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EQUIPOISE IS HEAVY FAVORITE IN SANTA RITA HANDICAP
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20 _ I IN
COAST CLASSIC
Draw For Position to Be
Important Factor
In Big Race
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22. UP/—The
move that may decide the winner ot
the Santa Anita's handicap and dis
position of the $100,000 added money
will be made Friday.
For with a top-heavy field of at.
least 20 entries expected the luck ol
the draw for post positions may de
velop to be the difference between
victory and defeat.
An outside position would fit nice
ly Into the scheme of things for
Equipoise, who promises to go to the
gate Saturday an odds on favorite to
win the event and become the lead
ing cash collector of all time.
_ For some of the more fleet oi the
blue-blooded field, the rail spot
would not be bad, and In any event,
the jockey who can keep his charger
out of trouble either by trailing at
the start or setting the pace, has the
best chance ol riding under the wire
In front.
There was a definite swing Friday
toward Ladysman and Twenty Grand
aa the outstanding threats to keep
Equlpose from thundering home in
front to pass Sun Beau's mark ol
-$370,744 in turf earnings. This was
— hutit on a firm foundation of star
**tllng final workouts Thursday when
• they rambled the handicap route p
• a mile and a quarter in 2 .05 4-5 and
- 2:04 4*5 respectively.
** But regardless of all this, there
• was the indisputable record of Ekk>
• —only seven races out of the money
•In 50 starts Including three disquall*
-flcatlons. Nothing in the prepping
*• performance of C. V. Whitney's 7
Z year-old chestnut here has served to
• prove that he is unsound or has lost
-any of the finishing drive which
*• usually put him on top
"FRIENDS MEET
FOR NET TITLE
NEW YORK. Peb 22.—^/—Room
mates for a week and friends for
the same length of time, Eleanor
Jane Sharp of Pasadena, Calif., and
Helen Antoinette Pedersen of Stam
ford, Conn., will meet Saturday for
the national Indoor tennis cham
pionship.
It Is perhaps a major coincidence
that it wte these two girls whom
Mary McOusty, society tennis play
er, invited to be her guests while
the championship was !r. progress.
"They only knew each other faint
ly when I invited them to stay with
me.N said Miss McOusty.
"They've quickly grown to be good
Mends. At dinner each night they
tell each other about their tennis
faults ar* the next day go out and
cheer for each other. Now they'll be
rivals for the championship."
This *s the second time that Miss
Peelers* .1 has been on the thresh- |
old of the championship. A year ago
she eliminated Mtlllcent Hirsh of
New York in the semi-final—the
same player she defeated Thursday
in the same round—and then was
beaten in straight sets by Norma
Taubele
On the basis of their performances
In the semi-finals, Miss Sharp is the
favorite Miss Pedersen's chance of
coping the crown expends on her
ability to keep Miss Sharp from
coming up to the net and outlast
ing the California girl In driving
rallies that are almost sure to oc
cur between two fine forehand
artists
Friday w.u given over to mixed
doubles.
LOUIS KAYOS
LEE RAMAGE
LOB ANGELES, Feb 22. i*V-'The
towering shadow of "Shufflin' Joe'
Louis, young, sober-faced Detroit
negro, who brought sudden uncon
sciouane. to Lee Ramage of San
Diego, blotted other fighters out of
the Los Angeles ring picture Friday
He flattened the California boxer
in two minutes and 11 seconds ol
fighting In the second round of a
main event at Wrlgley Field Thu s
day night.
Art Lasky and Frankie Retzlaff
climbed through the rojxs lust before
the main event, and challenged the
winner.
Thay barely had time to get out
before Ramage waa being counted
out. And as Lieutenant Comman
der Jess Ken worthy, U. S N., was
tolling the seconds over Ramage*
prostr. lorm, a towel sailed in from
the Cal. lor man's comer. That made
it a technical knockout, but It was
technical only In a technical sense
Ramage was carried to his chair.
It was so smooth and so simple the
way Louis did It. His right hand
whizzed out ol nowhere, caught Lee
flush on the chin and dropped him
for nine The San Diegan came up
lazing eyes rivlted on that right
lashed out with his left to end
p fight.
