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LEGISLATURE
IS NO MATCH
FOR PIUS
P <&r er Firms Defeat
Control Attempts In
Texas; Bill’s Death
Conceded
AUSTIN. April 17. i>Py—Sponsors
of the administration bill to bring
all utllitlM under stringent state
regulation clung tenaciously Wed
nesday to fading hope for final suc
cess.
Under debate three days m the
heuae. the bill went over for further
consideration until Friday when
leaden trusted they could obtain its
passage and send It belatedly to the
senate. They feared, however, it was
too late in the session lor the bill to
get through a senate committee, be
given floor consideration there and
have its provisions agreed upon In
conference
Death Predicted
Prediction that public utility reg
ulation had been killed at this ses
sion was made by Senator Tom De
Berry of Bogata. The general utility
bill "designed lor the good ol the
people, and not for the utilities u
dead so far as this session is con
cerned.-’ he aaid.
The bill underwent what its spon
sor* charged was a filibuster in the
house. Amendment after amendment
was hurled at it. All regarded as ad
verse were turned back, but the
house consistently refused to cut off
debate to permit final passage. De
bate. however, was limited to three
minutes on each amendment but ap
proximately 50 will be pending when
work on the bill Is resumed.
The house speeded production to
clear its calendars of local and un
contested bills. In a night session 20
bills were passed six of them on one
vote
Oil Rdf Passes
Among the bills was one to aid
enforcement of oil conservation or
ders of the Texas Railroad commis
sion by making forgery of permits
to transport petroleum or it* prod
ucBKa misdemeanor. It was advocat
ed My the attorney general to per
mit prosecution of persons using
fraudulent tenders to move oil prod
ucts.
Another bill would throw more
strict regulations about absentee
voting. It could require aosentee vot
ers to appear before a notary pub
lic tor identification and vote under
oath- Sponsors of the bill said they
believed hundreds of iraudulent ab
sentee vote* were cast in last year's
elections
After futile effort* to exempt cer
tain deep gas fields in Brazoria coun
ty the senate state affairs commit
tee favorably reported a bill by Sen
ator Clint Small of Amarillo Intend
ed to conserve and prevent waste of
natural gas. It was a substitute for
a bill passed by the house.
Senior Day Is
To Be Observed
At Boca Chica
(Special to Tha Haiaid i
MERCEDES. April 17 —May 25th.
tha lay after graduation, has been set
for the observing of Senior Day by
members of the graduating class of
the Mercedes high school. The day
wtU be spent at Boca Chlca. Par
ents of the seniors will sponsor the
•vent.
At a meeting of the class, mem
iJti voted to apply the money ac
quired from the annual senior play
on a cycloram* for the school audi
torium. provided the graduating
classes of the past four years sgres
to donate their money to the same
cause.
The following class pre;ldent* have
been written letters in regard to the
matter Ton Blackwell. '31; Barbera
Todd, 12; Don Murray. 13. and Fer
guson Hager. 14. The cyclorams will
be formerlv presented to the public
at the annual graduating exercises
If plans materialise.
A group of students have been se
lected to commemorate the senior
rises of 1935 Jacqueline Johnson
was chosen as class historian; Freda
Wagner poet; Loren Council, prop
het; Dorothy Perry, will m-riter. Ma
terials of pastel shades have been
chosen for graduating dresses, and
the girls will carry rose* of pastel
shades Mrs Virgil Thompson is class
sponsor and assisted In the selection
with a committee from the class.
Freda W'agner, chairman. Jackie
Johnson. Dorothy Perry and Elisa
beth Tid^'-c form a committee In
charge of the senior project book.
This book is to be a mental photo
graph of each senior, to be filled out
and exchanged among the members
of the class
The Hug Club, boyr honor club of
the high school, will sponsor a dance
at the Mereedes-Weslaeo Country
club April 26 Invitation* are being
prepared for a selected guest list
Music will be furnished by John
Barn’s Orchestra. Mercedes musi
cians Beverly Caldwell is the club
sponsor
Eight new students have been add
ed to the high school band, under
the direction of William O'Hair.
my are Gordon Pylant George
Lewie Henry, baritone*; Don
r trombone. Billy Ed
_ saxophone; Virginia, clarinet;
Roy MacDonald, tenor saxophone.
San Benito Teacher*
Get Salary Increase
BAN BFNITO April IT-An in
crease of $2 200 to the annual!
school budget mas adopted by the|
board of trustees at it* meeting
this meek. $1,000 being the library'
and playground equipment and
$12500 for Increases in teacher sala
rtca. The total budget adopted la
$102,422 of which $5*517 is for
teacher salaries. $32,000 for bond
ed Indebtedness and the remainder
for miscellaneous smaller Items.
It was suggested that teacher
salaries be paid in 12 installments
Instead of nine but It was decided
to continue on a nine-months basis
on the theory that local business
would benefit more if the salaries
were paid while the teachera were
In tha ettr.
