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Uhle Chalks Up 6th
Straight to Defeat
Philadelphia 5 to 3
By HERBERT W. BAKER
4 . Associated Press Sports Writer
you don't believe the old saw about the benefits of & change in
^Tenefy, consider the case of George Uhle, now throwing up right-hand
slants for Buck Harris' Detroit Tigers.
For ten years Uhle did all his work for the Cleveland Indians and very
good work it was for the first eight of them. After a sensational season
m awcd wnen ne won 27 games and>
lost 11, Uhle slid back in alarming'
fashion. He won only eight games
against nine defeats in 1927 and
only 12 against 17 reverses last sea
son. demand officials traded him
to Detroltdurtng the winter for Ken
Holloway and Jackl^’ Tavener.
Under Buck Harris soothing In
fluence at Detroit. Uhle has come
beck with a bang this year. Beat
ing the Philadelphia Athletics. 5 to
3, yesterday Uhle chalked up his
sixth victory without a defeat, the
best record in either major league.
Despite their defeat the Athletics
held on to a tie for first place for
the Yankees obligingly lost their
third straight, this time to Cleveland
by a 4 to 3 count.
Behind fine pitching by Danny
MacFayden. the Boston Red Sox
bunched three hits off Grady Ad
kins in the fourth inning to down
the Chicago White Sox, 2 to 1.
Rain washed out the St. Louis
Washlngtcn game.
In the National league the Chi
cago Cubs bounced back into first
place with a 6 to 4 triumph over
the Boston Braves while the lowly
Phillies were beating the St. Louis
Cardinals. 10 to 9
At New York. John McOraw's
Giants were blanked by 'Dolf Luque
and the Cincinnati Reds and drop
ped into seventh place In the stand
ing.
Pittsburgh clouted four Brooklyn
pitchers for Ig hits and an easy
12 to 4 decision and thereby moved
un into a tie with Boston for third
place.
WMUU»« hA»H IN '
oh* for mot» thAbwn h»ir Try it
TURF CLASSIC
MAY BE IN MUD
Blue Larkspur Builds Confi
dence In Fans by Making
Good Time Monday
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. May 14.—<4>>—
With a sloppy, though hard-bot
tomed track prevailing at Churchill
Downs, indication that a heavy if
not muddy condition may continue
up to the running of the fifty-fifth
Kentucky derby Saturday, is at
tracting keen interest among horse
men here.
Blue Larkspur. Colonel Edward R.
Bradley’s winter-book favorite, and
his stablemate. Bay Beauty, also en
! tered in the classic, dispelled all
doubts as to their ability to run in
the mud when they went the mlie
route yesterday in impressive
1 fashion. Blue Larkspur negotiated
i the quarter in 24 3-5 and the half in
50 2-5. while Bay Beauty finished in
! 50 4-5.
Meishapur. Chicatte. Windy City
i and Florhi were other candidates
who went various distances through
the slop in such a way as to increase
j the confidence of their backers.
EL JARDIN HI BEATS
RIO HONDO BOYS 6-3
. . ..
El Jardin high school closed its I
baseball season Monday afternoon
with a 6 to 3 victory over Rio Hondo
Lesser pitched beautiful baseball for
the El Jardin aggregation, allowing
i only seven hits and striking out 15
batters.
McAllister. Haney and Haughtlng
were the Rio Hondo batteries. Less
er and C. Vickers were the big guns
for the victors.
HOL-HI WEEK
See Your J*ro or Healer
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BASEBALL S BI GGUNS OPEN HOMER BARRAGE EARLY
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With the season barely a few weeks old, home run re 'ords in both big leagues bid fair to toppcl and be re
placed. Among the leaders in the American league four-base attack are. of course, the Yankee twins,
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, together with Jimmy Foxx and A1 Simmons. Athletics, and Charley Gehrin
ger. Tigers. The Nationals hot home run hitters have been led by Travis Jackson and Mel Ott, Giants;
Lefty O'Doul, Phillies; Hack Wilson and Rogers Hornsby. Cubs; Chick Hafey. Cardinals, and others. All
of these players have four or more homers to their credit.
Guerra, Monterrey
Bout is on Card at
Mercedes To n igh t
(Special to The Herald)
MERCEDES. May *4.—But be I
there tonight, or miss a treat.
More explicitly. Jupc Pluvlus. m: s
chevious water boy of the Gods I
doused Promoter A] Robinson's rin"
Monday night, thereby causing what
was expected to be one of the best
fight cards to be held here in conic
time, to be postponed.
A1 has added another fight, how- j
ever. that, should repay fans for
their disappointment last night. It's
that long heralded Kid Monterrey
Kid Guerra grudge fight. Monter- '
rey and Guerra are scheduled to go ;
eight rounds in a semi-fina!. This
bout was signed up last night short
ly after the card had been rained
out. This bout is a ••natural” that
Valley fans have been waiting long
to see.
