Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-08-18
ATHLETIC meet.
AT FORT BROWN
A PEPPY' EVENT
Boxing Card at Skating Rink
Last Night Proves One Of
Best Ever Put on; Fort
Brown Takes Most Honors

Fort Brown got away To "A fast start
Friday in the three-d day athletic meet
with Fort Ringgod. hy taking every
event on the Friday program The Fort
Brown baseball team overwhelmed the
Ringgold team by a score of - To >.
The game was called at the end of the
sixth inning. in order that The polo game
might be played. The Fort Brown
sluggers hammered the ball all over the
iicin. scoring from > To runs in each
inning. Roberts who pitched for the
local post held the visitors fairly well
behind a good lead. Porter caught for
Fort Brown. while the Ringg"ld bat
teries were Roddenecker and Mcclure.
Rennick.
Polo Game Real Thriller.
The polo game yesterday afternoon
proved to be real thriller. the entire
game being fast and well played. Fort
Brown won by score of II Ia !. due
largely 10 the work Of Lieutenant Mad
dox. one Of the best polo men in the
army, who scored eight Of the goals
made by the Fort Brown team. Cap
tain Houghton also starred for the local
team. making five goals. and Captain
HarShberger scored the other point for
Fort Brown. For Fort Ringgold.
Thomas and Rodwell each scored one
point. and Barriger made two.
The lineup for Fort Brown was made
up of Lieutenants Maddox and Rapp.
and Captains HoughtoD and Harsh
berger In the lineup for Ringgold were
Iieutenants Barriger Rodwtll, and
Thomas. and Captain Wall.
Boxing Card Feature Attraction.
Perhaps the feature event of the en-
fire program was the seven-hout box
ing card presented at the skating rink
last night. before a big crowd of sol
diers and civilians. Every bout was fast
and close. Fort Brown continued 20
lead with three decisions against two
for Ringgold. with one bout being called
a draw by the Judges. Ringgold se-
cured the only knockout Of the evening,
when Baird sent Walker Of Fort Brown
10 the mat for the count in the third
round Of n scheduled six-round bout.
The first bout was four-round affair
between Crawford of Fort Brown and
Middendorf Of Iinggcld. Crawford
seemed TO have little the edge IN hls
opponent, because Of greater aggres-
siveness. sending his man into the ropes
several times and knocking him to the
floor once. The judges called the bout
n draw, however. Liebert pounded
Galley freely in the second bout. also Of
4 rounds. and won the decision easily.
The third fight was between Tor
rester and Cooke, both 12J Founders.
The first three rounds were about even.
with Cooke having shade IN the
second. Forester got hns{ though in
thc last three rounds. a. [haS his op-
polent rather wobbly at tie end of the
fight. lie seemed on the verge of
knockout in the fifth. but Cook managed
10 last the full six rounds Forester
won the decision. This was one OF the
best bouts of the evening.
Baird Gets Knockout.
Baird OF Ringgol1 easily outclassed
his Fort Brown opponent Walker. and
ended the scheduled six-round bout with
a knockout in the third. The two were
evenly matched in the first round, hut
Walker. was hit freely in the last two.
lie did not seem in great danger. how
ever, until lucky blow sent him TO the
mat.
Perhaps the best fight OF the even,h-
was between two Fort Brown men for
the championship Of the local post.
IIasapis and Grain. beth 100 Founders.
who went eight rounds of fast boxing.
Hasapis opposed his strength aud ability
10 take punishment against Grain :
superior skill and warine~S. but Grain
was shade better and got the decision.
The two final bouts were both of ten
rounds. Holman of Ringgold opposing
Shipman Of Fort Brown in the first bout.
Both wecr in the 12J pound class. Snip
man won the decision on his cleverness,
and more aggressive tactics. lie had a
shift and a change Of pace which baffled
his Fort Ringgold opponent. Davis OF
Ringgold won the decision over Meteor
mick in the final bout. although the
diminutive Fort Brown lad hcld his own
against his larger opponent. and seemed
10 have the edge in the last three rounds.
SATURDAYS schedule called for 4 track
meet i'm the morning. and a bail game at
2 o'clock in the afternoon. Sunday. at
10 o'clock. a baseball game will be
plaved and i'm the afternoon another
n, II match viii be played between the
officers.
Fort Brown had piled up lead Of :
noints over Fort Ringgold up unit! mo- n
today in the track meet between the
two teams. the standing being Fort
Brown Il. Fort Ringgold 10. - only
three more events remained to y" de-
.ided. Fort Brown practically has the
meet wen. as Rnggold would have I"
take both first place and second place ~
the remaining events 20 tie.
According 10 the method Of scoring,
first place counts points. and second
place point. Since only two teams
are entered i'm the relay. Fort Brown
i sIre Of M least second place. That
leaves but eight more points % account
for. which il won by Ringgold would re-
sult in n tie. The remaining events are
the half mile. mile relay. and high jump.
These events began ~ o'clock.
!Spot Cotton