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Sweetland Pitches Phillies
To Victory Over Robins
In First Game
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CINCINNATI. Ohio, April 20.—</P>
■Tendency of the Reds to throw the \
hall against the grandstand, tjieir
Treak batting and the visitors ex
tra base hitting enabled Pittsburgh
to win the first game of the series,
5 to 4, here today.
The Box Score
PITTSBURGH— AB R H PO A L
Adams, .. A 1 3 5 3 1
L. Waner. cf.- 2 4 ® ®
P Waner, rf.3 1 2 1 0 J
Tray nor, 3b . 4 0 * 2 1 i
Orantham. If.5 0 0 l 9 1
Hargreavss. c. 4 0 0 5 1 o
Grimes, p.A 1 l J ^ 1
Totals .33 5 11 27 .2 4
CINCINNATI— AB R H PO A E
Critz, -lb . 3 ® ® - A ®
Purdy, If.5 ® ® ^ 1 ®
Welker, rf.A 0 2 3 0 1
Allen, cf. 5 2 1 3 0 0
Kellv lb . A 0 1 5 0 0
ntteVr. 30 . A 0 0 1 3 Oj
Pord, as.A 0 2 1 1
sShansr . 0 0 0 0 ® ®i
..2 0 0 3 0 0
zStnpP. l o l 0 o 0:
zzzZitxzmann . 0 0 0 0 0 0
McMullen, c.1 0 0 2 0 0
yyySuketorty . 0 1 0 0 0 0|
Rlxey P. .. 2 0 2 0 2 0;
jULucas . 4 0 0 0 0 9
Johnson, P.o 0 0 0 0 0
yySwanson . 1 1 0 0
1 Totals .39 4 9 27 3 3
zBatted for Dixon in seventh.
azBatted for Rlxey in seventh.
zzqRan for Stripp in seventh,
yftan for Ford in ninth.
yyBatted for Johnson in ninth.
yyyRan for McMullen in ninth.
Score by inning; R;
Pittsburgh .014 020 001 5
Cincinnati ..000 100 012-1
Two-.base lilts: Grimes, P. Waner,
Tray nor. Three-base hits: L. Waner
Home run: Allen. Base on balls: Off
Rlxey 4; Grimes 1; Johnson 1. Struck
out: By Grimes 4; Rlxey 2. Hits; Off
Rlxey 9 In 7 innings; off Johnson 2 In
t-innings. Losing pitcher: Rlxey.
ROBINS 2; PHILLIES 5.
PHILADELPHIA, April 20.—<4V
Lest«r Sweetland pitched the Phil
lies to a 5-to-2 victory over Brook
lyn in the first game of the series
here today.
The Box Score
BROOKLYN— AB R H PO A E
Fredericks, cf.5 ® 1 4 2 2
Hendricks, 3b . 5 1 3 0 0
Hermann, rf. 5 0 3 2 0 0 i
Cullop. lf-lb . 3 0 0 4 0 o,
Blessonette. lb . 1 0 0 5 0 0
lowers 2b . 4 0 1 A 2 0;
Hancroft, ..A 0 1 1 5 01
Soberry ..A 0 1 4 0 0]
SSig. pP . 3 0 1 0 0 Oj
■Brftsalpr, if. . 1 0 1 0 0 0
jptRhlei . A 0 0 0 0 0|
Totals .37 2 12 24 10 0,
P-kRan for Blssonette in fifth
yXxBattcd for Bancroft In ninth.
’ PHILADELPHIA— AB R H PO A E
Thompson. 2b . 4 1 2 2 4 0 i
0*Doul. if. 4 1 2 2 0 0,
Rleln rf.A 0 1 1 0 0
•Eittaey. 3b .. A 0 1 2 5 0
Hurst, lb . 4 0- 1 10 1 0!
Peel, cf.A 0 1 2 0 0;
FUerlan. .. 2 1 0 3 2 0
Davis, c.1 0 1 1 1 0;
Friberg. ..3 *1 1 4 2 0,
Sweetland. p.4 1 1 0 2 0
Op ___ ___ __ ___ i
Totals .34 5 11 27 17 0
ERan for Davis In second.
