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Cubs With Hornsby
And Yankees With
Ruth Are Magnets
By HERBERT W. BARKER
Associated Press Sports Writer
Threatening weather was forecast this morning for six of the eight
Pities where old King Baseball was to come into his own after taking a
back seat since last October.
For the Pittsburgh and Chicago teams, due to clash at Chicago in the
feature game of the National league's opening day schedule, the outlook
HOW THEY FINISHED
LAST YEAR
AMERICAN LE4GUE
W. L. Pet.
New York . 101 53 .656
Philadelphia . 98 55 .641
St. Louis . 82 72 .532
Washington . 75 79 .487
Chicago . 72 82 .463
Detroit . 68 83 .442
: Cleveland . 62 92 .403
Boston . 57 95 .373
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
St. Louis . 95 53 .617
New York . 93 61 .604
Chicago . 91 63 .591
Pittsburgh . 85 67 .559
Cincinnati . 73 74 .513
Brcoklj-n . 77 76 .503
Boston . 50 103 .327
Philadelphia .. 43 109 .223
* WHERE THEY OPEN
National League
' Pittsburgh at Chicago.
New York at Philadelphia.
St. Louis at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Boston.
American League
Boston at New York.
Philadelphia at Washington.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Chicago at St. Louis.
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MERCEDES. — Carlos Garcia
Mexico City, knocked out Mike Go
linda, Mercedes, (6). “Cowboy”
Brooks knocked out “Battling”
Swede (4). Kid Guerra outpointed
Berto Avalos (3). “lefty” Ray out
pointed Angel Garcia (6).
(By the Associated Press)
i NEW YORK. — Arthur Dekuh,
I Italy, outpointed Big Boy Peterson,
New Orleans, (10). Mike Sankc
vitch, Passaic, N. J., outpointed
George Larocco, New York, (10).
Leo Williams, New York, knocked
I out Leo Mitchell, California, (1).
PHILADELPHIA. — King Tut,
Minneapolis, outpointed Honeyboy
Finnegan, Boston, (10).
CHICAGO.—Len Darcy, Grand
Rapids. Mich., outpointed Chief
Hack Elkhart. Pueblo, Colo., (8).
JACKSON, Mich.—George God
frey, Leiperville, Pa., knocked out
Farmer Lodge, Minneapolis, (2).
PERU, 111.—Genaro Pino, Cuba,
knocked out Jackie Coogan. In
dianapolis, (5).
BUFFALO, N. Y.—Black BUI,
Cuba, stopped Hal Stevenson. Buf
falo. (8).
ST. LOUIS.—Johnny Pee Wee
Kaiser, St. Louis, outpointed Joey
Rivers, Kansas City. GO). Her
bert “Baby” Stribling, Macon, Ga„
outpointed Eddie Goldberg, St.
• Louis. (8).
LOS ANGELES.—Ace Hudkins,
Nebraska, outpointed Armand
Emanuel. San Francisco, (10).
j was clear, if somewhat chilly,
1 weather. At Cincinnati, the Reds
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land Et. Louis Cardinals, National
■ league champions, expected fair and
somewhat warmer weatner.
All the other cities, two in the
National and four in the American
league, have been warned to expect
anything but favorable conditions.
Assuming that all fight opening
games will be played, an outpouring
of more than 209,000 fans is expect
ed.
Fifty thousand of these should
pile into the Yankee stadium to
see whether Miller Huggins’ world
champions New York Yankees still
pack their punch. The Boston Red
Sox, an improved but hardly dan
gerous crew, are to furninsh the op
position to Huggins’ maulers.
An attendance of 50,000 is a vir
tual certainty at Chicago where the
Cubs, with Rogers Hornsby at sec
ond base and a National league pen
nant their fond expectation, will
battle with one of the their fore
most rivals, the dangerous Pirates of
: Donnie Bush.
Cincinnati and St. Louis should
1 perform before some 30,000. Presi
dent Hoover is to help 25,000 other
fans cheer Walter Johnson's “dark
horse” Washington Senators when
they take the field for an engage
ment with Connie Mack's Phila
delphia Athletics, majority choice
to finish second behind the Yankees
in the American league this year.
Some 25,000 may watch Detroit
and Cleveland tangle at Cleveland
and perhaps 18,000 attend the Chi
cago White Sox-St. Louis.
