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Wichita Falls Hits 1
Hard to Beat Waco ys
Prancing Cubs 9-2
By GAYLE TALBOT, Jr.
! Associated Press Sports Writer
A third straight delta' 'or the tailspinning Waco Cubs and a third
ffraight victory for the rehabilitated Dallas Steers featured yesterday s
hostilities in the Texas league,
Brilliant pitching and airtight fielding that enabled the Prattmen to
soar high and far away in the opening weeks of the season were conspic
■LOVE BEATS GOLF
Joseph Horton, son of wealthy
Albany. N. Y„ parents and a
noted amateur gclfer. has given
up his sport hobby for a Job to
win approval of James J. Phe
lan. Boston, Mass , financier and
father of Joseph's fiancee. Caro
line Phelan.
■IARTNETT MAY BE
LOST TO CUBS FOREVER
NEW YORK. May 7.—^—Gabby
Sarntnett. star catcher for the Chi
:ago Cubs, has been sent to a Bal
imore hospital for treatment of his
©ro arm.
Hartnett hasn't eaught a game
his season and it is feared he may
>e lost to the Cubs forever.
CHICAGO. May 7.— /P>—Ted Ly
ms. White Sox ace. has recovered
rom an attack of grippe, and was
■eadv to take his turn on the mound
ijainst Philadelphia today
guous oy meir aosence as me wicnua
Falls Spudders clubbed their way to
a 9 to 2 victory over ths Cubs in the
opener of their ’crooshui’’ series at
Waco,
Preacher Thurman was the latest
star of the Cubs’ great drive to feel
the wrath of enemy bats. He was
driven to the showers as Spudder
bats played their tune in the fourth.
He, with Brancheau and Gallivan.
who succeeded him. were found for
14 hits by the crippled Wichita bat
ting order, while the veteran Milt
Steengrafe limited the Cubs to nine
scattered bingles.
While it still is too early to pre
dict that the Waco machine has
cracked, it is safe to say that the
backbone of their spectacular drive
is broken. Astute baseball men are
convinced by this time that the Cubs
were vastly underrated and believe
they will stick in the first division,
but it was a cinch no team could
long maintain their tremendous
pace of the first three weeks.
Their confidence renewed, the
Dallas Steers continued their drive
back into the thick of the pennant
fight by nosing out Houston. 5 to 4.
Jeffries' triple in the ninth, followed
bv Johnson’s single, scored the win
ning tally The dixie champs threat
ened in their half of the final in
ning, but a fast double play started
bv Ray Flaskamper stamped It out.
The herd’s veteran hurling staff
showed further promise of rounding
into fom as Charlie Barnabe went
the route, his southpaw slants hold
ing the Buffs to seven hits.
Both Beaumont and San Antonio
ran true to form, dropping games
to Shreveport and Fort Worth, re
spectively. Critics thought the
oowerful-appearing Exporter erew
had hit its real pace when it grabbed
two in a row from Fort Worth, but
their pitching crumbled in the late
innings yesterday and enabled the
snorts to come from behind and win.
3 to 6.
Fort Worth scored three in the
seventh to take a close decision In
their first appearance of the year at
San Antonio. 8 to 7. Neither start
ing hurler finished. Neal Baker of
the Indians being succeeded by
Kneisch. and Fitterer giving way to
Dcvaney with Whitworth.
2 VOLLEYBALL CHAMPS
TO BE NAMED SOON
_
CHICAGO, May 7.—(/D—Two na
tional Y. M C. A. volleyball cham
pionships will be decided here this
week.
The national open tournament,
for which state champions and run
ners-up ar eligible, will be held
Friday and Saturday. The entries
have been received from German
! town. Pa., 1028 champions. Pitts
burgh. Pa.. Brooklyn. Minneapolis.
! Ind.. Columbus and Springfield. O.,
Lansing and Grand Rapids. Mich.,
Topeka. Kan., and Chicago.
A veterans’ tournament, open to
teams whose members all are more
[than 35 years old. will open Thurs
day. __
HINOJOSA WINS
OVER BUD VEAL
Parker, Sparky and Zavala
Are Victors In Donna
Fight Arena
(Special to The Herald.)