‘SHADOW OF DOUBT’
Virginia Bruce, Ricardo Cortes and Regis Toomey in “Shadow of
i Doubt*’, sensational mystery thriller showing Wednesday and Thurs
day at the Capitol, Brownsville.
Another Wildcat In
Hidalgo Makes Good
Showing to Produce
MISSION. April IT. — Another
wildcat in western Hidalgo county
loomed large in the Lower Rio
Grande Valley’ oil spotlight Wed
nesday after coring a likely sand
apparently carrying considerable
oil Just below 4.100 feet. This is
the third producing horizon show-;
ing for production in Hidalgo coun
ty since September, 1934. when the
Samfordyce field s discovery well
was completed.
About four miles northeast of the
Samlordyce field. Downey it Mor-'
ton's No. 1 Osca Daskam. 450 feet I
from the east and &5 feet from the
south lines of the east half of
block 34, porcion 45, Ancient Jur
lrdictlon of Reynoea, cored a sat
urated sand beneath a gas sand
and hard lime break about 10 days
ago. The sand record was: gas sand
at 4.090-4.100 feet, hard lime at
4,100-02 feet and saturated sand at
4.090-10 feet. The test has been
shut down since coring the sand
while additional acreage was being
acquired, with more acreage secur
ed. the operators took another cere
Tuesday night, the core barrel
containing about six feet of cav
ings. containing considerable oil.
and about eight inches of the sand.
The latter was badly burned from
coring, but still carried an excellent
odor of both gas and oil. Oil was
squeezed by hand from hunks of
! the cavings la the core-barrel. It
is expected that the sand will be
drill stem tested within the next
few days, or as soon as repairs to
j the boiler have been made.
The test was started early in 1933
by the Dayle L. Smith Oil com
pany of McAllen and was drilled
to a total depth of 1.710 feet. |
Downey it Morton took over the
hole on October 19, 1934, contract
ing to carry it to 3.500 feel. The
test had been drilled, a few feet at
a time, during the past six months j
Importance of the showing is not
exiiected to be determined accur
ately until the wen can be tested
but a number of major company
scouts and geologists watched the
core taken and examined the core
when it wax removed from the bar
rel. They concede good possibili
ties for production. Ether cuts oil
from the sand almost instantly.
1 The showing climaxed 17 years
of drilling along the crest of a
peculiar ridge in Western Hidalgo
by the Dayle L. Smith Oil company.
This is the thirteenth hole to be
starred by the firm, backed for
the most part by scores of Lower
| Rio Grande Valley residents as
well as many persons In several of
the larges Texas cities. The Smith
firm has considerable acreage m
the immediate vicinity, the com
pany’s afiairs now being managed
by Mrs. Lyle L. Smith and her
sister. Mrs. Krause, of McAllen.
With 54 producers in the Sam
fordyce field at a depth of 2,750
2.800 feet, the Union 8uiphur Com
pany's No. 3 American-Rio Grande
Land it Irrigation company wild
cat showing for production at 7,-1
477 feet and in process of comple
tion and the Downey it Morion
wildcat showing a good sand, oil
development in Hidalgo county is
now suited to the pockethook of
nearly every operator and comple
tion of either or both of the wild
cats now showing will undoubtedly
start one of South Texas' most
important drilling campaigns.
Among other Hidalgo wildcats
Tuesday, one started coring for the
Samfordyce sand nearly two miles
northeast of the field, another was
abandoned, still another Is nearing
Us contract depth and a fourth is be
ing reworked.
Aooui h.juu leet northeast of th«
Samfordyce producing area. E. L.
smith Oil Company's No. l O. C.
Salinas et al. in the northeast cor
ner of share 10. porcion 41. Ancient
Jurisdiction of Reynosa. started cor
ing at 2.738 feet Tuesday night.
About IS miles northwcvt of Mis
sion. Double D OU company's »for
merly W L Clary i No. l Brock At
Showers, in lot 4, block 12. porcion
•0. Ancient Jurisdiction of Reynosa.
is drilling at 5.»5u feet with onlv SO
feel to go before completing a 6.000
foot contract.
Three miles south of Double D.
Showers At Moncrlefs No. 1 Brock
A: Showers, in lot U. block 18. por
cion 79, Ancient Jurisdiction of Rey
nosa. is abandoned at 5.818 feet. The
wildcat had 24C feet ot sand of
\sry hardness, a slight trace of gas
In the upper 100 feet and nothing
In the lower section The sand was
reported cored at 5.490-5.730 feet.
In eastern Hidtlgo. Union Sul
phur company’s No. 3 Americsn-Rio
Grande Land At Irrigation com
Biny. in Farm tract 2.082. block 86.
o. 3 Capisaljo district, about eight
miles north of Mercedes, is expected
to attempt reeompleUon late this
week after resetting liner.
