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Under Dogs Tumble
Leaders To Prevent
Gains In National \
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(By The Associated Press.)
Under dogs had their day in the
National League yesterday as all of
the leading team tumbled in a heap,
preventing any contender from
gaining.
In the American league the Ath
letics retained their lead of eight
games by defeating Cleveland, 7 to 5,
in ten innings as the Yankees coast
ed home by 11 to 7 at Detroit.
In the general annihilation of
contenders along the National
league front, the defeat of the
Pirates was most notable. The
S ADDING
i^-OF THE CLUBS™—
TEXAS LEAGUE
Tuesday’s Results
Houston 7. Fort Worth 0.
Beaumont 6. Wichita Falls 3.
Shreveport 8. Waco 2.
San Antonio 7. Dallas 6.
Wednesday’s Schedule
Fort Worth at Houston.
Wichita Falls at Beaumont.
Dallas at San Antonio.
Shreveport at Waco.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— P. W. L. Pet.
Beaumont . 15 9 7 .600
Waco . 17 10 7 .588
Fort Worth . 17 10 7 .588
Wichita Falls . 16 9 7 .563
Shreveport . 15 9 , 7 .563
San Antonio . 16 7 9 .437
Houston . 14 6 8 .429
Dallas . 16 5 11 .312
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesday’s Results
Cincinnati 5-7, Brooklyn 3-2.
Boston 4, Pittsburgh 1.
Philadelphia 6, Chicago 5.
St. Louis 5, New York 0.
Wednesday’s Schedule
Pittsburgh at Boston.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn.
Bt. Louis at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— P. W. L. Pet.
Pittsburgh . 79 52 27 .658
Chicago . 78 49 29 .628
New York . 86 49 37 .570
. St. Louis . 83 41 42 .494
Brooklyn . 81 37 44 .457
Philadelphia . 81 33 48 .300
Boston . 83 33 50 .398
Cleveland . 81 32 49 .395
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tuesday’s Results
Chicago 6. Washington 5.
New York 11, Detroit 7.
Philadelphia 7, Cleveland 5.
Boston 11, St. Louis 2.
Wednesday’s Schedule
Washington at Chicago.
New York at Detroit.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Boston at St. Louis.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— P w L. Pet
Philadelphia . 34 6i 33 735
New York . 80 51 29 .633
St. Louts . 84 48 36 .571
?,etr°,lt; .. 85 44 41 .518
Cleveland . 82 41 41 .500
Washington . 79 30 49 .380
Chicago . 86 31 55 .360
foston . 84 26 58 .309
Buccaneers had a record of eight
straight in the East until Bob Smith
pitched the Braves to a 4 to 1 de
cision yesterday. Brame was pound
ed for all the Boston runs in the
very first inning, and Smith clinched
the decision by stopping the Cor
sairs with four hits.
Claude Willoughby, aided by the
home runs from the bat of Charlie
Klein, was just a shade too tough
for Pat Malone, and the Phillies won
by 6 to 5. Benge was called in to
help Willoughby in the ninth when
the Cubs began making threatening
gestures.
Klein’s two homers ran his total
for three games to five, tieing the
major league record held by Babe
Ruth and several other players.
Klein also established a new modern
mark by ringing up three homers in
three successive times at bat. the
last time yp on Monday and the
first two yesterday. Sylvester John
son let down the Giants with seven
scattered hits, and won his own
game by 5 to 0, by smacking out a
home run with one on in the fourth.
Fred Fitzsimmons had an off day,
and the Giants missed a chance to
shave something from both of the
teams ahead of them.
Jack Hendricks continued his
campaign to escape from the cellar,
and approached to within three
points cf his goal. The Reds took
both ends of a double-header from
the Robins in Brooklyn, 5 to 3 and
7 to 2.
The White Sox worked hard to
edge out the Senators by 6 to 5 in
ten innings, and the Browns con
solidated their collapse by yielding
another game to the Red Sox. Mil
ton Gaston hurled a three-hit game
to win by 11 to 2. It was the second
three-hit performance against the
Browns in the three games of the
series played thus far.
