Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-21
Sports Chats
With -
Hal Eustace

THE HARLlNGEN nigh ScnOOl
Cardinal grid aspIrants were caned
together Tuesday afternoon by
Coach j. A. CDutch) Rektorik. The
Red Birds had a season last year
that could not be called highly sue
cessful. They got off TO a bad start
and never fully recovered. With
Rektorik, former Aggie star. In the
coaching harness. Card fans can
rest assured that only lack OF ma
terial could cause a poor year.
Even with green players. Dutch
knows how TO get the maximum
from them. He knows when 10
coax. when to scold and when TO
keep quiet. Handling Of boys IS one
of the hardest things required OF
A coach. The players have to ike
their mentor personally and have
confidence in his ability. Other
wise there would be half-hearted
play afield.
Dutch is getting his squad off TO
an early start. He expects TO put
his pigskin hustlers through prac-
tice session today. Most OF the
Valley squads will begin unlimber-
ING the mental and muscular kinks
about Aug. Is or q. The RAY
mondyille gridders. under the guild
ance Of Capt. Beatty McCharen,
also are getting away to an early
start soon. The Cardinals are ex-
pected to concentrate their efforts
in pointing for the opening game OF
the season with the BROWNSVILLE
Eagles. The Eagles have entered
class "A" football. whereas the re-
mainder Of the Valley teams are
still in the "B' classification Of the
interscholastic league. Naturally,
the remainder Of the Valley would
like to see the naughty Eagles
humbled. Harrington will be the
only one OF their number to get the
opportunity to do so. They will DO
their best. The Cardinal game IS
a hangover from a previous con-
tract. 1t was a matter of forfeit
500 or play. the way we under
stood it. The contest will be held in
Harrington.
The Valley teams have several
new coaches this year who should
put snap and ginger into the tus-
sles. Bud" McCallum. former v
Of T. star, has been Sioned IN the
Kingsville Javalinas. Dutch Rex
torik bv the Cardinals. Brady Rey-
nolds by the San Benito Grey
hounds. Brownsville has a new
coaching staff member IN "Caf'
Surtees. There have been some
other changes but manv OF the old
favorites are back. Doug" Fes-
sender. most successful coach IN
the Valley last wear again will be
Az the helm Of tho local Eagles. AL
OF the Brownsville athletic wise
acres are due back on Seck now
Resides Surtees end FeSsenden-
there are Soc" Plato and Red
Irvine.
AND NOW comes water polo. This
section got its first taste Of this
snort last Sunday at the Point Isa-
bel regatta. The fans took to II
as we'll as did the neaphvte players
Smith Runnels of Houston. n oi
the best cupboard racer in the
Southwest. played a portion Of the
game. He was so elated with the
sport, that he plans 10 organize a
team in his home town. RunnelS
also stated that he would bring his
SQUAD here for a contest in the fu-
ture.
Point Isabel players IN planning
to continue the game. and will have
snecially built boats manufactured
Water polo Is extremely hard on
hulls. Several boats were dam
aged Sunday. Paul Cottrell is the
prime mover among the Point Isa-
bel h2o poloists. When the boats
are manufactured. the players plan
to hold contests regularly.
JUST AFTER setting a National
league record by winning 373
games. Grover Cleveland Alexander
has been SUSPENDED for breaking
training by Bill McKechnie. Card
inal manager. Ole Aleck. national
hero. has always been long on
breaking training. That was the
chief reason why the Cubs disposed
Of him to the Cardinals. Well. they