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Steers and Sp^r^s
Snap Out of Trance
To Regain Old Form
I (By The a#**1*^ Pr€5S>
Molred by noble pitching *> the Part their ancient portsider.
Cooper, the Shreveport flP°rts snapped out of their trance yes
and got back into the *icrry chase for the Texas league flag
Theg o 4 victory of Art plan's hopefuls over the wobbly Buffaloes
ta tl*:r series opener was opportune, coming as it did after six straight
SPORTRA/rS
I
Geo. Simplon
George Simpson, the 20-year-old
runner from Ohio State university,
stands today as the fastest sprinter
of the age.
By traveling the 100-yard stretch
in 0:09.4 national collegiate A. A
track and field championships at
Chicago, he clipped two-tenths of
a second from the official worlds
mark held jointly by D. J, Kelly,
Howard Drew, Charley Paddock, Cy
ril Coaffree and Chester Bowman.
Three times previously this sea
son Simpson was credited with 0>
09.5.
He began his track career as n
boy in Columbus when a high school I
coach yanked him from a crowd
and told him to run.
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McAllen. Texas
reverses, and prevented the Louisi
ana entry relinquishing third place
to Pat Newman's scrapping Indians.
Each of the leaders, in fact, did an
about face after having yielded to
second division outfits on the pre
vious day. and the battle for the
cne-two-three berths was a draw for
the time being. The Steers, after
submitting meekly to lowly Buffs
two straight afternoon, regained
their batting eyes and banged out a
9 to 3 verdict over Beaumont in
their opener. The Spuds regained
their winning stride and chalked up
their twelfth starts at the expense of
Waco. 8 to 6.
Visible progress was made by the
San Antonio Indians when they
bumped three Fort Worth chunkers
for a 9 to 4 victory in the opening
game of their last home stand this
month. The slugging tribesmen
took undisputed possession of fourth
place and again are making threat
ening gestures at the leaders. This
type of gesture is not visible to the
naked eye. but is a gesture, never
theless.
Only two days remain of the
Northern clubs' invasion of the low
er end of the state, and things look
propitious for the members from
the upper house. Unless Shreveport
flops the next two days, three north
ern clubs are certain to return td
their home lots leading the pack.
The fourth northern entry. Fort
Worth, could secure fourth place by
licking the Indians today and to
morrow. thus making it unanimous.
With the exception of San Antonio,
the down staters appear incapable
of holding the pace.
Cats Making Fancy
Offers For Players
Through Slush Fund
FORT WORTH. June 19.—<;p>—
Something new in Texas league
circles is the $25,000 "slush" fund
installed by the new owners of the
installed by the new owners
of the Fort Worth ball club.
Immediately after purchasing the
Cats, the new officials notified Man
ager Jakey Atz the monev had been
placed at his disposal to bargain for
any placers he thought would
strengthen his line-up.
So far, the iund has lain idle, but
it is known fancy offers have been
made for several players in the
league. Atz is understood to be par
ticularly anxious to obtain either
Andy Messenger of the San Antonio
Indians or Earl Caldwell of Waco.
It is doubtful either slabstcr would
be bartered at this time, however.
CffiHTS tAST
NEW YORK.—A1 Brown. Panama,
outpointed Vidal Gregorio. Spain.
»15>. Kid Chocolate. Cuba, stooped'
Teddy Roth. New York. »3>. Tony
Vacarelli. New York, outpointed
Pete Meyers. San Francisco, • 10>.
ALLENTOWN, Pa—Tommy Gro
gan. Omaha. Neb . outpointed John- ,
nv Jadick. Philadelphia. <10).
CINCINNATI. — Maxle Rosen
bluoom. New York, outpinted Joe j
Anderson. Covington. Ky. n0».|
Larry Sanzone. Cincinnati, out
pointed Babe Pilico, Newark. N. J.
INDIANAPOLIS—Eddie Ander
son. Cody. Wyo.. knocked out Steve
McDonald. Canadian. <1>. Lon
Lovelace. Terre Houte. outpointed
Charlie Court. Cincinnati. (6>.
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REIGH COUNT
IN GOLD CUP
U. S. Horae Will Endeavor
To Win British Clas
sic Thursday
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ASCOT. Eng.. June 19.—up)—
Mid royalty and pageantry Ameri
ca's Reigh Count tomorow seeks a
fitting climax to a sensational me- i
ing career as he battles England's]
prides of the turf in the gold cup
at Royal Ascot.
