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Harlingen May Be Real Threat in Valley Football
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CARDINALS IN
FIRSTWORKOUT
Washam From Waco May
Prove Greatest Back in
This Section
(Special to The Hera* .•
HARLINGEN. Aug. 22. — About
thirty candidates for places on the
Harlingen High school football team
turned out for the first day of prac
tice here Wednesday afternoon,
with Coach Dutch Rektonk bn the
pi
Practice started earlier this year
than It has in the past, because of
the fact that one of the teams
hardest games comes first on Sep
tember 27. with Brownsville.
Although It Is far too early to tell
anything definite about the Valley
teams, still Harlingen has enough
veterans from last year, and enough
good new material to prove a threat
In the Valley this year.
Veterans Bolster Line
The line whirh plaved last year
as a practically new line Is almost
entirely Intact. Captain Witherspoon
of the team will be back at taok»e.
Murray, one of the outstanding ends
of the Valley, will he at one end.
with Daniels at the other Mike'Wa
ters will be bark as a tackle and Bill
Johnson and Drury have turned out
to help plug the guard positions.
Brindley, the center of last vear.
is back with the team. All these
men were in the line last year, and
most of them regulars throughout
the season.
But the Harlingen backfield of
last year Is gone with the single ex
ception of Scheupbach. The quarter
back has returned larger and faster
and promises to be a great help in
the backfield.
Washam Real Star
Harlingen's hopes will be built
around these veterans, and around
several outstanding new men. the
principal one being Maurice Wash-1
am. star of the Waco High school;
team for the pvt two years. He was
the man around whom Coach Paul
Tyson of Waco expected to build his
backfield this year.
Washam is one of the best high
echool football punters in Texas, is
a fast man with the ball, and a good
all around man. He will form a triple !
threat in the Harlingen backfield
that will require considerable abil
ity to handle.
Other Offensive Threats
With him is a younger brother.
Stanley, the famllv of the bovs hav
ing moved to Harlingen to live.
Stanlev was on the second team at
Waco, hut is expected to be sufft
, rlertl" improved to play first string
football this year.
Jimmv Lawrence, star of the Har
lingen Junior Hich team of last vear
will be another backfield candidate,
and Walker, a Kansas football s*ar
the past two years, will probably
yro-k in the backfield
The othnr men will be nicked
from the list of candidates turned
out for practice, with the roach not
in touch vet with nil of his mate
rial.
Coach from A. A M.
Rektorick came to HarMnern from
A. Sc M. wherr he w as freshman
line coach. H° glared football at A.
Sc M. in 1927
The complete srhedulc for Har
lingen was not announced, but will
include McAllen. San Benito, and
probably severii other Val’ev teams
with KtncsvtPc scheduled during
the Valiev Mid-Winter Fair
‘Bigr Scots’ Aim A>
Golf Pro’f. Title
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Aug. 22.—<V\
— Oolfdom’s "big shots” aimed their
guns on the already tottering west
ern open throne of Abe Espinosa,
sturdy little Chicago professional,
as the second field sought qualify
ing scores for the chamnionshin
struggle over the Ozaukee Country
club course todav.
Heading the array of title seek
ers were 10 Internationally famous
figures of golf—Walter Hagen. Hor
ton Smith. Tommy Armour. "Wild
Fill" Mehlhorn. Bnbbv Cruickshank
Oene Sarazen. Ed Dudley. Henry
Ciuei. Jock Hutchison, and the
champion’s brother. A1 Esninasa.
who was defeated in the play-off
for the 1020 national onen crown,
by the one and only Bobby Jones
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OXJ. O C K
-—— -1
Sports Clhafts
— With —
Hal Eustace
Coach Benny Strickland of Austin
high is pondering over the advtsa
bil I of cancelling the Maroons
ea»iy season game scheduled with
Beaumont. Under the present line
up. the teams are programmed to
clash in the second game of the sea
son at Beaumont. Benny is a strat
egist who knows his football. He
does not want to peak the Maroon
squad for the second contest of the
year. Hitting a fast stride at this
stage of the game almost invariably
reacts on an eleven toward the mid
dle or last of the season.
• • *
Local fans arc inclined to rate
Austin as the greatest obstacle to
the Brownsville Eagle squad. Al
though Strickland is coaching his
first fear at the capital city and
does not know his squad, he is ex
pected to throw a scare into the title
contenders. A state championship
would not be at all surprising for
the Maroon gridders. Thev have two
stellar performers in Parigi at cen
ter and Graves at end. Graves 1s
one of the best high school wingmen
in the state.
