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STRONG CARD
JT MERCEDES
MONDAY NIGHT
Burnt And Gatpiro to
Settle Old Feud;
Macey Vs. Shaw and
Cruz Vt. Payo
(Special to 'ihe Herald)
MERCEDES. Feb. 13.—"Bigger and
better" seem* to have been Promo
tet A1 Robinson's motto when he set
about lining up his fight card to be
held in his Ohio avenue arena here
at 8:SO tonight.
He has signed up a main event
between Chuck Burns of San Antonio
»nd Danny Gaspiro of Fort Clark,
that should bring the fan* hot-foot
ing into the arena from all direc
tions. This is doubtless one of the
beat main event* to be staged in the
Valley in- recent lime.-. The fighters
are middleweight* and are scheduled
to go ten rounds.
Valley fans got a ghmps# of Churk
in action when he neatly polished
off Dan Novarro without apparently
stretching himself. Burns has a
reputation that is almost national in
scope. He has been bowling them
over in San Antonio rings for some
time. Chuck also faired well on a
recent jaunt through the boxing jun
gles in the north-central states.
Gaspiro'* record is hardly less
imposing than Burn*'. Danny has
been konking middleweight* in San
■ Antonio with regularity, \mong the
■ iorms along his path
V Bobky Jackson, who is known to
^ Valley fan* through appearance in
j^^Jhe Mereedes bowl. Gaspiro and
Hjfl^vns ha\e battled twice with rei
D8B< r gaining a decided advantare.
^^Twcy have expressed eagerness to
■ settle their feud once and for all.
E Each hopes to do it Monday by land
■ lng a knockout punch.
■ Two well known Valley brawlers.
w Battling 5^iaw of San Antonio and
Ken Macey of Harlingen, will duel
it out over a scheduled eight rounds,
i barring possible knockouts, in a
temi-final event.
Macey has taken on a pugilistic
mouthful in Shew and many fan* are
predicting that he will be unable to \
masticate the portion. Shaw, it will
be remembered, has beaten Joe Mon j
tana. Sailor Barrera, Juan Hernan
1 derT Dick Wye ore and other Mar.
is skid to have improved a great deal 1
since his rerent invasion of r>kl». I
homa priti lie was
a willing mixer and anyone attend
ing on,> ftf his fights is certain to '
see a lad that is trying all the time f
In a second 8-round semi final.
Johnnie Crus of San Antonio i* pro
grammed to mix it up with Plakie I
Payo of Laredo. Crux is a nifty lit
tle battler, holding victories over I
Kid Monterrey, Jimmy Wayne Pm- i
Kid Monterrey, Pinkie I’rquidi and
other*.
This card Is one of the best at- J
tempted Jn this section in some time
and it I* expected to draw out «
large delegation of fans from all
parts of the Valley.
Mexican Cavalry
Nine Wins First
Game of Year 1-0
High class twirling featured th.c
first baseball game of the season
here Sunday morning which wa won
from St. Joseph’s college by the 17th
cevalrv Mexican army team 1-ft over
the full nine inning rout*. Th» con
test was played on the Victoria
Heights school grounds
The teams showed unusually good
form for this time of the year.
Brother William Menn hurled a
creditable game for the Catholics
snd he was supported well The only
tally came as the result of an error
in the outfield.
The ’Hounds were never able to get
to Pitcher Munot effectively.
St. Joseph’s i» dickering for « game
with the Brownsville high school
squad for this week.
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Steers Are Hopeful
Entering Flag Race
With Many Changes
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UMPIRE AGAIN
George Mori arty has been offi
cially named by President E. S.
Barnard of the American league as
one of the twelve umpires who
will officiate during the 1929 sea
son. He replaces Dan Barry of
Boston.
George tried his hand at man
aging the Detroit Tigers for two
> ears but found that he was better
-uited for the “calling" end of the
game.
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PREPARE FOR
TEXAS MEET
Amateur Golfers Ga
thering on Hous
ton Links
HOUSTON. Tex.. Feb. 18 ^i —
Leading amateurs from outside of
Text- today matched hooks, slices
and divots with the cream of Texas
golfers in a final day of preparation
for the Houston Country clnh invi
tation which gets under way tomor
row.
Included in the array of entries
from outside of the state were John
Dawson. Walter Crowe. Lou Gold
beck and Don Armstrong of Chicago,
all of whom have figured prominently
in state and national competitions.
