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I BLAZING the
11 SPORTS TRAIL
By ALAN J. GOULD
!Associated Press Sports Editor)
You can't make any old timer be
lieve that they can run any faster
today than they did back in the
mauve decade of the 90s.
Bracey, Paddock, 8impson. Borah,
Wykoff, Tolan—no one can accuse
them of wasting any time dashing
down the straightaways. But start
talking about Berme Wefers or Ar
thur Duffy or Maxey Long or even
Lon Myers, who ran anything from
100 to 880 yards and won at all dis
tances on the same day. And you
have an argument. Or a speech.
Recently the old guard and the
new sat around the dinner tables
together at Philadelphia at the an
nual affair of the Veterans' asso
ciation of the Intercollegiate A. A.
A. A. Wefers and Long rubbed el
bows with comparative youngsters
such as Ted Meredith and Don
Lippincott. Earl Thompson, the
world's high hurdle record holder,
listened to Charley Patterson, who
has seen 49 of the 63 L C. A. A. A.
A meets, tell how the hurdles usea
to be a "series of ten high Jumps."
Such sages in the coaching game
as Jack Moakley cf Cornell, Keene
Fitzpatrick of Princeton and Wai
ter Christie of California weiw
there—Christie, the dean cf them
all.
Wefers was as great an all
around sprinter as ever lived." de
clared Fitzpatrick. “Some of his
records still stand." And Fitzpat
rick should know. He turned two
Olympic champions out at Michi
, gan—Archie Hahn and Ralpn
Craig
Wefers was discovered by Moak
ley up around Boston and developed
?>y the late Mike Murphy, long the
• moat famous of American track and
field coaches.
“I recall sending Wefers to Mur
phy for a trial, preparatory to an
International meet with the Brit
, Jsh in 1895." said Moakley. "A few
days afterward I heard from Mur
phy. In effect he said: Wefers
* has possibilities but is green. I
think he will come along.’ In the
same mail I had something like
this from Bernie: ’I have had a
workout and can beat anybody in
I the crowd here.’ * As r matter of
Wstory, Bernie was right.
Here's another debate: Was
Pennsylvania’s great track team ot
1899 that scored the record total
of 57 points in the intercolleflau**
greater than Stanford's/ mighty
winners of 1929, who scored 45
points? Edward R Bushnell of
Pennsylvania thinks the Quakers,
If reassembled and revitalized,
could have wron this year's champ
ionships
Yet the figures Indicate Stan
ford’s great strength in the field
! events would have counter-balanced
the scoring of such great track
performers as Alvin Kraenzleln. a
team In himself, and J. W. B.
Tewksbury, the old Penn sprint
star. In 1899 Kraenzleln won the
high hurdles in 15 2-5 but this
year Ross Nichols of Stanford was
second to John Collier of Brown,
who skimmed the barriers In
I 14 3-5. McCracken won the shot
put for Old Penn with 42 feet but
Rothert and Kretz of Stanford both
exceeded 50 feet this spring for the
second year in succession. How
ever. Stanford accumulated . IS
1 points In the discus and Javelin,
two events which were not on the
1899 program.
Run under the same conditions
; as prevailed in 1899. Penn’s fam
1 ous team might win a mythical test
with Stanford but under the 1929
regulations, the far westerners
' would be the favorites.
Clyde Van Dusen
Big Favorite In
Derby At Chicago
CHICAGO, June 14.—(&>—An
other battle in the mud is the al
most certain prospect for the $50,000
American derby which will be de
cided among thres-year-olds over
a mile and a quarter at Washington
Park tomorrow.
Three days and nights of heavy
: rain had churned the course into a
I ouagmire and no amout of sunshine
is hkely to make It fast by post time.
The track’s condition has made
Clyde Van Dusen. which splashed
: through the mud to win the Ken
j tucky derby, an overwhelming fa
! vorite.
PACIFIC COAST STAR
WINS NINE LETTERS
PULLMAN. Wash.. June 12.—(JP<
—Winning nine varsltv letters In
three years of Ticlfic Coast confer
ence competition is the record hung
! up by Teddy Rohwer. Washington
state college star of football, bas
ketball and baseball.
He is the only Pacific coast ath
lete in vears to achieve this and
lone of the few in college sport.
Rohwer, who has worked his way
through college, will complete his
course in the usual period.
TIGERS AND PALMEZ
TO PLAY SUNDAY A. M.
The Hat Makers and the Tigers
have ccme to an agreement and will
play on the Palm Courts diamond
at 8:30 a. m Sunday.
