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Count Wins
Kentucky Derby ON
Rain Washed Track

show. Misstep paid ss.2e TO place and
$3.50 to show, while the show price
on Toro was s2.76.
Upwards Of 5000 witnessed the
race, all of chem dampened by
a soaking rain but too excited to be
daunted by the terrific downpour that
broke over Churchill Downs an hour
before the horses were led out Of the
paddock. For forty minutes the rain
came down in n torrent but just be-
fore the call of the bugle, it settled
TO a steady drizzle and it was driz-
cling when the race was run.
The rain turned the colorful scene
into a wet, muddy spectacle. Fash
ionably dressed women were turned
from butterflies into wet, b~edraggled
creatures, soaked to the skin, unable
to seek shelter because Of the ire
mendous jam. The women stood out
there in the rain taking their pun
ishment because they could not
avoid it.
The race was a. much a triumph of
Chick Lang, N Of Americas riding
aces, a. it was for Reign Count, his
mount, champion two-year-old of
1927. Lang rode a mastery race. He
allowed Blackwood, Misstep and
Marty Flynn 20 set the early pace
and then, coming from behind. caught
Misstep in the stretch after shoulder
to shoulder, nose to nose, as IL the
two horses were locked together.
IA the horses came near 70 the
finish. Lang on REICH Count and Gar
ner on Misstep began applying the
whip. In the stretch. Misstep was on
the inside with Reign Count on the
outside. Misstep hung On for a
second, as they raced shoulder to
shoulder, and then Reign Count NOV
ed into the lead under Lang's urg-
inrs. Toro came on like q streak,
making a gallant finish with Jack
Higgins running fourth.
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is to be played ut Brownsville. and
the Hariingen game win BE- played
here. San Benito is making prepara-
tons for q tough game for the
opener. rs Coach Morrison expects to
sign McAllen for the opening tilt en-
October s..
Coach Red Irvine OF Brownsvilie,
who will be head OF the coaching
system in the local schools during
the coming season, left Saturday for
San Antonio, but before leaving he
announced some Of his plans for the
coming year.
Irvine said that the only game
scheduled to date 10 with San Ee-
nito, but that plans : heing made
for games with other high school
teams in the Valley before the open
ing of the season. The high school
schedule will be confined mainly to
otheF Valley teams, he said, up untsI
the time that the Valley champion
ship is decided, and IL Brownsville 10
declared winner. then the locals will
meet outside teams. Fessenden Of
San Antonio, q former acquaintance
Of Irvine. Is to coach the high school
team here.
The Brownsville Junior college this
fall will have material for one OF the
best teams the Valley has ever seen.
according to Irvine. He said that
about half the members Of the
Brownsville high school football team
Of 1927 will be in the junior college
this fall, and that In addition 70 these
q number Of good players from San
Benito, Harrington. and other Valley
points will be on the Brownsville
Junior college team. Taber. Ceyanes.
the Ball brothers and several other
good players or the Brownsville high
team Of 1927 will be on the junior
college team. Coach Irvine said. r.
vine is to be coach OF the junior col
lege eleven. in addition to directing
all athletics Of the Brownsville
schools.
He said that arrangements are be-
ing made TO schedule games with the
Edinburg Junior college, with Pea
cock Military Academy Of San An
tonic, with the Victoria Junior col
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CATS 10: STEERS Z

DALLAS. Tex, May 1s.-tP-Lack
of pitching strength combined with
an abundance Of hitting strength in
the Fort Worth lineup. cost the Dali
las Steers the first game Of the
present series here today, 10 TO 8.
CrnpAs
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COACHESSICN
GRID BATTLES
OF'27SEASON
Robstown to Play AT
San Benito; Irvine
Arraging Schedule
For Local College

