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WEATHER SUMMARY

The crest of the northwestern
high" remained almost stationary
since yesterday morning and in
creased somewhat in intensity.
Barometric pressure has risen over
the immediate Northwest and
throughout the south-central states,
however, being moderately high to
high practically throughout the
southern and eastern states at the
morning observation. while light to
moderate precipitation was more or
less general within the last "a
hours in the states East of the Mis-
sissippi river and in the central
Rocky mountain region. There was
a decided drop in temperature this
morning, to freezing and lower. from
eastern Texas and Louisiana north
eastward to the Great Lakes. with no
material changes elsewhere in the
copntry. AS a result temperature
readings were below the seasonal
average practically throughout the
U. $. and Canadian Northwest this
morning-and considerably 50 in
some sections of the immediate and
far Northwest.
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MANDELL Wins
FROM FIELDS
Light Champ evenges
Former Defeat By
Coast Lad

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-P1-Fighting
himself into condition to defend the
lightweight championship, Sammy
Mandell has evened the score with
Jackie Fields, California junior well
terweight, by a decisive victory.
Fields won a newspaper decision
over Sammy last May in Los An
geles; Mandell turned the tables be-
fore a packed Coliseum last night.
For two rounds il seemed that
Fields was due to repeat his vic
tory. for Sammy was receiving con-
siderable body bombardment. Man
dell began TO get the nange in the
third, and his long lunging left soon
had one headlight dimmed for the
coast lad
The champions repeated shots nc
that left optic kept Fields mostly
on the defensive, and the last half
of the battle saw considerable In
fighting and clinching. There was
not a mark on the lightweight king
at the end Of the ten rounds when
Referee Ed Purdy raised Mandeii's
hand as the winner.
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able number Of hurlers in both big
loops using the exp~ectoration type
of delivery. Then one by n the
oIdsters began to drop from sight.
Today only six remain.
The New York Yankees own one
third Of the spit ball talent in the
big time-Stanley C~oveleskie. the
once dependable Pole Of the Cleve-
lands, and Urban Shocker.
Shocker still is a power to be
reckoned with, but Convey has had
such bad seasons recently he will
have to do some tall stepping Eext
summer if he is going to be anything
like the old terror Of the Indians
that he was in 1920.
The Chicago White Sox have an
cient Urban Faber, a relic of the
once mighty Hose. Red Faber is one
of the v~eteranest veterans IN the ma
tional pastime. Way back in 1919 the
Cox considered him too old for use
in the World Series Of mat year,
Jack Quinn of the Philadelphia
Athletics is the fourth American
league spit ball hurler. Like Fab
er. Quinn is quite an ancient and
may o pass from major league
battlefields.
Burleigh Grimes of the Giants,
and Clarence Mitchell, the Philly
southpaw, are the National leagues
lone damp delivery lads.
It's a safe bet that the next few
years will see all of these lads out
of active duty, and then the art OF
spit ball throwing will become a
thing Of the dim past. like m1stached
players and two-bit bleacher seats.
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MISS WILLS is OFF
= = = =
FIGHTING AFTER
y " y
SEEING ONE BOUT

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 24.-tF
Miss Helen Wills, yomen's ten
mis- champion, who attended the
Mickey Walker-Jack Willis prize
fight here Wednesday. made known
today that she eve wanted to
see another ring battle.
"Unless," she added, II might
have the opportunity to see Mr..
Tunney fight some day. / under
stand he boxes and does not fight
I<think I might like that"
Miss Wills attended the bout aft
er she received the approv~I of her
parents that it was perfectly all
right for women to attend prize
fights If they wanted TO-"
The fight was very interest
ing" said Miss Wills. But I do
not want to go again. Tennis is
the only game, and | do not be-
lieve that anyone who really loves
tennis like | do could ever become
a fight fan. The two sports are so
different, il is hard to talk about
them together"
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TERRIS. McLARNIN MEET

