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Police Guard Mandell After Threats of Violence*
CHAMP LEAVES
TRAINING CAMP
Sammy and Canzoneri To
Finish Training Today
For Title Scrap
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.—m
—Surrounded by a police
guard to thwart attempts at
violence, Sammy Mandell
* today went through final
j preparations for the 10- (
round clash in defense of his [
. world lightweight champion-1
ship against Tony Canzoneri]
at Chicago stadium Friday]
night. -
The champion late yester
day secretly slipped away
from his training camp, up
set by annoyances believed]
inspired by a gambling
group endeavoring to stage
a betting coup.
Mandell went to a hotel where he
expected to remain with his body
guard, leaving only for a final
workout today. He left camp after
anonymous telephone calls and
prowlers had “gotten on his nerves.
Mandell was a big favorite in the
betting. He was quoted at 1 to
2 1-2 late yesterday and it was ex
pected his price would go higher.
Both the champion and Canzoneri
today were to finish up with six
rounds of floorwork. Mandell still
had a little weight to remove, but
Tony was down to 133 and planned
on Just enough work to retain his
edge. _
How They Stark Up
This is how Lightweight Cham
pion Sammy Mandell. and Tony
Canzoneri. the challenger, compare
physically
MANDELL CANZONERI
25 Age 22
135 Lbs. Weight 133 Lbs.
& Ft.. 6 3-4 In. Height 5 Ft 5 3-4 In.
68 Inches Reach 66 3-4 In.
15 Inches Neck 15 Inches
36 In. Chest (Normal) 36 In
38 In Chest (Expanded) 39 In.
28 Inches Waist 30 Inchse
12 3-4 In. Bleeps 13 1-4 In.
11 Inches Forearm 11 Inches
18 Inches Thigh 19 Inche'
13 Inches Calf 13 3-4 In.
/ No Broadcast
Radio broadcasting will not be
permlttted at the Sammy Mandell
Tony Canzoneri lightweight cham
pionship fight at the Chicago sta
dium tomorrow night.
Paddy Harmon, president of the
stadium. ordered it banned because
he feels radio cuts down attend
ance.
Standing
X-OF THE CLUBS —
TEXAS LEAGUE
Wednesday's Results
Dallas 1. Houston S.
Wichita rails 4 San Antonio 2.
Waco 5. Tort Worth *.
Beaumont - Shreveport. postponed;
rain. _ t
Thursday's Schedule
Houston at Dallas.
San Antonio at Wichita Falls.
Beaumont at Shreveport.
Waco at Fort Worth.
Standing of the Clubs
Team- P W. L. Pet
Wichita Falls . 30 19 11 .633
Houston ............... 30 17 13 .Ml
Waco . 32 17 15 .531
Shreveport ..20 15 14 .517
Fort Worth . 33 17 Id .515
Beaumont . 2« 14 1» 500
Dalla* . 32 14 1* 4vfl
San Antonio . 32 10 22 .313
A MERIT AN LEAGUE
Wednesday's Results
Philadelphia 10 Detroit 1.
New York Id. Chicago 2
St Louis 4-2. Cleveland 0-8
Thursday's Schedule
Cleveland at Boston
Chicago at New York.
Detroit at PhM*delohia
St. Louis a» Washington
Standing of th“ Ctnhs
Team- P w 1 Prt
Philadelphia . 9s 72 ™ ^35
New York . 93 33
St Louis . «7 S3 « '**
Cleveland .. 98 *7
IWtrolt . 97 *7 50 .485
Washington . 03 38 57 387
Chicago . 90 73 81 384
Boston . 97 79 88 299
ktHONtl LEAGUE
Wednesday's Results
Cincinnati 2. N«w York 1
Fh'ladelnhia 8 pittsUn-gh 2
ywr^n 7-3 Ch’caeo 1-8
St Louis '-2. hrook'vn 2-P
Thursday's Results
Boston at Chicago
New York at Cincinnati
Phlladelohia «t Pittsburgh.
Brooklvn at St. Louis.
