Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-03
CUNTS PLAY
EACH WEEK
Bracket Championships To
Be Determined BY
Feb. 81
Especial to The Heraid>

MERCEDES. Jan. . The 10
ouints in the Valley Amateur Bas-
lctball league will clash for the
first time this season Tuesday eve
ming. II was decided at a meeting
Of the body held here Thursday
night.
Tho loop was divided into two
brackets. The Lower Valley group
II composed Of Fort Brown, MODE
Laundry CBrownsvillel, Brownsville
Junior college, San Benito. Har-
1inren Methodists, Foraker's Cloth
inr Harlingenl. Rio Hondo ana
Sebastian. IN the upper bracket
are Edcouch, Prog ESQ, Mercedes
Phsrr-San Juan-Alamo, Donna, nae
Allen. Edinburg and RaymoLdVllle-
THE Hargrove team Of Brownsville
dropped out and Sebastian TOOK
Its place.
Each club will meet the others
twice. once at home and once on
the road. Under this system the
b Jacket championships will be run
! " Feb. 81. The games VIII De
niaved on Tuesdays and Fridays,
n was decided unanimously by the
gathering.
AIl contests will get under way
NJ 8 D. m. and Will be PLAYED IN
Een-plinute quarters. a minute be-
Tween quarters and ten at the
half.
Two at Brownsville
rna aDanIn1 night will find Rio
Hondo at Forakers. Harrington Meth
ndists al Brownsville Junior college,
san Benito at Sebastian, TT. Brown at
Model Laundry, RaymondVlle AZ
Edcouch. Edlnburg al Merceoes.
Progreso at McAllen and PharF-
san Juan-Alamo at Donna. This
yiyes Brownsville a pair OF fast
games. They VIII probably be play
"A OF III a double header on inc
Fort Brown court.
The following list of officials
we're suggested and approved al
the meeting: Nicely Newman, san
Benito: Paul Moon, Harrington; /.
z. Martin, Weslaco; Geo. Sanders,
san Benito, Sgt. Foreman, Fort
Brown: q. Moody. Harrington, j.
ID. Foster, Edinburg; a. M. Weir,
McAllen; Davis, Lytord; A. !.
C'Cowb0y') Ogan. McAllen; Frank
Rubarth, McAllen; Bobby Cannon,
Mission; Paul Tanksley, Raymond
vile. Q. Z. DeVlnney, Mission and
Clifford Gibson. Weslaco.
Entrance Fee
II designated officials are not
on hand tor a game. the teams may
select officials mutually satisfac-
tory. President w. l.. Ponde~graft
ruled. They will be paid 81 and
travelling expenses az four cents a
mile. An admission Of IS cents viii
be uniform at all league games with
receipts going to the home team.
The president asked that all
clubs mail him an entrance fee OF
$40 in care Of the Brownsville
Chamber OF Commerce. Part Of
this money will be used for league
supplies and SIS will be returned
to the team at the end OF the sea-
son IL IL plays out the schedule.
The CUNTS may sign up as many
players they wish now. but must
trim down TO ten players by Feb.
10. Player contracts must be in the
office OF the president before the
r-ening OF the season. Each con-
tract over ten will cost IS cents.
Official Reports
The teams are required 10 have
an Official scorer whose duty is
to keep a complete box o OF
each game played. After concuring
with other officials following the
came, the scorer must get the re-
port to the hague statiStician,
Arthur Cowden. within "a hours
after the game. Cowden's address
Is the tax assessors office, Browns
Vile.
Scoring forms will be distributed
TO the various teams through the
courtesy OF the McAllen Press.
Bishop Clements. an officer OF
the league, suggested that players
names be placed on the jerSies in
addition TO tire regular numbers.
Action on this point was deferred
slntil Feb. 10 when the sqgads are
TO be cut to ten men.
Lower bracket schedule:
Jan. Trio Hondo at Forakers,
EaLlingen Methodists at Brownsville
Junior college, San Benito at Sc
bastian. Fort Brown az Model
Laundry.
Jan. 10-Brownsville Junior col
Iege at Rio Hondo, Sebastian at
Harrington Methodists, Model Laun-