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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04
SPORTS
Done BYOWn

The National league club that faces
the New York Yankees in this years
world series must produce a brand Of
pitching that will overcome a two-run
handicap in batting strength or be
sunk.
This handicap is estimated on the
basis of the run scoring power Of
the Yankees, the other clubs in the
American league and tae %pennant
~contenders in the National league.
Recent team averages Of the Ma
tional league show that there has
been very little difference in the
total number Of runs scored by the
various clubs. A total of approx
mately so runs covers the difference
between the total number scored by
the Cubs, ranking third in run get
ting. and the Pirates. The Giants
were listed between the two.
In the American league the Yam
KEGS amble along with yer 800 runs
scored-an average of close 20 eve
per game. Only two other clubs in
the league, the Athletics and Tigers,
had scored over 200 runs. The other
clubs ranged from less than 600,
scored by the Red Sox, to within n
few runs Of ZOO.
The average difference in run
scoring ability between the Yanks
and ~contendjng teams can be set
roughly AZ $50 runs. or nearer two
runs per game and n n run.
In other words, the Yankees have
plunged their way 70 the pennant
by outscoring the opposition day in
and day out. regardless of the pitch
ing. Pennock. Hoyt. Shawkey, Pip
gras, Shocker and Ruether have had
the advantage OF a two-run margin
to pitch on most Of the time.
Could Meadows. Hill, Aldrich and
Kremer. for instance, check the Yam
kee sluggers enough TO whittle down
this run-scoring handicap for the
Pittsburgh batters?
The Yankees run-scoring leader
ship Is accounted for, of course. in
the main by the home run activities
Of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. When
two husky gentlemen get into the
habit Of making a fair average of
the base hits good for the circuit the
sum total Of runs is bound TO mount
up.
The Pirates lack the long driving
power Of the Yankees guns Bush's
men have ranked fourth in home u
clouting. They are leading the league
by a big margin. however. in base
hits. They have been fightingsit out
with the Cardinals for the lead in
hammering triples. however, and
rank at the top in two-hase hits.
They lead the league in sacrifice hit
ting as well. which explains their Of
fensive strength.
The Pirates do their best hitting
in their own baliwick. it may be
stated. They "play" the right field
stand and the long center field gar
den, where a rolling hit is good for a
home run TO a fast runner. Just
how the Yankees will "play" these
same p~ecularities is problematical.
Of course. One American league park
looked like another TO them, how
ever.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04
Team Sponsor
Election Held

An election TO choose n sponsor
for the high school football team is
now being held by students Of the
Senior high school here. The con-
test was started at noon Monday
and will last until noon Thursday.
The new sponsor will make her
first appearance at the game with
Edinburg high school Friday after
noon.
Nominations fos the honor were
made by the football team, two girls
being chosen from each class. Rachel
Barnes and Cherrille D~ebardeleben
were chosen to represent the soph-
omore class; the junior representa-
tives are Genivieve Guess and Eliz-
abeth Campbell, while the senior
class is represented by Nancy VAIN
wright and Anne Seaman.
These in turn were voted uron BY
their respective classes and Rachel
Barnes. Elizabeth Campbell and
Anne Seaman were chosen as candi-
dates.
Votes for the sponsor cost a penny
each and the money obtained will be
used in the publication Of the school
organ at the end Of the year.
Various methods Of raising the
money are being used BY the differ
ent classes. The girls are selling ean-
dy and knick-knacks in the business
section, while a party i being held
at the home Of Roy Rutledge Tues
day night rs part Of the sophomore
class Embarrassing campaign.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04
FORBES FIELD
DRIES OUT ON
EVE OF FIRST
Pittsburgh Gets Rest
AS Rain Halts Work.
outs; Yankees Ready
To Start Battle
BY BRIAN BELL


