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| | M 77^ BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION IMS jj
I inlerscholastic League Am et Will be Held Here March 29 and 30
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Ik The baseball situation in the
r 'alley is anything but rosy, hirst
$ he thing than another has hinder
' the actual organization of the
froposed Class D loop. Five towns
Ire known to be in a receptive
! *iood to form a league, namely,
I , JrAHen. Harlingen. Snn Benito,
‘ ’trqwnsville and Corpus Christi.
• dry more town is needed.
i ■ Merredes dropped nut as^ a
Impossible entrant last week, when
' Bob Kirkpatrichk ot that city
announced that his town could
not. ra'se the necessary funds.
If1 nr, as Rob put it. the jack." La
j pedo is a possibility. Rut San Re
•] nito. according to Guy Trent,
would not enter a league with
j Laredo. Billie Burnett brought
j;this statement to the city Satur
day after a conversation with
f Trent.
* ^ Five or six men have worked hard
L get a league organized. It now
boks as if their efforts will go for
J aught, and it is to be pitied. Go
«ag to be mighty lonesome in the
rfalley this summer without baseball
?n the only plane worthwhile—or
janized.
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Kingsville may yet ask to join
♦the proposed league. That will be
known today, as the Corpus rep
resentative, \V. B. Pyeatt is in
that city in the interest of the
ilcaguo. In case Kingsville wants
'to come in, it would make a oom
.pact circuit, but wc do not know
the attitude Mr. Trent would take
;if such should happen.
^ An inter-city skeet club shoot be
tween Brownsville Donna is in the
^dalring. This city organized a
Ikeet club sometime ago. and re
cently Donna followed suit. It is
1 xpected that a number of other
'./alley cities will organize clubs.
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P Reports tel! us that lleinle
jL Schuhle, former Valley baseball
player, is about to be benched by
I* the Detroit Tigers, who are train
i ing at Phoenix, Ariz. Schuble is
| a youngster, and probably is a
ty little over-anxious. He has the
|* ability, and we hope he makes
‘ the grade. It wouldn’t speak well
j for the St. Louis Cardinals if the
!/ little shortstop did make the ma
il jor grade, because Heinie was
cast aside by the Cards.
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An Izaak Walton league was or
ganized in McAllen last week. C. A.
A/heatley. state president, was on
land at the meeting, and gave an
address. The temporary officers of
die McAllen club are: L. L. O’Neal,
president; A. T. Ray, secretary
reasurer; Dr. J. O. Wharton, L. L.
j>! fCirkendall, W. T. Gartman. vice
l ^residents. This is a fine Organi
sation, and we hope every town in
he Valley organizes.
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Earl “Red" Snapp. recently
chosen manager of the Sherman
team of the Lone Star league, is
| one of the most successful mana
\.• gers in Class D baseball. Snapp
gL lead the San Angelo club of the
]ft West Texas league last season and
won the pennant, llis team was
1 • trounced by Palestine in the play
's off for the Class I) title of Texas.
However, that didn't detract any
prestige from Rods ability, when
it Is taken into consideration
that the West Texas outfit car
ried nine rookies and the Lone
• Star circuit five. Pennants follow
Snapp, and Sherman fans are
pennant bound .they believe.
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Major league baseball clubs in
training will this week enter their
last lap of Umbering up. The first
of April will find the clubs in daily
J exhibition games on their trek back
to their home bailiwicks. Texas
weather, as has been found bv the
- Hew York Giants at San Antonio,
and the Chicago White Sox at Dal
Jlae, is declared the best these teams
I {have ever encountered m the spring.
iut must be good—it is. Pittsburgh.
Ijway out in California, has been
* handicapped by cold and ram. The
MjCubs have found the same condition.
-Jput of coure there will bo no com
flfplaint because the owner of that
••outfit is proprietor of a plot of
Jground in the native state, where
,‘jhis team trains each spring. But
; is different with the Pirates.
Laey are not tied down under such
nreumstanccs and 1930 will probably
find arney Drevfuss’ team in the
i Lone star state.
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j j Speed .speed—on the water, in
the air and on land. And in
athletics it is speed the boss de
mands. and the public. Especial
i ,ly is this true in baseball, foot
ball and others.
