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56 ROOKIES TO GET TRY-OUTS IN NATIONAL THIS SEASON
AMERICAN TO
TRY ABOUT 100
Red*, Cardinals and Cubs
Lead In Seeking
New Talent
BY EDDIE BREIT7.
NEW YORK. Feb. 8 — <**»— Fifty
•ix green but hopeful rookies, culled
from the ivory marts of 13 minor
leagues. will be looked over by the
eight National League clubs this
spring.
This ih slightly more than half
the number soon to go on parade in
American League camps. Seventeen
—or one-third of the National
League crop-were gleaned from the
three class AA minors, the American
Association. International and Pa
cific Coast lops.
The International is sending up
candidates, mostly to the St.
•puis Cardinals and Cincinnati
Reds. Six are graduates of the Amer
ican Association and the Coast
contributes two
Reds spend Plenty
Hie Reds, who have spent $200000
for talent in a year* time, arc
bringing up eleven youngster*. Next |
mine the Cardinals and Chicago
Cubs with nine each Philadelphia '
and Brooklyn bought, drafted orj
traded for eight apiece The Giant* |
have five, the Pittsburgh Pirate.1
lour and ihe Boston Braves two
Cinclnn^i is going to depend al
most entirely on new face* to get
out of the cellar thia year and at
least lour of their recruits, and
maybe more, are pretty sure to slick
This list Includes Johnny Mize 1
iSOOOo first-sacker who hit 338 lor
Rochester last year: Billy Mvers,
^ft stop from Columbus. Richard
odman. outfielder and demon
digger \-om Rochester, and Henry
Frickson a likely catching prospect
from Louisville. Goodman hit 331
lot Rochester.
The Cardinals, with a team of
seasoned veterans ready to go will
be satisfied if they can harvest two
or three good reserves from their
freshmen
Ankenman Goes i p
Good prospect* are Don Gutter
idge. third sacker from Houston
who jumped from a Class D league
to a major league tryout in two
and a half years; Pred Ankenman
shortstop, also from Houston, who
batted 406 to lead Southwest. Con
ference hitter* while at the Univers
ity of Texas, and al.so topped the
conference in run* and stolen base*
and Norbert Kleinke and Henrv
Pippen. right-handers from Roches
ter and Houston
Manager Bill Terry of the Giants
is proud of three young pitcher* -
Clydell Castieman and Prank Qab
lei. both right-handers from Nash-;
vllle. and Herbert Masters, a south
paw from Crookston. Minn.. North
ern League strike-out king and said
to be the highest-priced player yet
produced by that league.
TODAY
And
SATURDAY
Thunamn* on to
the eternal
of the screen . . .
with
Iren# Dunne
And • Huge Caul
ALSO -.
"I Hr Vanishing
shadow”
Brow naville
QUEEN
Lopez and Hook Meet
Int Natural* Monday
II Henry Hook No. 1 bantam of
the Southwest and “Guero'’ Lopez,
top-dog of the 120 pounders in
northern Mexico, come up to expec
tant ns in the X7W arena here
Monday night Valley fight tans are
in for a bona fide •natural."
This fight needed no match
maker—it made Itself from the rec
ord.- of Hook and Lopez It was
inevitable that their paths should
cross at some time or other
Hook, who ranks among the first
15 bantams of the U. S, won the
championship of his home state,
Indiana, before setting sail on the
perilous sea of pugilism After
campaigning successfully through
the middlewest he went to New
Orleans where he soon fought him
self out of suitable opponents, wind
BIG HANDICAP
SEEMS JINXED
Injuries, Poor Form Beset
Santa Anita Handicap
Entries
LOS ANG ELES. FVb 8 —>Pl—Old
man jmx seems to be casting his
eves on the richest .stake race of
the year—the $100,000 Santa Anita
handicap.
In gala parade, the big names of
turf circles journeyed to California
lor the inaugural Santa Amt* meet
and it* Sionnoo handicap February
23
First came Twenty Grand, sensa
tion of the n« rse racing world as
the Kentucky Derby winner of 1931
Then Cavalcade. Mrs. Isabel Dodge
Sloan's big money winner last
year. C V. Whitney's Equipoise A.
G. "Pete" Bostwick's Mate. Mrs.
Silas B Mason s Head Play, along
with High Glee Statesman Mr
Khayyam Azucar and a host of
others.
Attention was centered for days
on Twenty Grand's first appearance
on a track suite 1931. His handlers
were cautious awaiting the best oc
casion and condition for his Cali
fornia debut, \gain and again
Twenty Grand was entered and
then scratched
Finally, three weeks ago he ran
—third.
Twenty Grand Withdrawn
Trainer Bill Brennan telegraphed
Mrs Whitney suggesting that she
withdraw the Greentree entry from
the big race. She did.