The Samfordyce field of south
western Hidalgo came through Tues
day with another producer, two oth
er teat* were being completed, two
others were waiting on cement be
-ore drilling plugs and four were on
the sand.
The new completion, which is the
field's 54th flowing producer and
which extends production 1.000 feet
to the east, is K D. Harrison
Double D Oil company s No. 1 Mra
Lula George, In the southwest cor
ner ol the southwest 20 acres ol
tract 13. porcion 41, about 6.900 feet
east of discovery. When turned into
the tanks Tuesday, it was making
an estimated four to six barrels hour
ly through U-tnch tubing choke
under tubing working pressure of 240
pounds and closed-in casing pressure
of 325 pounds. It cored the Sam
iordyce saturation at 2.748-56 feet
and has casing set and cemented at
2,753 feeL
Tests were being completed Wed
nesday on both the south and north
-dges of the Held.
Mortex Oil corporation a No 1
Francisco Guerra, near the center
cf the west 7.5 acres of the northwest
12.5 acres ol the south 100 acres ol
.ract 254. port ion 40. about 1800 feet
northeast of the discovery, gun-per
iorated casing at 2.780-91 feet and
will be “Jetted” with gas in an ef
lort to secure production. The test
has casing set and cemented on the
bottom of the hole at 2.791 feet and
hid two feet of saturated sand at
2.786-88 feet as well as oil at 2.774-77
feet.
On the south edge of production.
Jack Porter et al s No. l W R. Jack
son. in the northeast comer of the
north 10 acres of the Jackson 62
acres m tract 278. porcion 40. about
o 600 feet southeast of discovery, gun
perforated casing at 2.758-61 feet in
another effort to secure production
and la washing with oiL
At the field s southwestern ex
tremity. Shafer-Mundy s No. 1 Ta
basco Consolidated Independent
School District, in the north end of
tract 260. porcion 38. about 2.500 feet
west of discovery, is w’altmg on ce
ment after setting casing at 2770
feet. The test took m only one foot
of sand.
On the west edge of the field.
Gem Oil Company's No. 1-B Sea
bury et al. m the southeast corner
of the north 20 acres of the west
42 90 acres of the southeast 131-70
acres of tract 256. porcion 38. about
3,900 feet northwest of discovery, is
waiting on cement after setting
casing at 2.801 feet atop six feet ol
saturated sand.
The field's northwest outpost.
Skelly Oil Company s No. 2 Seabury
et al, in the southwest corner of
the west 24 acres of the west 48
seres of the north 78 acres of the
southeast 166 90 acres of tract 256.
porcion 38. about 4200 feet north
west of discovery, is preparing to
set and cement casing after coring
and securing the following sand
record: gas sand at 2 791-2,801 feet.
<Mi sand at 2.801-06 feet and the
lower six inches of the hole is In
.‘hale Casing is expected to be wet
at about 2.B0J feet.
Also on the west edge of the held,
C. E Smith-Frank Day vault s No.
1 Sea bury et al. in the northeast
corner of the south 22 90 acres of
the west 43 90 acre* of the south
east 131.70 acres of tract 256. por
tion 38. about 3.750 feet northwest
of discovery, is preparing to set and
cement casing on bottom and gun
perforate for production. The teat
cored oil and gas sand, which show -
ed considerable salt water, at 2.810
28 feet and dnl’ed through an oil
sand at 2.847-58 feet. The hole is
bottomed at 2.915 feet in shale. Cas
ing probably will be set on bottom
and perforated in accordance with
showings in a Schlumberger test.
On the southeast edge of pro
duction. Cortez Oil Corporations
No l-B C. E. Smith in the north
west corner of the south 99 acres of
tract 3-B. porcion 41. about 5.800
feet southeast of discovery, is await
ing on boiler repairs before con
tinuing coring at 2.740 feet.
The field's-southeastern outpost,
Hiram M. Reed s No. 2 C. E Smith,
in the east end of the south 10 acres
of the northwest 46 29 acres of tract
3-B. porcion 41. about 6.900 feet
southeast of discovery’, topped the
upper Samfordyce gas sand at 2,751
feet and is coring at 2.754 feet.
Two new test* are prapanng to
start operations in the field.
Near the center of the southeast
25 acres of tract 254. porcion 40,
about 4,500 feet east of discovery.
Rogers Oil St Gas Company' s No. 4
Francisco Guerra is rigging up.
The first of four test* to be drill
ed on the Misoun Pacific Railway
rights-of-way through the field has
completed derrick. It will be known
as Roy Johnson et al’s No. 1 Mis
souri Pacific and is located 503 feet
from the west line of porcion 41.
Ancient Jurisdiction of Reynosa.
