The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 153, Ed. 2 Wednesday, December 30, 1931 Page: 7 of 10
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The BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION
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VALLEY AMATEUR CAGE LEAGUE BEGINS SEASON JANUARY 7
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TWELVE CLUBS
I ARE ENTERED
I Three Brownsville Quints
| To Take Part In
Season
I The Vslley Amateur Basketball
league will swing Into a 15-game
schedule Jan. 7 with 12 clubs enter-
ed. It was decided at a meeting of
the league last night at the Madi-
son hotel in Harlingen.
V The schedule is being formulated
today and will be handed the clubs
in the Immediate future. Under pres-
ent plans each team would meet
each other in its bracket three
times Contests are to be staged on
Monday and Thursday nights with
rames scheduled to begin at 8 p. xn
fharp.
Last night the league was divided
into brackets in order to avoid
lengthv trips for the clubs Roughly
the Hidalgo county teams are in one
bracket and the Cameron county
clubs in the ofher. The division was
a1' follows
Upper bracket—Edinburg McAl-
len. Mercedes. Progreso. Edcouch
p (*j#6ebasttan
n^rer bracket—Jitney Jungie
< Brownsville) Ft. Brown Browns-
ville Junior college. Harlingen in-
kdependents. Kelly Gulf (Harlingen*
and 8an Benito.
Brownsville leads the league in
entries having three The Brov ns-
ville Junior collage is exoected to
r-ut a strong quint on the floor. Off-
handed thev will 1 e favored to cap-
ture the bunting They will get %
lump on other clubs bv having a big
squad and the benefit of Tegular
practice and coaching.
Fort Brown is entering the league
for the third successive rear. Jitnev
Jungle la a newcomer to the circuit.
but will have a strong entry judging
from advance indications.
Harlirgen is next with two entries.
Both the Indeoendents and Kelly
Gulf loom as strong contenders.
The Independents are exoected to
be a continuation of the Harlingen
Methodists league champions for
the past two seasons. McAllen has
entered again and the club will em-
brace most of the members of th'3'
Monitor souad of last season it is
rxoe'-ted The Monitors won the Hi-
dalgo countv bracket last season and
vere the onlv team in the league
that could < onslster.Mv fight the
Methodists on even terms.
ERNIE OPENS
NEW FOUNDRY
B* THE DOC
ARLINGEN Dec 30 —Ushering
the new year wrestling fans of
Valiev will be the guest a of
Stephens at the opening of
new wrestling emporium locat-
©n Commerce street next door to
Tavlor Lumber company. Jan. 5
is new indoor arrangement is
traily located and all seats com-
I a clear view of the ring
hens has decided to have but
prices for all matches in the
new arena SI ringside and 50 cents
In the bleachers.
One of the features of the gratis
show will be a bout between a
wrestler and a boxer. Stephens is
attempting to pit Cullen Red Har-
lingen wrestler against Bill Cabler.
Browns vt> amateur boxer. Red is
anxious 'or the mill but Cabler has
jypot been approached on the aub-
j Before leaving for San Antonio
Bbd Dallas. Stephens made known
Hie fact that the coming year would
K&mMo the Valley the beat men
in the wrestling fraternity
fpPrnie of the objects of this trip is
get a line on several good men
land to make a bid for their services.
[ Stephens also stated that upon
mis return pians would be made for
the opening of wre.Jing in
Brownsville again after the holi-
days. He already has contracted
fpr the services of Gilberto Lairea.
•ho claims the Mexican heavy-
weight championship.
| N STRONG
ON DEFENSIVE
PASADENA Calif. Df* 30 T -
Southern California and Tu-
rns y be forced to haul out a
' nev offensive tricks for their
encounter In the seventeenth an-
nual Rose tournament football game
New Years Day. if defensive <fsta of
the coiresnr.g elevens does not
speak falsely.
The invading Oreenies from New
Orleans bent on preserving the
flBnth's unbeaten record in R'»;
B|wl play boast the more tmpres-
stfe record but whether they can
off Troy's vaunted power re-
ins to be seen
litre h^d us 11 opponents this
im to IS first downs an insignl-
it average whereas Sou’hern |
forala allowed 64 in 10 games
>e touch downs w*re chalked Up
it the Greeniei and six against
rojans Each allowed three on)
southern confvrence chsm-i
opponents threw 135 passes
la eleven games but comoleted
i only 36 Twenty-three fell into the
I (lands of Tulane and were turned
Into 3*0 yards gained against 404
yard* opponents made off their com-
pleted tosses.
i £e ca«e of the Trojans op-
| made 408 yards on 3* com-1
P«; s cut of 133 attempts
srn California also showed1
■tes • interceptions with 24 j
games.