Smaller crowds are expected at
the other two National league games
at Philadelphia and Boston. Brook
lyn’s crippled Dodgers meet the
Braves at Boston while the Phils are
seeing what they can do with the
powerful New York Giants at Phila
delphia.
John A. Heydler. president of the
National league, has decided to
watch the Phils-Giants clash while
President Bernard of the American
league is watching the Senators and
Athletics.
Although the Yankees are strong
favorites to take their fourth con
secutive American league champion
ship, the dope indicates the cham
pions will be threatened by at least
four clubs—the Athletics, Browns,
Tigers and Senators. In the Na
tional league, indications are the
Giants and Cubs will be the princi
pal factors in the pennant struggle
but that Pittsburgh and St. Louis,
alternate league cv.ampions during
the last four year*, will provide
plenty of opposition and have an
excellent chance to wrin.
GOING HOME AGAIN
JOPLIN, Mo., April 16—VP)—.Hor
ton Smith, young golfer who cre
ated a sensation during the win
ter tournament season, plans to re
turn to Joplin where he is a profes
sional at the local club after the
British open in which he will com
pete. He plans also to invest part
of his winnings in stock of the
club.
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They’re off, and “haow,” as our collegiate friend from Seguin would put it. The major league base
ball clubs get off into their regular schedule today and the fans go off their nut. Above is shown the
impressions of a literal minded member of the rocking chair fleet after reading the advance dope on the
opening games. A better arrangement than the one shown would be to have the Braves meet the In
dians, Robins meet the Cardinals, White Sox meet the Red Sox, etc.
HUDKINS BEATS
COAST FIGHTER
Nebraskan Outpoints Heav
ier Opponent In Ten
' Fast Rounds
LOS ANGELES, April 16.——
Ace Hudkins, Nebraska "Wildcat,'’
has disproved the old ring theory
that "a good big man is better than
a good little man.”
The middleweight from the mid
dlewcst stepped out of his class
here last night to administer a
beating to Armand Emanuel, San
Francisco heavyweight. Hudkins en
tered the ring at 166 1-8 pounds,
10 pounds over his normal weight
to meet the 175-pounder from the
Bay city.
Emanuel was cerdited with taking
but one round—the tenth, while the
first and eighth were judged about
even. The other seven were given
to the Nebraskan.
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Associations Agree
On Competition By
College Athletes
NEW YORK, Auril 16.—{/P)—The
dispute between the National Colle
giate Athletic association and the
Amateur Athletic Union as to which
should have the last word about
competition by college athletes is
at an end. Under resolutions adopt
ed by committees representing the
two bodies at a meeting last night
each organization will proceed
within its own sphere, without con
flict and overlap of jurisdiction.
For any college in good standing,
the A. A. U. has agreed to accept
the word of the institution as the
equivalent of a registration card.
College athletes may take part
in competition not authorized by
the A. A. U. as long as the college
certifies it is amateur competition
and not with or against men under
suspension ty the A. A. U.
Young Guggenheim
Girl Married T o
Real Estate Man
NEW YORK. April 16.—UP)—The
New York World said today Natalie
Guggenheim, 18. and only daughter
of Edmond A. Guggenheim, wealthy
copper magnate, was married last
Friday to Thomas M. Gorman. 27
year-old real estate broker and son
of a railroad freight agent.
The ceremony took place at All
Saints Protestant Episcopal church
at Great Neck, Long Island, and
was performed by the Rev. Mr.
Kirkland Huske. The couple was
attended by Joseph O'Connell, a
real estate and insurance broker of
Great Neck, and an unidentified girl
friend of the bride.
Mighty Babe Yields to
Cupid’s Famous Curve
NEW YORK, April 16.—(^P)—
George Herman (Babe) Ruth was
in the Yankee lineup for the open
ing game of the season today with
a license to marry Mrs. Claire Hodg
son, former actress and a widow.
The home run king had made the
date of the ceremony a matter of
speculation by fixing it vaguely yes
terday for “some day this week.”
Tire license was obtained yester
day at the New York municipal
building. The Babe appeared at the
Garcia Knocks Out
Golinda in Sixth;
Guerra, Brooks Win
—
(Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES, April 16—A flurry of resounding socks in the sixth
round of the main event of the boxing card held here Monday evening
sent Mike Golinda, 138 pounds, sprawling to the canvas and ended Ye
Complete Boxing Lessonne as delivered by Prof. Carlos Garcia, who also
tipped the beam at 138 pounds.
in KnocKing over Gonaa, Garcia
gave one of the cleverest and fast
est fighting exhibitions ever put on
her. He showed to his best against
Golinda, who, despite the fact that
he was absorbing plenty of punish
ment, kept coming in. Garcia's
style is similar to that used by Kid
Pancho, Chico Cisneros and and
others of their ilk.
