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18 REPORT TO
COACH SURTEES
Choice Material of Valley
Lined For Junior Col
lege Grid Team
Eighteen gridders. including
gome of the choice material of the
Valley, signed up for the Browns
ville Junior College eleven Wednes
day afternoon. The squad will prob
ably go through a light workout
Thursday afternoon.
Coach Calvin Surtees was pleased
with his squad and said he believed
the Scorpions would make them
selves felt in Valley football circles
this year.
The schedule at present is:
Sept. 26—San Benito there.
Oct 4—McAllen there.
Oct. 10—Harlingen here.
Oct, 24— Edinburg junior eolleg?
at Edinburg.
Oct. 18—Victoria junior college
(site undecided).
Nov. 9 or 10—Tentative with Fort
Brown.
row. 22 — Kingsville Teachers
the a
Suttees Is still seeking additional
games.
EAGLES GO TO
PIRATE CITY
Corpug Christi Wins Grid
Contest Against Early
Ruling From Austin
The Corpus Christi high school
Buccaneers have proved their last
contest with Brownsville high
school was played here, consequent
ly the Pirates will get the game in
their city this year. This changes
the schedule as first announced
from Austin early this summer.
The first game of the season wil’
be with the Harlingen Cards at
Harlingen Sept. 27. The following
week, Oct. 4. the Eagles will travt.
to Corpus Christi for their first
class “A** game in their history.
Tucker bowl will see the Eagles
in action for the first time Nov. 11
with the Robstown gridders as their
opponents. Following this eye
opener for local fans, the team will
take on the Alamo Heights Mules
at San Antonio Oct, 18. Oct. 25 is
still open.
On Nov. 1 the Eagle followers
should see a great battle when the
Brackenridge high crew come here
from San Antonio. This should be
one of the toughest games of the
season here. Harlendale comes here
Nov. 8.
The last two games in the district
appear to be among the toughest
on the Eagles’ schedule. On the
15th, the local gridders are slated
to tear into Main Avenue at San
Antonio. The following week. Nov
22, they are to plav Austin high
at Austin.
Special Train For
• _ Game Is Arranged
Arrangements are now being
completed for a special train over
the Missouri Pacific Lines to Cor
pus Christi for the game between
the Brownsville Eagles and the high
school team of that city, according,
to W. R. Kiekel. freight and pas
senger agent. A special rate of
$4.25 for the round trip will be of
fered fans. The train Is to leave
Brownsville at 7 a. m. Oct. 5. arriv
ing in Corpus Christi about noon,
and leaving at 7 p. m.. reaching
Brownsville about midnight.
BOAT RACERS ENTER
LAKE MEDINA EVENT
Robert Sexton and Kenneth
Clark planned to leave Thursday
with two hulls. “Half Pint” anil
.‘Hell-a-Foppin’ ” for the Lake Me
dina outboard races Saturday and
Sunday. The boats are owned by
George Leonard but he may not be
able to attend the races.
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Boston Girl, 16, Steps Into
Big Time ofNational Tennis
In the parlance of baseball, these g irl tennis players at "sweet 16”
usually are considered as cousins by the ranking stars. Sarah Pal
frey of Boston is an exception.
FOREST HILLS. N. Y, Sept. 12.
I'.P)—Winning major tennis champ
ionships is something that lew 16
year-old girls do.
Helen Wills did it in 1922 when
she was co-holder of the national
doubles titles.
Now graceful little Sarah Palfrey
of Boston has arrived to repeat
Queen Helen's wouthtul triumph.
When Miss Palfrey helped cap
ture the women's national indoor
doubles championship last spring
it appeared, from the distance, that
she had been carried along by her
partner and mentor. Mrs. Oeorge
W. Wightman.
But when the Boston girl swept
through the recent eastern grass
; court championship meet to win
the title from a strong field there
no longer was any doubt about ner
I ability.
In winning the crown at Rye. N.
Y., Miss Palfrey stopped Mrs. May
I Sutton Bundy, the champion, in a
Sport
[Slants
• Alan J. Gould
There were any number of de
precating gestures early in the
baseball season when such names
as Herman and O'Doul began
crowding the top of the National
league batting list.. The implica
1 tion was clc :r that this sort of
thing was all right in the spring
but would be quickly stopped when
real hitters like Hornsby, the
Waners. Terry, Frish and others
swung into rtride.
But at the end of August, no
one except Floyd < Babel Herman
of Brooklyn had been able to stop
Frank < Lefty i O'Doul ot Philadel
phia and no one at all had suc
ceeded in checkin? the National
league's ‘ Bustin' Labe.'' The ter
rific hitting of these two outfield
ers. attached to second-division
clubs, ranks as one of the biggest
surprises of a season f .11 of un
expected developments all round.