SAN BENITO, May 1s.-Just as the
schools Of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley close their doors for the year.
football begins to swing into the
limelight, with announcements Of
scheduled games, prospective players,
and other plans for the coming year.
One Of the feature announcements
comes from Coach W. E. Morrison Of
San Benito, TO the effect that the
Greyhounds have signed up Robstown
for a game here this fall. Robstown
has been for the past three years the
nemesis OF, Valley teams in their
hopes for pennant honors in the
state. and the Greyhounds will put
forth every effort to build up a team
that will meet the Robstown eleven
on equal terms.
Final arrangements for the Robs-
town game were closed Saturday, and
the game II TO be played November
z. San Benito last year met Robs-
town for the district title, being de-
feated by n close score. Scheduling
Of the game this year is taken as an
indication that it will become an an
nual affair, being played one year in
San Benito, and the next in Robs-
town.
The local football team has also
signed a game with Harrington on
October rs. and Brownsville Oh
November is. The Brownsville game
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~ CHARLES W. pUNKLEY


(Associated Press Sports WRITER
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 19.-(Pl-
Rain or shine. mud or slop-it was
all Reign Count.
The big red colt, owned by Mrs.
John d. Hertz, Of Chicago, wife Of
the taxicsb magnate, splashed to
victory today. racing through q Orig
sling rain and mud ankle-deep IN
one Of the most spectacular races
in the history of blue ribbon event
OF the American turf.
Reign Count. son of Sun Reign
Contessina, heavily played favorite,
won just az his supporters said he
would. finishing three lengths ahead
Of Misstep. Toro, which lost such a
heart breaking ace 70 Victorian in
the Preakness n week go, was two
lengths and q half back Of Misstep,
and trailing In fourth place came
Jack Higgins, winner Of the Louis
lana derby.
Reign Count defeated the largest
field that ever went to the post in
the Kentucky derby. running the
Furnishing mile and n quarter route
In 2:i0 rs. Twenty-Five three-year-
olds faced the barrier exceeding the
previous largest field in 1923 when
twenty-one started in the race won
by Rev.
The winner rewarded Mrs. Hertz
with s55.375, as first money. with
$4,000 going to Misstep and $4,000 70
Edward B. Mclean. the Washing.
ten publisher and owner Of Toro. In
addition to the $55,375. Mrs. Hertz
received gold plate valued at $500.
and all the glory that money could
not buy.
Reign Count paid better than two
for one In the mutuels. ~rewardinR his
hackers with se.12, for every two
dollars invested on his chances. His
place price was $5.7s, and s3.9s 70
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SPORTS 4. u Z

Time Of game 1885. Umpire Don
neIy T. Hill.
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Mrs. Noyse Smith
To Address Class

MeALLEN, May is.-Mrs. Noyse d
Smith. state president Of the Texas
Congress % Mothers and PIT. A., vii
address the graduating class Of tht
McAllen high school Monday even.
ing. Tuesday Afternoon 1t $3.50
o'cloe. she will address confer
ence Of the Valley unsts Of Pr. A
in McAllen and all in the Valley are
urged q be present.
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Bluffs DEFEAT
CUBS, MOVING
/ TO ROOS7
exporters, Sports and
! Atzcats Cornplicate
. Texas League Fight
BY Winning Games

tnoOsTON, May 1e.-P-with
ernes twirlins classy ball all the
way and supplying . pair Of timely
.D'nsies, the Houston Bluffs here Sat
.soay whipped the Waco Cubs, S to
2 grabbed the lead in the flag
fnass. Barnes notable work. along
witn the bingling Of worthinston and
"s!ksr, enabled Manager Snyder's
Iusi,t. 70 defeat Stein. Cub ace, who
naa beaten the Bluffs twice.
marry Brown, Waco outfieldsr. suf-
iered . broken left collar bone when
ns = Pratt crashed together in CEN
.e,tieid. Pratt injured q leg. but was
aose 70 get back into the game.
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Home runs= Taylor, Swanson.
Three base hit. Flaskampsr, Bailey.
Sacrifice, Phillips. Stolen base.
Gross. Camalo. Double plays, Mes-
ssnser to F~laskannper; Boegess to
Flaskamper. Hits and runs, OF Cox
4 and 4 in i-3. Bases on balls, off
Cox 2. off Messenger 8. off Phillips 3.
Struck out. by Messenger z, by
Phillips 4. Losing pitcher, Cox. Hit
by pitched ball. S~ehreibner (by Mes
seneer.) Wild pitch, Messenger.
Left on bases, San Antonio 10; Beau
mont 6. Time, 2:15. Umpires, Erwin
and Griggs.
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II, A 6