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* * Jack Johnson, the ex-negro pug.
{writing a scries, or to be correct i
is being written for him. under
,j lus name, in which he tells how
food he was and how bad Jack
Bempsey was. The negro did more
harm to the game and his race than
g any fellow who ever squared off in
{ the resin-floored ring.
Kid Pancho has been working
• ,out nightly at the Fort Brown
skating rink In preparation for
his fight Monday night with Kid
iJuarea of Monterrey. Paneho
•was amid familiar scenes at the
» rink, for it was in that same ring
a year ago that the Alamo City
hoy and Johnny Hughes engaged
in one of the most thrilling bouts
ever seen in the Valley.
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< The Cameron county field and
literary meet to be held in this citv
Friday and Saturday of this week.
£il! be the meeca for the cream of
public school talent. The district
ftieet will b'so be held in this c’tv
| In April.
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Baseball is coming into its own.
I or rather back, in colleges of Tex
i. *s. A couple of years ago baseball
s rut from the curriculum as a
* ’aj» sport m many schools. Aus
[■tjR college of Sherman is the lat
fcJrjpstitution to announce the re
born of baseball to the major sport
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County Schools to
Send Best Talent;
Interest is High
The Cameron County Interscholastic league meet will be held in
Brownsville Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30. of this week. Red
Irvine, athletic director of the local public schools, announced Saturday.
The meet will cover both literary and track and field events, and one
! of the most elaborately arranged schedules will be carried out that has
! ever been attempted in a meet of this kind, it is statd. Tucker Field, one
i of the largest and best laid out stadiums in South Texas, will be nut. in
RACING PURSE
AT FAIR $3000
Prize Money Offers Made
For Nov. 27-30 Meet
Are Announced
• Special to The Herald.)
HARLINGEN. March 23.—More
than $3000 in purses will be divided
among winners in the horse races
at the Valley Fair this fall, the rac
ing program, announced here by
J. L. Teas, secretary of the racing
board, shows.
There will be four days of racing,
starting Wednesday. November 27,
and closing Saturday. November 30,
with five races on the program each
dav.
The largest purse is one of $450
in the Valley Fair Stake race, which
is to be the final race on the last
day of racing.
The program as announced by
Mr. Teas follows:
Wednesday. Nov. 27
Three-eights mile, free for all,
$100; 3-8 mile for two years old.
< must be filled with horses out of
the Valley), $125; 5-8 mile, free for
all. $125; 3-4 mile, free for ail $150;
7-3 mile, free for all, $150.
Thursday, November 28
Three-eights mile, free for all,
$125; 1-2 mile, and fifty yards, free
for all. $125; 5-8 mile, free for all,
$125; 7-8 mile, free for ail. $150;
1 mile and fifty yards, free for all,
$175.
Friday, November 29
Three-eights mile for non win
ners, $100; 3-4 mile for horses not
first nor second in previous races.
$125; 5-8 mile for two year olds,
(must be filled with horses out of
the Valley!, $125; 7-8 mile, free for
all, $150; 1 mile, free for all. $150.
Saturday. November 30
Thre-eights mile for non winners,
$125; 1-2 mile for non-winners,
§125; 5-8 mile free for all, $150;
7-8 mile, free for all, $150; 1 mile
and fiftv yards, Valley Fair stake
race, $450.
Nominations for Valley Fair
stake race will close on November
26. 1929. $5 to nominate and $10
additional to start. Nominating and
starting fees added to stake. Five
entries required to fill, four to start.
Money in all races divided 60. 30 and
10 per cent. Nominations must be
in secretarv's hands by 26th day
of November. 1929, with the $5
nominating fee otherwise not eli
gible.
The management reserves the
right to change races to suit condi
tion of horses.
^.1 races will be run under the
rules and regulations adopted by the
South Texas Circuit.
CATHOLIC HIGH
BASKETBALL ON
CHICAGO. March 23.—i/P)—1Two
Illinois teams, an Indiana five and
Mississippi quintette today entered
the semi-final round of the Na
tional Catholic high school basket
i ball tournament at Loyola univer
' sity.
