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Talking Version of
Musical Comedy Hit
Opens at Two Shows
THE CAST

HE CAS1
jim Crane Grant Wither5
Doris Ward. Betty Compson
Mae Ellis. ....... Gertrude Olmsted
Professor. James r. Kirkwood
Mrs. Davis. ...... Vivian Oakland
E6rs. Winter. -. Gretchen Hartman
Mrs. Parks. Irene Haisman
Ward. John Davidson
Radio Announcer. Gerald King
Butter and Egg Man. Bert Roach
The newest type Of Vitaphone
screen entertainment, a musical
comedy adapted from a famous
stage success, THE Time, the
Place and the Girl" by Frank r.
Adams, VIII Hough and Joseph
Howard, opens an engagement at
the Capitol in Brownsville, and the
! Ritz theater in Weslaco today. This
Warner Bros. attraction is des-
tined, in the opinion Of this writer,
to Surpass the stage production in
popularity. It has an all-star cast
OF singing and talking principals
that is ample guaranty of first
class entertainment. In addition,
it has the tuneful score composed
by Joseph Howard and such Hough
and Adams lyrics as Honeymoon"
which swept the country at the
time of the musical conedy's popu-
larity.
Vitaphone again proves itself a
flexible and colOrful medium for
bringing the human voice to the
screen in this new Warner Bros.
film musical production. The voices
of the principals are clear as a
bell in songs and dialogue and the
Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra'S
rendition Of Joe Towards music is
altogether delightful.
Grant Withers as Jim Crane, the
college gridiron hero, who becomes
a bond salesman and is used as a
catspaw by a New York broker to
sell worthless stock to a number
OF society Wonen who are crazy
about the young man, gives one OF
his finest Characterization. Betty
CompSon is the wife OF the broker,
In love with Jim Crane, who
threatens for a time to steal him
away from his college friend, Mae
Ellis. She gives of the brittle,
sophisticated characterizations iii
which she has Won new fame un-
der the regime Of talking pictures.
Gertrude Olmsted is pretty, SYM
pathetic and acts well as the COL
lege friend Of the gridiron hero
vince devoted love he overlooks II
favor Of the adulation of wealthy
Long Island matrons. But when
Jim gets into trouble, in both love
and finance, it is Mae who helps
him out and in the end he sees
where true happiness lies.
The other three Of the quartette
of society women who pursue Jim.
are acted BY Vivian Oakland, Cret-
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CONPLTMFNTED

Ranks of the borrowed have been
especially large Of late, including
Mary Doran. Jack Oakie, John
Boles, June ColIyer, Neil Hamilton,
Myrna 10y and a score or SO more.
To be borrowed. Of course, is usual
" a compliment-it means a player
has something that a rival company
needs and is willing to pay for.
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chen Hartman and Irene Haisman,
while John Davidson is the broker,
James r. KirkWood the college
professor. Gerald King and Bert
Roach complete the cast.
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WANTS TO DIE IN PRISON

LIVERPOOL-Mrs Mary He'd
den, who served many years in pris-
on for stealing, has requested that
she be sent back there to die. She
is 70 years old.
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FAMILY IN SINGLE GRAVE
-GLASGOW.-Robert Gurran, his
wife and three children, all victims
of pneumonia, were buried in q
single grave.
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GHOST TRAGEDY

DUBLIN.-Playing ghost" as a
joke on his neighbors, Michael Ro-
gan was shot to death.
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LIGHTNING BLINDS GIRL
OTTUMWA, Ia.-Lightning
struck the home Of J. G. Cotton
and destroyed the sight Of his
young daughter.
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Brownsville Skeet
Club to Have Shoot
Again on Sunday

The Brownsville Skeet and Rifle
club will hold its second shoot at
0 a. m. Sunday on its range just to
the rear of the Buena Vista Gem
etery to the left on the old Point
Isabel road.
The club held its first shoot last
Wednesday and a large gathering
Of the new members attended. With
a goal Of 40 members, the club now
has we'll over 80 enrolled.
Harry Richardson and Bob Wade
are temporary officers and are aided
by Frank Armstrong. treasurer.
When the membership is raised to
20, a regular election will be held.
The new club is a non-profit
making organization and members
are charged only the actual cost OF
shooting, officers state.
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BLUE LARkSPUR TOPS ~3-YEAR-OLDS IN ARLINGTON RACE
Billiard Tournament
Of ElkS Set For Start

