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RAIN SLOWS TRACK HERE FOR DISTRICT MEET SATURDAY
OLD RECORDS
. DUE TO STAND
Donna Established As Big
Favorite to Take
Pennant
A drizzling rain, which began
Thursday n^ht and which was con*
tinning Friday morning, threatens
to slow down the Tucker Field track
here Saturday when about 150 of
the Valley's best high school ath
letes gather ior the annual district
meet.
If the rain continues through
Friday, there is a possibility of tne
meet being postponed or removed
to some other Valley point where
rain has been light.
If the rain stops Friday morning,
the field will be In fair condition
tor the big athletic session which
will be under the direction of Claude
Dailey of Mission.
It was doubtful Friday morning
whether the Tennis preliminaries,
slated for Friday afternoon, cou.d
be held on the school and Fort
Brown courts as planned.
The track meet, in *hlch the
Donna Redskins have been installed
SS top-heavy favoriies, will get un
der way Saturday morning at 9:30
with preliminary events.
The finals will get under wav at
t p. m. and will continue through
About 5 p. m.
The Donna Redskins, paced by a
great quarter miler in Martin Stu
art. have rolled up a strong record
this season, and they are almost
certain to unseat the Rio Hondo
high Bobcats, the delending district
cbAmpions. Few records, particular
ly in view of the slow field, wui be
p. danger Saturday. Stuart might
better his own district record ot 53
seconds flat In the 440. and there is
A chance of San Benito's relay rec
ord of 3:38 going by the boards.
According to the dopesters. the
Issues are clean cut in the district
face. Martin Stuart of Donna is
favored to win all the sprints.
Black of Rio Hondo Is doped to take
the 880, the mile belongs to Beryl
Baker of La Ferla, Marts of Stuart
Flat* is certain to win the discus
And Putegnat of Brownsville should
win the high hurdles. Black of Kio
Hondo also should win the Javelin.
The senior time-table Saturday is
As follows:
0:90 a. m.—Preliminaries In the
iS-hlgh hurdles.
8:30—Finals in 12-pound shot put.
8:30—Finals In discus.
8:30—Preliminaries in high Jump
•six qualify).
8:45—Preliminaries In 100 yard
tfa&h.
10— Preliminaries In 220 low
hurdles.
10:30—Preliminaries in 440.
11— Preliminaries in 220 dash.
I p. m.—120 high hurdles, pole
Fault and broad Jump finals.
8tl5—100 yard dash final.
1:35—880 yard run final.
1:53—220 yard low hurdles final.
3:06—440 yard dash. Javelin and
high Jump finals.
3:40—Mile run final.
4:00—Mile relay finaL
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COACH CLAUDE DAILEY of Mis
sion. athletic director of the Val
ley district track meet to be held
here Saturday, ventures the predic
tion that the Dcnna Redskins will
win the title, Weslaco will finish
second, Mission third and La Feria
fourth.
Claude, who was coach at Donna
before he went to Mission, has been
watching high school track in this
section for many a year and he is
about as well qualified to pick the
winners as anyone you might name
He even makes so bold as to issue
predictions as to individual place
winners. Claude’s selections are as
follows:
10Q—Stuart of Donna, first; Jack
HOWELL SAID
RESTING EASY
LYNCHBURO, Va. April 12. —
<&)—“Dix’e” Howell, his skull frac
tured by a batted ball, lay In a
Lynchburg hospital Friday "resting
comfortably and apparently not
seriously Injured."
The Detroit Tiger rookie and
former University of Alabama foot
ball star was injured while warm
ing up Thursday for a practice
game.
He will be In the hospital at
least two weeks, attendants said.
Howell's Injury came an hour
and a half before the opening of
a game between the Tigers and the
Cincinnati Reds of the National
League.
With a group of teammates, he
was warming up on the right
field foul line, not far from first
base. As the Detroiters passed a
ball around Johnnie Mize, Cincin
nati first baseman, stepped to the
plate and smashed out a terrific
line drive down the baseline.
The ball struck Powell on the
right temple. He was carried un
conscious from the field.
At the hospital. Dr. John W. De
cine said it would be Impossible
for several days to determine
whether there was a skull depres
sion.
