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3 GIANTS ARE
INJURED; DOUG
ENDS HOLDOUT
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 8.—
—Andy Reese, Jimmy Welsh and
Jack Cummings have injuries to
show for a six and a half inning
practice game the New York Giants
played here yesterday.
Reese and Welsh passed out of
tj^-game via the charley-horse
route. Cummings’ right thumb was
injured by a foul tip. Nor was that
all. Joe Genewich essayed to play
. left field and nearly sprained a leg
when he chased a long drive, caught
it and then fell.
At Clearwater, Fla., Doug Mc
Weeny has capitulated to the argu
ments of Wilbert Robinson and af
fixed his name to a Brooklvn ron
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going back to Homasassa, Fla., to
build a vacation camp, unless the
Robins agreed to give him $25,000.
The Brooklyn board of directors
announced their top figure would be
$22,500. If Dazzy accepted he'd be
the highest paid pitcher in baseball.
Elgin Wilson, a young right hand
ed rookie from Milford, Texas, may
answer the supplication of the
White Sox for another good pitcher.
Texan Goes Good
Wilson pitched seven innings of
steady baseball for the regulars in
yesterday’s game at Dallas, holding
the “Goofs’’ to six scattered hits
and winning, 6 to 2.
Detroit Tiger pitchers were per
mitted to cut loose yesterday for the
first time since the training season
at Phoenix, Ariz., opened. Of the
veterans, Lil Stoner looked espe
* cially good, while Johnny Prud
homme and Lefty Barnes, recruits,
also pleased Manager Harris.
Complete reversal of form was
displayed by the St. Louis Cardinals
between their last two games—one
last fall in the Yankee World se
ries rout and the other yesterday
in the Florida Grapefruit league
when three rookie hurlers held the
Philadelphia Athletics to three hits
while their teammates batted out
a 2 to 0 victory.
Today the two clubs clash again,
at the A’s park in Fort Myers.
Eanie Grimes, who was with Tul
sa last year, will be the St. Louis
Browns’ regular third sacker this
year if pre-season predictions of
I Manager Dan Howley bear fruit.
Grimes is being coached carefully
for the pennant chase.
Star Rookie
Another rookie getting special at
\ tention from Howley is Dick Ferrell,
highly touted backstop, tc whom
! the Browns paid a $25,000 bonus
| to sign. Ferrell attempted to get
' ^ to infield practice yesterday at
fit Palm Beach, Fla., and llow
\\ Teximediately warned him away.
light as to what batting
orBr Manager Joe McCarthy pro
poSs to use in this year’s National
league campaign was expected dur
ing the Cubs’ first exhibition game
against Los Angeles today.
Manager McCarthy has been
worried about that question ever
since Rogers Hornsby joined his
forces. Experiments indicate he
will use English as lead-off man,
following with Clyde Beck, Kiki
Cuyler, Rogers Hornsby. Hack Wil
son and Riggs Stephenson in order.
NEW’ COACII AT BATES
LEWISTON, Me., March 8.—(^P)—
David B. Morey, all-American half
back at Dartmouth ome years ago
and formerly coach at Middlebury
and Alabama Polytechnic, will take
over the job of head coach of foot
ball. baseball and hockey at Bates
college here next fall.
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MAKES BROWNS FORGET LOST STARS
From playing shortstop for a'
Standard Oil company team in Cal
ifornia to the American league, with
only a year intervening, during
which time he was in the Western
league, is the record of Ralph Kress,
hard hitting shortstop of the St.
Louis Browns. His career is re
markable in that he has made such
a long jump with immeciaite suc
cess.
Kress appears to be one of the
best natural hitters to come up in
some years. He had them guessing
when he led the American league in
batting for several weeks last year.
But Ills contained rain of base hits
soon proved that he was not just a
flash in the pan. Ralph attributes
this success at the place to the fact
that he was right on edge when the
bell rang, and acquired confidence
when he discovered that American
league pitchers did not try to “dust
him off.”
He has his fielding faults, but is
learning a lot in that department.
At Tulsa, the farm of the Browns,
I^ress did not pick up much about
the defensive part of the game.