Batteries: Palmez—Martinez and
Aldape: Tigers—Salinas and Ramos.
I Father’s Day June 16ih
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ice Wide range of superior accommodations I (,UaaniUcCnt
’ From GALVESTON Every Saturday I 1 $ '
arriving Miami Tuesday A M . New York I Vrat^is/er-'niir
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Freight Sailings Wednesdays and Saturdays I t«
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I (Extra fare M0>
I Convenient connections at Miami for Palm
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I FARES FROM BROWNSVILLE
One Hay $;3.50 up Round Trip $130.25 up
(Including rail to Galveston and meals and berth on
steamer).
Rail-Water Cirrle Tours Si«2.M up. On sale to Sept. 30.
90-Day return limit. Rail to Galveston .steamer to New
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Gen Agt. Galveston
SIMPSON SETS NEW WRLD MARK IN CENTURY
Associated Press Photo
Simpson, Ohio State sprinter, set a new world's record of 2-5 seconds for the 100-yard dash at the
National Collegiate meet He is shown breasting the tape, third from the left. Bracey. of Rice Institute,
fourth from the left, was second, and Tolan, of Michigan, at extreme left third Tolan held old record
of 9:5 seconds.
BUSSEY AND
FOXHALL NEW
GOLF CHAMPS
DALLAS. Tex, June 14—<iPV—
Two new champions wore golf
crowns today as the result of
victories in west Texas yesterday.
N. C. Bussey. Lubbock, wen
the annual West Texas golf
tournament at Stamford by de
feating J D White. Dublin. In
sn extra hole match. They were
all so.uare at the thirty-sixth
hole, and Bussey won the match
on the extra hole, one up.
Frank Foxhall, Memphis cap
tured the green belt title at
Vernon, defeating John Lesbus,
Electra. 3 and 2 in 36 holes.
They we*e all so.uare at the
eighteenth hole, but Foxhell
pulled away on the second
round.
Lively Ball Is Not
Viewed With Alarm
By Major Magnates
NEW YORK. June 14—UP—Base
; ball magnates see no reason to view
the home run epidemic or Its cause,
the lively ball, with alarm. Quite
the contrary, in fact, they are quite
willing to admit the ball is lively,
perhaps a little livelier than in 192B;
Furthermore, that the customers
as well as tthe plavers like it.
In substance, this is the word
I brought bark by John Arnold Hevd
ler. National league's chief executive.
I after trip through the Western part
of tthe circuit that included a sessi
| on of tthe club owners in Cincinnati.
After an exhaustive analysis of
the whole “Lively ball situation" the
National league club owners. Mr
Heydler said, have concluded that
nothing needs to be done about it,
whatever. Thev find ready explan
ations for the big increase in home
runs in the rise of a group of
new sluggers.
Pros to Outnumber
Amateurs Seven To
One In U. S. Open
NEW YORK. June 14—(Pi—The
amateurs will be outnumbered more i
than seven to one when play In the
National open golf championship
begins at the winged foot club at
Mamaroneck. N Y, on June 27 but
there is not disposition to count
them out because of that.
The field numbers 153. only eight
teen of them amateurs, but in that
dozen and a half are Bobby Jones,'
Oeorge Von Elm and Harrison R.
(Jimmy) Johnson. That trio ought 1
to give the rest of the field a run ;
for Its money even with all the
country's greatest professionals
ready for the battle.
There will be the usual foreign
favor at Winged Foot but it will
be so slight as to be almost non
existent. Canada has two entrants
in C. Ross Somerville. London. Ont.,
Amateure and James Johnson, of
Toronto. Cuba is sending John
Wyland. a pro. and Scotland Jack
White, another pro.
EL PASO ARMY POST
BANS PRIZE FIGHTS
EL PASO, June 14.—OP)—Declar
ing he wished to conform with the
laws of the state, despite the fact
that his post technically was not
a part of Texas. Brig. Gen. George
Van Horn Mosely has decreed that
civilian boxers no longer may ap
pear on fight cards at Fort Bliss.
The post matchmaker. Lieut. Geo.
Brittingham. was advised of it by
the general personally.
BOUT PLANNED FOR
REYNOSA ON FOURTH
McALLEN. June 14.—A heavy
weight bout between Pedro Lopez
and Oscar Kohler has been an
nounced as part of the local Amer
ican Legion's Fourth of July cele
bration. The fight would be held
in Reyn06a. Mexico.
The bout is being promoted by
Maj. F. H Blake of Fort Worth, who
also has been seeking to stage a
fourth of July bout in Matamoros.
