Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-28
CPORTS.


To win eleven baseball games out Of
twelve starts is a pretty good rec
ord for a Texas league team even If
they do start on the down hill run
in the next few days. AT least the
Waco Cubs have one thing that they
can boost Of. They are the only
team in a good many years to
launch out in such a whirl-wind
start.
Since Waco as admitted into the
league a few seasons ago, after the
old Galveston Sandcrabs withdrew
they have made a very good success
along financial lines. Though they
have not copied a pennant, and
only threatened once, they have
been more young ball players de-
veloped and sent to the big show
from Derrill Pratt's bunch than any
other Texas league team.
Among some Of the boys who
went from Waco to the bright
lights are, Willis Hudlin, Cleve-
land Indians; Andy Cohen. New
York Giants; and Art Shires,
Chicago White Sox.
Art Is the chap who caused such a
rucas in the Sox rank this spring.
He went up last summer and fin
ished the season with the Pale Hose.
Because Of his highheadiness,, he
has been benched for the present.
He is a sweet ball player If he will
just come down to earth.
Manager Turner of the Texas
league leaders has realized a neat
sum in sending these bows up. Pratt
does the tutoring and Turner does
the selling.
One reason the Waco club gets so
much for their ball players is that
they are an independent team and
no big leaguers have any string on
them whatsoever.
Swimming is becoming a very
popular sport in some of the
Southwestern schools. IT has even
gone so far that some of the lead
ers in the Southwestern Con-
ference are scheduling swimming
meets.
Like golf, swimming is taking its
place in collegiate sports. but
whether it will eve make a success
is yet to be seen. 1t is an individual
sport and depends entirely on the
persons participating. 1t is not a
crowd drawer and an event in which
few outsiders ere interested.
For the past two or three years
golf matches have been made be-
tween various colleges but about Ill
it interests is those who participate.
Many have been confused over
the changes in football coaches in
the Southwestern Conference.
Their has been so much swapping
this mast winter that it's hard to
keen in mind just who Is coaching
where.
Ray Morrison is the senior in the
conference now He has been coach
ing at Southern Methodist Univer-
sity for a half dozen years or more.
He brought the first football cham
pionship to the red and blue in
1923. Both Texas and S. NJ. U.
were undefeated that year but the
title went to the Mustangs because
Texas had more tie games than
they.
Clyde LittlefieId is remaining
with the Champion Texas Long
horns. He has been head foot
ball coach at the state university
Tor two years and has already won
a football championship. 1t was
the first for the Steers in quite
a spell and it took Littlefield to
do il. He succeeded DolefuI Doc"
Stewart.
Morley Jenning at Baylor is next
to Morrison to seniority. He has
been with the Bears three years. He
is also head baseball mentor. He
lost a baseball championship last
spring by a one game margin to
Texas. At the present time his
Bears are in the thick of the fight
for another horsehide title. He
came from Ouichita College at
Arkadelphia. Ark.
Matty Bell has been a prominent
coach in the conference for a good
many years but snapped positions
this past winter. He was former
" head coach at Texas Christian
University. Now he is the Texas
Aggie's mentor. taking the place
of Dana X. Bible. Bible was prob-
ably n greatest coach Texas has
ever had. He Is the Cornhusker
coach at the University Of Ne
braska now.
Jack Meghre has left the Saint
Edwards Saints to handle the
feathered tribe next fall. The Rice
coach was a visitor to this city a few
days ago. Meghre has a touch as
slgnment but he is capable of CIV
ing the Houston school as good
services as anybody.
When Bell left T. c. o.. the Frogs
hopped e the Red river and took
n University of Arkansas coach
away from them. Francis Scmidt
who did much for the institution up
IN the Ozarks will pilot the Toads
next year. T. G. U. has always had
a good defensive pigskin team but
not any great offense. Scmidt may
put a little into them.
Assistant Coach Thompson, who
helped Scmidt at Arkansas has
stepped into the athletic engineers