrait of Shakespeare
will also be included in the sale.
It is now the property of Eustace
Conway of New York and is
called a contemporary portrait of
Shakespeare.
In addition to many items of
literary interest, there is the orig.
inal manuscript of "Wasnington's
Farewell Orders to the Armies Of
the United States" read in
Newburgh in November, 1888. 1t
bears on the back the endorse
nent of General James Clinton
and is accompanied by signed
survey made by the assistant
chief of manuscript division OF
the Library of Congress, in which
he says the orders, In the hand
writing of John Singer Dexter,
Adjutant General, may be con-
sidered the original, official, sur
viving document.
The Washington times., 1929-11-18
Science Academy Picks
Its Officers Next Month

The washington Academy Of
Sciences will hold its annual cleo
ton of officers for 1880 next
month.
The committee on nominations
have made the following recon-
mendationS for the ensuing year:
for president, William Bowie; the
same resident vice presidents as
this year; nonresident vice presi,
dents, Wlademar Lindgren and
Harlow ShsNsley; corresponding
secretary, L. B. Tuckermon: re-
cording secretary. Charles Thom,
and treasurer, H. @. Ayers.