The four teams, survivors of the
elimination play, which 32 teams
started Thursday, were: Spa’.aing
of Peoria, 111. state Catholic cham
pions De La Salle of Chicago, run
ner-ups for the city title: Decatur
Catholic high of Decatur. Ind . and
St. Stanislaus of Bay St. Louis,
Miss.
Entries For Golf
Tourney At Waco
Being Received
WACO, March 23.—<-Pi—Entries
from all sections of the state, and
Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma
are being received here for the
third annual Spring Lake invita
tion golf tournament, April 17-20.
Competition is expected to oe
i much greater than ever before.
Clarence Hubby, Waco, winner of
the championship last year, will
defend his title.
Set New World s
Record For Class
D Division Speed
MIAMI BEACH. Fla., March 23 —
T —Harrison Fraser, Auburnaale.
Fla. late today set a new world
straight away speed record for class
D. division 2. outboard motorboats
when he sent his tiny craft over the
course at a speed of 43 76 miles an
j hour.
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| activities. Cecil Grigg. Texas lea
{gue umpire, is head coach of the
Kangaroos and Joe Ward is base
: ba 11 mentor. Congratulations to
: Austin college
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Leftv Deck, who pitched for
Brownsville during a part of the
1926 season, is a member of the
Missouri Pacific baseball nine of
Kingsville. The San Antonio Bears
play their second game with the
crack rai'rrrd team this atferncon
in Kingsville, and a number of local
fans are expected to attend,
[shape for the occasion, and for ten
nis. the Country club and Fort
Brown courts will be drawn upon.
County schools entering the meet
have been divided into two classes.
Classes A and B. Class A entrants
are La Feria, Harlingen, San Benito
and Brownsville. Class B, El Jar
din. Wilson Tract, Rangerville, Rio
Hondo, Stuart Place and Browms
ville Junior high.
Literary and track and field par
ticipants will be from the schools in
the two classes.
The meet gets under wav Friday
morning, and the track and field
and literary events will be run off
simultaneously on the two days.
Athletic Events
Friday. March 29—Boys' and girls’
tennis, starts at 9 a. m. Both sin
gles and doubles, to be played on the
Ft. Brown and Country club courts.
Finals will be played Saturday morn
ing.
Junior boys and girls’ playground
baseball. Finals in the afternoon.
Friday afternoon the senior girls’
Volley ball contests.
Saturday morning 9 to 12—Pre
liminari',s in Class A and B track
and field events. From 2 to 5 in the
afternoon finals will be played in
these events, in both classes.
Literary Events
Literary events will start Friday
morning, with Dean A. S. Caldwell
of the Brownsville Junior college, in
charge.
Following are the subjects enter
ed in the meet and those in charge.
Arithmetic. E. B. Stokes, La Feria.
Declamation, T. J. Yoe, San Ben
ito.
Essay Writing, Mrs. Martin Ham
ilton. Harlingen.
Spelling: Metha Scaicf. San Ben
ito.
Debate, L. V. Montgomery, Stuart
Place.
Music. F. L. Crown. Harlingen.
Director Caldwell has not made
out the complete schedule of the
literary events, and expects to have
them ready in the next few days.
By CHARLEY BARRETT
There is one rule in the baseball
code that is always confusing to
fans, players and umpires alike. I
refer to the batting out of turn rule
that has caused some mighty queer
situations to rise.
Back in the days when I was
'railing Mickey O'Neill, the catcher,
i in the Oklahoma bushes. I came
! across a mixup that almost led to
i a riot.
And it, was all because a couple
of fellows became confused and
i took their turn at the plate in the
wrong order.
As I remember it, McAlester and
another Oklahoma club were play
ing a double-header. The Mc
Alester club lost the opening tilt, so
j the manager decided to shake up
' his batting order in an attempt to
I win the second game.
Let us say that in the first game
A led off. B batted second. C third
j and O fourth.
In the second game the revised
'order ha1 A leading off. D batting
■ second. C third and B fourth. Re
! member the changes, because here
is what happened:
The trouble arose in the very first
inning because after A went out. B
went up to hit. although he was
supposed to be batting fourth. He
walked. The mistake was not no
ticed and C singled, placing B on
second. D also singled, filling the
bases, and then the error was dis
covered. And, oh, what a time they
had!
