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North Texas Nines
Begin Invasion of
South With Success
, By GAYLE TALBOT. JR.
Associated Press Sports Writer
Northern clubs began their latest invasion of the southland in an
tuspicious manner yesterday, only Beaumont turning back the invaders.
Dallas and Shreveport maintained their relative positions at the top of
Ihe ladder with victories over the Indians and Cubs, respectively, while
the rejuvenated Spudders were climbing into third place by thumping
‘-he Buffs. --—-!
The rise of Jim Galloway's slug
gers into the first division within
rive days, after they narrowly had
escaped routing the Exporters out
of the basement, easily was the
mo6t significant occurrence of the
past week's warfare. After drub
bing the Panthers four straight,
the Oilers continued their rampage
by bumping the Bisons. 8 to 4. in
their series opener by the bayou.
The setback dumped the Dixie
champions very definitely into the
cell, leaving them a full game be
hind the rampaging Exporters, who
greeted Jakey Atz's crew with a 6
to 3 licking. Eddie Moore, Cat ball
hawk, was the whole show’ for his
team, rapping a triple, double and
two singles and scoring all of the
Port Worth runs.
One big inning, the second. In
Which they clouted Nick Dumovitch
from the hill and scored eight runs
was sufficient to give the Sports
g 13 to 8 verdict over the Cubs in
the series inaugural at Waco. Nick
was jerked after he had filled the
sacks with walks and thrown Die'*:
Cox a homerun ball.
Charlie Barnabe, the league’s
leading moundsman. marked up his
ninth victory aginst two defeats as
the Steers opened their stand at
San Antonio with a 6 to 4 decision
The Dallas southpaw wras in rare
form, allowing only two scattered
hits the first six innings, both by
Leo Casey. Indian homerun hero.
CLUBS DICKER
FOR LAVENDER
Dallas Groups Would Wel
come Back State Champ
BWith Open Arms
ALLAS. June 10.—(Pi—That
leading golf clubs of the state are
kwake to the advantages or sup
porting a winner is reflected in the
announcement from authoritative
sources that Dennis l avender of
Abilene, new state ama'eur cham
pion. will be representing a Dallas
club when next year s tournament
rolls around.
Lavender, originally a Dallas boy.
Was said to have expressed a de
sire to return here, and members of
a local club lost no tin.e in telling
him It could be arranged. Whether
the 19-year-old phenom. whose
star seems to be in the ascendency,
will accept the offer Is a thing lor
the future to determine.
No matter what club he repre
sents Lavender will be a threat in
sny tournament he enters after.
He displayed his mettle in last
week's state meet. when, after elim
inating four formidable rivals, he
fought his way to a 1 up "Mary over
Lanham Connor. Dailis youth. In
a gruelling 36-hole final sMugglc.
In addition to his prowess with
the sticks, the Abilene youth ap
pears to have a perfect golfing tem
perament. He was the most delib
erate player in the tournament. He
kept his opponents’ neive k*ycd to
a high pitch after reaching the
green, refusing to putt until he had
surveyed the path of *iis ball min
utely and then taken four or live
practice putts, very slowly .to be sure
he hadn't forgotten how. Time and
again in the final bout, after one of
Lavender’s long seances on the
green. Connor would sten up liur
riedly and rap his ball without more
than a perfunctory glance nt the
cup.
Major League Leaders
• Including games of June 9 >
National:
Batting—O'Doul. Phillies 395
Runs—Douthit. Cards. 46
Runs batted in—Hafey. Cards. 55
Hits—Frisch. Cards. Herman
Robins. 70.
Doubles—Frisch. Cards: Herman.
Robins. 17.
'Triples—Frisch. Cards. L vtaner.
; Pirates. 7.
Homers—Hafey. Cards; Klein
} Phillies. 14.
Stolen Bases—Cuvier. Cubs. 13
t Pitching—Grimes. Pirates, won 10
f Lost 0.
American:
, Batting—Foxx. Athletics. 400
Runs—Gehringer. Tigers. 40
Runs batted in—Simmons. Ath
letics. 59.
Hits—Gehringer. Tigers. 76
Doubles — Alexander. Johnson
t Tigers. 20
* Triples—Blue. Browns 6
1 Homers—Gehric. Yanks. 14
Stolen Bases—Metzler. White Sox
1 Pitching—Grove. Athletics, won 8.
• lost 1.
