The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 177, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 28, 1930 Page: 6 of 42
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HIS Rio Grande
Valley Basket Ball
league is getting!
down to business
fast going at it
hammer and
tongs. With the
season only three
games old. only
lour clubs remain
^defeated and this list is certain
0 be reduced by at least one after
(csday night. That Harlingen
lethodist-San Benito Saint contest
d Harlingen Monday night should
rrovtde some of the fastest basket-1
all this section has ever seen. There
ire two excellent clubs well matched
teeting on a fast indoor gymnasium.
1 the crowd can be gotten out. this
ame will make many basketball
arts
• • •
What Could Be Sweeter?
THE METHODISTS play a brand
f basketball that would make a
air university aggregation look to
ts laurels. They are a veteran crew
>'ho play a smoothly oiled game.
'ii. Saints have developed a strong
quad capable of extending the
lethedists to the limit. If these
tubs get together at top form Mon-
ay night—well anyway. Spade
vants to be on hand to see this fray.
BOCHEY KOCH. Baylors All-
kmerican lineman demonstrated
Saturday that ’-e is worthy of the
looors bestowed upon him by the
Titles Koch was a power in the
Vest line and toward the end of
he fray really got right against the
est the East hod to offer. In the
leasing moments of play. Koch in-
ercepted a pass to halt the closing
uah of the Eastern eleven deep In
he West's territory A few moments
ater he broke through the East line
md blocked a kick recovering the
sral.
• • •
With the Bowler*
WITH THE advent of the Camp-
MB mpdsUon 10-pin alley’. Browns-
ulle is developing some excellent
»:n tcpplers. Per sheer mechanical
Jcill and consistence. Doc Newlin
>robabiy heads the list. His effec-
iveness in tournament Is consid-
rably lessened by fouls He fre-
luently has strikes nuliifird because
lis big toe slips over the taw line.
Doc recently averaged 213 for fif-
een games. Milligan holds high
core with a 273 Jack Camobell
rho is leading the Ten-Pm league
eoently split the kindling for 12
successive strikes but they were
lirided between two games.
IP YOU KNOW of anyone who
seeds toning down tell them ihe
story of George Rudolph. At
Waukegan. 111. George rolled con-
secutive games of 279. 299 and 300
or a three-game total of 873—
wily 22 pins short of three perfect
tames in a row. He was uncovered
ewers 1 hours later from an aval-
tnche of managers who were
mdeavonng to sign him on their
rhibs
Retired From Sport*
IN THE future they will be plain
dtiaens. Thrills of athletic conquest
rhkh they have enjoyed for years
rill step aside to make room for
ha thrills In a world of business
ind pleasure. They have retired
emporarily at least leaving the
'kid open for new blood.
The talking movies sent out a
:mll that Bobby Jones could not
•ealst. He abandoned competitive
coif- Bill Tilden and George Lett
lecided they had participated in
snough international tennis. Ed
%ou*h put a high price on his
saceball services and when none
iceepted the terms he went into
■ctlrement. Grover Cleveland A!ex-
under trooped back to his native
Nebraska. Helen Wills Moody re-
lumed to her kitchen.
In the ranks of the coaches
hire decided it was time for other
Bffllh Consequently. Arnold Hor-
seen relinquished the football
■eirs at Harvard in favor of his
eat her business In Chicago. Bill
Soper left only pleasant memories
i\ Princeton. And Steve Farrell
timed over to a younger man the
tob of track and field de\e!opment
ir Michigan.
NEWCOMERS in the AH-Valley
•rmp will be George Karam. Me-
Ulen: Walker. Mission; Berry. Ed-
rburc; Bob Gay. San Benito all
if whom missed the first three
Jay* of training staged last week
ifallev fans have been prone to
hink that this section's entry
rould slip a fast one ever the
rtslting club in that the locals
rill have the Harlingen champion-
thip club intact. It *toes without
saying that a smooth working team
hat has been together all year
an defeat an all-star aggregation
it greater Individual brilliance
however the v isitors will have a
ihoek troop also Nine members
>f the championship Uvalde club
ire on the District Twenty Six
nster. With those nine boys in the
inr-uo at one time the visitors
ftMUld have a smoothly perform-
ing unit
Skate Champ Here
the NFWFIZLDs Roller Rink
?ere is attradlrc many natrons.