Friday another titled entry was
in trouble. Cavalcade was scratch*
eo from Saturday's $7 300 San An
tonio handicap, intended as a test
race for the Santa Anita race two
weeks away
Trainer Bob Smith announced
that Cavalcade had injured the
frog in one of his hoof*
Cavalcade has not been with
drawn from the $100,000 handicap,
but track observers said that un
less his mjury—the .Mime sort that
threw him olf in training last year
—heals, he mav not go to the ;>ost
February 23. And without Caval
cade, winner of the Kentucky Der
by, American Derby. Arlington
classic stakes and Detroit Derby
last rear, the race will lose a lot
of its glamour.
And with the announcement that
one handicap entry. Gay World,
owned by the Texas sportsman. J.
A Mix. was being withdrawn to
race m Texas, came another re
porting the arrival of Morton L.
flchwartx’ Gusto, from Columbia S.
C . to run February 23.
BIJOlJ
LA FERIA
Independent Home Osned Theatr*
— FRIDAY ONLY —
“Lightning Strikes
T • M
1 wice
BEN LYON — PERT KELTON
FAMILY MIGHT
Opening with . .
Saturday
Midnite
Preview
*AT. II r M.
a
Road-Show
Production.
Rut you'll
about it
IHTf
k -
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Claudette COLBERT
In Her final to 'It Happened One Night'
The Gilded Lily’
With
Fred MacMurray — Ray Millard
You’ll Rave Over This Entertainment Hit
SUNDAY and MONDAY
— AT YOUR —
ing up his campaign with victories
over the best bantam in the Cre
scent City—Jimmy Perrin Hook
then moved into Texas and has
been beating everything they have
tossed his way in Dallas. San An
tonio and Houston rings.
The Hoosier has had about 156
fights, meeting the leading ban
tams in the midwest and southwest
Counting from the time he started
in the pro ranks, he has dropped
only 20 decisions
He came to the Valley three weeks
ago with a view to attracting at
tention in Mexico where he hopes
to meet Baby Casanova and Ariz
mendi. the last named recently
having won N Y. boxing commis
sion recognition as cham p i o n
through a victory over Mike Bel
lois
Hook feels certain that he can
either beat or make a strong show
ing against Arizmendi and that
would get him in line for top-spots
in the big rings of the east.
Lopez, who is known in Mexico
City a* a top-notcher. w'ould give
Hook the necessary stepping stone
to a bout In Mexico City with Casa
nova In two previous fights at
Harlingen, Hook easily decisioned
Kid Bruno Salazar and Kid Laredo
without turning on the steam.
Brownsville and Matamoros fans
feel certain that Lopez will make
more than a worthy opponent for
Hook. The •Guero" has never lost
a bout either here or in Matamoros.
and there is plenty of coin avail
able which says Lopez will take the
Hoosier.
Lopez has fought here twice, scor
ing a T K. O. over Midget Aztec,
the Laredo whirlwind, and ’Bar
rtlito**.
The bouts will get under wav at
8:30 p. m. Monday at the VFW
arena
Track Practice
Begun by Hounds
SAN BENITO Feb 7 —Field and
track workouts have been started
by San Benito high school athletes
under the direction of C. H. Whittle
whc will coach this division ot
sports this spring.
Preparations for the various meets
will not get under way fully, however,
until the basketball season is over
Most of the boys on the basket ball
squad are planning to come out foi
field and track.
Most of the talent appears to be
in the track events with but little
prospect for field athletes of out
standing ability. Three lettermen
are back but all are track men. Dria
j coll Young and Gilmore Davis will
be back in the dashes and Jesae
Thompson in the low hurdles.
Others out include James Also
, brook who has a good chance to
make a fine record in the mile. Ed
Reeves who has prospects in the half
mile, and a number of others in
cluding Howard Kenedv. Jimmy
Scaief, Chester Dunn. Willett. Les
ter Parker. Bill Morgan Earl Kenny
and Bill Stone.
The track is being put i*i condi
tion row.
Locals Prepare For
Golfers of Laredo
nevengr for their disastrous de.
feat in Laredo will be sought by
Brownsville golfers here Sunday
morning when thev are to play a
return engagement with the Webb
■ county divoteers.
Between 20 and 25 visitors are
expected here for the 18 hole com
petition Plav wiH get under way
over the local course at 8:30 a. m.
The Brownsville golfers lost 12
out of 13 matches in Laredo.
mOnam
TO DAY—SATURDAY
“The Notorious
Sophie Lang”
With Gertrude Michael
Leon Errol
UNIVERSAL COMEDY
Admiaaion, 10c
— LAST DAY —
It will live forever tn your
heart.