Should one be found, an opera
tion to lessen the pressure on the
brain will be necessary.
•
Braddock Set As
Baer’s Opponent
NEW YORK. April 12. —— 1
Jimmy Braddock. a 1000-to-l shot
in the heavyweight future books a
year ago. apparently has been sel
ected definitely by Madison Square
Garden to give battle to Max Baer
in June.
Formal announcement t^at
Biaddock has agreed to terms for
a title match is expected Monday
when, under the terms of its con
tract with Baer, the Garden must
select an opponent for the cham
pion.
Although Jimmy Johnston avoid
ed any comment that could be
construed as indicating an agree
ment had been reached, it was
understood the Garden had met
Braddock's demand for 17*1 per
cent of the receipts in exchange
for a holdover clause in the con
tract by which the Jersey veteran
would be obligated to make his
first Kile defense under Garden
auspices should he dethrone Baer
From the same sources. It was
understood June 27 had been sel
ected tentatively for the fight In
the Garden’s Long Island bowl.
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son of Weslaco, second; Frlesen of
Mission, third; and Morrison of
Weslaco, fourth.
220—Stuart of Donna, Jackson of
Weslaco, Quintero of Brownsville
and Davis of San Benito.
440—Stuart of Donna. Frlesen of
Mission, Groves of Donna and Park
er of San Benito.
880—Black of Rio Hondo, W. H
Kilgore of Mission. W. H. Chestnut
of Donna, Stoddard of La Feria.
Mile—Baker of La Feria, Garsa of
Mission. Davis of Weslaco and Also
brook of San Benito.
Mile Relay—San Benito, Donna.
Mission. Brownsville.
120 High Hurdles—Stooksberry of
Donna. Ashworth of La Feria. Pute
gnat of Brownsville and Holloway of
Donna.
220 Low Hurdles—Putegnat of
Brownsville, Holloway of Donna,
Tripson of Mission and Thompson of
San Benito.
Broad jump—Jackson of W'eslaco.
Stooksberry of Donna. Stoddard of
La Feria. .Saulsbury of Harlingen.
High Jump—Madison of Donna.
Ashworth of La Feria. Meadows of
Wilson Tract and Chapa of Mission.
Vault—Crowell of Weslaco, Chape
of Mission, Dunn of San Benito and
Wilson of Weslaoo.
Shot—Isham of Weslaco, Reed of
Donna. Marrs of Stuart Place and
Barrera of Brownsville.
Discus—Marrs of Stuart Place.
Fink of Donna, Sargent of Donna
and Tripson of Mission.
• • •
YE SPADE begs leave to enter a
few dissenting votes. He does not
think that the century will be an all
Hidalgo affair, for surely Parker of
San Benito, Stoddard of La Feria.
McDamt of Brownsville or Quin
tero of Brownsville can break into
the scoring. Stuart of Donna Is slat
ed to win and Jackson of Weslaco
might be second, but those Cameron
sprinters will give Friesen of Mission
and Morrison of Weslaco a real run
for their money.
. If Black oi Rio Hondo elects to
run the 440. which would be a more
or less foolish move in view of the
fact that Martin Stuart, the defend
ing All-Time Valley quarter mile
champion is back, he will finish
ahead of Friesen, Groves and Park
er.
Black has the 880 in the bag as
indicated by Dailey, but we submit
that Clifton Schrieber of Browns
ville will place by edging Chestnut
and Stoddard down the list.
Brownsville has four good quarter
milers and if they can pass the stick
sucessfully Saturday they will fin
ish better than fourth as predicted
by Dailey. In a meet here, the Eagles
lost to the San Benito relay team by
a gnat’s eye-brow after losing no less
than 50 yards on passing the stick.
Unless Stooksberry and Ashworth
run their best races of the season.
Billy Putegnat of Brownsville, the
defending district champion, is cer
tain to finish better than the third
in the high hurdles as indicated by
Dailey.
Claude picks Putegnat to win the
low hurdles, but Billy is not entered
in that event—his specialty is the
tall timbers. Louis Fernandes will
carry Brownsville colors in the lows
and he should place.