• . .
Robstown. Corpus Christi. Main
A v e n ue. Brackenridge. Alamo
Heights and Brownsville are to play
the Maroons The Eagles play at
Austin Nov. 22. Brownsville is not
cutting much of a swath in the early
season fanning bees. Speaking of
the games scheduled by Austin, a
capital city scribe said: “Four are
sure to be tough, although some
think that Brownsville will not go
quite so well when they step out
into the Class A competition, vet
nothing can be taken for granted.'’;
• t t
And he may be taken at his word.
The Eagles cannot be expected to
mop up in the Class A division as
tfcrv did in Class B last year. The
competition is just naturally tough
er aad the Eagle team has not
changed to anv great extent. If
Coach “Doug" Fessenden were able
to jockey his club into winning half
of Its games this season, it would be
a successful year. But you would
have a hard time convincing the
average Brownsville fan of that
fact. Thev drank the heady wine
of overwhelming victories last year
nnd are back to revel at the lip of
the same cun again. The average
fan is expecting too much from the
Eagles.
• • •
A boxing match was held in Dal
lar Wednesday evening and the cops
di< interfere—in fact, they aided
in handling the crowd and general
ly facilitating matters. Mickey
Reilcy outpointed Charlie Currens.
both lightweights of Dallas Four
prelims also were staged. Wonder
vhere Guvner Dan Moodv's bush
whacking rangers were? The fight
was in the order of a “cluh” affair.
It was staged for the employees of
a company and their friends. Here
tofore. these “club" affairs felt the
hlllvstick of John Law. This bout
mav set a precedent that will be
followed over the state.
• • *
Agitation for the return of boxing
is reaching a high pitch over the
state. Galveston fans are banding
themselves together to seek repeal
of the anti-boxing law. Doubtless
some action will be taken at the
next session of the legislature. The
psalm-singers and the boxing fans
will scramble ears when this fight
on the right to permit fighting be
gins.
0 9 0
Boxing is no more brutal than a
half dozen other sports. Wrestling
is twice as brutal. A man playing
football sops up about as much nun
i.'hmcnt as a prize fighter. Row
ing sets a killing pace. Tennis sets
a fast pace. If it is crookedness that
thev object to. why don’t thev do
something about wrestling? Wrest
ling is permitted. The major por
tion of all wrestling matches are
framed. Thev have to be to draw
the crowds Put two good men in
the ring absolutely on the square
and vou’ll see r slow tugging exhi
bition which thp fans w’ould walk
out on. Frame it nnd see a slam
bang, rip-snortin*» limb-tearing af
fair. This will bring the fans back
• • •
Wrestling matches were held
here about a vear ago. A big Swerip
and a German put on several bouts
at Fort Brown They staged a
"erudee" flrht that apnea^d ex
tremely realistic. Even the harden
ed ton sergeants w«re veioing about
the brutality of the thine They
booed the Swede and called him a
“hi-? Scandinavian bone crushpr.”
with several other annendages that
would not do to print. But inva
Hablv the much beaten un little
ni’fehrran led the Swede out to the
"onter of the ring and slammed him
The fights were obviously framed.
But even then the brutality was
there.
Helen Wills Downs
3 In Quick Matches
FOREST HILLS. N. Y.. Aug 22 —
(/P\— Helen Wills never played ten- !
nls more irresistibly than In the ;
present national women’s cham- i
pionship tournament at the west
side stadium.
In three of the quickest matches
on record, the poker-faced cham
pion of the world has overwhelmed
two players by scores of 6-0. 6-0.
and accounted for a third at 6-1,
6-0. ►
Her matches thus far have been
so one-sided that not even her
world-wide fame and her terrific
walloping of the ball have been able
to keep the attention of the gal
lery from straying to the matches
that happened to be in progress on
an adjoining court.
LABOR DAY RATES TO
SANTONE ANNOUNCED
Special round trip rates to San
Antonio for the Labor day celebra
tion have been announced by the
Southern Pacific lines. The rate is
75 per cent of one fare
The tickets will be on sale Au
gust 1 with a return limit of Sep
tember 3. |
SPUDS’ LEAD CUT TO GAME
AND HALF AS BUFFS POUND
OUT WIN IN SERIES OPENER
• By the Associated Press)
Four days ago Jim Galloway's
Wichita Spudders were sailing
along six games ahead of the Texas
league pack after trouncing the
Panthers lour straight in a sup
posedly crucial series at Spudder
ville. They were considered ' in".