He is extremely fast, an accurate
puncher and uses a dodging, weav
ing style that makes him a poor
target for anything less than bird
shot at 50 yards.
K. O. In Sixth
Garcia contended to pour in a
long succession of ?ert jabs in the
first four rounds mat lessened Go
linda’s stamina considerably. Then
he came out evidently with the in
tention of winding up his evening's
work in the fifth round. He bore
down hard and soon had Golinda
groggy. Garcia completed his ef
fort in the opening seconds of the
sixth, sending Golinda to the can
vas for a count of nine. Mike grog
gily reeled to his feet and Garcia
put on the finishing touches. The
referee could have tolled many more
than 10.
"Cowboy'’ Brooks, 166 pounds, of
South Dakota, had a little trouble
to disposing of “Battling” Swede,
156 pounds, of San Antonio, by the
k. o. route in the fourth inning of
the semi-final fracas. They opened
up cautiously but were mixing it up
rather warmly by the third rou id.
The Swede seemed to be using his
left leg as a guard.
Brooks uncorked several stiff
Punches in the fourth and the
Swede sunk to the canvas with gore
rushing from his battered mouth
and nose. He got up at nine and
went down again. The Swede took
five and arised to his knees but
there he remained until the referee
had called out the fatal or life-sav
ing ten.
Sada Not Present
Jesse Sada, who was to have
fought Kid Guerra of San Benito,
failed to put in his appearance and
Berto Avalos of Brownsville substi
tuted. sprang a surprise by staying
the entire eight-round route. The
San Benito “rooster” had evidently
left his gaffs at home. He appeared
overtrained, stale. Avalos was ex
pected to entertain the fans for
about four innings be Tore he fell
before Guerra but he did not fall
and was there throwing them from
the opening bell to the last gong.
He badly injured his hand in the
fifth inning but gave no evidence of
it during the fight.
He was aggressive despite the
known k. o. residing in Guerra’s
bureau accompanied by Mrs. Hodg
son and another woman.
City Clerk Michael J. Cruise, who
issued the license, offered to marry
the famous ball player and Mrs.
Hodgson at once, but Ruth declined,
reminding Cruise ine baseball sea
son "opens tomorrow.”
Mrs. Hodgson gave her age as 28.
She said she was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Monroe Mer
ritt and was born in Jefferson. Ga.
She said her first husband. Frank
Hodgson was dead. She has a
daughter, Julia.
dukes. Avalos woyjd take three or
four to get in close to throw one.
He got a good hand from the crowd
on his gameness.
Guerra was boxing well but he
was not his old self—only once or
twice did he spring up and down
after the fashion that gave him his
name of the “San Benito Rooster.”
He had trained strenuously for his
shot at Sada and it is probable
that he overdid it.
In the curtain raiser Lefty Ray,
126 pounds of Laredo,' had a com
paratively easy time in outpointing
Angel Garcia, 126 pounds, of San
Antonio, in six rounds. Garcia was
puzzled by Ray’s unorthodox lead
ing with his right. Ray clipped him
on the chin in the second round
and sent him down for the count
of seven but Garcia go* up and
weathered the remainder of the
course. .
Evades k. o.
“Lefty” chased Garcia all over
the ring carefully seeking to plant
the k. o. on the button nut Garcia
had a way of ducking and covering
up that Ray could not get under.
Garcia was in a bad way in the
closing round but frustrated Ray’s
effort to land the k. o.
Jack Revis, himself a calm dose
of puglistic poison, refereed the
opening bouts. .
Kid Monterrey. Johnny Hughes
and Battling Shaw were introduced
from the ring.
A tree just outside of the arena
loomed up like a Christmas affair
as many cigaret butts gleamed
through the darkness. Occasionally
a match was struck to reveal bow
ers of the tree well filled with a
strange fruit—“fight nuts.”
Manager A1 Robinson must be
seeking to emulate Tex Rickard,
for the fair sex were in good evi
dence at the Monday night card.
Must Not Race The
Purps, Governor of
Arkansas Declares
MARION. Ark., April 16.—UP)—
Hope for revival of greyhound rac
ing in Arkansas and re-opening of
the $93,000 Mid-South kennel club
were dashed when Governor Parnell
vetoed a legislative act permitting
pari-mutuel betting.