Armstrong was the Pan-American
titleholder In 1&28 and Dawson and
( rowe have been runner-up and
winner of many tournaments in Illi
nois. Keefe Carter. western ama
teur champ in 192r>. and his brother
Dorset were on hand from Oklahoma
City and Earle Berrvhill of Tulsa,
one of the leading Oklahoma ama
teurs was with them.
The entry lists were to remain
open until just before the pairings
tonight for qualifying play Tuesday.
Only - ' t#c-i players will be skimmed
from the field for the championship
flight. The matches in this flight
will he 36-hole affairs. The 32 next
best golfers will play 18-hole match
es ir. the first flight, and the second
and third flights will he conducted
in *he same manner.
The majority of the competitors,,
who will hail for th* most part from
Texas were expected to arrive t«dav.
Some of the state's best golfers.
Of si* C arlton and .Tank Sneer of
Hnusfen and Lewis Levinson of San
Antomo. have rlayed practice rounds
already Speer iv the state amateur
champion and Carlton and Levinson
are former titleholder*
Clarence Huhb.v of Warn. who has
been runner-yp for the title was a
Sunday arrival, and Reuben Alba ugh,
one of the state's youngest stars,
has been over the course frequently.
Alba ugh hails from San Antonio, hut
at present is attending Rice Institute
here.
InterruDtion To
Radio Reception
Is Not On City
Tests proving that the city power
lines *re not the source of the in
terruption that has hampered radio
reception here the pa«t few weeks,
were conducted Sunday afternoon hy
B. L. Jarvis of naval station NAT,
f art. John X. Merrill and George r.
Meyer, manager of the city power
and light.
At 2 p m. the city power was cut
off for a period of several minutes.
Battery sets were stationed over the
city in the downtown district, West
Brownsville and Fort Brown.
The noise continued uninterrupted
regardless of whether the city power
was on or off. it was found. These
tests eliminated the city power sys
tem from the search being conduct
ed for Hie interference, fans state.
Harried radio enthusiasts recently
presented a petition to the city com
mission asking an ordinance that
would aid in eliminating "man-made**
static from Brownsville. It has been
referred to the city attorney for
framing into an ordinance. It will
have to he read three times before
the commission before it can become
an ordinance.
By GEORGE WHITE
(Sports Editor The Dallas News.)
DALLAS, Tex„ Feb. IS.—(/P)—Hav
! ing tamed over a new leaf with a
complete executive staff starting its
first fuil season on the job and with
a new skipper imported to fit Into
the house-clewing, Dallas has high
hopes of going*somewhere in the 1929
Texas league pennant race after two
terribly disappointing seasons. At
this stage the local situation is sur
rounded by uncertainties. Help is
comirg. This much is definite. At
least two players will be turned over
to the Steers by the Chicago White
Sox and one will come here from
Pittsburgh. These deals are closed
with the exception of naming the men
and the formality of making the
transfers but inasmuch as the men
haven't been named as yet, too much
cannot be taken for granted.
There is no doubt now but that
the 1929 Steers will be stronger than
last year's. The club already has
undergone enough changes bringing
in sufficient new talent that one can
safely predict better days. But, for
that matter, anything that could have
happened to he 1929 aggregation
would have been an improvement.
Frankly, the Herd looks about 25 or
30 per cent stronger than it was last
season. It still doesn't have the re
i semblance of a pennant contending
I outfit. If it is the league has slipped
j back as far if not farther than the
[ Dallas club has improved.
Catching Uncertain
To say that the catching staff has
l been strengthened is to assume that
, the improvement will come from a
! youngster who pastimed in Class B
I last year, Don Benn, obtained from
Ukron of the Central league, or that
! the kick will be supplied by a man
who probably has never put in 2o
! games behind the bat in his whole
career. Dusty Boggess, all-around j
I utility man obtained from San An- j
j tonio. Jack Mealey, who finished 1
| last season here and is now on the
, White Sox roster, is a "cover up”
' and he will be back. So will the
veteran Josh Billings while another
hold-over. Oscar Siemer, is on the !
market and will not be asked to re- i
port *o training ramp.
Aside from a flock of rookies are
strong uncertainties. whatever
strength that has been added to the!
pitching staff must be in the ancient j
wing of Joe Martina bought from
New Orleans and Charlie Barnabe.
