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The BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION
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GRUBBSTURNS
GREATDAY
Sensational Pass Scores For
t:
The Ponies; Leland
Is Stopped
By GAYLE TALBOT Jr„
Associated Press Sports Writer
CLARK FIELD Fort Worth Tex.
Nov. 30.—(AV-Texas Christian Uni-
versity won its first Southwest con-
ference football title by fighting
Southern Methodist University to a
7 to 7 tie in a thrilling game before
25000 fans here today.
After the Mustangs had scored
first on a pass to Mason in the
th:rd period the Frogs came back •
to put across the tying counter in
the last quarter and to scrap the
Mustangs off their feet until the
final gun. Grubbs. Frog quarter-
back dived across for the tying
score from the one yard line and
Green added the extra point that
gave the Christians the champion-
ship.
Only a stubborn stand by the
Methodists line deprived the Frogs
of what would have been a winning
touchdown late in the game. Four
times the Frog backs plunged into
the Pony forwards from the one
yard line without gaining an inch.
Again a Christian pass thrown by
Grubbs in a desperate endeavor to 1
score was missed across the goal:
line.
Ldand Stopped
Cy Leland. the outstanding Frog
backfield star was stopped almost I
dead for the clay but Grubbs’ great
performance made up the Leland's
failure to get away on his usual
Jong gallops.
The play on which Mason scor-
ed for the Mustangs was a sensa-
tional one and came alter the shiv-
ering stands had reconciled them-
selves to a scoreless deadlock.
Gilbert dropping far back peg-
ged a long aerial to Mason who
took it on his finger tips 23 yards
past the line of scrimmage and al-
most on the side line. He whirled
and fought himself loose down
three tacklers in the first ten yards
then broke Into the open and sllo-
ped on across the goal line. The
play carried 57 yards in all. Nee-
ly. big guard kicked a perfect place- j
ment for the extra point.
On the basis of first downs the
conference champions had a de-
cided advantage over the Method-
ists compiling 16 to their oppon-
ents’ 6. Several times the Frogs
started deep in their own territory
\ and carried the oval far down the
field in successive downs only to
distance.
' rrep vjprn i p
Not until the Mustangs had scor- |
ed and the title appeared to be
slipping from their grasp did the
white jerseyed Christians •ope nod up
the vivid offensive game that had
carried them \P nine straight vic-
tories this season. Then the bril-
liant Grubbs began to send his rifle
shots through to his receivers and
himself darting through the Mus-
tang line for repeated gains. The
Mustangs were kept constantly oil
the defensive once the Frogs threw
It into high. t
Both touchdowns were scored
when the teams had a stiff south
wir.i at their backs. Punts into the
teeth of the biting breeze seldom
went more than twenty fivejarda
The Mustangs had all the better ot
the first quarter as Mason and
Kattman made repeated gains
through the center of the Fro* Une
and ofr the tackles. They threat-
ened first when Mason took a pur-
ple punt and made a brilliant 15
vard return to the 30 yard mark.
From there Kattman spun through
center for 11 yards and a first
down on the 19 yard stripe. They
failed to score only because Katt
man muffed a perfeetpassfr^
Gilbert almost on the go*
a fourth down. An Intercepted
pa*s by Leland and a 15 yard pen-
alty against the Mustangs enabled
the Frogs to carry the ball to with-
in 21 yards of the goal Just as the
eirst period ended.
Pass Intercepted
Long alert Pony end. stopped tne
dr<ve when he Intercepted a pas-
Sn his ^ l* yard line early in the
"SS? «l« *•“
.tarted a march from their
£^20 vard line that took them
v'thln S3 yards of a touchdown
but they lost out wh-n PnwrU in-
tercepted one of was
4Vl_ coal line. Third quarter
{Sf Tway when the Mustangs
broke through to score af^‘ ®
lengthy exchange ofm»nts
returned Walker’s nunt
l" own « yard mark and on the
S„t play took the Pass from Gil-
bert that netted a touchdown.
Grubbs brought the Frogs to life
a* the start of the last period when
» through center for a first
Jown on the Ponies 49 yardltne
He shot a bullet pass to Foberson
oi«t ewrried- to the 34 yard stripe
and then Joined Green in
to the 25 vard PknjJJjj; 7 Jo
. there he pegged another on*» J*
) Roberson who was tackled
lv on the two yard mark^A Fjn*j >
\for roughing ^JT^a
*>puf the ball on the one vard lit*.