DONNA. May 6—After a brief
flurry of fists in the first round of
the main event on the fight card
here Monday night. Buddy Veal, 177
pounds of San Antonio, plunged to
the canvas for the count with Ro
berto Hinojosa. 177 pounds of
Brownsville, standing over him. Veal,
introduced as the heavyweight
champion of the 8th corps area of
the Army, displayed little of his re
puted pugilistic wares. Jack Sul
livan. Hinojosa's manager, clambered
into the ring after the fight and told
the crowd that "Bob is going to try
to knock them all out in the first
round."
Veal substituted for Manuel Luna
of San Antonio. It was announced
that Veal had defeated Luna.
In the semi-final. Kid Parker. 136
pounds of Brownsville, knocked cut
Paul Strong. 142 pound Weslaco
amateur, in the second round.
Parker knocked his opponent
through the ropes and the felled
boxer was not able to get up. His
head hit the floor a smart blow
when he went through the ropct.
"Sparkie." Weslaco’s dusky 146
pound pugilistic pride, easily bested
the San Juan Indian. 150 pounds,
over the six round route. The In
dian took a severe beating through
out. He was down 13 times during
the fight but managed to stick it
out.
Kid Zavala. 138 pounds of Browns
ville. had no trouble in knocking
out Kid Lacy. 147 pounds of Wes
laco. in the second round of their
scheduled 6 round mill. Lacy looked
fairly good in the opening stanza,
but in the second Zavala hit him
with everything as the Weslaco lad
attempted to cover up. A blow to
the stomach sent him down for the
count. Seconds had to work on him
for quite a while to revive him.
Two four-round amateur bouts
opened the evening's session of fisti
cuffs. Both resulted in draws. James
Finnev battled George Holland and j
Kid Nick and Pat Adams fought the
second.
A large, good-natured crowd near
ly filled the arena. Lames comprised
a large portion of the gathering.
Providing the comic relief. Kid
Zavala cracked the referee squarely
on the jaw in a flurry which the of
ficial tried, to break up.
The lights were out for a half an
hour Just prior to the main event.
STAKDIN(
5&.OF THE CLUBS —
TEXAS LEAGUE
Monday’s Games
Shreveport 8. Beaumont 6.
W .hita Falls 9 Waco 2.
Fort Worth 8. San Antonio 7.
Dallas 5. Houston 4.
Standing of the Clubs
Team- P. W L. Pet
Waco . 22 16 6 .727
Houston .. 22 14 8 .636
Shreveport . 22 13 9 .591
Wichita Palls . 22 11 11 .500
Dallas . 21 10 11 .476
Fort Worth . 21 9 12 429
Beaumont . 22 7 15 .318
San Antonio . 20 5 15 .250
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday’s Games
Pittsburgh 4. Boston 3.
New York 3, St. Louts 1.
Brooklyn 12, Cincinnati 3.
Philadelphia 2. Chicago 1.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— P W L. Pet
Boston . 12 8 4 .667
Chicago . 15 9 6 600
St. Louts . 15 9 6 600
Pittsburgh . 13 6 7 462
New York . 11 5 6 455
Brooklyn . 14 6 8 .429
Cincinnati . 15 6 9 400
Philadelphia . 13 5 8 .385
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday's Game<
Washington 13. Cleveland 5
New York 7. Chicago 6.
Detroit 8. Boston 4.
Phlladelphla-St. Louis, rain.
Team— P w. L. Pet.
Philadelphia . 14 10 4 .714
New York . 13 9 4 692
St. Louis . 16 ii 5 688
Detroit . 19 io 9 .526
Cleveland . 17 7 10 .412
Chicago . 16 6 10 .375
Washington . 13 4 9 308
Boston . 14 4 10 286
WESTERN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Atlanta 1. Birmingham 9.
Little Rock 2. New Orleans 1.
Chattanooga-Nashvllle. wet grounds.
Only games scheduled.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Toledo 2. Minneapolis 5.