GEORGE CONNALLY
SOLD TO STEERS
CHICAGO. June 14.—</h—'The
White Sox have released George
Conally. veteran relief pitcher, and
Howard Mables. rookie catcher, to
reduce their squad to the required
limit og 25.
Connallv was sent to the Dallas
club of the Texas league under an
optional recall agreement, while
Maple, former Oregon Aggie star,
was released outright.
MATCH PLAY SUNDAY
ON EDINBURG LINKS
Ralph Plummer. Edinburg Coun
try club professional and Theron
Palmer, will meet Hill Cocke and
Vernon Dixon in an 18-hole match
play over the Edinburg club links
Sunday at 2 p. m.. it has been an
nounced.
A gallery has been invited.
French Planes Bomb
Attacking Rebels
In Morocco Battle
TANGIER. Morocco, June 14.—'*»>
—The siege of the French post
Fait Yakoub has been raised after
a number of attacks by the rebel
tribermen. the correspondent of La
Nacion of Buenos Aires learned to- j
day. Reinforcements arrived in1
time to save the post from falling
into the hands of the rebels.
A fleet of French airplanes took
part in the engagement, heavily
bombing the rebels. Losses on both
sides heve been considerable.
The French continued to concen
trate their forces for operations
which will insure definite order and
nrevent the rupture of communica
tions.
| City Briefs |
Niagara Cotton Dusters, easy
terms; also Calcium Arsenate. Paris
' Green, and sulphur. Tin cans for
i canning. Phillips Store. San Benito.
-Adv. 14.
In new locations—Three firms
which moved eerly this week on
! short notice were Just about set
tled in their new homes Friday.
They are the United Cigar Store,
now in the stand formerly orcu
I nied bv the Olvmnic confectionery.
' the Davenport Typewriter Ex
j rhange. opposite Rio Grande Valley
Trust company, and R L. St ell
realty firm, in the Miller hotel. All
formerly were in the Thlelen build
ing now being razed for a new
structure.
—
New Steel Wheel wagons with
guaranteed axles, cash o’" easy
terms. Phillips Store, San Benito,
i—Adv. 14.
Tin Cans for canning tomatoes;
sealers, and retorts: fifty feet guar
anteed garden hose. S4 45: also gal
vanized and felt roofing shingles at
low prices. Sales Co., 2nd and
Fronton.—Adv. 14.
Pack from Trip—Judge and Mrs.
F. W. Sea bury returned today from
Virginia, accompanied by their
daughter. Miss Martha, who was a
student in Hollins College.
Will Trade sedan or roadster for
truck. W. R. McElroy, Erownsville.
Adv. 18,
Fresh Shrimp, 30c lb., f»sh and
oysters. 25c lb. Sanitary Fish and
Meat Market, Ninth St., between
Elizabeth and Washington.—Adv.
Chamber Invited—The chamber
of commerce has received a letter
from the Tampico Chamber of
Commerce in which the local body is
invited to join an excursion over
the new road between Tampico and
Mexico City. Aid is also enlisted
in securing a good highway be
tween Tampico and Matamorc*.
New Projects Raise
State Road Figures
To $5,000,000 Plan
AUSTIN. June 14.—^—Contracts
'to be awarded bv state highway
commissioners at their meeting June
125-26 tndav stood at artproximately
i $5,000,000 as a result of announce
ment of new projects amounting to
$1,465,000.
The mast extensive imnrovement
announced in the new list is the
paving of 23 45 miles of concrete,
with grading and drainage struc
tures. on highway 6 in Grayson
county. Bids also haxT been asked
on a bridge across the Colorado riv
er at Wharton on Highway 12. The
cost has been estimated at $250,000
School Additions
Contracts Awarded
By Weslaco Board
WESLACO. June 14—Contract
was let Thursdav night by the Wes
I laco Independent school district
I board of trustees to Merriweather
and Sauer for the construction of
additions two two buildings here.
The bid of this firm was $31,054.
and was the lowest made by eight
competitors.
A four room addition will be built
at the school for Mexican children
at a cost of $13,559 and an audi
' torium and two class rooms will
be added to tthe Stephen F. Austin
crammer school at a cost of $17,495.
Work Is to be started Immediately
and the new rooms are to be ready
for use at the opening of the next
term.
Members of tthe board held the
meeting and opened bids in the
auditorium of the high school.
Newell R. Waters, local architect,
designed the additions.
SAN BENITO. June 14—There
will be no general increase in valua
tions in the local water district, di
rectors announced simultaneously
with appointment of a board of
equalization.
