Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-04
Sports Chats
With -
Hal Eustace

On the docket today for Hizzoner
the Fan: Boat races at Point 1sa-
bel; Brownsville Donna all-day
skeet shoot at Donna; golf tourna-
ment opens at Brownsville Country
club; Yankee-Pel game at Point Is
abel: Halter McAllen double bill IN
Brownsville; Harlingen -Matamoros
double header at MatamoroS: Pent-
Aztec clash at San Benito; and
plenty of gulf fishing and SWIM
ming.
And peering through the spy
glass we see a hOrSeShow at Fort
Brown August IL, and the Valleys
greatest regatta August 17-lS at
Point Isabel. A consolation tourn-
ament will get under way at the
local Country club August III.
Football is arOusing himself from
the seasonal slumber.
Doubtless. the Yacht club regatta
August 1913 will be most impor-
tant sport event in the Valley IN
full many a moon. With the gulf
so near and the normally calm wa
tiers of the Laguna Madre available,
the Valley has opportunity to ex-
pand along this line greatly. An
annual regatta Of importance would
do much to increase the prestige
Of this section as a sporting GEN.
ter. The Point Isabel zach club
has taken a decided step in this
direction by staging the coming re-
gatta.
Outboards ar catboatS from
many sections Of Texas have in
dicated that they will enter in
the events. San Antonio, Dallas.
Fort Worth, Corpus Christi and
Galveston are especially interest
ed in the regatta. Nine OutbOards
from these cities already have
signed entry blanks and the races
are two weeks off yet. Catboats
are expected from San Antonio,
Arkansas Pass. Corpus Chri | and
Galveston. The Yacht club made
a wise move when il offered cash
prizes Cups and trophies are
pretty to have on the mantlepiece
but they will -. pay for expenses
incurred In their winning.
Cupboard racing has a staunch
Valley defender in George Leonard
of Brownsville. He w have three
or four crafts entered in the re-
gatta and has high hopes Of bring
ing home the bacc He has one
craft. "Hell-a-P oppin'," which
should do over - miles an hour
II is powered by a 32-horsepowel
four-cylinder Seahorse. II he gets
favorable water, he should ster
around in the rs for the benefit
Of the cupboard vi-itors.
III YOU are interested in gunnery
you should be at DONNA Sunday.
What is x cited TO be the best
exhibition Of pigeon breaking
seen in the Valley for some tine
will be on zap VIII the Donna
Skeeters tax, on two teams from
Brownsville. Wade, Arnold, VIII
muth, George, Young. Batsel and
others should turn in some good
neutrality-suspicious. they do
not wilt when the co. ipetition gets
hot. The shoots viii get under
way at 8 u N. and will be re-
sumed at 1880 p. m. Skeet shoot
ing has increased b. leaps and
bounds in the Valley along this
line. Edinburg and Point Isabel
are now getting heated up over
the new sport. Donna did much
70 In srease the prestige of the
I'alley when she captured the
state team G:-mpionship at Dali
las.
Chief" George. one CO Browns
ville's best Golfers. will enter the
club tournament which opens today
with another handicap than his reg
ular four strokes. George ran o
splinter into the meaty portion OF
his hand recently. He hopes 1t will
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