The greyhound plant, located
acress the Mississippi river from
Memphis. Tenn., had operated only
two weeks when it was closed by
state authorities enforcing laws
against gaming. That was late in
1926. and the track has been idle
since.
Many legal battles ensued, but the
state won all the skirmishes over
the legality of racing and pari
mutuel betting.
The opening was auspicious.
There were 45 trainers on hand with
487 greyhounds. The parimutuel
machines clicked and first week
profits were estimated at $54,000.
The next week races wrere held with
out pari-mutuels and losses were
sustained. Owners of the plant
gradually dropped their fight and
the track changed hands several
times, until finally a $55,000 mort
gage was foreclosed.
FISH DYNAMITED IN RIO
RIO DE JANEIRO UPl—Fishing
with dynamite is practiced regularly
in the harbor of Brazil's capital and
recently brought forth strong pro
tests in local press.
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NORTON WOULD
STAY AMATEUR
Former Resident of Valley
Wishes to Retire As
Tennis Pro
NEW YORK.—After a career of
only three weeks as a professional
tennis player, Brian Norton of Tex
as, once ranked among the first 10
amateurs has applied for reinstate
ment as an amateur. Norton played
in only one professional tournament
defeating Vincent Richards in the
final at Palm Beach three weeks
ago. He turned over the money he
received for winning to Holcombe
Ward, chairman of the amateur rule
committee, when he made his ap
plication for reinstatement. A de
cision is expected in a few days.
Norton is well known over the
Valley, having resided in Browns
ville for several years. He came
here from San Atnonio and was
connected with a gas company.
He frequently played games here
with his friends but he let his prow
ess slack off considerable as he
failed to get consistent practice.
Norton formerly lived in South
Africa and is a graduate of Oxford
university. He began to shine as a
tennis play and student at the uni
versity.
Sport Trail
Blazing The
By ALAN J. GOULD
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
You can hear a flock of compari
sons between the old and the new
generation flying about almost any
day. Is Horton Smith a better golf
er now at 20 than Bobby Jones was
at the same tender age? Is Lacoste
or Ruth or Hornsby a greater all
around asset on the ball field than
was Ty Cobb or Hans Wagner?
From there you can go into a
debate on the relative merits of the
new Chicago Cubs, which Joe Mc
Carthy is leading forth with high
pennant hopes this year, as com
pared with the famous machine pi
loted by the late Frank Chance.
Before you start look over these
line-ups:
Cubs of 1906-7-8 Cubs of 1929
Chance . First . Grimm
Evers. Second .Hornsby
Tinker . Short . English
Steinfeldt. Third. Beck
Schulte . R. F. Cuylef
Hofman . C. F.Wilson
Sheckard .... L. F.Stephenson
Brown . Pitcher .Root
Reulbach _ Pitcher - Carlson
Overall . Pitcher . Blake or Malone
Pfeister . Pitcher . Nehf
At the outset the comparison is
in favor of the old Cubs, for the
excellent reason that they were
world's champions twice in a row
and reason that they were world’s
champions twice in a row and cap
tured four pennants in five years.
There’s no escape from that rec
ord. It’s nailed down. But from
there you can go and make an argu
ment out of it because the superior
defense of the old timers is offset to
a large extent by theattacking pow
er of the modem Cubs. Into the
balance, the old guard can casttheir
great pitching staff.
It is somewhat startling, in fact,
to note that the old Cubs were far
from being batting terrors. They
used to call the old White Sox
“hitless wonders.” but the same title
might have been conferred on the
Cubs, for the fact is they won the
pennant in 1906 with the lowest
team batting average any major
league pennant winner has ever
shown. Frank Chance, “Wildfire”
Schulte and Joe Tinker were good
stickers, but the team mark that
year was only .228. The 1928 Cubs
finishing third, batted for .278 and
with the potent addition of a .400
clouter in Rogers Hornsby, they
figure to raise that mark substan
tially this year.
The comparison of the great
teams of the past with those of the
present has its difficulties. Times
and styles have changed. As John
Heydler remarked: .
