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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
N MIGHT FAIL
THO WILLIE WINS

PITTSBURGH. Jan. 7.-tP,-Ben-
ny Leonard. Pirate hockey club ewn-
er. IS not the only pugilistic celeb
rty who has turned 60 hockey.
Willie Richie. who preceded Leon
ard rs lightweight champion. owns
= club in the coast league and plays
goal.
Benny was asked why he didn't
take an active part in hockey. and
he answered:
You sec. Richie was one Of those
fighters who went into the ring and
could give and take it with anybody.
With me il was different. | went
into the ring to give, not take. and I
was pretty good at avoiding EN- bv
duckirg. Now. il I went into the net
and a fellow let loose with a terrific
drive it's only natural that | would
duck. What would result? Plenty
Of goals"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
LEGAL ~ADyERTIsEMF IT

OFFICE or THE COLLECTOR or
CUSTOMS. Port OF Brownsville.
Texas, December "a. 1928 Notice is
hereby given that on December FL.
1928, there was seized near Blue
town, Texas. for violation CT Sec.
500 Tariff Act 1922 aud Sec.
3069 RS. from Carlos Garcia. one
Ford Coupe. motor No. l4L55452. and
from Jose ortegs and Jesus Huerta,
one Ford Sedan. Meteor No. fiisSssL.
Anyone claiming the above described
automobiles will file claim with ne
within twenty 500 days from the
date or this s~Jtice: otherwise ! will
sell the automobiles az public NC
tion az the U- ~ ruxtornshouHe.
Brownsville. Texas. on Hondsy,
January IA. 1920. nj M O'clock y. n.
William NcaIt. Dy. Collector.
i7--f-5i-7-5t-5z5T
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
West Texas League Is Enlarged To Eight Clubs
Nporhstory
-
ON THIS DATE
Monday, January

1s97-Emory Eigney. American
league shortstop, born in Galveston,
Texas.
l90s-Jimmy Gardner defeats Joe
Wolcctt in IL rounds at Boston.
lgl0-Ad Wolgast and Jimmy
Burns fight 10 rounds TO no decision
at Los Angeles, Cal.
i9l1-Luther Mccarthy knocks out
Watt Adams at Culbertson. Mont.
lgi6-Frank Moran KNOCKS out Jim
Coffey in 9 rounds at New York.
I92O-knockout Brown and Joe
Chip fight 10 rounds 10 no decision
at Detroit, Mich.
l92I-H. 5. Marine, Of Chicago,
bowls a 800 game.
1927-Chiek Gandil, former White
Sox first baseman, is quiZzed at Chi
cage during an investigation Of a
Chicago-Detroit series in 1917.
ls2s-Thc Army and Navy break
off football relations.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
ACCIES GET
GOOD COACH
Bell Is Youngest In
Texas; Starred At
Centre College
Especial TO The Heraidl

COLLEGE STATION. Tex, Jan. z.
Recent announcement BY the A.
e. NJ. athletic council OF the sclec-
ton Of Madison CMatty) Bell. head
football, lean the acquisition BY
the Aggies OF one OF the youngest
major coaches in Southwest circles.
Bell, q native Texan, will be 30 years
old in February. Well known in
Southwest circles BY reason or his
record in coaching the Horned Frogs
Of 7. &. u, Bell will come to A. e. NJ.
with a rich store or coaching expert
encc behind him.
Biblc, who announced his resigna-
ton recently TO accept head athletic
membership at Nebraska. will take
over his duties with the Cornhuskers
next Sept. J.. On that date Bells
connection with "A. & NJ. will become
formally effective.
Bell will come to A. & NJ. a. r
fessor and head Of the department III
physical education and head football
coach the same role ~ that filled
- tAnAN. AAt HNeL carries Aaet4+tA
membership and contemplates per-
mancncy or office.
The new Aggie coach is a Texas
product He was born On 4 ranch
near Seymour. Baylor County, FeE
p, 1899. His parents moved To For,
Worth when he was a youngster and
he played high school football on the
North Fort Worth high school team.
being a team mate OF 'Bo" HcMil.
Ian. He entered Centre College. Dan.
vile. Ky. in 1916 and graduated in
1920. He lettercd four years az Cen
tire IN football and basketball. wa,
c~antain of the Praying Colonies "
1918 and was also captain OF the
Centre basketball team. He and Nc.
MILAN we're together At Centre foi
three years and were team mates or
the Centre grid team during thai
time.
Bell coached the Haskell Indians In
1920 and 1921 and was coach at Car,
roll College, Waukeshs. Wis, in 1922
He went 10 T. G. L. in 1929. Durins
the last four years. the Frogs under
Bell have lost only games.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
AGGIES ARE TO BEGIN
QUINT YEAR TUESDAY

