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The BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION i 1 '-ri-rrr rr rr rrr rrrr r rrrmrrr rrrrrrrr, r rrr rrr rrrrrrrr frrrr*“r ... ■ ■« I Buffs Sock Ball All Over Lot at Waco to ] Ring Up 8-2 Victory | By the Associated Tress. The central flanking movement of a South Texas team left the proud fortress of the Waco Cubs atop the Texas league in ashes of defeat yes- ! terday. Whatever Lefty Stem had cn the ball was not enough, and from a string of 14 resonant base hits a Houston score of eight emerged to pair with a Waco deuce. OLD TIMERS TODAY By GEORGE STOVALL farmer Star Big League First Base man and Former Manager Cleve land Indians, St. Louis Browns and Kansas City Federals. Written Especially for Cen tral Press and Herald. Cases of canned peas and corn, carloads of cabbage and spinach, of apples and bananas are strange things to capture the Interest of a man who once was a great sport figure of his day and the idol of small boys, now. too. grown into men. There you have Jack Coombs. Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia Athletics. Jack Coombs, whose mighty right arm helped write base ball history long before Babe Ruth! was old enough to play league base ball. , , Coombs has become a wholesale grocer In Palestine. Tex. And that same right arm that helped rai>e ] the great Athletics of baseball’s: golden era to shining heights and | brought disaster and doom to the Chicago Cubs in the world series of 1910. has been going about the pro saic business of adding up the day’s receipts, of checking up the latest; shipment of beans and butter arid j bars of soap. But Coombs has not forsaken the | business of baseball entirely. He j also coaches the Duka university. Durham. N. C. baseball team. This year. Duke's first in the Southern j conference. Coombs’ classy North j Carolinians went through their con ference schedule unbeaten. Coombs, a rlever batter ps well as j a wonderful pitcher, worked in more j games than anv other American i league pitcher during the 1910 sea son. He was In 45 games and fin- I Lshed with a percentage of .775. Tt was Jack who kept the Athletic I craft on level keel by pitching near- ; Iv every othe- day over a two-week span when the other mrmb'rs of the staff were out of condition. Fis iron will and strength carried the A’s through to victory. Coombs was one of the brainiest cf pitchers, always making his head divide the work with his arm. He was cool and deliberate in the box. seldom ruffled. You could rely on Jack to go in there and pitch his usual good game under the most try ing conditions. Coombs nnd old Chief Bender were the big pitching guns of the Athletics in the days when such rlavers ns "Heme Run R^ker. Eddie 1 Collins. Jack Barry. Stuffy McTnnis end others were winning pennants for Connie Mack. Perhaps the high point of Coombs’ career came in the world series of 1910. when his pitching featured the Athletics’ victory over the Cubs Coombs won three of the A’s four triumphs, which took the series. He her* the Cubs 9-3. 12-5. 7-2. Ho batted .451 in the series. automobile~damaged BY FIRE UNDER HOOD A blazing automobile at the In tersection cf 13th and Elizabeth Monday about 4 p. m attracted considerable attention among street crowds but was quickly extinguish ed when the local fire department arrived at the scene. The touring car was driven bv a man from Mission, who had .lust arrived in Brownsville. He had I stopped for a red light when thef fire broke out i£ the wiring under the hood. Damage was slight. I I RECREATION! Visit The “The Valley’* Finest Natatorium” Swimming — Music Dancing ( PICNIC PARTIES WELCOME CASCADE POOL McAllen, Texas itccrun ugaen was caned on to mount the Waco hill before the ad vance was over, but the critical blows had been struck. In Dallas, it was a "hold that line" battle with the Spudders final ly breaking through for an extra run to win, 2-1. Manager Galloway of Wichita Falls executed sudden pitcher pullings at timely points, pnd the relief workers won. Beaumont hit once less than San Antonio, lost the full savor of a home run because none was occupy ing base, but came out ahead over the Indians. 