Today, battered and crippled,
their lead slashed to a game and v
half. Galloway's cohorts were up
against it hard. Follow.ng the ex
cellent pattern set for them by the
Steers, Houston slapped the -punch
drunk leaders, 4 to 3. in their
opener yesterday and was in high
hopes of sweeping the series.
Pitchers Pounded.
Every member of the staunch
Spuddcr mound staff has been
pounded hard the last four days.
Milt Steengrafe was the Buffaloes'
victim yesterday. His support was
wrecked, four errors being charged
to the Spud infield. Spud bats
burst into action after three days
of almost complete silence, but
crafty old Paul Wachtel kept their
10 blows well scattered.
Three northern clubs crowding
in close behind the Buffs won their
opening tilts on southern soil. Fort
Worth and Dallas, deadlocked for
fourth and 1<T places, were only
four and a hail games off the top
today. Prospects were for a tight
scramble right down to the tape.
Chrcveport clung to third place
by rallying to beat the Indians. 3
to 2. m their inaugural. Hap Col
lard won his own game when he
drove in two runs with a single >n
the ninth. Joe Glard lost his when
he uncorked a wild throw with a
double play in sight in the same
round.
Steers Win
The Steers ran their victory
string to six when they outslugged
the Cubs. 14 to 10, in the first at
Waco. There was some prodigious
clouting first and last. Stuvengen
of the Cubs smacked three homers
in consecutive times at bat. His
first basing opponent. Radcliff,
poled two homeruns and two singles.
There were eight four-baggers in
all.
Hanson exploded in the sixth and
the Cats won their <#>ener at Beau
n ont, 9 to 6. Six runs were scored
m the eventual round. In all, the
Panthers accumulated 17 knocks,
including a homer by the new
catctxr. Tillman. Lefty Walkup
got credit for the win.
TWIN BILL FOR
LIONS SUNDAY!
Morning and Afternoon
Games Will Be Played
With La Feria Nine
The La Feria Boosters, fresh from
a victory over the San Benito Az
tecs. will come here Sunday from a
doubleheader with the Tigers. The
games will be played at 9:30 a. m.
and 3:30 p. m. on the American Le
gion diamond.
The Brownsville Tigers were re
cently reorganized. They nave de
feated the Harlingen Red Ants
twice since their revival.
La Feria's battery for the morn
ing game has been announced as
Sales and Bern; for the af'ern tn
contest. Van Pelt and Been.
The Tigers' put and take combi
nation has not been definitely de
cided as yet; Salinas will hurl dur
ing the afternoon with Trevino on
the receiving end.
The Tigers were to have played
the 43rd Mexican cavalry Sunday
but the sabre and nag outfit was
removed to another army post.
44 Mermaids Ready
For 10-Mile Swim
TORONTO. Aug. 22 —A-T—Fourty
four mermaids stand ready for the
ten-mile swimming marathon off
the Evhibition Park seawall in Lake
Ontario tomorrow afternoon. This
number passed the physical test
vesterday when physicians examined
45 entrants. The only young woman
to fail was lone Lett of Memphis.
Miss Lett had entered the lists
with her mother. Mrs. C. N. Lett.
The daughter’s blood pressure was
found to be 106. and physicians said
this would prevent her from swim
ming in water colder than 60 de
grees. Mrs. Lett said she might give
up the race because of her daugh
ter’s inability to compete, but at
the last report she had not with
drawn her name.
TEXAS LEAGUE
Wednesday's Results
Houston 4; Wichita Falls 3.
Shreveport 3; San Antonio 2
Fort Worth 9; Beaumont 6.
Dallas 14; Waco 10.
Thursday's Schedule
Wichita Falls at Houston.
Fort Worth at Beaumont.
Dallas at Waco.
Shreveport at San Antonio.
Standing of the Clubs .
Team- P. W. L. Pet
Wichita Falls . 52 32 20 .615
Houston . 55 32 23 .562
Shreveport . 52 28 24 .538
Fort Worth . 55 29 26 .527
Dallas . 55 29 26 .527
Waco . 54 27 27 SCO
Beaumont . 52 25 27 .481
San Antonio . 55 13 42 .236
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday's Results
Boston 7-7; Cincinnati 1-8
Philadelphia 10; Pittsburgh 8.
Chicago 9; New York 2.
Brooklyn 1; St. Louis 0.
Thursday's Schedule
St. Louis at Boston.