Report* early Wednesday from
the C. R. Borah No 1 Arcadto
Guerra, in Share 6. San Ramon
Grant, northeastern Starr county,
about 45 miles northwest of Edin
burg. county seat of Hidalgo coun
ty. said the wildcat had topped a
tand at 2.870 feat and was prepar
to core.
n southwestern Willacy county,
W T. Daniel’s No. 2 Francisco
Armendiax. near the north line of
Uttle Share 4. a 2.600-acre tract, is
drilling below 14110 feet.
In south central Starr County,]
Armstrong. Emanuel & Adams’ No.
1 Starr County Cattle company. Ip
biock 57. Jeffries-Lambeth subdivi
sion. porcion 89. Ancient Jurisdic
tion of Camargo, it reported pre- i
paring to reset a packer on the end I
of tha fcuMne
LIONS WIN AS
LEAGUE OPENS
San Benito Baseball Year
Gats Off to Good
Start
(Special to The Hi-ald)
SAN BENITO, Apnl 16.—The
Lions rallied valiantly in the last
half of the ninth but the Kiwanians
managed to squeeze through with an
early lead and finally took the game.
9 to 7, to open the softball season
Monday night.
Joe A Sloan, president of the Ki
wanis club, had to be different when
throwing the first ball for his side
by hitting the leadoff batter for the
Lions. Nicholson. Charles Allison,
vice president of the Lions, threw
the first ball for his %'am.
Thompson led the Kiwanians in
opposite extremes. He made five er
rors but on the other hand was the
only one to get three hits.
Wilson got eight strikeouts for the
Kiwanians Warburton did not go the
route for the Lions, Taylor relieving
him.
Box score:
KIWANIS ABRHI
Casey, 2b . 5 12 0
Yost. 3b . 4010
Carpenter, c . 5 2 1 0
Thompson, ss . 5 2 3 5
Fincher, cf . 5 0 10
Wagner, cf.5 12 0
Spies, of . 3 l l 0
King, lb . 3 111
Edwards, of . 4 0 0 0
Wilson, p . 3 l 1 2
Totals . 42 9 13 8
LIONS AB R H E
Nicholson, of . 4 0 0 0
Chaoman, lb . 3 111
Taylor, ss. p . 5 2 0 0
Warburton, p. ss. 5 2 0 0
Rawls, c . 5 0 0 0
Gause. of . 5 0 10
Zimmerman, 3b . 4 1 1 1
Miller, of . 3 12 0
Glasscock. 2b . 5 0 10
Parsons, of . 4 0 0 0
Totals . 43 7 6 2
Score by innings:
Kiwanis . 100 422 000—9
Lions . 000 005 002—7
Tuesday night. Firestone vs. Hv
geia.
Thursday night: Rio Hondo vs.
H**hland.
Friday night: Rangerville vs High
School
INDIANS TAKE
LEAGUE LEAD
~
(Bv The Associated Pre«s»
The Oklahoma City Indiana, re
juvenated during the winter, came
out on top of the heap in the Tex
as League Tuesday, replacing the
highly regarded Beaumont Export
ers.
A heavy-hitting spree, which in
cluded 15 safeties, pushed Dallas
deener Into the cellar and gave the
Indians an 11 to 3 victory and a
percentage of .833 on five wins and
one loss. Every man in the lineup
got at last one hit off four Dallas
pitchers.
Beaumont was taken into camp
bv Hpuston. 12 to 3, for a second
straight loss, and dropped to .714
and third place on five wins and
two losses.
Fort Worth, holder of first rank
until Tuesday's game ended, also
lost a second straight game. Tulsa
winning 8 to 6. The loss dropped
Fort Worth to second rank at
750.
Neither Beaumont nor Fort Worth
had lost a game until Mondav.
Galveston eked out a 6 to 5 vic
tory over 8an Antonio on a home
run in the ninth inning by Prerost
with McQuaig on base
Powl i
M£VS LEAGUE
Tuesday Nlght-Arbuckle Machin
ist won three straight from McKay
Pharmacist*.
Standings
Team- W l Pet.
Arbuckle . 444 274 618
B . «0 35 .533
McKay . 394 354 527
Griaham . 33 39 458
Coming Game
Thursday Night — Grisham vs.
Arbuckle.
LADIES’ LEAGUE
Standing
Team— W. L. Pet.
. 25 5 £33
Pour* . 13 14 .481
. 10 It 370
*>ucea . g 21 30,
Coining Game
Friday Night—Aces vs. Fours.
The Arbuckle Machinists, leaders
oi the Men's Ten Pm League, set
themselves a new league record
Tuesday night and incidentally took
three straight games from the Mc
Kay Pharmacist*.
