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

TALK
Speaking Of baseball

tested tilt by a score Of 20. Pun
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 er-
rors behind him by the Mercedes
fielders. The Pentsgons wer guilty
of only one miscue. All in all. both
teams played heads-up ball and the
fans got a real treat.
ROGUE Beefsteak) Padron, star
for the Brownsville Tigers last
year. performed c~reditably behind
the platter for the Mercedes az
gregst.cn. He handled Pumarejo's
Giants nice'y and in addition
slapped cut a bingle. Toward the
end Of the season last year Pad
ron performed In the snangleS Of
the Brownsville Legion nine.
champions Of the Valley. He
seineI them out behind the plate
in the championship game be-
tween Brownsville and McAllen.
Mersky, Brownie twirl~r. held the
Macks to one slim hit in this
co1test. "Ham" Hamberlain"
"old man" Of the McAllen team,
obtained the prize blow.
The Pentagons' lineup shows
some well known Valley baseball
talent. Look 'em over: Taylor. Da-
Wis, Weimeyer. j. B. Lawrence, Gar
rison. j. Lawrence. Wallace. Glenn
ents. Moncus and last but not least
OK" 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 HUSKY
like Bishop Clements. "Bish,"
despite his many avowals never
to don a glove again. is reported
as agreeing TO guard the keystone
sack for the Pentagons. lie will
need no introduction to Valley
fans. In his younger days he
performed on the miracle" San
Benito nine. Since he has played
rrcfe SIGNAL tan in the Texas
league. international league. Tex
as association. Valley league and
others. He managed the Browns
vile club in the Valley loop.
Dish" Is a demond fielder but
Is inclined TO he a bit weak with
the stick.
The Harrington 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 20 a. m. Espinoss
probably will be on the hillock fol
the Red Ants in the afternoon
game. scheduled for $3.50 o'clock
Guerra. who famed II HarlinEer
batters in a previous contest. viii
be on the mound for Falfurrias In
n Of the games.
Two former Beaumont pitchers
are wag.ng a neat little tiff for
strikeout honcrs in the National
league. They ere Pat Malone with
rs 20 his credit ard Carl HubbeIl
with Al. Hubbe'l has won six
and lost two. while Malone has
won seven and dropped four. Two
Robin twirlers arc their nearest
competitors in strikeouts. Clark
with 60 and Dazzy Vance with 81.
Although the jig seems 10 be ur
with boxing. several battlers are
continuing to train here. PATSY
Peck Of Mission and Bob Hlnojoss
of Brownsville are working out eact
night in a gymnasium located ever
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 at tbs
improvised gym. Peck is preDar-
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 tie
card.
Cups won at the last Fourth Of
July water carnival here are now
on display in the Batsell-Wei
window. Outboard motor konors
we're carried off by George Lson--
ard and Santos Ceyanes. Robert
Sexton manned Leonard's crafts.
The surfboard event was cap
tured by Rosita Ceyanes. We don't
remember whether she role n
surfboard or not but feel certain
that she deserved TO win.
Tucker bowl presents a strangc
sight now. We were out looking 4
over Monday afternoon. There
was no life in view except a few
birds. Two sprinklers we're In
operation. This was in strong con-
trast to It's appearance during tn,
football season. Colorful it was
WIFI 4dAS JOSliIls dLAu pCttlc-llcCh-
ing their way through the entrance
and then spreading out fanwise Il
the bleachers and grandstand. The
band and snappy pep squad Of high
school girls were missing. Oar
Barnhart wasn't out there shout
ing encouragements to his line.
Thnra -.rm .I.-ty of -1~-,~~
there. however. They were about
the sire Of humming birds and
had the temperament Of hornets.
H. r. Hall. county attorney. /:
figuratively champing on the bit tc
get back into action on the country
club links after several golf-less