[ who southpawed for Waco last year
I and ha® been obtained from the
i White Sox. It doesn't seem reason
able that Oyster Joe will improve
with age. Barnabe can pitch, as he
proved in 192k but be probably had
more help behind the bat at Waco
than he'll have here. And Charlie is j
characteristically a front runner. If
the club gets off to a flying start,
he may prove a sensation. If it slips
into a rut he may go w-jth it. Taking 1
things as they are now, however, ;
Martina and Barnabe are no cinches !
to equal, let alone better the per- 1
formanees of Charlie Robertson and
Homer Blankenship of the 1928 staff.
Flashkamper Strong
In giving up Jim Oglesby to take !
Wilbur Davis from New Orleans, the
Steers have sacrificed proven defen
sive ability for uncertain offensive
strength at first base. At best it
looks like a standoff. The same is ;
true of third base, where Bill Huber
will succeed Jodie Tate. Second ,
base will be in the hands as last
year with Hap" lforse on pRtrol duty
unless Milton Stock, the new- skip
per, takes the job away from him.
At any rate, one will play the bag
and the other will serve as utility
man. In the event Morse is the reg
ular in the lmeup. the comparison
will simmer down between Stork as
a manager, utility player and pinch
hitter, and Bert Ellison. last season’s
boss Bert was a fairly dangerous
hitter himself, perhaps mere so than
Stork. The latter may have an edge
in the fseld.
The greatest improvement made in
the Dallas club has been a short*top,
where Ray Flashkamner. late of San
Antorio and generally conceded the
standout of the league at the posi
tion in 1928, has no competition.
Unless one concedes that Turkey
Gross was at his best when he came
back from. Minneapolis in 1926. Flash
is the first real shortfielder Dallas
has boasted in ten years, if not
longer.
Si Rosenthal is the only hold-over
for the outfield *nd he hasn’t sign
ed hi® contract. Another certainty is
Jim Moore, a big fellow who hit .300
with Kansas City last year and who
comes here tagged as the sheik of
baseball. The third man no doubt
will be Randy Moore, now with the
White Sox and last year with Waco.
Also there’s a chance of getting
Watwood from the Hose. Both of
these would give the Herd a well
balanced outfield with considerable
offensive strength. The outfield
seems certain to be stronger,
ritcbing Needed
The club still needs pitching—at
least two men who can be counted
upon to win. The middle of th» in
field and the outfield are acceptable
but first and third base and the
catching department could stand
strengthening and Stock ha® yet to
nrove bis managerial ability in the
Texas league.
In the fare of what appear® to be
an unusuallv well fortified club at
Wichita Falls and the vast resources
of the Houston Buffs as a part of
the St. Louis Cardinals’ chain, one
can’t conscientiously pick the Steers
better than third place now and to
do that might' he under-rating five
other clubs which are eonallv as in
tent on winning as is Dallas. Summed
up. the club look® better. As It
stands now it isn’t a first division
certainty and only the future will
tell what will come from the Sox
and Pirates.
i:iu— *\HO W AS THE CHAMPION,
ANYWAY?
A right hand punch into the body
of Kewpie Ertle in a bout in St
^aul. Minn., Sept 11, 1915, threw the
world's bantamweight title into one
if the worst messes a boxing cham*
lionship has ever encountered.
The blow occurred in the fifth
ound of a bout between Ertle and
fid Williams, then champion.
The first four rounds were fairly
[ven, Ertle proving a good match
or the aging Williams. Kewpie,
he roly poly type of chunky fighter,
***** i'n» «t%mmA -«*^ee4«4
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.n Retting over a lot of good wallops. |
In the third round Williams smash
ed across a right which rocked the
challenger. Again in the fifth, the
i Kid cracked Ertle and in trying to
put over another sank a glove which
the referee said was low.
The referee immediately raised
Ertle’s arm. declaring him winner on
a foul. The Kid's backers let out a
howl, charging this was in direct
violation of a state boxing cod® rule.
Ertle insisted he was champion.
Williams continued to act as the title
holder, assarting as he had not been
the rmvrn v*i still hi*.
MIAMI BEACH
ELITE DO NOT
WATCHBOXERS
Curious Crowds Pack
In To See Stribling
And Sharkey In
Their Workouts
By EDWARD J. NEIL
(Associated Pres# Sports Writer.)
MIAMI BEACH. Fla.. Feb. 18.—<4>i
—Under blazing skies in the beart
of a winter playground of the rich,
two pugilists. Incongruous in their
surroundings, are making ready for
the Battle of the Everglades.
