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

q base for scientific exploration and
. dash across the lost continent
Circle Globe In 20 Days
With Capt. G. b. d. Collyer a. his
pilot, John Henry Mesrs OF Detroit
broke the round-the-worid speed
record BY plane and steamer in @
days. Eight days were suent n the
air and Is aboard ship. Captain
Collyer later added 10 his flying
honors by plotting Harry Tucker.
California millionaire, on an east
west nonstop transcontinental flight,
but Ccllyer and Tucker met death to-
gether when the millionaire made n
third attempt at crossing the CONT
nert without stop. They crashed
into a canyon during a storm.
Tucker, with Arthur Goebel Of
Dole race renown ut the controls,
set n transcontinental nonstop rec
ord in August by flying from Los
Angeles TO New York in ls hours and
IS minutes.
The crossing OF the Pacific from
California to Australia with an
American ~monoplane and two Aneri-
a n in the crew OF four constituted
the years greatest over-water flight
ard revealed the possibilities Of
scientific navigation and radio COM
munication in long oceanic flights.
Fly TO Australia
Capt. Charles Kingsforth Smith,
Charles Ulm. Capt. Harry w. Lyon
and James Warner made up the crew
who wrote their INT into Pa
cific flight history by crossing %
Australia. 1857 miles. in SO hours
and 10 minutes elapsed time.
While n score Of new names were
written into the most spectacular
chapters Of aviation history during
the year, the name Of Americas hero
OF heroes. Col. Charles A. ~Lindbergh,
never faded from a position OF prom
inence.
While the more spectacular flights
have added zest to popular interest
in the years aviation history, the
steady growth Of regular mail. pas
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members Of the crew OF live which
will DO aboard the ship tomorrow
morning, Hans y. Adamson, an OBJ
server representing Assistant Secre-
tary OF War Trubee Davidson and
two newspapermen made the test
flight.
Adamson announced the planes
motors would consume Approximate
" $50 gallons Of gasoline daily dur
inr its flight, and the ships two
attendant planes would deliver sup
plies, food and messages three times
daily. Twice n day 800 gallons of
gasoline will b taken on. ard once
$50 gallons will Be supplied. The
ship will cruise ne 10 miles mn hour
in the flight designed BY the army
70 test the life OF motors and en-
d~urance Of aviatcrs in sustained
flight.
Catwalks have been fitted on the
ship for Staff Sergeant by w.
Hooe. ~mechanician, who will en-
dcavcr 10 repair minor motor trou-
bic during the flight. TX will take
more than one disabled motor 70
force the plane down.
The other members or the crew are
Major Carl SpAtz, IN command.
Capt. Ira A. EGkcr, L~ieutenants vi.
A. Halvorsor and Elwood X. Cues
ada. pitts. Staff Sergeant Roy WI.
Hooe. m~echanician. The crew IL un-
der orders to continue the flight IN
III the motors or men give out.
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FoLD

Editor).
h.-(P-
|ening list
kutical in
most phe-
brothers
flight only
yversary year
hts both east
Atlantic, the
Pacific D. Aus
first nonstop
Brazil. IL also
rho stop of the
round-the-orld
new records for
across the conti-
Md west.
yrplane was reapinr
yfrships and particular
held an important place
rs record Of pioneering
pements.
Eraf Zeppelin Scores
sny's great new commercial
lie, Graf Zeppelin. built and
I'd by Comm. Hugo Eckener. com
Eed a round trip from Friedrich
Eafen. Germany, to New York. II
marked another milestone in trans
y oceanic airship travel and demUn-
strated airworthiness, although dam
aged by a squat in midocean.
The year also witnessed one Of
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GROOM PLANE
FOR LONG HOP
Ship Starts Effort on
Tuesday to Remain
Up 800 Hours

Los ANGELES, Dec. 31.-lPl-
Final grooming or the army's tri-
motored Fokker airrlane Question
Mark was planned at the Metropolf-
tan airport here today preliminary
to its takeoff at 2 q. n, tomorrow
in an attempt to break the worlds
refueling endurance flight record or
so hours, z minutes.
Flying for the first time over the
full course to be followed in the at
tempt 70 stay aloft 500 hours or
more. the Question Mark moved up
"a the scene OF the takeoff in n
1855 mile flight from Rockwell field
at San Diego.
Two pilots ard mechanism,
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senger and express routes through
out the country deserves an import
ant place in the years achievements.
The American Air Transport asso-
citation, representing IL Of the larg-
est airplane operators, reports more
than 1o,o0o,0o0 miles flown on the
regularly scheduled routes through
out the country.
Lowering the air mail rate In
August from 10 cents 10 five cents
for the first ounce resulted in I'm
increase OF about 120 per cent over
the regular volume OF air mail ard
necessitated a vast expansion OF air
mail facilities.
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$25n.000 FOXES PARADE
EDINBURGH-Siiver foxes worth
S250,000 arc on exhibition at the
Waverley Market.
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DELANEY KAYO
Being PROBED
Rumors That Sharkey
Victory Was Shady
Being Heard