With Arbuckle setting the pare
with a 620 series, the Machinists
smashed the maples for 2.731 pm.s
tc better the old record by 42 pins
Arbuckle* series was the first «oo
U- be rolled in league competition
in several weeks. His scores were
213-190-218—630
The Machinist* took the first 947
819, the second 873-789 and the
third 911*832
The scores:
Tuesday Night
ARBUCKLE 1st. 2nd. 3rd—Ttl.
fihealer . 192 173 165 — 530
Monette . 189 158 168 — 515
Pechstein. 167 140 181 —488
Arbuckle . 312 190 218 — 620
Ball . 187 212 1 79 — 578
Totals ... 947 873 911 2.731
MeKAY 1st. 2nd 3rd.—Ttl.
williams . 203 158 159 — 520
Recio . 167 153 1 68 — 488
Fabra . 139 142 126 - 397
Peter area . 159 158 203 — 520
Crlxell . 153 178 158-489
Handicap. 8 8 8 v
Totals ... 819 797 822 2A14
Monday Night
No. 3 1st. 2nd. 3rd.—Ttl.
Carmichael .... 136 129 150 — 415
Vandever . 134 128 149 — 411
Sherry .* 156 153 123 - 432
Total*. 426 410 422 1.258
NO 2 1st. 2nd. 3rd —Ttl
Bali, avg. 125 125 125 - 375
Cole . 87 1 40 127 — 354
McDonald . 123 93 131 -347
Handicap . 47 47 47
Total* ....~34C 406 4*0 HVT6
Babe Ruth’s Hitting Beats
Giants as Ball Year Opens
By HERBERT W. BARKER
Associated Press Sports Writer
Old father time, it appears, will be
lucky to get even a draw with George
Herman Ruth.
Overshadowing all other develop
ments as the major league baseball
b* ason got away to a halting start
in fngid weather Tuesday were the
amazing exploits of the portly, aging
Babe.
An injury to Jerome (Dizzy* Dean,
remarkable pitching by a half dozen
established stars, heavy hitting at
Cincinnati and Philadelphia—all
MERCEDES BALL
LEAGUE IS SET
Fred Johnson It Landia Of
Circuit to Begin
Play Soon
MERCEDES. April 16—Mercedes
Playground Baseball league was
organized here Tuesday afternoon
at the office of Fred Johnston, fol
lowing a meeting the day before
of players and fans. The follow
ing four managers of the proposed
interests will be in charge of the
teams which form the league: A.
R. Mace, manager of the Texaco
team: Pat Mitchell, manager of the
Watson Cafe team; 3ob Robinson,
manager of the Green Hat Grill
team and Truett Jordon, who will
manage the Firemens team.
According to Johnston, play will
1 begin m the near future, with the
retiring of the lighting system
and the grounds of the old Har
riet Clavcomb Grammar school
w’here games have formerly been
held. The schedule is divided into a
first and second half, with a five
game playoff, if necessary, to de
Itermine the champions. Play will
oxtend to about Septer.t ier 1st.
Games will start at 8 o'clock and
will be played on Monday. Wednes
day. Thursday and Friday of each
week. From time to time neigh
boring towns will be invited to take
part in exhibition games. Each
team is to be limietd to 14 players.
Ground rules have been adopted
and Johnston has been made com
miss.oner and official scorer. Ed
Hauff was made umptre-in-chlef;
other umpires Include H. L. Sch
malzned. J. L. Bates. Harry Rouse,
H L. Scott, John Herndon. Mer
cedes will send an entry’ to the
Valley soft bail tournament to be
held in Edinburg.
Roman Soldier
Is Favored To
Win Tex Derby
ARLINGTON DOWNS. Texas.,
'April 17.—'*Pi—Whizza way’s stretch
[drive victory Tuesday in a mile
test for the third renewal of the
$15,000 added Texas Derby Satur
day at Arlington Downs made the
Geneseo Stable’s 3-year-old son of
Whiskaway second choice for the
r.ch stake.
After winning Tuesday's race,
Whizza wav replaces the Mily Wav
farm's Whiskolo, a disappointing
third in the test, as the second
choice to the favored Roman Sol
dier in the one and one-eighth
[ miles.
It was Whizzaway's ninth con
secutive victory and served to lift
him from a 5 to 1 to a 4 to 1
choice. Roman Soldier remain* the
| short, odds horse at 6-5.
With the $15,000 classic three
‘ days away, Arlington Downs offl
i cials created a surprise Tuesday
when they stalled preparations to
handle a crowd of 40,000 persons.
In addit.on to the exceptionally
large attendance expected from
Fort Worth and Dallas and imme
diate vicinities, patrons were ex
neeted from west, east and south
I Texas. Mike Murray, Waggoner
attache, has arranged for special
cars to be attached to regular
trains coming from these sections
Mexicans to Play'
A picturesque angle to the observ
ance of Derby Day will be the at
tendance of the visiting Mexican
Army polnnts. who will attend
garbed in their national apparel
There will be an Impromptu parade
1 of the visitors’ crack ponies, ac
companied by Mexican grooms, be
tween the second and third race.
Phill Reuter, part owner and
trainer of Roman Soldier, and
Robprt McGarvey, Whiskolo’s
framer. said these two leading
Htgibies will go to the post barring
unforeseen mishap. Furfiber is
mother definite starter, while
McCarthy. Wh .zaway, Eddie J..