Elk u artists will begin their
assault on Ernest Fernandez, de-
Tending title holder, Monday wheE
the summer billiard tournament
gets under way. Twenty Of the
Elks have entered the competition
which will continue until Aug
uSt IL.
A committee, headed by Robin
Pate, has worked out handicapS
and schedules which have been
posted at the billiard room of the
club. The ~billiardists have been
split into five groups for the pur-
pose of establishing handicaps. The
first ranking group is composed Of
George Bell, Jack Rowe and Ern-
est Fernandez. They will have to
give the following handicaps: To
group two, 25; to group three, 80;
to group four, IS; and to group
five, 40.
Group two is composed of Charles
WEIGHS, Jim Fox, Robin Pate, r. p.
White, Harry Richardson and
Charles Reid. They get a Is han
Qlcap from group one ana give the
following handicaps: To group
three, 5; to group four, Is; and to
group five, 80.
Group three has the following
players: M. w. Corey, VIM. Craig,
Joe Cobolini, Victor Nelson, Manuel
Cisneros, and Wilbur bennett.
They get handicaps Of 30 from
group one, and five from group
two. They will give handicaps of
10 to group four and 20 to group
five.
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The fourth classification lists
Sam Hughston, j. M. Stein, Jack
Mickle, Jim Farr and Homer Fitch.
They get h~andicaps of 25 from
group one, Is from group two, 10
from group three, and give is
points to group five.
The last group of players includes
J. B. Pickett, p. H. Houis, Floyd
l.. Smith, Robert Ernst and S. B.
Groves. ThC get handicaps Of 10
from group one, 30 from group two,
20 from group three and Is from
group four.
Play will get under way Monday
with the following matches carded:
Craig-Fitch, Bouts = II ughSton,
Smith-Ernst Fox-Fernandez, Rowe
bennett, Nelson-Pate, Cobolini-
CisneroS, Corey-Butler, Grove
Reid, White Richardson, and Puck
ett-Mickle. The tournament will
continue each day afterward until
Aug. Il.
Cups will be awarded the
straight billiard winner and the
handicap winner. Prizes also will
b give for the highest run in one
inning. for the one who completes
run of so billiards and for the one
making the most billiards. This ar
rangement gives the lesser players
a chance at the prizes.
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and they are c%entering their atten-
ton on the Point Isabel trophies.
There will probably be four events
for outboarders: Glass B, IA to 90
cubic inches displacement engines;
Glass G, 20 to 80 inches d1splace-
ment; a free for all, and a Surfboard
race. The races will probably be
over a six mile course and run in
two heats which would give spec
tators plenty of racing for their trip.
Surfboard riders would not be al
lowed over three spills.
Possible entries from the Valley
are Glass B, George Leonard's
Half Pint II" and Baby Boot
logger IL" Miss Olmiton, belonging
to Harry Richardson, and Myrick's
craft now at San Benito. Glass G
possibilities are: Leonard's Half
Pint H. and Baby Bootlegger II"
Miss Olmito"; Ohio Browns BLACK
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SPORTS TALK