There the great Mustang «ne
rose in its mieht and renulsed tmr
savage thnists bv t to
Ombbs. but the Frogs were not to
b» denied for lone. Masonmt the
out to the 24 yard line *“c
wind and from there the Chris-
tians began their 7°^™* ^7
A v'rettv nans from Grubbs to Le-
1«nd nlanted the snhere 11 yards
from the goal line. In four olunees
" at center bv* Green and Grubbs the
Frogs carried to a first down a
foot from goftl. Green hurled him- i
ftr't at the btg red and blue line ’
without denting it. but on third I
All-Valley Squad Will be Selected at Mercedes Taes day by Coaches
GREET THE FROGS - CHAMPIONS '
BRUMBELOW
-LELAND
J BARR
ATKINS
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GRUBBS
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Above are shown seme of the T. C. U. Stars who grabbed off the
Southwest Conference championship by coming from behind in a great
fight to tie S. M. U. 7-7.
Camion-Tiger
Grid Classic
Here Sunday
If you wish some unadulter-
ated fun saddle up old Dobbin
and pace out to the American
Legion park 3 p. m. Sunday.
There yo will see -a game-
billed as football—between the
Brownsville Tigers and Camion
drivers.
Neither of the clubs claim
profound knowledge of football
but players state they are will-
ing to learn from experience.
R. G. Delaney deputy sher-
iff. has announced he will arrtst
the first player to flourish a
pistol.
down Grubbs knifed over tackle
and piled across the line.
Dramatic Moment
One of the garnet most dramatic
moments came a moment later when
Harlos G:een the Frogs' sopho-
more fullback lined his slgnts tor
the placement kick that either
would give his team a tie and the
coveted title or blast its hopes. He
sent the pigskin spinning squarely
between the bars for the deciding
point in one of the most sensational
campaigns the Southwest confer-
ence ever has seen.
The line-ups:
S. M. V. To* T. C. 17.
Koontz . Walker
L*ft End.
Hammond . Ban-
Left Tackle
Sanders . Handier
Left Guard
Powell . Atkins
Center
Neeley . E nun below
Right Guard
Skeetera . R. Moore
Right Tackle
Long . Roberson
Right End
Gilbert . Grubbs
Quarterback
Kattman . Hinton
Left Halfback
Mason . Leland
Right Halfback
Hopper . Green
Pullback
Officials: Cawthon (Rice) ref-
eree: Alderson (Texas) umpire;
Roach (Baylor) head linesman;
Utay <Arxas A. k M > field judge.
Score by periods:
s. m. n. .............0 0 7 0—7
T. C. U.:..0 0 0 7-7
8coring: Touchdowns: Mason.
ooint after. Neelev; T. C. U. scaring
touchdown: Grubbs point after
touchcdown: Green.
i Football Yesterday
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNI-
VERSITY 7: TEXAS CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY. 7. (Tie.)
Baylor 19: Rice 0.
Navy 13; Dartmouth 6.
Villanova 15: Temple 0.
Boston College 12: Polv Cross 0.
South Carolina 20; North Caro-
lina 6.
North Carolina 6; South Caro-
lina 20.
Lovola (Baltimore) 7; Baltimore
U. 6
Detroit 14: Georgetown 13.
North Dakota 7; Loyola (Chi-
cago) 0.
Lovola University of Los Angles
*>!; Tempe State eTachers College
6.
Un'versity of Southern California
27; Washington State Collp/e 7.
HIGH SCHOOL
Sam Houston High 13- Poa^rj (1
Beaumont High 6: Ball High
(Galveston) 6. (Tie.)
MIDDIES WIN
FINAL GAME
Uncork Smashing Offense
To Defeat Dartmouth
By 13-6 Score
PHILADELPHIA Nov. 30—0**?—
Waiting until the lag end of a hec-
tic season. Navy uncorked a smash-
ing offensive today a brand new
scoring back and enough punch
to whip a powerful Dartmouth el-
even 13 to 6 for the first and last
major victory of the Sailors in the
1929 gridiron campaign.
A second year youngster named
Lew Kirn 160 pounds of smash
and go from Highstown N. J. was
the leather luggmg Moses who led
the hand-picked nephews of Uncle
Sam out of a wilderness of defeat
and ties that have engulfed the
navy record since the start of the
season.
