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2/fe BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION
Harlandale Opposition in Eagles’ Last Home Game
RECORD CROP
TO SE GAME
Fessenden Spikes Rumor He
Will Let First String Go
Duck Hunting
The Brownsville high school
Cagles are all set for their last
home game on the schedule Friday
with the Harlandale (San Antonio)
Indians. The two remaining games
in the district will be played at San
Antonio and Austin. Contrary to
current reports that he was going
to start his second string and let
his first string boys “go duck hunt
ing.” Coach Douglas Fessenden has
announced that the regulars will
Itart.
Harlandale is conceded to be one
of the weak teams of the district,
but attendance is not expected to
(all off due to the fact that this
may be the last chance fans will
get to see the Eagles In action
here.
aThe Indians’ record to date is a
W4> victory over Corpus Christ i, a
FT-14 defeat at the hands of Main,
and a 19-6 defeat inflicted by Robs
town. Ben Brite. of Southwestern
State Teachers college, is the coach
of the visiting organization
The Eagles went through a light
work-out Wednesday afternoon and
were scheduled to taper off their
training Thursday. Even Coach
Fessenden, who leaves no stones un
turned. is in no way preturbed by
Friday's game.
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Thursday
San Benito seconds at Browns
ville. <B>.
Ninth infantry at Edinburg
Junior college.
Friday
Harlandale at Brownsville.
Donna at Weslaco.
Armistice. 11th.
McAllen at Harlingen.
Edinburg at Mercedes.
Brownsville *‘B'* at Raymond
fllle.
La Teria at San Benito.
Kingsville teachers 14, Browns
ville Junior college 7.
W. L. T. Pts O Pts. Pet.
Harlingen 4 0 0 135 fi 1.000
McAllen 3 0 0 103 0 1 000
La Ferla 4 0 1 138 13 l oon
Mission 4 0 1 43 12 1.000
Weslaco 2 2 0 47 26 .600
San Benito 2 2 0 43 52 .500
Donna 2 3 0 32 87 .400
Pharr 2 4 0 44 52 .333
Mercedes 1 4 0 43 65 *u0
Edinburg l 4 0 13 .200
Ray’ville 0 6 0 19 223 000 1
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C PORTS CHATS :
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J \5 Wi/A Hal Eustace \
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You may not have thought
about it before, but football Is
pretty well over so far as Browns
ville is concerned. The Junior col
lege has completed her regular
schedule, and the high school
Eagles play their last home game
Friday with Harlandale of San
Antonio. That leaves it up to “Soc”
Plato’s Eaglets furnish diversion
for local fans while they read
accounts of Eagles games. After
Harlandale. the Eagles play Main
avenue at San Antonio and Austin
at Austin. There is a possibility
that we may get a bi-district game
if the Eagles cop the district title.
The Scorps are dickering for more
games also, but none has been ob
tained to date.
There are ihree games schedul
ed for Thursday afternoon: San
Benito seconds ct Brownsville iBi,
Ninth infantry at Edinburg and
All-Stars vs. Cardinals at Har
lingen Brownsville, Edinburg and
the Cards look like winners. The
Eaglets get the call on past per
formance although little is known
of the Greyhound's ability. Plato’s
crew of little battlers are undefeat
ed. running up a four touchdown
margin in every game. The Ninth
infantry is not as strong an organ
BUSH SAYS HE
NEEDS 3 MEN
New White Sox Leader Will
Keep Art Shires On
First Base
CHICAGO. Nov. 7—i/P)—Donnie
Bush, committed to the task of re
building the Chicago White Sox for
Charles A. Comiskey, is making no
promses or predictions about where
the Hose are likely to finish in the
1930 American League Race, but he
knows what he wants to work with
and is out to get it.
Bush believes another good out
fielder. an inficlder of silimar cali
ber and a dependable catcher, will
do a lot toward making the Sox
something better than a strict sec
ond division club. He admits he
needs help In obtaining the men.
and has hopes trades will bring
them to Chicago.
The infielder may be Irvin; Jef
fries. recruit shortstop from Dallas
of the Texas League, in which case
Bill Clssell probably will be given
a chance to seo if he can plav sec
ond base. Bill Kamm is a fixture
at third base, and none other than
C. Arthur fthe great i Shires, is
Bush's choice for first base.
