Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-21


probably imported into Europe IL
medieval times from the Orient.
Continuing, Webster'S says Of chess
"A game Of pure skill played on {
chesSboard with chessmen, the play.
erS moving alternately until the
king of one is SO attacked that hi
cannot escape"
So that, gentlemen, In case you
are not familiar with the game,
is the sport of sports, in the
minds of those who participate.
Olmit0's players, the Messrs.
Stiiwell and MickIe, have been
challenged, or are, as we have
been asked to Go so, by John
Hunter, champion chess player of
Ell Jardin. John admits that, and
declares he is good, and would
like nothing better than a settO
with his Olmito friends. Bring
on the board.
Out at st. Joseph's Academy
where Coach Mem holds sway, and
| dotes On baseball, there IS a young
man On the third team who has the
makings Of a major league finger
He is Albert Reed, Jr. The young
ster eats and sleeps baseball, anc
IN his own words, knows the weak.
ness" Of every player on the first
team. And the fact Is Albert is q
crack little pitcher for his Is year;
Of age.
Here's a tip: If any Of YOU
baseball fans wan to get a rise"
out of L. &. Winans, of san Be
nito, kinda poke fun at his base
ball club Of 1922, in Brownsville.
Winans' club won about fifteen
straight games, defeating every
club in the Valley, and some ex-
Cellent exhibitions of the national
pastime were played. So it is
going to be a hard proposition
to get by with il. But it has been
done.
In Houston they will tell you tina
Rice Institute is due to take on nev
life in an athletic way, since JacI
Meagher has taken over the coach
ing job Of football. Any kind 0
improvement over Owl grid team
Of the past few years will be vel
coined. They have always supposed
to have had as good mentors a
could be had. Maybe Meagher i
the right fellow in the right place
Houston deserves a football team il
fans can be proud Of. We believe
the Owls will present a much bet.
ter team this coming season.
Joe Dundee, WelLerWeight mon
arch, and once a great fighter, il
suffering with blood poisoning in
his left arm. 1t may mean the
end Of the Italians rnig career. If
reports OF the condition are true.
Dundee was reported to have
signed articles to fight HiIaro
MARTINEZ, Of Spain, III Mexico
City next month, but his mana
ger Max W2xnan, denies that
any kind OF an agreement has
been entered into fer this fight.
tce's manager declares that it
viii be many days before the
fighter will be cut Of danger fro1n
the blood poisoning.
Burt Shotton, manager of the
Philadelphia Nationals, likes HON.
er Peel, the Cameron. Texas. bow
Peel played with Houston last sea
son, being one Of the best outfield-
erS IN the league. "A couple OF sea
sons ago the Texas boy suffered a
broken leg, but he is game, and
came back with a bang! Peel, at
this time, has made the club.
Out lin Laredo they are baseball
"minf as it would be put in
airplaL parlance. The border
city has always been a good base
ball town. Before the proposed
league IN the Valley IS dropped
for lack of enough towns to en-
ter, we are in favor of taking in
Laredo, along with Corpus Chris
u. Then there would be four
towns III the Valley, namely, Nc
Allen, Harlingen. San Benito and
Brownsville. That would make
an interesting circuit.
Kid PanChO, who battles the
Monterrey boy. Juarez, in the main
event OF the boxing card at Fort
Brown skating rink Monday night.
IS working hard in order to be il
Al condition for the ten round go.
rms Juarez sCrapper will be paying
ms first visit to the United States
IN quest Of boxing laurels. He is
coming, backed by a reputation Of
0elng a tough fighter. He has met
the best in that part Of Mexico.
and has some knockouts over well
known fighters Of the states. It's
the fellow with the punch who
draws the cash customers.
Andy Rees, a package Of dyna-
mite, and a great ball PLAYER in
the making, has the inside track
Tor the second base job of the New
YORK Giants Beating another
Andy-Cohen-out of the position
was no easy task. But the bow
from Alabama has Just about ac-
complished that very thing.
a couple Of sports scribes, ,Jiny
fucker Of Waco and Blondy Gross
OF San Angelo. are poking fun Al
each other-that is, at their facial
adornments. You people who have
seen either of these fellows won't
forget what you saw, as neither
would take a prize at a beauty
snow. In fact. thew wouldn't oct ~