Valley Sports have taken a sudden
boom. Donna captures the ssate
team skeet championship. Browns
vile organizes a second skeet club
Yacht and cupboard races scheduled
ut Point Isabel next Sunday
Brownsville ElkS' billiard tourna-
ment opens Monday. Golf tourna-
ment opens at country club Sunday
Open season on whitewings is just
over the way. Amateur mines clash
ing with regularity. HorseshoW
about due at Fort Brown. Prize
fights scheduled at Rcynosa next
Sunday. Football chatter begins
rolling off fans tongues. All in all
it looks like a busy session just
ahead.
II is doubtful late Saturday
night whether the baseball games
scheduled for Sunday could be
played due to wet grounds. If
Old Sol comes out from behind the
clouds early Sunday morning the
LEGAL diamonds should be in shape
for play, however. The Palmer
Hatters have chosen the Mission
1880 nine again. They will clash
in a twin-bilI. morning and after
noon, on the Palm Courts diamond.
The scrappy Yanks, all-stars from
Fort Brown, decided to try their
hard on the Pentagons. They will
tangIe on the Harlingen diamond
at $3.50 p. m.
1t seems a bit queer that the
P~entagons should choose to play or
the Harlingen diamond. Author
ative sources, nevertheless, give out
a plausible reason for this. The city
Of San Benito is said to the
only diamond within its confines
The city asks a 40 per cent cut or
the gate receipts. Prestoi The
P~entagons play in Harlingen where
they do not have to divide the
purse.
The Pentagons continue to
strengthen their lineup. Rub
Der" Campbell will more than
probably be seen cavorting around
the hot corner Sunday after a lay
off Of two weeks due to an injured
ankle. Another hurIer, Brady.
has been added. He comes from
Pontiac. Mich, where he made a
rep with his screwing curves and
smoking fast ball. Brady will have
to show plenty of stuff to beat out
Wallace, Aggie frosh star, has
heen hurting = fine brand Of hall
lately. Dick slw'vs IS dependable.
Ernest Fernandez. defending bill
lard title holder of the Elks club
will have to flash excellent form tc
beat out the sharks in the tourna-
ment TO open Monday. George
Bells educated cue is being favored
to dethrone Ernest The committee
on the tourney has formed handi-
caps and generally arranged things
in a manner that will give all COM
peting a fair chance at the prizes.
If working out handicaps in all
cases we're rs easy. as it was for
the billiard tournament, Geo.
Desha and other members of the
Brownsville Country club golfing
ccmmifte would rest easier in
their he1s. The ~o~ra;ttea has
heen seekine t. establish golfing
hahdicaps for well over a year
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and its efforts have netted it little
more than nothing. A special "a
hole tournament has been ar
ranged for the purpose Of obtain
ing these handicaps.
Without these, tournament play
is severely hampered.
Rough guesses at handicaps re-
suit in unfair advantages and dis
advantages.
John Coffee, Valley game war
den, warns gunners that white
wing season does not open until
Aug. 8. Quite a few hunters have
been miSled by their hunting Ii
censes which state that the reason
opens July /. AT the special 5es-
sion Of the legislature an crer-
gency measure was passed raking
the season open Aug. 8. 1t was
therefore not possible to change
the dates on licenses already IS
sued.
WhiteWingS are now said to be as
far north as Beeville whereas they
have never before gone beyond
Raymondville. Coffee ascribes this
northward migration to early shoot
ing during the past two years. IN
der normal conditions the bird;
come up from Mexico and nest alone
the Rio Grande in the Valley sec
ton. Their nesting season spreads
over several months. There are nov
young birds almost ready to fly an6
there are also unmatched eggs ir
the nest. Shooting should be de-
layed at least until Aug. 8.
Coffee is strongly opposed to
shooting deer with shotgun. He
would have il made against the
law. Many deer MANNED by buck
shot escape the hunters only to die
later in the brush. They crawl off
to die from the loss of blood. Many
Of their wounds are infected by
worms and they succumb from
shots that are not necessarily
fatal. Coffee believes the sport
ing thing to do would. be to u.s.
rifles exclusively.
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ENDS AHEAD
OF ALL FIELD
Wins Race Against Great
est Gathering of Three
Year Olds In History

CHICAGO, July 13.5(Pl-Blue
1arkSpur, Col. E. r. Bradley's great
colt, the son Of Black Se-vant-Blos-
som Time reignS supreme as three
year-old champion Of the American
turf.
With $4,000 spectators cheering
him to victory, he won the 100000
American classic at Arlington park
today, debating the greatest field
of three-year olds brought together
in one race in a decade. The race,
at a mile and one-Quarter, was run
over a heavy, difficult track in the
slow time of PA is.
Blue Larkspur won by five lengths,
with Live Oak, a son Of Master Star,
which races in the colorS of the
Rosedale stable, second. H. P. Cart
ner.S Clyde Van DuSen, son OF
Man O'War which triumphed IN
the Kentucky derby, was third, three
lengths back of Live Oak, Walter
j. Salmon's DR.. Freeland, the preak-
ness winner, was fourth. Rose OF
Sharon, former Sen. j. N. Camden's
heavily played favorite, pulled up
18th in a field Of IA starters. F. A.
.Grabner's Windy City, winner OF
the American derby at Washington
park a month ago, finished twelfth.
The race was worth $50 900 to Col
onel Bradley, Lexington, KY, sports
man,
Blue Larkspur rewarded his back
ers in the So mutuels with $7.40 to
win, S4.74 to place, and $3.50 to
show.
BY winning the classic, blue Lark
spur earned the unquestionable title
of three-year-old champion OF
America.
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FOXX HOLDING
AMERICAN LEAD
Slump Leaves Him ! Point
Ahead of Field; Grove
Tops Hurlers