Columbus 6. St. Paul 3.
Other games postponed, rain.
Major League Leaders
(By The Associated Press.)
National
Batting—Stephenson. Cubs. .452.
Runs—Stephenson. Hornsbv, Cubs.
17.
Runs batted in—Wilson. Cubs. 20.
Hits—Stephenson. Cubs. 28.
Doubles—Grantham. Pirates. 8.
Triples—L. Waner. Pirates. 3.
Homers—Jackson. Giants. 5.
Stolen Bases—Flowers. Robins. 7.
Pitching—Malone. Cubs, won 4.
lost 0.
American
Batting—Fexx. Athletics. .420
Runs—Gehringer. Tigers. 22.
Runs batted in—Heilmann. Tig
ers. 23.
Hits—Gehringer. Tigers. 29.
Doubles—Alexander. Tigers. 8.
Triples — Gehringer. Alexander.
Tigers; Blue. Browns; Cissell. White
Sox. 2.
Homers—Gehrig. Yanks. 6.
Stolen Bases—Averill. Fonseca. In
dians. 4.
Pitching — Uhle. Tigers; Hoyt.
Yanks, won 4. lost 0.
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Here we have half a dozen veterans of the major leagues who are grabbing more than their share of the
spotlight despite the brilliant play of several newcomers. Burleigh Grimes, several times a a castoff, is
setting the pace for the Pirate pitchers. Charlie Jam eson. vet of the Cleveland team, is hitting and field
ing brilliantly. Chick Hafey of the St. Louis Cardiials. Rogers Hornsby with the Chicago Cubs, George
Uhle with the Detroit Tigers, and Sammy Gray of the St. Louis Browns are all going great guns.
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EYES CENTER ■
ON S. W. MEET
Bracey, Baldwin Will End
College Track Careers At
Conference Gathering
DALLAS. Mav 7.——'Two of
the greatest athletes in southwest
conference history. Leo Baldwin of
Texas university and Claude
Biacey of Rice Institute, will close
their college track careers in the
annual conference track and field
struggle here Friday and Saturday.
The success of Bracey. the great
sprinter, and of Baldwin, the con
ference's premier weight man. in
winning their special events likely
will plav a large part in the out
come of the tournament. Most
critics agree that Rice faces a
great battle with the Longhorns
before it can retain its crown won
last year.
Unless he is badly off form.
Bracey should give his school first
place in the 100 and 220 yard events
and probablv set a new conference
mark in each. Baldwin, who holds
the present conference mark both
in the shotput and discus, is fav
ored to win both events. Thus, be
tween them, the two are favored
to win first places in four of the
15 events on the program.
Brunson. Rice's other great run
ner. who joined with Bracey in tak
ing the title to Houston last vear.
again will be favored in the half
mile and mile events. But there
is an excellent chance of his be
ing beaten in both. Guffin of
Texas beat the Rice star in the 880
in one meet this year. Jacoby, also
of Rice, and Captain Crowell of
Southern Methodist are expected
to give Brunson a real tussle in
the mile. The Pony star has not
been beaten this year.
Texas is expected to bag at least
two places in the high jump with
Perkins and Howie. Both have
lofted six feet this year.
The Aggies are doped for a win
in the mile relay with a team com
posed of Badger. Tracey, Hodges
and O'Neil. Their best time of
■'22 2 was hung up at the Texas
relays.
F/GHTS iast
ICHTfes
D O N N A.—Roberto Hinojosa,
Brownsville, knocked out Buddy
Veal. San Antonio. <1); Babe Par
ker. Fort Brown, knocked out Paul
Strong. Weslaco. (2»; "Sparkle”
Weslaco, outpointed the San Juan
Indian. (6>; Kid Zavala. Browns
ville, knocked out Kid Lacy. Wes
laco, (2>: Kid Nick. Donna, and Pat
Adams. Weslaco, drew, <4>; James
Finney and George Holland drew
(4*.
(By The Associated Press.)
WHEELING. W Va.—Eddie O -
Dowd, Columbus, outpointed How
ard Marberrv. Pittsburgh. (10*.