Score by Innings. R
Brooklyn . 110 000 000—2
Philadelphia .. .030 000 20x—5
Summary
^.Two-base hits: Klein. Thompson
HDoul. Moss Base on balls: Off
Bweetland 3: off Moss 2. Struck out:
By Sweetland 2, by Moss 3 Hitts:
Off Clark 8 in 2 Innings, Moss 5 in 6
ftaungs. Losing pitcher: Clark.
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Rules Committee
Makes Changes In
Basketball Code
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eJEW YORK. April 20.—'/P —The j
it basketball rules committee. |
flo&mg its annual conclave here to
jgv, made four changes in the code..
Out voted to defer action on the
Recommended abolition of the cen
ter toss to start the game and after
tech score:
PThe committee ruled that neither
pmper may touch the ball after it
las been tapped until it has touched
toother player or the floor. Vari
ous technical fouls connected with
ht lump bail, such as catching the
; tell before it has been tapped, were
Changed to mere violations, the
lanalty for which is loss of the ball
mther than a foul.
San Jacinto Bears
Win Fifth Annual
i Rice Track Meet;
f | HOUSTON. April 20 —<.T —The
I ten Jacinto Golden Bears won the
1 |fth annual Rice Interscholastic,
»ck and field meet here today
a total of 39 1-2 points. La
Ede registered 19 for second.
. Two other local high schools,
tafferson Davis and John Reagan. |
E£fa niP tuck battle thaf:
Mshsd in a 13 point tie for third |
^No records were broken. In a j
«ecial event. Claude Bracey s at-,
tenot to break the 75 yard dash;
Icord failed. Bracey breezed in;
terds ahead of his field in --6 sec- j
aids, but was 1-5 of a second away j
j©m the world mark.
MJLISON SURPRISES
WITH WIN IN TENNIS
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■te/KlTF! SULPHUR SPRINGS. W.
Ill April 20.—(/P*—Wilmer Allison
* Fort Worth. Texas sprang a
sensational upset to win the Ma- }
on and Dixon invitation tennis
Angles championship today, de- (
gating Francis T. Hunter, of New
tocheUe, N. Y. who ranked No. 2
a the national list, in five hard
ought sets. The scores were 6-4.'
-9, 6-2. 4-6. 6-3._
URL BLACKMAILS RICH MAN
| PARIS.—After Pierre Calbrtn,
toalthv engineer, had paid black
4SU1 to Mile- Flise Caltette for six j
gars, he had her arrested,
>OF THE CLUBS =*==
TEXAS LEAGUE
Saturday’s Results '
Houston 3; Beaumont 7.
Waco 9; San Antonio 1.
Shreveport 2: Dallas 9.
Wichita Falls 7; Fort Worth S.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— P. W. L. Pet. I
Waco . 4 4 0 1.00( |
Houston . 4 3 1 .^O
Dallas . 3 2 1 .6bb
Shreveport . 4 2 2 .500
Wichita Falls . 4 2 2 .500
Fort Worth . 3 1 2 .3331
Beaumont ..:. 4 1 3 250
San Antonio . 4 0 4 .003 ■
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Saturday’s Result:
Brokolyn 2; Philadelphia 5.
Pittsburgh 5; Cincinnati 4
Ch!cago-St. Louts, postponed: rain.
Boston-New York, postponed; rain
Standing of the Clubs
Team— P. W. L. Fct.
3oston . 3 3 0 1.000
New York . 2 2 0 1 000
St. Louis . 4 3 1 .750
Chicago . 3 2 1 .537
Pittsburgh . 4 2 2 .5031
Philadelphia . 3 1 2 .3331
Cincinnati . 5 1 4 .200
Brooklyn . 3 0 3 .000
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Saturday's Results
Poston 6; Washington 5.
St. Louis 9; Detroit 4.
Cleveland-Chtcago, postponed; rain
Philadelphia-New York, postponed;
rain. • '
Standing cf th-' Clubs
Team— P. W. L. Pet.