There »re wid* stretches of crea
my sands, where the social elite
flash the latest of seashore stylet.
There are costly homes, expensive
automobiles, airs of beauty without
thought of cost, and there is the raw
pine structure of a fight arena, ris
ing clamorously in the center of
Flamingo Park.
That fight arena on the night of
February 27 will hold most of the
“best people” Tex Rickard sought al
ways to lure to his fistic shows. Now
that Tex is dead, Jack Dempsey, the
man he made a millionaire, is luring
them to the box offices with all the
magnetism of the old master of the
balTyhoo. They will be there that
night, in all probability, because the
battle of Jack Sharkey and Young
Stribling for heavyweight recogni
tion will be “the thing” for the night.
But for the time being, at least,
the Boston strong boy and his Geor
gia rival are getting along without
the patronage of society and wealth
as far as their training periods are
concerned. The small crowds which
watch Sharkey in his training stunts
in the sunny ring pitched beside the
dog track Tex fashioned, are made up
of the curious.
Stribling attracts an audience that
would enjoy any vaudeville show in
addition to a share of the fight
faithful from the ranks. In a crum
bly casino by the sea, Stribling box
es sparring partners, ether boxers
work against each other, a former
vaudeville comedian announces the
attractions and contributes a run
ning fire of jokes, while “Pa" Strib
ling does a balancing act with the
boxer’s two-year-old son.
Despite all this, the heavyweight
engagement Rickard planned as an
advertisement for other ventures
here promises to net the Madison
Square Garden corporation a hand
some return. When William F.
Carey, railroad builder and vice
president of the Garden, took over
promotion of the match with Jack
Dempsey, he considered a loss of
$100,000 a good investment in order
to maintain the corporation’s pres
tige. With the fight still ten.davs
away the match seems well on the
way to $100,000 profit.
AIRPORT ^\
_
Sunday, February 17
Pilot Geo. Hopkins made 14 flights
in a Stinson fish plane taking a to
tal of 14 passengers.
Pilot Jimmie Mattern made 14
flights in a Stinson fish plane
taking a total of 14 passengers.
Pilot Rushenberg made 21 passen
ger flights in the Kenyon Travel air
bi plane taking a total of 36 pas
sengers
Pilot Les Mauldin gave Elmore
Grider of the city manager's office
a joy ride in the Kenyon Travel air
plane.
Pilot Hal Henning made one pas
senger flight in the Edgar Toban D.
H. plane and later left for Laredo
with a passenger.
Phil Fairless made 9 passenger and
instruction flights in the Owens Air
King plane.
Pilot W. R. Henderson made one
passenger flight in the Owens Air
King plane.
String Quartet
One of Famous
Organizations
The New York String Quartet,
which will appear here on Friday,
Feb. 22 at Junior college auditorium
is one of the few organizations in
this country which devote their time
solely to the study of chamber mu
sic.
The members—Ottokar Cadek and
•Taroslav Sikovskv, violins, Ludvik
Schwab, viola and Bedrich Vaska.
cello—have no other occupation and
therefore are able to give all their
attention to the very trying and la
borious art of quartet playing.
It has been said of individual ar
tists that they are horn and not
made. In a quartet the artists in
dividually may be born, but as an
ensemble the making of a quartet
means toil without end.
Every year the New York String
Quartet meets during the months of
August and September at a beautiful
estate in Vermont on Lake Cham
plain, to prepare the programs for
the following feason. Summer sports
are not neglected, hot the mornings
are rigorously set aside and devoted
to unrelenting practice. The results
have justified this severe discipline.
The Grand Rapids Herald notes:
“The ensemble of the quartet reach
es the pitch of perfection. Their
playing is finely balanced and gives
the requisite effect of being per
formed with a single musical intel
ligence. It is notable for its verve
and brilliancy; if dryness and mo
notony are ever a danger of quartet
playing, this group escapes it as
much by the vividly emotional char
acter of its interpretations as by its
choice of program.”
* LAUNCH FIRE BOAT
GALVESTON. Tex.. Feb. 18.—<yp>_
Galveston’s now fireboat, tho City
of Galveston, has been launched re
cently at Jacksonville, Fla., where
it was .constructed. After a two
weeks’ ^rlsl In Florida waters, the
vessel w^ll come here, where it will
ar*in h« tested before being accept
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BY BISHOP CLEMENTS "
Boxing card tonight at Mercedes,
staring at 8:30 o'clock.