Again building up the Eagles, we
believe that Barrera will finish bet
ter than fourth In the shot. Under
the co.ching of Bob Celaya, who
holds the All-Time Valley district
-ecord in this event, Barrera has
developed rapidly this season. He is
leaivng the 1-pound shot around 43
feet consistently.
Daily forgets to mention those
Willacy county boys in the broad
Jump Haygood of Lyford and Deav
er of Ramondville are likely to place
and Billy McDavitt of Brownsville
also has a good chance.
But all In all. you’ll go & long way
before you get a better estimate of
the field than the one turned In by
Claude.
Student Examination
Work Is Completed
(Sn^riai toTtof Herald)
LA FERIA April 12— Dr. W. E.
Spivey and Mrs. J. C. Lewis of the
Cameron county Health Unit com
pleted examination of children In
the La Feria schools Thursday. The
work Thursday was in the Sam
Houston school, the children in the
other buildings had been examined
on previous visits. Dr. Spivey was
well pleased with the condition of
the pupils in the group examined
and stated that in his olnion they
were above average for a group of
that size.
Mrs Lewis has conducted follow
up work on previous examinations
and reports a fine response by par
ents in having remedial work done
«the is cooperating with Mrs. A H.
Moore, health chairman for the
P.T.A. In this follow-up work
Through the cooperation of the
P.T.A. several operations have been
performed. Dr. Spivey expressed
his appreciation for the cooperation
of local physicians. Drs. De Witt
and Pope, in caring for cases that
needed immediate attention.
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BABE SEEKING
27 HOME RUNS
Hu Hope* of Clouting 750
Before Quitting
Base ball
By EDDIE BR1ETZ
NEW YORK. April 12. l£*>—A llt
tia stock-taking on the glamorous
20-year American League reign of
Babe Ruth aa he prepares to shift
his big bat to the National League
and perhaps starts another chapter
in the saga of making life miserable
for pitchers: 9
Baseball's all-time home run king
waa belted out 723 home runs—708
in pennant campaigning and 15 in
world series warfare. The total is
Just 27 shy of his life time goal of
750. Sixteen of the licks came with
the bases loaded.
Pitchers contributing to the car
nage numbered 218. The Babe poled
498 round trippers off right-hand
ed hurlers. Southpaws were slapped
225 times.
Next to New York, where the Babe
sent 346 drives soaring over the pal
ings at the Pclo Grounds and Yan
kee Stadium, the Philadelphia Park
was Ruth’s favorite. He trotted
around the bases there 68 times. De
troit was good for 59 homers and
Boston and St. Louis each provided
55.
Washington waa his Jinx town
The Babe found the range there only
34 times.
Rube Walberg. now of the Boston
Red Sox. is president of the “Babe
Ruth club.” composed of the 218
pitchers who have contributed to
Ruth's official home run record.
Walbearg, although a southpaw,
was Ruth’s victim no less than 17
times. George Dauss. a right-hander
formerly with the Detroit Tigers,
was nicked 14 times, bringing him
the vice presidency.
Seven members of the “Babe Ruth
Club” since have transferred to the
National League and will be In line
for promotion when the firing starts
next week.
Training Camp
Activities
(By The Associated Press)
NEW’ YORK. April 12.—Weather
permitting, major league basetali
makes its seasonal debut in New
York Friday with Casey Stengels
Brooklyn Dodges standing by In
Ebbets Field to repel the New York
Yankees. Vernon Gomez and Pat
Malone were named overnight to
handle the Yankees' pitching; for
Brooklyn it was to be Van Mungo
and Bill Clark.
RICHMOND. Va.—The Giants
have seen a lot of out of the way
places in the south during their cur
rent exhibition jaunt with Cleve
land. but they have discovered a way
of reducing the costs of spring
training. Visits to five towns which
had never seen major league ball
before produced a total attendance
of about 26.000.
RICHMOND. Va.—Hal Trosky.
slugging iirst baseman of the Cleve
land Indians, hasn't had much
trouble with the New York Giants'
pitching staff this spring Trobky,
leading the Indians in hitting with
a .366 average, has made 15 hits for
a total of 26 bases in the series with
the Giants.