Thriving on the coldest Novem-
ber 30 Phi’adelphia has experienc-
ed since 1830 this .9 year old boy.
one of the “B" squad sparring
partners for the first team until
two weeks ago. smashed the husky
Dartmouth line for two touchdowns
in the second half and all but one
of the points needed to win the first
game Navy has ever played with
the Indians from the Hanover Hills
of New Hampshire.
The lineups:
Dartmouth Pos. Navy
Booma . Moret
Left End
Cole . Bowstrom
Left Ttaekle
Bomberg . Swan
Left Guard
Andres . Hughes
Center
Nlms . Koepke
Right Guard
Armstrong . Bryan
Right Tackle
Yudicky . Hagberg
Right 2nd
Morton . Gannon
Quarter Back
McCall . Kirn
Left Half
Wolfr . H. Bauer
Right Half
Wilkens . Clifton
Full Back
Referee: W. G. Crowell. Swarth-
more: Umpire: T. J. Thorp. Colum-
bia: head linesman; H. A. Fhisher
| Columbia: Field Judge: E. J. O -
. Brien. Tufts.
Score by periods:
: Navy . 0 0 6 7—13
Dartmouth . 0 0 0 8—6
Navy scoring: Touchdowns: Kim
2. Point after touchdown: Pass.
Gannon to Clifton.
Dartmouth scoring: Touchdown
McCall.
Louisiana College
Beats Tech 19-13
ALEXANDRIA. La. Nov. 30—i'#)
—Unable to stop Harkness and
Taliaferro on the ground or the
wildcat passes the Louisiana Tech
Bull Dors bowed to the Louisiana
College Cats today. 19 to 13. The
Wildcats ripped off eighteen first
downs to Tech's six.
Detroit Defeats
Georgetown 14-13
DETROIT Nov. aS-HfJrV— The
University of Detroit taking ad-
vantage of the breaks wound up
its football season today with a 14
to 13 victory over Georgetown.
OPPOSITION
TO BE NAMED
Rektorik Will Coach The 33
Leading Players For
Big Tilt
The All-Valley grid squad will be
selected at the regular meeting of
the Valley Coaches and Officials
association to be held at the Mer-
cedes high school Tuesday eve-
ning.
Other important questions as to
who the All-Valley team will play
New Years and as to where the
Valley squad will train also will be*
cleared away.
A squad of 33 players will be
named by the coaches and offici- j
als. Each of the 13 “B” clubs will!
v ive one vote in the selection.
That is only one coach from each
town will be allowed to name a
squad. Officials who have worked
in six or more games will be al-
lowed to cast a ballot.
Likely Opponents
Six strong up-state teams have
answered invitations to participate
in the New Years spectacle which
will be staged at Brownsville this
season. These teams arc Corsicana
Cisco Cleburne. Marshall Temple
and perhaps Waco. Ben Epstein
moving power in the All-Valley
project says Corsicana will prob-
ably be the team selected.
Coach “Dutch” Rektorik of Har-
lingen as winner of the Valley title
will have charge of the squad of
33. He will select his own assist-
ant and will use his own Judgment
as to which of the 33 gridsters shall
play on the “first string." The
team will be brought together for
training purposes in the near fu-
ture. Jersies and other equipment
have already been ordered. Gold
and green are the colors. In keep-
ing with the occasion—Battle of
Grapefruit." The numerals. In gold
will across the front of the Jer-
sies while a grapefruit will be on
the players’ backs.
Sponsors at Work
A special committee on seating
arrangements has been at w'ork for
some time and tickets will go on
sale soon. It h?.g been announced.
G. C. Richardson secretary' of the
chamber of commerce and W. L.
Pendergraft. both of Brownsville are
attending to this end of the project.
The game will be staged at Tucker
field which has a seating capacity
of about 5.500 at present. Addition-
al bleachers will be erected and It
is hoiked to care for a crowd of
around 10000.
The seats are to be allotted to va-
rious towns on an absolutely fair
division bv a committee composed of
Whit Rogers. McAllen chamber of
commerce. Mvron F. Ward. Harlin-
gen chamber. S. M. Patterson.
Weslaco chamber J. D Ramsey
La Feria chamber. G. C. P.ichardscn.
I nnd W. L. Pendergraft of the
Brownsville chamber. Ed Mock bee
| of Brownsville also Is a member o!
j the committee and will be in charge
i of seat sales. Tickets will be on
1 sale In the ▼erlous towns until It
davs b~fore the game. Then all
will be taken un and fold only in
Brownsville or at the gate.