• • •
Chuck Burns and Danny Gasparoc
165-pound leather slinger*. will head
line the show. Ken Macey and Bat
tling Shaw, will also scrap in the
preliminaries, as will Johnny Crur
i and Plakie Payo.
. • .
Promoter A1 Robinson believes this
will be the best card he has ever
put on. The promoter may surprise
fans by having other scraps not yet
announced, on tonight s program, and
pug fans in these parts' are hoping
a coupl* of negro fighters will be on
the program, or a battle royal, pref
erably.
• s •
Free throws, coming about by
fools. In the game between the
Lyford and Raymondvill* high
school quints Friday, for the cham
pionship of IV illary county, was
the feature of the game, reports
from Lyford state. Lyford con
j verted into six points out of six
teen free throws, whereas Rey
mondtille made 10 points out of
1 sixteen free throws. Quite a num
ber of fouls during that game.
• • •
The two centers were the outstand
ing performers for their quints.
Keene of Lyford, looping the hoop
for 8 points, while Cook of Raymond
ville made 6 points. Come to think
of it, these center boys in basketball
in the Valley, from the high school
to the town teams, and Junior col
lege squads, are certainly making
that position important by their
great playing
Colonel Howard Shannon of the
Donna News, say a there is a tot of
interest in his part of the Valley
! for baseball, and helieves a Valley
* league organized along the lines
of the Nebraska State circuit will
he a going proposition. The Col
onel. a sport fan de luxe, is heart
ily in favor of Hidalgo county
towns joining those of Cameron in
forming a Class D league. .
• • •
Allen Carter, one of the outstand
ing high school football players of
the Valley this past season, has been
elected captain of the San Benito
team for the 1929 season. Carter de
serves that honor. He played a con
servative. loyal, hustling, type of
ball, that ail coaches delight in. He
is abo the type of bey the coaches
like, and the fans, too. In the gam*
with McAllen, who pitilessly tram
pled Coach Morrison’s ’Hounds under
foot, it wav Carter and Captain Mc
I Williams who made what little prog
ress the San Benito squad made that
day; and their play was remarkable,
too. because they had never been
up against »uch an attack of football
passing as Coach Dykes Bulldogs
flaunted in their face .
. . .
The writer regrets that Phil
Brady, a star athlete on the San
Benito team, is not in school there
* this year. He is in Michigan.
1’hil injured a leg at the start of
last football season, and was prac
tically useless throughout the sea
son. But it is of his ability as a
baseball player, or hia potential
ability, at leant, that we bemoan
the passing of this, we believe,
major league prospect. Big and
strong, and with the instinct of all
good athletes, Brady, in the games
we watched him perforin last sea
son on the diamond, looked mighty
good.
• • •
College Mation athletes—better
| known as the Farmers of A. & M.,
to the number of 75, are wrorking out
daily as track aspirants. Coach
F'rank Anderson believes he has
some promising material for a win
ning squad. Coach Clyde Littlefield
of lexas University, himself a well
known and successful track coach, in
a talk snmo months ago. bemoaned
the fact" that Texas schools had so
few track aspirants. In some of the
up-country institutions, as many as
two and three hundred candidates ap
pear for training each year. Little
field said. That’s right, and the
squad of candidates are increasing
each year in Texas schools, and Lit
tlefield had and is having a lot to
do with the increasing track interest
because of "his .ability along that
line.
• • •
A dispatch from T. C. U. says:
“The Texas Christian University
Frogs will be out to run their total
of Mctories to three when the Rice
Owls invade Purpleville Feb. 19 for
the second game of the year between
the two teams. The^Frcgs nosed the
Owls out by one point in their first
encounter, winning the tilt in the
las few seconds of play. The Frogs
have four games on tneir list, having
won two and lost six. They pulled
themselves out of the cellar last week
by trouncing the Baylor Bears de
cisively. Dopesters are busy at this
point in the season figuring how
‘they’ll stand.’ ”
• • 0
We don't know how they are going
to stand when the season has run
its course. bu« up in Arkansas.
♦ hose long tall boys of Porkerville
have the inside track on the bas.
ketball honors in the Southwest
conference. All six feet and some
a little more. Arkansas will win
its fourth conference champion
ship, if they come through to vic
tory this year, and who is it that
doesn't believe they won’t?
