Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03

bdSSbdAA HittAAHA gA representa-
tives from every town in the Valley,
at Harlingen Tuesday night, in the
office Of Mayor Sam Bolts at the
city hall, 5 O'Clock.
Purpose: To organize a Class ID
league on a self-sustaining basis.
And the biggest crowd az baseball
enthusiasts ever TO attend a meeting
of this sort is expected TO be on
hand.
Guy Trent, san Benito mogul,
wants and hopes every baseball fan
IN the Valley to be present, and be
there not later than ! o'clock. The
meeting Is open 70 everyone inter
ested in the formation Of a Valley
league, Mr.. Trent says.
We now come 70 the halfway mark
in the basketball race OF Cameron
county. Tuesday the tournament
starts. All the preliminary games
will have been played, and the diff
f%erent quints. in order to stay in
the race, must win.
On the even Of the tournament
Coach Richey's III Jardin Comets
suffered a severe loss IN the i'm
jury 10 Dudley Martin, star guard.
Martin is one OF the best players
in this part of the Valley, and his
loss will handicap that battling
crew Of III Jardin, who are expect
ed 10 90 far in the cage race.
Brownsville high quint has begun
10 scrap, and when those Eagles get
their dander up they overcome q lot
Of missing natural basketball talent,
and are hard 20 beat. They draw
La Feria Tuesday. and do the local
high girls. BY the way, Miss Va
lenta's girls team is favored to win
the county title, or be among those
who will be contending for the flag.
There is quite an argument away
out in west Texas football circles
going the rounds these days. San
Angelo claims Abilene II trying 20
induce a couple Of its star players
10 transfer 10 the Abilene school.
BlOndy Cross, San Angelo sports
scribe, got busy and looked up the
rules of transfer Of the interscho-
iastic league, and found that be-
fore q player il eligible % play on
a team he has transferred 10 "the
superintendent Of the school from
which said player transfers must
get 2 written report on the trans
fer blank that he does not believe
such players dad received any in
duccmcnt TO remove TO said town
because of his sons athletic Prov
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Commenting on the subject. Jinx
Tucker, Waco sports scribe, saws:
Nv hen a group or sD0rtsmcn 70
so far as To prevail upon a family to
remove frCm one city TO another
because of the sons football prowess
lin other words, when the football
followers in their desperate endeavor
to win. hire the entire family. then
perhaps il would be better III the
league put in a transfer rule similar
TO the n IN the Southwestern con
ference. At least q rule might be
passed. which would make an athlete
ineligible the first year at the school
TO which he transfers. even though
his parents do 9 20 that city
We hear z lot these days about
the difference between profess
siorai sports and the a~mateurish
hind: but We fail 10 finy any diff
ference ms 4 whole. IN principle.
The days of amateur sports arc
"pase." When the schools of the
country. among other easnns fook
up football on the basis as exists
today. they helped kill amateur
sports; We don't doubt there isn't
unethicaI methods employed w
many or the high school football
moguls ~ order to have q winning
team, just the same ~ there is n
lot Of %unethical procedure being
done among baseball moEuIs. But
in this country 90 competition the
desire TO win 5 DTeDondeFant.
Regardless az the financial out
come Of the Sharaey-StriblinC bout
in Florida on the 9th day OF Feb.
Jack Dempsey. who is interested in
the scrap. will not become a "bergar"
IN the fight proves a duffcr in a
money. way. Dempsey says so him
self. and declares that he has enough
money in trust n live in ease the
rest OF his life. Good for Dempsey.
San Aatonio sports writer's are
IN in arms. and r%ightfully 50,
why? Because the recent golf
tournament held in the Alamo City
was advertised as the Texas Open:
the scribes opine that IL should
&c known as the San Antonio tour
nament. thus giving that city the