Clay Bird Record Set Here I
PERFECT MARK
FOR SKEETERS
Wade and George Score
25’* In Shoot at Ratsell
Wells Club
Bob Wade again demonstrated hia
tight to the Skeet crown of Browns
ille Wednesday afternoon when he
broke a perfect 25, two 24’s and a 23
In four attempts. This gave him 98
out of a possible 100 shots. This is
perhaps the best score ever turned
in over either of the local ranges.
Wade was shooting at the Batsell
Wells club. He broke 31 successive
birds before he missed.
Jimmy George crashed through
to a perfect 25 also. George’s shoot
ing has been improving rapidly for
the past six weeks and he is now
among the best lead sprayers in
Brownsville. George missed his
26th bird.
Frank Armstrong came very
nearly obtaining a perfect round
when he smacked 24 of the sailing
pigeons. The one shot he missed
was a fluke throw. Several others
obtained scores in the 20 s also.
Efforts are being made to secure a
shoot with Donna, state team cham
pions. either for this or the next
Sunday.
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mingham ump w-ho expressed him
self adequately when he told a play
er: “Listen heah. pawtie. when I
say you is out, YOU IS OUT.”
• * »
That Dempsey comeback, if any.
With the heavyweight title situ
ation slightly clarified but still in
a chaotic condition, fans are ask
ing themselves what chance Jack
would have in another stab at the
cauliflower industry. Dempsey has
gone back considerably and Is now
34 years old. Jim Corbett, at the
age of 35, after holding the title in
his younger days, outpointed Jim
Jeffries, defending champion, for
R0 rounds. Bob Fltssimmons was
37 when he won the title from
Corbett. However. Individual com
parisons mean little. Dempsey has
slowed up and is not near the
fighter that he was the day he tore
Willard to pieces to gain the title.
If he were to beat out the rather
dingy crop of heavvw-eight con
tenders now, it would be only a
question of a short time until some
chipper young lad would konk
him.
* • *
If the Cubs and Athletics were to
meet in the world series, it wouldn’t
be the first time this thing had
happened. They clashed for the
title nineteen years ego.
^ ♦
" .Toe Dundee, welter chamn. Is
liable to lose his title tonight in
his bout udth Taekie Field. Dun
dee has had tough sledding for two
years. Dundee mav be pronounced
definitely ‘through” after tonight.
He has been cautious with his title
while losing to second raters.
He’ll have to vindicate or abdicate.
Denny Sothern, Phllly outfielder,
lit safely in 16 games before Ervin
Grame, Pirate pitcher, stopped him.
George Fisher, once tried out by
Washington, hit two homers in one
Inning for Buffalo of the Interna
tional league.
The William and Mary football
team will play all its home games
at night this year.
GREAT FRENCH NET TEAM DEFENDS DAVIS CUP 8
j ■wwiinwiaBr —
^ 35 ERU6N0N Mi LA COSTS ® I
This is the liqe up Bis Bill Tiiden an d his fellow players will have to fa ce in the Davis Cup finals in Paris,
July 26, 27, 28.
Texas League Race
Altered As Buffs
Get Cardinal Ace
<By The Associated Press)
The entire complexion of the Texas league race was altered late yes
terday by a short announcement from Minneapolis that Flint Rhem,
former Cardinal ace, was on his way to join the Houston Buffaloes. He
will report as the Dixie champions close their long home stay and start
touring the circuit.
Word that the star right-hander,
who played a prominent role in the
Cardinals’ drive to a world cham
pionship several years agone, will
blaze them across in the Texas
league the remainder of the season
very probably means that the Buffs
will be in there fighting for the
second half title right to the tape.
Add Rhem to a staff composed of
Jim Lindsey, Joe Brown, Art Rein
hardt, Paul Wachtel, Gerald Myres
and Schelberg and the Blsons have
just about the sweetest mound corps
in the league. Lindsey, Brown, Rein
hardt and Wachtel have been pitch
ing sterling ball, and if Rhem can
deliver anything like he should.
Manager Bailey will have five stars
to work in rotation.
The Junior Cards today are only
a half game out of the lead, the re
sult of their second victory in three
starts against Shreveport. Lindsey
scored his fifteenth triumph when
he let the Sports down with lour
hits and trounced them, 10 to 1. in
the final. This afternoon the Buffs
open a two-game series with Dal
las, marking the last phase of the
x
present scries in intersectional con
flicts.
Earl Caldwell pitched the Cubs
into a virtual tie with the Spudciers
for the pinnacle when he stopped
the invaders, 2 to 1, in series opener
at Katy Park. In gaining his fif
teenth verdict the Rogers school
master gave up only seven hits.