• • •
Won’t be long until the basketball
season will be over in the Valley,
in fact it is scheduled to be settled
this week-end. when the district
tournament is to be played at Mc
Allen, of which Coach Jimmy Dykes
is director. And then, and then—
well you know what we mean—base
ball will take its place in the differ
ent high schools. It’s going to be
mighty plce^nt on these summery
afternoon to watch—and perforoe
chronicle the doings of the teams
and the players, individually, and
collectively.
• • •
IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF
TEAMWORK ON THE PART OF
VALLEY FANS TO PUT OVER *
BALL LEAGUE THIS SUMMER
ARE YOU GOING TO HELP THE
FELLOWS WHO ARE TRYING 10
I FORM THIS ORGANIZATION'
• • •
They are not r«criv|ng and do
not expect or wani one thin dime
for their efforts. In fact, these
fellows are losing time from their
places of business in trying to or
ganize the Valley into a league,
lou talk about the Valley as the
sportsmen's paradise, and all that;
what better recreation In the sum.
mertime can be had than baseball?
And you know without this sport
ft In #» •• • . -w toeA Ub*«#
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YOUNG STARS WITH COMPLEX
TO TRY MAJOR GRADE AGAIN
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Almost unbeatable in the minors, these two pitchers are hack again
to overcome that something that has kept them out of the big leagues.
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B> HOR ACE C. RENEG AR
(Associated Press Sports Writer.)
ATLANTA. Feb. 18.—bP>-An old
adage admonishing those who don't
succeed at first to try again fits
well in the ca.e of Eddie Wells and
Wild Bill Hallahan, two promising
minor league pitchers going up this
spring for another trial.
The cards are recalling Hallahan
frt m the Texas league championship
club, Houston, and the Yankees have
purchased Wells from Birmingham,
the Southern Association leaders.
Both left handers, they have had
their tilings before and with every
thing apparently in their favor, fail
ed. The Cardinals couldn't under
stand it with Hallahan. and both
Washington and Detroit tried Wells.
George Monarty, thtn with the Tig
ers, declared the hlg Birmingham
portsiders the putzle of baseball,
seemingly possessing every neces
sary attribute except the ability to
win.
An inferiority complex, some have
termed it.
Nevertheless, both swept their
leagues last season. Hallahan turned
in 2d victories to 12 defeats. He
struck out 244 batters in 276 in
nings, something like 44 more than
Dazzy Vance whiffed in the National
I iesgue during the campaign. He
led also in earned run averages with
two and a quarter runs a game.
Wells, too, led his loop, winning
25 games against seven losses and
was instrumental in Birmingham
winning the pennant, while Halla
han. aided by veteran Jim Lindsey,
war carrying Hous*on to the top.
Then the two clubs met in the
Dixie series, the annual playoff be
tween the two circuits for southern
supremacy, and in the first game
Wild Bill met Big Eddie. Wells had
the best of the opening game, but
back on the Houston lot Hallahan
evened it up* and his team finally
won the series with three out of
five.
Hallahan didn't get his Wild Bill
appellation through any Texas prai
rie bad land experiences. He has
always had trouble locating the
plate.
As a tall, gangling youngster he
went to the Cards several years ago,
,but his wildness was amazing. With
the speed of a Vance and the curves
of a Pennock. he wasted them on
the outside zone, and his Texas lea
gue record doesn't show much im
provement along that score. He
passed 140 hatters last season.
It’ll he mighty interesting to see
how these youngsters fare in the
latest bid for recognition.
Corpus Ships
Over 400 Cars
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.. Feb. 18.
—IJP\—Vegetable movements from
Corpus Christi and immediate ter
ritory are greater than aver before,
more than 400 car'oads having al
ready been shipped, statistics com
piled hy officials of the Corpus
Christi fhamber of Commerce, dis
close.
There have been moved 108 cars
of spinach, 87 of cabbage, 13 of
beet*. 28 of radishes. 13 of turnips,
and approximately 160 car* of mixed
•-egetahles. The shipping season
along the coast started a full month
earlier this year than last season.
To this time in 192* only 92 cars
of vegetables had been shipped.
ICE PLANT FOR NEWTON
NEWTON. Feb. 18.—UP\—Newton
I is to have an iee plant. The electric
I light Company announces a factory
i will be in operation when hot weath
er arrives. _
| coming hot days and, of course the
nights are cool.