Standing of th" C’«M
Team— P *: *lln
t**tt»tvirEh .94 58 38 817
New York .1°° M 45 .>50
Bt Lout* . «B 49 49 'no
Brooklyn .. 97 43 54 447
Boston .19° 42 .59 420
Cincinnati . 97 40 57 412
Philadelphia . 95 30 58 398
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Spoirfts Ch&fts
— With —
Hal Eustace
Jack Rowe, be-spectacled doughty,
furnished the sensation of the Elks
billiard tournament Wednesday
when he defeated everything in
sight. The only reason he didn t
trounce more was because they
weren't on deck.' He ran his win
ning streak up to 12 with no losses
recorded against him. Rowe had
played only one game up until Sat
urday of last week. Jack is whip
ping up his horses now. however
and it appears as though he will
be able to play his entire schedule
of 26 games.
• « •
Like Skippy, Jark is "always j
belittlin'” bat he be-littles him
; self. After making an extreme
ly difficult billiard. Jack be-littles
himself for not getting better po
sition. He is an excellent cushion
player and knows his "leavings."
Jack not only knows the shots—
there are plenty who ran tell you
how to make them—but he can
execute them.
• 9 •
The high spot in the Elks’ tourn- j
ament is expected to come when'
Rowe and George Bell meet. They
appear certain to meet in a con
test for the crown. Bell now has
played 21 games without a single
loss. Rowe, rapidly hauling up
from behind, has won 12 straigh'
From the class of his play shown
Wednesday. Rowe should have little
trouble in hurdling the remainder
of the field. Fernandez. Richard
son. Corey and Reid constitute the
tough spots.
• • •
Dave Young is the latest of
Brownsville's skeeters to step into
the limelight. Dave, perhaps the
, youngest member of the local
team, toed the mark and broke
50 straight Tuesday afternoon.
This was the second time that
Young has achieved perfect
marks. No doubt the roar of
Dave's gun caused the local crown
to settle down over Bob Wade's
ears a bit. Bob's safe for a while
though. He figures It a bad day
unless he breaks a 25. The best
reeord made here for an after- ,
noon was established by Wade
Sunday. He broke 148 nut of a ,
possible 150. That would be ex- I
cellent shooting at trap, much
less skeet.
• • •
The Brownsville club has selected
wisely in the naming of its officers.
The most enthusiastic of the Skeet- j
ers are represented on the ruling I
body. Harry Richardson, snap-shot
wizard, was elected president; Bob
Wade, vice president; Frank Arm
strong. secretary', and Vincent Ste
venson. treasurer. The club is h
non-profit making organization
Consequently quite a bit of wor*
will have to be borne by the offi
cers. If the officers were not high
ly interested, it is probable that the
club would relax and fall by the
way. But with fellows such ac
those in office, the club is in slight
danger of loss of interest.
• * •
The Donna shoot, scheduled for
Sunday, appears to be up in the
air. At first it was understood
that the state champions would
come here, but later it developed
that they would not. The locals
more often than probably will not
haggle over the location of the
shoot. Bob Wade and his gang
will probably load up what Skeet
ers they ran find Sunday and
give the champions a workout on
their homo grounds.
• • •
Don’t forget those boat races at
the Point Sunday. The big re
gatta is set for August 17-18, but
; there will be catboat chases this
coming Sunday. The second of a
series of three races will be run
between five catboats. W. H. Pat
ter won the first chase. The win
ner of the series will be awarded
a cup by the Point Isabel Yacht
club The races will get under way
in the Laguna Madre just opposite
from the Yacht club at 3 p. m.
• • •
Boh Jeffries. Valley columnist,
recently chided W. L. Prndrr
graft. managing editor of The
Herald, about a lengthy front
page article on “yo-yo" spinning.
Pcndergraft. with all the august
dignity of a managing editor,
poo-poohed that he had said such
horrible things about the yo-yo
that he was open for a libel suit.
Don't tell the boss about this.
Bob. and I'll let you in on some
thing. The M. E. iwilrd me out
to dinner Sunday. When I got
there, he was spinning TWO yo
yos and was scolding his small
I daughter away as she sought to
1 get one of her toys.
• • •
Chesty Art 8hires. former Valley
baseball player, now at first for the
While Sox. continues to lead the
, baseball world in the talking col
umn. and his batting and fielding
records aren't so bad either. When
j Art joined the White Sox he said
i there were only two players in the
Drastic Reduction 1
ARIZONA-NEVADA11
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MAJOR CLOUTE RS ARE STAGING TORRID BATTLE
This is the Big Four of 1929 slugging. Hrrmjn and O’Doul arr clubbing it out for the National
league lead. Manush. 1928 runner up. is having a stiff tussle with J immy Foxx for top place In the
American.