New York . 2 2 0 1.0331
St. Louis . 5 4 1 .800 j
Cleveland . 4 3 1 .750
Boston . 3 1 2 .333
Philadelphia . 3 1 2 .333 j
Chicago . 4 1 3 .250
Washington . 4 1 3 .253
Detroit . 5 1 4 .233 j
COAST LEAGUE
Los Angeles 3; Sacramento 2 (10
innings).
Missions 4; Portland 1.
San Francisco 8; Oakland 3
Seattle - Hollywood. double - header
(postponed, rain).
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Chattanooga 12; Atlanta 15.
Little Rock 4; Memphis 3.
Nashville-Blrmingham; rain.
Mobile-New Orleans; rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Minneapolis at Toledo, postponed:
rain.
Milwaukee at Louisville, postponed:
rain.
At Columbus 6; St. Paul 7.
Kansas City 4; Indianapolis 5.
WESTERN LEAGUE
At Oklahoma City 2; Denver 7.
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Longhorns Score
Victory Over Six
TIAA Track Teams
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AUSTIN, April 20.—OP)—'Texas
University, minus the services of
six of its squadmen who competed
in the Kansas relays, scored a vic
tory over four Texas conference
and T. I. A. A. track teams here
today.
The Longhorns garnered 61 2-5
points, while Howard Payne of
Brownwood was second with 56 1-5.
Other teams finished as follows:
Southwest Texas State Teachers’
college 24 1-5; Southwestern Uni
versity 17 1-5, and St. Edwards'
university 6.
Howard Payne, led by McCarver
who accounted for 18 points, lost
an opportunity to nose out Texas
by finishing third in the one-mile
relay. The Steers’ fleet quartet
negotiated the distance in 3 min
utes. 27 seconds.
MINISTER DEFIES BISHOP
LONDON—Rev. H. O. Barratt
defied the order of the Bishop
of Truro to accept new material in j
the revised Prayer Book.
BROWNS BEAT
DETROIT 9-4
0
Boston Gets In Win Column
By Beating Out Senators
In Final Frame
ST LOUIS. April 20.—/API—The
St. Louis Browns scored five runs
”1 an eighth inning rallv and tonic
the first game of the series with
Detroit todP'". 9 to 4.
The Bor S'-ore
DETPOIT— AB R H PO A E
Rjce. ct. .4 1 1 3 1 0
c'phringer, 2h . 4 2 2 2 1 1
Heilmann, rf. ..3 1 1 1 0 0
Alexander, ib . 3 o M 7 l n
McManus. 3b ..4 0 2 1 7 0
tohn6bn. If. 4 0 1 5 0 2
oicherdson, ss. 3 0 0 2 2 0
Vanptlder, p. *_ 0 0 o n n o
Bhcat. r . . 4 0 1 3 0 0
Stoner, p. 3 a i n ? n
Schuble. ns.1 0 0 1 0 0
xHargrave .. 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .34 4 10 24 9 3
xBatted for Richardson in eighth.
ST. LOUIS— AB R H PO A E
Blue, lb ...•. 3 2 1 6 0 0
O’Rourke. 3b . 3 0 0 2 2 0
Manush, If. 4 2 2 3 0 0
Schulte. If. 4 2 2 3 0 0
Kress, ss. 5 2 2 0 2 0
McGowan, rf. 3 0 2 2 0 0
Mellllo. 2b . 4 1 1 3 4 0
Schang c. 1 1 0 8 2 0
Gray, p. 4 1 2 0 0 0
Totals ..31 9 11 27 10 0
Score by innings: R
Detroit .102 OOP 010-^
St. Louis .012 010 05x—9
Summary
Two base hits: Johnson, Gehringer,
Kress. Manush. Hellmann. Three-base
hit: Gehringer. Base on balls: Off
Stoner 5, off Vangllder 3. off Gray 2.
Struck out: By Stoner 2, by Gray 6.
Hits: Off Stoner 8 in 7 innings; off
Vangllder 3 in 1 inning. Losing pitch
er: Vangllder
BOSTON 6; SENATORS 5
WASHINGTON. April 20.—(API—
Boston won its first game of the
season today, defeating Washington,
6 to 5. in a ninth-inning rally.
Finch hitter Standeart broke a tie
in the ninth with two out, his dou- j
ble sending two runs across.