NEWCASTLE. Pa—Tony Herra,
Chicago, knocked out Ray Newton,
Mansfield Ohio. *5).
NEW YORK —Benny Bass.. Phil
adelphia. outpointed Petey Mack,
Jersey City. (10*.
LONDON.—Harry Brocks. London,
outpointed Johnny Vestri, New
York. (15*.
CINCINNATI—Freddie Miller.
Cincinnati, outpointed Babe Keller,
Toledo. (10).
WICHITA. Kan—Angus Snyder.
Dodge City. Kan. outpointed Big
Boy Peterson, Minneapolis. GO.)
I CPORTS j
I ^FORUM |
West Texas is taking the ma
jority of the interscholastic atht
letic events this year. Abilene,
football, and San Angelo, track.
Basketball honors went to the east
when Athens produced on of the
greatest high school basketball
teams the old state has seen in
many moons.
• • •
An enthusiastic fan jumps up to
j say that there were three football
teams in the Valley that could have
beaten the state champs last fall.
He failed to mention the particular
teams but surely he included
Brownsville, for it is without a
doubt that the Eagles were the be.S
in this section. Just which other
two teams could have had in mind
is hard to say. The truth about it
is that there was only one team
| In the Valley that could have given
the West Texans a good game and
that was Brownsville. It is only a
guess to say that Brownsville could
have beaten them.
• • •
H. D. Seago broke 21 birds with
out missing Sunday in the Skeet
shoot. But he missed two of the
remaining four to make a total
! score of 23. J. H. Batsell did just
! a little better by cracking down
21 out of 25 and went 20 straights
without a miss.
• • •
Here is a record of Sunday s shoot:
Broke Shot At
J. H. Batsell .91 100
Jimmy George .68 100
H. Richardson .87 125
E. W. Arnold .57 75
R. C. Wade.56 75
Dr. Eisman.53 75
E. Goodrich, Jr.51 75
Anderson .49 75
H. D. Saego .*4 50
|F. Armstrong .31 50
Tobin .29 50
S. H. Dietz .24 50
G. Singer .16 50
F. W Markussen .21 25
Mootheit . 7 25..
Dietz is from McAllen and Arnold
and Anderson are from Donna.
Lovett, Christus Of
Passion Play, Hears
Brother Near Death
(Special tc The Herald.)
HARLINGEN. May 7.—Beresford
Lovett. English actor, who will por
tray the role of Christus in the Pas
sion Play to be presented at the
auditorium here May 10 to 13, has
been informed in a cablegram that
his oldest brother is near death.
He will appear in the production
here and leave immediately for Eng
land. returning in time for the next
presentation, whith is to be in Se
attle. Wash., next July under the
auspices of the University of the
State of Washington.
On the death of his brother. Lov
ett will inherit a large estate in
England, including the family cas
tle.
-Mr. Lovett does not enact the
part of Christus for the financial
| gain.” said Fred J. Hardisty. mana
ger of the Valley production. ”He
| feels that in playing the role he is
Imakin,. a contribution to the ad
j vancement of the Christian religion.
TILDEN, HUNTER
SAIL TOMORROW
Old Heads Leave American
Zone Cup Campaign In
Younger Hands
NEW YORK. May 7.-I/P -Leav
ing the early part of the American
zone Davis Cup campaign in young
er hands. Big BUI Tilden and
Francis T. Hunter sail on the Aqui
tanla tomorrow night for an exten
sive tennis invasion of Europe.
While John Hennessey, John Van
Ryn and Wilmer Allison are tak
ing care of the Davis Cup in
American zone competition. Tilden
and Hunter will be campaigning In
all the principal tournaments
abroad. They have their eyes set
on six championships In singles
and doubles in France, England
and Holland, but there is some
doubt whether their ambitions will
be realized in as many as half of
them.
Starting with the French champ
ionships at Auteuil on Mav 20. the
first and second ranking players of
the United States will travel to
Englffnd for the Wimbledon
championships starting June 21
with a side Journey to Amsterdam
for the Dutch titular tournament
beginning June 4.