Wise Player and South Gallant
have been trained with the rich
■ stake in view.
McCarthy, recent winner of the
Louisiana Derby, ran second Tues
day to Whizza wa v and finished
out the derbv distance in the splen
did time of 1:58 2-5.
Prince Splendor, after Monday*
impressive win. is another sure of
filling his derby engagement..
Jackie West rope will be up on
Prince Splendor, and also will nde
him in the Kentucky Derby.
Post time for Saturday’s first
race w 111 be 2 p. m . instead of the
usual 2:15 p. m
viwani*, Elks
Play Wednesday
The light-hitting but fast-fielding
Kiwanis playground ‘ten” mill
| suing back into action here Wed
nesday night on the “36th" diamond
by taking on the BPOEs in a lea
gue contest. The Kiwis were beat
en out for the first-half crom-n and
they are hustling hard to keep in
the running for the total-season
championship.
The Elks started hot as a fire
cracker last season but slumped to
ward the end of the race.
Friday night the Goodyears are
slated to tangle mith the Aguilaa.
ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
SAN BENITO. April 17. — The
hith school assembly was address
ed Tuesday by Dr. M E. Davis. In
structor in Greek and the Bible at
Howard Pavne college. Brownwood.
these faded into the background as
the mignty Ruth, called into the
National League to lead the Boston
Braves out of the financial wilder
ness, squared accounts with Carl
Hubbell, slender southpaw of the
New York Giants.
Facing the left-hander for the
first time since the all-star game
last summer when he went down,
swinging, at a third strike. Ruth
smacked Hubbell lor a single and a
home run to account for all the
Braves’ runs In a 4-2 victory over
-he Giants.
That was what 25,000 fans had
braved pneumonia to see and the
Babe didn’t let them down.
Baba Catches One
They hadn't expected, however,
the 41-year-old home run master to
.star aiield but his sensational glove
hand catch of Hubbell's low liner
in the fifth saved Ed Brandt and
the Braves some embarrassment.
Brandt gave up only five hits but
it was definitely the Baoes day.
At Chicago, the world champion
SL Louis Cardinals saw their pen
nant aspirations almost come to
grief on the first day of the cam
paign.
A line drive from Freddy Lind
strom's bat struck Dizzy Dean on the
ieit leg. just above the ankle. In tne
first Inning and the great right
hander was carried off the field. An
x-ray showed no broken bones, but
the dizzy one probably will be out
for a week nursing a severe bruise.
The Cubs nicked Dizzy for one run
before he w as rendered hors de com
bat, addc*d two more off Bud Tin
ning in the second and scored what
proved to he the winning run In a
4-3 victory off Ray Harrell in the
eighth.
Hartnett Hit* Homer
Gabby Hartnett took care of the
Cubs’ attack with a home run,
double and wngte while Lon Wam
eke staggered the route although
tagged lor 12 hits. Only 15,500 brav
ed the weather to see this battle.
Rounding out the full National
league program, the Pittsburgh Pi
rates concentrated a 14-hit attack
I in two big innings, to whip the Cin
cuinati Reds. 12-6. while Waite Hoyt
kept the Reds pretty well m con
trol, much to the displeasure of 27.
000 Redland fans. At Philadelphia,
only 3 000 saw the Brooklyn Dodgers
shell the Phillies, 13-3. behind Van
Mungo's live-hit pitching.
The biggest crowd of the day. 29,
287. swarmed into the Yankee Stad
ium to see a brilliant pitching duel
between Wes Ferrell, veteran right
hinder of the Boston Red Sox and
Vernon tGoofy* Gomez, slim south
paw of the Yankees.
Ferrell, in mid-season form, stave
the Ruth-less Yankees only two hits,
laced only 29 men and won 1-0. Go
mez. losing to the Red Sox for the
first time in his career, was nicked
for only six hits by an error by Lou
Gehrig permitted the winning run
to score In th® sixth.
Yank Hitting Weak
George Selkirk, taking Ruth’s old
place in right field, got one of the
Y.mkee hits, Gehrig the other. The
fielding features were taken care of
by Ellsworth Dahlgren, rookie first
baseman of the Red Sox. He saved
Manager Joe Cronin from the em
barrassment of three errors by bril
liant stops on bad throws.
The only other American League
same produced a fine pitching duel
at St. Louis between Mel Harder
of the Cleveland Indians and Buck
Newsom of the Browns Glen Mvatt’s
double finally broke this up with a
double In the 14th that gave the
Indians a 2-1 triumph. Harder al
lowed only eight hits. Newsom 12.
Cold weather deferred the inaug
urals at Detroit, with the champion
Tigers entertaining the Chicago
White Sox. and at Washington, with
the Senators playing host to the
Philidelphia Athletics, until Wed
nesday.