Contract Let For
Watering Athletic
Field at San Benito
(Specal to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, July 17.—Contract
for installation of an irrigation sys
tem on the athletic field at the
high school here was awarded by
the board to Fairy & McMillan, at
a bid of approximately $1,000.
The irrigation system is to in
clude a number of sprays, so that
a lawn can be grown on the field.
Work will be started at once on it.
Date for the opening of schools
in San Benito has been set by the
board for September 8.
John Goodman, trans-Mississippi
amateur champion, hitch-hiked his
way to the national open.
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Hal Eustace
The Eiks’ billiard tournament
continued along in fine style Tues
day when about 15 or 20 games
were played. George Bell is bear
ing up under predictions that he
will capture the straight billiard
tourney. However, Jack Rowe and
Ernest Fernandez have not gotten
into the thick of the fray. Bell,
with these two, are the three rank
ing players. The field is divided
into five groups. These three are
in the first classification and they
have to give handicaps to the re
mainder of the players. They are
forced to give the second best classi
fication a handicap of 25 points.
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The billardists are anxious to
see Rowe and Fernandez roll up
their sleeves and begin rattling
the littl red and white bails
across the cushion. Row played
one game Tuesday. He won at
straight billiards from Harry
Richardson, 50-29. He lost the
handicap score, 54-50. Fernandez,
defending champion, has not
made his debut in the tourna
ment.
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Bell Englished them around in a
way Tuesday that bodes no good
for the rest of the players. He
made the best high run so far
against Bouis when he clicked the
spheres together 29 times. The
world's record for the best average
run at straight billiards is 333 1-2,
It is held by Jake Schaefer.
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Tomorrow night, Tommy
Loughran, defending champion,
and James J. Braddock, slugging
light heavyweight, will meet for
the title. They should put on a
contest that is worth going several
leagues to see. There is not much
likelihood of the fans crying they
didn’t get their money’s worth as
has been the custom after the mil
lion-dollar gate battles between
“heavyweight contenders.”
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Loughran is generally conceded
to be one of the cleverest fighters
ever to slip his knucks into a pair
of not-so-padded gloves. He began
his career in 1919 with a long line
of knockouts. Loughran has been
mixing it with the top-notchers for
several years. His latest victims in
clude Big Boy Peterson, Jack Gross,
Pete Latzo, Joe Sekyra and Leo
Lomski. In 1927 the titleholder de
feated Tony Marullo, Johnny Risko,
Bennv Ross. Joe Lohman. Tom Kir
by. Young Stribling. Mike McTigue
and Jimmy Slattery.
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Braddock is a slugger from his
toes uo. He socks it out with a
right that has seldom failed. But
the idea up for consideration to
morrow is: *“Can he hit Lough- j
ran?” We believe Loughran will
keep away from him and win on
points.
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If a husky, square-jawed young
fellow rips into your office with a
brief case tucked under his arm
like a fullback, you’d better think
fast if you don't want any insur
ance. H. E. Burgess, Aggie fullback,
and sprinter, now has the Cameron
county agency for an old line com
pany. Burgess is winning his spurs
from the ground floor up.
* * *
He and Frank Norfleet, noted
criminologist, have definitely placed
Hale Center, Texas, on the map.
Norfleet, Longhorned Texan, it will
be remembered, sprang into the
limelight of public attention by
tracking down a group of confi
dence men who swindled him out of
a small fortune. He became so good
at the game of trailing crooks that,
he has made it his profession. Bur
gess has been in the public's eye
as the Aggies’ ramming fullback. He
also lettered as a sprinter and a
quarter miler.
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The athlete obtained his B. A.
degree this year after three years
of ’varsity competition. He also
served on the frosh squads. Bur
gess is an unassuming chap.
