Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-11

TALK
Speaking OF baseball


arejo and Moncus showed great
form on the hillock. allowing one
and three hits respectively. Pun
arejo. former Valley league star,
achieved a shutout despite six err
rors behind him by the Mercedes
fielders. The Pentagons were guilty
Of only one miscue. All In all, both
teams played heads-up ball and the
fans got a real treat.
Rouue Beefsteak) Padron. star
for the Brownsville Tigers last
year, performed cretitably behind
the platter for the Mercedes ag-
Fregst.cn. He handled Pumarejo's
Giants nice'y and In addition
shipped cut a bingle. Toward the
end Of the season last year Pad
ron performed IN the s~pargles Of
the Brownsville Legion nine,
chamrions Ct the Valley. He
seine1 them out behind the plate
In the championship game be-
tween Brownsville and McAllen.
Mersky. Brownie twirIer. held the
Macks 70 enc slim hit in this
contest. Ham" Ham5erlain''
"oid man" Of the McAllen team,
obtained the prize blow.
The Pentagons' lineup shows
some well known Valley baseball
talent. Look EN- over: Taylor, Da-
Wis, Weimeyer. J.. =. Lawrence. Gar
rison. j. Lawrence. Wallace. Glenn
ents. Moncus and last but not least,
COX" Higgins. Some Of these boys
could tell YOU many tales Of hard
fought Valley diamond tits.
The lure OF the old game is
Just too much-even for a hus.iy
like Bishop Clements. "Bish,"
despite his many avowals ncve
TO don a glove again, Is reported
as agreeing Il guard the keystone
sack for the PentagOnS. lie will
need no introduction q Valley
fans. In his younger DAYS he
performed on The miracle" San
Benito nine. Since he has played
profe slonal haIi in the Texas
league, Internal ional league. Tex
as association. Valley league and
others. He managed the Browns
vile club In the Valley loop.
'rSish" II a Gemcnd fielder but
Is inclined to be a bit weak with
the stick.
The Harlingen Red Ants have
signed up two games Sunday with
F|alfurrias. The morning game,
which will be pitched by Gene
Snavely. former Harrington high
school football luminary, will gel
under way at - a. m. Espinosa
probably will be on the hillock for
the Red Ants in the afternoon
game. scheduled for $50 o'clock.
Guerra. who famed II Harrington
batters in a previous contest. will
be Oh the mound for Falfurrias In
one Of the games.
Two former Beaumont pitchers
are waging a neat little tiff for
strikeout honors IN the National
IeaRre, They are Pat Malone with
46 TO his credit and Carl HubbeII
with al. Hubheil has won six
and lost two while Malone has
wen seven and dropped four. Two
Robin tEirlers are their nearest
competitors i'm strikeouts. Clark
with e. and DaTXy Vance with 81.
Although the liz seems to be ND
with boxing. several battlers are
continuing to train here. Patsy
Peck OF Mission and Bob Hinoiosa
OF Brownsville are working out each
night In a gymnasium located over
the Coke Feed store on the Mar
ket plaza. They went through sew
eral brisk rounds Monday evening.
Roberto Avalos and Kid Huerta are
doing their stuff each night al the
improvised gym. Peck Is prepaT-
ing for a tentative bout to be held
at Rio Rico next Monday night.
The double Ais, Robinson and
Prince, are said to be planning the
card.
Cups won az the last Fourth ~
July water carnival here are now
on display In the Batscll- Wells
window. Cupboard motor honorS
were carried off BY George Leon
ard and Santos Ceyanes. Robert
Sexton manned Leonard's crafts.
The surfboard event was cap
tursd BY Rosita Ceyanes. We don't
remember whether she rode n
s~urfbOard or not but feel certain
that she deserved to win.
Tucker bowl presents a strange
sight now. We were out looking u
over Monday afternoon. There
was no life in view except a few
birds. Two sprinklers were In
operation. This was in strong con-
trast TO its appearance during the
football season. Colorful it was
with fans jostling and bottle-neck-
ing their way through the entrance
and then spreading out fanwise To
the bleachers and grandstand. The
band and snappy pep squad Of high
school girls we're missing. Oar
Barnhart wasn't out there shout
ing encouragements to his line.
There were plenty OF mosquitoes
there. however. They were about
the sire Of humming birds and
had the temperament Of hornets.
Fl. r.. Hall. county attorney. Is
figuratively champing on the bit 10
get back into action on the country
club links after several rnIf-faSr