Jcstisoectcd agilitv is displayed
»ere da-'v as the old timers and
rrmnersters mix in gliding and
rhirMng around the rink. As a
pecia! attraction the rink has
nrae-d James Duoree. noted trick
soveltv and aerobatic skater to
;ire drrmnotralirn-. Dupree will
ippear all through the coming
rock at 4 p. m. afternoons and
i p. m. in the evenings. Dupree
•as been nerforminr In the Winter
link in New York of late he
tales.
New Zealand's reserve* of water
oarer hare been estimated at.
500000 horsepower. j
Notre Dame Stars Down South-West 20 to 7 4
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LEADERS IN
HOT CONTEST
Undefeated Edinburg Club
Will Meet Pharr
Tuesday
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STANDINGS
Tpper Bracket
Team W. L. Pet.
McAllen . 3 0 1 000
Edinburg . 3 0 1 000
Pharr . 2 1 .667
Fdcouch . 2 1 .667
Ft Ringgold . 1 2 .333
Progreso . 1 2 .333
La Blanca . 0 3 .000
Edinb. J. C. 0 3 000
Lower Bracket
Team W. L. Pet
San Benito . 3 0 1.000
Harlingen M. 2 0 1.000
Primera . 2 1 .667
Sebastian . 1 1 -500
Weslaco . 1 3 .333
Rio Hondo . 1 2 .333
Brownsville . 0 2 .000
Ft. Brown . 0 2 .000
Games Monday
Weslaco at Sebastian.
Ft. Brown at Primera
San Benito at Harlingen.
Brownsville at Rio Hondo.
Games Tuesday
Edinburg J. C. at Ft. R.nggold.
Pharr at Edinburg.
La Blanca at Progreso.
Edcouch at McAllen.
Results Friday
Edcouch 36 Ft. Ringgold 20.
McAllen 24 La Blanca 17.
San Benito 47 Rio Hondo 21.
Primera 42 Weslaco 18.
Pharr beat Progreso (score un-
available).
Edinburg J. C. forfeits to Edin-
burg.
Brownsville-Sebastian postponed.
Ft. Brown-Harlingen 11. post-
poned.
The fireworks will break forth
in the Rio Grande Valley Basket
Ball league this coming week when-
the leaders collide with strong
contenders. The lower bracket gets
into action Monday night and the
upper follows suit Tuesday eve-
ning.
The high spot in the lower sec-
tion will be the collision between
the San Benito Saints and the
Harlingen Methodists Monday
night at Harlingen. Both of these
strong units are undefeated and
both clubs are expected to display
mid-season form when they get
together on the new gymnasium at
Harlingen.
The dopestcrs have already set-
tled on the fact that the lower
bracket championship lays between
the Prayer Boys and the Saints.
The three-game series between
these two clubs is likely to deter-
mine which shall wear the lower
bracket crown. This game Mondav
night will be the first of these
three games which are stretched
out over the season. It will be the
measure of strength between two
potent aggregations.
This is no place to go into the
history of the Harlingen aggrega-
tion All followers of basketball
over the Valley know what the
| champion Methodists did last sea-
son. They swung through an un-
defeated season and missed the
state amateur championship by
only four points. This year the team
is equally strong as It was last
season and is a better organized
outfit under the able management
| of Hank Galloway.
Although they lacked organiza-
tion last season the San Benito
! Saints had enough individual bril-
liance to win the runner-up post
in the lower bracket. This year
they have come back strongly deter-
mined that the path of the Meth-
odists shall not be strewn with
roses. The Saints have gone into
: the season whole-heartedly and
are generally rated a much better
aggregation than they were last
year.
They have brilliant individual
oer formers and Orvil (Mule) Brown
•s knitting them into a smooth
machine. Be it recorded that Mule
San Benito Junior high coach
knows his hoops tosses and bas-
kets. Mondav night's contest may
orove the turning point in the
ower bracket race although the
; *eas°n is but four games old.
'-'wirr panics on tne books for
; that night will find Fort Brown at
Pnmera. Brownsville at Rio Hondo
and Weslaco at Sebastian. Primera
; is now in the second berth and
seems to be coming strong. Fort
Brown will make a desperate ef-
fort to get into the win column at
the expense of the second-place
club. The Brownsville-Rio Hondo
and Weslaco-Sebastian tilts aDpear
well matched and they should give
the fans something to mull over.
Tuesday night the throat cutting
will begin in the upper bracket
also. The undefeated Edinburg
firemen take on the second place
Pharr aggregation and the un-
defeated McAllen club will play
J’e third-place Edcouch rcvsers.