Doubtless he finds that his pros
pective clients would rather dis
cuss football with him than in
surance. He is probably interrupt
ed in his sales talk by such ex
clamations as: “Boy’ but that was
a beautiful run you made against
* j. M. U.,” or “How come you ain’t
coaching Burgess? T iis insurance
game is a tough one. It ought to
be left to such guys as Sam Hugh
ston.” The Aggie is on to the tricks
of the trade ad he knows how to
steer the conversation back to life
expectancy, rates and blood and
thunder orations on the horrible
ness of widowhood and defenseless
orphans.
• • •
No one has pulled the T. B. or
epileptic gags on him yet. Burgess
states. The first is to be seized
by a violent attack of coughing
while the agent is making his spiel.
Take a generous bite of the soap
as the soap as the agent advances.
Work up a fine lather and froth
at the mouth. Fall and thresh
around on the floor. Even the most
aggressive insurance men will some
time consider one a poor risk in a
case like this.
• • •
Laying the jokes on the man
tlepicce, Burgess is not that kind
of a salesman. He doesn’t press
his business too strongly and is
always willing to chat a while on
whatever subject you might
choose—even if it’s athletics. *
A check at the national open re
vealed practically all of the profes
sionals wearing spiked shoes rather
than rubber soles.
CLUB MEMBERS HAVE
OUTING AT CASCADE
(Soecial to The Herald)
EDINBURG. July 17.—The Edin
burg Business and Professional
Women enjoyed an outing at Cas
cade swimming pool Monday night.
Members present were Mesdames
Emma Louise McGee. Nora Bar
nard. Val Bibbs; Misses Elizabeth
Collier. Ora Geren. Exah Angel and
Maud Prather. Guests were Miss
Mary Gordon, Miss Ethel Newsom
J. H. McGee. Dr. J. C. Bibbs and
two sons, Jack and Frank. j
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Rube Bresslerls Winning
Bout With Sun This Year
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By JACK SORDS
The National league is mildly ex
cited over the fact that, apparently.
Rube Bressler, ambling outfielder of
the Brooklyn Robins, doesn’t seem
headed for his annual vacation this
summer.
Never since Rube broke into the
big leagues with the Philadelphia
Athletics has Bressler been able to
get by this time of the season with
out a three or four-week layoff.
His tired and tortured puppies de
manded it. He just had to cool
them off in the sequestered shade of
the bench, and after they had been
thoroughly rested his faithful feet
would once more plod out Into left
field, there to do patrol duty until
the season ended.
But this year the Bressler dogs
have failed to bark their usual dis
cordant cry of agony. They have
kept at their task of carrying Rube
under high flies and around the
sacks without a murmur. It is as
tonishing, and to Uncle Wilbert
Robinson, in whose charge the des
tiny of the Brooklyn club lies, highly
gratifying.
With Rube keeping uo his end of
the garden Robbie has been able to
devote bis time to other departments
of the Flatbush flock.
Not only has Bressler continued
on beyond his usual vacation period
but his hitting has actually im
proved. . , , ..
The Bresslerian bat has raised the
tenor of its tune from a vigorous
.300 to a roaring .350 in the last few
FIGHTS IAST
NEW YORK—Pete Nebo. Florida,
outpointed Harry Blitman, Philadel
phia. (10>.
CLEVELAND — Buekv Lawless.
Syracuse. N. Y., outpointed Gorilla
Jones, Akron, O., <12>.
ST. PAUL—My Sullivan. St. Paul,
knocked out Andy Divodl, New
York. 13).
CHICAGO.—Steve Smith. Bridge
port, Conn., knocked out Frankie
Garcia. Stockton. Cal.. <lk A1 Crisp.
California, and Harry Forbes,
Columbus. O,. drew. <8).
GREENVILLE. Miss. — Dwight
Fryer, Little Rock, outoolnted Jack
Does. Temnle. Tex., H0>.
INDIANAPOLIS.—Tony Fuente.
Mexico, won on foul from Big Boy
Peterson, Minneapolis, *6'.
Major Leasrue Headers
National
Batting: Herman. Robins. .399.
