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“Beat Brownsville”
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CARDS POINT
FOR BIG GAME
Civic Clubs Solidly Behind
Eleven; Stickers
Appear
(Special to The Herald)
Harlingen, sept. 21.— Beat
Brownsville ’ is a refrain which is
beginning to be heard throughout
this city, as Harlingen bends every
effort toward a good showing
against Brownsville in the opening
grid game of the season for the
teams here Friday afternoon.
The Cardinals, rated as a weaker
team than the championship
Brownsville Eagles, will go into the
fray with the united support of
Harlingen people.
Plans for a joint r eeting of all
civic clubs of the city early In the
week, at which support to the team
will be pledged, is planned, it was
announced here today.
Stickers carrying the slogan "Beat
Brownsville" are beginning to make
their appearance, and there is no
evidence of an air of depression
about either the team or the fans,
in the face of the paper dope that
Brownsville should win.
“We are going into the game pre
pared to give everything we have,
and if we lose, that cannot be
helped,” a local fan said.
It is generally agreed that Coach
Rektorik has a much stronger team
than the Cardinals of last year, in
spite of losing several valuable
men. The coach has been working
his proteges for over a month, and
will have them in good mid-season
shape for the opening game.
Committees have been named by
various civic clubs in the city to
arrange a banquet some day next
week, at which members of th?
football team and teachers of the
high school will be guests.
Mustang Defeat of
Denton Comes Hard
DALLAS. Sept. 21. — (JP)— The
Southern Methodist university Mus
tangs were given a scare today by
the North Texas Ter • hers’ college
eleven from Denton in their open
ing grid encounter here today, de
feating the Teachers, 13 to 3, only
after trailing for three quarters.
Denton scored on the Ponies in the
first period, when Crowley planted
a field goal between the bars.
With defeat staring tll'm in the
face, the Mustangs broke out an
aerial attack in the final quarter
that pulled them through. Two
long parses by Weldon Mason fell
In the waiting arms cf Johnson and
Long and were converted into touch
downs.
The Ponies looked like anything
but, conference contenders today. On
the other hand. Coach Jack Sisco's
Eagles were far stronger than had
been anticipated.
Caddies Paired For
Tourney Semi-Final
In the second flight of the
Brownsville country club caddies'
tournament. Saturday morning,
Olenn Cherry beat Harrison one up.
Peckstein beat B Bowman two up.
F. Kowalski beat Saldana one up
and T. Perez defeated W. Escalante
three and two.
This means that Cherry will meet
Peckstein and Kowalski will play
Perez in the semi-finals to be played
next Saturday morning.
This is the second caddies' tourna
ment to be held Robert Champion,
winner of the first toumev, was
eliminated in the first round.
The unset Saturday was Peck
stems defeat of Bowman.
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It’s Pay Day Again for Jack;
He Will Get Another $100,000
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BY JAY VESSELS
NEW YORK. Sept. 21.—vPh-For
a man who lost three important
'fights, two by knockouts, in the last
I five years, Jack Sharkey is doing
right well, thank you.
Jack collects his second $100,000
purse of the 1929 socking season,
September 26, when he meets Tom
! my Loughran in i 15-round ruckus
at the Yankee stadium. He pocketed
his first $100,000 check after stepping
10 rounds with Young Stribhng at
Miami Beach in March.
Stopped by Romero Rojas in 1924.
Sharkey came back to stake every
thing on his battle with Dempsey in
the summer of 1927. Bostons Jack
Was emphasizing oratory as much
as fighting those days and even tried
to talk the referee into disqualify
ing Manassa's Jack for hitting low.
Dempsey took no chances at
heckling and took a quicker and
safer method of interrupting Shar
key's speech. Instead of stepping
back and hollering "Come on and
fight.” the former champion stepped
in and nailed his man.
Sharkey quit the stump after that
but the momentum downward start
ed by Dempsey s left hook carried
him through two unfavorable fights
the following winter. Tom Heeney
got a draw with the elouter for the
Codfish belt. And Johnny Risko
beat him in 15 rounds.
All of this was forgiven when
Sharkey outsparred Stribling and he
became the natural opponent for
such budding biffers as Max Schmel
ing and Tommy Loughran.
Max appeared to come first but
subsequent difficulties put him sec
ond to Loughran and several others
also It now appears.
— — f/p)-—
By disposing of Loughran. Sharkey
as the outstanding contender for the
heavyweight title would be nicely
foritfied in a position to demand at
least another $100,000 for next win
ter's battle of Dixieland.