The “Yankees of the Western lea
gue” they were called, for the whole
team could hit, and that’s all they
tried to do. If they booted in a run
all they had to do was to drive two
in.
EXPECT LOOP
COMPLETE BY
NEXT TUESDAY
“Complete and permanent or
ganisation of the Valley league
will be had not later than Tues
day of next week.” O. N. Boston,
president, elected Wednesday,
stated yesterday.
VMission, Mercedes and Har
lingen, I hope will get organ
ized before then, so that we may
start the league going,” Mr. Bos
ton said. The president also has
a letter from Corpus Christi
asking for a berth in the league.
WHISKY MADE IN CHURCH
CHORLEY, Eng.—A still for mak
ing whiskey was found by workmen
under the pulpit of Euxton Shurch.
Florida Takes Interest In
Poke-thi-kee, Redman’s
Baseball
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March
8.—(JP)—Babe Ruth may know all
about knocking heme runs over ma
jor league grandstands, but four
husky redskins of the Seminole
tribe near here can show him a
think or two in the art of clouting
in Poke-thi-kee, the Indian ball
game.
Just as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig,
Rogers Kornsby and Jim Bottom
ley are favorites in America's na
tional pastime, so are the Ho-tha
ma-tee, Nae-ha-suk-kee, Fo-the
ma-thee and So-nuk-ha-tee the
idols of their fellow tribesmen in
the Indian game. They claim the
championship of their clan.
Poke-thi-kee is played in a sim
ilar manner to to lacrosse. To the
casual observer it combines many
of the rough and tumble features
of basketball and at times is ludi
crous, in view of the fact that the
teams generally are composed of
four men and four women. The
men are not allowed to touch the
women with their hands during the
game, while the women may get
as rough as they please when the
contest is close and exciting.
The players use small racquets
made of hickory, with woven buck
skin, while the ball used Is made
of deer hide stuffed with deer hair.
In the past the game has been more
or less universal with American In
dians of all tribes. Since part of
the Seminole tribe left its wigwams
and hunting grounds to establish a
settlement near here they have
brought the sport to the front again
and are building up a great follow
ing of interested spectators from
this winter resort.
BATTLE OF SHELBY
ECHOS IN COURTS
GREAT FALLS. Mont., March 8.
—(A>)—Echoes of the Dempsey-Gib
bons heavyweight boxing match still
resound in Montana, although it
is five years since the “battle of
Shelby.”
The United States district court
here has been called upon to de
cide whether George H. Stanton,
then president of the Stanton Trust
and Savings bank of Great Falls
personally was interested in fi
nancing the bout. James A. John
son, Montana oil man, chief finan
cial backer, said Stanton agreed to
assume responsibility for half of a
?40.OOO loan made by the bank. The
bank sued Johnson. Stanton denies
any interest.
PARENTS ON STRIKE
BRIGHTON, Eng.—The parents
of Patcha mare on strike against
sending their children to school here
in uncovered omnibuses.
MOTHER RESTORES MEMORY
TEWKSBURY. Eng.—Miss Rosa
Barber, who lost her memory as a
result of injuries in a wreck, recov
ered it three weeks later when her
mother vjsitnd h»r in hospital.
GIRL SEXTETS WISH TO LOSE;
SEEK TO ACCOMPLISH END BY
SCORING FOR THEIR OPPONENT;
DALLAS, Tex., March 8.—(/P)—
This is the story of a team that
couldn’t lose for winning. It is
different.
In the opening round of the
A. A. U. woman’s basketball tour
nament here this week, two of the
weaker teams. Holland’s Magazine
of Dallas and Mesquite high
school, were paired against each
other.
Both teams, unknown to the
other, had decided to get elimi
nated in their opening fray.
Whereas they were outclasses in
the championship flight, they fig
ured they might have a chance to
survive the consolations. Both
sextets decided they would pre
tend to do their best, only to have
no luck hitting the basket.
To make thinks look aboveboard.
Holland’s started off by chunking .
in three points. Then they eased
up and waited for the Mesquite
lassies to begin scoring. But they
waited in vain. The Mesquite for
wards apparently couldn't locate
the hoop.
