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L ill I The BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION |V I i\thens Favored to Retain National Basketball Title DENTON FALLS TO ST. JOHN’S ? _ \Vheatland, Wyo., to PUy Defending Champions j Friday Night BY PAUL MICKELSON I Associated Press Sports Writer J CHICAGO, April *—(AV-For the tecond straight year, a band of fed shirked giants from Athene. Texas, stands out as the team to ©eat in the struggle for the nation al high school basketball champion* Ias the fight for the title entered the quarter-final round today, there ©ere but few among the large throng ©f thrill-seeking spectators who ex pected to see the Texans defeated, ©even teams, two from Georgia and ©ne each from Louisiana. New Jer sey. Kentucky. Wisconsin and Wy oming. still had hopes, but they ap peared to be only the hopes of high* spirited boys. Tail Beys Averaging six feet two Inches in t, the Texas Hornets play the hard and fast enough to de ny fair college teams. They every inch of their heighth, g long overhand shots that in ] r_ bly land In the waiting hands their aces. Freddy and Benny Tompkins, directly beneath the bas nt Last night, they gave a demonstra tion of their power at the expense of the Y. M. C. A. day school team of Chicago, which previously stun ned the tournament by upsetting Florida’s state champion. Robert E. Lee of Jacksonville. They used the first string lineup for the first per iod and ran up 19 points to none for the Chicago team in seven min utes. Then they sent in their second team, and it polished off the Job With a 38 to IS victory, i Wheatland, Wyoming s champion ship team, meet* the defending na tional champions tonight. The wes terns have one big chanoe of atop* ping the Hornet parade to another title because they sink ’em from long distances. Eddie McGinty. the Slight. Wheatland forward, ranks as ©ne of the greatest players of the tournament and threatens to bother Donslderably with his overhand pot tlhots. Games Today The other battles of the round Are of toss-up variety. Jena La., giants clash with New Brunswick. N. J.; Corinth, & rangy team from a Kentucky village, meets Savannah. Georgia: Braselton. Ga., battles St. John'6 Military Aead gnm. St. John s upset the highly touted Denton. Texas team yesterday, 22 to 21. and while Us victory was re garded as lucky, its team showed » Jot of good bsskotball. Under The _Big Top_ NEW YORK. April 4-iJTh-Re lease of four more players has cut the Brooklyn Robins* squad to twepty-seven. Southpaw Jim Faul ks*?- obtained from Buffalo of the XpB ationsl league, was returned that club; Clarence Blenthen, right handed pitcher, waa sent to Atlanta; outfielder Max West to Jersey City of the International league, and Bob Parham, outfielder, to the Macon club of the South Atlantic league. The Dodgers at tached strings only to Parham. 1 Manager John McGraw of the New York Giants refuses to aay who will pitch the opening game of the season, but the boys are guessing BUI Walker, southpaw, wUl get the assignment. “I never announce my pitcher* In advanoe,” said McOraw. ‘ Some of them are hign strung young fellows and lose sleep when they know they are going to pitch the next day. Right now the best look ing pitcher tn camp is Bill Walker." Babe gets Right The New York Yankees went to ■Wichita Palls, saw and were con quered. but the real winner waa Babe Ruth While the Yanks were losing to the Texas League team yesterday, Ruth clouted two home runs, the second of which was one of the longest drives of his career. The center field fence here is 403 feet from the home plate. Ruth’s geoond drive cleared thi* barrier with plenty to spare and landed nearly 500 feet from the batter's |)ox. More than 8.000 fans turned out to watch the Babe and his mates. Manager Burt Shotton of the Phillies would like to know the whereabouts of Chester Nichols, fight handed pitcher drafted from Montreal “He was offered a splendid contract, and I want him," Shotton said today, "but t guess he dots **t want ua I don't know where ie Is." The Phillies are back at Philadelphia from