4 to 0. The Fort Worth-Shreveport en gagement was relatively easy for the Cats. Dick Whitworth labored mightily, and Fort Worth's extra hit margin cf two was a help. Starr hit Whitworth for a thousand percent but the others Sjiorts whif fed and died away too much. — mu-'- . I'm-mp— PORTS FORUM | The continued prance of the Shreveport Sports during the last few days has shot them risht up with the best of the Texas league, in iact. they are quite a bit better than a large per cent of the list. W • • The tric/y tubs just can’t be figtned on.. One day it's one thing, then another. Make a prediction I..Jay and you'll he fooled tomu..j,.'. « • • The shake-up in the Western con ference came, not so much as a sur pri-e. Iowa has been having trou ble for some tune end it only ap peared to be a nnuler of lime. Tne alumni has been griping for the past year or two about the success o! the athletic teams. They have ac cused the coaches, accused trainers, and even accused professors. So the whole tiling iias resulted in the Iowa school begin ousted. • ♦ • It's a funny thing about ail ath letic team, especially in a college or university. So long as the team is winning, the coach is praised, the players are elated and the whole tram is the “best in the world." Let them start on a downhill trend, and they are the “sorriest in the world." • • • Last season when Hack Wilson was giving the beys fit-s in the Na tional leagxie for home run honors, he was a popular player. When he pointed out, a beauty for a four bagger, lie was given a great hand. | If he made a pretty c*uch. the fans I went wild. But let him strike out twice in succession, and be war, "booed." called a "big hur.k of beef" end threatened to b? run off the field. Such is the life of a ball player. The world loves a winner. The leser has it all to lose. • * • The BatsrU-Wells ‘kret r!ub will l.kely have a match with Donna nrxt Sunday. Point la bel, San Benito and Mercedes are like’y to have a club in another week or so. Skeet is becoming a popular rrort thronghout the state. • • • Pumarejo cf the Mercedes Lions ran his record of strikeouts to 125 in eight game?, when the Lions de feated the Palmer Hatters Sunday. It looks as though he is a one-man ball club. Major League Leaders (Including games of May 27> • By The Associated Press» National: Batting—ODoul. Phillies. .410. Runs—Douthit. Cards. 36. Runs batted in—-Grimm. Pirates. 34. Hits—High. Frisch. Cards. 54. Doubles—Frisch. Cards. 16. Triples—L. Waner. Pirates. 6. Homers—Ott. Giants. 10. Stolen bases—Swanson. Reds; C tyl« *. Cubs. 10 4 Pitching—Grimes. Pirates, won 8. lost 0. American: Batting—Foxx. Athletics, .403. Runs—Orhringcr. Tigers. 37. Runs batted in—Simmons. Athlet ics. 4C. Hits—Gehnngor. Tigers. 37. Doubles —Alexander. Tigers. 17. Triples—Blue. Browns; Alexander. Tigers, 4. Homers—Gehriz. Yanks. 10. Stolen bases—Miller. Athletics. 6. Pitching—Uhle. Tigers, won 8. lost 0. TplOI.D!l lUial^LACgy M Jtjam we Sur-l-ay brume ,1 make* heir toft ««J pliable, and keep* it •■■>»( •* «*»r A liquid tome Not | ttkky. Not grewy A few drape tuffi. oral frr liw r- -it Hut-bora he - Try it. Don’t Forget! 1 I Valley’s Best Fight Card July 4th Donna Open Air Arena Donna, Texas Reserved Seats on Sale, June 15th BIG 10 TO GET I • MORE PROBING Ouster Action May Be Tak en Against Other Schools, Griffith Says CHICAGO. May 28.