NEW YORK. Feb. 24.-CF-Sid
ferris, idol Of New York's east side,
and Jimmy McLarnin of Los Angeles
meet v the ten-round distance In
Madison Square garden tonight with
prospects Of the winner gaining an
opportunity to challenge Sammy
Mandell for lightweight honors.
The Pacific coast battler is re-
puted to be a heavy puncher and
many enthusiasts have switched allie
glance from ferris 10 McLarnin for
this tussle. Nevertheless, the Ghetto
flash rules an s to s favorite 10
whip McLarnin who will be making
his initial bow in the East.
McLarnin's most recent outstand-
ing achievement was a knockout reg
istered against Louis (Kid) Kaplan
Of Meriden, Conn, former worlds
featherweight champion, in Chicago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-24

BY BILL RIFT
Staff Writer for Central Press and
The Herald
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The tribe of
the spit ball is almost extinct.
Only five weakening warriors re-
main Of a once vast horde of hardy
hurlers which ~terrorized the big
leagues.
The spit balIers date back to the
days when baseball was a freer and
everything on the ball but a second
mortgage.
That was back in the heyday Of the
pitchers, the years before and Just
after the war when pitching was an
art and a pride and great sluggers
we're few.
The pitchers did everything to the
ball-and got away with it. They
spst on it, cut it, roughed it. sanded
IL, ~blackened it, DETAINED il and then
threw it. The result was a great
swishing of the ozone and another
batting average had fallen.
Masters Were Few
There naturally arose a chosen few
who were masters at the art of be-
witching a baseball. These boys in
vented such formidable missiles as
the licorice ball, the black and white
ball, the ~sailer, the sinner and many
others.
The sailer was a ball with a bit
Of the ~horsehide nicken up so that
it would form a tiny rudder and
steer the sphere in its hurting flight
at the trembling batter.
The sinner was the handling of
Ed Cicotte, the White Sox ace. 1t
was somewhat Of a mystery and
when Eddie passed abruptly from
baseball the sinner went with him.
Along about this time baseball
got religion. The stalwart club
owners began to worry about the
freak pitching and protested that il
wasn't legal. At least that's the way
they felt about it.
Fans Wanted Action
However, il is more likely that the
club owners had begun to realize
that the crowds wanted q change
from the scall-score games and cpl
demic of bad batting.
All freak balls, including the spit
ter. were ruled out. There was a
great squawk from clubs owning
pitchers who had depended largely on
the spit ball for success. The rule
was amended to let those and only
those who had used the splitter in
the big leagues before the rule was
made to continue to empty il.
1T first there was quite a size
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DRIVERS
QUIT DAYTONA
New Stock Record Set
By Stuff or Last
Day of Trials

DAYToNIA BEACH, Fla. Feb. "a.
world were departing from the hard
packed sands of this beach today,
leaving new standards Of. speeds for
earth-bound vehicles ba nd them.
Topping the list of achievements.
which yesterdays ~lasr-nInute efforts
failed to improve, was that of Cap
tain Malcolm Campbell, who came
here from London to set a new
world mark for automobiles Of any
specifications at all with a speed Of
206.9 miles an hour, attained Sun
day.
Gil Anderson of Indianapolis en-
livened yesterday, the last day of the
twenty-fifth annual racing here, with
a new record of ~166.52463 miles an
hour for stock cars, made in a
Stutz.
Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis yes
terday added another chapter to the
thrilling events of the past week
when he was forced to drive his
Whippet into the ocean to quench
uncomfortable flames which burst
from his motor to cut short his
effort at a new record for four
~cylindered cars.
Anderson's new record supplant-
ed that made last week by Wade
Morton. in an Auburn, with more
than 104 miles an hour.
Tom Rooney of Chicago also bet
tered Morton's record yesterday
when he drove an official mile at
the rate of 1854 miles an hour.
In coming away victorious in the
triangular contest among the high
powered levisnthans of rapid motion
Captain Campbell was threatened by
Frank Lockhart. youthful Indianap-
oils driver, who is now GONZALES
cling from injuries sustained when
his 40-horse power Stutz Blackhawk
special catapulted from the beach
= ednesday and crashed among the
breakers. Lockhart said yesterday he
would rebuild his automobile and
make another effort as soon as pos
sible.
]. NJ. White. whose gargantuan
36-cylindered Triplex special rolled
e the sands yesterday at an I'M
official clicked time Of 203.73 miles
an hour. expects to fix his machine
with a reverse gear which will make
it conform to American Automobile
association standards and attack
Campbells record later.
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BOSTON. Mass, Feb. 24.-(PE
Pitchers Pete Traynor and Charlie
Small have reported to Manager Car
rigan at the Red Sox headquarters at
Bradenton, Fla, and brought his
hurting staff up to II. Both the
newcomers are recruits and both
wear glasses, giving the Sox three
b~espectacled hurlers. Traynor came
from Portland, Ore, while Small
claims Gloucester, Me-, his home
town.
At St. Petersburg, the Braves
training squad was augmented by Ed
die Slattery. Ed Brown was at first,
Rogers Hornsby at third while Far
rell took short.
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EVENTS
MAKE HISTORY
ATARMYPOST
Doings Strange in the
Annals of Fightdom
Unreeled On Card
Thursday Night
Bx GENE

