Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-26
Sports Chats
With -
Hal Eustace

JLldG UnlS was OF an &C
cident, but it now appears that
Bob's just that good. He changed
ranges Wednesday and broke Is.
Returning to his home field Thurs
day he repeated. Wade is going to
be in the position that Paavo Nurmi.
famous Finnish distance star, found
himself. Nurmi got his racket down
to where the newspapers were run
ming headlines like this: "NURMI
FAILS TO BREAK WORLDS
RECORD
Thursday afternoon Wade pull
verified SO out of a possible 100
shots. He made ere run of So sue
cessive hits. That was on his first
and second rounds. Jimmy
Georges shooting fell off a bit
after stepping into the select class
Wednesday by breaking a perfect
25. The day previous we predicted
that Jimmy would break a % in
the near future. That's what we
call service. George got n 2S and
two 20s Thursday.
George and Wade are the only
Brownsville gunnerS who are able
to boast Of 25'S. Batsell. Richard
son and numerous others have hrok-
en- 24s often but they always have
stumbled on at least one shot.
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Sheriff Frank Brown took the
coffee and pie on all sides Thurs
day by breaking Fl, % and 10. The
sheriff should challenge III. ID.
Seago. county clerk. for the skeet
championship of the courthouse.
The sheriff wrOng-armed the tar
gets in convincing fashion. If a
whitening CHANGED to see the
sheriff in action, il more than
probably did a Paul Revere, warn
ing its f~ellowbirds to leave the
country by Aug. 8.
Harry Richardson, snap shooter,
gets a whale of a kick out Of other
gunnerS trying to change his style.
Most of the Shelters follow the sail
ing targets across the field with a
sweeping motion of their guns.
Richardson, however, slapS his shot
gun on the target and shoots. He
fires faster than any of the other
Shelters. We can not see much use
in changing his style as long as he
gets 23's and 22's as he did Thurs
day.
What's wrong with dog racing?
1t seems to be an Off-breed sport
and suffers a bad reputation al
most any place it tries to oper-
ate. 1t is generally frowned upon
and has been stamped out by the
law in many places. The last track
to be closed is Al CaDone's in
Chicago. There must be something
rotten in the game or else it would
get ahead.
Perhaps it is because the smaller
fry and riff-raff hangerson take to
this event SO readily. In horse rae
ing the ante is raised high. One has
to at least have money to get in on
it. Not so with dog racing. Anyone
can own a dog. The moral ante also
is higher in horseracing, many be-
lieve.
Dog races are little more than
a excuse for betting. The largest
tracks in the country would close
down within a few days if their
parimutuel were placed out Of
commission. Of course, there is a
little thrill to a dog race-but not
when yous are wondering why it
was that your puppy was delayed
in the starting tran, why that dog
that ran such a fire race yester-
day is trailing the field: why yes
terday'S loser is up in front. The
Indictment is strongly brought out
by many fans that the ace are
"fixed"-not only that but "fixed"
after all the bets are in.
A deliberate foul on an opponent
is a good way to save ones face.
Not necessarily meaning, however.
that Johnny Dundee deliberately
fouled Jackie Fields last night. Be
that as it may. Dundee, the pa
lookaesQue champ, lost his crown to
Fields on blow below the belt.
Minor. and unintenticnal fouls are
overlooked to a large extent when a
title is at stake. Fields slumped
heInlessly to the floor in the secono
round and doctors stated he was n
able to continue the fray. He must
have been dealt a stiff punch.
a championship won on a foul
isn't straight down the middle,
hut we believe at least the best
a won in the FielGs-Dundee
scrap. The foul is unpopular
even when unintenti0nal. IT gives
no measure Of the boxers COM
narrative abilities. For instance
Jack Dempsey might foul a spar
ring partner. That would give the
sock absorber the title in a regular
tiff.
Juan kid" Hernandez is back in
the Valley. Boxing fans will recall
the elusive little lads meteoric climb
Of the pugilistic ladder in this sec
ton. And his equally fast down
fall. He has fought little since be-
ing kayoed by Dick Wymore.
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