It suddenly dawned on the Hol
land's girls that there had been
some dark scheming. Then the
Holland’s guards began tossing
the ball through the goal they
were “defending,” and the Mes
quite guards opened a similar of
fensive against their opponents’
hoop.
It ended with Holland’s leading,
17 to 8, through no fault of its
own. Fourteen of the winner’s
points were scored by the losers,
and all the losers’ points were
scored by the A. Harris team of
Dallas, 19 to 9. in the first round
of the consolations.
FORUM »
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■ By Bishop Clements ■
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The cream of Texas high school
basketball talent, is gathered at A.
& M. College, in quints, representing
fourteen high schools of the state,
champs in the districts. Tourna
ment play started today, which will
end tomorrow, and to the victors
will go the state title.
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The state basketball tournament,
started in 1921 by the Interscholas
tic league, has been growing in
popular esteem each year. Unlike
football clubs, such as the Waco out
fit, who for years were perennial
winners, basketball mantles have
fallen on different quints each year
except 1923 and 1924, when the Oak
Cliff high of Dallas, captured the
crown in those years.
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Here is a list of the winners for
the eight years the annual tourna
ment has been held:
1921— El Paso high school.
1922— Lindale high school.
1923— 24—Oak Cliff high school.
1925— Beaumont high school.
1926— Brackenridge high cshool
(San Antonio).
1927— Athens high school.
1923—Austin high school.
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I'p-state sports writers have
picked Athens to capture the flag
this year, and they may do that
very thing. But they won't with
our consent, because we are pull
ing our loft hind leg for that gal
lant quint of McAllen to come
through to victory. Coach Dykes
Bulldogs tangle with Denton this
afternoon in the first game.
* * *
Way up in the northern part of
the state, on the Oklahoma boun
! clary line, lies Sherman. Texas. A
good baseball town. Going to en
ter professional ball this year for
the first time since 1923. There is
or was some kind of law prohibit
ing baseball parks being built with
in the city limits. So the baseball
enthusiasts got together, appeared
before the city dads, expalined to
them in unmistakable terms the
benefits of a ball team, and that in
order for it to be a success, a park
inside the city limits must be had.
Those city fathers of Sherman are
not dumb. They not only granted
the request, but promised support.
* * *
Mission citizens are scheduled
to meet this afternoon in called
meeting to decide upon whether
their town is to enter the Valley
baseball league or not. Bob Wells
of Brownsville, Is to meet with
the grapefruit citizens. Mission
has a ball park, and we are told
uniforms: they will undobutedly
be at least expense than any city
in the league.
• • •
Ralph Leech, the big tall boy who
put on a 10-round boxing go with
Roberto Hinojosa, several weeks ago
at Fort Brown, is desirous of a re
turn match. He has a manager,
and is in excellent shape, say re
ports from Weslaco, his home town.
Leech is also remembered as the
star football player of the Panthers
of that high school, and later of
Edinburg Junior college. His man
ager, Jack Payne, writes us as fol
lows:
“On behalf of Ralph Leech I wish
to issue through your columns a
challenge to Roberto Hinojosa to
box any number of rounds, any
division of purse, and any club in
the Valley desiring the match.
• * *
“Think we should have had the
nod the last time but a draw was
the verdict so we want an oppor
tunity to prove who is the better
man. We promise them a real
go, one that will crowd more
action per round than expected.’’
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There is a chance to match these
two heavies, if some of the pro
moters of the Valley care to do so.
Of course, it is agreed that the
fight between Leech and Hinojosa
in Fort Brown several weeks ago
wasn't much of a fight; they might
put on a hum-dinger the next
time. Jack Payne is the manager
of Leech, and he also has Frankie
Cline, another heavy, training him.
Cline is remembered as the big
boy who was introduced from the
ring on the last card at the Fort.
Payne waxes hot on the ability of
Cline, and says, “Oh. boy, what a
surprise is in store when he starts.”
• * *
Billy Podraza, 136 pounds of
Houston, will be one of the fight
ers on the next card at Mercedes.