Under the rules the improper
i batsman is out and the proper bats
; man is out and the proper batsman
| should take his turn at the plate,
j But B, the proper batter, was on
| third. What should happen to
; him? Of course D was out, but who
was going to bat? Should they take
B off third base and let him hit
! and. if so. who was going to take
hit place on the bag?
I Personally I would not have cared
to have been called on to decide the
argument. It simply was a case in
which the umpire had to make his
ruling, unsupported by the book.
I have seen many cases of bat
ters swinging out of turn, but this
mixup was in a c::: by itself. The
j umpire in charge made the base
runner come into bat and permit
ted his t°am to put a pinch run
; ncr on the sack.
Pete Ritchie Sold
To Indianapolis of
American Ass’n.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 23 —
V —Fete Ritchie former San Fran
cisco Seals catcher, received wrord
today that, he had been purchased
by Indianapolis of the American as
sociation. Ritchie was the property
of Shreveport, but had refused to
report to the Texas League club and
was turned over to Indiananolis for
fspn Ritch'e will leave* Mrlidav for
Sarasota. Fla., to join the associ
ation outfit in training
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SENIOR GIRLS FORM
VOLLEY BALL TEAM
(Special to The Herald.)
MERCEDES. March 23.—The
senior girls of the Mercedes high
school have organized a volley bali
team. The temporary team, with
Miss Dorothy Edwards as captain,
have begun practice with Miss
' Emma Eelle Scott and Miss Merle
Malone of the high school faculty,
as coaches.
Rules and fundamentals of the
game are being studied and as soon
as the first training is mastered
the girls plan to organize a regular
team to enter the interscholastic
contest.
MISSION TODAY
HuHing Duel Expected In
First Baseball Game
Of Season
Batteries for today's game will be,
for Mission: Chapa and Flores; for
Brownsville: Salinas and Ramos.
That will be the familiar an
nouncement at 3:30 p. m. today
when the Mission 30-30's tangle
with the Brownsville Tigers in the
first baseball game of the season
between these two clubs.
The Mission team has been play
ing for the past four weeks, and is
in fine shape. The Tigers have been
practicing daily for two weeks and
have engaged in several exhibition
tilts with city teams.
Chapa, who will twirl for Mis
sion. is a graduate of the high;
school there, and in his school days j
was one of the best pitchers in the
Valley. He also worked several
games for the American Legion
nine of this city last summer.
■ The Tigers will send Pitcher Sa
linas to oppose Chapa on the
mound, and a twirling duel is in
store. Salinas is a versatile player,
being capable performer at ether
positions on the diamond.
The gamp will be plaved on the
American Legion grounds.
Guillen Whiffs 16
Men; St. Joseph’s
And Hi School Tie
The St. Josenh’s Hounds and the
Brownsville high school-junior high
baseball teams battled to a 12-in
ning draw Friday afternoon on the
St. Joseph diamond. The score was
5 all.
Young Guillen pitched the first
nine innings for the Hounds and
pulled a regular Dazzv Vance
stunt, striking out lfi men. He
then turned the hurling burden
over to Moreno.
Shortstop Saenz and First Base
man Lopez starred for the Hounds
on the defense. Left Fielder
Sadurni hit a homo run for thr 1
Hounds, to lead the attack.
For the public school bo'-s Gon- j
zales and Galvan played a big part ;
! m the defense as well as offense.
St. Joseph’s has played 13
I games, to date, winning 9. losing 3
; and tieing 1. Most of their onpon
' ents have been picked players
from the high school. A series of
I games were scheduled some time
i ago with the army team of Mata
moros but had to be cancelled.
The Baby Hounds have played
six games so far all of which hare j
resulted m victories.
Coach Menn has written most or j
I the Valley coaches in hopes of i
; matching games with some of the
' Valley teams.
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High Team to Play
Seven Games During
April; Practice On
| Baseball will start in earnest at
the high school Monday afternoon,
when aspirants for the team will
be called out. The team will not
represent the high school in Valiev
competition, but will be a combina
tion club comnosed of high school
and junior college players.