ASSOCIATED Press Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Oct. 4.-P1-
Pirates and Yankees camped today
on the outskirts Of the battlefield
and waited for a coy sun to do its
duty in drying out Forbes Field for
the first game Of the worlds series
tomorrow.
Rain brought rest 10 the players,
needed by the Pirates but not by the
Yankees anxious 10 put the finishing
touches Of their preparations. The
rain came when the Yanks had had
only a few minutes batting practice
and kept the Pirates off the field
altogether.
However, the downpour brought no
rest 10 the carpenters building tenn
porary seats which have already
been sold. The craftsmen wrestled
with slippery hammers and saws as
they built benches to seat 1000 more
than the big playing field normally
offers hospitality.
The sound of the hammers beat
time 70 a cry from the fans for
tickets and more tickets. But there
NGAG ~ AAChC2N GA&1EN 80 NaG A@N~
Of spectators, who think they are
worth much more than their price
tag would indicate.
The scaipers hope the sentimental
value Of the pasteboards will be
realized before game time.
Players Write Dope
With a day to pass before the first
act Of the annual classic can be
staged, Pittsburgh was practically
In the hands of the experts. old in
habitants said the stronghold Of the
bold Buccaneers had never before
been subjected TO such intensified
exporting.
: Most Of the information came
straight from the feed box, many Of
the players using their hands that
will later WELD bats and toss curves
70 pound typewriters in giving fans
the slow down" This information
has been valuable and consistent
thus far. Every Yankee writer has
predicted victory for the American
league while the count was evened
BY the Pirate scribes, who 70 a man
pick the National league entry.
The fans, who seem TO know a
rood deal about the situation, are
weighing the credits and debts Of
the contesting clubs with careful
thought, arriving at the conclusion
that this Is the question mark at
the end Of the world series sentence:
"Can the Pirates still the mighty
bats of the Yanks?"
To Watch Heavy Guns
There were many questions that
only Wednesday afternoon a ans
wer and then only in part. The duel
of managerial minds was certain 70
be interesting as the two mighty
atoms" DOME Bush and Miller Hug
gins, crossed wits. II was pointed
out that before the master minding
can start the ehairmen of the board
Of strategy must have something 70
work on. IL the runners do not
get on the bases, a mind on the
bench. no matter how alert, cannot
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04

manufacture a u and IL there is
no breathing spell between bass
hits defensive strategy is apt TO be
more or less futile. Bush has an
inch or so in height and several
pounds weight over Higgins.
Leading the flying wedge OF the
Yanks, Babe Ruth and Lou GehrIg,
who hit 107 American league home
runs between them, were the objects
Of sharp scrutiny by Pirate pitchers,
The C~orsairs' deep thinkers make no
secret Of the fact that the big fell
lows will not get good ball TO hit.
Back Oklahoma Twins
The Pirates batting aces. Paul
Waner and his brother, Lloyd, make
up the speed they lack in weight
and the home folk were confident
that the oklahoma twins" would
be able TO hold their own with Ruth
and Gehrig in spite Of giving away
a hundred pounds in tonnage.
The rival managers were expected
10 put their best pitching bets for
ward, Waite Hoyt for New York and
Ray Kremer for Pittsburgh. Both are
right handlers and neither needs any
introduction TO che worlds serise.
Wiley Moore, the best advertise
ment in baseball for the long dis
lance telephone since he was bought
from the Greenville club Of the
Sally" league is to share the main
Yankee pitching assignments with
Hoyt. Moore has an ~underslung
ball called a "sinker" which seems
to change its mind between mound
and plate. Manager Bush points
out that he also has Vic Aldridge,
who has a reputation for never
throwing a fast ball while he has a
curve left.
Predict Fair Weather
The sluggers will get no assist
anee from the Pittsburgh manage
ment in manufacturing right field
home runs. Over the fence Is not
"out" in Pittsburgh, but in for
several thousand fans who will sit
in temporary stands built outside
the fence. A street had TO be closed
to work out this arrangement. Balls
can be driven in the left field
stands too if the pitchers grow care
less. and a few extra seats along
the left field foul line may make the
task Of the left field hitters a bit
easier.
No home runs will be hit to CEN
ter field. There is no center field
at Forbes Field. There is a place
between left and right but il is
called middle field"
In spite of the all day drizzle.
Monday, breaking at times into a
regular rain, the weather man sticks
TO his story that Wednesday and
Thursday will be fair.
A survey Of the amateur experts,
barring the professional play-writ-
ers. shows able catching strength
with Earl Smith giving the home
club n debatable edge. and the Pr
rates. claiming a pitching advantage.
which the Yankees refuse 70 con
cede. The infield strength is re-
garded as all wen. the Yankees be-
ing stronger at the first two posi-
tions and the Pirates at the other
two. The outfields offer argumenta-
tive grounds which a be settled
only on the ball field.
The Pirates have no Ruths and
the Yankees have few If any Waners.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04
Barnes to Hurl
For Toledo Nine

