Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-06
CPORTS

BY BISHOP

"a BY BISHOP CLEMENTS
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baseball representatives
to meet in the city hall at Mer-
sgtes tonight.
Purpose Is to form the league and
start it off, with a president at its
head. The meeting is scheduled to
start at 1880.
Supt. G.. w. Gotke OF the local
public schools returned from a
meeting OF public school officials
of the United States held I'm
Cleveland last week. Everywhere
/ was asked about the Browns
vile football team" Mr.. GOtke
said yesterday. "VVhat kind Of
football 10 you fellows play in the
south?" was common question
On all sides, Mr.. GOtke says.
Mr.. Gotke was supremely happy
oYe these remarks, which reflect
great credit upon the football club
of the Fessenden-coached machine
of 1923. Brownsville certainly got
its share Of publicity in papers all
over the country by its triumph over
the DePaul Academy team Of Chi
cage, as well as its Valley champion
ship record, Mr.. Gotke declared.
Dana Bible, newly appointed
Nebraska coach, and Of course
you know he goes to the Corn
husker state from Texas A. & NJ,
Is heartily in favor Of the newly
made rule anCnt fumbles. D. X.
as he is Familiarity known among
acquaintances, is also a member
Of the national football rules COM
mittee. Commenting on the fun
bic rule, Coach Bible had this TO
say:
TITS been my experience that the
more powerful team RECEIVERS q
greater proportion Of fumbles than
the weaker side"
Stories anent the Sharkey-S trib-
ling encounter in Miami last week,
continue to drift into different
parts Of the country, but one Of the
best the writer has heard, or read
about this fiasco, goes like this:
Sharkey and his handlers en-
joyed a hearty laugh at the end
of the seventh round. They were
chortling because Pa Stribling
was shouting instructions 10 his
boy in Spanish. "That guy thinks
he is smart, but he is not fOOling
: anybody" Sharkey told his hand
A IerS. Hes giving Stribling in
II. structions in Spanish. I know more
!, Spanish than both OF them put
\ >)gether. I learned 1t while I was
the navy"
at St. Petersburg, Fla,
WSere the New York Yankees are
getting in shape for the coming sea-
son, there is a bit of skepJici5m in
the face OF Manager Higgins. Tony
Lazzeri, second baseman, who has
been bothered with a lame arm for
a couple of years. is still handicap
ped with the wing. II is bad for
Tony because he is q really great
ball player with many years OF use
full performance ahead Of him. But
such is the fate of baseball: it is
a tough and heartles5 game; nature
is the ball players worst enemy.
Doctor tquestionin: negro appli-
cant for chauffeur: George, are
you married."
mo, sub. boss, no. sub. All
makes my own living"
Annapolis Log
The San Antonio club Of the
Texas league, is training al La
redo. Their bail park has been
Giants for spring training. Well,
the fans OF the Alamo City may
get to see the Giants In some good
exhibition games, at that; even
II their own team faiters IS il has
in the past few years.
Pat Newman. assistant to Mana
ger Bill Alexander OF the San An
tonic team. will 90 his part toward
putting the Bears tip in the race.
But it takes a smart business office
to produce a winning ball team as
we'll as a manager. For example:
The Fort Worth Cats Of other years.
The late Paul LaGrave put the 1T.
Worth team where it used to be.
Honus Mite, former manager
of the San Antonio team, and q
free agent now, wants to manage
. club in the Valley league. EO-
nus is a catcher, and a good one.
He Is also a smart baseball man.
His worst enemy has or was dis
sipation. We are told the popular
Mite has cut out this fOOliShness.
If he has, then he will make some
Valley team an excellent playing
manager.
American league powers viii dis
continue naming the most valuable
ball player" after this year. They
have good reasons for doing 50, and
cne Of them, and in the writer's
1inion, the most important, IS that
atkil,auses many players who are thus
is. T.>r2d to get the swell head. Take
TsE pstance Mickey COchrane, last
yee most valuable player" in the
league. He became StraightaWay
the first holdout on Connie Mack's
nine; and then too, it causes petty
jealousies to crop among the play
erS, not only in the club itself but
among players all I'VE the circuit.
We don't begrudge the player get
ting the $1,000 award; for we be-
lieve a ball player is entitled to ev-
cry cent he makes; but the award
rule Is a bad one, and we are glad