Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05


ID league. is anxious that every fan
in this part of the country attend.
Mission. McAllen. Brownsville, Mer-
cedes. Hariingen. San Benito, will
have representatives at the meeting,
ready TO say yes or no. as TO wheth-
er they will enter the league, reports
IN local baseball circles indicate.
This big boy Schmeling, from the
Deutschland, undoubtedly Is some
mauler. He soeked Johnny Risko
all over the ring at Madison Square
Garden last week, and Is hailed as
the next heavyweight champion.
But don't get i'm a hurry. you fell
lows. history has shown hat it's
n long, long. and hazardous road
10 the championship of any title
A star today may be a bust" to-
morrow. Max may get 10 the top,
but he isn't there yet-he has
made a good start.
1t was bound to come. sooner or
later. gentlemen. Jack Sharkey has
started his annual alibi. This time
il is the Florida weather-"too hot"
As the story emanating from the
Boston Bearester's training camp.
And they 20 on TO say il will "hand-
leap Shsrkey in his coming struggle
with Young Stribling. The only
handicap Sharkey has, and they are
two-a fighting heart and Young
Stribling.
w. G.. whitman and Sam Bell,
Brownsville business men, we're
talking yesterday afternoon on the
subject Of the good old days"
The days when baseball rent the
air in this city; away back yonder
twenty years ago. w. G.. was
general manager Of the Browns
willie baseball team in those days
and Sam Bell was a player-and a
good one. too. Remember the
time We played the Cuban AlI-Stars
a three-game s~eries?" Whitman
asked Sam. "Cubans. nothing" re-
piled Bell. "they were niggers.
And the funny thing we didn't
discover this until the series was
over But boy they could play
ball Nine players, all pitchers,
and stars al other positions"
And then the conversation waxed
hot and Sam had to admit his batting
average for the series was exactly
900. But / am for a league down
here on a self-sustaining basis" Mr..
Bell opined. "If we can have that
kind of ball, that is the one hundred
dollar per month player, and made
a going proposition, then that's the
kind we must start with"
Baseball park In the main hand
leap, say local fans. But they
point out that the field az the
high school may be obtained. They
believe IL can be made into one of
best diamonds in the Valley, and
as the baseball fans were among
the main supporters of the high
school football team this past sea-
son, believe the local school board
would grant permission TO local
fans, who are expected TO be head
ed by Ben Proctor, George Desha
and others In forming a baseball
team for this city, and grant them
the privilege Of playing on Tucker
Field lt IL u fact that IL the school
board would grant this permission
/ this city would be ready 10 enter
the proposed Valley league right
now.
We are glad our old friend, Al
Prince, of Mercedes, is taking a lead
in the formation Of a bali team for
that city. Prince knows the ms and
outs of baseball. and what it's all
about. And especially knows the
workings OF Class u baseball, as
pertaining 10 its rules, etc. MAJ
cedes fans. If they want baseball.
should jump in and lend Prince d
helping hand in every possible way.
And another thing, Mercedes, we
believe, is due to have a clean. hust-
ling ball club, with AL among its
officers.
IF YOU ARE A BASEBALL FAN
ATTEND THE MEETING TO-
NIGHT AT HARLINGEN. PURPOSE
is TO ORGANIZE A CLASS d CIR
CUT IN THE VALLEY.
Since the resignation Of Claude
Rothgeb, Is head coach at Rice In
s~tittuc, Lloyd Gregory, of the
Houston Post-Dispatch, has hired
Jack Meagher. st. Eds coach az
Austin. ms the Owl mentor. That
In. IN you believe the sport writer's
earnest appeal to engage Meagher.
IL was reported from Houston that
R0fhReb was in FL. Worth talking
over the coaching Job at r. C. u.
but we are told Rothgeb was In
the Valley, and spent several days
fishing, and enjoying the land OF
sunshine. Also It. q. u. may hire
Meagher as its coaeh-
Might flip n coin to see which
school gets Meagher. This coin
Tipping business must have been
contagious. Remember. when Port
| Arthur and Main Avenue high school
football teams. ps=yed a tie game in
their i-ntersectional tilt2 A coin was
flung, and Port Arthur won, when
they called the right side up; and
| soon after that Robstown and scme
other little Glass B school were
rained out Of their international
battle. Another coin was Tipped,
and IL was done over long distance
telephone. with Mule Frazier Of San
| Antonio, doing the singing, while
the two coaches were in their re-
spective towns, on a hookup. II
there Is any coin-flipping 70 be d0ne
about Jack MeaEhsr. between +. G,
". and Rice. we hope IL Is done in
the presence of the parties concern
ed. and not over long distance.
IF you are devotee OF the basket
ball garae. and enjoy watching a
crack little bunch Of girls In &C
ton. 20 out 20 the high school
grounds this afternoon, and let
your optics rest upon Miss valen-
fa's high school girls team In &C.
ton against the In Feris girls.
The game Ia scheduled 20 start st
4 o'clock. The Cherry twins will
be in action. ~ will Ruby Bennett.
Walton. Pscheco. Caller and Hughs-
ten