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The Harlingen tilt is a practice af
fair to get the Cards in shape for
the McAllen Bulldogs Monday.
The Valley interscholastic league
committee should make a ruling
on how tie games a : to be counted.
This is important at this time
because Mission and La Feria, al
though undefeated, have played a
tie. Of course Mission and La
Feria contend that a tie counts
"no game.” A number of the other
schools, however, would count a
tie a half win and a half loss.
Here’s a letter from a Bulldog
booster:
"Dear Sir:
"I have read your comment on
the McAUen-Harlingen game next
Monday In tonight's paper with
great in teres.. To a great extent
you arc right in saying that it will
be a battle between two good lines.
But I just want to remind that
there is plenty of power in that
Bulldog backfield. and I don’t mean
maybe. We have one of the great
est Une plungers the Valley has
ever seen. "Swede” Walsh is the
boy I mean. Just advise your fans
to watch this big boy hit that line
and they will see plenty. Hes just
scored 44 points so far in three
games. Any All-Valley teau with
out him on it will be a super-team.
"Most of the fans here are hop
ing the Eagies win the state title
and it sure looks like more than a
dream, doesn’t It! Here's Hoping
they do win out, then our All
Valley team can give them a good
licking. The Eagies should realize
that all teams in their district
arc really very weak this year, and
that the farther up they go the
better the teams are.
"One more thing, please don't
forget us little class "B" clubs.
A Bulldog and Eagle Fan.
McAllen has .Valsll, but on the j
other hand. Harlingen has Jimmy
Lawrence. Be*h of them are ex*- i
cellent backs, out we still contend !
that both clubs are greater defens- |
"e organizations than they are of- ’
icnaive. Both teams started out by
taking on the best In the Valley. |
This is what built up their defense 1
Cowboys Ogaiys crew, for instance
th* >»r by taking on the |
E?*i\burg ^unlor college Broncs, one
of the strongest elevens in fouth
Texas. Soon afterward they took
P,11 □ ?nwVlIlc Junior college. And
the Bulldogs gave a very excellent
jjww* of themselves on both S
Harlingen began the season with
a tough assignment—the Browns-!
vdle Eagles. Later they took on
the Brownsville Junior college, and
beat the Scorns 6-0. Wc believe
these early games had a lot to
with making the Bulldogs and Car
dinals the defensive teams that they
are.
We cannot agree w^h the Mc
Allen fan as to the All-Valley team s
ability to defeat the Eagles. Browns- i
ville has a group of players w hose
individual ability is well above the
average. Added to this, they have
been playing together for years,
giving that clicking team-play, which
would be missing in an All-Valley
aggregation. We w’ould pick a
smooth running team to defeat an
all-star aggregation under almost
any circumstance. Team play
counts.
Here's an Eagle fan who’s broken
out in poetry, or near-poetry, over
the manner in which the Eagles dis- :
posed of Brackenridge's army for- *
mation on the kick-off:
The bovs stood round watcldng the
game
When Brackenridge nulled some
thing rather tame.
It was that punt-receiving forma
tion thev had.
Which—for them—turned out to be
very bad.
Five Brackenridge players to mid
field went.
Like on a game of drop-the-hand
kerchief bent.
A cry from the miahtv throng then,
arose.
Maybe, snake the Italian, they play
••Ring Around the Ro6e.”
Mr. Starck. the school man. who had
had watched Rio revolters
Excitedly informed that they were
the exDioradoros.
So, upon the multitude descended
a deathly hush.
As forth went the auintet our boys
to ambush.
Not so hot! No, this strategy was
not so hot.
Because in front of theix own ball
toter they got,
They fell—they sprawled—before •
our tacklers carnage.
And their nunt-returner ran into
his own barrage.
The formation was nifty—but not
so neat
’Cause it left their safety with no
use for his feet.
Except, when Bill Cabler. bursting
thru, made him backward go.
Which made Bill's dad promist:
“Son. another ticket to the
show."
Oh it's sad! Yes, yes. it's true.
And. but for one thing, we might
all boo-hoo.
Because that ambush business hurt
their game.
Yes. we would, were it not for that
Sylvester claim.
We are not at all inclined to en
courage poets, but we think we
know’ who wrote the above and will
use it in the future as a dub if
he dosen't toe the mark. It came
to this desk signed by Pro Bono
Publlco’s running mate. Anonymous.
