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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14
TENNIS HEADS
HOLD MEETING
49th Annual Session Called
To Order At
St. Louis

ST. LOUIS. FEB. i4-tP-official
action OF the 4eth annual meeting
Of the United States Lawn Tennis
association viii not be consumated
until tomorrow. but important pre-
liminary sessions were called to-
DAY.
A meeting of the Missouri Valley
Tennis association this morning, a
session Of the executive committee
or the National association this
afternoon and four tennis exhibit
ton matches tonight in the Wash
ing university field house were on
the program.
The Missouri valley group had
routine business TO transact. but
one Of The most important matters
up for discussion was the POSSIBLE
ity Of obtaining definite approval
Of the national group for the hold
ing next summer on the courts OF
the Rockhill Tennis club at Kansas
City, OF the national clay courts
championships.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14
BY ALAN GOULD
Associated Press Sports Editor

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Feb. IA
@tR-Twenty five years ago Henry
Ford In q five cylinder automobile
OF his own design figured among
the earliest attempts to smash
speed records in the smooth pack
ed sands forming the natural speed
way OF Daytona Beach.
Eleven years ago Ralph De Palma
gambled with stakes OF $4,000 for
the establishment of a new record
and won as he roared over the
straightaway at a rate OF nearly
$50 miles an hour.
Last year as the climax OF a
venture costing upwards OF $50, 1000,
Sir Henry o. D. Segrave streaked
the measured mile" In his Golden
Arrow at the rate of 23l 1852 miles
per hour for a new worlds record.
Now, as the climax Of a keen
British rivalry being fought out on
American shores. Kaye Don will
attempt to surpass Segrave's record
with his "a cylinder Sunbeam Silver
Bullet IN the record trials schedul-
ed aMrch 1880 on the stretch Of
sand that has become the most
famous battle-ground Of speed in
the world.
Don, famous British driver, Is
bringing over a machine designed
especially for the tests by Louis
Coatelen. F~renchman. who has been
In the motor a business in Eng
land for 30 years. Behind this years
attempt Is a dramatic story OF years
OF rivalry in the design and success
Of speed machines.
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SEVEN GAMES
HERE FRIDAY
McAllen Wins Opening Tilt
In Hidalgo Cage
Session

High school basketball teams from
all parts Of tie Valley converged
today upon Brownsville and Meal
len FOR the Cameron and Hidalgo
tournaments.
BY the end OF the day. the cham
pionship fields viii be narrowed to
four clubs in each county. The re-
malnder OF the games will be
played off Saturday and county
champions will emerge.
The play at McAllen really OBJ
ened Thursday when McAllen ell
minated Pharr-San Juan-Alamo in
the first game.
The Brownsville tournament got
under way 8 a. m. Friday with a
tilt between Harlingen and Wilson
Tract. two strong clubs.
The remainder or Fridays games
we're:
10 a. m.-stuart Place IS. Los
FreSnos.
II a. m.-Rio Hondo VS.. Point
Isabel.
y. m.-Brownsville vs.. winner
Harlingen-W Wilson Tract.
2:l5 p. m.-El Jardin VS.. San
Benito.
$50 p. MA Feria VS.. Winner
Stuart Piace-Los Fresnos.
AS p. m.-Ssnta Rosa VS.. Win
ner Rio Hondo-Point Isabel game.
Saturday
$50 a. m.-Winner Brownsville
Harlingen-Wilson Tract vs.. winner
El Jardin-San Benito.
i0:z5 a. m.-Winner Stuart Place
Los Frcsnos-Ls Feria VS.. Winner
Rio Eondo-Paint Isabel-Santa Rosa.
;: n. m.-Two winners meet for
COUNTY Championship.
Fridays schedule IN the McAlien
meet follows:
a m-Donna VS.. Edinbury.
1918 a. m.-Nellie Schunior vs.
Mercedes.
8 D. m.-Mission rs. Sharyland.
Ais p. m.-Weslaco Us. winner
McAller.
Saturday
8 a. m.-Winner Donna-E dinbure
VS.. winner Schunior- Mercedes.
10:l5 a. m-Winner Sharyland-
Mission VS.. winner Weslaco-Mc-
Allen.
4 p. m.-Championship between
two winners.
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TEXAS WOULD
HAVE CHANCE
Aggies Furnish Opposition
For Longhorns AT
Austin
BY GAYLE TALBOT, Jr..
Associated Press Sports Writer

