Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-12

not reliable-especially with cold
weather 70 contend with. "A game
or games will he and has been changed
on a moments notice. They should
be played on the date and time az
announced. otherwise fans - and
goodness knows they are limited in
number in baskethall-will lose in
tsTest.
We are IN receipt Of a letter from
q ball player wanting 20 come down
TO this part OF Texas, where, he
says, lit does not Fet cold The
fellow I'm question In under the i'm
preston that IL doesn't get cold in
the Valley. Well, il does. but the
feature is that il doesn't last but a
few days at q time.
And that reminds US Of a part Of
: conversation we overheard the 9TH
er day IN this city. 4 fellow from up
north, or east. where il does get cold
and stays so for days and days, re-
marked to a clerk in a store that
1T is sure chilly" and the clerk, who
happened TO he q Mexican boy, asked
II he wanted a can Of chilli. The
customer then began bersting the
f1ltNN Nl4AlnIF. III ala hlu1S OF Terms
not at all truthful. "a man standing
nearby. himself from the cold north,
told the said knocker that there were
four trains out Of this city daily,
and the highway was open, where
upon the party Of the first part,
had a complete change about face.
and went away convinced that IL one
doesn't like the Valley, he car leave.
he decided IN STAY
A regional Boy Scout executive,
Mr.. Fitch, certainly hit the nail
upon the head. in his address to
Boy Scouts In W~eslaco the other
day when he stated, "the poorest
excuse that men offer for failing
to do their duty is that they haven't
time. Men always find time to do
the things In which they are in
t~erested," and then cited the golf
links crowds every day. You hear
folks every hour in the day in each
of the Valley towns wishing they
could or would have a baseball
team this summer, and after being
asked why they don't organize,
say they haven't the time to spare.
That's the poorest alibi in the
world. III you really want baseball
You surely have the time to yet the
organization IN your locality start
ed, and then put in someone 10 take
charge Of il, upon . salary.
Dan McGugin, the grand old man
cf Vanderbilt. who has coached
football teams Of that institution
/, since the by-goue days Of youth.
n reported TO have urged Ray Nor
rison. 8. VI. ". mentor. to accent
a Virginia University offer. We
hope Morrison stays at P~onyIand.
IL he does 70 to Virginia, we are
told Jerry Mann, the Mustangs
great gridder of several years ago
will take over the football job nc
>. N. ". Mann at present In base
ball coach and assistant 10 Nor
rison. A number OF well known
sports scribe upstate believe Jer-
~ viii make n successful coach.
although a young TAI In < at
present. II certainly wouldn't be
a bad move III Man was appointed
TO succeed Morrison. II he leaves,
especially among s. M. u. students
and alumni. But Morrison has
decided TO stay with 8. VI. U.
Dick Cox has voluntarily retired
from baseball. Bad news, that. for
Shreveport fans. where Dick p4stimed
last summer. and where he has a
big following. Cox's career has been
set In baseball, he has been I'D and
down. in practically all the leagues,
from ID 70 the majors and back. He
IS a hustler. Last summer, when
the Houston Bluffs were "~bulldozins"
their way through the first half of
the Texas league. Cox. the story
goes. while his club was playing in
Houston, went over 20 the Buff
dugout and Informed the Houston
players. that II any Of them wanted
% get rough with the Shreveport
club, that he was the guy that would
take on any OF them. and especially
Frank Snyder and Carey Selph. Sny-
der knows Dick Of old, because Cox
once was with Brooklyn and Pancho
With the Giants. Cox, smaller than
the Buff skipper. took q dozen or 80
swings at Snyder and laid him low,
reports Of the fiaseo state.
Bill ovid william, mehlborr 4.
mad, and when in that state Of
hna1t1. ~ ~ dukFN. ne YVES lett OH
the Ryder Cup golfing team that
~ 20 represent the ". n. Urn England
this year That was N tough break
for the wild One He has PLAYED
golf in such fashion no 20 merit
him ON snybody's team I'm this
country. Yes. Elmer, politics enter
into the game Of golf, also.
Cleveland and Kansas entrants IN
the horseshoe pitching tournament
for the championship Of the world,
being held at st. Petersburg. Fla
tied for the title. How about IL. YOU
MeAllen horseshoe ropers-there Il
hsund 20 be some talent on YOUR
club well able TO challenge the cham
rion?
Coach Denton Of she HarlinFer
high school. whose haakethan five
played In this city ysaterday aft
ernoor. had some mighty nice
things TO say ebca. certain pIayerK
on Coach Plato's quintet. Barnhart,
Newman and Sylvester came I'm for
high praise from the Harrington
mentor. And incidentally. Den
ton remarked, "3arnhart ought TO
make a great football player
One thing that pleased the writer,
vas when Denton sisted that the
baseball dismond for the high school
N IN excellent shape. H~arfnren
expects to have one ot the best Rail