—/JV-An In vestigation of the nine remaining members of the western conference to determine whether they, like Iowa university, should be the sub ject of ouster action, has been start ed. it was anonunced today by Major Jol.n L. Griffith, commission er of Big Ten athletics. Dean Jam s Page of the Univer sity of Minnesota is head of a spe cial investigating committee which was named last Saturday after the faculty athletic committee of the Big Ten had voted Iowa out of the conference. The action. Major Griffith said, is in line with the decision of the faculty committee to call for a showdown in athletic affairs: “A final attempt by the Big Ten to stem the tide of professionalism which has tended in recent years to wreck college athletics " “The question now has become whether the Big Ten shall come out into the open and adopt as legiti mate the recruiting practice, as em ployed in the big baseball leagues, or whether we shall stick to our) amateur status," Major Griffith* said. The Big Ten has decided to stick to its amateur code, and has decided that it will have no athletic deal ings with any colleges or universities not equally strict in their amateur ' ism.” Last December. Major Griffith said, the football coaches and ath letic directors of the ten universities were asked to vote on th? question of whether in their opinion the game was getting worse, because of recruiting similar practices, or better. The vote was 19 to 1 that conditions were worse. Pentagons Defeat San Benito Aztecs Sunday, 12-5 Count 'Special to The Herald* SAN BENITO, May 28—The Central Power and Light company Pentagons, trour.ccd the San Benito Aztecs by a score of 12 to 5 at the city park here Sunday. The game was marked by the heavy hitt.ng of the Power com pany team which resulted in a trip to the tenth for DeLeon and fc. Montalvo going onto the mound for the Aztecs. Joe Taylor, lead off man for the Pentagons, started the game by knocking a home run into deep center. The Aztecs scored two in the first of the second on a hit and error. In their half of the sec ond inning the Pentagons got to DeLeon for a home run by Clem mens, a three-bagger by L. Law rence and singles by Taylor. J. B. Lawrence and Moncus coupled with I Montalvo's error at shortstop net ted them six runs for the frame. The Aztecs scored two runs on er rors in the first of the third, after, Guirre got a single. A walk and I three hits netted the Pentagons three more runs in their half of the third, which put the game on ice. Darby replaced Moncus on the mound for the Pentagons at the close of the sixth inning and he let them down with one hit in the last three frames. This is the second time this season that the Pentagons have beaten the Aztecs by a top heavy score, and will be the last time these two teams meet this season. Aside from a few errors the new infield arrangement of the Power company team infield looked good. A fas» double in the eighth. Tay lor to Clernmens. to Cunningham, was the only bright spot after the fifth inning. A fair sized crowd witnessed the game. Box Score AZTECS— AB R H PO A E F. Sublett. c .4 0 0 1 0 0 D. Hoarkman. 3b . 4 1 1 2 1 1 A. Montalvo, ss_4 0 0 0 5 1 B Leal, c .4 0 2 5 0 0 P. Maldorado. 2b . 4 0 0 0 3 0 L. Aguirre, rf. 4 2 2 1 0 0 B Montglvo. If .... 4 2 0 1 0 0 Tebowitz. lb .4 0 0 14 0 0 L. DeLeon, p .1 o 0 0 2 0 C. Montalvo, p ...,2 0 0 0 1 0 xMurphy .1 o 0 0 0 0 Totals.36 5 5 24 12 2 xHit for Montalvo. PENTAGONS— AB R H PO A E Joe Taylor. 2b _4 2 2 3 4 0 J B. Lawrence, rf . .5 2 4 2 0 0 Garrison, cf .5 0 1 1 0 0 B. Clernmens. ss ... 5 1 2 3 2 3 Cunningham, lb . 5 0 1 8 0 1 Weimcyer. If .5 1 2 0 0 0 Davis. 3b.3 1 0 0 0 0 L. Lawrence, c ... 