A third opening Wednesday,
weather permitting, will find Cin
cinnati renewing its series with
! Pittsburgh :n the Pirates’ home
; hir. Forbes Field.
The aggregate attendance for
Tuesday’s six opening games as 103,
687 compared with 187.053 for eight
1 yames a year ago.
Thursday Final
Day to Qualify
In Beach Event
Thursday of this week is the last
day for entering qualifying scores
j in the Rex Beach cup tournament,
the twentieth anniversary of which
to be observed in the play start
ing Sunday morning.
Two former winners of the cup,
Thomas Sweeney and D. K. Clint,
will be in the tournament this vear.
CaPt E. Cock, winner last year,
v-'.U not compete.
At least 50 local golfers will take
part in the tournament, which will
last over a period of two weeks, the
1 finals being set for Sunday. May 5
Rex Beach, famed author who
donated the cup. has been invited
to be present, witness the finals,
and present the cup.
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— TODAY —
“ACE OF ACES”
with RICHARD DIX
A Thrilling Airplane
Drama
NEWS — COMEDY
Admiaaion . 10c
BIJ0U
LA FERIA
Independent Home Owned Theatre
— Wednesday and Thursday —
‘David Copperfield'
Frank Lawton — W. C. Fields
Edna May Oliver
“Sing Sister Sing’*
D f STILL
TOP AS ‘COPY’
Great Dean Pooh-Poohs His
Injury In Opening
Contest
CHICAGO. April 17. UP\ — The
baseball season already is old for
that great man of the pitching hill.
Jerome “Dizzy” Dean.
Although the 1935 campaign was
only a day old Wednesday. Dizzy
already has had more experiences,
attracted more attention and fur
nished more headline copy than
many hard plugging players do in
a lifetime of toil.
He has been fined $100 for miss
ing a train.
He has been on the carpet before
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, com
missioner of baseball
He has been mowed down by a
batted ball and rushed with all
the dramatic flourishes to a hos
pital.
So, all Dizzy has left to do to re
tain his headline average for the
year Is to win 30 games again for
the St. Louis Cardinals and repeat
his world series glory In the fall.
Maybe he will and maybe he
won't, but you can depend on one
thing—Dizzy's got the same spirit,
probably more, than he had last
year when his tireless right arm
hauled the Cards from down yon
der to baseball fame.
Dizzy’s left leg was sore Wed
nesday. A big red spot showed
where it had been painfully bruised
from a line drive off Freddie Lind
strom's bpt in the very first inning
of his seasonal debut against the
Cubs Tuesday. His physician,
trainer and Manager Frankie
Frisch told him he was out of the
game for a week, but Ol’ Diz
wouldn’t listen
"Say, 111 be back on that hill
tomorrow and make the Cubs pay
for this,” he told Manager Frisch.
“Diz has got to do something about
this right away. When they start
hitting line drives back at me, I’ve
got to get some revenge. Yes sir.
Ill pitch and beat ’em Thursday,
and I’ll pitch and win one game
against Pittsburgh this trip, too.
Gotta' keep up my winning aver
age and have two in the old sack
by the time I get back to St.
Looey "*
“Aw. you’ll be lucky to get back
in a wee’:,” Frisch chimed in.
“Yeah? Well, you watch!”
1 Good Fights
Being Planned
NEW YORK April IT. (J*l—'The
liveliest promotorial war since Tex
Rickard's heyday promises to res
tore New York to its former proud
position as fistic capital of the
world.
As a result of the feverish rivalry
between Madison Square Garden
and Mike Jacobs' 20th Century
Club, metropolitan followers of the
cauliflower brigade can put their
cash on the line, if it holds out
that long, for these four prime at
tractions:
May 10—Tony Canzoneri vs. Lou
Ambers, at the Oarden. for New
York State Athletic commission re
cognition as world's lightweight
champion, succeeding Barney Ross,
resigned.
May 28— Ross vs. Jimmy \fc
Lamin for the world’s welterweight
championship, at the Polo Gromvl
with Jacobs promoting.
June 13— Max Baer vs Jimmy
Braddock for the heavyweight
championship, at the Garden’s Long
Island bowl.
June 25—Joe Louis. Detroit ne
gro heavy-weight, vs. Primo ear
ners. at *he Yankee Stadium, Jac
obs in charge.
Yesterday’* Star*
(By The Associated Prt-a#>
Babe Ruth, Braves—Drove in two
runs, scored two. on single and
homer as Braves topped Giants,
4-2.
Wes Ferrell. Red Sox—Blanked
Yankees with two hits
Gabby Hartnett. Cubs—Collected
home run. double and single
against Cardinals, driving home
winning run In eighth.
Van Mungo, Dodgers — Stopped
Phillies with five hits and drove
in five runs witJi three singles.
Glen Myatt. Indians—Doubled In
14th to give Indians 2-1 victory
over Browns.