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Keeler Tells
Of Match Won *
Two Up In 20
BY O. B. KELLI R
I do not know what if any
statute of limitation* exists con-
cerning penalties for telling true
golf stories but after nine years
and several months of meticulous
secrecy I am going to take a cnance
on telling this
It is about two 1 dy competitors
one of whom assured me solemnly
at the time that if I ever ever
wrote the story she would mfal-
| libly murder me in cold blood.
I think the story Is a good one.
I know it is true. And if you desire
the mystery in advance figure
out for yourself how a golf match
can be won. two up in 2^ holes.
This one was
The scene was the pretty little
old course of the Country club of
Birmingham in its original loca-
tion—now a fine municipal lay-
out. The tournament was for the
womens championship of the
Southern Golf association in the
summer of 1922.
The competitors in this match
in an early round were Mrs T.
T. Williams of Atlanta and Mrs.
Henry Geismer of Birmingham.
They had a great battle. Mrs
Williams was three up at the turn
and w-on the tenth and eleventh
holes apparently having the ma*ch
comfortably in hand. Mrs. Geismer
then rallied and took the tw-plfth.
thirteenth and fourteenth halved
the fifteenth in three won the
sixteenth halved the seventeenth
in three and squared the eight-
eenth.
Pressure
The strain was telling sharply
on both contestants as they stood
on the first tee again to pity extra
holes. Mrs. Geismer pulled her
drive far off line back of a tree
on the hillside across a little
stream in a deep gully. Mrs Wil-
liams topped her tee-shot neatly
into the gully and the stream.
It appears from subsequent hap-
penings that she then and there
cave over any hope of winning the
hole She droooed the ball back
of the ditch with a penalty stroke
popped her third a short way up
the hillside missed the green with
her fourth and eventually got on.
fairly close to the hole with her
fifth shot.
Mrs. Geismer meanwhile used up
a stroke getting away from the
tree missed her second and third
and was over at the right side of
the green with her fourth with a
mound between the ba and tPe
putting surface She chipped weak-
ly and was barely on with her
fifth. Then she took three putts
for an eight. Mrs. Wi"!iams was
down in two. for a seven and the
match. But they did not shake
hands. They went right m over
to the second tee
Two In One Vlctorr
T ww walking with the late be.
loved "Uncle Bob’ Thatch fam-
ous Birmingham sportsman I said
to him:
"What'* th» Idea Mrs Williams
won that hole "
"No.” he said "it was a half”
T checked it over with him.
"By gum." he said 'you're
right! Go and tell them"
"Not I!" I said. "Par be It from
me to interfere in any feminine
battle!"
They played the long second
hole. Mrs. Williams won It. with
a birdie 5 Then they shook hands
When I told Mrs. Williams she
had won the onlv match I ever
saw two up in 20 holes. sh« said .
that both of them were so rattled
they had simply lost count at the
ninetatfith. ---1
East Expects Power
To Give It Victory
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30. —
Fans were expected a contest of
power against fleetness of foot and
ability in passing with power fa-
vored to win in the east-west foot-
ball game New Year* Day.
Convinced the eastern team pos-
sessing & forward wall de luxe and
the hard-hitting Hinkle and Russell
to plough through the holes they
tear. Is vastly stronger than the
western aggregation on plays be-
tween the ends. Westerners who hope
for another victory arc pinning their
faith on wide open and aerial plays.
That the west will rely on the air
to a considerable extent was con
firmed in practice yesterday. Mason
and Toscani were the key men as
Coaches Loccy and Bible drilled
their men In an aerial attack.
WRESTLING LAST NIGHT
BALTIMORE—Matros Kirilenko
defeated Dick Daviscourt. Califor-
nia. 25:00 Davuscourt disqualified
lor choking opponent with rope**;
(both heavyweights*.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.—Paul Jones.
208. Texas defeated Tiny Roebuck.
245. Haskell decision. 30:00
FLI5IT. Mich.—Allan Eustace
226. Winfield. Kans defeated Roy
Lumpkin. 206. Ohio straight falls;
Pat Finnegan. Chicago threw Bob-
by Jackson. Detroit. 40:000; <mid-
' dieweights*.
GIBSON BACK
TO LEAD BUCS
—
Veteran Skipper Searching
For Addition Behind
The Platter
PITTSBURGH. De;. SO. A
swashbuckling old-time skipper
with a fine lot of youngsters in his
crew will man the Pi’tsburgh Pirate
brig when she sets sail on the base-
ball seas next spring.
George Gibson colorful old Buc-
caneer leader of years ago. coming
out of retirement to take the helm
again for Barney Dreyfuss is pin-
ning faith on stout-hearted recruits
although hell have nearly all of
last season's veterans at his call.
The pirates need a seasoned catch-
er. Gibson has told the owner of
the Bucs. but otherwise the Cana-
dian is pretty much satisfied.