NEW YORK. Nav s-(P-Jack
Delaney's 73-second knockout defeat
by the Boston sailor. Jack Sharkey.
is 90 undergo a thorough scrutiny by
the New York State Athletic Com
mission.
Rumors that the fight was not ION
the level" and that Delaney had not
properly trained have led the boxing
fathers 10 start an investigation that
viii bring drastic action should n
evidence Of wronE-doing be uncover
ed.
Managers Of the two boxers scott
Ell AZ the persistent reports that
the bout was not ION the UP and up."
James A. Farley, chairman OF the
commission, revealed that before the
fighters were called into the ring
at Madison Square Garden Monday
night. he had instructed Lou Mag
nolia. the referee. TO inform Sharkey
and Delaney they would be thrown
out Of the ring il there was anything
wrong with their actions.
"All I heard before the fight"
said Farley. were the same rumors
that 2 lot of people heard. 7 instruct
ed Magnolia when ne called the
80 aAfAN ~ ANt center OF IUe IINE 10
tell them what / had heard.
IL told him to say that il there
was anything wrong with their ac-
tions. both would be thrown out ~
the ring. I haven't seen Magnolia
since the fight. ! assume he obey
ed orders"
Delaney was at MS pounds, hts
best fighting weight. and IN as good
condition as he has ever been. He
was simply hit on the chin as n
other fighter might be-" Delaney's
manager said.
said Johnny Buckley. Sharkey's
pilot:
tit seems "a nc that the only
thing wrong with the bout was that
Sharkey fught as he X capable Of
fighting and Delaney was knocked
out. ! think il is silly 10 say the
fight was not waged on its merits.
| know 50 far as Sharkev and nv
self are concerned. everything was
strictly on the level
Promoter Tex Richard said:
II failed 70 see anything wrong
Rather | saw Sharkey in ono OF his
greatest exhibitions Of fighting abil-
ity and ring fury
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Runners Start
On Sixtieth Trek

LINCOLN. ILL.,. May 2.-(P-It was
= 33-mile trek that faced Charley
Piles transcontinental runners to-
day. Normal, ILL.,. being the sixtieth
control point calling them.
Harold (Red) Grange. the foot
ball player and ex-iceman. remained
here to start the n footmen forward.
Pyle having gone ahead to arrange
night controls. Since departure Of
guiding genius Of the worlds
longest competitive foot race. Grange
has been kept busy combating at
tempts through legal channels to
balk the caravan.
They've been tossing attachments
at me like forward passes" Grange
said. "The chief difficulty with
them was they were off-side when
the ball was snapped. The race II
going on regardless of all interfering
actions"
Peter Gavuzzi. the bearded Eng
hshman. increased his lead yester-
dav when he walked and ran the BIG
miles from Springfield in 3:52.24.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-02
Local Baseball
Teams Prepare