CHICAGO, July 13.-(P)-Jimmy
Foxx of Connie Mack's Philadelphia
Athletics still led American league
batsmen after II weeks of the
championship campaign, but by a
margin of only one point over Hez-
zie ManUsh Of st. Louis. Unoffi-
days games reveal that FoXX had a
mark Of 1896, a loss of IA points.
FoXX experienced his worst week
in nearly two months, and of all
pitchers in the league it was against
Lena Blackbourne'S hurlers that the
Athletics first baSeman faded. FoXX
invaded Chicago with a mark of
.416 and left IS points shy of that
figure. Manush added eight points
to his average to 60 into second
place with .395. Others in the first
ten were: Fothergill. Detroit, 1886;
Lazzeri. New York, 1866; Cochrane,
PHILADELPHIA. 1855; Miller, Philadel-
phia, .361: Simmons. PHILADELPHIA,
$50; Heilmann, Detroit. $50; Falk,
Cleveland, .357; Fonseca, Cleveland,
.356..
The experience in Chicago, where
they dropped three out of four
games, helped to prune three points
from the Philadelphia team aver
age. The league leaders still led
however, with 300. one point better
than Detroit. The Tigers passed
the Athletics in runs scored, hav-
ing crossed hostile plates 504 times
this season. The AS had held op-
Moments m Q0E rI,nc
The leadership in team fielding
was a Joint affair with Philadelphia
New York and St. Louis tied al
.975. Cleveland accomplished six
double plays during the week
bringing its total to 81.
Bob Grove. Philadelphia ace
stepped out and got back the two
defeats charged against him a week
ago and topped the regulars with Il
victories and two defeats. George
Blaeholder Of St. Louis won one
came and brought his mark to II
triumnhS and three losses. while
Rube Walberg Of Philadelphia los
one for a mark Of u wins and -four
defeats. In the 90 games in which
he had worked Grove had a strike
cut collection Of los.
Other leaders: Runs batted in
Simmons, Philadelphia, IS. Hits
MauUsh. st. Louis. 126. Home runs
Gehrig, New York, %. Triples
Miller, PHILADELPHIA, IL. Doubles
Gehringer. Detroit. 80. StoIer
bases: Gehringer, Detroit. and Cis-
sell. Chicago. IS. Triple plays: New
York and Chicago. one each. Team
home runs: New York, Y.
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Pirate at San Benito; B. Brooks
craft at Rio Hondo; Robert Green
lees. Century Kid" at Mercedes:
and at Harrington, Miss Harrington"
Miss Reese Wilmond' and Hot
Pup"
There is a possibility that several
fast crafts from Corpus Christi will
enter the competition. Cupboard
racing is particularly active at that
port.
There is no restriction as to hulls.
Leonard's "Hell-a-Poppin'" is a
favorite to capture the free for all
Tt is a new Penn-Yan double
stepped hull powered by a 32-horse
power Seahorse. 1t is expected that
this craft will skim the waters al
close to 10 miles an hour. It is ia
be tested during the coming week.
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HERMAN TOPS
NATIONALLOOP
Robin Smuggling Away At
1893 Gait; Grimes Leads
Pitchers

