Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-10

TALK

Details of the Elks billiard tour
nament are expected to be worked
out tonight at the regular meeting
of the club. A committee from the
19 already signed to enter the tour
nament will be appointed. This
Belf-governing body will lay down
all the rules to be followed by the
cue sharks. The billiard tourna-
ment is expected to stimulate the
sports situation considerably. 1t
will possibly be followed by a free
for-all niger billiard play. This
should draw a long list OF entries
as this game is a ~favorite with the
Elks.
Brownsville has never taken
the interest in intra-city sports
that other cities have. Bowling
and twilight baseball, which fur
nish competition in many other
cities of about this size, have new
er fIourished here. A fOur-club
EHlIlAlL UdSCDdL NC II wei
within the realm of possibility.
Brownsville could furnish two
teams, the Hat Makers and the
Tigers, Fort Brown could furnish
one, the Yankees, and Matamoros
could easily place a nine in the
field.
Baseball bOu-avar do.cn,t cnem
to interest local people to a great
extent. True, the Hat Makers and
Tigers have strong followings, but
neither could be called up and go
ing business propositions. Their
following is typical amateur
strongly personal and partisan.
They turn out largely to al the
opposition and to encourage their
favoriteS.
The Ard Mexican cavalry nine
has just about convinced Browns
vile and Fort Brown that they
are the best diamond aggrega-
ton in this immediate vicinity.
The only fall taken out Of the
Mexican nag and sabre outfit
was the first the Yankees play
ed with them. Tired by a game
earlier in the day, the 43rd drop
ped a 3-2 decision to Fort Brown
in eleven innings. Since they
have beaten the u. S. soldiers
twice by decisive margins. They
also have knocked over the Hat
Makers a couple Of times. Sew
eral former members Of the
Brownsville Tigers have joined
the 43rd lineup.
Rogue Padron is one Of these.
"Beefsteak" evidently plays where
he can make the best arrange
ments. Last year he played with
the Brownsville Tigers and later
the local Legion outfit. This sea-
son he opened with the Mercedes
Lions. Then came to the Tigers
and now he is with the 43rd.
Donna has been handed the
supreme insult. Its Skeet club
went to Dallas and won the state
team championship. Not only
that but w. Anderson captured
the Class 3 event by breaking Sc
out of a possible 100. Donna as 4
team captured second place in the
entire Southwest, being messed out
by New Orleans.
After accomplishing such worthy
deeds as these the Donates were
insulted in special wire stories to
Texas dailies. The %scrivelers evil
IDENTITY had never heard Of it" and
did rot "quite get the name"
Throughout special stories Donna
was carried as Dana"
The blatant sailor. Jack
Sharkey, is at it again. Whether
this latest row is for publicity pur-
poses remains to be seen. Sharkey
IS now in the position Of the 1hep-
herd who yelled "woif" to often.
Anything he might do is suspected
as a play for publicity. Sharkey
is threatening to ignore his con-
tract with the Madison Square
GarXen corporation which holds
his services under option for some
time to come. Jack nov finds that
he has no hold on the corporation
and they do have their hooks On
him. In ether words, if the
FL. S. @. groun should decide there
was no suitable opponent for
Sharkcy, he would ret nc fight.
Sharkev is threatening to kick
over the traces and go back to Pro-
moter .FugaZy. Fugazy has no suit
able heavyweight available to fight
the Boston Tar. That is, unless YOU
consider George Godfrey suitable"
Fugazv was the promoter who really
gave Sharkey his chance that put
him I'D among the 'big shots" In
1926 the BoStonian fell deep into
the mire Of disrepute for his shabby
showing against Eddie Huffman.
Fugazy gave Sharkey his comeback
chance in a bout with Harry Wills.
The negro was in his prime then
and the mention Of his name was
enough to make cold chills run
down the backs Of the heavyweights.
Sharkey beat him badly for Il
rounds. Wills was disqualified for
holding.
Pancho Snyder, manager of the
Bluffs until the ~catcalls and jeerS
got him. is having a portion of
that delicious dish called 'sweet
revenge" Snyder is now at the
helm Of the AtZ-IeSs Atzmen. He
IS getting numerous laudatory
letters, however, from Buff fans.
Each Of these SNYDER is carefully
conying and sending TO a certain