4 2 2 10 2 1 Moncus. p .3 2 1 0 0 0 Darby, p .I 1 l o 0 0 Totals.40 12 14 27 8 5 Summary: Home runs—Taylor and Clernmens. Three-base hit—L. Laurence. Two-base hits—L. Law rence. J. B. Lawrence and Weimcv er Struck uot—by Moncus 6 in* 5 innings. Darby 4 in 4 innings. De leon 2 in 3 innings. Montalvo 3 in 6 innings. Bases on balls—off De Leon 1. Moncus 1. Darby 1. Double plays—Taylor to Clernmens to Cun ningham. Time—two hours. Um pires—Castleberry and Adams. • HOFFMAN KNOCKS OUT McTIGUE IN 2 ROUNDS NEW YORK. Mav 28—T—The fistic scrap-heap seems to await bold Michael McTigue from Ireland, twice-holder of the light heavy weight championship. Attempting a come-back at the age of 36. McTigue was knocked out in two rounds by George Hoffman, former national amateur champion, at the St. Nicholas arena last night. Mike had been knocked out before but where it took first-class men to do it. Hoffman, with only a mediocre record among thz professionals found the ex-light heavyweight champion an easy victim. GEORGE UHLE MYSTERY MAN OF. AMERICAN LEAGUE il * i Labeied. ; *TMROOSM" BY,TME rdWAMT, IS TVrcmMG SOME OF TME' BEST BALL OF M«S CAREER, - M ■ >jJAo JUMPED -n> THE MAJORS -- - By JACK SORDS Sports Cartoonist Writer for Central Press George Uhle, to date, is the big gest individual surprise of the cur rent baseball season. Last year with Cleveland. Uhle was so bad he was staggering along w’ith a .414 pitching percentage having won only 12 games and lost 17. when --I Shifty Shaw Beats Hughes; Puts Him On Floor 8 Times By HAL EUSTACE | FOR SALE QR TRADE—One perfectly murdemis right. Would like to trade for a fast pair of legs or a clever guard. Apply Johnny Hughes. * * * Or words to that effect. Again answering the age-old question of “What happens when a clever boxer and a slow slugger get together?" Battling Shaw dealt 1 Johnny Hughes 10 rounds of con centrated misery at Mercedes Mon day nicht lathe mam event on Pro moter A1 Rob.tisons fight card. Hughes, aggressive throughout the bout, although decidedly groggy at times, was put on the mat for a to tal of eight times by the Mercedes flash. Battling Shaw came in for his end of the punishment in the fourth and sixth rounds, however. He was obliged to take the count of nine in each cf these stanzas. Not the Old Hughes Both of the boys had strong fol lowing about the ringside. More ( than half a hundred Brownsville! fans made the trip to see their old idol—Hughes—do his stuff. But the , fighter they sav; was not the Hughes j of the.r memories. Years have a way of mellowing memories, and prior to the fight you could hear them s.ncms the praise of the mighty right of the man who beat everything in the Valley several years ago. That is. beat everything cxcent Kid l’ancho. These fans got a sudden shock when Battling Shaw's left jab be gan snapping Hughes' head back with regularity. Hughes, an in fighter. ducked and weaved trying to get in close to Shaw who danced off easily, sharpshooting with his left. Shaw On the Floor It wras apparent that Sham was much the better boxer of the two, but what if Johnny did land that right? Hughes got in close In the third and fourth round. He nailed the dancing Mercedes lad in the fourth after taking many. Shaw fell to the canvas writhing. He managed to get up at a count of nine. He stayed away from Hughes the rest of the round. Shaw came back strong in the fifth and put Hughes on the mat twice. The large headed, curly haired Hughes appeared groggy but kept coming in. ducking and weaving. He was willing to take 10 to land one. Hughes continued in a bad way up until the tenth round when Shaw cut loose with an attack that seemed destined to knockout his opponent. Hughes appeared hardly able to stand on his feet. Shaw floored him four times. He was taking the count when the final gong sounded. Bell Saves Johnny Hughes, bleeding and battered requested a return match. Shaw weighed 132. Hughes 132 1-2. Jack Taylor fared no better in the second corner with two preliminary boys than he did in Hughes corner. Patsy Peck. 157 pounds. Mission, knocked out Rowdy Burns. 