Cooperate
Next season the tilt will be staged
in Harlingen and the following year
in McAllen. This decision was ar-
rived at at a Joint meeting of the
Coaches and Officials and the Val-
ley Chamber of Commerce secre-
taries.
The secretaries haw agreed to
handle all financial transactions
while the coaches will do the ath-
’ctic end of the affair. It Is hoped
to work the “Battle of Granefrult
Into an annual event patterned
along the line of the “Tournament
of Roses" on the Pacific coast.
Ben Enstein. Harlingen merchant
and snort enthusiast originated the
nroject. He obtained the backing of
the Valiev Coaches and Officials
*nd they In conjunction with the
Valiev secretaries made it a thing
of reality.
Wa£h*™«rton FpHi
To S. California
COLISEUM. LOS ANGELES.
Nov. 30—/**>—Rlnpln* Washington
State’s line to shreds with trem-
endous power plays. So» hem Cal-
ifornia's Troians scored an easv
27 to 7 victory today to complete
their coast conference season and
eliminate the Oouears from a
chance to share the conference ti-
tle with four other teams.
| North Dakota Wins
Last Tilt Of Year
CHICAGO Nov. 30.—f/P>—The
University of North Dakota’s foot-
ball team champions of the North
Central conference chalked uo an-
other victory in their last regularly
scheduled game of the season to-
day by battering Lovola of Chicago
for a 7 to 0 verdict as the ther-
mometer hovered around zero.
Fessenden Thanks
Fans For Messages
“T wish to thank the Eagle boost-
j ers who sent me congratulatory
* telegrams after the bovs won the
District title at Austin.” Douglas
Fessenden coach said before he
left for Houston recently.
“The team received a number of
th-se telegrams and T haven’t been
able to thank all of th«* senders
personally” Fessenden said.
: PORTS CHATS j
: WM ffa/ Eustace J
There is a little ditty that runs
along the line of “Never enumerate
your hen fruit until the chantic-
leer’s spouse breaks into her little
cackle act." Well it’s good advice—
although many people will tell you
there’s no such thing as “good" ad-
vice no matter how well meant it
may be. But that's beside the point.
What we're trying to say is that
Sam Houston sprang a whale of an
upset Saturday by defeating John
Reagan favorite to win the Dis-
trict No. 7 high school title. Conse-
quently Port Arthur automatically
fell heir to the district title.
Brownsville had counted her eggs
a little too soon. The local coaching
staff has been getting set for a tilt
with John Reagan. A pick-up ele-
ven has been running Reagan plays
for the last week in order to give
tiie Eagles the proper scrimmage.
But we won't cry over spilled milk J. i
W. (Red) Irvine and his associates
also have scouted Port Arthur and
have their plays drawn up in pretty
diagrams. The pick-up eleven will
switch over to Port Arthur plays
Monday.
The Yellow Jackets have a strong
team. They have gone through an
undefeated season rolling up size-
able scores except on one occasion.
That time the San Jacs held them
to a tie. Up until the game Saturday
Port Arthur was given only an out-
side chance for it was generally be-
lieved that the undefeated Reagan
eleven would take the Sam Houston
aggregation handily. The Reagan-
H oust on affair in the Bayou City
resembles the Breckenridge-Matn af-
fair in San Antonio. It's just a dog
fight when they get together and
previous scores and performances
mean nothing. Brownsville represen-
tatives were in Houston Saturday
and made efforts to bring the bl-
distrlct tilt here.
Now the state race has been com-
pletely finished so far as ditrict play
is concerned. Each of the eight dis-
tricts has an undisputed winner. In
case you have been lost out in the
woods somewhere here are the win-
ners once more: No. 1—Amarillo
No. 2-Breckenridge. No. 3—Central
(Ft. Worth».No. 4—Waco. No. 5 Den-
ton. No. 6-Marshall. No. 7—Port
Arthur. No. 8—Brownsville.
Here's the elimination process (all
the children that have heard this
one may be dismissed if they will
leave the classroom quietly):
Brownsville vs. Port Arthur; Mar-
shall vs. Denton; Waco vs. Central;
and Breckenridge vs. Amarillo. Then
the winner of the first tilt plays the
of second; the winner of tne third
the winner of the fourth. The two
remaining teams then meet in the
finals. The bi-district must be play-
ed on or before Dec. 7. the semi-
final on or before Dec. 14 and the
final at any mutually agreeable date.