The sequel to the Ruiz-Shaw foul
will be on tap in the 10-round main
event. These boys were setting a
merry clip recently in the Mercedes
ring when a foul by Ruiz halted a
bout that fans would liked to have
teen continue. This bout was tcr
! rid while it lasted.
Another eight-rounder on th*
card will find Cowboy Brooks mix
ing things with Roy Wallace of San
Bcailo. Brooks Is building up quite
a following. Wallace should take a
flock of San Benito partisans with
him to ihe ringside tonight.
Battling Swede of San Antonie
and Patsy Peck of Miss;on are slat
ed for e.ght rounds. Peck has not
fought for some time but did some
effective ring work here last year.
There will be a surprise six-round
opener also. Promoter Robinson an
nounces.
Tickets reserved last night will be
good tonight.
The card gets under way at 8:30
p. m. at the Mercedes fight bowl.
FIGHTS IAST
NEW YORK—K O. Phil Kaplan.
Newark, outpointed Babe McCor
gary. Oklahoma middleweight, <10».
Mike McTigue, outpontied Paul
Hoffman. (10).
TORONTO — Albert 'Frenchv *
Belanger, stopped Johnny Hill.
Montreal. Canadian flyweight cham
pion. <8»-<title>.
KANSAS CITY—Babe Stribling
outpointed Joe Trabon. Kansas City.
(10).
MEMPKIS—Charlie Feraci. New
Orleans, outpointed Alex Simms.
Cleveland. <8>.
NEW ORLEANS—Manuel Quin
tero. Tampa, stopped Tommy
O'Brien. Milwaukee. <5>.
COLUMBUS. O.—Mikp O'Dowd,
Columbus, outpointed Willie Michel.
Belgium. (10».
WASHINGTON. Pa —Tonv Her
rerra. Chicago, knocked out Ray
Newdon. Mansfield. O.. <6).
HURON. S. D.—Jack Lamson.
Ceatur. Nebr., knocked out Jack
Osman. Iroquois. S. D.. <2).
•OX' COWAN TO fTnISH
CAREER AT SUL ROSS
ALPINE. May 14.—W. D.
“Ox" Cowan. Sul Ross normal’s
most noted gridiron star, will make
his last appearence in a collegiate
game when the Loboes meet Sim
mons university of Abilene in a
spring practice title here Monday.
,, CPORTS !
[ ^FORUM |
It's a nip and touck race between
Waco and Houston row for the
Texas league leadership. It looked
as though it would be Houston for
a top berth when the two clubs met
in the bcr;es opener in Waco laat
Saturday. But the sliding pupils of
Derrill Pratt came through with a
splendid exhibition of baseball and
as a result they are still the leaders
after taking the Buff series.
• • •
An lntcres'ing fact about the
scoring in the Texes league last
week. For seven days end'ng Sun
day. San Antonio scored more
runs than any other of the seven
I remaining clubs. And to make It
more .they scored more than any
team in the National and Ameri
can leagues.
The Indians gathered a total of
56 runs over the seven-day period.
Fort Worth and Beaumont each ac
quired totals of 55. It’s peculiar that
[cellar clubs are the ones that make
i more runs. From that it appears
(that more runs docs not account for
more games chalked up in the win
! column.
• • •
It was our prediction that four
! records would be shattered In the
i Southwestern conference meet
i We missed It one. as only three
new marks was set. We picked
Bracey to lower the century but
a brisk wind kept him from doing
It
• • •
Floyd of the Texas Aggies came
! through as expected in the javelin
| throw and likewise did Leo Baldwin
[in the discus.
• • •
But three records that were
' broken were In the discus, javelin
and broad jamn. All were on the
field.' Too murh wind for the cin
der artists.
• • •
Floyd, with a sensational throw
of 204 feet. 4 1-2 Inches with the
javelin lowered the mark 10 feet.
11 1-2 Inches. The former record
of 193 feet was set by Deitrlch, Tex
as A. & M.. in 1925.
• • •
Tossing the discus 153 feet. 4
inches. Leo Baldwin, big Longhorn
star, rung up a new mark. He low
ered his own record which he set
last year. Ills old mark was 144
feet, 4 1-2 Inches.
• • •
The other broken record came as
a result of Farmer’s leap of 23 feet.
10 inches in the broad jump. Smith
of Texas university set the old rec
ord of 23 feet. 5 1-2 Inches a year
‘ago.
Gus ‘Wise Cracked* His
Way Into the Ring Game
HOUSTON. May 14.—i/P>—G u s
Sonnenberg. former football **ar
and present heavyfwelght wrestling
champion of the world, revealed
here that he “wise cracked" his way
into the mat game.