His opponent hasn’t been select
ed as yet, but it probably will be
cither Brooks Hooper or Carlos
Garica cf San Antonio. We hope
Promoter Robinson bars the kid
ney and rabbit blows in this as
well as all other fights, barred,
and thst Tex Becerril of Browns
ville will do the same thing.
» • *
Last week’s Sporting News had
this spicy poem:
The leagues are full of ploughboys,
With heavy, ponderous feet;
With appetites for everything,
From soup to nuts to meat.
With broad and heavy shoulders,
With rifie-shooung arms;
Where do they get such plowboys?
They come from the big league
farms.
• * •
Names certainly belie a person.
Take for instance Tom Connolly,
veteran San Antonio second base
man; they call him “Cowboy.” He
looks like he might have been used
to the “wild and woolly west,” but
he isn’t. Connelly was raised in
one of the larger cities of the east.
It is doubtful if he ever rode a horse
in his life and, with exception of
the years he has spent in the Texas
league, (since 1922 ) he hadn’t had
the opportunity prior to that time
to Bee as much natural domain of
nature’s gift to man.
OKLAHOMA AGGIES TO
HAVE THREE CAPTAINS
STILLWATER, Okla., March 8.—
UP)—There will be three captains on
the Oklahoma A. & M. college track
team this season.
Austin Parker, a 400 yard dash
man who captained the team two
years ago, is again eligible after a
year out of school. Leo Best, who
led the Aggies last year, again will
compete in the low hurdles.
This year’s official captain is
John Faulkner, a fast miler.
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TAMPA, Fla., March 8.—(£>)—'The
Washington Senators may not win
the American league pennant but
they're sure to be a great drawing
card.
The reason is that Walter John
son is back with the Senators and
that Nick Altrock, baseball’s favo
rite clown, is starting off in mid-sea
son form.
These two celebrities of the na
tional pastime have been fixtures
with the Washingtons fans, as well
as with fans throughout the cir
cuit, for the greater part of the last
20 years.
The Big Train was with the Sen
ators for 21 years until last season.
Ke was released then to manage
the Newark club of the Interna
tional league. He is back this year
as manager of the club for which
he pitched more than two decades.
In the old days Nick and Walter
took their regular turn on the
mound for, believe it or not, Nick
was once a player who took his game
seriously. That was twenty years
ago. Nick was off and on with
Washington from 1909 to 1919. Dur
ing that time he was classed as a
pitcher.
He served as a Senator hurler
during 1909, 1912, 1913, 1918 and
1919. Since then the funny one
has drawn his pay as a coach, but
his main business has been to en
tertain the fans and, of course, keep
his teammates in good spirits.
They’re a great combination, are
the Big Train and Nick, and if
there’s anything in hard work they’ll
have the Senators in the pennant
race fro mthe start.
BASEBALLS ARE GIVEN
TEST AT UNIVERSITY
TUCSON, Ariz., March 8.—(AP)—
Baseball as well as baseball play
ers get diplomas at the University
of Arizona.
To determine the make to be used
by the Wildcats, Coach J. F. Mc
Kale takes two of eacn manufac
ture, marks them and places them
in an ore mill grinding machine, a
steel drum resembling a revolving
cement mixer. The product which
comes out showing the least wear
and tear after continuously revolv
ing in the drum for seven hours is
the one certified for use in the en
suing year’s play.
SCHMIDTS SETS IN
FORT WORTH. March 8.—Coach
Francis A. Schmidt, new Horned
Frog mentor, lost no time in get
ting down to work after arriving
here the first of the week. Two
hours after the new Purple Pilot
arrived at T. C. U., he was in uni
form. sending his spring grid men
through their work.
BEATS CHAMPS
y Coves
CHICAGO. March 8.—(iP)—Ray
Conger, the middle distance runner,
who administered the only Ameri
can defeat to Paavo Nurmi, the Fin
nish star, has a habit of besmirch
ing the record of track stars.
Dr. Otto Peitzer, the German
sensation, had not lost a race until
he met Conger here. Conger went
by him on the last lap, and pulled
up to wTin from the German. Lloyd
Hahn was a stranger to the sensa
tion produced by seeing another
break the tape until Conger won
from him at Kansas City.