Cincinnati at Brooklyn
Pittsburgh at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Standing of the Clubs '
Team- P W L. Pet
Chicago . 112 76 36 .679
Pittsburgh .. 113 66 47 .584
New York . 117 63 54 .538
St. Louis . 115 57 58 496
Brooklyn . 115 52 63 .452
Cincinnati .*... 116 50 66 .431
Philadelphia . 114 48 66 .421
Boston . 116 47 69 .405
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Wednesday's Results
Cleveland 3: Washington 1.
Detroit 13; Boston 2.
Chicago 4; New York 3.
St. Louis 7; Philadelphia 5.
Thursday’s Schedule
Philadelphia at Chicago.
, Boston at Cleveland.
Washington at Detroit.
New York at St. Louis.
Standing of the Clubs
Team- P. W L Pet
Philadelphia . 118 R3 35 .704
New York . 111 69 45 .605
Cleveland . 116 61 55 .534
St !"„!* . 118 61 57 .517
Detrri . 118 56 62 .475
Weshlngton . 114 50 64 .439
Chlrago . 118 46 72 390
Boston . 116 40 76 345
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(By The Associated Press)
ZANESVILLE, Ohio—Henry Fir
po, Cleveland, outpointed Jack Brit
ton. New York. (10).
DAYTON —Jimmy Reid. Erie Pa.,
outpointed Jackie Dugan. Louisville,
(10) Howard Mitchell. Cincinnati,
knocked out Joe Dillon. Indianapo
lis. (10», Jimmy Meal. Cincinnati,
outpointed Soldier Fields, El Paso.
(10). ,
OUTLOOK FOR
OWLS GLOOMY
New Coach Haa Little Ma
terial to Develop Win
ning Eleven From
HOUSTON. Aug. 24.——As the
date for opening of football practice
approaches. Rice institute fans are
wondering how the school's new
coach. Jack Meagher, can develop
an eleven capable <f defeating any
of the Owls' five conference oppon
ent*. The outlook is gloomy.
"Wait until next year.” is the re
frain most frequently heard among
Owl supporters. A fine lot of talent
is scheduled to enter the freshman
class in September, and things
should Dick up in 1930. As for this
season. Owl fans scarcely expect
more than a repetition of last au
tumn. when the Birds failed to win
a conference game.
Meagher, late of St. Edward s re
fuses to appear ..owncast. however.
He is making no rash predictions,
but hopes to weld a team that will
be in there batt’ing all the way.
Eight lettermen are expected to
form a nucleus f r this year's elev
en. They are Capt. Burv Jones o!
Dallas, Bill Morgan. Denison, and
Travis Allen. Houston, ’inemen;
George McCarble, Houston. Dub
Harder, Waco, and Frank Power
Edna, ends; end Ross Kennedy. Sa
binal. and Joe Stoppel. Cleveland
Ohio, backs. "Spud” Braden, quar
terback. who was elected co-cap
tain. will not return.
Forty-eight aspirants have been
ordered to report for practice Sep
tember 10.
_
Homer Summa, Athletics from
Wichita Falls. —Up four times, one
hit. no runs. Four putouts, no as
sists. errors.
Sam Hale. Athletics from San An
tonio—Up four times, one hit, no
runs. One putout. two assists, no
errors.
Rig Collins, Browns from Dallas -
Held Athletics to 10 hits, winning
7-5. Struck out four, allowed lour
bases on balls. Up four times, one
hit, one run. No putouts. one assist,
no errors.
Jim Bottomley, Cards from Hous
ton—Up three times, one hit, no
runs. Ten putouts. no assists, errors.
Chirk Ifafey, Cards from Hous
ton.—Up four times, one hit. no
runs. Hit double. Sacrificed.
Walter Roetlger, Cards from Hous
ton—Up three times, no hits. runs.
Two putouts, no assists, errors.
Curtis Walker. Reds from Hous
ton.—Up eight times, two hits. runs.
Four putouts. no assists, errors.
Lester Bell. Braves from Houston.
—Up seven times, two hits, no runs.
No putouts. three assists, no errors.
George Harper, Braves from
Wichita Falls.—Up eight times, two
hits, two runs. Two putouts. no as
sists. errors.
Pinkie Whitney, Phils from Sen
Antonio high.—Up four times, one
hit. one run. One putout. two as
sists. no errors.
Ace Llliott. Phils from W'ichita
Falls. Started against Pirates. Al
lowed four hits in 1 2-3 innings. Not
up. No putouts. assists, errors.