their southern wiping trtn. • Irimy Poxx. Athletics first baae t\ has found his batting eye. Wvas in a slump during most * The training season, but as the “earn neared home yesterday he ?uted a home run and a double, ting in three of the Athletics iifhs against Charlotte. ST Heel Trouble luteal concern over the condition Rogers Hornsby's ailing heel ,.as felt in the Chicago Cub camp iliday as the club faced Its final engagement with the Los Angeles Angeles. The Rajah dropped out of Ihe lineup yesterday under doctor’s girders, and it was feared he might je forced to have another opera Bon which would keep him out of Itction until the middle of the' nr Brownsville, Stuart Place Win Cameron County Meets ■ -—-- w ■mmmmmmmmmmmarnmmmmmmmmmmm n i mm <— u mm mm mm MB MB BB IB BH mm mm mm mm mm mb tmm mm mm mm mm mm mm am mm mm mm-- ... - EWING’S BOYS PROVE STRONG Ritter of La Feria Tops Scorers With Total Of 23 Points (Special to The Herald) HARLINGEN, April 4 — Let Into action by Clarence Bennett, the Brownsville track squad won the Cameron County field and track meet here Thursday with a total of 55 points as compared to 38 for La Feria and Harlingen, tied for sec ond. 8tuart Place grabbed off the class "B" title with 34 5-6 points to 29 1-3 for El Jardin. her closest op ponent. To take first honors, the Eagles won five firsts, six seconds, five thirds and three fourths. Bennett manufactured 14 points for his squad. Coach Jim Ewing's two-man team from La Feria was the sensation of the meet, however. Wessinger and Ritter won six firsts, two sec onds and one third. This pair stood out like a sore thumb In every event they entered. Ritter was high point scorer of the meet, running up a total of 23. He won the 100-yard dash, the discus, shot put, and high jump. This trim athlete also came In second to his teammate in the broad Jump. Wessinger was second high point scorer with 15 to his credit. Clar ence Bennett of Brownsville was third with 14. Stuart Place won the “B" title largely through preponderance of entries and because of the fact that Coach Rihls bought a Javelin. Ward of Wilson Tract was high point man for the boys in the lower bracket. He piled up 15 1-3 points. Billew of Los Fresnos was second with 10 5-6 point*. This is how they finished: Class A Brownsville 55, La Feria 38, Har lingen 38. and Rio Hondo 17. Class B Stuart Place 34 5-6. El Jardin 29 1-2. Rangerville 27. Wilson Tract 35 5-6, Los Fresnos 13 5-8. Highland 7, Olmito 5 and Santa Marla 3. Junior Boys La Feria 23 13. San Benito 19 1-2, Brownsville 16 1-6, Stuart Place 4 1-6, Wilson Tract !. None of the events was particu larly fast due. perhaps, to the slow dirt course. Ten-five for the class “A” 100-yard dash was perhaps the best mark of the day. Following are Class “A" scorers in order: Ritter, La Feria, 23; Wessin-! ger, La Feria. 15; Bennett, Browns ville, 14: Witherspoon. Harlingen, 10; Washington. Brownsville. 7; j Todd, Brownsville, 8; Wilson, , Brownsville. 6; J. Lawrence, Harlin-t gen, 8: Davenport. Brownsville. 5; | Bowser. Rio Hondo. 8; McMinn, \Brownsville. 5; Murray. Harlingen. 3: C. Nation. Rio Hondo 5: Drake,! Harlingen, 4; Washam. Harlingen, 2; Thompson. Harlingen. 2; Trevi no. Brownsville. 2; Oarza. Browns ville. 3: Rttshlng. Rio Hondo. 2; Waters. Harlingen. 3; Trujillo, Brownsville. 1; Brady, Rio Hondo. 1; D. Lawrence. 1: E Nation. Har-1 lingen. 1: West. Ha-Mngen 1 and Gratbam Rio Hondo 1. The leading Class **B’’ scorers: Ward. Wilson Traet. 15 1-3: Billew, Los Fresnos 10 5-6: C. Vicars. El1 Jardin. 10: Halbert. Rangerville 10; J. D. Dean. Stuart Place. 6 1-3; C. Medley. Stuart Place. 6: Mathias. I El Jardin, 6; Jacks Rangerville, 8; Hernandez, Olmito, 8; Day, Wilson Tract, 5. CLASS A 120 High Hurdles—20.6 Wessinger. La Feria—5 pts Washington. Brownsville—2 Trujillo. Brownsville—1. 100-Yard Dash—10.7 Ritter, La Feria-5. Wessinger, La Feria—3 Witherspoon. Harlingen—2. Waaham. Harlingen—1. 160 Yard Run—2:22.7 Browser. Rio Hondo—5. Thompson, Harlingen—3. Trevino. Brownsville—2. Drake. Harlingen—1. tso Low Hurdles— .90 Washington .Brownsville, and J. Lawrence, Harlingen, 4—tie. Garsa. Brownsville—2. Brady. Rio Hondev— 1. 