TOLEDO, o., Oct. 4.-P-Toledo's
American Association champions
had Jess Barnes TO throw against
Buffalo, international League cham
pions, in the fourth game Of the
little world series at Swayne Field
today. Barnes muffled the Bison's
bats to lead Toledo to one Of the two
victories already scored against the
Buffalo team.
With the championship series
standing two to one in their favor,
the home club must win three more
games to take the series.
For Buffalo. the most likely
mound selection was Striker or Falk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04
New Russian Game
Resembles Chess

LENINGRAD PA new game in
tended to resemble chess has been
launched BY the international Society
of Red Prisoners Relief, in an effort
TO raise funds.
The game is played on a ~hexagonal
board with a prison in the upper
part and fascist headquarters in the
lower. The center Of the board is the
Soviet Union, whittier a prisoner is
assisted by six workers and pursued
by the same number OF fascists head
ed by a pawn representing Mussolini.
Moves are patterned somewhat after
those in chess.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04
PUBLISHER DIES

SEDALIA, No. Oct. 4.-(P1-J.
West Goodwin, for many years pub
Usher Of the Sedalia Bazoo, at one
time a leading daily publication Of
central Missouri, died today. He is
survived by two sons, Mark Good
win, Washington correspondent Of
the Dallas News and Ben r. Goodwin
Of St. Louis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04
TILDEN STYLE IN TENNIS

CHARLOTTE, n. c. tPp-America's
general style Of tennis play will fol-
low closely that Of William r. Tilden
during the next decade. believes Bob
Grassland. Middle Atlantic and also
North Carolina State singles cham
pion. A close follower Of Tilden's
game. Crosland has studied form.
ccntrc, placements and strcking for
years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04
PITCHING ~HORSESHOEs

CHICAGO R-Chicago has taken
to the old fashioned sport Of horse
shoe pitching. Horseshoe courts"
have sprung up in many neighbor-
hoods and men. women and children
vie with each other at trying to throw
ing ringers. leaners and whatever
else there Is in the pitching roper
tory,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04

test Methodist churches in the VAL
lev, which was built n few years ago
at an expenditure Of $4,000. The
construction OF the new work will
place the total expenditure for
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-04
FOUND

CAMERON -tPg- Cameron has
skeletons in her closets. Three skel-
etons have been unearthed in n
gravel pit near here. The pit is be-
lieved TO have been an old grave
ward.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
Mr.. Meredith Advises

Edwin T. Meredith Of Iowa, former secre
AIRY Of agriculture, has issued call for con-
ference Of the dry progressive element Of
the Democratic party. to pick a leader to sue
coed William G. McAdoo. Unless this is done,
and done quickly, he says, it will be too late.
Supporters Of Governor Smith have been &C
tive throughout the country, while those who
are with Mr.. Meredith in spirit have been keep
ing discreet silence. This was partly due to
the fact that Mr.. McAdoo aggravatingly re-
fused to ANNOUNCE his attitude toward the nom.
nation.
Now all that is past. Mr.. McAdoo has stated
his position definitely enough for everyone,
but his DETECTION from the ranks has seriously
embarrassed his supporters They don't know
what way to turn: Here Mr.. Smith has been
having the benefits Of free advertising and
steady campaigns for many months, while his
opponents aren't even started.
It will take q lot Of hard work for Mr.. Mere
dith and his co-workers to counterfeit the eff
feet Of the Smith campaign. Whether they
can overcome the cumulative effect of those
months Of work is hard to say, but if they plan
to do it, they must start now. as Mr.. Meredith
points out.
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The Importance of Play
(MinneapOIiS JOurnaI)