Dallas, Feb. 1NP-Buoyed up
by the old contention that there
Is hope until life becomes extinct.
Texas members OF the Southwest
conference will rally round this
weekend and give three rousing
cheers for the Southern Methodist
Mustangs as they invade Fayette-
vile for a brace OF games with the
Arkansas Razorbacks, perennial
champions.
Ordinarily the Ponies are not
that popular with their Texas COL
leagues. II is a case Of an emer-
gency making strange bed-fellows.
Unless somebody stops the Porkers
quick, the conference champion
ship will leave Texas for the fifth
straight year, and IL Is the Meth
odistS' turn to try to save the day.
Hogs Favored
While the Razorbacks will be
overwhelming favorites in the bouts
tonight and tomorrow. there is a
slim hope that the Mustangs will
manage TO split the series. Their
surprise victory over Texas Uni
versity last week revealed that they
are capable OF great basketball when
they set their minds TO 1t.
Coach st. Clair has drilled the
Mustangs hard this week in an Of
tense and defense calculated to up
set the Razorbacks. While there
Is not an outstanding star in the
Pony lineup. such as Arkansas
boasts in S%choonover and Preitt. st.
Clair has some capable dribblers in
Reynolds. Brooks, Williams, Skeet-
ers, Hammond and others. If the
Mustangs get the Jump on the
champions. they likely will deal
some misery with their super-Stall-
ing tactics.
Steers VS.. Aggies
While they will be vitality con-
cerned in the outcome Of the series
at Fayetteville, the Texas Longhorns
will be interested primarily in beat
ing their old rivals, the Texas Ag-
gies, tonight at Austin. The Aggie
five, with only an even break IL
six games played. does not figure
to extend the Steers, but Coach
Walkers boys will take no chances.
They realize they must win every
one of their remaining five games
If they are to stay in the running.
The Rice Owls. travelling fast
since they broke their losing streak.
encounter the Baylor five Satur-
dav night at Waco. A victory would
push coach Pug Daugherity's
speedsters up into third place in
the conference standing, providing
Southern Methodist and the Aggies
lose. as scheduled. There Is a fire
possibility that the Owls will get
plucked, however. as Baylor's young
team looked powerful in humping
+. G. u. last Tuesday.
The standing.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14
CORSICANAI S
FOR D. BALL

CORSICANA, Feb. l4-R-Cor-
sicana today was added to the list
OF cities indorsing the mov to form
a Lone Star baseball league TO be
sponsored by the Texas league. At
a meeting last night OF baseball
fans with Joe Mathes. organizer.
THE proposed club was Endorsed and
plans made TO petition the city
council TO work with Mathes in
forming the club.
A committee headed BY Beauford
II. Jester. former vice-president Of
the Corsicana Oilers in the Lone
Star League. was instructed 10 20
before the city commission and ask
1t 10 provide a playing field.
Mathes left Corsicana last night
for Dallas and vas scheduled to
go today to Sherman. then to Paris.
TYLER and Palestine, where fans
have signified their intention OF
entering those cities in the league.
Mexia put up the first installment
OF It's funds quota and signed a
formal contract to enter the league.
Four other clubs were expected 10
do likewise. Mathes said last night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14

indoor court, are being hailed a:
likely winner OF the Valley cham
pionship.
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Basketball Results
by The Associated Press

by The Associated Press
At Greenville- Texas Military
College 80; Wesley College 80.
At Abilene-West Texas Teachers
college 81: McMurry college %.
At Brentwood East Texas
Teachers 80: Daniel Baker II.
At Milwaukee Wisconsin 90;
Marquette %.
At Durham. N. C.-Duke 80; 10y
ola (Chicago) 81.
At Lincoln-Cotner 80; Grand
Island 81.
At Storm Lake. Ia.-Buena Vista
%: Omaha u. II.
At Helena-Mount st. Charles A.;
Gonzaga 80.
At Maryville. Mo- Northwest
Teachers %; Southwest Teachers
81.
At Warrenton, Mo.-Central Wes-
leyan Al; Drury 40.
At Lawrence, Kas.-St. Mary's
"a: Haskell Indians %.
At Wichita, Kas.- Friends 81;
Bethel q.
At Sterling. Kas.- Sterling SO;
Parsons all stars 80.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14
Kaye Don, Another British Speed
Demon, to Race Over Daytona Beach