Members of the Brownsville coach-
ing staff scouted the Reagan-Hous-
ton game Saturday. Sunday after-
noon they were to confer with Port
Arthur officials in regard to where
the bi-district game would be staged.
"Red” Irvine and "Doug” Fessenden
stated before they left that they
would bend every effort to bring this
game to Tucker field.
Tuesday evening the Valley
Coaches and Officials association
in session at Mercedes will select a
squad of 33 players for the All-Val-
ley team which will meet some out-
standing eleven at Brownsville New
Years. The attention of about 400
Valley gridsters will be focused on
the Mercedes school building Tues-
i day evening. The boys are anxious to
know if they rate among the best
33 in the Valley
It hv» not been our fortune to
see many of the border teams In ac-
tion this season. Judging from what
we have seen however we would say
that the Champion Harlingen Cards
should place at least five men on
the squad. They are Murray Was-
ham Witherspoon Waters and J
Lawrence. Landry and Ross look
good at Mission and Adamson and
Carter are good performers at San
Benito. La Feria has Slbson and
Dixon McAllen Walsh Allen Cox
and Frlsby and Pharr has an excel-
lent back in Epps. Young seems to
be the outstanding player at Edin-
burg. Bellafonut is a lively perform-
er in the ranks of the lowly Merce-
aes Tigers. Beatty McCharen of
Raymondville Is a good center but
has not had a real opportunity to
do his stuff this season. Patterson of
Donna is a sweet little quarter. Wes-
laco has several first class players
who should rate the team. Every
one of the 13 "B” teams In the Val-
ley will probably be represented on
the large squad.
QUAIL SEASON
OPENS SUNDAY
Supply O f Straight-Flying
Birds Is Said To Be
Plentiful
Ducks got a slight relief frorr
the bombardment of hunters Sun-
day when the nlmrods trainee'
their guns on quail. The seasor
on the whirring straight-flying
birds opened Dec. 1.
There is said to be a fair sup-
ply of quail In this section. Hunt-
ers were busy making preparation:
for the opening of the season Sat-
urday. They were laying in prop-
er shells and swapping stories as
to where they had spotted large
bodies of the birds.
Hunting seems to have slacked
off In the Valley.
Following the opening bombard-
ment ducks have been flying high.
Although there Is a fair supply of
deer the hunters prefer the warm
fireside. Deer hunting will prob-
ably strike its full stride about
Christinas. At that time when a
number of people will be enpoylng
the holidays the brush lands will
be thick with would-be deer slay-
crs.
Game wardens are Inclined to
be rather strict this season. Quite
a number of arrests have been
made and in some instances flee-
ing offenders hare been fired up-
on. officers state.
St. Ed» And Miner*
Play Scoreless Tie
EL PASO. Tex.. Nov. 30.—OTV-
The Texas Miners and St. Edwards
University of Austin battled to a
scoreless tie here this afternoon
closing the football season In the
far southwest.
Only by sheer good luck did the
Saints hold the Miners to a tie.
Pour times the El Paso team was
inside the Saints fifteen yard line.
Snce a field goal was missed by
tches and two other times the
Saints held the Miners by inches.
The Miners* goal line was never
threatened.
The game ended a successful sea-
son for the Miners they having
lost only to the University of Ari-
zona.
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NEW CLUB TO
MEET MO IAY
Business Men’s Athletic
Body To Inspect
Quarters
A meeting for the purpose of in-
specting quarters and final organi-
sation will be held by the Business
Men's Athletic club 8 p. m. Mon-
day it has been announced by of-
ficials.
The session will be staged at
club headquarters directly across
the street from the new White
Kitchen. Athletic equipment and
facilities are being installed rapid-
ly and the quarters will be ready
for Inspection Monday.
Handball courts have been In
stahed and play la expected to be-
gin in the near future. Other equip-
ment Includes weights dumbbells
horizon*sis. punching bags etc. A
considerable amount of work has
been done in remodeling the rooms
into a gymnasium.
Dr. Oeo. J. Toland chairman of
the new body says the young busi-
ness men of the city are joining
the club rapidly ana the quota of
114 la expected to be djlled with-
in the immediate future: Member-
ships are being handled by Larry
Llghtner.
The club Is being .rcaniaed by
business men for the purpose of
giving them a gym In vhleh to
“work out.” In the future It is
possible that a library end per-
haps billiard tables will be add-
ed. It is said.
Private boxing and wresting
matches also may be staged l! the
members want them. The object
of the club however is primarily
athletic recreation for the business
men. _.
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