135 pounds. San Antonio !n the third round of their scheduled eight round bout. Peck set about his at tack in an impersonal manner and put away -Rowdy” with ease. Kid Does it Again Kid Monterrey. 125 pounds. Mer cedes. knocked out Billy Beetle, 123 pounds. San Antonio, in the first round. Beetle showed little. Mon terrey caught him flush on the chin near the ropes. Beetle's head snap ped back, striking the back of his neck over the ropes. If Monterrey's punch did not knock him out. the rone did. Kid Lupe. 126 pounds. San Benito, i achieved a decision over Kid Luna, 128 pounds, Mercedes, in the cur — tain raiser. They went six rounds. The bout was lively and interest ing. This was their third fight in two weeks. A large crowd was on hand to view the card. fTCHTS CAST jgnNkawm 1 MercoSes.—Battling Shaw. Mer cedes. outpointed Johnnv Hughes. Joplin. Mo.. <10>; Patsy Peck. Mis sion, knocked out Rowdy Burns. San Antonio. <3>: Kid Monterrey. Mercedes, knocked out Billy Beetle. San Antonio. <1>: Kid Lupe, San Benito, outpointed Kid Luna. Mer cedes. (6>. <By The Associated Press * New York—George Hoffman.: New York, knocked out Mike Mc Tigue, New- York. <2>. Boston.—Big Boy Rawson. Bos ton. stopped Ralph Smith. Boston. <2>. Baltimore —Andre Routfs. France.! stopped Buster Brown. Baltimore. <31. Kansas City—Walker Rich, knock ed out Joe O'Brien. Indianapolis. (3*. Milwaukee. — ®annv Delmont. Chicago, knocked out Erring Bernot. Milwaukee. «8>. Dave Miller. Mil-! waukee. knocked out Dave Olstrom. * Chicago. <1». Dodge City. Kans —Angus Sny- i der. Dodge City, outpointed Joe Lehman, Toledo, <10*. STANDING | TEXAS LEAGUE Monday's Games Houston 8. Waco 2. Beaumont 4. San Antonio 0. Fort Worth 6. Shreveort 1. Wichita Falla 2. Dallas 1. Tuesday's Schedule Houston at Waco. San Antonio at Beaumont. Shreveport at Fort Worth. Wichita Falls at Dallas. Standing of the Clubs Team— P- W. L. Pet. Waco . 42 24 18 .571 Shreveport . 43 24 19 .558 Dallas . 44 24 20 .545 Fort Worth . 42 21 21 .500 Wichita Falls . 41 20 21 .488 Houston ...... 42 20 22 .476 San Antonio. 44 20 24 .455 Beaumont . 42 17 25 .405 AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday’s Games Chicago 7-6. Detroit 4-5. St. Louis 3. Cleveland 1. Only games scheduled Tuesday’s Schedule Philadelphia at Boston. Cleveland at Chicago. St. Louis at Detroit. New York at Washington. Standing of the Clubs Team— P. W. L. Pet Philadelphia . 33 25 8 .758 St. Louis . 36 23 13 .639 New York . 32 19 13 594 Detroit . 40 22 18 .550 Cleveland . 35 16 19 .457 Chicago . 38 15 23 .395 Washington . 32 10 22 .313 Boston . 34 10 24 .294 NATIONAL LEAGUE Monday's Games Philadelphia 2-3. Boston 1-1. Cincinnati 8. Chicago 5. Pittsburgh 10. St. Louis 1. Only games scheduled. Tuesday’s Schedule Chicago at Clncirnatl. Brooklyn and New York, off day. Boston at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at St Louis Standing of the Clubs Team— P W. L. Pet. Chicago . 33 21 12 .638 Pittsburgh . 32 20 12 625 St. Louis . 35 21 14 .600 Philadelphia . 31 15 16 .434 New York . 30 14 16 .467 Boston . 34 14 20 .412 Brooklyn . 32 13 19 .406 Cincinnati . 33 12 21 .364 the Indian manager, Roger Peck in pa ugh, placed him under suspen sion for breaking training. In fact, he looked so bad the In dians let him go to the Tigers—and what has happened ? Uhle has been hurling sensational ball from the start of the season, piling up win after win. without a loss. This situation has aroused Cleve land fandom. Uhle is a native Clevelander. He was bom there and was playing sandlot ball in the big Ohio burg when the Indians tooK him in 1919. Before the start of the 1919 sea son Smoky Joe Wood, the old mound ace. predicted Uhle would win 10 games in his first year in the majors. And that’s just what Uhle did. losing but five for a .6S7 per centage. In 1920 Uhle got little chance to do his stuff. Cleveland’s four mound stars. Stanley Coveleskie. Jim Bagby. Ray