Win or lose. Mrs. John D. Hertz
plans to return her great four-year
old colt to the United States for
the completion of his racing career
that reached its peak on the Ameri
can continent with the winning of
the 1928 3-year-old championship.
In striving to win the race for
which he has been pointed since
winning the Kentucky derby last
season. Reigh Count endeavors to
emulate the performance of James
R. Keene's Foxall. the only Ameri
can horse that ever carried off the
honors in the long history of the
English turf fixture. Foxall turned
the trick in 1882.
OLD TIMERS
TODAY
By GEORGE STOVALL
Former Star Big League first base
man and former manager Cleve
land Indians, St. Louis Browns and
Kansas City Federal*. Written
especially for Central Press and
The Brownsville Herald.
MIKE DONLIN
Having become inured to public
gaze whilst playing with various Na
tional league teams, it is no won
der that Mike Donlin of the movies
is one oft he least camera shy in
dividuals in Hollywood today.
Donlin has figured in many movie
casts and whenever a baseball rtory
is one of the least camera shy in
usually hunt up old Mike to play a
role, since he knows more about the
diamond than all other movie play
ers combined.
Donlin quit baseball at the height
of his career and turned stage play
er. After a few years behind the
footlights he naturally drifted to
the movies, where he seems to have
found his place. He has made
quite a reputation as an actor.
Donlin’s health has been none
too good in the last few years t.:id
he has been forced to interrupt
his work before the camera wh’ie
lie recuperated from current ill
nesses.
At one time Donlin was forced
to consult the Mayo brothers' clinic
in Rochester, Minn. Today, how
ever. he appears to be much im
proved in health.
Donlin’s fame as a hitter is of
lasting quality. Playing before the
days of the lively ball, he rolled up
impressive batting averages.
In nine of his many years in
the majors Mike cracked the sphere
for a better than .300 average. His
300 record follows: 1839—.329. 1900
— 327. 1901—340. 1903— 351, 1904—
.329. 1905—356, 19C8—.334, 1911—
.316. 1912—.316.
Mike played with the St. Louis
and Cincinnati Nationals and Bal
timore Americans, but his great j
work with the New Vork Nationals
as a hard-hitting outfielder is best
remembered. Donlin had one pecul
ity. a smart and fine batter he was
almost useless as a pinch hitter, nev
er rated a timely one. It seemed
that he had a knack for swatting
the ball terthest when the bases
were empty.
iNext and Last—Jimmy Collins!
Major League Leaders
(Including Game* of June 18.!
National
Batting—Terry. Giants. 400
Runs—Douthit. Cards .57.
Hits.—Terry. Giants, 88.
Runs batted in — Hafey. Cards. 68.
Doubles.—Frisch. Cards: Herman.
Robins. 20.
Triples.—Frisch, Cards. 10.
Homers.—Hafey. Cards. 18
Stolen bases.—Cuyler. Cubs. 16.
Pitching.—Grimes. Pirate*. 10 won.
1 lost.
American
Batting.—Foxx. Athletics. 396.
Runs—Gehringer. Tigers. 56.
Hits—Gehringer. Tigers. 87
Runs batted in—Simmons. Ath
letics. 68.
Doubles —Johnson. Tigers. 23.
Triples—Combs. Yanks: Manush.
Browns: Scarritt. Red Sox, 7.
Homers.—Gehrig. Yanks. 18.
Stolen bases.—Miller. Athletics.
Cissell. White Sox: Fonseca, In
dians. 8.
Pitching —Grove. Athletics. 10. :
won, 1 lost.
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When this boy. Jimmy Foxx. baby star of the As hits a homer it’s
a show. There you have the reason why the old time fans who still
visit Shibe park in Philadelphia and whose idols were Barry and Col
lins and Old Jack Coombs have taken this boy Foxx to their hearts.
When Foxx hits a homer it's usually a spectacular one. The other
day he cracked the center wall of the Athletics’ park on the fly. The
first time that has ever been done.
Nearly all of Jimmy’s big swats are of Ruthian proportions. They
keep going up until they are out of sight,.
Foxx drove a ball over the left field wall at Fer.way park whichc
cleared the street, sailed over a factory beyond and landed on the
Boston and Albany railroad just as a train bound for the New
York state capital roared by.
Jimmy has plenty of competition on his own club for homer honors.
Mickey Cochrane and A1 Simmons are both hitters par excellence and
the big. rosy-cheeked Jimmy has been having a time of it to keep
ahead of his teammates in the matter of homers.