Runs: Ott. Giants 85
Runs batted in: Ott, Giants, 94.
Hits: Terry. Giants, 135.
Doubles: Frederick, Robins; Ha
fey. Cards, 27.
Triples: L. Waner. Pirates, 13.
Homers: Klein. Phillies. 28.
Stplen bases: Cuyler. Cubs. 26.
Pitching: Grimes, Pirates, won 15
lost 1.
American
Batting: Manush, Browns, .392.
Runs: Gehringer, Tigers, 85.
Runs batted in: Simmons, Ath
letics, 91.
Hits: Manusr. Browns. 136.
Doubles: Johnson, Gehringer, Ti
gers. 31.
Triples: Miller. Athletics, 12.
Homers: Gehrig. Yanks. 22.
Stolen bases: Gehringer, .Tigers;
Cissell. White Sox, 13.
Pitching: Grove. Athletics, won
15. lots 2.
DANCING
In L’atio of
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Hotel — San Benito
EVERY WED. NITE
Music by
Eddie Werner
And His Orchestra
weeks. Bressler’s yoeman deeds at
the plate and his continued service
in the outfield have done a great
deal toward fostering the current
rally of the Robins.
It is strange that Robinson not
only has Bressler as a comeback on
his team this season but he has an
other old star who is once more
showing the stuff that made him fa
mous in years gone by. The refer
ence is to that worthy warrior of
many a hot league season—Mr. Da
vid Bancroft. Davey, like Rube, is
well up in the thirties and like
Bressler was not figured as a reguia’
at the beginning of the season but
is setting the pace now for the
youngsters.
With these two old-timers dashing
ahead at full speed it is only natural
that the younger members of the
Flatbush flock should have taken
heart and tried to emulate them—
the result being vast improvement
in Brooklyn play and a chance for
the Dodgers to climb out of the
hated second division and into a
place in the sun—say around four
place or so.
Curtis Walker, Reds, from Hous- 1
ton—up seven times, one run, four
hits, one a double, drove in run.
three chances.
Jim Bottomley Cards, from Hous
ton—up four times, one hit, drove
in run. 10 chances.
Waller Roettger, Cards, from
Houston—up four times, no hits.
Two chances.
Ernie Orsatti, Cards, from Hous
ton—up five times, two hits. Three
chances.
Fred Leach, Giants, from Beau
monts—pinch batted and failed.
Andy Cohen, Giants, from Waco
—up three times, two hits. Eight
chances.
Sparky Adams, Pirates, from
Wichita Falls—up three times, no
hits. Four chances.
George Harper, Braves, from Ft.
Worth—up four times, one run, one
hit. Four chances.
Lester Bell, Braves, from Fort
Worth—up four times, one run, one
hit. Four chances.
Lester Bell, Braves, from Hous
ton—up four times, one hit, a triple
drove in two runs. One chance.
Rogers Hornsby, Cubs, from Den
ison—up two times, one hit. Five
chances.
Hal Carlson, Cubs, from Wichita
Falls—second pitcher against Phils,
allowed two hits in 1-3 of an inning.
No up once chance.
Mike Cvengros, Cubs, from Wich
ita Falls—third pitcher against
Phils, allowed no hits in 2-3 of an
inning. Not up. One chance.
Pinkey Whitney, Phils, from San
Antonio High—up four times, two
hits. Three chances.
Ray Benge, Phils, from Waco—
relieved Willoughby. Allowed no
hits in one inning. Walked none.
Fanned one. Not up. No chances.
Sam West, Senators, from Roch
ester, Texas—up three times, one
hit, a triple, drove in run. Five
chances. One error.
Alex Metzler, White Sox. from
Wichita Falls—up four times, one
run, one hit, a triple, drove in run.
Three chances.
Art Shires, White Sox, from
(Continued on Page 111
Beaumont at Head of
League by 12 Points
Startles Ball Fans
(By The Associated Press)
It might never happen again, so
look sharply. The Beaumont Export
porters topped the Texas league
pennant procescien today by 12
points, first time in some 10 years
a Shipper nine has led the race at
this stage of the game.