The board consists of Charles
Longbrake, George Feamow, and
C. S. Hensley, the latter being a
new member. Valuations of the
district total about $5,827,043, con
sidered unusually low in view of
the actual value of the property.
PAINT COMPANY
TO OPEN STORE
Great Western to Occupy
Part of Wells Building
On Elizabeth
_i_
The Great Western Paint Manu
facturing Co , of Kansas City, Mo.,
is to open a store in Brownsville on
August 1, it was announced today.
The store will be located in the
west side of the J. K. Wells building
between Eight and Ninth on Eliza
beth street. This space now is oc
cupied by the Gas Appliance Co.
J. R. Miller of Tulsa. Okla . Is to
be the local manager and is expect
ed to arrive In Brownsville about
July 25.
The deal was handled by Foster
and Moothart, local real estate firm.
_
Slayer Is Given
6 Days to Make
Peace With God
HUNTSVILLE. Tex. June 14 -OP)
1 —Instead of being dead today, O C.
Wells, condemned murderer, is
making his peace with God.
Wells was to have died In the
electric chair today for the alleged
murder of J. A. Mitchell of Cole
man. Governor Moody had re
fused commutation and death
seemed certain.
Wells late yesterday took his last
chance to prolong his life. He ap
pealed to Governor Moody that he
was not ready to die and needed
time to make his peace with Goa.
) The governor granted him a six
day stay of execution.
Wells received the news of the
stay without emotion.
“I'm glad.’* he told Warden Har
rell. “I just wanted time to make
my peace with God."
“You see, I've always been pre
paring for a commutation of my
sentence to life imprisonment.
When the time grew close I wasn’t
prepared to meet my God and I
neded time."
______________
Ball* Sold Texa*
League Hinted As
Inferior Products
HOUSTON. Texas, June 14.—</P\
—Are baseball manufacturers sell-1
ing their choicest products to the
major circuits and sending the culls !
to the Texas league? President Fred
Ankenmah of the Houston Buffs
believes there Is plenty of founda
tion for the theory.
After watching several games re
cently. In which he saw members of
his club and the opposing team hit
the ball with tremendous force, only;
to hear a dull thud and watch the
sphere fall into an outfielder s j
glove, the Buff prexy ordered two
dozen National league balls.
The newr balls were put into play,
and the transformation was start- i
ling, noticed particularly by the i
! fielders and batsmen. Balls driven
! with ordinary force had their ‘old-1
time carry and rip and liners kept
their flight better. Players on,
both teams were convinced there
was a great difference in the balls, i
TRANSFER FIRM
PLANS BUILDING
Jones Concern to Erect
$30,000 Structure At
Harlingen
HARLINGEN. June 14—Con
struction of a new building for the
Jones Storage and Transfer com
pany here is to be started in a
short time, according to announce
ment today.
The building will cost between
$30,000 and $40,000.
Plans for the structure are being
drawn by W. A. Varner, local rr
chitect.
The Jones Storage and Transfer
company does a Valley-wide busi
ness.
Senate and House
Committee Omits
Debenture Plans
WASHINGTON. June 14.—^—
In line with the decision of the
house and concurring in views of
President Hoover, the Joint senate
and house farm conference com
mittee today approved a farm meas
ure minus the controversial de
benture nropositlon.
The house still must ratify the
action of the ronferrees but leaders
said they would nress for immediate
disposal In both chambers and
nredlcted that before nightfall the
farm measure would be on its way
to the White House.
B TROOP RETURNS
FROM FT. RINGGOLD
B trooo arrived at Fort Brown
Fridav at 9:30 a m. after a march
from. Fort Ringgold, which required
more than three davs. The troop
was met by the Twelfth cavalry
band at the outskirts of the citv
and escorted to auarters, in accord
with an old custom
The troop made an enviable rec
ord on the rifle ranee. 98 plus ner
cent of the organization ouatifylng.
Headouarters troop, which re
cently returned from target nractice
had a record cf 100 per cent quali
fication. _
“ LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT _
NOTICE OF SALE
THE STATE OF TEXA8 >
COUNTY OF CAMERON >
Notice is herebv given that by
virtue of a certain execution and
order of sa’e issued out of the
Honorable District Court of Cam
eron County. Texas, of the 103rd
Judicial District on the 3rd dav of
June. A D 1929 by Jr.o. P Scan
lan. clerk of said Court for the
rum cf $4878 77 and raid costs of
i suit under a judgment in favor
: of John Gregg against H C. Mit
chell in a certain causa m said
court No. 8449 and styled Jno.