COLLEGE STATION. Tex. Jan. z.
Coach Chuck Bassett's Texas Aggie
cagers will swing into action in che
first conference game ~ their 1929
schedule Thursday night. Jan. 10. mt
the a. a Nj. Memorial Gymnasium
when they meet the Rice Owl cagcrs
Of Coach Pug Daugherity. IL will be
the first conference tilt for both
quintets and will be the fifth game
for the AgGies In seven days. They
met the Sam Houston Teachers at
College Station Friday and Saturday
and the Southwestern University Pr
rates at Georgetown Monday and
Tuesday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
Suggest Guards
Be Eliminated

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. T.-FT-If
the football rule makers wish 70
speed up the game and make scoring
more frequent. lawson Robertson.
trainer at tho University Of Penn
s~ylvania and head coach VI. American
Olympic teams. suggests tho re-
moval q the two guards.
There arc too many men on the
field now" he said, "and I would
suggest dropping the guards
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07

Last year the West Texas league.
a new venture in many respects. was
a going concern. The expansion Of
territory to include Eastiand and
Sweetwater to make IL an S-club cir
cult, makes the league more com
pact.
The West Texas league is run. as
the Valley league IN the making \.
proposed to be operated this season.
Nine rockies graccd the roster of
each club in the West Texas circuit.
Each club had at its head a playing
manager OF experience. Many play
ers were sold to higher
Most of the clubs realized neat prof
ITS from the seasons operation. and
not a club lost money.
J. McAlestcr Stevenson. er-presi-
dent Of the league, created a furore
IN the circuit last season when he
demanded that several rccalcitrant
managers, bent upon winning. be
made to account for tactics. which
he considered unlawful, insofar as
baseball laws were concerned. The
president won his noint-when the
salary limit and rookie rule was OBJ
served by Abilene and San Angelo.
San Angelo won the pcnnant. and lost
70 Palestine or the Lone Star league
for the Class j. championship Of
Texas.
The Valley amateur league or 1926
had payrolls Of $4,000 TO $4,000 On
most Of its clubs. with no protection
10 the services OF its players. Had
the Valley been in organized ball.
u " pointed out ~ fans. practically
every club would have been n self
maintained outfit. This season. with
the Valley in organized ball. and a
salary limit Of. say fans. $500 "a
$1,000 u should be a going propo-
sition.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07

FORT WORTH, Tex. jar. 7.-Pi-
More than fifty coaches are said TO
he under consideration for the posi-
tion Of football coach az Texas Chris
tian University here 70 replace Mad
sion Bell. who resigned 70 accept d
similar most at Texas A. q NJ. colleES.
Dan ID. Rogers Of DalI.-. member
~ the board Of trustees; Milton
Daniel Of Breckenridge. head OF the
n. G. u. Ex-Studcnts Association. and
u. c. Wright. athletic director OF
7. c. L.. met yesterday 70 discuss the
prospects.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
q = . n n u N q N u = u
>PORTS FORUM
By Bishop Clements