There has not been the slightest
fluke about the way Herman club
bed himself well out In front in the
tussle for a batting crown tlvat
Rogers Hornsby has worn seven
times in the last nine years. The
rangy Brooklyn slugger took over
the pace-setting from O'Doul
around the middle of June, with
a mark of .388. He was up to .392
on July 15 : nd w haling away at a
.413 clip a montTi later, going in
ward the September home stretch
A boost of 25 points when the ; ;art
ing mark is .388 represents mightv
consistent hitting. O'Doul was at
.383 the middle of June and .385
the middle of August to remain a
constant threat to the leader.
It would be difficult to find two
more checkered playing careers
than those of Herman and O'Doul.
i.ney are among ‘ the boys who
have made good in spite of all“
Herman has been with 13 clubs al
together. O'Doul has spent most of
his time back and forth between
the East and Pacific Coast. He
once was a pitcher with the Yan
kees. turned to the outfield in 1924
and was voted the most valuable
player in the Pacific Coast league
in 1927 when the Giants drap-c?
him from San Francisco. McGraw
match in which the former never
was tlireatoned. She then upset
Mary Greef of Kansas City, in
straigth sets in the finals.
Sarah's showing has given the
cas increased hope of eventually
gaining the crown which Helen
Wills had held for the west for
five years.
Helen won her first women’s nat
ional singles title when she was 17.
It would be expecting two much
to pick the Boston girl to dupli
cate the California girl’s perform
mance. if for no other reason than
that next year, when she is 17,
Queen Helen, now only 23 and at
the top of her game, probably will
be there to defend her crown.
Within a year or twfo when Miss
Palfrey has strengthened her back
hand stroke, she will be bidding for
a place among the leaders. That
is a prediction of the metropoli
tan critics who have rated her game
(today as romoaring favorably with
i most of the first division stars.
thought so little of O’Doul that he
tossed him in with a bundle of
cash to get Fred Leach from the
Phillies. Now Lefty in his first
regular jcb, is also playing the best
ball of his career.
Big Bill Tilden has been some
what harassed on the courts over
the past two or three years as he
fought gallantly against the inevit
able slide down from the crest But
Big Bill, for all that he has slip
ped from the heights of 1320-25. sill
has a lot of good tennis in his
system With no Frenchmen in his
path, he figures to regain some of
his old prestige at Forest Hills
in the national singles champion
ship. At 35. Tilden’s legs no longer
can carry him about with the old
careless ease, the old sureness, but
I his experience and stroking ability
shoud keep him one or two jumps
ahead of most challengers. Includ
ing Docg. /llison. Van Ryn. Mer
eur, Lott. Bell ana others, among
them the Englishman Bunny”
Austin.
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Pents Schedule Game
In Matamoros Sunday
The San Benito Pentagons and an I
all-star aggregation from the Mata
moros garrison will tangle at 10
a. m as part of the Diez y Seis
celebration in Matamoros this com
; :ng Sunday.
General Julio H. Serrano is now
' seeking to have members of the
43rd cavalry nine brought back to
Matamoros for the game.
The Pentagons have won 15 out
of their last 17 games, taking a pair
last Sunday from the Harlingen
Red, Ants by 5-3 scores.
No admission charges will be
made for the Sunday game. Th*
Pents’ line-up is as follows: Garri
son c; Moncus. Jeffries or Snavely.
p: Cunningham, lb; Tavlor. 2b;
Campbell. 3b; Clements, ss; Law
rence. Davis and Williams, out
fielders.
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SPORTS LOSE '
FLAG CHANCE
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Spudders’ Lead Intact As
Buff Win Pushes
Back Rivals
Although they marked up their
seventh oonsecutive victory at the
expense of Waco. 7 to 6. the Sports
yesterday saw the Texas league ilag
slip a little further from their grasp.
If Phelan's nine had timed its drive
a little sooner there might have
been a different story to tell.
The Spudders, fully recovered
from last week's slump that saw
them drop three out of four to
Waco, rang up their fifth straight
by tripping the Buffs, 9 to 4. in
their series opener. Their two and
one-half game lead was intact to
day. wtili only four days to go. They
need only two more triumphs to j
clinch the second half, even if the j
Sports breeze through their remain- i
tng contests.
Leo Casey's circuit smash in the
ninth with one on broke up a
mound duel between Jim Chaplin
and Sarge Connally at Dallas and
gave San Antonio a 5-to-3 win in
their opener. Ever so often the
Tribe does win one.