The Box Score
BOSTON— AB R H PO \ r
Rothrock, cf.3 2 1 1 0 0
Rhyne, ss.3 1 1 1 1 2
Scarritt. rf. . 4 0 1 2 0 0
Flagstead. If. 1 1 2 6 0 0
Regan. 2b . 3 1 1 1 7 0
Reeves. 3b . 4 0 0 0 3 0
Tcdt, lb . 3 0 1 12 0 o|
Standeart. lb . 1 0 1 1 0 0
Asbjomson, c.4 0 1 3 1 0 ^
Gaston, c. 0 0 0 0 0 0:
Russell, p. 0 2 0 0 0 3
Bayne, p.0 0 0 0 0 0
Ruffing, p. 0 0 0 0 0 0:
xBlgelow . 1 0 0 0 0 0
xxBarrett . 1 0 0 0 0 0
xxxNarlesky . 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals .33 6 9 27 10 2j
xBatted for Russell In eighth.
xxBatted for Todt In ninth.
xxxR&nd for Asbjornson in ninth. !
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WASHINGTON— AB R H PO A E
West, cf. 5 0 1 3 1 01
.Myer. 3b . 4 0 0 4 1 0!
Goslln, If. 4 0 0 3 1 Q i
Barnes, rf. 4 0 0 0 0 01
Bluege, ss.4 1 0 1 4 0
Tudge, lb . 3 1 1 9 0 0 1
Hayes, 2b . 3 0 1 2 3 0
Tate, c. 3 2 2 4 2 0
Tones, p.3 0 1 1 2 1
Burke, p. 0 0 0 0 0 0
zStewart . 0 1 0 0 0 0
zzRice . 0 0 0 0 0 0
zzzHarrls . 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .33 5 6 27 14 1
zRan for Judge In ninth.
zzBatted for Hayes In ninth.
zzzBatted for Burke in ninth.
Score by Innings: r
Boston .011 000 022—8
Washington .000 020 201—3
Summary
Tow-base hits: Rhyne. Three-base
hits: Hayes, Jones. Base on balls: Off
Ruffing 2. off Jones 2. Struck out:
By Russell 2. by Jones 2. by Burke 1.
Hits: Off Russell 6 in 7 innings; off
Bavne 0 in 1 inning: off Ruffing 0 m
1 inning; off Jones 6 in 8 innings; off
Burke 3 in 1 inning. Winning pitcher:
Ruffing.
Good Clothes
Demand Good Care
A '
good suit can be
either ruined or renovated when
sent to be cleaned and pressed. I
But when you have it GLOVER
IZED you can rest assured that
it will come back to you prompt
ly looking fresh and new.
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BROWNSVILLE
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WESTERN CLUBS OPEN MAJOR LEAGUE SEASON
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Rain kept all eastern clubs idle on first day of American and National league seasons. Upper shows
National champions, St. Louis, playing Cincinnati Douthit of Cardinals swings at first ball. Sukcforth
is catcher. Lower picture shows Rice of Detroit scoring first run at Cleveland. The catcher is L. Sewell.
WESLEY TRACKSTERS
TAKE SIXTET MEET
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GREENVILLE. Texas. April 20.—
i.^Pi—The Wesley Junior College
Panthers of Greenille today won
first place in a track meet partici
pated in by six junior colleges of
this portion of the state.
Wesley rolled up 60 points.
Weatherford took second place with
30, Burleson, third. 17. and Thorp
Springs fourth with 15.
LONE DRUNK EXILED
RUTLAND, Eng.—Charles Hume,
the only man arrested here in a
year for drunkenness has been
warned by his neighbors to move
elsewhere.
Brownsville Body
On Goodwill Trip
To Corpus Harbor
A fair representation of Browns
ville's business interests were to
gather in Corpus Christi Sunday on
a goodwill trip sponsored by the
chamber of commerce and the five
banks in this city.
The trip is being made primarily
so the local interests can see what a
deep water port means to a city.
Most of the group, estimated at 35,
were to make the trip to Corpus
Christi by car. A. C. Neitert and
family, however, wrere to fly to the
coast city.