Beth of these games should be
hoLv contested A defeat for either
of the leaders will throw them well
down the list.
.p1* remaining games will find
Ed’.vjurg J. c. at Ft. Ringgold and
La Blanca at Progreso.
Fire destroyed an all-steel house
in Glasgow. Scotland recently and
consumed everything owned by M.
McLnnes and hie bride of a month.
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WITH CHISOX
Major League Clubs Will
Stage Exhibitions
Over Country
CHICAGO. Dec. 27. — The
White Sox will hook up with the
New York Giants in another long
string of exhibition games during
their 1931 training trip.
Sixtten or more games will be
played between the two clubs dur-
ing the spring drills. Two will be
at the Polo Grounds New York
City on April 11 and 12.
rhe first contingent of White
Sox will leave Chicago for their
camp at San Antonio Feb. 21 and
will be joined there March 1 by
the second squad. The irainmg
ground will be Eagle Field adjoin-
ing Breckenridge High school.
The spring exhibition schedule
includes:
Mar. 7 and 8. While Sox vs.
Houston at Houston Tex.
March 14 and 15 White Sox vs.
Giants at San Antonio.
March 17 White Sox vs. Univ-
ersity of Texas at Austin.
March 21 and 22 White Sox vs.
Giants at Houston.
March 28 and 29 White Sox vs.
Giants at San Antonio.
March 30. White Sox vs. Giants
at Fort Worth.
March 31 White Sot vs. Giants
at Dallas.
April 1. White Sox vs. Giants at
Shreveport La.
Giants to Train
At San Antonio
NEW YORK. Dec. 27 ..*»►—The
New York Giants as well as the
Chicago White Sox will establish
their training base at San Antonio.
Tex. next spring. The Giant* ac-
cording to the schedule made pub-
lic today have listed only 19 ex-
hibition games altogether. of
which 18 are with the White Sox.
file opening game with the Univ-
ersity of Texas at Austin. March
11. Games will be played with the
Memphis club of the Southern As-
sociation at Memphis. April 4 and
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Longhorns Win
AUSTIN. Dec. 27—<>P—The Tex-
as Longhorn Basketball team de-
feated the Southwest Teachers of
Weatherford. Okla. 45 to 32 to-
night taking a 25 to 17 lead at
I the half and holding it throughout
| the second period despite liberal
substitutions by Coach Fred Wa!k-
I er. The visitors led bv one point
i margins twice in the first half and
made a late scoring spree in the
second session that fell far short.
Earl Taylor. Longhorn forward
led the scoring with eleven points.
COACH RESIGNS
BIG SPRING. Tex. Dec. 27 —.-P
—Bill Stevens athletic coach of the
Big Spring high school gave his
resignation to the school board to-
day. Stevens had been head coach
here three years coming from La-
mesa. His lesignation was made ef-
fective at the end of the present
term. ^ j
i BASKETBALL
_ PlAVS^ PLAYLPS
Fine Gyms Make Basketball Second Only To
Football In Popularity
BY EVERETT S. DEAN
Basketball ('each. Indiana l'.
Basketball is recognized in most
of the country as the second major
sport. Its progress has come about
solely on its merits. Proximity of
the crowd to the players lias made
it possible for the crowd to experi-
ence thrills which go with speedy
action more than in any other
j sport.
Pine gymnasiums and field houses
in many states are real testimony
I to the popularity of basketball. De-
mand for seating space has led
larger towns to build gymnasiums
With seating capacities of 4000 to
. 5000. F.ne field houses with seat-
1 ing capacity from 8000 to 15.000
have been built to meet the college
demand. Outstanding basketball
plants of the country are the
I Palestra at the University of
Pennsylvania and most of the field
houses of Big Ten schools. The
Indiana State High School Basket-
; ball Tournament is played each
i year before 20.000 fans and offers
a great spectacle to sportdom.
Schedule making and tournament
f play in high shools have been
regulated by state athletic asso-
ciations to the extent that high
! school basketball is on a sounder
basis than ever before. Schedules
once consisted of 35 games which
were too many for the high school
boy. In some states 18 to 20 games
now make up the schedules. The
strain of long tournaments has
been avoided by spreading tourn-
aments over a period of three weeks
j instead of two.
