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

JAN
ouints in the Valley Amateur Bas-
ketball league will clash for the
first time this season Tuesday eve
ming. IL was decided at a meeting
Of the body held here THURSDAY
night.
The loop was divided into two
brackets. The Lower Valley group
IS composed of Fort Brown, q
Laundry CBrownSville), BROWNSVILLE
Junior college. San Benito, Har-
ingen MethodistS, Foraker's Cloth-
jng Harlingen). Rio Hondo
sebastian. In the upper bracket
are Fdcouch, Prog ESQ. Mercedes
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, Donna, Me-
Alien. Edlnburg and Raymordvlle.
The Hargrove team OF Bro~nsviiie
nroDped out and Sebastian TOOK
It's place.
Each club Will meet the others
twice. once al home and once on
nc road. Under this system, the
aracket championships will be run
/ ~ Feb. p. The games VIII oe
, played on Tuesdays ana rTloays'
Y was decided unanimously py the
AN contests will get under way
n 3 D. m. and will be played In
sen-minute quarters, a minute be-
tween quarters and ten at the
aalf.
Two at Brownsville
The opening night will find Rio
Hondo at Forakers, Harrington Meth
pdists at Brownsville Junior college
san Benito at Sebastian, II. Brown az
Model Laundry, Raymondville at
Edcouch, Edlnburg at Mercedes
P~rogreso at McAllen and Pharr-
san Juan-Alamo at Donna. This
yves Brownsville a pair OF last
games. They will probably be play
"a off in a double-header on the
FORT Brown court.
The following list Of officials
gere suggested and approved al
the meeting. Nicely Newman, san
Benito: Paul Moon, Harlingen, !.
Z. Martin. Weslaco; Geo. Sanders.
San Benito; Sgt. Foreman, Fort
Brown; O. Moody. Harrington; J.
ID. Foster, Edinburg; A. M. Weir,
NfcAllen, Davis. Lyford; a. +.
C'CowboyrD Ogan, McA.en: Frank
Rubarth, McAllen; Bobby Cannon,
Mission. Paul Tanksley, Raymond
vile: o. 4. DeVinney. Mission and
Clifford Gibson, Weslaco.
Entrance Fee
II designated officials are not
OF hand for a game, the teams may
select officials mutually s~atisiac-
tory. President w. L. Pe~nde~grait
ruled. They will be paid 81 and
travelling expenses at 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 IS will be returned
to the team at the end of the sea
son If it plays out the schedule.
The quintS 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 win cost Is cents.
Official Reports
The teams are required 70 have
an official scorer whose duty Is
to keep a complete box scor OF
each game played. After concuring
with other officials following the
lame, 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
courtsey 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
until Feb. 10 when the squads are
TO be cut to ten men.
Lower bracket schedule:
Jan. Trio Hondo at Forakers.
EsZlingen Methodists at Brownsville
Junior college, San Benito at Sc
b~astian. Fort Brown at Model
Laundry.
Jan. 10-Brownsville Junior COL
iege at Rio Hondo. Sebastian at
Harrington Methodists, Model Laun-