300,000 TO SEE
BIG TEN GAMES
Colorful Intersectional
Struggles to Draw Big
gest Crowd of Year
CHICAGO, i: v. 7.—(£*)—Magne
tized by a trinity of colorful inter
sectional struggles — Harvard at
Michigan, Army at Illinois and Mis
sissippi at Purdue—Big Ten football
will have its red letter day Satur
day.
Close to 300.000 Ians are expected
to Jam the six stadiums in which
nine representatives of the confer
ence will throw up their battle
fronts. The most enormous throng
of the day will watch Harvard make
its first middle-western invasion
against the Wolverines at Ann Ar
bor. Between 87.000 and 90.000 spec
tators are anticipated for that bat
tle. The Army's invasion of Illi
nois will attract a sell-out crowd
if 67.000. while 50 000 seem certain
of viewing the Northwcstem-Ohlo
State duel at Columbus. Chicago's
victorious stand against Princeton
last week lias spurred the demand
for ducats for the Wisconsin game
so that 40.000 arc expected. The
Iowa-Minnesota game at Iowa City,
the most important of the day from
the standpoint of the conference
championship race, looks for 30.000
while 20.000 is the attendance figure
set for the Mississippi-Purdue game.
Illinois Wants Plunger
Michigan has failed to win a con
ference game so far this season,
but will have its strongest lineup in
the field for the first time in sev
eral weeks when it tackles Harvard.
Alvin Dahlem. the fleetest ball toter
on the Wolverines' squad, and Ducky
Simrall, safety man and punter, re
turned to the backfield last night
after a long rest because of injuries,
while A1 Steinke. his injury com
pletely healed, was back at Ills old
pest at right guard. The Maize and
Blue may resort to an open running
and passing game for the Crimson.
Coach Bob Zuppke of Illinois was
seeking a plunger for the Army
struggle. Lack of sustained line at
tack has been bothering the Illini
most oi the season. Fritz Humbert,
one of the best line smashers to
wear the orange and blue, has al
most recovered from his injuries, but
It is doubtful whether lie will start
against the Cadets.
Minnesota's hope of chasing the
Iowa jinx and winning the Big Ten
crown was dimmed with the reve
lation that its star fullback. Bronko
Nagurski, had broken the thumb of
his left hand in the Indiana game.
The ‘'Nig Nag” expects to play, but
his effectiveness may be handicap
ped.
Purdue to Pass
Iowa had a regular on the injur
ed list—Its veteran end. Mastrogany,
who has a bad ankle. The Hawks
were impressive last night in stop
ping Minnesota line formations and
see an opport unity of spoiling Go
pher championship hopes for the
second successive year.
Because of the heft of Mississippi's
forward wall, Purdue may revert to
a passing and open field attack
against the Southerners. The regu
lar boilermaker btJcs. Welch, Yun
evich, Harmeson and White, were
given a rest last night while Coach
Jimmie Phelan drilled the line and
reserves.
Sammy Behr has encouraged Wis
consin by returning to his quarter
back position after a week s absence
because of injuries while Bill Lusby.
Badger punter, may get into the
Chicago game. too. Chicago, mean
while. is developing an aerial at
tack upon advice of scouts who de
ported the prowess of the Badger
forward wall agair.rt Purdue and the
team*!* weakness against the over
head attack.
Having virtually ended Illinois’
two-year championship reign. North
western was busy preparing for Ohio
State.
Resolution Passed
At Coaches Meeting
Following is the resolution pass
ed by the Valley Coaches and Of
ficials association demonstrating
faith in the Brownsville Eeagles
and condemning insinuating in
ferences which are not cleared up:
“Whereas, it has been brought
to the attention of the Vallr^
Coaches and Officials association
that a protest has been made, or
alleged to have been made by two
up-state schools through their
coaches upon the eligibility of a
Brownsville player:
' Whereas, as the Brownsville of
ficials arc members of this asso
ciation, and have been diligent and
helpful, we express our confidence
in the Brownsville officials;
"Whereas, said protest or an al
leged protest was made without a
true statement •» facts, and given
publicity through the press;
"Whereas, under the above facts
we, this body, condemn such pract
ice of entering protests and of
sending out a protest to the press,
without facts to substantiate same.