The attack upon speed records
on Daytona Beach scene Of all
successful attempts since 1904 with
exception OF one year, 1926. has
been conficed almost exclusively to
British drivers in the last ten years.
Three OF the last four record smash
ing performances here have been
registered by Major Segrave and
Captain Malcolm Campbell.
The fourth. by Ray Keech In the
Inflated White Triplex. represents
the only American contribution.
Keech Is dead, and the machine In
which he set the record was de-
molished in the fatal crash OF Lee
Bible last year.
With q few exceptions, American
manufacturers have not manifest
ed interest in building the machines
that hurtle down this smooth pack
ed Straightaway at terrific speeds.
The opinions seems to be that the
automobile business has been too
good to permit this diversion.
Although not a maker OF COM
mercial machines, j. NJ. White OF
Philadelphia. has remained in the
field. Despite the disaster to his
original So cylinder triplex, It Is
understood by Daytona Beach Of
ficials that White plans construc-
ton OF a 4S cylinder machine with
which to attempt record trials in
1881. The record now Is at a point
where experts consider the limit
not far off. Although the advance
ballyhoo for Don is that he expects
to- reel off the mile at a rate Of $50
miles per hour.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14
Giants Leave For
San Antonio Camp

NEW YORK, Feb. 14-(Pg- The
advance guard of the New York
Giants leaves today for San An
tonic. Texas. training ground. The
party consists Of Frank Hogan.
catcher, Johnny Hensel. Pitcher,
Francis Healey. recruit catcher,
coach Tom Clark and Eddie Bran
nick, assistant secretary.
Fifteen more members OF the
team will join the party at st.
Louis tomorrow. Seven Giants re-
main unsigned. Larry Benton and
Jack Scott. pitchers. Bob O'Farrell,
catcher. Bill Terry. Travis Jackson
and Freddie Lindstrom, infielders.
and Edd Roush. %outfielder.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14
Robins Are Signing
Contracts Slowly

NEW YORK, Feb. l4-tP-There
is peace in the Brooklyn National
League camp at last, but that Is
not helping in getting the first
string players to mail in their sign
ed contracts.
Unofficial advices indicated that
among those Dodgers yet to affix
their signatures TO a contract are
Dazzy Vance. Babe Herman. Will
liam watson Clark, Ray Ross. elise
Dudley. Adolfo Luque, Hank De-
Berry, Val Picinlch. Alfonso Lopez,
Deddie Moore. Jack Warner. john
ny Frederick. Harvey Hendrick.
RUDE Bressler and Wally Gilbert.
About the only players signed are
recruits.
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County Basketball Tournaments Are in Full Swing

was Bernie Goolsby or this city
while Arthur Cowden, county tax
assessor, and also q San Benitc
resident. came out In second place
All were playing for the first
time.
Goolsby shot I3A for the round
and Cowden was around lao.
Thomas claims that he can anc
does count more accurately thar
his opponents In the tournament.
In 36 years the late Augustus
Gordon wrote s49l3.920 words fn
the Logan. Utah. Journal. OF which
he was editor.
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'Nope!'-Luoue

HAVANA. Feb. 14-Pl- Adolfo
Luque, veteran Cuban pitcher re-
Gently traded by Cincinnati TO the
Brooklyn Robins. has returned his
1890 contract to Brooklyn unsigned.
Luque said yesterday the Robins
had made a cut In his salary and
he did not intend to accept 1t as
he believed he was worth more.
He is in great shape. he says, and
ready to work his head off for
Brooklyn. providing he gets enough
money.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14

THERE are seven games scheduled
here today in the Cameron county
tournament. The skies were some
what threatening. However. the
agreement was that in case Of rain
the games would be played on the
Fort Brown court, or On the Browns
vile Business Mems Athletic club
indoor court at H~inkley's hall If it
could be obtained. This is how the
teams are bracketed off: Browns
vile. Harrington. and Wilson Tract:
III Jardin and San Beaito; Stuart
Place, Los FreSnos and La Feria; Rio
Hondo. Point Isabel and Santa Rosa.
Speaking offhandedly, Wilson Tract
San Benito, La Feria and Santa
Rosa appear TO be the likely win
neTs. Brownsville will likely throw
o big monkey wrench into the whole
scheme OF things. These big boys
T capable of much better basket
ball than they have been playing.
II they bear down and 90 at top
speed they may win the title.
THOSE Southern Pacific teams
coming here Saturday night to en-
gage the Brownsville Junior college
Scorpions and the Wilson Tract
Aztec girls r a pair Of good quints.
The s. p. boys are leading the
YMCA Industrial league and the
City Industrial league with an UNI
furnished record in each. These
leagues boast such strong teams as
the M. P, Sinclair Oil, Hughes Tool
Company. Bell Telephone, Shell
Petroleum and others.
THE SIP boys have two of the
best guards in Houston in Cy Perk-
ms and Dolly Gray. These boys
know how to get the ball off the
blackboard and what to do with 1t
when they get II. Perkins is an
unusually good shot from midcourt
while Gray also gets his share. Ike
Reese, center. seldom loses the toss.
Reese can hold a fully inflated
basketball in each hand at the same
time. having a hand span OF II Ii
inches
THE SIP girls are in second place
in the City Girls Industrial League.
Marion Norman and Helen Hollis
should see considerable service at
forward here, while Hazel Jeil and
Ruth Gilbert are likely centers.
Maurine Hortfield and Marguerite
Wilson are the first string guards.
The squad Is completed by Mar
yuerite McSweeney. 10 Middleton,
Violet Blumstrom. Tot Wagenknecht
Perl Cartlege. Mary Burum. Jessie
Virgins and Violet Scammell.
A LARGE number Of Brownsville
fans should turn out TO see these
games Saturday night. The Wilson
Tract girls r on a par with the
best In the Valley at basketball.
They will give the Houston visitors
a hard fight. The Scorpions also
may be depended upon TO work on
the SP boys. This is the first real
i~ntersectional basketball to be on
display here this season.
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Steers Boost Ponies to Take Fall Out of Leading Razorbacks