Caldwell and Guy Morton were hurling the Indians to their first and only pennant, so a youngsters had no chance. In 1921. however. Uhle asserted himself, winning 15 and losing 13. In 1922 his score was 22 and 16. In 1923 it hit 26 and 15. A lame arm hampered Uhle in 1924 and 1925 and he failed to break even. In 1926 he won 27 and lost 11. In 1927 he won only eight against nine, due to a bad arm. Uhle started the 1923 season like a house afire, but after six straight wins faded away. He quarrelled with the Indian bosses and his suspen sion followed. Uhle denied that he had broken training, but he rode the bench just the same. Cleveland fans are divided over Uhle. Some resent the fact that he seems able to pitch better ball for a strange town than he was capable of doing for good old Cleveland in 1 1928. Others say that George will fold up when the really hot weather sets in. Meanwhile he is a great puzzle. MARRIES HER HERO PARIS.—Mile. Hortense Dorwmne was married here to Emile Cardier, who saved her life 12 years ago. Galloping Corsairs ■ On Bat Rampage in ■ Drive to Top Place I Bv HERBERT W BARKER. ^ • Associated Press iJporU Editor. V Gaining momentum, the Pirates of Pittsburgh had clubbed their *a? into second place in the National league pennant race today, with the pace setting-position only a half a gaine distant W With Jess Petty on the mound for them yesterday, the Corsairs pound ed out a 10 to 1 victory over St. Louis, relegated the Cards to third place 1 m the standings and saw first place* only a half game distant when the Chicago Cubs obligingly lost to Cin cinnati. The victory was Pitts burgh's sixth in succession and 16th in the Pirates’ last 21 games. The Cubs fell victim to a six-run rally in the eighth and dropped the decision. 8 to 5. much to the de light of the Reds who had lost nine consecutive games. Sheriff Blake handcuffed the Reds effectively enough until the 8th when they drove him from the box and con tinued the assault on Charley Root and Claude Jonnard. Good pitching by Ray Benge andi Claude Willoughby gave the Phil-*] lies both ends of a double bill withe the Boston Braves. 2 to 1 and 3 tel 1. Bob Smith lost the first game* by passing Barney Prlberg with the* bases filled in the sixth. Willough by had a shut-out in his grasp in die nightcap until George Harper lit a homer In the ninth In the American league, the St. Louts Browns shaved a hall game toff the Philadelphia Athletics' lead by downing Cleveland. S to I. The Chicago White Bos niton—4 with a double victory over Burly Harris' Detroit Tigers. 7 to and • to 5 In 14 Innings The Bent pulled the first game out of the fire ulth a four-run rally in the eighth and came from behind to take the sec ond ss well All other major league rtufea hod an off day. SLAYING OYER AN EGG DULUTH Minn —in a row that started when W. L Torsen was served an ancient egg In a restau rant. James Rowell, a waller, was killed. The Marry Month of June Outfitting bridegrooms is a reg ular odcurremce for us. You will find 90 complete an array of ap parel here that you may be attir ed in exactly the right degree of formality as dictated by tha brideJs costume. Besttmen and ushers also—And we’ll' take care of the bride groom's gifte to them, if desired. i Fast driving costs money • • unless. I < you use the right oil „ 1 [ * Haven't you noticed * that the faster you drive," the more oil you u£je? Fast driving shows up the real quality of am oil. Thousands of miles of 1 tests have proved tha t the New Mobiloil stands up better and lasts longer at high speeds than _ _ _ other oils — actually increasing oil mileage as p J\T JH \\7 much as 20%. VACUUM OIL COMPANY Mobiloil , J W (L The A*»!«r who sells t quan of the improved J V ' MobiVnl for less then it not making be M W r% f"r rBMOnibl* M« lomn pnett often 1 A VlUoll accoa§>any substitution. Ip