NEW YORK, July 13.-tP-Babe
Herman is making the running this
week in the race for National league
batting honors, but with the stretch
only a few weeks off other and more
easily recognizable faces are peer
ing at the leader from not far in
the real The Brooklyn slugger has
a mark Of 1898 for 70 games. with
Frank O'DoWd of Philadelphia in
second place on .379.
The averages were issued today,
including games Of last Wednesday,
Other leading regulars: Terry, New
York, 1863; Generously. Pittsburgh,
1854; Klein, Philadelphia. $50;
Traynor, Pittsburgh, and Hornsby
Chicago, 1858; F'risch and Hafey, St.
Louis, 1855.
Unable to find a place among the
topmoSt batters, young Melvin OFT
of New York nevertheless leads in
three highly valuable endeavors in
runs scored with 80; runs batted in
with SO; home runs with q.
The youthful giant has been I'M
able, however, to lift his mark
above. 327.
While advancing, through the
melancholy at the flag end Of a pen
nant-wrecking Cardinal slump, to a
personal triumph in home run hit
ting, Jl Bottomley Of st. Louis
tied a record of no less a person
than Babe Ruth. In five success
sive games against the PhillieS from
July 5 through July 9. The Car
dina1 first baseman punched seven
home runs over the handy right
field wall at Baker Bowl. The Babe
hit seven in five games at the Polo
Grounds in 1921. He might have
hit II had he been playing at Ba-
ker Bowl.
Bottomley's spree sent him into a
tie with his teammate, Chick Hafey.
and Chuck Klein of Philadelphia
for second place in the National
league home run derby. Each has
p. Hafey also leads in doubles
with &c.
Bill Terry shows the way in total
hits with 121, while Lloyd Waner
Of Pittsburgh is out in front with
II triples. Xxi Cuyler Of Chicago
leads in steals with 26.
The portly and familiar figure of
Burleigh Grimes overshadows the
rest Of the pitchers, but Guy Bush
of Chicago is making a brave eff
fort to match the Pittsburgh spit
baller. stride for stride.
Grimes has II and lost one
for a percentage of SAB. and has
pitched 156 innings and IA complete
games. Lucas Of Cincinnati also
has started and finished Is engage
mentS. Bush has won II and lost
one for GIT in "a games, nine COM
plete.
Three clubs are above 300 in bat
ting. with the PhillieS back in the
lead at 81. The Pirates are next
with 1903 and the Giants third with
.307. The Giants lead in fielding
with .974, n point more than the
Cubs.
famed three. Up once, no hit, no
chance.
Cedric burst. Yankees from Beau
mont, pinch hit Er Hoyt, forced
runner, scored.
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Judge A. w. Cameron, commodore
Of the club, has ordered special
equipment for conducting the races
including special flags, starting
gun and timing apparatus. A COM
mittee composed Of D. E. Currier,
Alfred Lissner, Hurt Batsell, Clyde
Tandy and Judge Cameron will
handle the races. George Leonard
will handle the arrangements for
the motor racing.
The trophy for the sailing races
is a silver cup presented to the
Point Isabel Yacht club by the
Port Isabel company.
Three races will be sailed this
summer for the cup.
These races are the probable fore
runners of a regular annual event
and considerable interest is being
evinced among the outboarders.
Heretofore they have had no reg
ular vent for their racing instinct
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BRITONS WIN IN
DAVIS CUP MATCH

BERLIN. July 13.-tP-Rallyir-
after two unexpected setbacks, Bri-
fish Davis cup forces debated Ger
manv today in the doubles match
Of the European Davis cup zone
final round competition.
The crack British pair, /. @. Col
Inns and J. G. Gregory, beat the
German combination. DR.. H. Kleins-
croth and DR.. Keinz Landmann, GA,
6-2, 60.
Germany holds a lead Of two
matches to one in the series and
to win neds only one victory in
the two remaining singles matches,
scheduled tomorrow.
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Five new catboats have been en-
tered in the races to be sailed at
Point Isabel on Laguna Madre
July q and a special racing COM
mittee is preparing a program Of
fast cupboard races for the day.
Two racing courses have been laid
out on the bay north Of the Point
Isabel Yacht club which is spon-
soring the day Of water sports. One
course is in the form Of a six mile
triangle to the left of the city with
n base parelleling the coast. This
will be used for the catboats. The
cupboard boats will make several laps
paralleling the coast where they can
be easily seen. All races will be
visible from the high banks On
North Shore Drive without spec
tatorS leaving their cars.
Members Of the Yacht club NAV
see the races from the roof garden
Of the club house.
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NJ AND N
TO TANGLE SUNDAY

The Brownsville Yanks are
scheduled. to take on the San Be-
nito Pentagons at $3.50 p. m. in
Harrington Sunday.
The Yanks, who have broken
even SO far, are composed Of all
star players from Fort Brown. They
have been working out during the
past week and their manager re-
ports them in fine fettle for the
San Benito PoWermen.
Dick Jeffries is slated for mound
duty for San Benito. Schafner will
get the call for the Soldiers.
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PORTLAND PLAYER is
o L A

MISSION HILLS COUNTRY
CLUB, Kansas City, July 13.-(P-
Don Moe, Portland, Oregon, won
the Western Amateur Golf cham
piOnship this afternoon, defeating
Gilbert Carter, Nevada, Mo, l up on
the 37th green.
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YOUNG TOPS SKEETS
WITH SCORE OF o

Dave young topped the last shoot
of the Batsell-Well Skeet club with
a % out of a possible %. Young
only shot one round.
Jimmy George and Fats" Mark
ussen each achieved 225 and Bob
Wade broke 81 in his only attempt.
Markussen also broke II with a .410.
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A track team from Oxford and
Cambridge will compete with Yale
Harvard and Princeton Cornell in
July.
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famed three. Up once, no hit, no
chance.
Cedric burst, Yankees from Beau
mont, pinch hit For Hoyt, forced
runner, scored.