Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

Valley baseball fans will meet to-
night az Harlingen in the city hall.
Guy Trent, az San Benito. who
headed a COMMITTEES Of citizens who
toured the Valley last week in the
interest OF the formation Of a Class
d league, Is anxious that every fan
in this part Of the country attend.
Mission. McAllen. Brownsville, Mer-
cedes, Harrington, San Benito, will
have representatives &c the meeting,
ready 10 say yes or no. as to ~heth-
er they will enter the league. reports
in local baseball circles indicate.
This big boy SchmelinE, from the
Deutschland. undoubtedly Is some
mauler. He socked Johnny Risko
all over the ring at Madison Square
Garden last week. and II hailed as
tire next heavyweight champion.
But don't ret in a hurry, you fell
lows. history has shown that it's
n long, long, and hazardous road
10 the championship OF any title
A star today may be a bust" to-
morrow. Max may get TO the tor.
but he isn't there yet-he has
made a good start.
II was bound 10 come. sooner or
later. gentlemen. lack Sharkey has
started his annual alibi. This time
it IL the Florida weather-"too hot"
Is the story emanaring from the
Boston B~eaneater's training camp.
And they 60 on 20 say ii will hand
leap" Sharkey in bis coming struggle
with Young Stribling. The only
handicap Sharkey has, and they are
two-a fighting heart ard Young
StTibling.
W. G.. whitman and Sam Bell.
Brownsville business men, were
talking yesterday afternoon on the
subject of the good old days"
The days when baseball rent the
air In this city; away back yonder
twenty years ago. w. G.. was
general manager of the Browns
Vile baseball team in those days
and Sam Bell was a player-and a
good one, too. Remember the
time We played the Cuban Ali-Stars
a t~hree-game series?" whitman
asked Sam "Cubans, nothing" re-
piled Bell, they were niggers.
And the funny thing we didn't
discover this until the series was
over. But boy they could play
ball. Nine players. all pitchers.
and stars at other positions
And then the conversation waved
hot and Sam had 70 admit mis- batting
average for the series was exactly
600. But / am for a league down
here on a self-Eustaining basis" Mr..
Bell oPined. IF we can have that
kind of ball. that is the hundred
dollar per month player, and made
a going proposition, then that's the
kind we must start with"
Baseball park Is the main hand
leap. say local fans. But they
point out that the field az the
high school may be obtained. They
believe il can be made into one of
best diamonds In the Valley, and
as the baseball fans were among
the main supporters of the high
school football team this past sea-
son, believe the local school board
would grant permission TO local
fans, who are expected TO be head
ed by Ben Proctor, George Desha
4M4 ~ III AUAAAfAh a D4EE00At
team for this city, and grant them
the privilege of playing IN Tucker
Field. IL n a fact that IL the school
hoard would grant this permission
this city would be ready to enter
the proposed Valley league right
now.
We are glad our old friend. AL
Prince. Of Mercedes. III taking a lead
in the formation Of q bali team for
that city. Prince knows the ms and
outs Of baseball. and what It's all
about. And especially knows the
workings Of Class u baseball, MS
pertaining TO its rules, etc. Mer-
eedes fans. IL they want baseball,
should jump in and lend Prince q
helping hand in every possible way.
And another thing. Mercedes. we
believe, u due to have q clean, hust-
ling ball club, with AL among its
officers.
IF YOU ARE A BASEBALL FAN
ATTEND THE MEETING To-
NIGHT AT HARLINGEN. PURPOSE
is TO ORGANIZE A CLASS ID CIR
CUT IN The VALLEY.
Since the resignation Of Claude
Rothgeb, as head coach at Rice In
s~tittue, Lloyd Gregc<9, Of the
Houston Post-DispstcA hiss hired
Jack Meagher, ST. Eds coach at
Austin. rs the Owl mentor. That
II. III you believe the sport writer's
earnest appeal 20 engage MeaKher.
II was reported from Houston that
Rothgeb was in TT. Worth talking
over the coaching Job al T. c. II.
but we are told RothEeb was in
the Valley, and spent several days
fishing, and enjoying the land Of
sunshine. Also IT, c. u. may hire
Meagher as It's coach.
Might flip VI coin 10 see which
school gets MeaCher. This coin
Tipping business must have been
contagious. Remember, when Port
Arthur ard Main Avenue high school
football teams. played q tie game in
their international tilt? "A coin was
flung. and Port Arthur won, when
they called the right side ~; and
soon after that Robstown and some
other little Class 3 school were
rsined out Of their international
battle. Another coin was flipped,
and il was done over lorT distance
telephone, with Mule Frazier OF San
Antonio. doing the singing. while
the two coaches were in their re-
spective towns. or u hookup. III
there Is any eoin-flippirE 70 be done
about Jack Msaghsr, between I. G.
IT. and Rice. we hope X Ia done in
the presence OF the parties concern
ed, and no. over long distance.
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IL you are devotes Of the basket
ball game. and enjoy watching a
crack little bunch Of girls In ac-
tior. 70 out TO the high school
grounds this afternoon. and let
your optics rest upon Mas Valer-
ta's high school, girls team In se-