Hickory dickory, who killed Cock
Robins little Christmas pie?
Several hundred fight-hungry pat
rons of the childish art wondered
this and many other things as they
sat and shivered through one of the
most remarkable fistic exhibitions
ever seen anywhere at Fort Brown
Thursday night.
The card made history in more
ways than one, and established many
precedents.
A referee who had called q foul
on a winning boxer after that boxer
had twice been warned for the same
offense was thrown from the ring.
A referee who fights and works out
with one Of the principals Oh the
card was substituted to handle that
fight.
A substitute weighing four pounds
more than the mar for whom he sub
stituted was rung in on the card in
the place of a mar who was over
weight.
Briefly: Jack Burns, pride Of
Brownsville in the heavyweight
ranks, and Texas Red Johnson, oi
Dallas-to be impressive-Dattlec
through 10 rounds to a draw, amidst
many grimaces on the part of John,
son, who claimed to have injured q
hand during the early rounds. They
had been advertised TO 20 IL rounds
Dick Mymore ard Kid Prestox or
the floor when the bell ending their
eight-round engagement sounded
Presto spent most Of the last tive
rounds on the floor.
Presto, whose weight was an.
nounced as 134 pounds, was sub.
stituting for Snakes 0'Hara, whose
weight of $50 1-2 was said te a
three and n half pounds too much
Wymore weighed 127.
Irish Mcconnell, Of Fort Brown
was knocked out by Ken Macy OF
Harrington, in the fourth round, but
the fight was awarded to the victim
by Referee Billy Davis, who claimed
TO have twice warned the Harlinger
youth for using a backhand blow
One Of the punches that laid McCon,
nell low was a reverse punch.
Ernest Bohosky, Of Ell Jardin
knocked out Kid Hughes, Of tn,
same locality in the first round
Hughes went into the fight mimi,
shoes and came out minus all de
sire to be a prize fighter. No men
ton was made of the battle roya
or a second preliminary 20.
Following the Macey-McConnel
faux pas. N. r. doc" Cook, manaee,
OF Wymore ard Macy protested tn,
work Of Referee Davis SO vehement
~ that Cliff Bledso, Of Harrington. Al
unofficial member Of the Cool
stable, was injected into the rim,
as third man for the remaining pail
Of battles.
de handled the last two contest,
like a veteran.
In what was dubbed the mar
ven OF n evening - but WHY
awaken UNPLEASANT memnries-
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Uzcudun Ready
To Meet Negro

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24.-Paolino
Uzcudun, Basque entry in the heavy
weight fistic race, today appeared to
be almost ready for his bout with
George Godfrey, giant negro oppon-
ent in a ten-round battle here next
Tuesday night. Godfrey, however.
was confronted with the prospect of
several more days of touch condi-
tioning.
Paolino's handlers have program
med for the Basque only light
training until il is time to climb
into the ring.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-24
INDIANS A WORK