BEAUMONT, May lv.-Rl-Ihe
last place Exporters touched Leslie
Cox and Andy Messenger for Is hits
today and Beaumont took the first Of
the San Antonio series IL TO s. Work
ing behind an W. increasing lead
established in the first when the
locals made 5 runs. Buzz Phillips
went the full route without diff
Guilty. Gene Bailey, with a triple, Q
doubles and a single in five times up,
was the main offensive player for
the home club. Taylor and Swanson
socked homers.
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the material, and there In no reason
why we should not turn out a team
that will make . record for itseE
during the coming season.
Irvine said that he would ba back
TO the Valley before the opening ~
the season, In order Co help line ur
the material, and get the football
season I'm good shape.
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Fort Worth ....-.. 2I0 o30 Solo
Dallas ............. 600 600 210- 8
Runs batted in-Shinner 4; La
fayette 2; Bonowitz 2; Kibbie g:
Miller Q; Baker 2. Two base hits
SINNERS, Bonowitz, Billings, Rich
ardson. G~inglardi. Home runs-
Bonowitx. Sacrifice hits-Riehard-
SON, Bonowitz. Hits off Owens; s,
runs 5, all earned in 4 Is innings.
Winning pitcher Walkup; losing
pitcher Owens. Struck out, BY Walk
up g; BY parrouah I. Bases on balls.
by Walkup /; BY Owens 1: by Dsr-
rough (shinnsrs). Left on bases,
(Harrsneton and Smith: BY Oar.
rourkit (shinners). Left on bases.
Fort worth 9; Dallas s. Double
plays. Morse 10 Baker 10 Riley (2).
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acc OlO 600 O0O-l
Houston ..-........ 900 001 22x-5
Two base hits-Johnson, Barnes.
Three base hit--Powell. Sacrifice
Watkins. Double plays-Windle TO
Shires; Hook 70 Selph 70 Walker.
Bases on balls-off Stein 3. Struck
out-Stsin !; Barnes Left on base
WAGE g. Houston 5. U~mpires-
Kane and Donohue. Time-2 hours.
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Wichita Falls 1900. 00t 0c0 0t0-2
Shreveport ......... 600 col 10x--4
Two base hits, Wilson. Eldrsd. Sac
rifice hits, Tursson, Deviveros,
Tobin. Double play, Luciano 70 Tur-
reon 20 Stanton. Stolen base, Whelan.
Bases on balls, off wilkins ], off
PAYNE 2. Struck out, by Payne, 2:
by wilkins, 3. Pitching record, off
Payne. 9 hits. 4 runs in 2 innings.
Left on bases, Wichita Falls 5.
Shreveport. s. Winning pitcher, Will
kins. Losing pitcher. Payne.
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SHREVEPORT, La, May ls.-R-
The Sports celebrated their home-
coming today with q 4 to 2 win over
the Wichita Falls Spudders In one
81 the fastest and best played games
az the season here. They punched
hits OF Payne who worked the first
seven innings and fielded sensation
ally behind Chief wilkins. Bernie
D~syiyeros, the Sports new abort
ston made his debut and was all over
the diamond robbins the champions
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lere, the South Texas Normal college
Of Kingsvills, and other teams in the
state.
I'VE are going TO give the junior
college some incentive TO work and
develop by scheduling games with d
number Of representative Junior col
.lses and normal eollege teams Of the
state Coach Irvine said. we have
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After Twenty Years She'll See Mother

blue and wrapped up in q
sailors tarpaulin, but would /,
really?
And would she know me?
Would she look at me and
sense the lonely love in my
heart, waiting for her and for
nobody else in the world?
Would you know your own
brother III you never met him
In your life, or would you pass
him in a crowd just like any
other stranger?
Is there really something In
this tie Of the blood that Il
stronger and deeper than any
other tie in the world, or do
we just imagine IL? How far
back are we relatives anyhow?
Do we just begin in one genera
ton?
It's all a bit Of a puzzle,
isn't it?
But anyhow, | wish the little
girl q pleasant journey to New
Orleans and a joyous meeting
with the mother who has never
forgotten her for one minute in
all these twenty years This
world Is a lonesome old place.
Ii pays to know that somebody
really cares for you. just be-
cause you are you, doesn't IL?
coyszishs. 1919. EssSpspg Feature ssrvsca Ina
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Why MOI Try New Hair Styles?
BY JOSEPHINE HUDDLESTON