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| PLANE DOWN AT SEA
J UNDER MARITIME LAW
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NEW YORK. Jun? 10. <.P>-Whcn
.n airplane lands at sea it automati
*allv becomes a seagoing vessel un
[ Jer the maritime law. Louis Reichers
: New York has learned
« Reicher. with a party of friends
llighted in his amphibian plane off
» Atlantic City and began fishing, j
* Bovernment officials saw the plane
J and upon his return to New York
* *he flier-fisherman was informed
he must equiDt his plane for "deep
* wa flying" if he repeated the fly
f grg-ftshing expedition.
The order directed that the am
# rthibian. in such case, must be
* pquipped with life preservers, fog
* horn, red and green running lights, j
A signal pistol and flare cartridges. J
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PALMEZ BEATS
LA FERIA 17-11
Ragged Game Featured By
Heavy Slugging of
De la Rosa
The Palmez Hat Makers took a
game marked by heavy hitting and
errors from 4he La Feria nine on
.the Legion park here Sunday aft
ernoon by a count of 17-11. The
play was a bit ragged, each team
being guilty of five miscues. The
Brownsville nine took her margin
of victorv from their 24 hits.
R. de la Rosa cleared himself of
three errors by smacking out five
blows in as many trips to the plat
ter. Listed among these smacks
are a double, a triple and a home
run.
The Palmez nine got out In front
in the first inning, socking out a
barrage of hits that sent five run
ners clattering over the home plate
They were never headed thereafter.
Ashwarth was the culprit on the
La Feria nine, being guilty of four
of the team's five errors.
The box:
PALMEZ- AB R H PO A E
A. Garcia If. 5 2 2 1 0 0
S. Saenz 2b . 5 2 2 0 0 1
Aldape c . 6 3 3 8 0 0
C. Garcia 3b.6 2 4 0 4 0
Warner lb . 6 1 3 14 0 0
R. de la Rosa ss .. 5 5 5 2 6 3
Aurelio cf . 5 1 2 0 0 0
Trevino p . 5 0 1 0 1 1
Martinez rf. p-5 1 2 0 1 0
M. Saenz rf.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .. 48 1 7 24 27 12 5
LA FERIA— AB R H PO A E
Landry, rf . 5 1 3 0 0 0
G. Smith. 2b. 5 l 3 l 4 j
Ashwarth ss . 5 2 2 2 8 4
Smith lb. 5 1 0 1! 0 0
Casev If . 5 2 3 1 0 0
Linneyere 3b. 5 2 3 2 r> 0
Cf . 4 1 0 0 0 0
Bpam c . 5 1 0 5 0 0
Johnson p . 5 o 0 2 0 0
Totals .44 11 14 24 17 5
Score by innings:
R E
Palmez.526 020 1 lx—17 24 5
La Feria ... 320 600 000—11 14 5
Sumary: 2b hits. C. Garcia. De li
Rosa. Warner and Ashwarth. 3b
hits. C Garcia Heme runs. A. Gar
cia and De la Rosa. Sacrifice hits.
Aurelio. A. Garcia. Biggs <2». and
Johnston. Stolen bases. Saenz (3»
Aurelio. De la Rosa, a. Gercia
Biggs and Ashwarth. Double piavs
Garcia to Warner, Warner funas
sisted*. Linneyere to Biggs to
Smith Struck out. by Trevino 2,
Martinez 6 and Johnston 3. Base
on balls, off Trevino 6, off John
ston 4.
GOLFERS WOULD
* * *
FLY TO MEXICO
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LINKS TOURNEY
And now aerial golf.
Arrangements for a golf tourna
ment between Monierrev and
Brownsville clubs at the former
city are now being worked out by
Geo. Desha. Under the proposed
plan, the local golfers would make
the trip to Monterrey by plane.
The proiected tournament was
suggested by Monterrey golfers
in a letter to the local chamber
nf commerce. The tourney would
be played about a month hence.
Golfers Qualifying
For National Open
To Be Played Soon
NEW YORK June 10—fjpi—'With
onlv 115 places to be filled, nearly
a thousand golfers today made
their bids for places in the national
ooen championship to be played at
the Winged Foot club at Mamar
oneck. N. Y.. the last of this
month.