That is not a bad outlook for a
man who has never held a title.
MOORE LEADS
TEXAS LEAGUE
Steer’s Busy Bat Averages
.369 For Year; Tuero
Loop’s Best Hurler
DALLAS. Sept. 21.—{Ah—Final of
ficial figures released by the sta
tistical department of the Texas
league revealed that Randolph
Moore. Dallas outfielder, nosed out
four rivals in the most thrilling
batting race the circuit ever saw. In
addition to boasting the highest
aveSBge. .369. Moore also led the
league in doubles, with 51. and in
total hits. .245.
Fred Bennett. Wichita Falls, fin
ished second in the swat race with
a mark of .368. Pete La nan. Wich
ita. was third, with .367; George
Blockerby. Waco, fourth with .365;
and Jim Moore. Dallas, fifth with
.364. Gullic. Wichita outfielder,
compiled a .517 average in 17 games
at the last of the season.
Two Waco players. Blackerbv and
Joe M^llano. cornered honors in the
homerun race, with 33 8nd 31 round
trippers. respectively. Paul Ea ster
ling. Bpaumont. poled 30 Eddie
Moor®. Fort Worth, was far ahead of
*he field with 30 triples, a new
league record.
The race for stolen base honors
went to Pcnner Martin, popular
Houston outfielder, who swiped 43.
Stewart. Shreveport rookie, was run
nee-up with 38.
Old Oscar Tuero. Shreveport’s
Cuban ace. finished with the best
winning average. Among the pitch
ers participating in more than 100
STANDING
=Lof the clubs—
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Saturday's Results
St. Louis 4; Washington 3.
Philadelphia 10; Datrolt 7.
Boston 4; Cleveland ».
New York 8; Chicago 7.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— W L Pet
Philadelphia . 100 44 .694
New York . 83 61 .576
Cleveland . 75 68 .524
St. Louis . 74 69 .517
Washington . 68 76 .472
Detroit . 65 89 448
Chicago . 55 86 .390
Boston . 55 91 .373
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Saturday’s Results
New York 4: Chicago 1.
Pittsburgh 4; Boston 0.
Philadelphia 9; Cincinnati 6.
Brooklyn 3; St Louis 0.
Standing of the Clubs
Team— W. L Pet
Chicago . 94 49 657
Pittsburgh . 84 61 .578
New York . 77 64 .546
St. Louis . 69 70 495
Brooklyn . 66 76 .465
Philadelphia . 69 79 .443
Cincinnati . 62 76 .433
Boston . 54 90 .373
STANFORD CRUSHES
ARMY 11 IN OPENER
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal .
Sept, ?J.—JP<—Stanford’s powerful
football eleven opened its 1929 sea
son here today by crushing the
West Coast Army team. 45 to 0.
The Cardinals rolled up 22 first
downs and tore through the Army
line almost at will.
innings. His spitball won 16 and
lost 5. George Payne, Spudder hero,
turned in 28 victories, two short of
the Texas league record.
BLOODHOUNDS
SHOW PROMISE
St. Joseph 11, Grooming for
Santa Rosa Tilt, in
Fine Shape
St. Joseph college Bloodhounds
are rapidly rounding into shape for
their first combat of the season with
Santa Rosa the latter part of the
coming week. The squad has been
scrimmaging hard and gives prom
ise of being one of the best elevens
ever to represent the college.
Friday, the first and second
string elevens played a full length
game with the result that rookies
were scruffed 20-0. The Red Owls,
as the second string men are desig
nated. never seriously threatened the
Hounds’ goal.
The line-ups were:
First— —Second
E Mendoza re A Alvarez
R. Lopez <c> le R Lopez
B Streckfus rt C. Munos
C. Torres It Ciro Espinosa
W. Barthel rg M Lizard:
i N. Steiner lg W. Ginn
L. Cantu c J. Junkin
A. W. Reed qb J. Goode
C. Martin rh G Zollezzi
R. Salas Ih A Manchillas
J. Cantu f F. Alvarez
Substitutes—First. A. Slesen. M.
Cordoba. M Espinosa and F. Ze
peda: second. E. Barreda. J. Browne.
W. Mason. J. Patten, R. Marques
and G. Tetreau.
Saturday morning the St Joseph’s
juniors played a picked team cap
tained by C. Laroche, and won 13-6
The game was a see-saw affair in
which both teams showed determ
ination. The grounds were muddy
and made the play a bit ragged.
Tigers and Donna
Nines Meet Sunday
The Brownsville Tigers will play
the Donna Independent nine at 3:30
p m. Sunday on the American Leg
ion diamond.