440 Yard Dash Todd. Brownsville—5 Witherspoon. HarMngen—3. Pushing. Rio Hondo—2 D. Lawrence. Herlingen—1. 220 Yard Dash—.25 Witherspoon, Harlingen—5. Todd. Browniville—3. Wessinger. La Feria—2. Washam. HarMngen—1. I Mila Run—5:12.6 MeMlnn. Browniville—3. Drake, Harlingen—3. Water*. Harlingen—2. Murray. Harlingen—l. Relay—4:08.5 Browniville—5 Rio Hon'**—3. role Vault—M C. Nation. Rio Hondo—8. V. Wilson. Brownsville—3. J. Lawrence. Harlingen—2. E. Nation. Harlingen—1. Broad Jump IV 3 1-2" Wessinger. La Feria—5. Ritter. L aFerla—3. Wilson. Brownsville—5 Bennett, Brownsville—1. Discos Throw—104’ 314" Ritter. La Feria—5. Davenport. Brownsville—3 Bennett. Brownsvl’le—2 West. H*rltngen—!. High Jump—5.4 Ritter. La Feria—5. Bennett, Brownsville—3. Murray. Harlingen—2. Wilson. Brownsville—i. I Shot Put—46* Bitiar, La Feria—fc Cards, Eagles Are in Finals The Cameron county boys ten nis title will be decided here Saturday between Harlingen and Brownsville. These two squads have reach Ied the finals after eliminating the remainder of the county. Play will get under way at 9:30 a. m. The county meet will be wound up with playground baseball at Harlingen Saturday. I __ Bennett, Brownsville—3. Murray, Harlingen—2. Grantham, Rio Hondo—1. Javelin Throw Bennett, Brownsville—6. CLASS B 120 Yd. Hi Hurdle*—20.8 J. E. Dim, S. P.—5. H Vicars. El Jardln—3. Marrs. S. P.—2. C. Vicars. El Jardin—*1. 100 Yard Daah—11 Billue. Los Fresno*—3. Ward. W. T—3. Danly. Rangervllle—2 Halbert. Rangervllle—1. 880 Yard Run—2:37.1 Underwood, El Jardin—5 Danlv. Rangervllle—3. L. Miller, Highland—2. J. D. Dean. S P.—1. 220 Low Hurdles—33:2 L. Smith. W. T—3. Mitchell, St. P—2 C. Medley. 8 P—i. 440 Yard Daah—62 c. Vicars. El Jardln—5. Burns S. P.—3. r. Woods. Highland—2. Elam Fareervtlle— 1. 220 Yard Dash—25.1 BUlue. T-o* Fresno*—8. Ward. W. T.—3 Jacks. Fangervtlle—2. Scheneider. Los Fresnoa—1. 1 Mile Run—5:41 J Hernandez. Olmito—5. Clifton. Santa Marla—3. 8chnetder. Los Fresnoa—2. Morrow. Rangervllle—1. 1 Mile Rclav—4:502 El Jardin. 5; Highland, 3; 8tuart Place 1. Pole Vault—9 ft. 1 In. Wft'-d, W T. and Halbert. Ran gervtUe. tied, each 4. Hentz, S. P —2. Bellue Lo6 Fresnos and Kutaen b*rger, 8 P., tied. 1-2 point each. Broad Jump—11-3 Halbert. Rangervllle—5. Jacks. Rangervllle—3. Mathias. El Jardin—2. Burns and Adams, tied. 1-2 pt. Discus Throw—81.3 1-4 Medley. S. P —5. Day. W. T.—3. Young, W T.— 2. Hentz. S. P —1. High Jump Mathias and Vicars. El Jardin, 4 each. Mitchell. 8. P —2. _ BUluc. Los Fresno*. Ward. W. T. and Dean. S P.-1-3 each. Shot Put Ward, W. T.—5. Jones. Santa Maria—3. Dav W. T.—2 Burns. 8 P. and Young, W. T.— 1-2 pt. each Javelin Stuart Place, first and second JUNIORS 440 Yard Relay 1:25.5 Brownsville. 5. La Feria 3, Bun Benito 2. Wilson Tract 1. 50-yard Dash—11.8 Sloan. San Benito—5. Aldeman. L aFeria—3. Osoreo, Brownsville—2. Washington. Brownsville—1. 100-Yard Daah—11.1 Sloan. San Benito—5. Alderman. La Feria—3. Ramirez. Brownsville—2. Coppln, La Feria—1. Pull Up—32 Wlggington, Brownsville—5. Hensley. S. P —3. Machner. T.a Feria—2. Heron. S. P — 1. Oklahomans Likely To Feature Bouts NEW YORK. April 4—Most of the color in the National A. A. U. wrestling championships begin ning today at the New York A. C. may revolve about the performance of the crack grapplers of Oklahoma College of Agriculture, national collegiate A. A. titleholdera. Fresh from their third straight victory in the national colleglatcs at State college last week, the Aggies hoped to snare the National A. A. U. team title as well. Some 100 wrestlers from every section of the country were enter ed in the championships. PIRATES IN VALLEY TODAY Wichita and Omaha Defeat Demons and Bears Thursday GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE Standings Team P w L Pet Wichita 14 9 S .643 Dee Monies 13 7 6 .633 Omaha 13 6 7 .462 Denver 14 3 9 .357 Results Yesterday At Harlingen: Wichita 5, Dea Moines 2. At San Benito: Omaha 9. Den ver^. Game Today All Stars vs. Pittsburgh Pirates at Harlingen. 