Wilt^e allowed a like number, but
one of them happened to be a hom
er by Wayne Windle.
The Steers decreased the distance
between their cellar position and
the peak to four and one-half con
tests by blanking the Exporters, 5
1 to 0. in their final. Sergeant George
Connally kept seven blows scattered
aqd struck out three. The loss threw
the shippers back Into a tie v.ith
Houston for third place.
Two, Fort Worth youngsters
Haynes and Meado were belted
hard as the Indians broke their long
losing streak in the opener at San
Antonio. Hobo Carson gave up 11
hits, but he couldn’t be touched
when it counted in the last six in
nings. The score was 8 to G.
» blazing %
i SPORTS TRAIL
By ALAN J. GOULD
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
Comes the query:
“The old Chicago Cubs are rated
higher than the modern troupe,
even with Cuyler, Hornsby, Wilson
and Root among the current stars
What about the new Athletics as
compared with the old?”
The answer, all angles considered,
is just about the same. The old
White Elephants, with Connie Mack
in his early 50's, were a much bet
ter defensive outfit than the cur
rent A's. The $100,000 infield of
Mclnnis, Collins, Barry and Baker
—a bargain at that price any day—
was the real backbone of the team
and, pitching corps, including Ben
der. Plank. Waddell and Coombs,
was one of the greatest of all time.
The modern Macks offer a heavi
er attack, just as the present-day
Cubs outshine their predecessors
with the stick. But the old Athlet
ics were far from weaklings with
the stick and a less-lively ball.
Mickey Cochrane is a greater pitch
er than any one of the trio of
Mack's 1010-14 champions—Jack
Lapp. Ira Thomas or Wally Schang.
just breaking in. The veteran Con
nie, in fact, thinks Cochrane the
greatest catcher he has ever seen or
handled.
Lefty Grove and Rube Walberg,
two brilliant southpaws with plenty
of smoke, recall the glories of Ed
die Plank and Rube Waddell under
Mack's old banner, but the 1929 ma
chine has no right-handers to match
Chief Bender or Colby Jack
Coombs.
Coombs was a glutton for work
and Bender, in Mack's opinion, was
the greatest “one-game” pitcher of
them all. not even excepting the
immortal Christy Mathewson. Mack
regards "Matty” as the finest of all
moundsmen, but of Bender he once
said:
“When there was one game we
wanted particularly to win, all I
had to do was tell the Chief to get
ready. He was a wonder in a pinch.”
Summed up. the ancient Athletics
were superior on defense, with mar
velous pitching and a perfect in
field. as well as a consistently good
attack. The modem Macks are a
heavier hitting array, led by Foxx.
Simmons and Cochrane, with good
pitching, a great catcher, fair in
field and a better outfield. I
Comparative batting figures are
not worth so much because of the
difference in balls used, but it may
be interesting, nevertheless, to com
pare the marks of the last cham
pionship Athletics, In 1914, with
the figures of the current contend
ers at the halfway mark for 1929:
- Athletics of 1914
Stuffy” Mclnnis, lb.(.314)
Eddie Collins, 2b .(.344)
Jack Barry, ss.(.212)
Frank Baker, 3b .(.319)
Rube Oldring. If.(.277)
Amos Strunk, cf .(.275)
E. D. Murphy, rf .(.272)
Wally Schang, c. .( .287)
Athletics of 1929
Jimmy Fox, lb .(.391)
Max Bishop,2b .(.207)
Jack Boley, ss .(.280)
Jimmy Dykes. 3b .(.325)
A1 Simmons, If .(.363)
“Mule” Haas, cf.(.329)
“Bing” Miller, rf.(.344)
Mickey Cochrane, c.(.356)
Maior League Leaders
(Including games of July 24)
National League
Batting—O’Doul, Phillies, .397.
Runs—Ott, Giants, 88.
Runs batted in—Ott. Giants, 96.
Hits—Terry, Giants, 143.
Doubles—Frederick, Robins. 30.
Triples—L. Waner, Pirates, 14.
Homers—Klein. Phillies, 29.
Stolen bases—Cuyler. Cubs, 26.
Pitching—Bush, Cubs, won' 13,
lost 1.
American League
Batting—Foxx, Athletics, .388.
Runs—Gehrlnger, Tigers. 88
Runs batted in—Simmons, Ath
letics. 93.
Hits—Manush. Browns, 145.
Doubles—Johnson, Tigers, 34.