Aggie Coach Named
On Football Board
COLLEGE STATION. Feb. 22
Homei H Norton Texas A&M Col
lege athletic Department head and
head football roach, has received
notice of his appointment as rep
resentative of the seventh or South
western district of the American
Coaches Association from Bernie
W Bierman. Minnesota coach, as
sociation president Bierman also
appointed Norton as a member of
ths association s committee on foot
ball ufy<riflJ‘ Norton has accepted
both appointments
The committee on football of
Reiala. Bierman said, Includes, in
addition to Norton, J w. Tasker,
Rutgers chairman; Lt O. H David
•on. West Point; R. E- Hanley,
Northwestern. A L. Btiner. Oregon i
State; W. H Spaulding. U.C.L.A.;
W. T. Van de OrafTcolorado Col- ;
um- a. J. Bergman. Catholic Uni
waity; Bd Walker. University of
MUHissipol: Or Edward Anderson.
Holy Crow; W O B^erty. Virginia
Military Inatitute, Glenn F. rhlatle-,
whaite. University of ^Richmond; j
and V. J. Oreen, Drake Univaraity.
Brilliant Youngsters
' Beat Vets at Houston
HOUSTON. Feb. 22.—(**>— Strip
ped of two rmni_ng champion*, the
Houston Country clubs twenty-first
annual invitation gel) tournament
went Into the quartei-final* Friday
with two darx horses capable of
doing additiona. damage among
those present.
Texas’ two ‘bantamweight" title
holders, Reynolds Smith of Dallas,
state amateur king, and Leland
Hamman of Paris, holder of the
Trans-Mississippi tit'e, were belted
cut of match piay by two youngsters
who Friday drew more titled oppo
sition.
Hardly over his narrow victory
over little Halbert Orumbles of San
Antonio. Ous Moreland the Walker
cup star squared ofl against Ed
White of Bonham, conqueror of
Hamm an. Moreland beat out Grum
bles. 1 up in 20 holes In a battle
which saw the freckled 6an An
tonio youth Voss away the match
twice in the last few holes.
White smothered A K. Newby of
Beaumont, 3 *r.d 7. to enww the
quarter-finals. He was runner-up
last year for the National inter
collegiate title.
The other giant slayer.’ Lonnie
Wendland, .xjwerful San Antonio
youngster, dusted off Reynolds
Smith with a brilliant sub-prr s -uit
on the last nine holes and an
nounced ready lor ZeL Eaton, Ok
lahoma City'i Western amateur
champion, Eaton, tournament med
alist. looked bad In beating Al Smith
of Houston, 3 and 1. Wendland was
invincible in _i* two-up victory
over Smith.
Johnny Dawson, the Chicago
stylist and defending champion, had
one of the southwest's best shot
makers on his hands Friday in Har
ry Todd, the Pallas boy who holds
me Western title. Todd played bril
liantly Thursday in downing Ossie
Carlton of Houston. 3 and 2. Daw
son had tougn sledding with Jimmy
McGonaglll. Dallas amateur, be
fore he closed him out, 3 and 2.
George Dawson, Johnny's brother,
who entered the match play In a
swatfest, gained momentum and
whipped Ed Ar.dersor of Houston.
5 and 4 He meets Fred Odom of
New Orleans, a strong contender
after two smashing rounds Thurs
day. Odom hugged par in a 3 to 1
victory over Nelson Munger, Jr„ of
Houston.
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: fit PORTS CHATS \
: & With Hal Eustace J
When Valley high school athletes
begin to tune up for track events
an often-asked and seldom-answer
ed question is "What's the record?’
The regional records, established
at Kingsville last April, give th«
Valley!tes high targets to shoot a1
this season. As a whole, the marks
made In the first regional meet
were much higher than the Vallej
district records.
The Kingsville scoring sheet, and
we know it is correct because we
oomplled it ourselves, is the follow
ing:
Century—Garner of Victoria, 1C
flat.
220—Ellington of Brownsville. 21.7,
440—Stuart of Donna, 52.6.
880—Fisher of San Benito. 2:06.0.
Mile—Longoria of Alice, 4:51.8.
(Red of Harlingen won this race,
but was disqualified for allegedly
fouling Longoria)
Mile relay—Corpus Christl, 8:41.43
High hurdles—Nance of George
West, 16.1.
Low hurdles—Nance of George
West. 24 5.
High Jump—Shoemate of Idna.
5’ 9".
Broad Jump—Garner oi Victoria,
22' 4V’.
Pole vault—Garner of Victoria,
ir 2”.
Javelin—Wadsworth of Bay City,
167' *’.
Discus—Wadsworth of Bay City,
120' 3”.
8hot—Wadsworth of Bay City,
48' 4".
• • •
And those, brother, are fair high
school marks.