By their showing thirty-six holes
cf medal play on nineteen courses
115 contestants obtain the right to
join 35 exempt from qualifying
round plev. at the Winged Foot
on June 27.
In the exempt class are mast of
the country’s leading amateurs
and professionals. All those who
finished in the first 30 in the open
last year are exempt from qualify
ing round play and their number
includes almost all of the formid
able challengers for the crown now
worn by Johnny Farrell.
I_
(By the Associated Press'
Monday:
Senate debates farm bill ronfer
ence report.
House takes up conference report 1
on ccnsus-reapportionment bill.
Senate debates farm bill confer
siders resolution for appointment oi
joint committee on prohibition en
forcement reorganization.
Democratic membership of senate
confers on stand in renewed de
benture contest and position with
respect to vacation agreement.
CAL SURTEES, NEW BROWNSVILLE COACH, IN ACTION
Surtees as he appeared In the. |
football spangles of St. Mary’s I
last season. “Cal.” who will aid I
(oach Douglas Fessdanden with ^
elevens here next year, is rated 1 j
as one of the best backs ever to
wear the colors of the San Antonio L
institution. He will fit in here
as a cog in the centralized coach
ing system to be inaugurated next
year The San Antonio boy star
red on the championship track
team developed by Fessanden at
Main Avenue In 1!>26.
•
SPORTS TALK |
Speaking of baseball—
There was plenty of baseball in
Brownsville Sunday, speaking from \
a standpoint of quantity. The Hat
Makers rolled up 17 runs to defeat
La Feria while the Tigers added
their bit of 21 markers to down the
Valley Box and Crate nine of San
Benito. How'd you like to have a
pair like that in a ‘ pool?” A mere
matter of 38 runs for one day. For
a week that would amount to 266
runs.
• * •
R. de la Rosa for the llat Mak
ers and Mejilla of the Tigers ran
a nip and tuck battle for slug
ging honors.. I)e la Rosa poled
the horsrhidc out for five bingVs
in as many times at the plate. In
this mess cf mi tiling, he obtain'd
a homer, a triple and a double.
Shush! Not so loud now. I»e la
Rosa erred three times afield.
• • •
Mejilla. who Is a soldier in the
Matmoros garrison, laid on the
horsehifle for five hits out of six
times at bat Four were singles
and one a triple. The triple start
ed the Tiger scoring machine in
the first inning, sending two run
ners across the plate standing up.
Mejilla also played a good game
afield. In fact, the entire Tiger
team performed well. Only one
error was committed. In the sec
ond inning. Rodriguez. San Benito
hurler. popped up just over the
second baseman's head. Cortinas.
right fielder, and Perez, second
baseman, bowed and scraped to
each other as the tall fell between
them.
• • •
We have a bunion drrbv in our
mirkt. "Cold Cash" Perl (Sam),
has used honeyed words in in
veigling several other local bus
iness men to take a jaunt with
him each morning. They get up
in the wee sma' hours and jog
about the oily to rendition them
* elves. There is a rumor about
that Sam is trying to uncover a
"find" and manage him in a rare
against the winner of the bunion
derby now under way.
• • •
Better sign up contracts now.
Sam. before the Pyi? chiropodists’
delight ends.
• • •
Dope on the proposed fight in
Matamcro; July 4 continues
drop in. The Fort Worth club,
backers of the event, state thpy
have offers from Johnny Risko.
I’hil Mercurio. Jim .Maloney,
Young Stribl ng and several oth
ers. A semi-wind up between Kid
Kober and Duke Trammel is pro
pored. Kober comes from Dallas
and Trammel from Fort Worth.
This is the match stopped by the
state in the drive to close down
boxing.
TIGERS BEAT
B0XMEN21-2
Matamoros Players Star
For Local In Farce
Contest
The play of three Matamoros
soldiers proved a big help to the
Brownsville Tigers Sunday when j
they whipped the San Benito Box
and Crate company nine from pillsr
to post to the merry tune of 21-2
on the Palm Courts diamond
The Tigers played well-nigh er
rorless ball while Salinas and
Sanchez held the San Benito ag
gregation to nine well scattered
hits. Eleven misplays by the box
and crate men contributed almost
as much to Brownsville's victory
as did the 14 blows obtained by
the Tigers.
The Tiger's only error was one
of judgement. Perez, second base,
and Cortlnas, right fielder, let a
pop fly drop between them as they
Alphonso-Gastoned.