NEW YORK. July 27.—.J'—Its a •
! stirring battle that four young men
of the majors arc having for top
1 batting honors.
Babe Herman and Lefty ODou!
locked in a struggle for National
league supremacy, have been hit
ting better than the leading Ameri
can league pair. Hemie Manush and
Jimmy Foxx—but the latter are all
but deadlocked in the averages.
For almost a week Manush and
Foxx were within one point of each
other. They were banging the ball
around in the upper eighties. Her
man and ODoul were several
notches higher and a mark of .400
was necessary for a respectable
lead.
On the day that Herman was
leading the National league with ar.
average of .398 to O'Doul’s .393.
Manush had a rating of .387, one ;
point higher than Foxx.
Judging by the 1928 figures, three
of the boys are batting a bit over
their heads. Last year Herman hit
.340; Foxx .328 and ODoul .319.
Manush. on the other hand, is right
up where he belongs since he hit
1 378 for the season last year an.!
was a .377 batter in 1926. Keinie
lost the league batting crown to
' Goose Goslin by one point in 1928.
American league “and Babe Ruth1
was tjxc other.” He has bolted the
club, fougly. with Manager Lena
Blackburr.c and generally disported
himself as a radical—but he can
play ball.
• • •
He claims to be the champion
tobacco chewrr of the majors.
Chicago fans who visit Comlskey
park mainly to razz the bush
Irague upstart can’t determine
whether his braggadocio is show
manship or naivete. Whatever
it is. Shires is living up to his own
advertising copy.
• * • •
Prudhommc. a Detroit rookie was
on the mound Shires uy. There
were two out end a runner on third.
Quote the Great Shires: “If this
rookie gets me out now. he’s a sure
success.”
Maior League Leaders
(Including Games of July 31»
National
Batting—Herman .Robins. .407.
Runs—Ott. Giants. Hornsby. Cubs.
96
Runs batted in—Ott. Giants. 105.
Hits—Terry. Giants. 156.
Doubles—Frederick. Robins. r>4.
Triples—L. Waner, Pirates. 15.
Homers. Klein. Phillies. 33.
Stolen bases—Cuvier. Cubs. 26.
Pitching — Bush. Cubs, won 14.
lots 1.
American
Batting—Fnxx. Athletics. 390.
Runs—Gchringer. Tigers. 89.
Runs batted in—Simmons, Ath
letics. 102.
Hits—Mantish. Browns. 160.
Doubles—HeiSmann. Johnson, Ti
I gers. 35.
Triples—Miller. Athletics. 12.
Homers—Gehrig. Yanks. 26
Stolen bases—Gehringer, Tigers.
17
Pitching—Grove. Athletics, won
17. lost 2.
MARRIED WOMEN
* * *
NOT CONSIDERED
* ¥ *
FOR COURT SEAT
AUSTIN. Auc. 1— Married Wo
men's rights” was given recogni
tion when its author. Judge Speer
was appointed to the supreme
court commission of apnea Is. But
married women's rights at pres
ent arc not expected t > have the
further e xtinction of winning a
seat in the court commission r
any of the numerous feminine
lawyers of the state.
Term of Judge Speer, whose
book on "The Law of Married
tVomen's Rights" is authority in
its field expires this summer
Judge Luther Nickels of the
commission, whose term was to
have expired also, recently re
signed.
In the conceded defeat of the
constitutional amendment to in
crease the supreme court from
three to nine members. Gov.
Moody will be called upon to ap
point two members of the com
mission. of appeals of supreme
court.
Gov. Moody two years 50 ap
pointed Judge Richard Critz and
C. A. Leddy, both of whom are
scheduled for places on the su
preme bench if the court amend
ment had been adopted.
Judges H. B. Short and J. D
Harvey, chairmen of the two ;ec
two years longer to serve. They
were appointed by Gov. Miriam A
Ferguson.