3 p. m. Saturday Des Moines at McAllen. Omaha at San Benito. HARLINGEN. April 4—Wichita etchers permitted only 33 Des ernes Demons to face them in a game played here Thursday after noon and the Aviators handed the Devil Dogs a 5 to 2 trouncing. In the fourth frame Ritter per mitted three extra men to face him, a base on bails and two hits netting the Demons one run. and in the ninth ♦hree extra men, all getting singles, faced Gorcheck, netting one more run but otherwise the Demons went out in the one-two-threc or der. A home run by Sypher with VI gare c~ who had walked, netted the Aviators a couple in the second in ning while five hits in the fourth netted two more. The fifth Avia tor tally came in the fifth on an er ror. SAN BENITO, April 4—The Den ver Bears were unable to gamer more than three hits off as many Omaha Packer pitchers at Mission Thursday afternoon and they were sent back to San Benito, their spring training headquarters, with a 9 to 5 defeat In their bat bag. The game went only six innings, having been called at the beginnlg of the sev enth on acount of rain. The Bears changed their lineup around a little bit but their big guns were effectively silenoed by Packer pitching. HIGH SCHOOL BALL Today Brownsville at La Feria. San Benito at Harlingen. jockeytrTes TO COME BACK NEW YORK, April 4—GP>—Clar ence Kumm?r, who rode to fame on the reknowned Man O’War, plans a comeback. Each morning finds the erstwhile Idol of the turf diligently striving to get in condition at Aqueduc'. At present he is several pounds over weight, but he hopes to get down to riding poundage and at the same time regain tne favor of the Jockey club, which refused to grant him a license in 1926. Kummer, who ranked with Laverne Fator and Earl Sande in his prime, finished the 1925 season with a clean record, but his actions off the track were said to have aroused the ire of the racing solons. The Jockey elub. however, never stated !U reason for refusing to grant a license to the boy who rode Man O’War to his twenty victories. MeALLEN WINS McALLEN. April 4— Basketball •quad of the First Baptist church of McAUen won the Valley Baptist championship here when it defeat ed the Rio Hondo Baptist five by a score of 18 to 9. The teamwork of the winning quint was noteworthy and showed considerable improvement over prev ious games. Each of the teams had won me game in the championship playoff. Members of the McAllen team were Newman Smith, Jack Brady. Osborn Webb. Elmer Frisby and Howard Pickens. EACH WEEK END PT1UP FOR A Remarkable Travel Bargain iU plM tha nw-ny fara far tha maf trig tfctw Da rtcmlar Many far* |a |?J| ar (***. Tirfctta on **U sac* Saturday and Sunday; rv turn limit t* rtaeh paint af orlgta hy Monday midnight. Thia afford* you wandurftd ogpwl—Itln af Hatting Intaraatng plat**. (rloads and ratal****. ^ _* , A*k yaar “W agunt fa* particular*. i~, IT. I i Southern Pacific City Ticket Office 11M Lcrce Phone 1207 ■ PORTS CHATS: ■ With Hal Eustace " BROWNSVILLE and 8tuart Place won the county championship. The meet was more or less a formality held in order to confirm Sport Chats* predictions as we under stand it (Don't razz us boys, we mean well). IT wasn’t as easy as all that, however. Stuart Place won because Coach Rihl had eight bucks to spare for a javelin. And with Ritter and Wessiager sailing home first with regularity. La Perla came very nearly gumming up the works in the class * A" division. Both Brownsville and Stuart Place came through largely due to heavy en tries. TALK about hard luck! Doug Fessenden has It. In the Javelin throw each school has to furnish j Its own Javelin. Brownsville was the only “A” school to possess one When the event aas called, only one Eagle was present. That was !