the part Just a trifle Off center,
sometimes he made the part slightly
Looked. sometimes IL was a pert
little curl on the forehead. Then.
again. the wave was pulled slightly
back and q lot Of little half curls
made along the cheek. Some
times the couture vas flat ard sleek.
sometimes he made the wave soft
and loose.
A week ago we cut loose again
and now I'm sporting a left side
part with the entire right side OF
the hair swept up and back 10 that
the right ear showsl The left side OF
the hair nm in flat loose waves
that hide the left ear.
The important thing about all this
Is that. after years OF fearing a
change. I've had two radically diff
ferent coiffures and one il lust ms
becoming "a the other.
AS a rule. ! don't like 70 hold my
self up for comparison. but most OF
you are familiar with the contour Of
my face and features through my
pictures and. because or this. II
seemed easier Co use myself than
some imaginary person who would
need description
Changing the part and arrange
ment Of the hair gives II life
and beauty. to say nothing OF the
charm that Is gained by the indi-
vidual when that men OF ap-
pearance n avoided
Everyone gets tired OF looking ut
the same old thing day after day.
year In and year out-so do some
experimenting with your own Golf
fure. I'm sure you'll be delighted
with the change.
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Seen on 9Th Ave.
By Miss Shopper



Those neck scarfs which 90 many
smart women are sponsoring can be
in u number or different ways.
OF course. there IL the simple pirate
krot and the sailor knot. Some
women like to draw the ends through
a ring. but one woman / know wears
IL. drawn through a very wide ring
and tied in n floppy bow at its
enerEence.
As you Of curse know. costume
JeyFelry Is very important. Special
jeyvelry has been designed to 20 with
sports and street clothes. And now
the latest thing IN jewelry In that
for wear with the bathing suit re In
made or "a shell-like material and ~
developed In bright colors.
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NHANGE your couture frequently
II you would keep your per-
sonality versatile. That IL a
beauty secret every woman should
know and follow.
The old idea OF sticking 70 the
most becoming style Of hairdress Is
fast becoming obsolete and with good
reason. Recent innovations and ex-
2eriments among hairdressers have
brought out the highly acceptable
fact that only In very ARE a
woman should confine herself to one
mode In arranging her hair.
Frequently 1t Is necessary 10 fol-
low one general outline for the head.
but even then there are a dozen
slight variations 10 be used that give
an entirely new angle to the basic
arrangement
For Instance. I. myself, wore my
hair parted on the right side for
thirteen years-which was exactly
twelve years and six months too
iongi Every time suggested q
change friends set UP n howl OF pro-
test and. after all. even beauty edi-
tors are weak creatures In their per
sonal lives. Then. In desperation.
because I was sick OF seeing the
same image reflected each time I
looked into a mirror. I decided to try
q center part. no matter what hap
pened. ! did. The result took off
several years from my appearance
and gave an entirely new expression
TO my facet I was SO delighted that
each week ] insisted upon some vari-
alton to the general outline OF the
center part.
Sometimes my hairdresser made
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me from the chair which be noise
lsssly pushed aside. Then he drew
rne back No that Katherine would
moi be hampered BY Us, but still
Keeping a position which permitted
us TO watch our little sons face.
IL seemed an eternity after that
tlrst flicker OF his eyelids before
Junior opened his eyes wide. But
an Katherine had predicted there was
no recognition In his big brown eyes.
90 like Dicky's own suppose there
really was no expression whatever
In them. but to me II seemed that
tney were pathetically puzzled and
searching.
had TO fight the hystericai I'm.
pulse 70 call my boys name.
think II was the strong steady clasp
or Dicky's arms which enabled me
10 keep my poiEe. Then I saw Kath-
crime writing something upon a slip
OF paper. A moment later she
slipped II 10 me along the bedraii.
below the range OF Juniors eyes.
and ! realized the infinite pains she
was taking that no sound or sight
or anything should disturb him.
He could not possibly see me. how.
ever. and ! read the slip and passed
Il TO Dicky.
You said the doctor wished to see
him when he came 10 himself. Have
somebody telephone him. but shut
ali doors so the call cannot be heard
here. or by Mother Graham. She
must not come up here for "A while
Dlcky read the slip OF paper.
nodded. went out Of the room. re.
turning again so quickly that
guessed Harry Underwood must
have taken over the task OF teie.
phoninE. But we heard no word OF
the process. nor did Dicky's mother
come rushing upstairs as we knew
shs surely would have done II she
had known that the physician had
been summoned again.
I never have felt so helpless as
IN those minutes OF watching. while
my boys eyes looked at me in dazed,
unrecognizing fashion There was
nothing J could do to Eelp him,
though I felt that I gladly could
have severed any member Of my
body In order TO aid him. And never
since the day that he was put into
my arms after Grace Draper had
kidnapped him have / felt such \
rush or grateful happiness as 7 did
when the dazed look gradually left
his eyes. and when he looked az me
and murmured. Mother"
cOEsrtsht. 1873. NrwsDap~ Feature SERIES. Inc
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big enough to pull the cloth
off the table, dishes and all,
and laugh to hear the crash.
Her father put her in an orphan
asylum. and she ran away when
she was fourteen. and went
back again, and ran away
again. and went to work; and q
few months ago she discovered,
by q curious accident. that her
mother was not dead at all. She
was alive and well down in New
Orleans. So she wrote to her
mother and her mother wrote to
her. Now she's gone down the
river for o good long visit.
] wonder If she'll really like
her mother when she comes to
know her, and will the mother
really like her?
Wouldn't it be interesting to
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Loves Awakening r s.. .:;.. s ss.. =
Dfcky and Madge DraD Nearer as They Watch at Sons