The Independents have been win
ning with reg |.arity ever since thev
got into action with a late season
start. They are generally recog
nized as one of the best teams in
the upper section of the Valley.
Manager Dick Hombuckle was un
decided as to who he would send to
the mound against Tigers.
‘ Bullet Joe” Salinas will probably
adorn the hillock for the locals.
Cubs Will Post
“Sold Out” Sign
CHICAGO, Sept. 21.——The
"sold out” sign for the world’s se
ries games to be plvaed in Chicago.
October 8. 9 and 16th. will be hung
up by the middle of next week, 10
davs in advance of the series.
This was indicated today when
officials of the Cubs announced
that all box seats have been sold
out. with indications that all grand
stand seats will be disposed of just
as soon as the ticket dispensing ma
chinery can cacth up with the av
alanche of orders.
Abilene Golfer Wins
Fort Worth Tourney
PORT WORTH, Sept. 21.—
Dennis Lavender of Abilene is now i
the champion of the River Crest !
invitation golf tournament. He re
finished the lustre of his reputation
Saturday by whizzing around the
River Crest links in a dizzy last
round to put his opponent, Gus
Moreland of Dallas down, and win
two and one.
WOMAN LIVES TO 127
BELGRADE.—Sonia Klorrab. a
peasant woman who died near Nisn.
is believed to have been 127 years
old.
AL SLUGS WAY
TO LOOP LEAD
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Passes Foxx, Fonseca Hit
ting .369. Grove Wins
Twenty Games j
CHICAGO. Sept. 21—W—Main-'
tar'mg a pace that Jimmy Foxx
and Lew Fonseca found too swift.
A1 Simmons of Philadelphia’s
American league champions, has
hammered his way to the top of
the junior circuit hatting heap
Figures which include Wednesday s
games today gave the big Polish
outfielder an average of .369, an im
provement of three points over last1
week. j
Simmons’ partner. Jimmy Foxx. j
who has paced the race most- of the i
season, continued to slip, and lost j
eight points to drop mto a tie for j
second place with Fonseca of the
Indians, at .362. Other regulars in!
the first 10 were: Manush, St. j
Louis. .359; Lazzeri, New York, .354;
Combs, New York. .351; Fothergill.
Detroit. .348: Alexander. Detroit, I
Ruth. New York, and Heilmann, i
Detroit. .344.
Along with the leading batsmen ■
Simmons was tied with Babe Ruth
for rims batted in, each having pro- !
t polled 144 mates over the plaie. i
j The home run title was no longer j
a contest with Ruth an even dozen j
circuit smashes ahead of his nearest
rival and teammate. Lou Gehrig.
He exploded two homers during
the week for a total of 46. Fon
scca. Combs and Miller of the Ath
[ ictics, were tied with 14 triples and
Heinie Manush rapped out another
pair of doubles to lead with 44.
Charie Gehringer of Detroit clung
to his brace of leaderships. He
stole three bases for a total of 26.
and scored four runs to boost his
season collection to 123.
A loss of three points failed to
shake the Detroit Tigers from the
head of the team batting list. They
slipped to .299, but were two point's
in front of the Yankees. The
champion Athletics were third wilh
.295. Detroit went ahead of Phila
delphia in runs scored, 858 to 854,
but the A s had been scored upon
only 574 times.
Tom Zachary, ancient Yankea
hurler, continued on his way to an
unblemished season record. He
won his eleventh straight Victory
during the week, and had partici
pated in 25 contests. Bob Grove
took another beating, but led reg
ular hurlers with 20 victories and
five defeats. His righthanded team
mate, George Earnshaw. turned
back opposition twice and had 22 j
wins and eight setbacks. Groves
strikeout mark of 160 topped Earn- !
shaw’s 144.
The Athletics continued to dom
inate in teaem fielding, their mark!
being .976. against .977 a week
ago. St. Louis was second at .974.
Cleveland completed five double
plays for a total of 148, but led
Washington and Boston by a mar
gin of only two.
[Football Results |
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
At Kingston, R. I: Rhode Is
land State 13; Arnold 0.
At Lexington: VMI 19; Hamp
! den-Sydney 0.
At Davidson N. C: Davidson 20:
Eton 6.
At f .organtown, V/. Va, Wes*
i Virginia Weslayan 16; W.it Vir
i ginia university 0.
At Bluffton. Ohio Ohio North
ern 6; Bluffton college 0.
At Clemson co!!ege: Clemson 63.
i New Berry 0.