Teaching men to play may be as important
as teaching them to pray" st. Paul clergy
man told his Methodist congregation last Sum-
day. And at virtually the same hour, another
St. Paul clergyman had this to say to his Bap-
fist congregation:
Boxing is a good game. It makes for
physical stamina and poise. It cultivates
alertness of mind and accuracy of judg-
ment.
Time was when church-going folk would have
been startled by such announcements from the
pulpit. Time was when a member of con-
gregation, so talking, would have been soundly
rebuked from the pulpit.
But that was in day when an extreme Puri-
tanism looked with disfavor upon secular ac-
tivities that seemed to give pleasure. That
day appears past. Not that religion has
changed fundamentally. 1t has not, can not
Truth is everlasting. But churches now real
lie, as they always should have realized, that
the individual best prepared to carry out the
scriptural command to love his neighbor, is the
individual who is in sound health mentally and
physically. And play keeps men in sound
health.
Before he can do much to make others happy,
man must be happy himself. And play makes
him happy.
Hence the Importance Of wholesome play.
Hence the need Of teaching how to play those
individuals who do not know hows
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or a label that it is French crea-
tion-who'd look at it second

or a label that it is French crea-
tion-who'd look at it a second
time?"
/ asked him why French travel
ing men dit' t COM, over with their
trunks and satchels and, in the pro-
gressive Americana fashion, show
US their wares 'nsteaf I, making
us 60 over to look IT them. Again
he flashed distress.
Don't you kno that the Ameri-
can business mar could never stand
for that? Don't you know that he
wants to say that it came from
Paris and that he himself selected
an Exclusive model? Let the French
bring their samples over and the
illusion would be gone. They're
wise. It's good psychology
fear never shall understand
business. Simple solutir have so
little demand.
They tell me of certain "old
man Of the buying trade" He's
been Yer and back something like
$50 times. Paris is but commut-
ing point, and Vienna and london.
It's something out ir his back yard.
He can call every purser b. his
middle name and compare for you
at great length The virtues of the
hors d'oeuvres on certain ships.
Invaria bly, the buyer !: a pinochle
shark and a free spender is he
not travelling on an expense account :?
The crew will tell you that, of
all the passengers. he complains the
least and general has a good rea-
son for a kick when he makes one.
Having been about lot he knows
what to expect.
Yet. in spite of all his goings and
comings he never fits into the Jeff
milton of a cosnopolite. He proba-
bl kno, more about Europe than
half the social. cc3r opolitans,
but his air is thoroughly Yankee
. d he makes no pretensions.
GILBERT SWAN.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
Lindbergh on the Stage

Lindbergh isn't going on the stage, but the
famous Sacha Guitry is to write play about
the young colonel who flies alone to be pro-
duced at the Chatelet theater in Paris. And
the leading role is to be taken by woman!
The woman happens to be the nimitablc
Yvonne Printemps. 1t will be interesting to
see what she does with our celebrated ocean
flyer. She won't be able to look as tall as he
is, because she is petite, but she will wear an
aviation suit with charm, and all that. She
will be able to give hint Of Lindbergh's boy
ish simplicity and modesty.
But, as is her custom, she probably will give
our national hero touch of what the French
call malice" a word wholly untranslatable. 1t
doesn't mean what our word does when used in
this sense. Combine waggishness, ROBUSTNESS
and archness and you get something of what a
Frenchman means when he accuses a pretty
woman of having malice"
WE'LL she will give Colonel Charles that: also
on the stage he probably will have an eye for
pretty girl-he who in real life backed blush
ingly away from the fair sex who sought to
lionize him.
She also certainly will have couple of lovely
songs in which the young aviator will tell in
verse how nice it is to be way up in the skies,
over the bounding main. and so forth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
BARBS