During the earl ypart of this season Foxx smacked all sorts of
pitching, batting .525 for a string of 15 games.
SPORTS TALK
Speaking of Skcet— .
Jimmy George and Dr R H Elsa- !
man are entitled to fish bone me-1
dais. Tuesday at the regular Skect I
shoot each pulverized a pair of birch. J
crossing the field from oposue di- i
rections with a single shot. That |
must be equivalent to a hole in one
on the golf links.
...
The shooters had a tough time
Tuesday due to a brisk wind whip- i
ping the bird out of the east trap :
across the field in record time.
The bird out of the west sailed
into the breeze, slowing it up.
Harry Richardson made the best
score of the afternoon, pulveriz
ing 22 birds in the third round.
Richardson orders his birds in
rapid succession and fires soon |
after they leave the traps. He
needs no “dog"—when he hits
them they are dead.
• • •
After one bad round of 15. Bob
Wade came back and shot a 21 for
the second best score of the after
noon. Richardson. George, Batsell
and Burton obtained 20s. Burton,
after a lay-off of several weeks, was j
shooting In good form taking the;
“coffee” on all sides.
• • •
The local Skeeters are quaking
in their boots as the results of
vague reports trickling in from
the Donna shoot last Sunday. WI1
muth a former firearm shark at
Fort Brown, is reported as shoot
ing a perfect 25. Twenty-four is
the best -score ever made on the
local range. Several gunners have
achieved this mark.
• • •
These Skeeters had better lay off
ragging Vincent Stevenson about his
scores. They’re in danger of bemg
challenged to a pistol shoot. And
if he gets them on a pistol range—
Well, he recently ranked fourth in a
national competition of the 'Rife
association. His score was 390 out
of 400 at 20 yards for an average
of 97 per cent. Frankie Armstrong
took sixth in the same competition
with 386 out of a possible 400 for
an average of 96 per cent. Their
chests will soon be adorned with
medals which are now on the way
here.
• • •
The fight arena at Rio Rica is
to be remodeled after having been
used for one card. The squared
circle was located in the kennel
club grandstand. This arrange
ment proved a bit awkward and
posts interferred with manv of
the fans’ sight. The ring will be
built In front of the grandstand
and a number of the posts re
moved. This should provide fans
with a better view.
* * •
One fan yelped his way into a
judgeship during the progress of the
card Monday evening. This lad
was extremely rankled by the draw
decision rendered in the Peck
Brooks bout, He let it be known
in a voice that would make a cham- j
pion hog caller green with envy.
When the main event boys were in- ]
troduced he set up a derisive clamor
for an introduction of the judges.
The announcer in effect said: "AH
right, buddy, if that’s the way you
feel, you be one of the judges."
Instead of backing down, as Is usual
ly the case, the boy snapped up
the offer. He voted for Cruz as
winner over Monterrey. We agree
with him on the decision. It was
a close fight, but if anyone won,
it was Cruz.
• • •
Sport headliners, as a general |
rule, are the rankest of flops as
motion picture actors. They usual
lv succeed in appearing little more
than silly. They have all of the
vim and vigor of a cigar store !
Indian when they get before the j
Camera.
• • •
Georges Carpentier starred 'well,
that is, had the leading role) in
“The Orchard Man ’ Georges is a
colorful character but he utterly
failed to get any of his personality
into the picture
One almost could see him listen
ing for the director's next words.
After his flop here, he took a whirl
In English motion pictures. The
Englishmen couldn’t see Georges in
a powdered wig and fluffy cuffs
rescuing the fair damsel.
• • •
Jack Dempsey's film opus was
railed “Dare-Devil Jack.” Even
Jack's most ardent admirer would
have to admit that this film was
not on a plane with “What Price
Glory." Gene Tunney appeared
in “The Fighting Marine," an a la
Pearl White serial. Gene went
through all the sure fire stuff but
his film venture could not be
BEARS SEEN
AS WINNERS
California U.'s Defending
Champs Show Good Form
At Poughkeepsie
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y.. June 19.
—(/Pt—Advance calculations on the
Intercollegiate Rowing association
regatta here next Monday have it
that the winner of the four-mile
grind will be the eight that beats
California.
The Golden Bears, winners of the
championship last season and
Olympic title-holders as well, have
impressed all observers during their
workouts here. A fine time trial
has led the experts to believe that
Coach Ky Ebright has just as good
a crew* this year as he had last when
the Californians broke the 27-year
old record for the Poughkeepsie
course.