Seven games have been matched
I to date. The first one to be played
; will be during the first week in
j August.
Folowmg is the schedule as made
out so far; La Feria. 2 games; San
Benito. 2; Harlingen 3.
Steps Taken To
Organize Izaak
Walton League
McALLEN. March 23 —First steps
to organize a chapter of the Izaak
Walton League for McAllen were
i taken at a meeting of local sports
! men at the chamber of commerce
| Thursday night.
I C. A. Wheatly. president of the
Texas division of the Izaak Walton
j League, who is aiding in the or
I ganization of chapters in several
Valley towns, was present at the
j meeting and. with Chas. Jones, dis
trict game warden, aided in the or
j ganization work.
HIGH SCHOOL LOOP
GETS UNDER WAY
LONGVIEW. Texas. March 23 —
•p—Due in a large measure to the
scintillating hurling of Bivins in
Friday's same with Tyler, the
Longview Lobos todav topped the
East Texas High School Baseball
leaeue. Longview beat Tyler 9 to
2. Marshall beat Henderson 11 to
I, and Hallsville swamped Jeffer-;
son 12 to 0.
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PHARR-SAN JUAN GIRLS CHAMPS
PHARR, Texas, March 23.—Above
is shown the Pharr-San Juan girls'
basketball team (hat won the cham
pionship of Hidalgo county and al
so the championship of this district
which includes Cameron, Hidalgo,
Starr and Willacy county. This
is the fifth consecutive year that
this school has won in county cham
pionship and the second time in
the past five years that they have
taken the district honors.
Mrs. H. L. Gunn coached the girls
during the first three years and
Mrs. Mainer has had charge of
them for the past two years.
Top row leading from left to right
are Mary Wessling, Loretta Wilder.
Madeline Gillespie, Bernice Skeans.
Mrs. Mainer, coach, Helen Ever
hard, Hilda Curtis, Carmen Sal
dana.
Bottom row leading from left to
right are Imogene Holdridge, Ber
nice Drebelbis, Edna Lee Platt,
Pauline Doty, Mary Virginia Platt,
and Ruth Bell.
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Power Co. Team
And Los Fresnos
To Play Today
'Snecial to The Herald*
SAN BENITO. March 23.—The
newly organized Central Power and
Light company baseball team of
San Benito is to play its first game
of the season here this afternoon,
when they cross bats with the Los
Fresnos nine. The game is sched
uled to start at 3:i5.
The local team under the man
agement. of L. F. Boling and cap
taincy of Lew Williams, has been
practicing daily and is in good
shape, as is the Los Fresnos team
HktVfKJrK KJU'SKZTTC’CSTi?*'r**in*-*- it-m ','tn
which is touted as one of the best
nines in the contry.
Manager Boling announced to
day there would be no admission
charge, but a collection will be
taken up and the proceeds will go
to the benefit of the charity milk
fund of this city.
Batteries: Los Fresnos, Costater
and Barr: San Benito, Wiemeyer
and Higgins.
FIGHT OFFER MADE
CHICAGO, March 23.—i.P—Jack
Hurley, manager of the "Fargo Ex
press," Billy Petrolle, today an
nounced he had received an offer
from Jack Dempsey to match Pe
trolle with Sammy Mandell for the
lightweight championship some
time in June.
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PALMEZ TEAM GETS
GOOD BALL FIELD
The Palmez (Martinez Hat Fac
tory) team has secured a diamond
to play on this summer. It is located •
near the Palm Courts tourist camp
The first game of the season will
be played in this city March 31.;
when the Aztecs from San Benito
cross bats with the locals.
Two new players have been add
ed to the Palmez club. They are
Oscar Munoz, pitcher from Mata
moros, and Sam Saenz, shortstop
of the St. Joseph Academy team.
BOROTRA WINS
INDOOR TENNIS
Tilden And Hunter, Davis
Cun Stars, Cop Doubles
Tournament
NEW YORK. March 23.—(T)—
Jean Borotra. a Gallic whirlwind in
a blue beret, won the United States
indoor tennis championship for
France today. He fought off a gal
lant closing rally to defeat Ameri
ca's second ranking player, Frank
Hunter, 6-4, 6-0, 4-6, 8-6, in a
thrilling final match.