a lively practice session between
the American Legion amateur base
ball club and the high school nine
was held Tuesday afternoon on the
high school diamond.
The high boys made = ereditable
showing by taking the long end 81
the score IN an easy going gait.
This session was held to prepare
the two teams for hard N over
the weekend. The high BOYS are "
tangle into Harlingen in their lair.
The legion club moves an to LyforI
10 take on a team that has designs
on the 1000 average boasted By the
locals.
These games give evidence Of be-
ing among the best 70 be played by
local teams. The high boys will ~
trying to climb higher in, the sea
sons average after being eliminated
50 far a. tht Valley title is con-
cerned.
The legion club will be striving to
maintain its perfect percentage in
the face Of an attack which last
Sunday netted the Lyford nine IL
hits.
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holds the worlds indoor half-mile
record &c 1851 2-5.
Phil Edwards, great negro star,
American trained by an Olympic rep
rcsentative Of Canada.
Seraphin Martin. French sensa-
ton, conqueror OF Peltzcr and cred
tied with the fastest s0O-meter time
Of the past season, 1:52 4-5.
Here arc five run1ars all capable
or doing the $500 IN 1852 or bet
ter, a mark that has been beaten
There may he other ~contenders. in
Guiding Raw Conger and Raw Watson
Of the American brigade. but the
spotlight will be on the Big Five.
Certainly this is the greatest as
sembly or half-milers for any race
since the 1912 OlymDics. but the
competition may be no more thrilling
than il was in the epic 800 final
at Stockholm 16 years ago.
That was the last time America
captured this feature Of the Olympic
program, but the Yankees made a
field day Of it by putting six out
Of eight men in the final and finish
ing 1913 az Ted Meredith. the lS-
year-old ~schoolbov. beat Mel Shep-
pard and broke the worlds record.
Swedish athletic sagas are writ
ten around that spectacular struE-
gle which ended with four Americans
and the German star. Braun, sep
arated hy only seven-tenths If a
second IN n d~ime-novcl finish.
"As soon rs the pistol Vas fired.
runs the official story, sheppard az
once threw himself forward and led
AZ an unheard-of pace. with Meredith
and Braun a. his nearest men. Shcp-
Dard's time for the 40e meters was
50 % seconds. he then still keep
ing the lead. When the bell rang.
Sheppard was still leading. with
Meredith close behind him. On
leaving the last curve, Sheppard still
lay first. but now Meredith came
with his squirt which brought him
nearer and nearer to the leader. For
a moment it looked very possible
that Braun would get TO the front,
but he did not succeed. probably
mostly On account 81 the pace given
70 the finish BY the phenomenal
final squirt made BY Sheppard and
Meredith. Davenport came on. too.
IN the last five meters. and then
Braun was run OUT. lie lost his
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AS ruth Gets
Fifth HOMER
Senators Drop Eighth
In Row 8 to 5 and
Athletics Defeat
Boston Crew SIS
tBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The American league race so far
AZ il concerns the New York Yam
KEGS and Washington Senators
seems to have resolved itself into a
personal duel between Babe Ruth
and Bueky Harris crew Of pitchers.
Ruth cracked out homer No. 3, n
triple and two singles off Marberry
and Van Alstyne at the capital Tues
day, and the Senators took their
eighth consecutive beating, 5 To B.
Connie Mack's Philadelphia Ath-
letics kept pace with the title-hold-
ers by beating the Red Sox at Bos-
ton. . to 3, stretching their winning
streak 70 seven in a row.
Cleveland retained second place. a
step ahead Of the Mackmen, by TAX
ing a 4 to 3 battle with the st. Louis
Browns.
Sixteen hits. seven OF them dou-
bles, allowed the Detroit Tigers %
bury the Chicago White Sex under a
/ to ) score.
BY scoring their second straight
win over Brooklyn. 4 TO =, the New
York Giants moved into first place
IN the National league race, a half
game ahead Of the Dodgers.
Grover Alexander was subjected
to a terrific barrage as the Cincin-
natl Reds beat the Cardinals at st.
Louis. 6 10 g..
Carmen Hill turned IN another
fine performance at Pittsburgh as
the Pirates beat the Cubs again.
4 TO 4.
Bunched hits off Walsh and Mil
Ter gave the Boston Braves their
second straight win over the Pills,
; to 3.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-02
Valley Telephone Men
Holding Regular Meet

Employees Of the plant department
of the telephone company in the
Valley are holding regular Employe
association meetings the first Thurs
day In every month in Harrington.
The Valley branch is part Of the
Corpus Christi Employees association
chapter. but in order to avoid long
trips. the local employees hold their
meetings in the Valley.
The association is an organization
10 discuss problems arising among
the employees and a general get-to-
gether affair 70 promote good fellow
shin among employees toward the
public.
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HOW LEADERS
ARE STANDING
CBy THE ASSOCIATED pREssn

(By THE ASSOCIATED PREss)
Including Games Of MAY ID.
- National
Battiag: Grantham. Pirates. .45i
Runs: Frisch, Cardinals, Is.
Runs batted in: Bissonette. Rob.
ms; Frisch, Cards; Grantham. ri.
rates. Is.
Hits: Douthit. Cardinals. so.
Doubles: Brown. Braves, :.
Triples: l.. Waner. Pirates, A.
Homers: B~issonette. Robins. A.
Stolen bases: Frisch. Cards. q.
Pitching: Blake, Cubs, won :
lost o.
American
Batting: kress, Browns, SIT.
Runs: Ruth, Yanks. 10.
Runs batted in: Meusel. YankS. 20
Hits: Gehringer, Tigers; j. Sew.
ell, Indians, %.
Doubles: Meusel, Yanks. Q.
Triples: Regain, Red Sox. 4.
HomerS: Ruth, Yanks. 8.
Stolen bases: Barrett, Whit
Sox. 5.
Pitching: Pennock, Yanks. won 4
lost o; Uhle, Indians. won 4. lost q
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Bluffs OUSTED
FROM TOP BY
SPUDDER GANG
First Plac In Texas
League Is Battle
Ground of Houston
And Wichita Falls
tBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,