CLEVELAND. Feb. 24-lPI-Roger
Peckingpaugh's Cleveland Indians
have begun their American League
baseball campaign at their New Or
leans training camp. An suspicious
start was made yesterday with a
short throwing session after two
days of steady rain.
Eighteen pitchers took an easy
workout. eight of them being vet
Grams who are practically certain 20
make the grade. Billy Bayne, former
st. Louis Brown who was recently
drafted from Toronto, will compete
with nine recruits from the two re-
naming places among the ten men
Peckinpaugh plans to carry.
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RITZ rTN

First figures lowest temperature
last night; second. highest tenpera-
iure yesterday; third, wind velocity
at 8 a. m; fourth, rainfall past q
hours.
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SANTAROSA5
BEATS LOCALS
Cop County Title Aft
er Bitter Battle or
City Court

Santa Rosa's plucky little team OF
basket ball tossers annexed the title
Of champions of Cameron county
here Thursday afternoon by defeat
ing the Brownsville senior high
school team in a hard fought con-
test. The score was IL to IL, and
the game was literally either teams
until the final whistle.
In fact that final whistle found
the ball that would have tied the
score and given the local the extra
point of victory in the air, but Sergt.
Adams, referee, ruled the ball was
dead, and one Of the most freak
ish games of the tournament came
to an end.
The game was played on the high
school outdoor court, and a high
wind, forerunner Of the norther that
sent Brownsville shivering about its
business Friday morning, was respon.
sible for some unusual work for the
score keeper.
At the end Of the first quarter
the score stood two-all, and the half
found Santa Rosa leading by q 4
to 3 count. Santa Rosa never lost
that one point margin. The locals
tried as possibly no other basket bal
team representing the Brownsville
school ever tried but their efforts
were just a split second too short.
BY virtue of their win Santa Rosa
Friday morning was on her way Ia
McAllen to take part in the district
cage tournament there Friday and
Saturday. Raymondville. McAllen
and Rio Grande are other fives
which will have a part in that tour.
ney, winner Of which Is to be sent
to Austin to compete in the state
event in March.
A fair-sized crowd Of spectators
turned out for the battle Thursday
afternoon. The lineup:
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BASKET RAIL

AT Sherman: st. Edwards univer-
sity 16, Austin College IS.
At huntsville: Sam Houston State
Teachers college 46, McMurry col
lege "a.
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THREE SUICIDES IN FAMILY

VIENNA-Within a month there
have been three suicides in the FAM
lily Of Count Franz Ralsburg, two
daughters and a son ending their
own lives.
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YANKS
TO TRAINING
CAMP TODAY
Brooklyn Robins On
Way South; Players
Of Many Aggrega-
tons Now Working

NEW YORK, Feb. 24-F-Headed
by the famous @merun combination
of Babe Ruth and Loug Gehrig. the
first contingent Of the world cham
pion Yankees will depart for the
southern training camp at St. Peters
burg, Fla, tonight. Other members
of the band which will leave at 6:4o
o'clock are Catchers John Grabowsk
and Bill Eistmsnn and Infielder Leo
Durocher. Pitcher Myles Thomas will
Join the party at Washington.
The vanguard of the Brooklyn
Robins started for Clearwater, Fla,
yesterday, four players making the
Journey. They were Harry Riconda,
Overton Trumper, Charlie Har-
and Del Bissonette.
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Cravatology!