CHICAGO.—Charlie Grimm and
Jimmy Dykres. managers respective
ly of Chicago’s cubs and White Sox.
hauled out their top pitching tal
ent Friday for resumption of the
spring city series.
Grimm named Lonnie Wameke
while Dykes assigned Les Tletje. The
Sox won both previous games of the
series, played a month ago at Los
Angeles. They will meet again Sat
urday and Sunday.
Pure water. If absolutely calm,
will not freeze as quickly as agi
tated water. It can be reduced to
several degrees below the freezing
! point without congeahng. but a
slight shaking will cause it to solid
ify quickly.
PREXY PITCHES
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What's good for major league
ball players la good for the
president of the National
League, too, figured Ford Frick,
head of the loop. So he stopped
off at Catalina Island on the
way back from a trip to the
Panama Canal Zone, and tested
out his pitching arm at the
camp of the Chicago Cuba. Here
he is In action.
MEN'S LEAGUE
Thursday Night—Arbuckle wot
two out of three from Troop B
Standings
Team— W. L. Pet.
Arbuckle . 414 274 601
McKay . 394 324 -548
Troop B . 40 35 .533
Grisham . 33 39 .458
LADIES’ LEAGUE
Game Friday—No. l vs. No. 8.
Standings
Team— W. L. Pet
No. 3 . 21 3 .875
No. 4 . 13 14 481
No. 1 . 9 15 .375
No. 2 . 8 19 296
The league-leading Arbuckle Ma
chinists fattened their percentage in
the Brownsville Ten Pin Bowling
league here Thursday night by win
ning two out of three encounter?
from the Troop B maple smashers.
The Troopers rolled their best
game of the night in the opening en
counter to win 929-784. Nelson con
tributed a single of 208, the beat of
the night for the Soldiers.
With Monette and Arbuckle show
ing the way with 193s. the Machin
ists came back with a rush to cop
ihe second 921-870. The Machinists
walked away with the third 910-831
when the troopers slumped badly.
Sgt. Szpeinskl turned in the best
all-around performance with a con
sistent 189-196-183—568 which was
good for high series. Bill Ba'.l o:
the Machinists came through with a
214 in the final game for the top
single.
The score:
ARBUCKLE 1st 2nd 3rd Ttl
Shealer . 169 1 87 1 79—535
Monette . 180 193 153—526
Pechstein . 142 180 182—504
Arbuckle . 134 193 182—509
Ball . 159 168 214—541
Totals . 784 921 910 2615
TROOP B 1st 2nd 3rd Tty
Knapp, avg . 180 180 180—540
Setelin . 165 168 156—489
Wallace, avg. 167 167 167—501
Nelson . 208 139 125—472
Szpeinskl . 189 196 1 83—568
Handicap . 20 20 20
Totals . 929 870 831 2570
POST EVENTS
RAINED OUT
Horseshow to Get Under
Way Saturday Morning,
Weather Permitting
Rain forced postponement Friday
of athletic events scheduled at Fort
Brown, but the horseshow was to get
under way aa scheduled Satux day
morning If weather permits.
The field meet for enlisted men,
which waa to have been held Fri
day morning, has been postponed to
Monday morning, and the Friday
polo game between the Hidalgo Blue
Bonnets and the 13th Cavalry offi
cers has been postponed.
The horseshow will start as sche
duled at 8 a. m. Saturday. The events
for the morning session include:
Best turned out trooper’s mount,
light weight polo ponies, officers
chargers, recruit Jumping, private
Jumping, officers equestrian team
sweepstakes, enlisted mens eques
trian team sweepstakes and chil
dren’s Jumping. The session Is ex
pected to last from 8 a. m. to noon
The horseshow will be resumed
Sunday morning with the following
events carded: Best schooled troop
er’s mount, officer's Jumping, N. C
O. Jumping, officer's touch and out,
enlisted men's touch and out, mid
dleweight polo ponies and light
weight hunters. The show will be
completed about noon.
Sunday afternoon the Hidalgo
Blue Bonnets and the 12th Cavalry
officers will play polo. This game,
expected to attract a large gather
ing of fans, will get under way at
2:30 p. m.