Taft rounds with high hopes,
says a newspaper headline. Well,
he has a fairly good start.
The rate of shipment of grapes
from California during the. summer
was 5000 carloads week. My,
what lot Of jelly we're going to
have this winter!
The Department Of Agriculture
reveals scented fertilizer from the
by-products of cocoa and chocolate.
The farmer needs dollars and they
give him scents.
The fellow who lived to be 132
years old in Russia must have been
a diplomat at least.
The difference between America
and China is: In China they cut
off rebels head and PLACE it on
a pole, and that's publicity; in
America they sit on flagpoles, and
that's news.
When they tried the effect of jazz
music on the inmates of the Phila-
delphia zoo, an elephant spilled a
trunkful Of water on the orchestra.
Consider the elephant as a friend Of
man.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-24
The Soldiers-They Know

If ever you are needed for peace and liber-
ty, and you cry out to the world, Together
and forward! there isn't Frenchman who
wouldn't respond"
It was Foch speaking to the men of the
American Legion in Paris, sounding note we
had been waiting to hear. dispelling clouds
above international amity, setting up memoir
able declaration of friendship.
It was Foch, speaking among soldiers. And
the soldiers know! The soldiers know that
what he spoke is iron-bound truth. often hid
den away in corner of the soldier heart. but
invariably there. Foch, we believe, spoke from
that corner of his soldier heart.
There is bond of humanity among soldiers
that one who never has shouldered arms, one
who never has gone "out there" to shake hands
with death, doesn't quite understand.
It is not that France should help us because
we have helped France. That consideration is
too small. The bond is the great human feel.
ing Of men who have eluded death together,
who have felt the icy hand upon their shout
d4rD and, together, rushed from beneath it.
Let us pray that America never need call,
Together and forward Pray, too. that
America never forget that should the day for
the call come there would be thousands of eager
e1rp to hear it.
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Honest straightforward George
Pruitt must have been profoundly
surprised by Faiths sudden change
of manner toward him. He blinked
his small, keen black eyes once or
twice, as il they were dazzled by
this new Faith--a colorful. glamor-
Gus, sparkling Faith, whose rich,
contralto laugh rang out frequently,
whose tinted lips smiled seductively
whenever her large, brilliant brown
eyes rested upon him. She had never
looked SO beautiful, had never danced
with such abandon. For, after a
gay, foolish hour of three-handcd
bridge. Cherry had sprung to her
feet, commanded George to roll back
the Oriental rug, and tuned in on a
dance orchestra that broadcast its
insinuating, pagan jazz from fash
ionable Chicago hotel every might.
And, curiously, Faith, in putting
on sparkle, had seemed to rob
Cherry, for the younger sisters gold
Ell eyes seemed to become shallow,
expressionless disks; even her hair,
that glorious blending Of copper and
gold. seemed suddenly to be almost
an ordinary, rather vulgar "red."
Her delicate white skin became
opaque in it's pallor, so that the man.
DARN rouge on her cheeks stood out
in grotesque circles. Cherry was
sulking, and such a mood always
robbed her mysteriously of her
beauty.
"You beautiful, superb creature!'
he murmured fatuously, as he and
Faith swayed in perfect unison to
the languorous waltz which the jazz
orchestra had granted as sort of
respite from the violences Of
Charlestons and Black Bottoms.
Cherry, watching them sulkily
from the couch, either read Georges
lips or guessed the extravaganza Of
his compliment by the deep flush on
Faiths cheeks.
"Well, I'm glad Faith got married
before she turned into such an ire
sistible siren," Cherry called out, in
the loud, metallic voice that always
expressed the kind of mood she was
now in. IF she hadn't, I'd never
have chance. But she is married,
even if she does seem to forget it.
tonight"
"Shall I spank her, Faith?''
George laughed, but there was an
ugly CLINT in his small black eyes.
"No. lets Dance" Faith shrugged
one bare, ivory shoulder and quirked
her lips deliciously.
And they did dance, Faiths tall,
slender body swaying with hypnotic