Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-27
CPORTS
OFORUM
BY BISHOP

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he Donna high school, has received
he Lone Star league, to pitch fol
hem this season. Darby was with
Waco a part of last season. He wa
star in his high school days, not
My in baseball but in other sports
5 well. A graduate of the San Be-
,ito high school, he is well known
n the Valley. At San Marcos
where he m~atriculated he made a
kreat rep as a star athlete. If he
|ccepts the Trojan offer, he ought
D make that outfit a good pitcher.
When the San Antonio Bears
played Corpus Christi Monday
and Tuesday such well known
Valley players as Clyde Pratt,
Lure Rodriguez and Jesse Pompa
cavorted for the Seahawks. Just
too bad that such an excellent
baseball town as Corpus may be
without the national pastime this
summer. No fault of theirs.
They are ready. The Valley Is
not.
White boxing gloves made their
[ppearance for the first time in a
Falley ring Monday night. And they
made a hit with the Paternity. May
|ecome the rage from now on. Hope
o. They look much heater, and
re, than the old colored mitts.
Death has removed one of the
best catchers in Class ID baseball.
The grim reaper reached out last
week and took DOoley Ferguson of
Palestine. He was killed in an
automobile accident. Dooley was
not only a good player, but a
popular fellow. He had spent his
entire baseball career with the
Palestine Pals of the Lone Star
league, his home town.
Kid Pancho might have been
hampton of the world if he had
AIKEN proper care Of himself. That
emark is heard on all sides, and is
|orne out by fellows who know the
anne. The Kid is a likeable chap.
Ie is a graduate Of Main Avenue
Ugh school of San Antonio. Pancho
las or did have every requisite of
champion.
slow many fights have you had
In YOUR career?!" ne was asked
before the card Monday night at
Fort Brown, by Ben Freudenstein,
who knows the game. about
two hundred and thirty-five,"
Pancho replied. And the almost
unbelievable thing about this
statement is that there is hardly
a c to MAJ his features. A nose
that is slightly crushed and a split
lip. The Kid is 81 years old, and
makes friends readily. We be-
Iieye Valley fans would like to see
Pancho in the same physical con-
dition again, as he was in the
scrap with Johnny Hughes, and
then take on Battling Shaw.
Kid Ruiz drew" out on Promoter
Eek Becerril for the card Monday
hight. He had agreed to fight Kid
Guerra. Maybe it was the San Be-
tito boy Ruiz didn't want TO mix
With. We haven't any patience with
hese fellows who. after agreeing to
light, have a change of mind at
he last moment. 1t puts the pro-
noter in a predicament. and disap-
points the fan. But Tex showed
Ruiz that fights could be held with
put his services. and substituted
ne game Ken Macey.
A couple Of black boys would
prove a drawing card at any
fight. Why not put on a battle
4 royal. Al, on your program Mon
day night at Mercedes?
Roy Corgan, we'll known profess
Eional baseball player, in the West
ern league last year, has been en-
Eaged to manage the Texarkana
tlub of the Lone Star loop. Twin
City moguls made this announce
r1ent early part of this week. Cor
gan will be a playing manager
Charlie Miller bossed the Twins
asst year, and his club won the Sec
bnd half of the race, losing to Pal
eStlne IN the playoff.
Glass ID baseball is and should
be nothing more than a training
ground for youngsters. 1t Is a
shame that the Valley hasn't or
raniZed a league of this class,
with a $500 per month salary
limit. Five clubs expressed a de-
sire to enter. Four in the Valley,
namely, McAllen, Harrington. San
Benito and Brownsville. Corpus
Christi is the outside city. A four
club loop wouldn't be bad. Think
it over, you fans who want base
ball. and lend a helping hand to
those few who are trying or YER
at least, TO form the league. IL
n common remark Of fans want
ing TO know how the league Is
coming. Gentlemen, it isn't
coming. Your help is needed.
Fans can help. Get in touch
with Billie Burnett at the Miller
hotel.
The Cotton States league, n o.
he Oldest Class d loops in organ
7ed baseball, is composed of Lau'
rel. Hattiesburg, Meridian, Jackson
hnd Vicksburg, Miss, Monroe anc
alexandria. La. and Ell Dorado
ARK. Spring training has been OF
IN this circuit for the past two
weeks. F. j. Scott, of Vicksburg
lis president of the league. It IS
|-oing concern, with a populatlor
that would admit them In Class T
baseball. And they play a higher
|Ersde of ball than is usually founo
Ia the Glass d circuits.
Texas two Class ID leagues get
started In spring training April l..
/ The Lone Star and West Texas
] loops, who at the end of the sea-
son tangle in a series for the Class
ID title, are considered. and with
\ fact, two fast and prosperous lea
CUES.