Some of the Valley district rec
ords, however, are higher. So Im as
can be gleaned from our files, the
Valley marks are as follows:
Century—Ballanfant of Mercedes,
102 (1929).
220— Ellington of Brownsville,
22 3 (1934).
440—Stuart of Donna, 58. (1934).
880—Larimer of Weslaco, 2:07.2
(1933)
Mile—Galvan of Port Isabel, 4.49
(1933).
Mile relay—San Benito (Blllue,
Butler, Smith and Glenn) 8:38
(1931).
High hurdles—Oabrlsh of Donna,
16.2 (1929).
Low hurdles—Tankersley of San
Benito, 27 (1934).
High Jump—Overstreet of McAl
len. 6* 1" (1926).
Broad Jump—Newman of Browns
ville. 22-3 (1929).
Pole vaulfr-Ruthven of Donna, 11’
104 (1929).
Javelin— Aahley of Brownsville,
156 <1932).
Discus — Celaya of Brownsville.
131’ 10" (1925).
8hot—Celaya of Brownsville, 50'
64” (1925).
Those marks likely are not the
best made by Valley high school
performers, but they are the records
made In the Valley district meets.
It is probable that better marks
have been turned up in the county
events, but they do not go into the
record books.
i t *
Between 35 and 30 Valley high
school athletes are in Laredo Friday
competing in the “Border Olym
pics." outstanding feature of Lare
do's annual Washington Birthday
celebration.
Two of the Valley’s all-time dis
trict .-hampions are competing in
the big meet. They are Jack Elling
ton of Brownsville, running in the
Junior college division this year, and
Martin Stuart of Donna, still in the
high school ranks.
Stuart set an all-time record in
the district 440 last season when he
breezed the distance in 53 seconds
flat. Ellington gave the Valleyltes a
mark to shoot at when he ran the
220 in 22.3.
Billy Putegnat of Browns viSe.
Valley district cliampion, is com
peting in the high hurdles at Lare
do.
The Valley boys in the Webb
county meet include: Jack Elling
ton. Xavier Quintero. Billy Putegnat
and Clifton Schrieber of Browns
ville; Gilmore Davis, Jess Thompson.
James Alsobrook and Lester Parker
of San Benito; Martin Stuart,
Stooksberry, Turner.. Finch. Chest
nutt and Groves of Donna; Charles
Clark, Johnny Harrod, Clean thus
Rochelle, Buddy McElroy, Charley
Overstreet and Lonnie Morgan of
: McAllen.
—..—. -..
Tourney Is Set
MISSION. Feb 22—The second
annual amateur championship tour
nament at Shary Municipal Golf
course was announced Thursday by
Roy Conway, course manager.
Qualifying scores, played over the
course and turned in on or before
March 3. will be received by the
tournament and handicap commit
tee. The low 32 players will be en
titled to enter match play for a
silver cup emblematic of the cham
pionship. First round matches are
to be completed by March 10. sec
ond round by March 17, third round
by March 24, fourh round by March
31 and the finals will be played
April 7.
The tournament and handicap
committee is composed of H. E
Smith. E. E. Mar burger. Tucker
Bowles. O. E. Cannon. Sr., and A1
Graham. No entry fees will be
charged, the only cost being the
usual green fees
M. P. "Monk" Wilson of Mission
widely known Valley amateur, won
the tournament last March.
Final• ^
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VALLEY TITLE
SERIES BEGINS
La Feria and Weslaco To
Battle Friday At
Edinburg
(Special to The Herald)
EDINBURG, Feb. 22 —The Valley
district basketball championship
w: * be at stake on the local gym
court Friday and Saturday night
when three county champions get
together.
The opening fray Friday night
pits the La Feria high school
Lions. Cameron county title holders,
against the Weslaco Panthers. Hi
dalgo champions. The winner of this
fray will meet the San Perllta con
tingent Willacy pennant winners,
in the title contest Saturday night.
The tournament Is somewhat ab
breviated due to the fact that the
Rio Grande City Rattlers, usually
Starr county champions, and the
Brownsville Eagles, who qualify for
the tournament automatically, have
not entered the meet.
The La Feria boys, coached by
“Big Chief” Vail, came from behind
to cop the Cameron crown after
finishing second to San Benito tn
the regular playing schedule. They
went ahead to beat Ban Benito in a
playoff and then measured the El
Jardln Cougars, Cameron “B” cham
pions, for the third successive sea
son.
Weslaco played a steady game to
win a nine-team tournament on the
Mercedes gym court last week. Their
most serious opposition was one
player—Ed Weinette—a flashy Edin
burg forward who carried his clab to
the finals and went down fighting.