Larry Cox slammed a homer with
two aboard at LaGrave field, but
the Panthers dropped their inau
gural with Beaumont's Exporters,
6 to 5. Cox’ blow off Vaughn tied i
the count in the fifth. The Ship
pers got to Meadows for the win- |
ning run in the seventh.
STANDING
xLof the clubs—
TEXAS LEAGUE
Wednesday's Results
Wichita Falls 9. Houston 4.
Beaumont 6. Fort Worth 5.
Shreveport 7. Waco 6.
San Antonio 5. Dallas 3.
Thursday's Schedule
Houston at Wichita Falls
Beaumont at Fort Worth.
San Antonio at Dallas.
Waco at Shreveport.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— p. w l. pet
Wichita Falls . 75 46 29 .613
BhlfpOrt . 74 43 31 .581
Dallas . 78 41 35 .539
Houston . 78 41 37 .526
Waco . 78 41 37 .526
Fort Worth . 76 39 37 .513
Beaumont . 77 36 41 .468
San Antonio . 78 19 53 344
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Wednesday's Results
St Louis 5, New York 0.
Boston 8. Detroit 7.
Philadelphia 7. Chicago 4.
Washington 5. Cleveland 2
Thursday's Schedule
Detroit at Boston.
St. Louis at New York.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Cleveland at Washington.
Standing of the Clubs
Team- P W. L. Pet
Philadelphia . 135 94 41 696
Hew York . 134 77 57 575
Cleveland . 132 70 62 .530
St. Louts . 134 70 61 .623
Detroit .. 135 62 73 .459
Washington . 133 61 72 .459
Chicago . 132 53 79 *02
Boston '. 137 50 87 384
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday's Results
N«v York 2-10. Pittsburgh 1-5
St. Louis 11-7. Boston 4-1.
Cincinnati 4. Brooklyn 2
Chicago 3. Philadelphia 2
Thursday's Schedule
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Cincinnati.
New York at Pittsburgh.
Boston at St. Louis.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— P. W L Pet
Chicago . 134 91 43 .679
Pittsburgh . 136 78 58 .553
New York . 133 72 61 .545
St. Louis . 132 65 67 .493
Brooklyn . 135 62 73 .459
Philadelphia . 134 60 74 448
Cincinnati . 133 56 77 421
B©3ton . 133 51 82 J&3
Tilden Opposed By
7 At National Meet
FOREST HILLS. N. Y.. Sept. 12.
—<>P)—If Big Bill Tilden's drive for
his seventh national tennis singles
championship is to be stopped, the
stopping will have to be done by one
of seven players..
In * addition to Big Bill himself
the quarter-final round bracket to
day comprised Johnny Van Ryn of
East Orange. N. J.. No. 6 in the na
tional ranking list; Johnny Doeg of
Santa Monica. Cal., rated No. 8;
Henry Austin of England, lone sur
viving contender; Wllmer Alliaon.
ranked No. 5, Texan, who put Geo.
Lott out of the running; Fritz Mer
rur. Bethlehem. Pa.. No. 7; Frank
Hunter Tilden's old friend and
comrade. No. 2. and Richard N.
Williams of Philadelphia, champion
13 years ago.
The Brownsville Junior College
eleven turned out for the first time
Wednesday. They confined their
efforts to nothing more strenuous
than scribbling their names on the
well known “dotted line." Eighteen
likely prospects greeted Coach Cal
vin Surtees. Of course it s a little
early yet, but Cal gave the squad
the once-over and said “They look
good to me.” The Junior college
should have the best team in its
history. With Morris Pipkin as the
steady performer around whom to
build the team and with a flock
of Valley stars on hand, the Bcorps
should make things interesting for
the opposition.
• • •
Whipping every' muscle into play,
the high school Eagles looked their
best Wednesday as they ironed
their way up and down the field.
Coach Fessenden gave them sev
eral plays and the boys took them
readily. The rough edges are be
ginning to be knocked off and the
Eagles are beginning to look like
the team that whittled down De
Paul 36-0 on Tucker field last year.
* • • •
Harbert Davenport Is again at his
old post of center. Robert O’Bry an
has been moved over to a guard
position. This one change seems
to have solved Fessenden's problem
of where to get another guard. At
the beginning of the season Fes
senden found he had lost two
guards and a halfback. Billy Sum
mers was moved into one of tilt
guard positions. Cabler and Sam
ano and Todd will take care of the
vacated backfleld post. There then
remained one unfilled guard posi
tion. Davenport was slipped into
center and O'Bryan moved to
guard.
• • •
The “A" and “B" squads were
separated Wednesday with some 22
huskies on the “A" group and
about 30 or 35 on the 'B" aggre
gation. They practiced at the op
posite ends of the field. Coach
“Soc” Plato continues enthusiastic
over his “B" squad. "I've got some
scrappers here that ought to be
excellent material next year,” he
said.
