Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-23
High Girls, Junior College and Ell Jardin Wi
CPORTs
By BISHOP CLEMENTS

Brownsville Junior College foot
ball players were awarded sweaters
yesterday morning at an assembly
session. Athletic Director Red lr-
vine made the presentation talk. and
handed out thirteen sweaters, includ-
ing one to Coach Plato.
The gifts are white with q gold
letter 3 on the front. and are nifty,
TO say the least. Those receiving
sweaters are as follows:
Capt Asher. n. Roberts. Red Au-
try, Bob Myer. Hardy Conlsy, Chick
Horton. CCellar, Ceyanes. Richard
son, Taber. Harris and Shafer. Man
eyer Bob Jones was also awarded a
sweater.
In order TO make certain that
Coach Fessenden Of the high school
football team and Athletic Director
Irvine. will not be caught mapping
in regard 20 rules Of the game,
Charlie Burton. on behalf Of a COM
mittee of citizens, presented the
MeSSrs. Fessendea and Irvine each
n rule book, as a prelude 20 the
pA@ctUtmNtDM W AnfW anu NNF play
ers OF gold footballs, yesterday aft
ernoon in the club house.
Fourteen gold footballs. as fine a
locking specimen OF the piEskia ~
al be had. were given the Eagles
in appreciation Of their fine work
by Brownsville citizens. Fessenden
and Irvine also received the gold
balls. II was expected TO have the
tokens in time to present to the
honorces at the banquet recently for
the team, but q delay in shipment
caused a postponement.
"We expect TO play on the Fair
grounds field for the next two
years at least" Coach Denton Of
the Harrington high school told the
writer yesterday afternoon. The
Cardinal mentor was denying re-
ports that Harlingen would build
n school stadium this year. But
we are going TO improve the Fair
ground field. The field proper
will he run parallel with the grand
stand along the race track, thus
permitting spectators 10 sit in the
stands and watch the games" Dem
ton said.
We asked the Harrington coach
about his prospects for a winning
club next year. and he replied that
he couldn't tell. an fact won't
know until the start Of next season.
It IS . hard matter for me to say
just what ! will have next season.
At this time il looks like another
Brownsville year, with nearly all
their players returning" Denton
stated. But we have some good
material coming on"
Denton will start spring training
Tor his club next month. or as soon
az the basketball season Is over.
he stated. II expect to have a rood
baseball club. / believe that in
Anderson HarlinEen high has one
n of the best school pitchers in
the state" At this time the men
tor doesn't believe Harlingen will
put out a track team. taking up
baseball the latter part Of Febru-
ruary.
Before the MISUNDERSTANDING !
scrap in Memphis, Monday night,
Stribling's opponent was reported To
have remarked that ID was the chance
Of a lifetime for him. Well. Il was.
Stribling hit Sully on the chin in
the second round. and the little hir-
dies sang "~tweet, tweet' for several
minutes over the body az the former
Centre college football player.
Knute Rockne. Notre Dame men
tor and Glen Pop Warner of
Stanford University, California.
will conduct a two weeks school
for football coaches at the South
ern Methodist University, Dallas.
next summer. DR.. ". n. Blackwell.
business manager Of athletics Of
s. NJ. IT,. made the announcement
81 the school 20 be conducted BY
these two outstanding coaches. last
week. 10 IL expected this school
will he the most largely attended
in the country. 1t means a lot
10 Valley high school coaches who
should, IL they can. attend
Wiley Hodges, prominent landown-
err of Wharton. tells Us that before
long good roads will lead into and
out Of Wharton county, and that the
adjacent counties are building paved
highways also. All Of which is good
news. When paved highways from
Beevilie TO Houston, BY way Of Vic
are completed, then the Valley
can take in that territory IN
a baseball way.
Come TO think Of it--ihere are 4
number Of ball players on The
Herald force. Fact II a ball club
composed of Herald employees was
organized last summer and played
a number Of games; some Of which
were good and others not so good.
and others Just $3.50. But prob
ably the best game played by the
Fourth Estate boys was the one
In Matamoros, when they tangled
with n crew on the other side
Manager Howard Hamilton. who
also played practically every posi-
and found none Of which he was
suited to or IL didn't suit him. de-
veloped som pretty good players In
George Dixon, catcher; Tex Becer-
ril. shortstop and third base; Bill
Brown, Jr., pitcher, and others. All
these players are expected 10 get
back in uniform this summer and
play the national pastims as hard
in off work hours as they DO in their
several departments Of the newspa-
per.
When Tex BeeerriI, boxing pro-
moter of Brownsville. began lin
ing I'D fighters for his card 10 be
staged Monday night at Fort Brown