American players gamed conso
lation in the doubles final when
Hunter and his partner, Bill Tilden,
who did not enter the singles, de
feated Borotra and Watson Wash
burn of New York, 6-4, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.
NEW YORK, March 23.—(TV
Big Bill Tilden and Frank Hunter,
Davis cup doubles stars, won the
national indoor doubles tennis
championship today. defeating
! Jean Borotra of France, new sin
| gles champion, and Watson Wash
bum of New York, 6-4, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.
WINS TITLE
MADISON, Wis., March 23.—<T)
—Cook Academy of Montour Falls,
N. Y„ won the national academy
basketball title here tonight by de
feating Terrill Prep of Dallas, Tex
as. 28 to 21 in the final game. Third
place was taken by Manlius, N. Y„
school, which won from St. Johns
of Delafield Wis., 25 to 12.
CARDS TO PLAY
BRONCS FRIDAY
Coach Denton Has Likely
Looking Ball Team; An
derson Goes Good
HARLINGEN. March 23.—The
high school baseball team of this
city has rounded into good shapg
for the coming season, after three^
weeks of strenuous training, CoacH^
Denton announced Saturday. The
Cards have played two games, both
with the Pharr-San Juan-Ala mo
nine, copping the games by an 8 to
2 and 7 to 4 score.
On next Friday afternoon the
Cards wrill take on the Edinburg
Junior college Broncs on the local
diamond.
Coach Denton also announced
that his club will journey to Lar
edo for games there April 11.. 12
and 13. with Coach Emory's high
school nine.
Twenty-three aspirants h a v p
been going out for the team, and
the following first string team haa
been picked from the lot.
Catchers. Wynn and Ross! second
base, Witherspoon: third base, Law
rence; shortstop. Lee. (Capt.i; left,
field, Steele: centerfield. Dowdy;
right field. Gilbert; first base. Mor
row and Murray; pitchers. Ander
son, Richey and Prade; reserve out
fielders, Daniels, Lozano, Gregory
and Watters.
Pitcher Anderson is regarded as
one of the best high school hurlers
in South Texas. In the few in
nings of games he has worked in
he hasn’t been scored upon. This
is Anderson's second year on the
club.
PAMPA VICTORS
PAMPA, Tex., March 23.—<7P)—
Pampa high school won the invita
tion track and field meet here to
day by nosing out Amarillo, 68 to
64. Borger placed third and Can
yon fourth. The meet was decided
in the final event, the mile relay,
won by Pampa. Walstead of Pampa
led the individual performers with
15 points.
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The Spirit of
The Good Old Summer
Time...19291
Correctly portray
ed in this array of
men's togs.
READ ON...
Summer Suits
Our selection of suits this
year is unusually wide—due,
of course, to The Fashion’s
ever increasing popularity
among men cf the Valley
who care . . . Most models by
Hart Schaffner & Marx—
Society Brand—and Perlbro.
$2250 to $60
Sport Oxfords
They just came in yester
day! A special shipment of
the “last word” in sport
shoes. Two-tones in black
and white and tan and white.
For either business or sports
wear.
A New Sport Shirt
The “Barry”
A new type of shirt design
ed especially for summer
wear—to go with that linen
suit—with golf togs—ap
propriate, in fact, for every
occasion.
$2.50
—and speaking of shirts,
we have the greatest selec
tion now we’ve ever had.
Solid colors, stripes, checks
end what not!
Straw Hats
The trend in straw hat
styles this year is toward
the
DOBBS (of course)
—and a man can be just as
"chosey” as he wishes here
—for there’s every conceiv*
able style. Milans, sennets,
leghorns, panamas . . . All
pooular too—because they re
priced right!
America’s Most Beautiful
$1 Ties,
Words fail us ... we almost
stutter in the attempt to de
scribe this new group of
GOOD LOOKIN’ ties—un
packed just in time for East
er. Soft, rich colors to
blend with your new suit and
shirt — Handkerchiefs too,
that match.
EASTER MARCH 31