The remark that caused Sonnen
berg to be launched on the road to
the title was made in a gymnasium
at Providence. R. I., in the fall of
1927. while he was playing profes
sional football with the Providence
Steam Rollers. Ous was standing
in the back of the hall, watching
a preliminary bout and talking to
the promoter. He was asked how
he liked the show.
“Those birds are terrible.” the fu
ture champ commented. Til bet I
can throw either of them myself.”
The promoter took him up on it.
end Sonncnberg’s teammates who
had heard the remark, would not let
him back out. He was matched in
a preliminary next week, and de
cided to go through with it for the
sake of appearances.
"I efidnt know tiv* first thine
about rresthn'?.” Gu3 derla-ed
Some folks think I wresTcd i n col
lege. but —; an -vans. i -:e first
thing that curved to me after the
bell rang was to tackle my opponent
as I would in a football game. 1
hit him for a couple of times and
he rolled over. It lasted 90 seconds.”
After that Sonnenberg didn't have
a chance to evade the mat game. He
treated two opponents in a similar
manner and within a month was the
feature attraction. When he met
Strangler Lewis for the world cham
pionship his tactics were equally
successful.
COX’S AVERAGE
SHRINKS BADLY
Snyder And Wetae! Crowd
ing Panther Star Closely
With Willow
DALLAS. May 14.—(A*)—Prank
Snyder. Houston manager, and
Dutch Wetsel, San Antonio outfield
er, fattened their batting averages to
400 through games of Thursday to
crowd Larmon Cox, Fort Worth
rookie sensation, for Individual hon
ors in the Texas league. Cox lost
approximately 40 points during the
last week, his average dropping to
.406
The 10 leading sluggers are: L.
Cox, Port Worth .406; P. Snyder,
Houston, .400: Wetsel. San Antonio,
.400: Blackerby. Waco, .389; Benton.
Wichita Palls. .371: Stapleton. Wich
ita Palls. .370 Easterling. Beaumont.
.369; Cotelle. Houston. .357.
Whelan. Shreveport first sacker,
led in runs scored with 26. followed
by Martin. Houston, 24. and Ben
ton. Wichita Falls, and Sanguinet.
Waco, with 23 each. Larmon Cox
was ahead in total hits with 43.
Benton had 40 and Wetsel. 38.
Two Waco clubbers dominated the
homer race, Bob Sanguinet having
put 8 out of the lot and George
Blackerby, 6. Starr, 8hreveport,
catcher, had 5.
Although he failed to add to his
string in the past week. Pepper Mar
tin of Houston still was the league's
leading base thief with 10. Ray
Flaskhamper, Dallas, last year's
leader, had six. Pete Turgeon.
Wichita Falls, and Eddie Moore,
Port Worth, had pilfered five each.
Earl Caldwell, with six straight vic
tories to his credit, was the league s
outstanding pitcher. Jim Lindsey of
Houston had won five out of six
kand was tied with Wiltse of Wich
ita Falls in strikeouts registered,
each with 27.
YANKEE CHAMP
BEATS BRYANT
Glenna Collett Advances To
Third Round of British
Golf Tournament
ST ANDREWS. Scotland. May 14.
—vTV-Glenna Collett. American
champion, advanced to the third
round of the British Women’s golf
! championship today by defeating
! Miss Maude Bryant, of the Ashford
Manor club, near London. 3 and 2.
In the third round tomorrow Miss
Collett will meet Beryl Brown of
Formby. a former semi-finalist in
the English native championship.
Marion Hollins, former American
champion, defeated Miss P. Ramsay,
a Northumberland player, four and
three
Joyce Wethered, British star.
) tlirice-winner of the championship,
crushed Mrs. D. G. Madill under a
1 score of eight and seven.
TE*IAS LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Dallas 8. Beaumont 5.
San Antonio 4. Fort Worth 3.
Waco-Houston. wet grounds.
Wichita Falls-Shreveport, rain.
Sunding of the Clubs
Team- P- W L. Pet.
Waco .. 28 19 9 .679
{Houston .............. 28 17 11 .607
! Shreveport .29 15 14 .517
Fort Worth .28 13 15 .494
I Dallas . 29 13 16 448
Wichita rails . 28 12 18 .429
Beaumont . 30 12 18 .400
San Antonio. 28 11 17 .393
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Monday's Games
Chicago 6. Boston 4.
Cincinnati 7. New York 0.
Pittsburgh 12. Brooklyn 4.
Philadelphia 10. St. Louis 9.
Standing of the Clubs
Team- P. W L. Pet.