Siebold’s Victories
Would Stretch Cubs’
National Leadership
<By The Associated Press) i
It's beginning to look as though <
:nto the reign of each of baseball's j
master minds the monkey wrench i
< f some past error of judgment must,
fall sooner or later. i
Now it's the turn of Joe Me-1
Carthv. who docs the heavy mental j
drudgery for the Chicago Cubs, to j
mash his teeth and attempt to
reach the back of his trousers with I
the heel of his right foot. The Cubs
are in first place in the National
league today, five games ah^ad of !
the tottering Pittsburgh Pirates, but
it might he more if it wasn't for old
Socks" Sribolri.
Socks is no youngster by any
means. He pitched for the Athletics
about ten years ago. Last year he
hurled for reading In the Inter
national league and was considered j
the best pitcher in the circuit. Well
alone in the 30’s. Sock's curve is
mostly a wrinkle now and his "hard” I
one probably looks like Lefty
Grove's floater. But he is a smart
old warrior.
The Cubs brought him back to
the majors just because. Then a
chance came to acquire Rogers
Hornsby and. with a half a pullman
r-ar full of team mates. Socks was
traded to Boston for the great sec
ond baseman. Yesterday Socks was
back in Chicago.
He pitched the Braves to a neat
7 to 1 victory over the Cubs, the
•second time he has snubbed Old
Master McCarthy in his last two
tries In addition Socks has beaten
the Pirates twice along with several
other clubs. If these victories were
added to the Cub win column and
-orresponding defeats subtracted,
the McCarthy clan would be as far
ihead in the National circuit as the.
Philadelphia Athletics are in the
American league.
The Cubs came back to put the
Braves in their proper places in the
second half of the double header j
when Powerhouse Wilson lashed out
two home runs to make it an even
30 for the season. While his mates i
rallied round. Pat Malone coasted
home. 6 to 3. Kiki Cuylcr returned
to the Chicago lineup after an ab
sence of 11 games due to a leg m
jurv.
The crippled Pirates dropped an-1
other engageemnt to the Phillies, j
6 to 2. and slipped another half
notch back of the Cubs. "Chuck”
Klein hit his 33rd homer for Phila
delphia.
The Cincinnati Reds and New
York Giants staged an old fash
ioned pitchers’ duel with Eppa
Rixey. the tall left hander, besting
Joe Genewich. a cripple most of the
season. 2 to 1. The Brooklyn Dod
gers and St. I.dUis Cardinals wres
tled through another double head
er that ended in a draw, the Cards,
winning the first. 5 to 2. but losing
the second. 8 to 2.
The day in the American league
was lone on hits but short on re
sults. The Philadelphia Athletics
maintained n 0 1-2 game lead over
the Yankees bv blasting the Tigers j
in to 1 while New York belted the
Chicago White Sox 18 to 2 for the
seventh straight win
The Boston Red Sox split a doublp
header with Cleveland, winning the
first. 4 to 0. and dropping the sec
ond 6 to 2 Lefty 8tewart held
Washington to five hits as St. Louis
won 5 to 1.
MEMORIAL TO PIGEONS
VERDUN. France—A marble tab
let was unveiled here in memory of
the French carrier pigeons that died
on service in the war.
Don’t Neglect Your
Sweet Tooth
' You need more energy giv
• ing foods in summer than at
any other time. Elmer’s
candies will furnish this en
ergy . . . and oh, so good.
ELMERS
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Lester Bell, Braves from Houston.
—Four times up, two hits, one run.
One putout. one assist, no errors.
George Harper, Braves from Fort
Worth.—Eight times up, four hits,
one run. Seven putouts, no assists,
errors. Tripled.
Rogers Hornsby. Cubs from Den
ison—Seven times up. two hits, two
runs. One putout, ten assists, no er
rors.
Hal Carlson. Cubs from Wichita
Falls.—Allowed Praves four hits In
| two innings. Not up. no hits. runs.
No putouts. one assist, no errors.
Bib Falk. Indians from U. of T.—
Eight times ~p, one hit. two runs.
Three putouts. o assists, errors.
Doubled.
Phil Todt. Red Sox from San An
tonio—Up eight times, two hits, one
run. Seventeen putouts. four as
sists. no errors. Got double. Figured
I in t go double plays.
Willis Hudlin. Indians from Waco
Allowed Boston 10 hits and won.