The San Perllta aggregation threw
the boys a wide curve in Willacy
county to beat out Lyford and Ray
mondvllle. The Willacy boys have a
strong aggregation and can not be
counted out of the running.
SENIORS WIN
SAN BENITO, Feb. 22. —The se
niors defeated the freshmen. 14 to
12, Thursday morning In an inter
claas basket ball tournament game.
The seniors were to play the
sophomores Friday morning. Winner
of the Friday game will meet the
Juniors for the high school cham
pionship at 10:30 o'clock Monday
monlng
The juniors are the only unbeat
en team left. They entered the
finals by beating out the soph
omores Wednesday afternoon.
NIGHT RELAYS
ARE_PLANNED
San Benito Meet Likely To
Be Staged Under
Floodlights
SAN BENITO. Feb, 22 — There is
a possibility that finals In the sec
ond annual Valley relay carnival
tc be held here Saturday, March 16
may be run at night.
The athletic council and other
organizations sponsoring the relays
have discussed the possibility and
will reach a definite decision soon.
Preliminaries would be run during
the day and the finals at nighf
making use of the lamps provided
for the football field last fall if this
is feasible.
The same event* as last year will
be offered and Invitations were sent
out Thursday by Prin S. V. Neely
of the high school to coaches in
San Antonio anc South Texas. The
finals will be run In the following
order: High hurdles. IPO-yard dash,
shot put. 440-yard dash, mile run.
low hurdles, high jump, medley
relay, discuss. 880-yard relay, 440
yard dash, broad jump, 220-yard,
mile relay.
Only alight changes have been
made In the rules. Valley schools
will be charged a flat $2.00 entrance
f«* without rebate. An entry fee of
15 cents a man will be charged lor
entries from outside the Valley. This
fee will permit boys to enter not
more than five events. No team is
to be permitted more than two
entries In any event except relays.
Team trophies are to be awarded
to >ams runners-up and Individual
hi*h point men with other awards
for n dividual winners A more
de(mite announcement of these
ofl>r awards is to be made later.
Bovs must eligible under rules
of the Interscholastic League.
Fire Limits Reduced
(Special to The Herald)
San BENITO. Feo. 23—The city
firr units will be reduced by two
blocks u a result of the first read
ing of an ordinance to this effect
Wednesday night by the city com
mission. They are the four and
five hundred blocks on S- Sam
Houston Blvd which were deemed
to have become Industrial In nat
ure. Elimination from the fire
limits will permit other than fire
proo: construction.
GAME FRIDAY
The Goodyears and Eagles were to
crosf bats on the 36th diamond Fri
day light in a Brownsville Play
ground ball league game. The frav
gets under way at 8 p. m
Porkers, Ponies
In Crucial Tilt<
Crippled by the Ion ot individual
stars, the University of Arkansas
and Southern Methodist University
meet at Dallas Friday night In the
first of a crucial two-game series
that headlines the Southwest Con
ference basketball card.
Paul Briggs, star Mustang guard,
is confined with a case of mumps.
Taft Moody, scoring demon of the
pace-setting Porkers, will be out of
the series with a leg injury.
Southern Methodist can Jump Into
a first place tie by taking both
games. Arkansas can virtually cinch
the flag with two wins.
In the other gams carded. Texas
Christian, scrapping cellar occu
pant. will try Rice Institute «galn at
Houston.
Thursday night the Owls pushed
up to within a single game of Ark
ansas with a 26 to 25 victory over P
the Progs. It was their sixth straight
win and the seventh of the race.
With the score 20 to It and eleven
minutes to play, Rice dung to the
slender lead and nosed out the slow,
deliberate Christians. Captain Har
ry Joumeay paced the winners with
nine points.
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A handsome car that combines smart
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Fordor Touring Sedan has many new.
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built-in trunk is an inherent part of the
car design and adds to its beautiful
proportions. The interior is bigger and
roomier than any Ford Sedan of pre
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fortably. It is richly upholstered in a
new material. Wool Suede, or in Bed
ford Cord; cushions are a new pillow
effect type; appointments throughout
cue DeLuxe. Rustless steel running
board moldings add a touch oi dis
tinction.
All the other Ford features are in
cluded in those of the Touring Sedan
—Comfort Zone Riding, larger and
wider bodies, new easy acting brakes
and clutch, easier steering and park
ing. Safety glass throughout and
larger tires come with all Ford V-8
models at no extra cost. And remem
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