The battle for first place in the
Texas league betwe IN the Houston
Bluffs and the Wichita Falls Spud-
ders continues apace. After a days
absence from il. the S~pudders jump
ed back into first position Tuesday
when they defeated the Bluffs, s to
8, and won the last game and their
only one Of the three-game series.
The Spudders started things N
the first inning by getting two runs
and built up a substantial lead BY
a~nnexing two more in the fourth,
while Cvengros twirled excellent
ball and kept the Bluffs from scoring
during the first three frames. The
Houston ~sluggers got busy in the
fourth, however, picked up a run in
that inning and another in the fifth.
n drove Cvengros from the mound
in the seventh. Rushed into the
fray, ~Steengrafe silenced the Buff
guns, save in the ninth, when ne
yielded M run.
Continuing their winning streak
that has reached three games, the
Fort Worth Panthers COPIED a
freakish contest from the Beaumont
Exporters, 8 to 2. Both teams scored
all their runs in the first inning.
but after Ruel Love had been re-
Ieved in that frame by Ad Holz-
hauser for Beaumont, and Denny
Burns seemed TO get his bearings.
the game was comparatively well
played.
BY r~allying for five runs in the
eighth inning, the San Antonio
Bears took a game featured BY
hard hitting all around from the
shreveport Sports by a 10 to 5 score.
The Sports started like a house afire
IN the first frame when they count
ed twice, but found Hinkle and Watt
hard TO hit thereafter. The Bears
started in the third with four runs.
and sewed things up with their
eighth frame scoring orgy.
A la~te-inning rally likewise won
for the Dallas Steers over the Waco
Cubs, z 10 6. Entering the ninth a
u behind, the Steers won the game
when Mulvey's single scored Cling
lardi and Morse. the former Of
whom had walked and the latter Of
whom had gotten on base through a
muff of his grounder.
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PLANES AID BIOLOGISTS

OTTAWA, Ont. Up Biologists
formerly wasted rs 20 so per cent OF
their time exploring unpromising
areas, but now aerial surveys have
largely banished this loss, says A. VI.
Norraway, assistant director Of topo-
graphical surveys. Canadian airmen.
N%arroway says, have led the world IN
such work. In the past five years
they have mapped out 100000 square
miles Of hitherto unexplored terri
tory.
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Ry ALAN ]. L

NEW YORK, tP-Barring some
unforeseen developments between
now and the first week or August
the fleetest array Of middle dis
lance runners in track history will
toe the marks for the final Of the
Olympic S00-meter race a. Amster-
dam.
Picture the prospective struggle Of
speed, courage and resourcefulness
with these five stars alone in the
final:
Douglas Lowe, long striding Brit
ISL stylist and present Olympic
champion.
Dt. Otto Peltzer, lanky German
who holds the worlds record for
both the half mile and 500 meters.
az 1:5i:3-5.
Llovd Hahn. American ace who
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stride and was within \ hairs
breadth Of being beaten out BY Cald-
well on the very post. Meredith won
the race BY half a meter from Shep-
pard, who was only a hands breadth
before Davenport. Mered.th's time
Tor the half mile CSOi IL meters)
was 1852 is.
Sheppard was thus baked BY a
narrow margin from accomplishing
what no Olympic champion has eve
been able % do-reneat his victory
in a track race after a four-year
interval. PEERLESS Mel' had won the
300" at London in 1908. ~outrunning
LunChi Of Italy and Braun Of Ger
many. IN the then worlds record
time Of 1852 rs. and was the favor
tie in 1912.
Meredith's mission in that race
was 70 push Sheppard and give the
veteran as much pace as possible.
Ted not only did this. but had more
kick" at the finish than Mel.
THAT" Meredith now recalls, was
the greatest thrill az my career. i
was just a kid then and over-awed
by even making the final with these
stars. | just got going well and
didn't realize until II was am over
that 7 was travelling faster than ever
before in my life"
America and Britain have monop-
lized the Olympic $500 Each ma
ton has won the event four times.
Since the war England has been SUI
preme. In 1920 a. G.. Hill. the Sc
ytar-old Briton. beat Earl Eby, the
American ace. by barely a yard.
Earl was coming strong and might
have won but for being blocked mo-
mentarily in the stretch az Hill
swerved over. w 1924. Douglas
Lowe. a picture ot smooth running
motion. ~outlasted a great field.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-02
Civic Clubs To
Pay Cards Fee
AT Grid School
Especial 70 The HeraldO