■■■■■■■■■■■« six points they burned. Stuart Place was the only “B" school with a javelin. They won enough points in this event to cop the title. IT did us lots of good to see Carroll McMinn of the Eagles win the mile run. He takes his athletics seriously and hustles all the time. He has been doing five laps every afternoon for some time. It was the wind that he has built up which enabled him to distance the field Thursday. Carroll was out for foot ball and also made a good showing in basketball. LITTLE Rito Hernandez of Ol mito. who doesn’t look to be over 14 years old. won the mile event for the class *B” boys. It was a bit comical to see the little chap breei Ing home ahead of field of large boys. There was plenty of daylight between the youngster and the sec ond place man. He sprinted In while the larger boys gasped and labored well to the rear. TEXAS MANAGERS RUSHING AROUND FOR MORE PLAYERS (By The Associated Press) While the rest of the league watched the clock today in nervous anticipation of next Wednesday, opening day of the pennant race, Wichita Palls citizens were plan ning a dinner for tonight honoring Alvin Gardner, president of the league. Horace Robbinson chair man of the Sports and Recreation committee of the Wichita Palis Chamber of Commerce, was making arrangements to entertain league officials, baseball fana and friends from over the state. The reason for festivity, perhaps was that the Spudders yesterday broke the New York Yankees’ winning sterak of five straight and handed the Yanks a 9 to 8 defeat, and that, In the face of the fact that Babe Ruth hit his fifth and sixth home runs of the spring barn storming season. Prepare for Babe With no eghtbltlon game sche duled today, the Dallas Steers planned to put in a two-hour grind getting ready.to reoeive the Babe and his Yanks tomorrow for the first of a two-game series. The Steers took It easy yesterday, the regulars loafing in the city while the yannigans journeyed to Mc Kinney and handed the McKinney high school pine a 3 to 0 defeat. Bob Tarleton. business manager of the Steers, left Dallas last night for Shreveport, to pay his annual visit" to Mike Kelly, manager of the Minneapolis Millers. It was believed Tarleton had hopes of landing playing talent from the Minneapolis club. Cy Rosenthal, holdout outfielder of the Steers who recently was placed on the suspend ed list, was expected to come to Dallas from San Antonio within a few days for a conference with Tarleton The Waco Cubs today faced their final exhibition game of the sea son against the Baylor Bears. Man ager Del Pratt yesterday reduced his squad, Schofield, shortstop, Boken. third baseman, and Ed Kal Una, first baseman and outfielder, going to Joplin, Mo. Pirates at Harlingen? The second of the four-game series between the Houston Buffs and the Pittsburgh Pirates was scheduled for today. Gus Suhr, first sacker who last season smacked 51 homers for the San Francisco Seals, yesterday was the power that car ried the Pirates to an 8 to 7 vic tory over the Buffs. The Shreveport Sports planned today to open a three-game aeries with the Minneapolis Millers. Today the Beaumont Exporters were matched with A1 Nixon’s Lake Charles Newporter* at Orange Texas, the Exporters’ training camp. Yesterday the Exporter yannigans nosed out the regulars 7 to S in extra innings. Manager George Burns of the San Antonio Indians still has not announced how the team will line up. though he put the squad through a double daily workout yesterday. The Indian-, are to leave Saturday morning for Kincsville for two "»mfs with the Pioneers of the Missouri Pacific Railroad league Saturday and Sunday. The Chicago White Sox finished their stay ir. Texas yesterday with a 10 to 4 decision over Frank Snyder’s Fo-t Worth Cats. I garrsugr (By The Associated Press) DENVER—Zddie Mack, Denver, outpointed Qaston Charles. Prance. (10). Eddie Murdock. Denver, out pointed Jimmy Goodrich, Buffalo, N. Y., (10). Mickey Cohen. Denver, knocked out Buster Brandon, Salt Lake City. <«'. MILWAUKEE — King Levin skv Chicago, stooped Dave Maier. Mil waukee, (1). Mitz Mlnikel, Milwau kee. knocked out George Rohrick, Milwaukee. <2). CHESTER Pa.—Johnny Roberts. Huntington. W. Va., stopped Nick Basciano. Baltimore, (2). EXHIBITION BASEBALL (By The Associated Press) At Wichita Palls, Tex- Wichita Palls <TL> New York (A) 8. At Macon, Ga. —Brooklyn <N) 7; Boston (N) 4. At Birmingham. Ala.—Birming ham (8A) ; Cincinnati CN) 1. At Houston. 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