Ficucello, Hanson
Fight Tonight For
Amateur Ring Title
NEW YORK. May 7.—'JV-The
national amateur heavyweight box
ing championship will be at stake
for the second time this year in
Madison Square Garden tonight.
Ralph Ficucello. runner-up in the
tournament at Boston, will meet
Charles Hanson of Astoria. N. Y..
for the title which was taken from
the tournament winner. Elmer
Howard of New Haven. Conn. How
ard was disqualified after he won
the championship for illegal regis
tration.
The championship bout will be
the feature of a two-day boxing
program which brings together 82
amateurs from Canada and the
i United States. In addition to the
j Canadian team. Boston. Pitts
burgh. Philadelphia and New York
I be represented. The program
j will be concluded Thursday.
WORK HALF FINISHED
ON PROGRESO SCHOOL
'Special to The Herald'
HARLINGEN. Mav 7.—Construc
tion work on the Progresso school
building, a $30,000 structure, is about
half finished, according to Llovd
Mel lor of this city, architect for the
building.
Mr. Mellor also announced that
he is drawing plans for a store
building and service tsation for Em
ory Watts of Donna, to be located
at Progresso. This building will
cost about $10,000
The local architect has just re
sumed from a three weeks' business
■ and pleasure trip to Chicago and
[other northern points.
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Braves Drop Tight
Battle to Pirates;
Phils Get Cubs 2 to 1
By HERBERT W. BARKER (
Associated Press Sports Writer
The National league pennant, it would appear, will go to the team ^
possessed of the greatest stamina and for a fair share of the “breaks **
The league has had so many dog-fights in recent years customers have
come to expect them. It looks like they will have little, if anything,
to complain of this season.
victories lor three or the lourjj
eastern teams in their frays with [
the invader from beyond the Alleg-!
hanies yesterday served to so tight
en the race that Boston, in first1
place, now is removed from Phila
delphia. in last, by only three and
one-half games.
Boston's Braves, who have aston
ished not only the baseball world
but themselves by holding on to the
league lead, were the only eastern
club to meet defeat. The Braves,
despite a two-run rally in the
nipth. droped a 4-3 decision to the
Pittsburgh Pirates who vaulted into
fourth place in the standings.
The Phils nosed out the Chicago
Cubs. 2 to 1. Pinky Whitney's
single with the bases loaded in the
ninth breaking up a pitching due!
between Claude Willoughby and
Sheriff Blake.
The New York Giants finally
beat St. Louis but needed three
home runs to pull out a 3 to 1 (
verdict. The Giants made eight
other hits off Clarence Mitchell
but circuit clouts by Terry. Jack- j
son and Fullis were the only ones
that counted in the scoring
The reformed Brooklyn Robins
clouted May and Kolp for 15 lusty
hits and buried Cincinnati under a
12 to 3 score.
Seven runs were scored in the
tenth inning of the American
league game between the Yankees
and Chicago White Sox but the
Yanks tallied four of them and
won the battle. 7 to 6.
Harry Heilmann's two home runs
helped Detroit down Boston for
, the third straight time, 8 to 4. >
Owen Carroll pitching steady ball
and receiving excellent fielding
support.
Minus Walter Johnson, who is ill
with influenza, the Washington
Senators nevertheless played good
ball in swamping Cleveland, 13
to 5.
Philadelphia and St. Louis were
kept idle by rain.
SPORTRAITS
Lefty ODoul
Left ODoul. who used to pitch
for the Yankees and R;d Sex.
came to the Giants last yj*r as
an outfielder after three years
schooling in the Pacific Ceast
league pastures. He met a lth a
lot of bad breaks and failed.
With the Phillies this season he
is off to a good start and is de
termined to have a good >vc.r.
He blames his bad showing with
New York last year to a leg in
jury suffered in the spring
DIVES 80 FEET FOR RESCUE
LIVERPOOL.—Philip Millington
dived 80 feet from a building into
the Mersey to rescue a drowning
child.
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