Rogers Hornsby. Cards from Den
ison—Up four times, two hits, no
runs. One putout. three assists, no
errors. Batted in two runs. Hit dou
ble. Sacrificed.
Andy Cohen, Giants from Waco
—Up four times, three hits, no runs.
Three putouts. three assists, one er
ror.
Phil Tndt, Red Sox from San An
tonio. —Up four times, one hit. no
runs. Eight putouts, no assists, er
rors. Hit double.
Sam West, Senators from Roches
ter—Up three times, no hits. runs.
Three putouts. no assists, errors.
Fred Marberry. Senators, from
Dallas.—Second pitcher against In
dians. Lost, allowing four hits in
three innings. Up once, no hits,
runs, putouts. one assist, no errors
BRUINS SLAP GIANTS FOR
WIN; BROWNS GET SERIES
AS ATHLETICS LOSE FINAL
• Associated Press.)
Just by way of proving they were'
not downhearted at the temporary
loss of Charley Grimm, the Cans
slapped three Giant pitchers for 14
blows at the Polo grounds yester
day to win by 9 to 2 as the Pirates
submitted to their daily cuffing by
the furious Phillies. The net re
sult of these proceedings was to in
crease the margin of Mr. McCar
thev thy’s brums to 10 1-2 games,
a tidy margin even with the regular
first baseman nun tig a fractured
le.'t wrist..
First reports from the medical
corps read Grimm out for the rest
of the season, if not for any world
series games the Cubs may play.
Pressed further, physicians and sur
geons admitted Grimm’s fracture,
even though on his throwing arm.
might not keep the regular first
sacker out for more than three or
four weeks.
Phils Furious
McCarthy placed Young Clarence
Blair. Little Rock recruit, in tem
porary charge of first base, but dis
patched a hurry call for Charlie
Tolson. optioned to Los Angeles by
th« Cubs last spring.
Young Harry Smythe of Ashviile,
again put the finishing touches on
the Philly victory', but official credit
went to Phil Collins.
The score was 10 to 8. giving Burt
Shotton's boys four straight over
Bush'o men.
The Braves divided a double,
header with the Reds, winning the
first game by 7 to 1. and permitting i
the visitors to edge out the second i
by 8 to 7. The Braves thus remain
ed in the cellar, which they now
hold by a margin of two full games
under the rampaging Phillies.
.Vs Drop Series
The Athletics surprised American
league circles by dropping a series
to the Browns yesterday through
the medium of losing the final
game bv 7 to 5. but the Yanks per
mitted the White Sox to win by 4
to 3. leaving the standing of the
first two clubs unchanged. The A'3
lead by 122 games.
It becomes increasingly apparent
with the passing days that the
Yankee record , of 110 games won
and 44 lost in 1927 is reasonably
safe. To be beat now. the Macks
must take no fewer than 28 of their
remaining 36 games. The old Cub
record of 116 victories in 1906 is safe
beyond everything but th® iist
mathematical certainty.
Ferrell Again Hoi
Young Wesley Ferrell slopped the
Senators cold with his second suc
cessive four-hit game, the Indians
winning by 3 to I. It was Ferrell's
Kth victory.
Detroit slammed Bayne and Car
roll hard to win the finale from the
Red Sox by 13 to 2. Uhle was th«
winner.
GRID STAR ON
LOCAL STAFF
Will Help Direct Athletic
Season -of Brownsville
Schools
Calvin Surtees, latest addition to
the coaching staff of the Browns
ville public school system, arrived
Tuesday from a Antonio.
Surtees will fit Into the ecently JL
adopted centralized coaching sys
tem. He will work under Doug Fes
senden during he football and
track seasons and under Raymond
Plato in basketball.
Surtees was a star performer at
Main avenue and St. Mary's in San
Antonio. He is well known to all of
the local coaching staff and to Supt*
G. W. Gotke. All recommend him
highly as a teacher and coach.
Surtees captained the St. Mary*#
football team last year.
Hat Makers and Fort
Nine to Meet Sunday
The Palmez Hat Makers will en
tertain the Fort Brown nine at 3:30
p. m. Sunday on the Palm Court*
diamond, it has been announced.
The Hatters split a pair last Sun
day with the 43rd Mexican cavalry
juit returned from a barnstormin'
team. The Fort Brown tossers have
just returned from a trip to Fort
Ringgold and fort McIntosh.
Bargains at
The Fashion
are bargains
indeed!
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and
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only!
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