80 new science vhIeE
enables you 90 diswnoss
a mans disposition m
the tIrh- me wrsrs.
Men. II you want a
register favorsbly. Esi
behind one oE our nrus
4-In-hands O. Butterflies
Striped. dotted or ehecls
I'D I'm the new spring col
ors- Americas prrttIeHl
nc 81.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-24
WEATHER DELAYS GIANTS

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The New
York Giants awaited action by the
weather mar today to allow a re-
sumption of baseball practice at Hot
Springs, Ark.
A cold spell blocked workouts yes
terday SO the players liked in the
mountains and then put on some
light entertainment for Catcher
"Shanty" Hogan who was confined 10
bed with q severe cold.
Leo Mangum supplied some banjo
numbers while Pitcher Jack Levy
came through with a fiddling act.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-24
MACK SIGNS INDIAN

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24.-tP-
An Oklahoma Indian who Manager
Connie Mack hopes will develop into
q star pitcher has Joined the Phila-
delphia Athletics squad at Fort
Myers, Fla.
He is Lee Daney, a product Of Has
kell Institute. Known as Cher
Whitehorn, he is % years old, nearly
six feet tall and weighs 172 pounds.
He pitched for three years at Has
kell and started his semi-professional
career in 1925 with the Nebraska In
dams. Last year he pitched for
several semi-pro teams in Kansas
City. Mack says he looks like a
conner. :.
The squad now comprises l6
pitchers, four catchers and two in
fielders. The full squad arrives next
week.
At the southern camp of the
Philadelphia Nationals ct Winter
Haven, Fla, pitchers and catchers
are working out the winter kinks.
Other players will arrive Tuesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-24

MOSLEMS STAY HINDU BABES
CALCUTTA-Seven Hindu babies
were killed by Moslems in the re-
ligious riots at Nagpur.
, 1928-11-23
, RO Din GS
OF THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
r y z S T. c ok

Continued from yesterdays / UjS.)
3rd Member for ChristiansteJ Town
(F05j9): Mr.. Chairman, the Co rcjl did
not think it had sufficjentsinfOrn a ion on
this matter and therefore Applied a
committee and that committee in its re
port SAYS that estates Mt. Pleas; IT and
PIassens are worth $50, 900 and Sir Farm
and Peters Rest $40, 900. feel that the
Council knew what it was abOU- it ap
pointed that committee, and lilo feel
that the committee knew what it was
sent out to do, therefore | move i at the
Committee Report be adopted W. should
have some respect for the Oh Union of
men sent out by US TO maketlnves ,2tlon.
Tst Member TO. FrederikSte ! Town
(EeyWjn): Mr.. Chairman. we v u3j the
indictments and other things at ri. Plea.
SAINT and the other estates ment Cned in
the report to the best Of our 40 lily and
we feel that we are about right Then
we TOOK toe question up as to hOv many
buildings there we're on each estate be.
fore the hurricane and how ma i" were
lost. and with tnat information ON hand
We arrived at the igur9s w have pre-
s.nted Ia the report. Ne feel hat we
have acted C0nSclent1Ously.
rhe vote was taken on the % rmltte9
Report with the result that - utnoers
voted for; zone against.
The Chairman: Ihe Committees Re-
port is adopted.
No one requesting the word further
the discussion closed, the Secretary read
the Resolution and the Charm an put
same to the vote,
13 members voted for; none az ainst,
The Gu irman; The resolution 5 pass
ed.
Item 5.
.-L.n;.L D,,nniI PHI No
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CARL LAEMILE presents VICTOR HUGO'S
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New Britain herald., 1928-11-22
PARSONS, HARTFORD

The dramatic editor of the New Haven Register saw the opening of Arthur Hopkins new play by Philip Barry at the Shubert Theater last Monday night and this is what he says about this play which opens its Hartford engagement at Parsons's tonight.
 "'The Dollar is one of those plays that must be seen. It will be many a year before New Haven will see a play written with half the skill, warmth and understanding of this.
 Just in case you were at the Shu- bert last night, at the opening of Philip Barry's new play-those short shrill yelps of delight. and that con- tinuous low grooming noise like a well fed seal-that was baby. That was your dramatic editor.
 All through the evening he kept reminding himself that he was there for critical purposes: of his duty to his public and the necessity for re- maining judiciaIly aloof: And then he'd take a deep breath and sit up straight. whereupon Hope Williams would come loping out of the wings and he would drop his pencil, lean on the chair in front of him and bark ecstatically, until the lady in it would turn around and give him a iook-and that's the way it went all evening.