6-2. Three times up. no hits, runs.
No putouts. two assists, no errors
Charlie Berry. Red Sox from Dal
las.—Four times up. one hit. no
runs. Three putouts. two assists,
one error.
Sam West. Senators from Roches
ter—Four times i . one hit. no
runs. Two putouts, no assists, er
rors.
Pmkie Whitney. Phils from San
Antonio high —Three times up. two
hits, one run. i'o putouts. iwo as
1 slsts, no errors. Sacrificed. In double
play.
Sparkir Adams. Pirates from
Wichita Falls.—Up once, no hits,
runs. One putout, five assists, no
errors. In double play.
Jim Bottomley. Cards from Hous
ton—Echt times up. one hit, no
runs. Thirtee putouts, one assist,
no errors. Got triple.
Ernie Orsatli. Cards from Hous
ton.—Seven tlr .* up. four hits, two
; runs. Four putouts. one assists, no
j errors. Got triple.
Walter Toettger. Cards from
Houston.—Three times up. no hits.
""
runs. Six putouts. e assist, no er
rors. In double play.
Carl Reynolds, White Sox from
Palestine—F^ur times up. one hit,
no runs. Three putouts. no assists,
errors.
Chick Autry. .Vhite Sox from Aus
tin.—Up twice, o hits. runs. One
putout, one assist, no errors.
Cedric Durst. Yankees from Beau
mont.—Up once, one hit. no runs.
No putouts. assists, errors
Al Simmons, Athletics f
Shreveport —Three times up.
hit. one run. Two putouts. no as
sists. errors. Got a three-bagger.
■.. ■
(Bv The Associated Press)
BROOKLYN, N. Y.—M anuel
Quintero. Tampa. Fla . outpointed
I Joe Click, Brooklyn, (10).
runs. Three 'utouts, no assists. *r
rors.
Jack Tavener. Indians from Fort
Worth.—Not p. no hits. runs. No
putouts. assi . errors.
Clarence .lor ard. Cards from
Houston—Up three times, no hits,
runs. Eight putouts, two ast sts. one
error.
Bill llallahan. Cards from Hous
ton.—Allowed Robins eight hits, los
ing 8-2. Up th j times, no hits,
runs. No putouts. three assists, one
error.
Fred 1 rank house. Cards from
Houston —Pirch batted and failed
Andy Cohen. "Hants from Waco
—Up three times, no hits, runs. Two
putouts. one assist, no errors.
Curtis Walker. Reds from Hous
ton.—Four times up one hit. no
runs. Two putouts, no : zizU er
rors.
/.lex Metsler, White Sox from
Wichita Falls —Five times up. one
hit. no runs. No putouts, assists, er
rors.
Art Shires. White CSo f*.m
W’aco.—Up four times, two hits, no
..I—i- .-in..—..—.-'V x "
Spudders and Steers
Seen As Play-offs
For Texas Pennant
iRv The Associated Press!
It will not become official until
some 50 more games have been
played, but the Steers can start :n
having their bats measured to fit
Athletic park at Wichita Falls any
time now. Barring the unforeseen,
the playoff for the 1929 Texas
league gonfalon will be divided be
tween Dallas and Wichita.
There has been a sneaking suspi
cion for some time that the Spuds
were bound for a second nail crown
even as last year. All they needed,
said the wise ones, was just a little
more pitching. They have acquired
that during the last 48 hours in th*
persons of Andy Messenger and
Paul Hopkmss. Also, they have ac
quired a two-game lead on the field.
Much of the present enthusiasm
had Its origin in the apparent col
lapse of the Buffs at the outset of
their northern invasion. Touted a*
the team to lead the southern
teams out of the wilderness, th"
junior Cards promptly dropped two
straight to the Steers. Yesterday
it was 1 to 0.
The Spuds required only five hits
to take their second straight from
the Indians, who dropped their sev
enth in a row. For the third time
since he joined the Tribe. Joe Oi
ard failed to finish. The former
Senator finds class A plates elusive
in the extreme.
Waco's Cubs squared matters at
Fort Worth by taking the middle
game. 5 to 2.
Rain prevailed at Shrevepor*.
where the Exporters were hopeful
of atoning for defeat in the opener.
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