• * *
Uniform officiating is another
sign indicating progress. Officiating
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North South
Elevens Will
Meet Sunday
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NEW YORK. Dec. 27— D— The
latest football game on record for
j an eastern field is scheduled to
be played tomorrow when all star
teams from the north and south
1 clash for the benefit of charity.
After many vicissitudes. Jack
McBride and Stumpy Thomason of
the Brooklyn Dodgers professional
team former luminaries from
Syracuse and Georgia Tech res-
pectively have carried their plans
through to the point where their
teams are all assembled and a-
waiting the kickoff at Ebbetts
Field tomorrow afternoon.
The question of just what charity
is to benefit has been in doubt
ever since the Knights of Colum-
bus. original sponsors of the game
withdrew but it is certain there
will be some beneficiary.
Chinese are taking a fanev to
hard candy which is sold at the rate
of six large sticks for a cent.
Mrs M Swaine. Australian oldest1
colonist died recently at Adelaide
at the age of 10&. 1
is on a higher plane now than ever
before. Basketball is the hardest
game of all to officiate for officials
have helped to standardize offi-
ciating.
Basketball has gone through dif-
ferent evolutionary stages and with
each succeeding one the game is
becoming more scientific.
Few people are aware of how
universally the game Is played.
During the last few' weeks I have
received requests for basketball
lessons from the following coun-
tries: Alaska. Porto Rico. Mexico.
Guam and France Our service
teams have no doubt been the
greatest medium of spreading the
game.
• • •
Basketball is played In the fol- ;
lowing countries that we know of:
Alaska Canadian Provinces Hawaii.1
China. Japan. Porto Rico and oth-
er South American countries Cuba.
Panama. San Salvador. Spain.
Greece Persia. Guam. England j
France Mexico and others.
In many of these countries the
game is played outside due mostly
to the warm climate. However
playing facilities are increasing
with the popularity of the games
as manifested by an order received
from the Mexican government bv
the Nurre Plate Glass Company of
Bloomington. Ind. for four com-
plete sets of glass bank boards.
Mexico sent a team to tour the
mid-west last year and it surprised
everyone with its ability.
The Balmy Sunshine
Beckons to Rio Grande
Valley
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RAMBLERS RUSH
OVER WINNING
TALLIES EARLY
By BRIAN BELL
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 27. OP)—
fotre Dame at large ruled the
;ridiron today just as Notre
Same of South Bend during the
egular football season and a team
ailed Rocknes All Stars defeated
i West-South eleven coached by
limmy Phelan 20 to 7.
The West-South outfit furnish-
'd most of the excitement but was
rtf to a slow* start and Notre Dame
von the game in the first period
rhe Phelan-coached team was in
■he position of playing tha first
ew minutes for fun and the rest
if the afternoon in a vain attempt
o get even.
Notre Dame scored twice before
iome of the spectators were set-
led in their seats. After taking
he kick-off and advancing the
)all to their own 28-yard line the
•ough Riders marched in 11 plays
o a touchdown. Jumping Joe Sa-
r-oldi bounding six yards on the
inal play.
Score Again
They came right back with an-
other a few moments later. Elder
an 45 yards before Captain Maf-
fett of the University of Georgia
taught him from behind on the
South-West 22-yard line. Savol-
ii galloped the rest of the way on
-he next play.
The former Notre Dame fullback
unde h mself the scoring ace by
idding another touchdown in the
lina! period dashing 45 yards and
hen 36 in two plays to finish with
ais third score of the day.
The West-South aggregaton dom-
inated tfi8 pfay in the third pe-
riod when Russ Saunders former
University of Southern California
itar led his mates from far and
ruar. to their lone counter.
Notre Dame played with the
=ame precision which has marked
the performance of Rocitne coach-
ed teams for more than a decade
Off to a commanding lead. Cap-
lain Carideo took no chances
Paradeaux. of Eaylor University
got into the game as a substitute
for Shaw of Southern California
at left guard
Horace Gillette of Texas was
the referee.
Clear cool football weather
greeted the A’l-Notre Dame and
the All-Star team of the Middle-
West. South and far West as they
took the field with 50.000 people
in the big bowl.
FIRST PFRIOI)
The All-Notrr Dame com f nation
took the kickoff and on eleven
plavs marched straight down the
field for a touchdown Savo’d;
scoring. Carideo kicked goal.
The All-Stars received the kick-
off but failed to advance the bal
I
i and were forced to punt. On the i
first play Elder slipped through
left tackle for 45 yards. Savoldl
went the remaining distance to
score. Carldeo again kicked goal.
