Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-02
PLAYING FOR
VALLEY TITLE
IN BASEBALL
Both Teams Up to Full
Strength; Mersky to
Pitch for Locals in
Opener

Everything Is set for the Valleys
own little world series.
McAllen and the Legion Brownies
clash here at $3.50 Sunday afternoon
in the first OF u three-game post sea-
son series TO determine the cham
pionship of the Valley American Lee
gion baseball league. The gam will
be held on the Legion park just off
jefferson street at Palm Courts. This
il about one block from the high
school grounds.
McAllen and the Brownies were
winners Of their respective brackets
Of the Legion loop They are meet
ing TO determine the Valley cham
pionship- The second game is TO be
played at McAllen Labor day. Loca-
ton Of the third game will be decided
upon or a coin Tipped.
Up TO Full Strength
Both teams are reported as up to
full playing strength. Brownsville
ID we'll fortified in the box with
Mersky, Ryan, Hyndman, and Schaf-
ner available. Mersky, White Sox re-
cruit, has been announced as the
starting selection. He recently
twirled a three-hit game against the
o@AARFE LFA4A4 0~EEAEEMAAUUn
Stephens and Billy Williams will
be ready to don the mask and shin
guards to seine the slants out from
behind the furry Of bats. Billy may
be turned out from the bull pen into
the grassy pastures 20 chase the ball
afield. At any rate, his hitting will
still be in there, regardless Of what
position he plays.
Johnny Pickett, who has been going
like a house ablaze. will more than
probably play the third bag. Johnny's
hitting and fielding II Edcouch, cou-
pied with Ryan's pitching are some
Of the reasons why Brownsville rot
back into the race after sinking 10
third place.
McAlIen Lined Strong
W~eatherford and Fitz are said 70
be McAilen's mound aces. Many other
first class performers, such as Moss
and Moore, will be on hand To enter
tain local fans.
The certified lists IN the hands of
Secretary l. B. Shifflet shows the
McAllen roster to be composed of
the following: Rice, Roberts. Ham
berlain, Fitz. Bramer, B. Yoder. NJ.
Yoder, oliver. Clopton, Cairns. N.
Frisby, J. Frisby, Hamilton. Moss.
Weatherford, Jones, Jackson, Bates
and Moore.
The Brownies are Callahan. Schaf-
ner, Charley. Salinez, Saline, RYAN.
Pickett, Stanby, Sage, Wilt. Salter.
stevens, O'Connell, r. Williams. q. i.
Williams, Bednarz, Morris, Langley.
Mersky, Hyndman, Haines, Rubarth.
Young, Cortinez, Champion, Garcia
Cantu and Desha.
a 20 what they will he able ~ do
70 each other is problematical. for
there IS little in the way Of COMPARE
sons The cams have never PLAYED
each other this season.
Split Even with Harris
Al four games with Harlingen the
Brownies split even. McAllen copned
Two over the Harris, tied one and drop-
PED one. The Brownies muzzled Ed-
couch four times during the season
without suffering a loss: McAllen
won three and dropped one To the
same crew. That is as far ~ their
comparisons 20.
The Brownies languished around
first In the lower bracket Throughout
the season, sharing that position
with Harlingen and Lyford' New
started out great guns with nine wins
~ n row before taking q beating from
Weslaco 81 pm June az. Harlin-
gems eyes were opened BY this stunt
and repeated the operation the fol-
lowing Sunday by n 6-8 score. The
locals copied two more, one of which
was a forfeit from Rio Hondo, before
taking another trouncing. this time
at the hands or their arch foemen,