The individual star of the game
was Mejilla. orange jerseyed out
fielder from the Matamoros gar
rison. Out of six trips to the plat
ter. he obtained five hits, one of
which was a single in the first in
ning bringing in two runners.
Rocha, another Matamoros player,
obtained only two hits but scored
four times. Sanchez, the third
player from across the Rio Grande,
failed to connect but scored three
runs. He got on the bags four
times due to San Benito errors.
Castillo and Martinez were best
hitters the crates and box men had
to offer. They obtained a pair of
singles each.
Villarreal and Moreno shared the
hurling burden for San Benito while 1
Salinas and Schanez toiled for the ,
Tigers.
Score by innings: R H E
Tigers. 205 720 32x—21 14 1
San Benito ... 010 000 001— 2 9 11
FARM VALUES HARDEN
OMAHA. Neb.. June 10.—./Pi
Dealers in farm land in this reg- i
ion found ground for optimism in j
the department of agriculture sur- ■
vey showing that the rate of de
cline in farm land values was only
one per cent in 1928. This is the
smallest loss since 1920. i
TEXAS LEAGUE
Sunday's Results
Wichita Falls 8. Houston 4.
Dallas 6. ban Antemo 4.
Shreveport 12. Waco 8
Beaumont 6 Fort Worth 3.
Monday's Schedule
Wichita Falls at Houston.
Shreveport at Waco.
Dallas at San Antonio.
Fort Worth at Beaumont.
Standing of the Clubs
Dallas . 58 33 25 569
Shreveport . 56 31 25 .554
Wichita Falls . 56 28 28 .500
Waco . 55 27 28 .491
San Antonio . 57 28 29 .491
Fort Worth . 58 27 31 .466
Beaumont . 56 26 30 464
Houston . 54 25 29 .463
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Sunday's Results
Cincinnati 2. New York 1.
Brooklyn 9 Pittsburgh 6.
Chicago 2. Boston 1.
St. Louis 5. Philadelphia 4
Monday’s Schedule
Boston at Chicago.
New York at Cincinnati.
Philadelphia at St. Louis.
Brooklyn at Pittsburgh ^
Standing of the Cluhs
Teams— P. w L. Pet.
Pittsburgh . 44 28 16 .636
Chicago . 45 28 17 .622
St. Louis . 49 30 19 .612
New York . 44 24 20 .545
Philadelphia . 44 21 23 .477
Boston . 45 17 28 .378
Cincinnati . 46 17 29 .370
Brooklyn . 44 16 28 361
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sunday's Results
New York 17. St. Louis 2.
Boston 7. Detroit 6.
Washington 5. Cleveland 2.
Only games scheduled.
Monday's Schedule
Detroit at Boston
St. Louts at New York.
Cleveland at Washington.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs
Teams- p w. L. Pet
Philadelphia .. 44 33 11 .750
New York . 44 26 18 .591
St. Louts. 48 28 20 .583
Detroit . 52 27 25 .519
Cleve’and . 46 23 23 .500
Waashtngton . 44 17 27 .380
Chicago . 50 18 32 .260
Boston . 46 15 31 .311
TO EXHUME FIVE
CROYDON Eng —As a result of
rumors following the death of Mrs
Violet Simth her body and those of
four other members of her lamily
are to be exhumed.
The active life of a piece of giant
artillery is about three seconds.
GAVUZZI PULLS
UP IN DERBY
Italian, In Close Second,
Wins Sunday; Bunion
eers Enter Mexico
AELLTON. Ariz.. June 10.—/^—
Hope for victory in C. C. Pyle's
coast-to-coast bunion derby blos
somed brightly for Pete Gavuzzi,
boarded Italian of England, at the
start of today's 49-mile lap to AI
godones. Mexico, just below tho
border south of Yuma. Ariz.
Gavuzzi. second in clansed time,
captured second place in yester
day's 42-mile jaunt from Aztec, and
rut 29 minutes and 45 seconds from
the lead of Johnny Sa’.o. Passaic.
N. J, who tied Paul Simpson.
Burlington. N. C. for fifth place
Salo said he was slowed down by a
stomach ailment.
Giusto Umek. Italy, was first in
six hours and five minuter. Sam
Richman. New York, finished third
and Charles Eskins. Elyria. O..
came in fourth.
The race is to end in Los Angeles
next Sunday.