Death has taken away from this
earth one OF the eountry's outstand-
ing citizens in his profession
sports-bexing. Tex Richard died
Sunday morning At : O'Clock, in Flor
ida. just after he had completed n
big arena. now being used as a race
track, and which will be used to
stage the Sharkey-Stribling fight on
February p.
The man who promoted the great
est prize fights the world has ever
knowu-and successfully, too, 70 all
concerned; the promoting head Of
Madison Square Gardcn-loSt his last
battle TO the grim reaper. Tex Rick
ard was n man with a heart. lie
stood ~ his friends. some az whom
were sometimes wrong, IN difficult
ties.
Richard was a native Texan. He
started life as a poor boy-an adj
%Venturer. a p~rospector. lie reached
tho highest rung IN the boxing fra
%ternity. BY him, more than anyone
else, the fight game was put on a
clean. business-like basis. Hello.
Kid" was the greeting last week
Jack Dempsey had for his friend
when he entered the death cham
Der. II goes to show that Richard
vas one of the boys. Wealthy IN
his " right, a man Who could cas-
lily nve with the monarehs Of
the world. he never forgot his boy
hood chums, whether they be rich
or poor, educated or ignorant.
II is easy 20 say nice things about
a man after he has gone-but the
good that man does follows after
HIM" Tex Richard had carved =
niche for himself and the boxing
fraternity that stamps him as one
OF the finest characters that ever
strobe upon the American stage
over which float the Stars and
Stripes.
Fred Johnson. our good friend Of
Mercedes. q stalRart Valley citizen.
Va 4 baseball booster. and hopes the
! Valley will have organized ball this
lyear. He says:
at would certainly ~ = great
thing IL the Valley could have or
ganiEed baseball. It's to BE- hoped
the fans will avail themselves Of the
opportunity. Not only could We de-
rive volumes or publicity from this
source. but II VIC had the right kind
Of an organization. some AZ the lar
ger minor league teams and even
major leagues. could be induced to
train In this section.
"A few years ago. Mercedes had
IN opportunity 20 secure a National
league club. They wanted a soddy
inficld. a club house with showers.
an " which could have been pro-
vided. Bat the hotel requirements
fnr 70 10 loo people could not ~
hal here AZ that time. 80 that chance
was passed VI. It's going to take
united effort aud the usual Sacri-
flee from the baseball loving public
20 get these things. together with
plenty of newspaper publ city. The
Valley raPcrs. ted ~ The Herald.
have certainly been generous With
their columns, TO sports in general.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
CLARENCE
MITCHELL

Clarence Mitchell. one or the few
remaining spitball pitchers IN the
big leagues, probably has had
arm than any other moundsman
arm than any otehr moundsman.
His 'soupcr" began to trouble him
back in 1910, and n has been
working under this handicap ever
since.
In spite or this and his long
years Of service. Mitchell turned in
4 fine record with the Cardinals
last season. Although he lost nine
games. n more than he won,
nearly all Of his defeats we're well
pitched games.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
Hogs and Frogs
To Mix Tonight

Fl. WORTH. Tex Jan. TO
orr ~ an impressive start with a
pAir Of victories over Southern Meth
odist University last Weekend, the
Arkansas University hasketecrs were
here today for the first 81 . two
game series with the Texas Chris
tisn University Frogs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
SWEETWATER,
EASTLAND IN
LINEUP NOW
Keeble Is Elected To
Presidency of Fast
And Thriving Class
d Baseball Loop

SWEETW AFTER. c X,
Jan. 7.-(F)-With the adj
dition Of Eastland a d
Sweetwater at a meeting Of
league officials here yester-
day, the roster Of the West
Texas League was brought
TO eight clubs. Other teams
in the thriving circuit are
Big Spring, Midland, Abb
lene, San Angelo, Lubbock
and Coleman.
w. X. Keeble of Abilene
was elected president Of the
league to succeed j. McAles-
ter Stevenson Of Abilene. J.
A. Johnson Of Midland was
named vice president.
Ii was decided TO omen
the season OF 1875 games May
/. Salary limit for each
club per month was set al
$4,000. exclusive Of mana
gers salaries.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07

Mrs. Catherine Evers has filed suit
for separation from Johnny Evers.
who will serve rs field leader for
the Boston Braves this season. The
case. filed in Troy. N. ". charges
abandonment. The Evers have one
son. John. Jr.. a student at George
town University.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07