Gregc vs. H C Mitchell, and
[ placed in mv hands for service. I.
John Martin. Constable in and for
, Precinct No. Two cf Cameron
i Countv. Texas, did on the 3rd dav
| of June. A. D. 1929. levy unon cer
| tain real estate situated in Cam
eron county, more particularly d“
1 sorjbed as follows, to wit; All of
the north ion feet of the west one
half of block of Hunk’s Addition
to the citv of Sen Benito in Cam
eron County. Texas, out of the
Concepcion de Carricito< survev
and containing aonroximatelv one
half (l-2> acre of land, levied upon
as the property of H. C. Mitchell,
and that on the fir't Tuesday in
July. 1929. the same being the 2nd
day of July. A. D. 1929. at the
Court House door of Cameron
County, in the city of Browns
ville. Texas, between the hours of
10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m
by virtue of said levy and said
order of sale and execution I will
sell the above described real es
tate at public vendue for cash to
the highest bidder as the property
of the said H. C. Mitchell. And in
compliance with law. I give this
notice by publication, in the Eng
lish language once a week for
three consecutive weeks immediate
ly preceding the day of sale in The
Brownsville Herald, a newspaper
published In Cameron county.
Witness mv hand, this the 4th
dav of June. A. D. 1929.
JOHN MARTIN. Constable
Precinct No. 2, Cameron
County, Texas.
6-7-14-21-3455
New Republican Revolt
Foreseen .as Congress
Takes Up Tariff Bill
WASHINGTON. June. 14—i.-PJ—A
fresh revolt tn republican ranks in
the senate, directed against the
tariff bill passed by the house, con
fronted congress tetday as it settled
down to work on the two principal
recommendations of Pres. Hoover to
tthe extra session—tariff revision
and farm relief—which alone re
main to be acted upon.
Senator Borah of Idaho, who
contended for the export debenture
plan of farm relief in opposition to
the president, gave his party leaders
in the senate new cause for concern
today wttth his proposal to put the
chamber on record for limitation
of tariff revision to agricultural and
related products.
The eleven republican senators
on the finance committee already
had defeated a similar motion by
Senator King Democrat. Utah,
which won the support of the demo
crats. It was then that Borah put
the proposal before tthe senate, and
it was recognized as the principal
issue before that chamber today
with prospects - of considerable
support from republican indepen
dents and democrats who lined up
against the president on debentures.
Goes To Committee
Meanwhile. the farm relief
measure was back in tthe hands
of a Joint conference committee
today with tthe house on record for
the first time on tthe export de
benture provision which the senate
lias twice insisted upon. But the
house vote of 250 to 113 was so
overwhelmingly against the de
benture plan that many of its ad
vocates in the senate were ready
to yield after perfunctory negotiat
ions.
Enactment rf the farm bill with
out the export debenture and in a
form acceptable to the president
by tomorrow night in now the ob
jective of administration leaders.
Withthat out of tthe way. they are
ready to propose a recess until
I
the senate finance committee com
pletes Its work on the tariff bill,
probably In August.
Pres. Hoover won and lost yester
day as congress disposed of th.ee
other recommendations on his five
points program. The eenri*-r*»
pportionment bill embracing two of
them, received final approval by the
senate, 48 to 37. and was send to the
White House. The presidential pro
posal for supension of the naiwnal
origins immigration quota basis was
rejected 43 to 37, in the senate.
To Spend »*0.000.00b
The census-reapportionment bill
authorizes $40,000,000 for taking the
1930 census., beginning next April 1.
and provides for reapportionment
of the house membership of 435 on
the basis of that and succeeding
decennial population counts
In refusing to approve the motion
of Senator Nye. republican. North
Dakota, to bring before the senate
his resolution for repeal of the
National origins immigration quota
bassis the senate virtually made it
certain that this new system
which Pres. Hoover opposes, will
go into effect July l.
The "Unfinished Business before
the senate today was the proposed
revision of tthe rules to permit
consideration of executive nom.n
ations in open session but tthe
Borah tariff resolution had right of
way in the minds of many members
CHATTANOOGA FIELDER
BOUGHT BY BUFFALOES
HOUSTON. June 14.—Mak
ing a desperate effort to strengthen
the Texas League cellar occupants.
Fred Ankenman, president of the
Houston Buffs, today purchased
•Chink’’ Taylor. Chattanooga out
fielder. and recalled Joel Hunt,
shortstop, from the Fort Wayne
dub of the Central league The
price paid for Taylor was not an
nounced.
The Dealer
who recommends Puritan
Malt could make more
on other brands but
he could not give
as much value.
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