The standings in elapsed time:
1— John Salo, Passaic. N. J.. 460:
46:14.
2— Pete Gavuzzi. England. 461 >
24 43.
3— Giusto Umek. Italy. 475:39 33.
4— Sam Richman. New- York.
499.31:48.
5— Paul Sampson. Burlington. N.
C. 512:45:16.
6— Phillin Granville. Hamilton.
Ont.. 540 00:20.
7— M. B. McNamara. Australia.
555:19:44.
R—Herbert Hedeman. New York.
560:04:25. * <*«
9— Hp’-ry Abramowitz. New York.
565:26:16.
10— Mike Joyce. Cleveland. 605:
38:01.
11— Guy Shields. Picher, Okla.,
622:12:45.
12— Elwin Harblne. Santa Rosa,
Cal., 642:14:58.
13— Flmer Cowles. Clifton, N. 3.,
659:33:11.
14— Pat Harrison. Miami. Ariz.,
667:32:04.
15— Joe Spangler. New York 667:
51:37.
16— George Rehavn. Germany.
683:09:39
17— Charles Eskins. Elvria. O
704:00:47.
18— Morris Richman. New' York,
763 00:04.
19— George Juschik. Poland. 799:
27:55.
Watermelons have been cultivated
since the earliest times in Egypt.
Magpies build large strong nests
which they use for several years
In Pure Water!
The State Department of
Health has placed the seal of
ipproval on the wrater supply
ing—
CASCADE POOL
“Free from all contam
ination” is what the test
shows.
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Spurt of Pittsburgh
And Giants Ended;
Yanks on Rampage
By WILLIAM J. CHIPMAN
Associated Press Sports Writer
The week-end campaign in the major leagues found both the Giants
and the Pirates arriving at the end of their spurts, but giving their op
ponents no guarantee against an immediate resumption.
Red Lucas pitched one of the best games he has flashed this season to i
shade the veteran Jack Scott and the Giants bv 2 to 1 at Redland Field!
yesterday as the Pirates crumpledj
before an eighth-round assault at
Ebbets field where the Robins took
a 9 to 6 decision.
The defeat of both of the teams
currently rated as the most dan
gerous in the National league en
abled the Cardinals and the Cubs
to improve their positions a bit.
The Red Birds had some difficulty
with Claude Willoughby, but bunch
ed their hits in such a way as to
win by 5 to 4.
Artie Nehf found Young Ben
Cantwell a tough opponent in
Chicago, and the Cubs won by 2
to 1 only because Hack Wilson
nicked Cantwell for a home run in
the seventh after Hornsby had
walked.
With Babe Ruth in the stands
as a spectator, the Yankees stamp
eded the Browns by 17 to 2 in the
series opener yesterday. Lou Gehrig
and Bill Dickey led the early as
sault with home runs. Gehrig with
two and Dickey with one.
The champions collected 15 safe
drives off the assortment of St
Louis pitchers led through the box.
by Rip Collins. Henry Johnson, the
while, held the Brownies to four
safe hits in seven innings to offset
his customary wildness, which
reached the height of seven passes
Wiley Moore finished the last two
.rounds
With the Athletics and the White
| Sox idle, awaiting the anticipated
feast of the Mackmen this week,
action along the rest of the Ameri
can league front was confined to
Boston and Washington. George
Uhle. who won nine games before
losing one, met his second defeat
of the season when he weakened
toward the finish at Braves field
permitting the Red Sox to score six
! times in the last two innings to gain
a 7 to 6 margin.
Ad Liska. the promising recruit
—
I
from the American association,
pitched up to his best advance
notices in turning back the Indians
by 5 to 2 at Washington.
Point Isabel Skeet *
Club Inaugurated
With Shoot Sunday
(Special to The Herald)
POINT ISABEL. June 10.—Tfrf
Skeet club of the Point Isabel Yac!|
club held Its first shoot here Sun
day afternoon.
New equipment has been install*
ed and the club is seeking to ad I
several expert gun wielders to their
staff.
It is probable that the Point Isabel
trap shooters will get into the com
petitions being staged by the Bat
sell-Wellr. club of this city and tha
Donna American Legion group.
PARSON QUITS AT LAST
BIRMINGHAM. Eng—After
fighting his critics for three years.
Rev. E T. Bradley announced hid
resignation.
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