“ANNE OF
GREEN
GABLES”
with ANN SHIRLEY
TOM BROUN
**
SATURDAY
ONLY
ZAKE
GREYS
“WEST
Of
the
PECOS’
with
Richard Dix
M&rtha Sleeper
Tomorrow Only
— At Your —
COMETS HAVE
GOODRECORD
El Jardin Comets, Cameron
*B’ Champs, Undefeated
In Regular Play
(Special to The Herald)
SAN BENITO, Feb 8—The El
Jardin Comets, who won the class
B’ basketball championship ol
Cameron county here this week hIV
nosing out Stewart Place, hav not
lest a game to a high school team
this season.
They reached the tmal game with
a record of 11 games won and three
l06t. They defeated Los Fresnc* and
Port Isabel two games each before
the championship tournament in
which they beat them once more.
Last year's Comets, who won the
1934 Class B ’ championship, all
graduated and the 1935 crop of
shooting stars have defeated them
three tunes in practice game*. These
games were not counted in the rec
ord mentioned
The only games lost were to Troop
"B ' of Fort Browm. St Joseph s Col
lege and The Brownsville Herald As
a ipatter of fact the team was not
up to full strength when it played
The Herald but the record shows
the game as a loss for El Jardin.
Stuart Place did not play many
games before the tournament. Coach I
Koontz’s bunch had loat two garni*
to the Class “A” Primera Aztecs, de
feated Los Fresnos a couple of times
and the la Feria seconds once. In
the tournament they defeated Los
Fresnoa and divided a couple with
Port Isabel.
El Jardin wili play La Feria in the
“A” and ' B” playoff.
Lions, Cougars *
To Meet Tuesday x
At Harlingen
i Special to The Herald *
LA FERIA. Feb. 8.—The first tilt
of a three-game series for the Cam
eron county basketball champion
ship will be played at Harlingen
Tuesday night between the La Fe
ria Lions “A” pennant winners, and
the El Jardin Cougars. *'B title
holders.
Arrangement* for the series were
made here Thursday at a confer
ence betw’en C E Vail, coach of
th Lions, and E. M. Bowman, men
tor of the Cougar quint.
The second contest is to be play
ed at San Benito on the night of
Feb. 16. Site of the third game, if
necessary, will be determined by
the toss of a coin.
A tUt between the El Jardin and
La Feria sextets will precede the
Tuesday night contest at Harlingen
j_Bowling Dope
I
A 210-piii handicap proved too
much for the McKay Pharmacy
bowlers Thursday night and they
were beaten two out of three games
by the Grisham live in a league con
test on the Arcadia Bowling Alleys.
With Dr. J. S. Peek supplying the
winners with a 190. the Grisham
team took t he first contest 838-781 as
the Pharmacists got off to a slow
start.
The McKaymen came back with a
i rush in the second to roll the best
(team score of the night. 884. winning
easily. Petrarca supplied a 195. Crix
ell a 183 and Reeio 181.
Garza rolled the second best sin
gle of the night. 212. as the Gris
hams took the third game 857-823
Ree^e raptain of the Grisham club,
i turned in the best performance of
.’he night, grtting 524 for high three
! game series and 214 for high single.
The score*
McKAY 1st 2nd 3rd Ttl.
RWIO. 132 181 177—490
Tabra. avg. 154 154 154—462
Williams. 168 171 158—497
Petrarca . 155 195 163—513
Cnxell . 172 183 139—494
Totals . 781 884 823 2458
GRISHAM 1st 2nd 3rd Ttl
Dr. Peek . 190 133 136—459
Garza . 143 123 212—478
Whit* . 132 122 128—402
(Hernandez avg .. 142 142 142—426
Reese . 141 214 189-524
i Handicap . 70 70 70
Totals . 838 804 857 2289
I DANCE
I Saturday
I Night
If February 9
JO
HILL
I And His 11-Piece
H Orchestra
H 9:30 til 3:00
I SI.35 Per Couple
H Including Table Sen ice
I SAN BENITO
I CLUB
■ Phone 342 for
■ Reservations
J
COLBERT IX ‘GILDED LILY’
Claudette Colbert and her new leading man Fred MacMurray, a* they
appear in ‘The Gilded Lily”, sparkling new comedy.romance. opening
with a Saturday midnight preview, and showing Sunday and Monday
at the Capitol. Brownsville.
SMALL-TIME POLITICIAN
, Will Rogers. Kent Taylor and Evelyn Venable In “The County Chair
manlatest of Rogers' leature screen comedies, showing Friday and
Saturday at the Rivoli Theatre In San Benito and Saturday Midnite
Preview, and Sunday, Monday at the Arcadia Theatre in Harlingen.
Movie Sidelights
CAPITOL
"The Gilded Lilyihe new Clau
dette Colbert starrisg vehicle opens
dette Colb# starring: vehicle opens
showing Sunday and Monday at the
Capitol. Brownsville, is a romantic
and frothy comedy that boasts a
totally new and unconventional
approach on the romantic angle.
