Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-11-24
SEAT SALE TO
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Battle of Grapefruit" To
Provide Unusual
Spectacle

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Team lines up on Tucker Field 1T
brownsville New Years day against
an outstanding Texas high school
team one Of the most unusual grid
contests In the history Of the
game viii be underway. an event
which bids fair to excite intense
interest and TO attract statewide
attention.
lt long has been the habit TO Sc
4ect all-star teams or national.
state and sectional scope, but the
teams selected never are brought
together TO test their powers. Every
lover OF football has wished he
could see an all-star aggregation
IN operation. The Battle or
Grapefruit" win afford just that
opportunity.
Cream or Valley
And 1t will not be an unframed
squad Of individual stars which will
face the opposing team. Under the
plan worked out by the Valley
Coaches and Officials association it
viii be a well-trained football ma
chine composed Of the best players
the Valley has to offer. The men
9osen r TO be drilled daily for
tFo weeks before Christmas and
they are to live. eat, and sleep to-
gether during the week between
Christmas and New Year.
While the coaches and officials
are laying plans to PVT the best
team possible on the field, Valley
chamber OF commerce executives
are making plans which will assure
the business side OF the venture be-
ing properly handled. Every pos
sible seat is to be provided in
Tucker Field and these seats are 70
be distributed over the Valley IN q
manner to assure citizens In every
town an opportunity to buy the
best
In addition to this. special en-
tertainment is being planned which
will symbolic the occasion.
Every seat Is to be reserved and
some Of the best are to be assigned
to every town along with some OF
the not quite so good. Seats are
to 60 on sale Dec. 2, In all the
Valley towns. Each town will be
assigned q few between the 40
ward lines, a few further down the
field and a few behind the goal
posts. First corners in the various
towns viii be sold the best seats.
Those who wait q few days will be
forced to accept seats not quite 50
good, and so on. However. every
seat on the field viii afford a
splendid view.
Pep Squad Plan
The tickets assigned to the va
rious towns will remain on sale
exclusively in the towns to which
they are assigned until Feb. Fl, and
after that will be recalled to
Brownsville. After that date all
sales will be made from Browns
vile on the first come first served
plan" Box seats viii be handled In
the same manner.
A Valley-wide pep squad IS 70 be
organized and drilled in order 70
give the team the support Of a good
cheering section and a Valley-wtde
school band is to be organized II
possible .
The Battle OF Grapefruit" Is ex-
pected to accomplish two worthy
objects. one Of these is to prove 2
powerful agency for creating a spir-
il OF unity throughout the Valley.
The other objective IS to create a
novel attraction which will make
observance Of the holidays a unique
event in the Valley and attract at
tention from yer the state and
possibly the nation. Those in
charge Of the game have a vision
Of extending the observance through
the week from Christmas to New
Years and making or II a carnival
week which will compare f~avorably
with the Battle Of Roses at Pasa-
dena. California. or the Battle Of
Flowers III San Antonio.
The Valley squad Is to be selected
nc the next meeting Of the Coaches
and Officials association on Dec. 3.
Training IS 70 begin on Dec. 9, the
SQUAD being brought together daily
at some Doint in the Valley. prob
ably Harrington. This daily drill
viii continue TO Dec. 81. when all
NT&1Ill1I VIII De N~I~l@lNtN uNNl the
dav after Christmas. The 80 men
then will be brouvht together per
manentlv and win remain together
until after the game. GETTING daily
training and becoming acquainted.
Votes To Decide
The men for the squad will be
selected by votes. each coach and
each official being permitted 10
vote for three men for each posi-
ton. The only restriction is that
coaches viii not be permitted TO
vote for men In their own school.
The Valley team viii be clad in
green jerseys and regulation foot
ball pants. The jerseys. which have
been ordered by Ben Epstein, viii
be decorated IN the back with
grapefruit In gold and will have
large gold numerals in front.
Secretaries have named q COM
mittee composed of @. c. Richard
son. Brownsville. Mvron r. Ward.
Harlingen. and Whit RoGers. Nc
Allen. to handle the business ar
ranrements. Richardson is chair
man. because the game IS to be
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