The body were to gather at the
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Nueces hotel at 12:30 p. m. after
which they were to be taken over
the port and harbor. A trip over
the city in cars was to follow the
beat rides.
“Harlingen’s Reliable Department Store”
rA Summer Suit
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equal style with the years other seasons.
It means neater and smoother seams, more
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Every new style weave and
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lect from — Sennets, Leg
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rentine—
$1.50 to $5.00
Wilson Shirts
and Shorts
Every man will be enthusias
tic. over our new line of Wil
son Bros., shirts and shorts.
They w*ere created especially
for comfort, coolness and
service. Price for the gar
ment—
50c, 75c, $1.00
Spalding and “Travelo"
Bathing Suits
This year’s new styles for
men and women are shown
in solid colors and combina
tions.
$5 to S6
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What Is said to have been one
of the most successful district in
terscholastic meets in the history
of the Valley closed here Saturday
afternoon. Brownsville won, giving
her two major championships out
of three. She was runner-up in
the third. Football and track fell
to Red Irvine and Doug Fessen
den’s boys and they losj to Mc
Allen for the baseball title.
• -ft ft
Coach Claude Daily of Donna got
his dues, steering the Redskins into
second place in the field and track
events. The Redskns won the Hi
dalgo county title despite heated
competition from McAllen, other
wise known as Overstreet, et al.
Overstreet means McAllen. Just as
Baldridge means Lyford. Over
street captured five first events in
! the Hidalgo county meet.
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Perhaps one of the most spec
tacular events here Saturday was
! the broad jump. “Boy” Newman of
Brownsville hurled himself 22 feet
and three inches. In addition,
Newman lost two close sprinting
duels and 100 and 220-yard events
to Bellafont cf Mercedes. Bella
font had a turned-side jumping
finish that beat out Newman in
both events,
ft ft ft
A number of the Brownsville
invtational meet ;.t the Fiesta in
San Antonio Friday. This event is !
not connected with the inter- i
scholastic title chase but will give
the boys a workout in preparation |
for the state meeting in Austin :
May 2, 3 and 4.
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Brownsville copped three firsts
Saturday. They were javelin. Cab
!?r: broad jump, Newman; 440.
Rodriguez. The Donna Redskins
seemed to have a monopoly on the
firsts. They captured five as fol
lows: Pole vault, high hurdles, re
lay, half mile and discus.
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| Adamson did the scoring for San
Benito, walking off with first in
the shot put and second in tne
javelin throw. Bellafont captured
two firsts for Mercedes, nosing out i
Newman of Brownsville each tl#t
in the 100 and 220-vard dashe
1 suspicious character in West
Brownsville the other night. Leima
got out of - the car to investigate
a suitcase the well-dressed suspect
carried. The man made a quick
get-away with Emilio close behind.
Lrrma fell and barked his shin but
the fugitive dropped his bag also.
It contained 18 bottles of liquor.
* * •
Promoter Tex Becerril has lined •
up n good card for Monday night
at the Fort Brown skating rink.
Carlos Garcia and Sabino Apara
should give the fan3 all they are
looking for.
McLean Appears To
Be Contender For
A Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, April 20.—f/P>—E.
B. McLean, who never won a Ken
tucky derby but has figured prom
inently as a contender In recent
revivals of this race, is fortified
with derby candidates again this
year and there is evidence that he
will have to be reckoned with
when the $50,000 event is decided
at Churchill Downs Saturday.
May 18.
Mr. McLean has named four
derby candidates: Neddie, Nymph
King, Mayor Walker and Okah.
CHRISTIANS BEAT BEAR CATS
HUNTSVILLE. Tex.. April 20 —
ijPi—The Abilene Christian college
Wildcats. T. I. A. A. champions,
vanquished the Sam Houston Bear-*
cats in a dual track meet here <p
day, 76 1-2 to 40 1-2. Jot Hodges
of Abilene and Doyle Coe. Bearcat ’
sprint star, ran a dead heat In thj
220-yard dash. Hodges won the
100-yard from Coe by inches.
TWO FIRED. 1,400 STRIKE
LONDON.—When two miners
were discharged at the Mitchell col
liery. South Yorkshire, 1.400 othef
workers went on strike. M