Assisted by Fred MacMurray and
Ray Milland in the principal sup
porting role . Miss Colbert is cast
as a pretty stenographer who is
dead set against, marrying a mil
lionaire Her idea of connubial bliss
is a husband who is poor and strug
gling. someone whose hardships she
can share.
She thinks she has found the
man of her dreams, but, when he
turns out to be a wealthy English
nobleman traveling incognito in the
United States, she drops him in a
hurry. The resulting publicity splurge
brings the nbsrnrr little secretary
into the limelight, makes her the
most sought after woman on two
continents.
Qt'EES
Audiences all over the country
are again being stirred by "Cimar
ron.' showing Friday and Saturday
at the Queen theatre. Brownsville
This picture is being ^greeted by a
vastly augmented public intrigued
by the fame of its red-blooded
theme.
Richard Dix as Yancey Cravat
>eeins to have walked right out of
the pages of the book. Lon Yount is
will never be really slain until you
see Dix do it, in the most poignant
scene of talking picture hist on’,
i the Oage gambling tent sermon
episode
And those stupendous clashes of
wills between Yancey and Sabra.
his wife, as portrayed by Richard
, Dix and Irene Dunne, is a stirring
; and unforgettable record of those
deep psychological differences be
tween American m^n and women,
jout ot which ha* arisen the funda
mental character of the nation.
ARC ADIA. HARLINGEN
Robert Montgomery and Anu Har
ding arc co-starred m the screen
| adaption ot the Theatre Guild sage
I success Biography of a Bachelor
Girl” showing Friday and Saturday
I at the Arcadia Theatre in Harlingen
and for Saturday Midnite and Sun
day. Monday at the Rivoli theatre
i in San Benito
This social comedy brings togeth
er for the second time Ann Harding
and Robert, Montgomery. who were
recently co-starred in "When Ladies
Meet.”
The featured supporting cast to
Montgomery and Miss Harding in
clude. Edward Evprett Horton, Una
| Merkel and Edward Arnold.
RIVOLI, SAN BENITO
In "The County Chairman.' which
■ i scheduled for showing Friday and
Saturday, at the Rivoli Theatre in
1 San Benito and for Saturday Mid
ftIVOLI
|M; rlAN BENITO.'j
TODAY and SATURDAY
Another uproari
0u» role for tki.
lovable star.. « *
.mall-town
ci»n with big-town
ideal--*who ,M11
too busy to pro
mote a love match'.
OlOSOt * ,M *
omrcHAism
1
A
IVUYNVINAH*
KINT TAtlOt \
X3* Or..s.r
mukay *o° V
STIUN fITCHIt
TECUN1COLOR
CARTOON
TRAVELOGUE
NEWS
. i
SUNDAY and MONDAY JSSS&STIl
LIJi
\1
•CIMARRON” AT QUEEN
In the Edna Ferber atory of tha Oklahoma land rush “Cimarron",
Richard Dix and' Irene Dunne plajed immortal roles, as husband and
wife who lived the birth of a new empire. “Cimarron" shows on ita
return at the Queen, Brownsville, Friday and Saturday.
IN ‘BACHELOR GIRL’
Ann Harding and Edward Everett Horton, co-starring with Robert
Montgomery in ‘ Biography of a Bachelor Girl’*, showing Friday and
Satur% v at the Arcadia Theatre in Harlingen, and .scheduled for Sat
urday Midnite Preview and Sunday, Monday at the Rivoli Theatre
in San Benito.
nite preview and Sunday, Monday
at the Arcadia Theatre in Harlin
gen. Will Rogers is cast as a genial
quick-witted attorney In a country
town in the nineties.
‘The County Chairman’ is a
screen adaption of the famous play
of the same title, by one of America s
foremost humorists. George Arie.
A notable supporting cast includes
such players as Evelyn Venable. Kent
Taylor. Louise Dresser. Mickey
Rooney, and Stepin Fetclut.
Once again. Will Rogers, displays
his recently developed flair for sing
ing in this picture. You will recall
his musical propensities In "Judge
Priest.’’ This time he renders an old
time western rangers* song. An
other high-light ot "The county
Chairman ’ is one of those famous
torchlight processions so much in
vogue at the turn of the century
This one is staged by Will and is
said to have all the frenzy and thrill
of its originals.
CORN-HOC MEETING
iSueciai to The Hermit
SAN BENITO. Feb 8 -Detail* of
the 1935 com-hog reduction pro
gram will be discussed at a meeting
to be held at the city hall at 7:30 p.
m. Saturday by County Agent Henry
Alsmeyer.
Today. . .
Saturday!
Men were the gaily exciting chapters In her bi
ography . . . And when she decided to tell the world
all about h*r life and loves, what a hilarious hurri
cane sweeps across her past romances!
SUNDAY and MONDAY
RIVOLI
Hr,SAN BIN1TOJ

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