and these efforts certainly deserve
commendation from the fans"
United effort i right. Fred.
We believe that what's good for
one Valley town il good for The
other and vice versa. An organ
iked baseball league down here
this summcr would Just about set
the Valley off 10 a flying start in
many respects. II would he n fol-
low up in its progress. And az the
hotel accommodations arc a. good
and plenty large n elsewhere. what
Is needed at present are baseball
parks. The sOddy infield. the club
house with showers. II doesn't
cost much TO build n club house
along with the park. And now u
the time Ca get things started
the season is drawing near.
Q. n. Boston and Billie Burnett
have started the ball rolling. Taking
a day from their business. these
two fellows spent Friday going over
the Valley in efforts 20 ret the diff
ferent towns in lire for The baseball
season. They made progress-and il
Is UP 10 every citizen who wants
baseball 20 show the Messrs. Boston
and Burnett they arc with them. and
appreciate their efforts. which. they
are receiving no compensation Shat-
ever.
And Q We 70 back 10 Mr.. John
son, who. in his letter. tells rs: eat
one time in ancient history. I was
sports reporting for a certain paper
IN a north Texas town. which at that
time was a member Of the old Texas
Oklahoma league. Some funny
things car he seen from the COOP
and J have a keen recollection OF
some weird plays pulled III them
days one Of which was four errors
hy the same player On one hattcd
ball.
This happened about 1914. IN 4
game between Paris and Denison.
One Brooks was third basinE a Ia
Nick Altroek for Dcnison. who also
had = oailow youth named Rogers
Hornshy doing the short stopping.
Dick Kerr and George Harper we're
members or the Paris aggregation.
On this particular day. Bugs Daniels.
whose life time batting average was
approximately : hits. was hurting for
Paris. Tame the fatal seventh with
Bags a. bat. Tic hit a slow roller TO
Mr. Brooks. who PLAYED tao with the
ball sll owe the north side of the
infleld; error No. j. Greatly pcevcd
Mr. Brooks saw Bugs trundlin- into
first. ard he threw the bali some %
feet over the first tascman. where
upon Mr. Daniels tore out FOR see
end which he reached safely and
contaF ucd or towards third. Error No.
,. The first hsSeman retrieved and
fired the ball back 70 Mr.. Brooks 10
head eff the slow moving Bugs.
Brooks vss rather rceved and i'm
Hatsert. and in his hurry dropped
the ball. and Bugs rounded third.
Error Ne. ,. Bugs. in his haste 20
make his name immortal kept ~ t.
Ear1s hare. 81 this time. Rrool !
bad worked UP 4 fine lSther and cen
sidsra HE Ire. ~ ~ finally located
and scOoPsd ~ ths elusive pellet
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07

Joe Jenkins, veteran catcher. has
asked the Newark club 70 place him
or the retired list as a player in or
der that he might accept a Job as
umpire in the Western league.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07

which he fired with great abandon
n the general direction Of home
plate. The ball landed high up in
the erandstand. and this was error
No. I. In the meantime. Babe Pee
bles. the Denison manager. was re-
curing the services of the two water
boys and a physician"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07
3RD Base IS
YANKS ONLY
BIG PROBLEM
Dugan Gone, Robert
son May Obtain Hot
Sack; Rest of Nine
Is to Stand

Note-This is the first Of a Sc
rIes Of stories dealing with mid
winter prospects Of major league
baseball clubs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07

The samc ball park has housed the
Paris teams since 1914. IL was re-
ported last summer that a new park
would be built for this season. and
Paris fans Of later years take great
pleasure in relating funny happen
ings on the same field Of 1914 in
the past few years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07

Mr.. Johnson remembers when
Hornsby was playing his first pro-
f~essicnal ball, and says;
The year that Rogers Hornsby
broke into professional baseball. he
was only III years old. He was a
member ~ the Hugo. Okla. team Of
the old T. & o. league. and on the
Fourth of July. Hugo surrendered its
franchise. For an obligation previ-
ously incurred. Paris had an option
On any player on the Hugo club for
5000. when the club blew. PARIS
halted between choosing Hornsby and
Workman. an o~utfielder. the choice
finally being made Of Workman. and
Dcnison picked Up Hornsby for $50.
who finished cut tie season. but was
sold by that club to St. Louis. His
cAcer Is history from that point.
Horrsby. IN he minors. Gas a fiashy
fielder. hut a weak hitter. his aver
age being considerable beloM the
charmed circle"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-07