SAN BENITO. Feb. IA w. r.
Thomas. who plants a lot Of cotton
around this section. came out heavy
loser in his first golf tournament
when he shot a l62 for Is holes on
the Brownsville golf course.
The winner in the tournament
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14
COMETS TAKE
Eat OLMITO
Seniors Win 21-9, While
Juniors Cop BY
24-13 Score

On the eve Of the Cameron coun-
ty basketball championship. the FL
.Jardin Comets took q 2i-s game
from the Olmito quint Thursday
afternoon.
Tripplet and Underwood OF the
Comets tied for high point honors.
each ringing up seven points
Il Jardin is entered in the coun-
" tournament. but Olmito Is not.
The Comet junior boys won from
the Olmito juniors at the same time
by 24-13.
Tho hNvs
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Games Tonight
VALLEY
w. 49,
VALLEY AMATEURS
Upper Bracket
Pharr at Raymondville.
Edcouch at Mercedes.
Edinburg at Progreso.
McAllen at Donna.
Lower Bracket
San Benito at II. Methodists.
Foraker's at B. j. G.
Fort Brown at Rio Hondo.
Saturday Game
Sebastian at Model Laundry.

The biggest game in the Valley
Amateur Basketball league tonight
will be the one at Harlingen be-
tween San Benito and the Metho-
diStS. These two teams are runner
up and leader. respectively. Tuesday
the Methodists defeated San Benito
44-3O.
The Brownsville Junior College
will go ahead Of the Saints If they
trip the Foraker Dudes while the
Saints lose to the MethodiSts.
Brownsville viii get to see only
Il game tonight. and that is the
one between the Scorpions and the
Dudes. Fort Brown and Rio Hondo
will scrap 1t out for last honors at
Rio Hondo tonight.
There are no outstanding games
in the upper bracket. The leaders
are generally pitted against the
weaker clubs. Edcouch at Mercedes
and McAllen at Donna look like the
good games.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-14

The Fl Jardin Junior boys, led BY
Hanna at forward. had little trou-
bic in 6isposing of the Olmito pun
Tors Thursday afternoon 24-l3.
Hanna was high point scorer with
IL To his credit. Parker Of Olmito
was second with eeven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-01

Nor should I omit reference to the
effort of our utilities and our leading
business concerns to cooperate with
us in the increase of construction. They
have shown courageous faith in the
future and their expansion of employ
ment, which they have provided in
construction and betterment works, ex-
ceeds even the 100000 900 of increase
over 1929 accomplished by the public
authorities.
Il am happy to say that this CO.
operation of efforts of all branches of
the Government, State, local and Fed
eral. are still continuing.
We have every need for continued
serious effort We are pioneering new
path for the future which shall add
to the orderly progress of the Nation
Every dollar of work we provide now
adds to the security of the home in
this time of stress. 1t adds courage and
hope in time of adversely. Renewed
resolutions for even further effort in
every State and every community and
in the Federal Government will add
faith in early recovery.
The splendid endowment of our
country with fortitude, courage. bound
less energy and resources, together with
unity of effort. is the guarantee of
recuperation. To that unity of action
your members have made notable con-
tributionS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-01
FRED M. TRYON DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Former Division Chief in Patent
Office Had Record of Az Years
in Service.