However, eastern fans are not yet
ready to concede the championship
to the West Coast again. They are
banking on young Rich Glendon s
Columbia eight or Jim Wray’s pow
erful Cornell boatload to uphold
eastern prestige.
HEAVYBAHLE
IS ‘ON PAPER’
Experting Season Opens
As Paulino-Schmeling
Bout Nears
NEW YORK. June 19—Gene
Tunney. the erstwhile marine, may
have known a thing or two abcJt
this business of waving leathern
dukes ’neath pugilistic noses, but
as a grammarian and a man of
letters he is being rapidly dis
tanced by those two foreign fight
smiths. Senor Paulino Uzcudun
and Herr Max Schmeling.
If the June 27 Uzcudun-Schmce
ing brawl in Yankee stadium to
provide milk for New York's milk
less Infants proves half as Inter
esting as the current literary war
between the antagonists, Gotham’s
fight fans will stagger home at
dawn June 28. muttering hoarsely
about having seen the battle of the
epoch or eon.
Paulino and Der Maxie are hard
at it in the local sheets printing
their literary efforts, and. judging
from the lengths of their daily bul
letins. are doing most of their
training pounding helpless portable*
and looking up in the big book to
see how Webster spells ‘’poltroon.”
In one day's issue Paulino roars
that superior infighting will take
the duke on the fatal dav and
that he (confidentially) believes he
is aces ahead of the German Demp
sey in this department of the
knuckle trade.
Schmeling comes back in a 43
DOint type whisper to say he has
discovered Paulino is muscle-bound
around the shoulders and that, this
being the case, Spain is in for an
other drubbing of the kind a guy
named Dewey gave it some 30 years
ago
Paulino, leaping to the cue. in
sists he is proud of them there
shoulders and the punches he is
going to throw from them June 27
will be nobody’s business, especially
Maxic's.
This, of course, throw's the r»*w
lin Borrber into gales of printed
guffaws as he points out Paulino
may pack a punch but records fail
to show that it has done no more
damage than a crippled cam trvinsr
to gnaw' its way into the federal re
serve bank of Aching Com. Neb.
Broadway, having survived the
pre-battle ukases of Thomas Heen
ey. Bill Stribling. Jack Sharkey and
other jousting journalists, seems to
be standing the strain of the cur
rent literary bombast very well and.
despite the daily cat-calls, snarls
and nose-thumbing flying back and
forth between the rival camps, be
lieves that on June 27 there is go
ing to be a fight and a real one,
at that.
Richardson High
Man With Score of
23 In Skeet Shoot
Harry Richardson, fast firing
Skeeter. carried off first honors at
a shoot Tuesday afternoon with a
score of 22. He was followed in sec
ond place by Bob Wade who was off
his stride with a score of 21.
The gunners were handicapped by
a stiff wind blowing across the
range from the east. The east bird
came out of the trap at high velocity
while the west pigeon was slowed
down as it headed into the wind.
This change of pace hampered the
shooters.
Twenties were turned in by Rich
ardson. Gorge, Batsell and Burton.
Scores: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
George .17 17 17 20
Armstrong .14 16 10
Leonard .12 17 17 17 17
Richardson .20 18 22
Batsell .12 12 20
Bell . 13 14
Eisaman . 15 17
Owens . 10
Powell .. 13 16
Stevens .*. 7
Wade . 15 21
Burton . 18 20
Wells. 14
Markussen .. *. 13
Arbuckle . 8
Leonard. Batsell and Markussen
used .410 at various times.
called m success from an artistic
standpoint. * Jess Willard flopped
in “The Heart Punch.”
• • •
Jack Renault and George Godfrey
have scored in the films, however.
Godfrey, the behemoth black me
nace of Leiperville, played in “Old
Ironsides" e
Renault will be remembered as the
effective villam in “Knockout
Reilly," which starred Richard Dix.
Athletics <
To Scruff
7 to 6 Thi
iBy The Ass
Perhaps there ought to be a
good. It is difficult to believe that
protect the Senators from the Ath
at Washington in full view of a 1
victories for the Mackmen in fourt
men.
The score of this latest outrage:
against Clark Griffiths peace of
mind was 7 to 6. and the Senators
threatened to the very’ last to pull
it out. The home arces did have
the satisfaction of st ung Robert M
Grove, star left hander of the Amer
ican league, making an undignified
exit after the second inning, but
Rube Walberg was in there when the
pay-off took place.