At Superior, Wis: Superior
Teachers' college 25; Hibbing
(Minn.) Junior college 6.
At Waco; Baylor 83; Stephen F.
Austin 0.
At San Antonio: St. Mary’s uni
versity 51; Seguin Lutheran col
lege 0.
At Wake Forest, N. C: Wake
forest 20; Catawba 0.
At Missoula: Monta university
18; Anaconda A .odes (Indepen
dent) 2.
At Potsdam: Clarkson 6; Al
fred 0.
At Waynesburg. Pa.: Waynes
burg 19; St. Vincent's 6.
At Philadelphia: State Teach- i
ers‘ college 12; Drexel institute 0.
At Corvailis. Ore: Oregon State
college 37: Willamette university 6.
At Stanford university, Califor- I
ma: Stanford 45; West Coast
Army 0.
At Austin: Texas university 20;
Southwest Texas State Teachers 0
At Bozeman: Montana State;
college 26: Centerville (Butte) 8
At Pittsburgh: Duquesne 14: Ed
inboro State Teachers’ college 0.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
At San Angelo 2; Howard Payne
Reserves 7.
At Lake Charles: Beaumont high
24; Lake Charles 0.
At Fort Worth: Fort Worth Cen
tral 12; Masonic home 6.
At Port Arthur: Yellow Jack
ets (Port Arthur) 50; Sour Lake 0
HATTERS JAUNtTo
CORPUS CHRISTI
Taking their first trip of conse
quence for the season, the Hat Mak
ers will play the Corpus Christi
Eagles in Corpus Christi Sunday.
The Hatters have had a fair sea
son and Manager Clemente Garcia
tos optimistic about the Corpus
game before the team left.
DANIEL BAKErTi~
DEFEAT TARLETON
BROWNWOOD. Texas. Sept. 21
—<£*/—'The Hill Billies of Daniel
Baker college defeated John Tarle
ton of Stephenville 20 to 0 here in
the season's opening game. The
Billies scored in the second, third
and last quarters. * 1
Sports Chats |
For several weeks we have been
insinuating and alleging that foot
ball was near at hand. Our scrib
blings have been cagely phrased in
such a way as not to lay us open to
a libel suit. Now’ that a few scores
have broken into print, we are pre
pared to boldly declare that foot
ball is defmitley here. (One gets
that way hanging around the court
house).
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The Raymondville Bearcats—con
sidered in some circles as the Valley
dark horse—are busy extracting ar
rows and replacing tufts of hair as
the result of their little encounter
with the Donna Redskins Friday.
Coach Tankersley's crew took the
rap 12-0. Patterson, lurking Indian
back, proved the thorn in the Bear
cats’ groin. He was the only ball
toter to scramble over the goal line,
once skirting end for 18 yards and
scoring the second time on an in
tercepted pass. Thus Coach Dailey s
crew began their little animal
training act for the season.
• • •
Here’s some week-end scores of
interest to Brownsville Eagie fol
lowers: Corpus Chnsti 20. Taft 0:
Austin 12. Georgetown 0: Maine
Avenue (San Antonio) 36. Taylor 0:
Alamo Heights (San Antonio) 19,
Cotulla 0; Harlendale (San Anto
n.o> 7, Poieet 0. Brownsville will
battle all of the winners.
• • •
The Corpus Christ I Pirates did
not show anything startling againr.t
Taft. Thye used line plunges, tak
ing to the air only ten times. Six
of these were completed for a total
of 33 yards. Two of them were of
the lateral variety. Billy Blake, left
half, seemed to be the most danger
ous player on the Buccaneer squad.
The Eagles will meet the Bucs at
Corpus Christi Oct. 5.
• • •
Austin showed strength in
trouncing Georgetown 12-0. The
Eagles play the Maroons at Austin
in their last district contest. Last
year the Georgetown aggregation
held Austin to a 12-12 tie. Evident
ly Benny Strickland of the Maroons
Isn’t as bad off as reports would in
dicate.
• • •
Main Avenue showed plenty of
drive in shooing the Taylor high
Ducks around to a measured beat
of 36-0. Last year the Ducks were
undefeated in class *‘B’’ circles.
Main, which heretofore has been
heralded as a “wrecked'’ club, will
make a strong bid to retain her
championship honors in the district.
This club and Austin are regarded
as the high hurdles in Brownsville's
path.