Claude Robertson's hearties ac
complished the modern miracle yes
terday by scoring their sixth
straight triumph at the expense of
the truculent Wichita Cpudders. The
count was F to 3. and big Elmer
Hanson had the Spuds on his hip
ail the way, so to speak.
By battling meir Nway into the
van after a weak start in the second
half, the Exporters have F "oved
themselves an appreciative lot. It
is said on good authority that
friendship for be Stuart, genial
owner of the club, caused at least
one magnate to vote for the split
Nobody seemed to think it would
make much difference to the som
nolent Shippers one way or another,
but it now appears the Magnolia
entry needed just a little encourage
ment to cet mean.
What happened to the Spudders
also happened to two other northern
clubs that launched campaigns in
the south' ,nd. San Antonio greeted
the Steers with a 7 to 6 reverse
and the Buffaloes blanked the Cats.
7 to 0. as Jim Lindsey finally mark
ed up his 13th victcry. Only the
Shreveport nine was able to bump
the homelings, Waco succumbing to
Oscar Tuero’s spitter. 8 tto 2. There
was feeling that the south end of
the circuit had taken a brace in
recent wec,_o, and results of t-ie
opening skirmishes b -r that out.
At Beaumont it simply was a case
of Hanson having another of his
spacious days. He can look very or
dinary for weeks, then get hot as a
firecracker. He did not allow a
Spudder to reach first in the last
four innings. Three Spud chunk
ers were roughed up. Dutch Wet
Football Coach at
San Benito Resigns
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^Special to The Herald!
SAN BENITO. July 17—W. E. Morrison, for the past three years coach
of the San Benito high school team, has resigned.
The coach here quit his San Benito post to accept a teaching and
coaching position in a Balias high school, and will leave in the near fu
ture to start the work there.
Members of the school board nv
session Monday night accepted- the
resignation of Morrison, and au
thorized Superintendent Thomas J.
Yoe, and Principal Shifflett of the
high school to select a new coach
and teacher to succeed Morrison.
Morrison came here three years
ago, and put into practice the fa
mous spin play, which for two sea
sons baffled other Valley coaches
and football teams. Last year his
team started out in a like fashion,
but was shattered by the Browns
ville championship team.
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Of the entire Dodger pitching
staff only three have not come to
Brooklyn from another major
league clubs.
Frank Craven, actor, claims to
have played on more golf courses
than any player not a professional.
He has sliced and hooked over 362
layouts.
Fielding Yost, head coach at
Michigan, and Dan McGugin, head
ccach at Vanderbilt, are brothers- i
in-law.
zel, San Antonio cast-off, ja;;:d one
of them for a homer.
It took Lindsey five trys to win
his 13th, but he did it right when
he finally succeeded. Six singles
was the sum total of the Cats'*
tr-’k and five tanned. In snarpiife
a losing streak that had resell
six straight, the Buffs pounded Mc
Cabe and uevaney for It hits. Roy
Moore had a tig day, his homer
and single driving In four runs.
The Indians drove Charlie Bar
nabe, league mound ace, to the
showers in shading the crippled
Steers. Frazier took it over just
in time to be charged with the loss.
Barnabe Is lucky that way, the same
thing having happened in four of
his last six effoils. Ray Flaskam
per, sterling Dallas shortfielder, re
turned to the game after tw’o weeks’
absence nd v.^s stationed in the
outfield.
Home runs by Mellano and War
v gave the Cubs their only runs
off Tucro ie;v former te. inmate.
The Cuban ve an allowed but
seven hits and was never in danger.
Bernie Deviveros. Sport shortstop,
was a target for Cub batsmen.
Twelve lammed the ball at him, !-ut
none reached first.
Nick Altrock, then pitching in
the Paqific league, is credited with
walking eight men and picking sev
en off first base in one game.
In a recent National league game
84 balls were used in eight and
one-half innings.
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