The Yankees got no better than an
even break against the Red Sox. de
spite presence of Babe Ruth on
the bench. Freddy Heimach exer
cised his customary spell over the
Bostonese in the opener to win by
CHAMP
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Dr. Alexander Alekhine of Paris,
France, chess champion of the
world, scores another victory by
j winning eight of nine matches in
International Masters' tourna
ment, ninth match resulting in
draw with Abraham Kupchik of
New York, a national champion,
i Photo of Alekhine taken at tourn
ament in Bradley Beach. N. J.
STANDING
»-OF THE CLUBS —
TEXAS LEAGUE
Tuesday's Results
Shreveport 9. Houston 6
San Antonio 9. Fort Worth 4.
Wichita Falls 8. Waco 6.
Dallas 9. Beaumont 3.
Wednesday's Schedule
Shreveport at Houston.
Dallas at Beaumont.
Fort Worth at San Antonio.
Wichita Falls at Waco.
Standing of the Clubs
Teams— P. W. L. Pet
Dallas . 67 38 29 567
Wichita Falls . 84 35 29 .547
Shreveport . 85 33 32 508
San Antonio . 66 33 33 .500
| Fort Worth . 66 32 34 485
Waco . 64 31 33 484
Beaumont . 64 30 34 .469
Houston . 62 27 35 .433
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday’s Results
Brooklyn 8-7. New York 7-8
| Cincinnati 2. Pittsburgh 1.
Philadelphia 4. Boston 2.
Chicago 13. St Louis 6
Wednesday's Schedule
j Brooklyn at Boston.
St Louts at Chicago.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati
New York at Philadelphia
Standing of the Clubs
Teams— p. w I. j»<-t
St. Louis .. 57 35 22 614
; Pittsburgh . 54 33 21 611
j -. 51 31 20 608
New lock . 52 28 24 538
Philadelphia . 50 23 7 460
Brooklyn . 52 22 30 .423
Boston . 51 i9 33 .373
! Cincinnati . 55 20 35 .384
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday's Results
New York 9-4, Boston 0-7
Philadelphia 7. Washington 6
Only games scheduled.
Wednesday's Schedule
Detroit at Cleveland.
1 Boston at New York.
Chicago at St. Louts
Only games scheduled.
Standing of the Clubs
Teams— P W L fw
New*YorP,rh!* . M 40 13 755
2? . 53 32 21 .604
* . 55 32 23 TO
cfevel-nH. 60 31 29 .517
offca1*?1011 . 52 20 32 385
. 58 21 37 362
B0*ton . 56 18 38 .321
V. Stevenson And
F. Armstrong Win
Medals In Shoots
' Official notification that Vincent
Stevenson and Frank Armstrong
won fourth and sixth places, respec
tively in the Tyro Slow Fire pistol
competition ot the National Rifle
association, has been received :icre
from that body.
Stevenson and Armstrong shot in
competition with HI other entries
from all parts of the United States
The scores were made on the pis
! tol range just north of Los Ebanos
Stevenson made 390 out of a pas
sible 400 at 20 yards for a 97 per
cent average. Armstrong made 386
out of a possible 400 for an average
of 96 per cent.
Bronze medals are being forward
ed the two local men by ths assocm
1 tion.
A small group of pistol shots have
banned themselves together here as
the Brownsville Pistol club and hold
shoots twice a week.
ADDITIONAL SPORTS
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Senators;
s Occasion
xriated Press'
law, but even that might do littl*
any mere statue on the books could
letics. It happened again yesterday
ardy band of capitol fans—thirteen
een starts against Wal'ec Johnson*
b-—
9 to 0. but Pipgras. Zachary and
Sherid shot the chutes in the night
cap, which Boston won by 7 to 4
Inspired no doubt by the loose
conduct of the Brakes who took
two one-run decisions from the
Cardinals at St. Louis on Sunday,
the roaring Robins hit the warpath
at a most inopportune moment for
the Giants. Nat satisfied with win
ning the first game by B to 7, the
flatbush flock came right back tr.
the second to win by 7 to 6 on home
runs by Rube Bressler and Babe
Herman.
Red Lucas outpltched Irvin Brame
at Cincinnati to shade Pittsburgh by
2 to 1. and the Cubs thumped the
Cardinals by 13 to 6 at Chicago as
Hack Wilson hit two homers.
The 4 to 2 victory of the Phillies
over the Braves was notable chiefly
for the seventeenth home run of
Klein.
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