Fred M. Tryon, former chief Of a
division at the United States Patent
Once, died at his home 1901 Seventh
street northeast, last night after an
Illness of several months
Mr.. Tryon, who would have been II
years old July "a, had the distinction
OF being the Oldest employe in point of
service at the Patent ONCE at the time
OF his retirement in 1925. He had
worked there for more than Al years.
native of Batavia, N Y, Mr.. Tryon
studied science at Cornell University
and later was graduated in law from
the old Columbian College, now George
Washington University.
He is survived by three sisters. Miss
Myrta A. Tyron and Miss Emma C.
Iryon, who made their home with him
mere, and Miss Alice r. Tryon of Pas
sale, N. j., and brother, Charles j.
Iryon of Minneapolis. His wife, be-
lore her marriage Miss Annie Weaver
died last October.
Funeral services will be conducted at
the residence tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock. Interment will be in Glenwood
Cemetery.
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SALES TAXATION
MOVEMENT GROWS
Governors Show Concern
Over Inequalities of
Other Forms.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. July l.
Business men of America who thought
they had heard the end of the sales tas
when Congress refused to accept it as
a method of raising revenue may be
surprised to learn that the movement
has taken hold in several States, and
that deep impression was made on the
conference of Governors by Cows. Con-
ley of West Virginia and Hardman of
Georgia, who recited their experiences
with this form of taxation.
Round Table Discussion Held.
A round-table discussion develc bed
the fact that all the IS Governors pres
ent were concerned about the ineuuali-
ties of the tax burden, and some of
them went so far as to argue that all
taxes on personal and real property
ought to be removed and a sales tax
levied by the States instead Promptly
there arose the question of whether
State Legislatures could really be de-
pended upon to use the sales tax as a
replacement or whether they would SIM
ply consider it as an additional source
OF revenue. Gov Christensen of Min
nesota. Gov. Hammill of Iowa and Gov.
Weaver of Nebraska, all of whom are
interested in the problem of equalizing
%ee tax burden so that the farmer NAV
S2e his taxes reduced. pointed out
stat the only certain way to replace
visiting taxes with the sales tax was
S~S4nend a State constitution so as to
prohibit altogether or provide a maxi
mum for other taxes.
Inc significant thing brought out by
Gov. Hartman of Georgia was that
some of the business leaders in his
state favored the tax and that the
tables or returns showed how relative
~ small were the individual amounts
taken from business taxed on gross
rate.
BY coincidence, Senator Smoot of
Utah, chairman of the Senate finance
committee, was at the Hotel Utah.
where the sessions of the Governors
conference are being held, and when
this correspondent told him of the
trend of the discussion on the sales tax,
he remarked:
Believes Sales Tax Inevitable.
IT believe the sales tax is inevitable,
It's one of the fairest forms of taxation
we have available to US"
The Utah Senator advocated it after
the war and, of course, now that the
Congress has gradually eliminated most
OF the indirect taxes, the States are
studying some of the methods the Fed
eral Government was able to lay aside.
Certainly, as the cost of State gov
eminent increases, particularly school
expense, the sales tax is going to be
more and more studied The fact that
the governors of two States which late
~ have tried sales taxes-Georgia and
West Virginia-Said kind words about
1t may be regarded as sign that othar
States will seek further information
from them.
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SUBSTITUTE SEEN
/. FOR PROPERTY TAX
Governors in Conference Dis
CusS Feasibility of Ex-
else Duties.
Rv the Associated press-

BY the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY, July Prob
lens of State taxation, which occupied
large share of the opening days Ses-
SlonS of the National Governors Con-
ference, held a prominent place on to-
days program.
sentiment for the ultimate discon-
tinuance of property taxes for the sup
port of State government and the sub
stitution of sales or other excise taxes
was developed from the round table
discussion that followed an address by
Gov. William G. Conley of West Vir-
ginia.
Hoover Sends Greetings.
President Hoover told the Governors
important results" have attended the
administrations effort to expand pub
lie construction as a means of stabiliz-
ing business and that the next six
months promise even greater" things.
He made these assertions in an ad-
dress of greeting to the conference,
spoken by radio last night from his
study III the White House.
Congratulating and thanking the
State executives for their response to
his request for increased building, he
said he had been informed py the Com
merce Department that the total of
such construction for the first six
months of 1880 had been not less than
$l.700,00O.
This figure, he added, exceeds even
the boom year of 1929 by over $780,
100000. Construction operations I'M
dertaken by public utilities, he reported
reached a total of more than $780,
100000.
Gov. Hartman Speaks.
That the sales tax should be in lieu
of property tax, and not in addition
to an ad valorem levy, was the posi-
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Woman Heads Scala Theater.

MILAN, Italy, July l P).-Signorina
Anita Coluombo, who was active in
preparation of the New York Phil
harmonic Orchestra's concerts in italy,
has been named directress of the
famous Scala Theater, succeeding the
late Engineer Scandiani. 1t is the first
time in Italian musical history that a
woman has been picked to direct an
important opera house.