HARL1NGEN. May 2.-Three Har-
lingen civic clubs, the Rotary. XII
wants and Lions. will join in paying
the tuition Of the entire Harrington
high school football team to the
Mann-Campbell football school which
will be held here June N to Is.
This announcement was made Wed
nesday, after preliminary action had
been taken By committees and some
Of the members Of the clubs.
The schol is TO be conducted BY two
of the most famous football players
Of the past few years, Gerald Mann
and William :. Campbell. and a large
number of Valley people arc expected
10 attend.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-02

Mile. Suzanne Lenglen. interna-
tional tennis star. was educated In
Nice. France. She won the national
net championship of France in 1918
and held ii until 1928. Mile. Leng-
len regained il in 1925. She was
Olympic champion in 1921.
In 1926 Nile. Lenglen turned pro-
fessional and toured the United
States.
She has broken into the news again
with the report that she is 20 marry
an American millionaire.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-02
snn-MFTER CHAMPIONS

NEW YORk. IFT-OIympic 500.
meter running champions and their
times:
1s96-Flack. England. oil.
1sO0-Tysoc, England. 2:0i 1-5.
1904-Lightbody. U. s.. 1856.
1906-Pilgrim, L. s. 2:0t Is.
190s-Sheppard, II. 81, 1:51 10.
1912-Mcredith. ". ~, 1851 9-l0.r
1g2O-Hill, England, 1853 2-5.
192i-Lowe. England. 1852 2-5.
FOlympic record. Worlds record,
1851 SIS. BY Dr. Otto Peltzer. Ger
MANY.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
TUESDAYS Results

Cleveland a. St. Louis 3.
Detroit 10. Chicago 8.
Philadelphia 5. Boston 3.
New York 3, Washington ;.
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st. Louis at Cleveland.
Detroit at Chicago.
New York nj Washington.
Philadelphia at Boston.
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EXCTSE IT. PLFASF

BOSTON. %Pi- Telephone users
in Boston give the operators 10000
wrong numbers a day, the telephone
company says.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
tuesdays Results

Pittsburgh 4. Chicago /.
Boston ,. Philadelphia 2.
New York a. Brooklyn 2.
Cincinnati 6, St. Louis 3.
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Wichita Falls S. Houston s.
Fort Worth 2. Beaumont ?.
Dallas q, Waco g.
San Antonio 10. Shreveport
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GeTN12NU

Have a bdA at perhaps the greatest crop Of hfmhr the world has eve. seen All four are to toe
the event since the war and has tied the United States in DaIv victories
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Wednesdays Schedule

Cincinnati az St. Louis.
Chicago at Pittsburgh.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Brooklyn az New York.
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~ RESIST oUAKEs

HOUSES RESIST QUAKES
MESSlNA, Sicily. -tP)- SiciIians
are giving thanks for ~quake-proof
houses. Designed after the disas-
trous tremor Of 1908. they withstood
equally severe shocks Of March z.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-02

Houston at Dallas.
Beaumont at Shreveport.
San Antonio at Fort Worth.
Waco at Wichita Falls.
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Aggies to Have 3
Tough Saturdays

COLLEGE STATION. Tex, Oct. 10.
Three hard games in n row on
the next three consecutive Satur-
days compose the Texas Aggie grid
iron schedule for the remainder Of
October.
The Centenary Gentlemen from
Louisiana will invade Agcieland Sat
urday for what is expected to be
one Of the most difficult Of non
conference games. Last year the
Gents were undefeated and turned in
victories over several Of the strong
est teams Of the South. The T. G. U.
Horned Frogs will come to College
Station for the Aggies' next game
and the treatment the Horned
Frogs have accorded the Aggies in
recent years promises to make this
game Of more than usual interest.
The Aggies have failed 10 register
a victory over the T. {. u. eleven
in the past three years although
they have won two conference titles
in that time.
Then will come the Aggies' jour
ney to Fayetteville. Ark, where
they will meet the University Of Ar
kansas Razorbacks. Last year the
Aggies were victorious over the
Porkers on Kyle field and the Ar
kansas eleven will be primed for
revenge.