Gibson is receiving encouraging
Utters from little Thcmmy Theve-
now. shortstop injured lust when he
was findin? himself last season. Gus
Suhr should improve next season
and will be on first. Gibson says.
Tony Piet probably will win the
second base job but lie will have to
fight it out with Howdy Groskloss.
the sparkling collegian and home-
town boy. Either Groskloss or Piet
will be available if *Pie-’ Tray nor
should need help at third
The fleet hard-hitting outfield
o' last summer will be kept intact
v ith P*ul and Lloyd Waner putting
on their famous “brother act" again
and Comorosky holding down a
berth. Glenn Spencer will be a reg-
ular pitcher taking his turn with
French Brame. Meme and Kremer.
Eddie Phillips and Earl Grace of last
season's backstopping department
mav have a fight on rheir hands If
Hal Ftnnev and Bill Brenwl. the
coast leaguers live uo to advance
notices.
Tennis Upset
BALTIMORF. Dec. 30 (^—Vic-
tories in the biggest upset of the
national bovs and Junior indoor ten-
nis championships. Frank Kaufman
of Baltimore and George B. Dunn
of Philadelphia todav had but one
obstacle in their path to the na-
tional boys* doubles title.
Kaufm”* and Dunn yesterday dis-
posed of William V. Winslow of
South Orar.gr and Howard Schein
of Newark. N. J. f-erond seeded team.
6-4. 6-4. They will meet Gilbert Hunt
of Washington and Lvman Cross-
man of White Plains. N Y.. first
seeded team in the finals Friday.
MEN’S
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Men’s Suits
2 Pair Trousers
A special group of high grade
suits that formerly sold up to
$40.00 are offered in this extra-
ordinary economy event. Sizes
from 34 to 4<> .... extra charge
for alteration at this exceptional
price of—
\ Sale of Shirts
i A selected group
r from our large
stock of Manhat-
tan and Eagle
Shirts that former-
ly sold as high as
$3.50. Large size
range and a vari-
ety of pretty pat-
terns—
Pajamas
If y<ju can wear a small size we have a
surplus stock of “Fourteen?”. Well tail-
ored and pretty patterns. You may buy
values up to $5.00 for only.
Hats on Sale
A special srroup taken from our
stock of Stetson. Knox and
Knapp-Felt Hats In the sea-
sons best shades and shapes.
Values up to $10. On sale
at—
Local Caddies
Beat Harlingen
<Bv Staff Member!
HARLINGEN. Dec. JO.—Following
Brownsville caddies' victory here
yesterday over the Harlingen club
packers a return match will be play-
ed on the Brownsville course Thurs-
day.
Francis Kowalski and Ban Bow-
man of Brownsville beat Shelby and
Roiz five up and four on one of
the matches. In the other Mike Cis-l
rcros of Harlingen defeated Babe
Harrison of Bromnsville three end
two. .
Kowalski posted the best score
getting an 81. Bowman was next in
line with an 84 The other score*
mere. Cisneros 85. Roiz 87. Harrison
88 and Shelby 80._
A hav stacker and tram shock
loader that can be operated by a
farm tractor has been invented.
Central Cash Grocery
633 Eleventh Street Brownsville Texas
Specials for Wednesday Thursday December 30lh and 31st
1931 and Saturday January 2nd 1932
Sugar 46c
Soap it! 28c
/^« 111! _ _ Mb. Can.29c
Corree wi ^.can.85C
corn 2 Can- 9c
Pork and Beans £:?Zrn‘’6c
■■■■BBHHaBBMBBflHBMHHHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBMBMBHBBBB
Pancake Flour ReuUr 11c
Corn Meal STS11c
BUTTER Pvejl PuBn;nd 3Qc
HOMINY 9c
Matches SS?.;1"1 5c
Post Toasties £^!“- ; ; ; ; £
PRUNES ?u.ciT-*- 15c
APPLES_JTd^~2>iii>__^Sc
SALMON £?<£•'T"c"1- 11c
GrapeJuice^^£^^_--BJ23c
Corned Beef ?:rcz;v*ribett' 17c
Rl*Oinc Armour’* Veribeot 1 Op
Plains 8V2.q». Can Per Can. 1
Snowdrift
Apple Butter j. 18c
PEAS p'rc!nll<y-No-2Can- 1 Oc
Shredded Wheat Package . 11 C
MILK p ; ^ 18c
Celery Per Bunch ... 13c
Certo Bottle__27c
MEAT SPECIALS
Sauaace ^'-sSisae- p*' OOc
sausage ^ Vr Lt ££
HAM Boiled per pound.28c
BACON Dexter Sliced per pound.20c
CHILI BRICK per pound ..18c
BACON Nuggets per pound.14c
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