• • •
Bob Countryman. Texas A. & M.
I baseball coach, is an ex-professional
! player, himself. Reports from the
; Farmer camp state that the material
j Boh will have to work with this sea
son is green, insofar as conference
competition is concerned. That’s the
stuff, coach, don’t try to make your
followers believe you have a winning
team before the season starts. In
contrast to this is the statement from
j T. C. U. that they have plenty
pitching material of quality, and
most of their other positions filled
by capable performers. Well, w«
shall see. Oh. yes. Unele Billy
Disch is going to have another base
ball team at Texas University this
re.-r.
TEXASLEAGUE
RESUMES ROW
Fixing Schedule And
Transportation In
Dallas
DALLAS, Feb. IS.—<*)—Rested and
ready for further argument. Texas
league dub owners resumed today
their protracted wrangle over adop
tion of a playing schedule for the
approaching season. They adjourned
last night after having been in ses
sion almost 14 hours without reach
ing an agreement.
Serious consideration was given
the bids of bus companies to furnish
transportation. A committee of
three was in conference with bus
company representatives for more
than an hour. The committee was
to meet with rail representatives
today. The league head* have asked
the railroads to give them a sizeable
reduction.
A committee of three was appoint
ed to handle business affairs of the
league pending the recovery of Pres
ident J. Doak Roberts, who has been
ill two months. It was emphasized
that Roberts still is president of tbe
league and will continue to he until
he again is able to resume his duties.
SIGN RAIL CONTRACT
SAN ANGELO, Tex., Feb. 18.—.*,
—San Angelo todav signed I con
tract with the Kansas City. Mexico
and Orient Railroad Co. of Tens
for construction of a line from San
Angelo tp Sonora, miles south.
The contract called for provision of
additional sidings for two stations
between San Angelo and Christoval
and for another station six miles
south of Christoval.
TURKEY RECORD CLAIMED
BEAT MONT, leb. lS.-H^—Mrs.
William T. Hightower of Elysian
fields, Harrison county, claims a tur
key record. Three hens brought an
income of $100 in a year, by hat"h
ing two broods, she says.
Wood & Dodd
Insurance
Bonds and Loans
PHONE 100
Spivey-Kowalski Bldgr.
Brownsville, Texas
CAGE YEAR IS.
NEARING END
IN SOUTHWEST
Porkers Appear Cer
tain to Win First
Honors With Texas
In Second Place
DALLAS. Feb. 18 —final
splurge this week and another South
west conference basketball race will
hare parsed into the limbo of for- *
{rotten things. So far at Texas col
eges comprising the circuit are con
cerned there will be few pleasant
memories of the 1923-29 cage scram
ble.
There will, the schedule disclose*,
be sporadic firing for mother fort
night. but the race for championship
honors will be concluded this week.
Arkansas University, in order te
make certain its fourth straight con
ference title, will need to sweep its
closing two-game series with the
Texas Aggies Friday and Saturday
night at Fayetteville. The Porkers .
can be expected to do that very little
thing.
If by any chance the scrapping
Farmers should slip up on the lanky
Ozarkians and win one of their set
tos. however, the Texas University
Longhorns could finish in a tie with
the three-time champions by winning
all of their remaining four games. -
The Rice Institute Owls, fresh from-*
two overwhelming tosses to Arkansas
Friday and Saturday at Fayetteville,
drop down through north Texas for a
couple of combats on their way home,
meeting Southern Methodist Univer
sity here tonight and playing the
Texas Christian Horned Frogs to
morrow night at Fort Worth. The
lowly Owls scored only three field
tosses in their 44 to 13 defeat by the • i
Razorbarks Saturday.
The Texas Longhorns, who re
tained their slight chance et the title
and practicajly assured second place
by nosing out the Aggies. 32 to 29,
Saturday night, have two games
booked on their home court at Austin
this week. Tuesday night they en
gage the Baylor University Beers end
Saturday meet Texas Christian.
Southern Methodist and Baylor Sat
urday at Waco round out the week’s
card.
FAMILY LV SCHOOL 25 YEARS
FORT WORTH. Feb. l§.——Rec
ords at Texas Chirstian University
disclose that the Tomlinson family of
Hillsboro has been represented con-* -
tinuously in the student body Ydr’25r
years. Ten « emberj ef the family
have graduat ’ fretn T. C. U. andl
three have married graduate* of tha
school.
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