Score All Notre Dame 14; All Star
0.
Welch of the All-Stars took
Carideo's* kickoff on the eight-
yard line for a beautiful 31-yard
return. Saunders passed to Apsit
for 24 yards and he carried the
ball to the nine-yard line. Apsit
failed to gain on running plays.
Welch passed over the goal line
but the ball fell incomplete. Score
first period: All Notre Dame 14;
All Stars 0.
SECOND PERIOD
The All Stars with Wilcox and
Clifton inserted in the backfield.
earned the ball to Notre Dame's
| 40-yard line before they were stoo-
ped Carldeo got off a long kick
to the All-Star three-yard line.
3aunders returned ten yards. Three
runs by Wilcox and a holding pen-
I alty put the ball on the All-Star
j 44-yard line.
Cannon was carried from the
field with an injured knee. The
All Stars made fifty-yard drive with
Edleson former Southern California
halfback breaking away for good
• gains. The All Notre Dame team
stopped them on the 17-yard line.
The ball was on the Notre Dame
20-yard line v hen the half ended.
Score second period: All-Notre
Dame 14; All-Stars 0.
THIRD PERIOD
The All Notre Dame eleven was
unable to gain with the opening of
the third period. Twice the Ail
Stars advanced past midfield only
to lose the ball on intercepted passes
Saunders made a sparkling play
when his center passed high over
his head. He raced back. pick;d
the ball up and almost completed
a pass to Maffett.
The All-Stars with Saunders
leading the attack swept to the
Notre Dame eighteen-yard line
where Vik Rambler end. recovered j
a bad All-Star pass from center j
The Notre Dame team was forced!
to kick. Saunders returned Brill's j
punt 21 yards to the All-Star 30-
yard line. Saunders broke awav
for a twenty-yard run. Hr? passed
to Carraway on the 15-yard lino
On the next play. Saunders brok"
through left guard for a touchdown.
Price kicked goal. Score third pe-
riod: All-Notre Dame. 14; All-
Stars. 7.
FOURTH PERIOD
At the start of the fourth quarter.
Savoldl and Carldeo returned to the
All-Notre Dame team backfield.
Eider broke away twice for nice end
runs but even this backfield com-
bination could not gain against the
Notre Dame To
Get Award
NEW YORK. Dec. 27. Of)—
The Rbugh Riders from Notre
Dame for the second successive
year have been selected by the
Erskine award committee as the
outstanding football team of the
country and winners of the Al-
bert Russell Erskin Cup.
The cup will be presented the
team from South Bend in New
York City January 2. They will
get the silverware ana Coach
Knute Rockne will get an auto-
mobile.
^ A ^ ^ -y
rejuvenated All-Stars. With Saun-
ders leading the attack the Al!-
Stars moved to the center of the
fieid where a fumble was recover-
ed by Metzger.
Savoldi broke sway for a 45-yard
run on a reverse and a few plays
later got awny for a 36-yard run
on the same play and secured hu
third touchdown. Carideo missed
goal.
Score: All-Notre Dame 20; All-
Stars 7.
Boys' Basketball
Loop Is Organized
With six teams already entered
and a possibility that two more
may enter the Brownsville Boys’
Basketball league will swing Into
action this coming Sunday.
The league was organised at a
meeting late last week which was
attended by managers of teams.
Member clubs are the Jackals the
Buccaneers. Westerners. A. C. J. M.
Horned Frogs and The Herald. St.
Joseph's academy is planning on
entering a club and there is a pos-
sibility of another. It is likely that
another meeting will be held dur-
ing the coming week to determine
whether the other two entries are
coming into the loop.
Under the schedule adopted each
club will meet each other twice.
At the end of the season the win-
ner and runner-up will meet in a
three-game series to determine the
championship.
Another rule invoked was a ten-
player limit. The clubs are to sign
ten men now and will not be al-
lowed to sign further men. This
was placed into effect in order to
avoid picking up star players for
hard games.
Noted N. Y. Skater
Will Perform Here
James Dupree known over the
country as an outstanding trick
acrobatic kater. will perform at
the local Newfield’s Roller Rink
during the coming week it hAS b**
announced.
Dupree will display wares at
4 p. m. and 9 p. m. of each day He
is said to be one of the best skaters
ever to aonear In the New York
Winter Rink
The Roller Rink here is located at
the entrance to Ft. Brown.
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