“They played for one run in tne
old days, but now they go after them
in clusters. One run in the mod
em game is just a drop in the
bucket.” That was why the old
Cubs, with a marvelous defense and
great twirling tsaff coud win so
many pennants without heavy hit
ting- ,
The Yankees, current world s
champions, have been labelled the
“greatest of all time” by many
critics. No question exists tha t
they have compiled the greatest at
tacking record, but adherents of the
Cubs, as well as the old Orioles of
Baltimore and Athletics of Phila
delphia, will concede nothing more.
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Texas League Will
Celebrate Opening
In Big Way Today
DALLAS, April 16.—(d*)—Plans for opening day celebrations have been
completed at Shreveport, Beaumont, Dallas and San Antonio, where the
fans will get their first glimpse of the athletes in action in a league ganw.
New uniforms, a new park at Beaumont and a new name for the San
Antonio players, who are Bears no longer, but Indians, are among the
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new tnmgs ior ians 10 ininic at>oui
outside of teams managers and
games.
Hurlers for the opening day have
been tentatively decided and an
nounced, although several mana
gers said the choice was between
two Of their hurlers.
Two Charlies were to face each
other on the mound at Dallas,
where Jakie Atz and his Fort
Worth Katz were to renew the an
cient warfare. Sullivan was the
probable choice of the Atzmen, and
Barnabe was slated for Steer hill
duty. Dick Whitworth was a Cow
town second possibility with Dickie
Schuman in the same roll for Dal
las.
The Wichita Falls Spudders were
due in Shreveport tonight to tackle
the Sports. Milt Steengrafe or
George Payne were the selections
of J. Alvin Gardner’s crew, and the
battery of Brown and Tobin was
announced today for the Sports.
The Texas league champions
from Houston have either Paul
Wachtel or Ad Lindsey for mound
duty in their game at Beaumont
against the Exporters. Newman or
Hanson was to work for the Ship
pers.
Waco's Cubs will work behind
either Lefty Stein or Earl Caldwell
in their game at San Antonio.
Either Messenger or Shea will do
hill duty for the Indians.
RAILROAD FARES
HELD REASONABLE
WASHINGTON. April 16.—f>P)—
Railroad round trip passenger fare
levels, as now scheduled by trans
continental carriers, ’->«>ld rea
sonable today by the Interstate
Commerce commission in dismiss
ing without action a comolaint on
the subject made bv the San Diego,
Calif., Chamber cf Commerce.
JOY RIDE SEQUEL
CHICAGO—Charles Armlin and
Miss Ruth Glennon were arrested
for “borrowing” an auto to take a
joy ride.
DEATH CLAIMS BRIDEGROOM
SHREWSBURY. Ene.—Sir Offley
Wakeman, aged 78, died ten days
after his wedding to a young widow.
BABY SWALLOWS SPOON
HAMMOND. Ind.—Two-year-old
Richard Elton swallowed a spoon
and had to undergo an operation.
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HUSSELl.
Russell Scarritt has proved to the
satisfaction of Bill Carrigan that
his 1928 performance of batting .354
and fielding .981 in the American
Association was no fluke.
This young outfielder who spent
1927 and 1928 with St. Paul has
shown better than any other Red
Sox outfielder this spring and na
turally will be in the starting lineup.
Scarritt throws right handed and
bats from the other side. He is
25 years old, is 5 feet, 10 inches
tall and weighs 158 pounds. His
home is at Pensacola, Fla.
RYDER CUP TEAM
IN GREAT BRITAIN
PLYMOUTH. England. April 16.
—</P»—The American Ryder cup
team, golf professionals, headed by
their captain. Walter Hagen, arrived
here today aboard the Mauretania,
breathing confidence * would
take back to America wiw them
England’s premier golf trophy.
Pete Gavuzzi Leads Pyle
Derby Into Indiana Today
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, April 16.—
(JP)—Performers in C. C. Pyle's
bunion derby saw the last of their
troubles in Ohio waning in today's
trip to Richmond, Ind.
Their experiences during the last
few' days included attachment by a
New York automobile company of
the motor caravan, cold weather
made worse by rain, and evidences
of lack of interest in Pyle's great as
semblage of acting talent.
Seth Gonzales, of Raton, New
Mexico, quit after the run here from
Columbus because he “didn't feel
like running any more.”
Pyle said he expected to clear up
financial matters and secure re
lease of his cars.
Pete Gavuzzi, the bearded South
ampton, England, pavement polisher
faced the 63-mile run into Indiana
with nearly an hour's jump on the
field.
The runners in reaching Spring
field completed 672.8 miles of their
3400 canter to the coast.
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