Tailored BY
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
BRAIN TESTS

These intelligence tests are being
given at most of the leading UNIVERSE
ties. Study them, try to answer them
and If you can't or are doubtful, refer
to the correct answers. This will give
you a slant on your mental rating.
Go through the paragraphs given be-
low. Whenever you come to a group
of words in column form cross out the
! words that are incorrect.
| Example: A dime is twenty cents
| thirty
| penny.
and is less than a nickel.
dollar.
Cross out twenty and thirty"
| also penny" and nickel"
| Allow three minutes for all the para
graphs.
% When one faces the setting sun
midday
north,
he is turned toward the south, on lis
west,
north,
right is the south, on his left the
west,
north east.
south and behind him the west.
east north.
Asia
(2l The United States of Africa is
America
empire
kingdom
one million
of more than two hundred billion in
three trillion
habitants and which has seaports on
Atlantic
the Antarctic Ocean. 1t is bounded on
Indian.
west Mexico south
the east by Canada and on the east by
north Panama west
Mexico.
Canada.
Panama.
Fish rivers
90 Crocodiles live in the lakes and
Whales oceans
tails, mammals
have legs, yet they are reptiles and are
horns, crustaceans
sometimes nearly one hundred yards
rods
in length.
Answers to the Above Tests.
The correct words are: Cd Setting,
west. north, south, east. (2) America,
republic one, million, Atlantic. north. |
Canada, south, Mexico. 80 Whales, |!
oceans, tails, mammals, feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07
] A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK| ssl
BY HERBERT c. PLUMMER.

there she is again-Mrs. William E.
Borah, the vivaciouS wife OF the Sena-
tor from Idaho on her regular visits to
the physical and mental cripples OF the
World War confined in the military
hospitals of Washington.
vivacious Mrs. Borah.
Mrs. Borah never fails to make these
three visits each week. In rain or shine.
in heat or cold, she devotes three after
moons every week to these disabled SOL
diers. She Is the only woman in Wash
ington who visits these veterans so reg
ularly, and certainly one who has never
tagged in her effort to make them feel
that their country has not forgotten
them.
She is not the type one Is 50 accus-
toned to find doing such work. She Is
far from the serious minded, fearful in
dividual. Quite the contrary. She Is
one Of the brightest, cheeriest and wit
tiest women in official or unoficial
Washington. 1t Is because of this that
these disabled men eagerly await her
visits each week.
Mrs. Borah is noted particularly for a
trigger gift of repartee. The story
Is told that she was on shopping tour
one day with a visiting constituent.
Her guest was impressed by the number
of men of foreign appearance who so
often bowed and tipped their hats to
the wife of the chairman of the Senate
foreign relations committee.
Are these men all diplomats?" the
visitor asked.
mo, my DEAR" Mrs. Borah replied,
they are Washington walters"
On Fishing Smacks.
President-elect Hoover's ability to
catch fish aboard warship furnished a
bit Of amusement in the Senate the
other day during heated debate on the
cruiser bill be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-07

way to the White House during the
past six years. Portraits of the Presi-
dent and First Lady have not been the
least of these gifts. Artists and organi-
cations alike have been generous.
Too Many Portraits.
Disposition of things like crystal bowls
is comparatively easy matter. A
painting of ones self, however, is diff
Coolidge think so. They are opposed
to the idea of storing such possessions
in an attic or cellar
Yet, if they return to the modest
home at Northampton. which appar-
emily Is their plan, there is no place for
all Of these paintings. It is simply out
of the question to take all Of them
along.
There is a place ready for one por-
trait of each.
Custom has decreed that the retiring
Chief Executive and First Lady leave be-
hind painting of their likeness for
the presidential gallery in the White
House. Two portraits each of Mr.. and
Mrs. Coolidge now hang from the walls
of the Executive Mansion.
Those to be left behind have not
yet been selected Congress, at the end
of each administration, appropriates
money for the purchase of these OFF,
cial portraits, and the selection Is left
to the President.
Mrs. Borah as Benefactor.
CHANCE by the Walter Reed Hos
~ pital some afternoon the first part
If the week. You will see an automo-
bile drive up. woman get out laden
with magazines and packages and dis
appear within.
An afternoon in the middle of the
week. if you are at the Mount Alto
Hospital, you will witness the sams
thing.
And if you are at st. Elizabeth's Hos
pital along the latter part of the week