Chicago . 19 13 6 .684
Boston .21 13 8 .619
St. Louis . 19 13 8 .619
Pittsburgh ...19 11 8 .579
Cincinnati .21 10 11 .476
New York . 18 8 10 .444
Philadelphia . 18 7 11 .389
Brooklyn . 21 6 15 286
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Monday’s Games
Boston 2. Chicago 1.
Cleveland 4. New York 3.
Detroit 5. Philadelphia 3.
Washlngton-St. Louis, rain.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— P. W. L. Pet.
New York . 19 13 5 684
Philadelphia . 20 13 7 650
St. Louis . 22 13 9 .591
Cleveland . 23 11 12 478
Detrott . 23 10 13 433
Washington . 18 7 11 388
Chicago . 22 8 14 .364
Boston .21 7 14 .333
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
Memphis 2. Atlanta 3.
Little Rock 2. Birmingham 8.
Nashville 6. Mobile 7.
Chattanooga 2. New Orleans 7.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
WESTERN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Louisville 4. St. Paul 8.
Indianapolis 7. Minneapolis 8.
Columbus at Kansas City, rain.
Toledo 0. Milwaukee 9.
Indians Have Laugh I
On Experts; Take 11 I
Of Last 15 Tussles |
By GAYLE TALBOT. JR.
Associated Press Sports Writer
In view of the dizzy manner In which Texas league clubs have been
performing of late. It is bad taste to wax enthusiastic about any of them
It is impossible longer, however, to refrain from emitting a fear wall
chosen words about the San Antonio Indians, another outfit that, like tin
Waco Cubs, appears determined to confound its critics.
The hot fight between Houston *
and Waco for the pinnacle and var
ious and sundrv other matters maj
have caused the average fan ts
overlook the spectacular spurt "pui
on by the Tribe in the last “fort*
night.
Yesterdav. while half of the lea
gue enjoyed a holiday due to rain
and wet grounds. Pat Newman's
hustling club fought the Port
Worth Cats to a frazzle in their
series opener in the Panther City
and emerged with a 4 to 3 de
cision after 12 Innings of uphill
going.
The victorv. believe it or not. was
San Antonio's eleventh In its last
15 games, in those 15 games the
Indians have met five rival clubs
and only one. Shreveport, was able
to win its series. Wichita Palls
r.nd Dallas each have lost their
last three starts with the embat
tled down-staters.
Beaumont was batted a little
deeper into the cellar bv the Dal
las Steers, who won the opener
of a long home stay. 8 to 5. The
victory, coming on ton of two de
feats by Shreveport Sundav. prev
vented the Steers dropping into
the cellar.
Walter Newman former Dallas
hurler. saw a well pitched game get
away from him when his former
rna.es fell on him for seven runs
in the eighth Inning after he had
hanked them for the first seven
Rain prevented, the Houston Buffs
and Shreveport playing their series
inaugural at the Louisiana city and
wet grounds greeted the leadin
Waco Cubs on their first visit to
Wichita Palls.
JOE STECHER HANDS
MALCEWICZ DEFEAT
—
TULSA, Okla , May ll-H/pi—Joe
Stecher. former holder of the1
world s heavyweight wrestling crown :
took an apreciative stride forward i
in his comeback campaign her* last
night when he defeated Joe Make
wics. Utica. N. Y
The meeting was in the nature at
a squaring of acounts. Steeher. hat
ing forfeited a match to Make vies
in Boston, some week* tfo
Steeher lost the first fall In M
minutes of cautious grappling but
took the next tan in short eider
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Pyle’s Bunioneers
Have Only 24-Mile
Run to Make Today ■
BR2CXENRODGE May 11 Jfi ;>;j
C. C. Pylesc bunioneers today had fl
only a 21-mile Jaunt to Albany. Uh» .1',
forty-fifth control station on the W
cross-country race. Jfl
Herbert Heticman 55 New York, I
the Brand old man of the derby, Jfl
tied with his townsman. Sam flj
Richman. for first place on jaitair S
day's 544-mile lap frtm Mineral I
Wells. Thev ran the distance tn jfl
7:25:50. For the third sucetasie* flj
time Pete Gavuiil. of Italy and 9
Johnny Salo. Passaic. N. J first 9
and second in rlamed time, finish* 'fl
ed together tn second Place. 8
The leaders: fl
1. Pete Garuxrt Enaland 2fT:* fl
2. John Salo Passaic. KJ so* fl
00:17. fl
3- Giusto Umek. Italy. 311 «:• fl
4 Paul Simpson. Bur Unran. IL I
C- 325 26 33 fl
5. Sam Richman. New Yortt
328:33:05. fl
6. Phillip Granville, HamUtai,
Out.. 334:49 25 fl
7. M. B. McNamara. Australia. fl
358:08-37. ■
York. 370:51:21 fl
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