Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-25
- PORTS FORUM
~ By Bishop Clements

At $3.50 tomorrow afternoon the
Brownsville and Donna high school
football elevens will tangle.
Ought to be a good game, and a big
crowd will be on hand TO cheer the
Eagles and Redskins.
Bryan Harris. Boston Red Sox
garded by American league batsmen
as possessing the best curve ball in
that circuit By a right handler. In
1920 when the St. Louis Cardinals
and the Philadelphia Athletics train
ed down here. Harris was a member
Of Connie Mack's hurting corps.
Branch Hickey, manager Of the Red
Birds at that time. tried to buy lIar-
ris CEf Mack, and We are told offered
the sag Of Philadelphia ten thou
sand iron men for "Slim." Mack
turned the offer down. OF course
before the Cards could have gotten
Harris he would have had to be wav-
ed out Of the American league.
He's another Texas boy in the big
show. Brownwood Is his home. At
tended Daniel Baker college there
and went straight from the campus
10 the big leagues and has been there
ever since. The mystery of Harris
case is that he is not a winning pitch
err. and you may ask any American
league ball player and he will tell
you that il is a mystery all over the
circuit Why Bryan doesn't win more
games.
Hard to keep the grand old ball
game down. Way up in T~exarkana.
Texas, Sunday, there was a baseball
game. Travis Jackson. captain and
shortstop OF the New Yorx Giants,
home is les that city, in Waldo,
Arkansas. He brought down a bunch
Of major leaguers such as Andy
Reese, Melvin OFT, Hank DeBerry
and others and played a team COM
posed Of Texas lesguers headed by
Wayne Windle. Waco shortstop,
whose home is in Texarkana. A crowd
Of several thousand witnessed the
contest. Tcxarkana is a good base
ball town.
On Saturday local fandom will
have an opportunity Of witness
sing the crack Edinburg Junior
College Broncs in action against
the local Junior college eleven.
IL will be the first time the Hi
dalgo county gridders will have
played before a local audience.
IL IL going 10 be a spirited rom
test. Platoss squad lost TO Fos-
ter's eleven in their firs:
ter by a lop-sided score.
Two good football elevens are go
ing to tangle tomorrow at San Be-
nito when the Cardinals and the
Greyhounds meet. They are we'll
coached elevens. Play clean and are
a fine bunch of young men. Many
fans will attend the contest, which
is looked upon as one Of the major
games Of the season.
Regardless OF what would-be ex-
perts say Of the Alamo Heights foot
ball club. they are q we'll balanced
and excellent squad. Sometimes, YOU
know the best club doesn't win-we
nave seen that happen several times
in the Valley in the last few years.
But the Mules were beaten BY a bet
ter club last Thursday in the Eagles
Of the local high.
Jack Dunn. the image who sent
many players to the big leagues who
eventually became stars. is dead. He
died Monday ut Baltimore, Nd, his
home. Dunn was manager and own
er Of the Baltimore oriole baseball
club Of the international league. He
was n player. first, and in 1907 was
made manager of the Orioles and
three years later. 1910, acquired own
ership of the club there. He sent to
the big top such players as Babe
Ruth. Lefty Grove. Jack Bentley. Joe
Boley. George Earnshaw, and others.
Dunn's death was due TO heart
failure. He was nearing the 60-year
and it vas most untimely. Only