Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-22
Sports Chats
With -
Hal Eustace

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high IS bordering over the advisa-
hi Of cancelling the Maroons
ear; cas- game scheduled with
Beaumont. Under the present line
I'D, the teams are programmed 70
clash in the second game OF the sea-
son at Beaumont. Benny is a STRAIT
egist who knows his football. He
does not want to peak the Maroon
SQUAD for the second contest Of the
year. Hitting a fast stride at this
stage Of the game almost invariably
reacts on an eleven toward the mid
die or last Of the season.
Local fans are inclined TO rate
Austin as the greatest obstacle TO
the Brownsville Eagle squad. Al
though Strickland is coaching his
first Tear at the capital city and
does not know his squad. he is ex-
pected to throw a scare into the title
contenders. A state championship
would not be at all surprising for
the Maroon gridders. They have two
stellar performers in Parigi at cen
ter and Graves at end. Graves IS
one OF the best high school wingmen
in the state.
Robstown. Corpus Christi. Main
Aven We. Breckenridge, Alan o
Heights and Brownsville are to play
the Maroons. The Eagles play at
Austin Nov. %. Brownsville is not
cutting much Of a swath In the early
season tanning bees. Speaking Of
the games scheduled by Austin. a
capital city scribe said: -Four are
sure to be tough. although some
think that Brownsville will not go
quite so we'll when they step out
into the Glass A competition. vet
nothing car be taken for granted"
And he may be taken at his word.
The Eagles cannot be expected to
mop up in the Glass A division as
they did in Class B last year. The
competition is just naturally tough
er acd the Eagle team has not
changed to anv great extent. II
Coach Doug FesSenden were able
to Jockey his club into winning half
Of its games this season. Ii would be
a successful year. But YOU would
have a hard time convincing the
average Brownsville fan Of that
feet. Thew drank the heady wine
of overwhelming victories last year
and are back to revel at the lip OF
the same Gun again. The AVERAGE
fan is expecting too much from the
Eagles.
A boxing match was held in Dali
lar Wednesday evening and the cops
die . interfere-in fact. they aided
in handling the crowd and general
" facilitating matters. Mickey
Kelley o%utpointed Charlie Currens,
both lightweights Of Dallas. Four
prelims also were STAGED. Wonder
where Guvner Dan Moodv's BUSH
whacking rangers were? The fight
was in the order of a Club" affair.
1t was staged for the employees OF
a company and their friends. Here
tofore. these Club" affairs felt the
billystick Of John Law. This bout
NAV set a precedent that will be
followed over the state.
Agitation for the return Of boxing
is. reaching a high pitch over the
state. Galveston fans are banding
themselves together to seek repeal
Of the anti-boxing law. Doubtless
some action will be taken at the
next session of the legislature. The
psalm-singers and the boxing fans
will scramble Ears when this fight
on the right to permit fighting be-
gins.
Boxing Is no more brutal than a
half dozen other sports. Wrestling
is twice as brutal. A man playing
football sops up about as much pun-
ishment as a prize fighter. Row.
ing sets a killing pace. Tennis sets
a fast pace. II il is crookedness that
they object 70. why don't they do
something about wrestling? Wrest-
ling Is permitted. The major por-
ton of all wrestling matches are
framed. Thew have TO be to draw
the crowds. Put two good men in
the ring absolutely on the square
and you'll see a slow Juggling eXhi-
bition which the fans would walk
out on. Frame 1t and see a slam
hang. rip-Snortinr limb-tearing af-
fair. This will bring the fans back.
Wrestling matches were held
here about a year ago. A big Swede
and a German put or several bouts
at Fort Brown. They staged a
''grudge" firht that appeared tx
tremely realistic. Even the harden
ed ton serceants were velping 9hout
the brutality OF the thing. They
booed the Swede and called him a
"hig Scandinavian bone crusher.'
with several other appendices that
would not do to print. But juva-
riahlv the much beaten IN little
Dutchnan led the Swede out 10 the
center of the ring and slammed him.
The fights we're obviously framed.
But even then the brutality was
there.