• • •
Hariv Foehner of the San Benito
Light makes a suggestion regarding
a post-season All-Valley game
which we consider more feasible
than the present plan. Harry would
have the All-Vallye team play the
Brownfville Eagles, rather than an
up-state aggregation. This con
test would, we believe along with
Foehner, draw a greater crowd and
would not entail near the financial
risk that bringing an up-state ’
eleven here would.
• • •
Of course, there might be objec
tions to this plan both on the part
of the Eagles and from the All
Valley camp. Of this, we cannot
say. But plan for plan, we believe
Foehners has the better chance for
success.
• • •
For instance, the All-Valley up-;
state fray has not gone ahead very
far as yet. The only thiijg aecom- j
plished is that the Coaches and Of- ]
finals' association has gone on rec
ord as favoring It. They propose to
have the Valley chamber of com-1
merce secretaries finance and make,
other arrangements for the game.
The secretaries might not care to
take over this burden.
• • •
If Brownsville were played, no big
guarantee would be necessary as
would be the case in bringing an
up-stale team here. The box office
attraction of an All-Valley up-state
fray would be problematical. If
the Eagles are taken on. cne can
rest assured the stands will be fill- j
ed. Along this line, Foehner says:
“Harfoe believes that a game be- j
tween Brownsville and an all-star j
"B” team would be a whole lot
more interesting to Valley fans.
Tliere are a number cf teams in
the Valley which secretly would like
to take a whack at the mighty
Eagles. Picking on an all-Valley
team would come as near gratify
ing that desire as most of the towns
are going to get.”
• • *
This would miss the object of
the first plan, however. Its object
is to gain state-wide publicity for
the Valley. But for a sheer Valley
box-office attraction we believe the
second plan is the better of the
two.
• • •
All-star elevens never reach their
I "paper” strength. The chief rea
| son for this fact is that they do not
, function together properly. The
strength is there, but it cannot be
coordinated with two weeks’ prac
J tlce. Without having seen the
! Eagles in action, we are willing to
risk the opinion that they will beat
the All-Stars if the game is played
• • •
The Valley Coaches' and Offi
cials’ association will meet Tuesday
evening at the municipal auditor
ium in Harlingen. A drive is now
on foot to have officials adopt reg
ulation signals in order to clarify
the cause of penalties, etc. Mr.
Average Fan is in the dark a good
(Continued On Page Ninel
O’DOUL TOPS
SENIOR LOOP
Hitting .392: Terry Second;
Guy Bush Leading Hurl
er In League
NEW YORK. Sept. 21.—'** -Only
two weeks of the season remaining.
Frank ODoul of Philadelphia an1
Babe Herman of Brooklyn remain
in the mad scramble for the Na
tional league batting championship,
but since the teams are not solidly
scheduled in the final fortnight,
ODoul’s advantage really is greater
than his margin of 392 to 336
would indicate. Herman has very
few games in which to make up
his deficit.
Other leading regular batsmen Id
averages issued today and including
games of last Wednesday are*
"Vrry, New York. .376; Hornsby,
Chicago, .373; Traynor. Pittsburgh,
366; Stephenson. Chicago, .339; L.
Waner, Pittsburgh. .358; Cuvier,
Chicago. .357; Klein. Philadelphia,
.354; and Hendrick, Brooklyn, 349.
O'Doul not only leads in individ
ual batters, but also holds the top
in total hits with 227. Hornsby
leads in runs scored with 146. a new
modem league record, displacing
Cuvier's mark of 144 made in 1925.
Frederick of Brooklyn sets the pace
with 50 doubles, a tie with the mod
em league mark made last year by
Paul Daner. Lloyd Waner head?
his field with nineteen triples, but
the home run race is a triple tie
between Hack Wilson of Chicago.
Melvin Ott of New York and Chuck
Klein of Philadelphia, each of
whom has 39 circuit bows to his
credit.
Wilson leads the league with 143
runs batted in, and Cuyler with 39
stolen bases.
Guy Bush suffered his fifth de
feat Tuesday, but still tops th«
pitchers with eighteen won and five
lost for a percentage of .783. Ha
teammate, Charlie Root, is close be
hind with 17 victories and five de
feats for a .773, followed by Bur
leigh Grimes of Pittsburgh with 17
and 6 for .739. Carl Mays of New
York is the nominal leader with
seven games won and two lost for
a mark of .778. but has pitched
onlv one complete game.
Philadelphia. Chicago and flltta
burgh are almost tied for the Ram
batting lead, all above .300. Th*»
Phillies have a shade with .306. the
Cubs are one point lower, with a
margin of a point over the Pir
ates. New York and Chicago are
tied for the top in team fielding
at .975. one point above the third
place Reds.
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