Conger is a product of the Iowa
state college system of tract train
ing and has competed since his col
lege days for the Illinois Athletic
club.
LAST NIGHT’S
BASKETBALL
(By the Associated Press)
Tournament scores at Winfield.
Kans.:
Hays Teachers 23; Washburn
College of Topeka 20.
Southwestern of Winfield 37;
Ottawa University 22.
Emporia Teachers 45; Haskell
Indians 21.
Wichita University 28; Pittsburgh
Teachers 25.
Consolation scores:
College of Emporia 33; Oklahoma
City University 20.
Central College of Fayette 55;
Bethel of Newton 27.
Sterling 38; St. John’s 28.
MANY AGGIES OUT
COLLEGE STATION, Tex., March
8.—Fourteen lettermen from last
year’s varsity team, eighteen fresh
man numeral men and nine varsity
squadmen are included in the list
of seventy-one prospective Texas
Aggie gridsters who reported for the
opening of spring training at the
Kyle Field practice gridiron early
this week. The remaining candi
dates were selected from outstand
ing plavefs in the A. & M. intra
mural football league last season.
By BRIAN Bell
(Associated Press Sports Writer.)
WINTER HAVEN. Fla., March 8.
—(/P)—Supporters of the Philadel
phia Nationals hope and believe
they have lost the jewel of consist
ency since the last season ended.
The Phillies have consistently fin
ished last in the National league
race of late and any change must
be for the better.
Early signs at the training camp
indicate that Burt Shotton, now a
sophomore manager, at least has a
chance to push his team out of the
cellar.
A large question mark remains
after the pitchers’ names but the
rest of the lineup has been so im
proved that even if the pitching is
no better han it was in 1828 it will
show more results.
The most encouraging develop
ment is in the infield. Tommy
Theveno.. seems certain to play
great ba:l at shortstop. The star
of the 1926 world series haa recov -
ered from a broken leg.
Whitney Shines
Fresco Thompson at second base
is an established star and Arthur
Whitney third, and Don Hurst,
first, are well on the road that leads
'to baseball glory. The 1923 season
marked the first year in fast com
pany for Whitney and Hurst and
their manager believes that the ex
perience gained under fire will show
dividends this year. Whitney hit
.300 in his first chance and Thomp
son and Hurst were not far away.
Homer Feel, who came from St.
Louis by way of Houston. Texas,
apparently could not be denied a
place in the outfield. Chuck Klein,
promoted from Fort Wayne late in
the season finished so sensationally
he will be given a chance to repeat.
Lefty O’Doul, former Giant and
Dennis Southern may divide out
field assignments. The veteran Cy
Williams will be held hi reserve.
New Twirl ers
Virgil Davis and Walter Lerian
at 24 and 26 years of age, take rank
with the great young catchers of
the game and will share the receiv
ing burden. A pair of Georges,
Susce and Sheflott seek the other
catching place.
In additio nt othe pitchers brought
over from the 1928 season, three
new ones appear to have won pla
ces on the staff. Jack Milligan,
back from Syracuse, is a left hand
er of promise. Luther Roy, late of
Birmingham and with previous ma
jor league trials, and Phil Collins,
up from New Orleans, where he
pitched in 49 games, will be given
extended observation. Holdovers in
clude Ed Baeeht, Ray Benge, Alex
Ferguson, Bob McGraw, Lester
“Sugar’’ Sveetland and Claude Wil
loughby.
DRUNK KITS CENTURY MARK
CHICAGO.—George V. Robinson
drew the heaviest possible fine when
arraigned for the hundredth time
for drunkenness.
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Plane Tones..
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HE rush and roar of hun- I*
dreds of mighty motors droning through the air
will be wafted down to the throngs celebrating the
inauguration of Airmail service at the great
Brownsville Airport all day Saturday. ‘ Plane
Tones”, indeed! .... and they’ll sound mighty
good to residents of Brownsville and the Valley.
We realize how much the Airport means to us all.
The Airport Committee is to be heartily congratu
lated on establishing the Brownsville Airport as one
of the most important Airmail Terminals of the
nation .....
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Summer
day. Wear
summer
clothe,.
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them here.
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