Waite Hoyt. Pirates — Pitched
Pirates to easy triumph over Reds.
HURRY Laat DAY
The Hard-Socking Star in a
New Romance . . .
James CAGNEY
"THE ST. LOUIS
KID"
with PATRICIA ELLIS
-QUEEN
W 11 From t he shadows of a murder I
III mystery springs romance, as two
|| lovers solve the most baffling
. I crimes I You'll thrill with its ex
III citement, howl at its eomedy!
sks?
. II with
11 Virginia Bruce — Arthur Bvron
^ ill TODAY Thursday
HI — At Your —
■ The
l Sports
. Spade
INFORMAL team contest* wtH
be inaugurated at the Batseil-Wella
skeet club here Wednesday after
noon with an Airport squad taking
on the leading gunners of the city.
The general public Is Invited to wit
ness these shoots which are held
on Wednesday afternoons, getting
under way at 4 p. m. and con
tinuing through about 7. The field
Is situated about half a mile from
Brownsville, left hand aide going
out. on the San Benito highway.
The Brownsville skeet shooters
are getting their eyes on the birds
once more, after a lay-off of about
three years, and some warm team
competitions are in prospect.
This skeet is a difficult form at
trapshooting which is a real chal
lenge to the dub and expert alike.
• • •
THOSE VALLEY track champion*
anil have some real competition at
Kingsville Saturday when they
tancle into the regional meet
Charley Haas, the Corpus Christ!
football star, will give Martin
8tuart of Donna. Valley sprint
champion, plenty of trouble. Char
ley won the century at Robstown,
covering the distance In 10.1. a
tenth of a second faster than
Stuart’s winning time here.
Winners at Robstown are com
pared to the Valley champions in
the following table:
100—Hans of Corpus Christ!. 101,
(Stuart. Donna, 10.2*.
220—Erwin of Aransas Pas*. 29 9.
(Stuart of Donna 24.2).
440—Moss of Sinton. 53 4. (Stuart
of Donna 52 flat).
880—Walden of Sinton. 1:07.
(Black of Rio Hondo 2:06*.
Mile—Smith of Kingsville. 4:56.
(Baker of La Feria 4:55.1).
Mile Relay—Sinton. 3:43.5. Mis
sion. 3-40.6)
High Hurdles—Crumpton of Taft.
179. (Stookesberrv. Donna 16.3).
Low Hurdles—Savage of Aransas
Pass. 27 3. (Stookesberry, Donna.
27 flat).
Broad Jump—Haas of Corpus
Christi, 21-3. (Clark of McAllen.
207%).
High Jump—Schmidt of Mathis.
O'Neil of Alice and Tnce of Greg
ory tied. 5-7. (Ashworth and Mat
tison 5-7%).
Pole Vault—White of Aransas
Pass. 10-2*4. (Barnes of El Jar
din. ten feet>.
Shot—Lawrence of Corpus Chris
tl. 45-1. (Barrera of Brownsville,
42-4).
Discus— Lawren ce of Corpus
Christi. 107-3 (Marrs of Stuart
Place 126-7»
Javelin—Palmer of Aransas Pas*.
148-9. (Black of Rio Hondo. 149-3).
More Than 700
Fish Are Caught
DEL MAR. April 17 — Tuesday wag
one of the be^t fiihin* days ever
experienced on the beach here with
! more than 700 catches being record
ed.
The redfish were taking the hook
as If they were near the point of
starvation, and good catches of trout
and drum also were reported.
The Tuesday catches reported In
cluded: Major F. W. Rase of Los
Angles, seven redfish; H. N. Gunter
of Oklahoma City. 12 reds, two spec
kled trout and seven drum; C. H.
DeWitt of Oklahoma City, eight
reds; Oscar Steck of San Benito five
reds; I. F Bovs of San Benito six
reds: W P. Yoakum of San Ben
ito. 18 reds, one croaker and one
drum; Cart Lee of San Benito, eight
reds; A. M Lee of San Benito, eight
reds: J. G. Merrit of San Benito.
32 reds; Roy S Clark of San Benito.
15 reds, one croaker; Mr. Fred P.
Archer, wife and mother, six reds,
one sand trout; Ted Lander of Don
na. 15 reds, one speckled trout and
one sand trout; Douglas Beon of
Harlingen. 30 reds: John Sethman
of Brownsviile. seven rads; Andrew
Kontos of Brownsville. 18 reds; N.
J. Bryan of Brownsville, four reds;
Drew Patteson and party of Browns
ville. three redfish, 18 speckled trout;
M. Cisneros of Brownsville, 12 red
fish; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McGonigla,
Sr., of Brownsville, three reds: var
ious beach residents. 472 redfish..
EASTER EGG HUNT
Get Ready
V... :or the Yearly a
Mickey Mouse
Club
Easter Egg Hunt
Saturday Morn.. April 20
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