"That copy of there resolutions
be presented the Brownsville of
ficials and the press.'*
The resolution was proposed by
Bobby Cannon, coach of Mission
high school, and it was passed un
animously.
0GHTS4A
‘By The Associated Press)
Paris—W. L. "Young" Strlbling,
Mr.con. Ga.. outpointed Maurice Gri
selle, France, «10).
Cincinnati—Freddy Miller. Ohio,
outpointed Steve Smith, Bridgeport,
Conn.. GO).
Oakland. CaUf. — Babe Anderson.
San Jose, Calif., outpointed Freddie
Fitzgerald, Youngstown, Ohio, (10).
_ML M m*. .
By GAYLE TALBOT, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer
There are too many high-pow
ered units in the Southwest confer
ence this season to prophesy that
•ny one game in early November
will decide the championship, but
Saturday's melee at Austin between
the big green Bears of Baylor and
' the Longhorns of Texas University
undoubtedly will be one of the de
cisive battles of the campaign. It
brings together the two schools
that a majority of critics thought
would have outstanding elevens.
Texas has more than lived up to
its promise, while the Bears have
displayed the form expected of
I them only in streaks. The Long
horns will be slight favorites, but
Baylor has an eleven capable of
whipping any team in the confer
ence if it gets a few breaks.
Neither team will need to hurry
about clearing off a space in its
trophy room Just because it wins
Saturday, however. Both still have
the little matter of disposing of
Texas Christian University ahead
of them. Scarcely given a thought
by pre-season dopesters, the Frogs
ha\e played such consistently fine
football that they nowr rank with
the Bears and Longhorns as title
possibilities. All the ballots will
not be In until they have played
Texas Nov. \fi at Austin and Bay
lor the following week at Waco,
i Either of those games might set
! tie the question. Again, the win
ner might not be decided until the
big bout Thanksgiving between the
Longhorns and Aggies.
Texas partisans have never quite
i forgotten how Baylor helped dedi
cate Memorial Stadium, where Sat
urday’s game will be played. It wi«
in 1924, and Strickland. Pittman.
; Ccffey. Coates and other Bruin
1 stalwarts of that year combined to
j trim the Longhorns. 28 to 10. Since
| then the Steers have managed to
win three out of four, including
1 last year's 6 to 0 verdict.
The bout at College Station ap
' pears equally as great a toss-up
as that at Austin. Southern Meth
odist's record for the year looks a
| little better than that of the Ag
j gies. not having a defeat to mar
’ it. But the mere fact that Coach
i Matty Bell's lads have lost three
games docs not give an accurate
; idea of their strength. In drop
ping those three to Tulane, T. C.
j U. and Arkansas the Farmers scor
j ed only 10 fewer points than their
l opponents. T. C. U. outplayed the
I Cadets and deserved to win, but
! the Arkansas and Tulane skirmishes
were lost on "breaks” that might as
well have gone to the Aggies. As
; extenuation for its trio of reverses,
A. & M. trounced the Kansas Ag
i gies, 19 to 0. and McMillin's team
I last week trimmed Missouri, a Big
I Six favorite. The Mustangs will
j have their hands very, very full,
and against a team that is just
! as air-minded as the Ponies.
Five players who earned places
on last year’s composite all-south
west conference eleven are bat
tling fo rthe honor again this sea
son. It will be interesting to see
how many of the quintet repeat.
They are Vergil Gilliland, Baylor,
halfback; Gordy Brown, Texas,
tackle; Bochey Koch, Baylor, and
Choc Sanders, S. M. U.. guards;
and Malcolm Powell, S. M. U.,
center. Three of the number, Sand
ers, Koch and Brown, have dis
played brilliant form in most of
their games so far. but Powell and
Gilliland will have to be outstand
ing stars the rest of the w’ay if
they are selected again. Powell has
some powerful opposition for the
center post in Mac Burnett of Tex
as, Adkins of T. C. U.. and Para
dcaux of Baylor. There are eight
or ten backs who have outshone
1 Gilliland so far.
Providing none of the three is
injured or suffers a decided re
versal or form in remaining games,
games, Dexter Shelley, Jake Wil
son and Weldon Mason almost haw
assured themselves backfield berths
on the mythical eleven. It is hard
to see how Howard Brubbs, dyn
amic T. C. U. quarterback, could be j
left off. Then there are other such '
sterling backs as Rees and Beular
of Texas, Leland of T. C. U., Mc
Elreath of Baylor. Mills of the
Aggies and Dale of Arkansas to be
considered.
