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

Il Propose 70 retkc n ccnplet&
and thorough Investigation into thm
allegation that Juan Tijerina, third
string Eagle center is over ln
years on age" Supt. q. w. Gotke VA
the local public school system statI
cd Friday.
This statement followed ON tha
heels or orders from the interschOI-
astic league 10 II. III. Hutto of Sam
Antonio. chairman on the Dist. No,
3 committee, that he investigata
TiJerina's age.
Juan and his father are con-
vinced that he IN not over l9 wears
Of age. All the records in our DO
session would corrob0rate their be-
lief. We do not propose to tosa
away the district championship
without going into the case thor
0ughly. All records and proofs
will be carefully scanned in an ef-.
fort 10 arrive at the true facts iEll
the case. II a mistake has been
made. it is OF technical nature
we certainly haven't violated tha
spirit of the rulings laid down hw
the interScholaStic league. Al
though Tiierina is as fine boy as
we have IN school. in all fairness it
can be said that his playing did
not affect the standing of our club
In the district. AS third-strinR
center. he got into only two games.
one with Corpus Christi and one
with Robstown. 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 avenua
coach. is the moving factor in tha
latest protest against the power4
full Brownsville Eagles Earlier irH
the season. he In conjunction with
Austin high. indicated that they
would protest the eligibility of
John Sylvester, declaring that hg
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 ne would do 50,
casting suspicion on the Eagles.
The latest protest came up when
Cochrane delved into records here
and turned his findings over to Tom
Dennis. Port Arthur coach prior 10
the Brownsville-Jacket game ln
Houston.
Only I'D
The first indication of a protest
was given when Supt G. MI. SimmE
- A. erTnr4t~r,s.aA
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 20 be only l9.
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 a letter
from T. II. Walker, state census Of
ficer. to Cochrane.
No Protest
"A formal protest was impossible
as the game was TO be- played with
III "a hours. Supt. Gotke agreed
to meet Port Arthur I'm o. protest
hearing the following week. How
ever, Coach Dennis refused 10 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 to
turn over TO Dennis. Although
there was no protest entered. Roy
B. Henderson OF the interscholastic
league, saw the evidence TN Hous-
ton and considered II worthy Of
consideration
Consequently he ordered Mr.
Hutto. chairman of District NO. ".
to 20 into the case. He stated in
part "sirce this controversy car
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