BY Adele Garrison

A LII my bitter resentment
IN against Dlcky melted away
at his anEuished cry that II
Junior wen away from US Il would
have killed him. I realized suddenly
that. terrible as was my own sus-
pense. Dicky's suffering was even
greater. for TO his grief and fear for
his boy was added the awful feeling
that II he had not permitted Junior
70 climb the high tree against my
wishes and those OF the other women
In the house. the fall would not have
happened.
! did not turn my ayes from the
unconscious figure or my little son,
Tor i still had he eerie feeling that
| must hold him In my vision every
instant until he came to himself.
But l put up my hand. cropping
biindly for my husbands He
grasped II 30 tightly that II would
have hurt II ut that moment ! had
been capable OF feeling pain.
tugged ut his hand and he bent his
head TO mine.
Don't say THAR I whispered. 1T
isn't true. You did what you
thought was best for him."
he did not answer in words, but
ne al down upon the arm or the
biz chair In which he had put me,
and. releasing my hand for an In
slant put his arm around me and
drew my head back against his
shoulder. Then ne caught my hand
again in his fres one. and thus hold
Ing me tightly. kept vigil with me.
His 1~earneSs. his tenderness
looseneo the tension or my nerves
lessened n trifle the feeling \ had
that my heart was in the grasp oi
a wise which was slowly Tightening
around II. Vaguely. I felt bearer &c
him than ! had done IN years. For
the moment all our differences were
forgotten. We had but one thought
every faculty or mind and b0dy
was focused upon the effort to bring
back our boy TO himself. II only by
the sheer force OF united wills.
IL was less than half an hour
afterward that | saw Juniors eve.
lids twitch slightly. Katherine rose
quietly from her chair and spoke In
an almost inaudible murmur.
Neither of you must speak when
ne opens his eyes. He won't know
you at first. but he's coming around.
Better stand back a little"
Dicky stood I'D and almost lifted
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We cannot eliminate or annihilate
or neutral.ze human growth and
development What you do when
you coerce 100 much In merely to
shunt al! this exuberant energy into
other. less wholesome channels.
You thereby develop evasions and
deceit. You make youth stealthy.
You create repressions. sensitive
ness. self-accusations. morbid phan-
tastes.
Don't try to force youth. Try to
lead 1t. Lead II deftly and diplomat.
ically into ways OF activity that win
use up the energy.
Athletics are best OF all. Keep
youth In the open air. Keep II social.
Keep II vibrating with stimulating
thoughts and deeds.
Youth is a great problem. sspeci-
ally TO youth itself
cc1yrEhl is1A NszEDaD@ Tsaiu-s ssrrice. Ena.