Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-28
Sports Chats
- With -
Hal Eustace

Once over Of the Brownsville high
school squad reveals that there are
only three men missing from the
first string team Of last year. One
Of these losses was In the backfield.
There Is beau coup of backfield tai
emit on hand to make up for the
loss OF Weller. Two OF the holes
are in the forward wall. This
brings us to the case Of Bill Slim
mers. He has always been recog-
nized as an instructive player OF
merit, but has been kept off the
squad through an unavoidable
chain Of accidents. Bill was ineligi-
BILE last year. II Everything goes
we'll, he viii more than probably
step into the gap left by Monsees
at guard.
Summers is big. husky and fast,
and has o beautiful set-up for a
linesman. He Is looking good In the
practice sessions now being held
twice a day at Tucker field. Last
season Bill had trouble In making
his grades. This was partly due to
the facts that -le worked at night.
This gave him little time to study
and 1t was hard to get up I'm time
to attend early morning classes. II
he can get Strengthened out, Bill
should be a valuable addition TO the
Eagle squad this season.
It'll be some tim, yet before the
pigskin wranglers don their mole
skins for actual scrimmage. The
weather's too warm and the boys
are not in condition for hard usage.
They are now p~racticing In shorts
which gives them an odd appear
ance OF lightneSs. The Brownsville
squad should average around 165
pounds to the man. But to look at
the thinly clad chaps as they ca
wort up and down Tucker field, one
would not believe they scale around
this figure.
Tomorrow the EdiLburg Bobcats
will test out the strength of their
launches and the sharpness OF
their claws. Coach j. ID. Foster will
have q fair brand Of material on
hand and Foster Is looking forward
to a good season. Foster, more
power to him. il not all exponent
Of the "Doleful Docs" pessimistic
system. II he sees good material
and q fair season ahead, he says
x. He will probably devote the
larger part OF his time to the junior
college Broncs. Coach Ewing. a
new conner, will manipulate the
Bobcat eleven.
The Brownsville SkeeterS have
good reason TO flap their wings and
crow. II isn't just any club that
can take a fail out Of the state
champions in their own back lot.
And this is just what they did Sun
day when they Popped on the DON
ma aggregation for a win. 1t wasn't
a question Of poor shooting on
either s.de. The state team champs
shot good skeet, but the locals OUT
did themselves by turning IN an av-
erage OF 49, out Of Is. The Dom
Mates broke 22.33 out of every Is
clay pigeons that sailed across the
range. This is no man trick In It.
self. All in all. the Sunday shoot
was the best ever held In the VAL
ley. Certainly as far as Browns
vile was concerned.
Perfect rounds Of Is hits are rel
atively rare There's plenty OF
shelters who have been at It for
months who are still striving for q
rs. Five perfect rounds were turned
in Sunday. Hurt Batsell OF Browns
vile got two. Harry Richardson
crashed through for one. Decker
and Wilmoth Of Donna each OBJ
tanned one. Batsell was high man
for the day, mal-ing "nigger talcum''
out OF 96 out Of a possible 100. Bat
sell, Richardson, Wade and Walker
Of Brownsville obtained bette
scores than Donna's high man.
The locals licked up a valuable
man in Watermelon Pete" Walker.