A majority of critics who have
seen them in action still contend
that Wear Schoonover of Arkansas
and ’ Big Un" Rose of Texas are
the conference's outstanding wing
men. Long of S. M. U. and Robert
son of T. C. U. look like their
strongest rivals. Long didn't aid
his cause by mulling a couple of
pastes against Texas, however.
There were about 20 sport writers
from all over the state in the press
box that afternoon, and they took
due note. Robertson attracted not
ice by his brilliant per for .nance
against the Aggies.
While Baylor, like ercry other
member of the conference, will be
‘laying'1 for Dexter Shelley Sat
urday. the Bears also will have a
weather eye out for a less '‘writ
ten-up” Longhorn ball carrier. They
stopped Shelley very well last year,
I but Pap Perkins knocked them for
a 6 to 0 loss with a spectacular
! sprint late in the game. Any team
that focuses its attention on Shel
ley and forgets about Rees. Beular
i and Perkins is likely to have that
happen.
Since the Aggies and Mustangs
first clashed in 1916 the Cadets
have won six titles. S. M U. three
and two resulted in ties. They have
, played every year since 1919. The
, last Methodist victory was in 1926
when the Ponies won a conference
title. Last year s 19-19 tie was a
! thriller.
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10,000 SEE WAGGONER OPEN
$2,000,000 RACING PLANT
ARLINGTON DOWNS. Tex.. Nov.
7—(.Pi—W. T. Waggoner, one-man
host to a party of 10,000. sat in his
own grandstand yesterday and
chuckled. His $2,000,000 party, the
opening of Arlington Downs race
track, had gone over with a bang.
When the crowd passed the 9,000
mark, despite intermittent gusts of
rain, Waggoner said he had his
money’s worth. His sun tanned face
wrinkled as he chuckled and said:
* I've got my money back already.
I wanted them to be here and I'm
glad.
Just how much this precedent
breaking party cost isn’t known, but
it was well over two millions. And
it was precedent-breaking, not only
in the sum expended, but in the fact
there was no gambling or drinking
| —in the open. A small army of
plainclothesmen. policemen, and
Texas rangers were on hand to gent
ly but firmly give the bum's rush
to the first covey of bettors flushed
A little sign was posted conspicu
ously: “The laws of Texas do not
permit betting on horse races. Kind
ly co-operate. The Volstead law will
be strictly enforced. Texas Jockey
Club.” Anyone disbelieving In signs
was apt to feel a hand laid on his
shoulder.
Another $6,000, for six races, was
offered in purses today. Granted
fair weather the Texas Jockey club
—which means W. T. Waggoner, the
cattle, oil and turf man. and his
two sons—expect an equally large
crow’d for the second day of Texas'
first big time racing in a quarter of
a century.
EAGLETS READY
FOR SAN BENITO
Plato's Boys In Tip - Top
Shape; Hope to Keep
Slate Clean
In one of the last football games
to be played here this season, the
Brownsville Eaglets will take to the
field 3 p. m. Thursday with the
San Benito seconds as their op
ponents.
Little is known of the S-n Ben
itans. but it is supposed they are
comprised of squad members not
in the first string Greyhound line
up. Coach Soc i uto of the locals
is looking for his hardest ;anic of
the season, he states.
The Eaglets went through a light
workout Wednesday afternoon and
the squad was dismissed early. The
fledglings have been idle for came
time and they r e in tip-top shape.
They have been toppling over all
opposition In a manner that re
calls the strong “Red Ant” Juniors
of ’25 and '26. Tney have not been
headed this season, running up
top-heavy scores.
Plato rill probably use two
complete teams as he has done in !
the past.
Small Fee For Net
Tourney Entrants
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN. Nov. 7.-An en
trance fee of $1 for each singles,
entry or each doubles team in the!
Valley Mid-Winter Fair tennis tour- !
rament is to be charged. Judge F.!
W. Seabury of Brownsville, chair
man of the committee, announced, j
The money will be used to pur
chase balls, so that new tennis balls
can be used for each match.
The tournament will start the
first day of the Fair. Tuesday, Nov. |
26. and continue through the Fair i
week. *
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