* • «
Another caddies' tournament is
looking at the Country club. The
boys were highly enthused over the
tournament held recently which
was won by Robert Champion.
Robert's play in the junior state
tournament also fired the boys’
imaginations. Robert went to the
quarter-finals only to be eliminated
by Vernon Dixon of Edinburg. Ver
non and Robert made the all-Vallcy
event interesting, the former win
ning out by one stroke. Dixon was
eliminated in the semi-finals. Nei
ther of the two boys had any com
plaints to make. Both shot just
about their natural games with no
freak spurts or lapses.
» • m
Members of the golfing commit
tee are trying to get 16 caddies to
enter a tournament Saturday
morning. They would take four
Saturday mornings before reaching
the final event.
• • #
The championship crown has
(Continued on Page 9.)
CUBS A lA’S
NEARER FRONT
Major League Leaders In
Late Campaigns Sew Up
Race to Championship
(By The Associated Press)
Another day of campaigning along
the major league fronts resulted
all to the favor of the front run
ners in need of only four victories
to clinch its championship.
In the American league, the Ath
letics clipped the White Sox. 7 to
4. and the Browns whitewashed the
Yankees. 5 to 0. The National
league battling saw the Cubs come
home in front of *he Phillies. 5 to 2,
and the Giants defeating the Pi
rates. 2 to 1. and 10 to 5.
Of even more interest than the
progress of the leaders was the op
ening of John McGraw's hand to
hand fight with the Dreyfuss Drag
oons for possession of second place,
which McGraw usually has occupied
when he has failed to win the pen
nant. The charge had gone up in
the west that this Giant team was
lifeless;
Red Lucas registered his 10th vic
tory as the Reds shaded the Robins.
4 to 2. at Cincinnati. Buck New
some, a rookie, pitched the first
seven innings in a creditable. It los
ing major league debut. The Cardi
nals whaled the Braves twice, 11
to 4 and 7 to 1.
The White Sox showed little
enough respect lor Grove to score
lour runs on live hits in the first
round, and the Macks returned the
compliment to Mr. Lyons and Mr.
McKain in the home half ol the
same session in the form of seven
hits and seven runs. With that ac
complished, Bill Shores and McKain
went through the next eight rounds
without allowing a run.
Boston rallied to shade Detroit.
8 to 7. in 10 Innings, scoring six of
its runs in the last three rounds.
Washington stopped the Indians. 5
to 2.
Coach Willis Fixes
Football Schedule
(Special to The Herald >
PHARR. Sept. 12.—The following
schedule has been completed by
Coach Willis of the Pharr-San
Juan-Alamo school:
Sept. 27—La Feria (site unde
cided •.
Oct. 4—Weslaco at Pharr-San
Juan.
Oct. 11—Mercedes at Mercedes.
Oct. 18—Raymondville at Pharr
San Juan.
Oct. 25—Donna at Donna.
Nov. 1—Mission at Mission.
Nov. 22—Rio Hondo at Pharr
i San Juan.
Nov. 27—Edinburg at Pharr-San
Juan.
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Caddy Tournament
At Club Planned
Further tournaments are being
planned at the Brownsville Coun
try club, it has been announced by
members of the golfing committee.
It is hoped to start a caddy tourna
ment Saturday morning with some
16 boys entered. They would play
each Saturday morning for the next
four weeks, according to the tenta
tive plans formulated. Jj
A regular club tournament'w-ftij
some 32 entered will probably get
under way within the next few
weeks.
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FLOYD GIBBONS—Famous American war correspondent
and news reporter
AUDIT REPORT OF
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CIGARETTE TEST, CAMP SMITH, K. Y.
FtlST CHOICES
OLD GOLD .... 195
BRAND ..SI
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TOTAL 544 OP&n4oC*"
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Camp Smith, Peekskill, N. Y.
Aug. 17th.—I have shared the
soldier’s cigarette in pretty
nearly every corner of the
world, and I know how set in
his ways an army man can
get when it comes to knowing
what smoke he likes. So frank
ly the idea that a two year
old cigarette—even if it did
have the name OLD GOLD—
could win this test over three
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believable.
But the thing worked out.
At Camp Smith, where I wit
nessed the test, OLD GOkp
put the bee on 506 Yank fof
the Old Seventh New York
regiment.
The Old Seventh went OLD
GOLD with 195 bull’s-eyes as
against 144 for the next brand,
with the two other old timers
rating scores of 81 and 86.
What’s more, this concealed
name test is as square as a
regimental parade ground.