Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-31
THE NEW YEAR

THE NEW YEAR
The curfev slowly tolls ia: knell,
OF another parting gear;
Another baseball season,
With its thrills will soon be here.
What will another season bring?
viii il show new Ruths and Cobhs?
VIII " offer a batch II minor stars,
Who'll grab off the veterans jobs?
Will IL offer another torrid race,
Fought I'll the %pennant's won?
Will il give TO the fans who pay the
pay,
A summer Of joy and FUN.
Yes, al Of these things viii come
about,
For hats the way Of the game;
Where one drops out. another comes
in,
And our sport carries on the ssme.
And rest assured OF another point.
To muddle the scorekeeper's wits
Well still have the fellow who turns
up each year,
- pa NA AANdHr " us NAAts
L. H. Arlington.
Dana Bible. who for Is years wsB
football coach at Texas A. a NJ, ~
a man OF his own mind. He resign
ed that post last week 10 accept the
coaching job ~ Nebraska University
because. he believes, IL means ad-
vsncsment in his profession. And
! feeling that way, no one hlames Ok.
Personally we don't believe the Big
Six Is any fasetr than the South
west conference.
And the all important topic among
A. & VI. alumni these days is who
- going 70 take Bibles place.
One Of the names mentioned be
an slumnuS or Brownsville has the
ErisElee old Charlie Moran, going
back TO a. a NJ. as coach. Moran
prior "a Bibles entrance a. head
coach eleven years ago. held mag
&c sway over the Farmer eIevens
Tor ttv years. And did . good lob
Of u. N 700 believe anyone exrept
University Of Texas students, IS
a whole. Moran would add q lot
OF interest and prestige 20 an al
ready up and coming conference,
snd with material fer next ye,r "a
the Farmers apparently possess.
%sainecnes going 10 have 20 beat
those Farmers for the title.
Pat Nsrnam. our good friend Of
San Antonio, and we'll known in the
valley, - going back 70 his first
love. baseball. Newman has signed
TO coach the Alamo City entry ~ the
Texas league next season. Undoubt-
edly the situation has gotten pretty
bad in San Antonio in a baseball
way. ans love a winning team, and
the Bears haven't been in that kind
- company ~ many, many years.
Tom Conner, business manager. en-
nounced sometime Z that Bill Al
eNsnder would manage the club next
seaton. Alexander is 81 the old vim
tage. snd he and Newman should add
a lot Of color 70 the Texas league.
Newman, we believe, will have
complete charge OF the team before
the seasons over. Don't you believe
that way, too
80 GNhh lVIIAF IN IFft Epf
NeNnsm was playing first base for
Houston. On this dsy they were
PLAYING the New York Giants an
exhibition game. McGraw vss in
his prime, 80 vss Pst. ricCrsw
rode" fst all during that game.
and they were 70 plsy the next
day tbrt the Giants unbeknow-
irgst) were To BE- minus the ser
vices OF their manager. The cut
ting remarks Mccraw had hupied
at Newman the day previous prev
ed upon Pats mind sli during IN.
night and up to game time the
next day. McGrsw and his Giants
entered the park for practice be-.
fore the game. and Newman met
NcGraw at the entrance gate and
socked him on the Jaw. isyinr the
Giant manager out for the count.
Arthur Fletcher. shcrtstcp for the
New York REV, NJ trstItime. took
= swing at Fat. but. ~
serves correct, George Whiteman
halted Fietcher's rushes with \
well sired solar plcxus hlou.
Whiicmsn vas playing cutfieId
for Houston.
And 70 this good day the Mes
fork Giants have never played an
exhibition game in Houston. And
we are told McGrsw said after the
fraess that IS long a. he managed
the Giants they never would.
Georgia Techs gallant football
squad Is IN California. where on to-
morrow they will battle the powerful
University Of Californis eleven. The
game will be played in Pasadena.
And on the Georgia school team Is
q Texas boy, a backfieId star. He
= Harold Lumpkin. vhc in 1925 and
1925. vas q star on the Oak Cliff
high OF Dallas. Lumpkin reported
for training in 1927 at Georgia Tech
with no other thought than TO haks