Triples—Miller. Athletics, 12.
Stolen bases—Fonseca. Indians, 15.
Homers—Gehrig, Yanks. 23.
Pitching—Grove, Athletics, won
16, lost 2,
Bryan Grant, Atlanta's youthful
tennis sensation, will enter the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania this fall.
John A. Heeydler, president of
the National league, started in pro
fessional bascfall as an umpire.
The dope is that Walter Johnson
will be with the Senators again
next year despite his team's Dad
showing this year.
4
BY TED VOSBURGH
NEW YORK, July 2_—(/P)—For g
the second time since they won the g
Davis Cup in 1927 the Tennis Mus
keteers of France will rally to its , g
defense in Paris July 26, 71, 28.
Again it is the United States
which h^s come through the gruel
ing el'mlnation battle against, a l
host of other nations and qualified
to meet the French in the chal
lenge round.
As in the days when Bill Tilden
and Bill Johnston were in theii j
prl r.e and the French team (
just a collection of youngster,
struggling upward, the odds th : 3
time are all in favor of the 1 ’ders |
of the trophy. Even if the “bear 3
stories” concerning Rene Lacoste's |
now famous cold are true the rax- j 2
queteers of La Belle Fance still I
will be clear cut favorites.
The difference is that with La- ~i
coste sharing the singles assign- j
ment with Cochet the American ')
despite their impressive show,
against the ether countries the J
have met. figure to face an almo . 1
hopeless task, while with the stead' 2
Rene out of the running they might £
have a fighting chance.
But experience has proved that |
Lacoste's well-advertised ailments J
have seldom affected his machine- !
like skill on the courts. In the re- j 8
cent French championships, for in- 1
stance, he developed one of his j |
colds in the quarter-finals, but wen' g
on to win the title by beating both g
Tilden and*Jean Borotra.
There is no doubt that France's i
strongest lineup consists of La- j I
ccste and Cochet In singles and
Cochet and Borotra in doubles. 1
With this array against them the i
Americans, figured strictly on form,
could hope for no more than two j
victories, whereas three are need- j
ed to wrin the cup. Last year one
was all they could get, Tilden ac- |
counting for that at the expense of j
Lacoste.
The outlook is brighter for the !
Americans in doubles this year i
with - John Van Ryn and Wiimer j
Allison working well together, and
this match may prove to be the I
dramatic high spot of the series.
As last year, Jacques Brugnon, B
oldest of the Musketeers, seems 5
destined for the role of substitute, Si
the Americans having found him I
vulnerable at Wimbledon.
FIGHTS UST
^NIGHT&.
(Bv The Associated Press)
New York—A1 Singer, New York. |
knocked nut Andre Routis, (2x. Joey |
Mcdill, Chicago, outpointed Stanis- %
laus Loayza, Chile, (10). Jack ‘ Kid”
Berg, England, outpointed Mushy w
Callahan, California (10).
Chicago—Les Mariner. Cham- I
paign, 111., outpointed Tony Fuento, fl
Mexico, (6). Salvatore Ruggerillo, S
Italy, knocked out Jack League, I
Texas. (5). Taul Pantaleo, Chicago, B
knocked out Mitz Minikel, Milwau- N
kee, (2). A1 Friedman, Boston, and S
Pete Wiswort, Chicago, drew (6>.
Cincinnati—Vincent Hambrlght, *
Cincinnati, knocked out Tony San- g
ders, Chicago, (5). Jimmy Bread, g
Erie, Pa., outpointed Jimmy Neal, £
Cincinnati, (10).
French Net Team
Confident of Play
Against U, S. Lads |
PARIS. July 25.—i/P)—France still U
is confident in the ability of her i I
tennis warriors to turn back the R
American team in the Davis cup B
challenge round beginning tomor-, E
row. but predictions of a one-sided g
victory are few and far between.
The combination of youth and [ I
age on the American team has S
made a strong impression of; i
strength on the French tennis ex- j
perts. particularly the young dou-! 9
bias team of John Van Ryn and 1
Wilmer Allison.
These two youngsters, one from |
New Jersey and the other from I
Texas, who have joined forces with I
such good results, offer the most
important question to be decided by I
Pierre Gillou. the non-playing cap- 11
tain of the French team.
Yesterday they took on the I
world’s leading professional, Karel h
Kozeluh. and Martin Plaa. star I
French pro, and walked calmly • ff §
with three sets in which they lost |
only three games. The result of §
that match was that Gillou called j
on his best doubles combinatoin, I
Jean Borotra and Henri Cochet, to S
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