Exporters, Cats
Reds Undefeated
In Texas League
(By The Amor i a ted Prem)
Beaumont, Fort Worth and Okla
homa City held perfect record* In
die Texas League race Friday.
Beaumont made It two straight
over San Antonio Thursday by
grabbing the last of a two-game
aeries, 8 to S. Earl Caldwell fell
v.ctlm to the Exporters’ nine-hit
attack before he was relieved by
Bartlett at the start of the eighth.
Irvin Stein started for Beaumont,
but was removed In the fifth In
favor of Ouy Fletcher, who finish
ed In brilliant style.
Fort Worth took their second
straight from Dallas, blanking the
Steers, 8 to 0. Keith Frazier, young
r.ght handed hurler for the Cats,
allowed but nine well scattered
hits. Al Baker started for the
Steers and was touched for five
hits and four runs In five Innings.
Slim Harris and Prank Barnes
followed him on the mound
Oklahoma City and Tulsa took a
forced rest because of cold weather
and a dust storm. Oklahoma City
won the opener from Tulsa Wed
nesday.
Galveston evened the series with
Houston Thursday night, winning.
5 to 0, as Jackuckl scattered eight
hits. The game was played under a
dusty sky that released big drops
of rain at Intermittent periods.
Dust and wind were credited
with greatly cutting attendance at
all games.
Enrollment Increases
(Special to To Herald •
RIO HONDO. April 12.—A sub
stantial increase in scholastic en
rollment over 1934 has been shown
by the Rio Hondo schools, accord
ing to Superintendent Bingham.
The scholastic enrollment at this
time is 1,078 as compared to 1.017
in 1934.
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has the unusual distinction of be
ing a "four In one" cartoonist He
can draw with both feet and both
hands at the same time.
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These Are Records
Boys Will Shoot
At Here Saturday
The Valley district field and
track records are as follows:
100—10.2, set by Ballanfant of
Mercedes In 1920 and Mill of Donna
In 1922.
220—224, set by Jack ElHnftoa
of Brownsville in 1934.
440—53. set by Martin Staart
of Donna In 1934.
8*0—2:074. set by Larmier af
Weslaco In 1932.
Mile—4:49. set by Galvan of Port
Isabel in 1933.
Mile Relay—3:38, set by Ran
Benito in 1931.
Low Hurdles—27. set by Tank*
ersiey of Ran Benito in 1934.
Hlfh Hurdles—16 2. set by Gab
rysh of Donna In 1929.
Broad Jump—22 feet, three
inches, set by Boy Newman of
Brownsville In 1929.
Hi<h Jump—Six feet set by R.
Clifford in 1926 (disputed).
Pole Vault—11 feet. 104 inches,
set by Ruthven of Donna in 1929.
Discus—131 feet. 10 inches, set by
Robert Celaya of Brownsville in
1925.
Shot—50 feet. 64 Inches, set by
Robert Celaya of Brownsville In
1926.
Javelin—156 feet, set by .Ashley
of Brownsville in 1932.
Revival to Close
A three-day revival meeting
which has been going on at the
Assembly of God church, conduct
ed by Rev. Leslie Nash from Ray
mondvlHe will close Friday night.
The services have been well-at
tended. It Is reported. Rev. Nash
is pastor of the church at Ray
mondville and Is al-*> the presi
dent of the Christ s Ambassadors
of the Valley Assembly of God
churches.
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District Champs
“
The former district field and track
champions of tha Valley are as fol
lows:
1934—Rio Hondo, San Benito eee- !
and.
1933—San Benito, Donna second.
1932—Brownsville.
1931—San Benito. Donna second.
1930—Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, La
Ferta second.
1929—Brownsville. Donna second.
1928—Donna. McAllen second.
1927—McAllen, Raymond villa sec
ond
1926 — Brownsville. Pharr-San
Jusn-Alamo second.
1925—Brownsville, San Benito sec
ond.
1924—San Benito.
1923—Brownsville, Edtnbufy sec
ond.
1922—Brownsville, San Benito
second.
1921 — Brownsville. Pharr-San
Juan-Alamo second.
1920—Brownsville.
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