Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-20
Sports Chats
With
Hal Eustace

The Point Isabel Yacht clubs re-
gatta did much to boost the stock
of this section with the cupboard
speedsters. To most of them, Point
isabel" was merely a name before.
When the regatta ended. however,
they all expressed themselves as
we'll pleased and stated 1t was their
intention TO return to any other
events to be staged. The officials.
brought here from San Antonio and
Houston. were pleased with the
manner in which the regatta was
run off. The course in the Laguna
Madre is on a par with the best
anywhere along the Texas Gulf
coast. they said.
The Valley does not take advant-
age of the opportunities offered by
the many bodies of water in this
section. There are plenty of fresh
water resacas in addition TO the La
guna Madre and the Gulf. These
offer boating. fishing. swimming
and hunting galore. Part Of the fans
are enjoying themselves. but the
greater portion have not discovered
the possibilities of these bodies Of
water. II you don't believe the peo-
pie crave the salt water. park your
car on the Boca Chica road and
count the automobiles that pass on
a Sunday. This number will be
greatly increased when the road Is
naved. The Anvil Sonata to have
the road paved Immediately is get
ting more and more inSistent, too.
The DELAYED opening % the Rio
Rico Kennel club is set for Tuesday
evening. 1t was planned to open last
Saturday but when il came time TO
loose the mechanical hare. il was
found that the electrical supply was
not sufficient to operate 1t. That
difficulty has been disposed Of and
the purps will ankle their wav
around the ours beginning at
BIS p. m.
The feature OF the opening will
be the $4,000 inaugural handicap.
Eight races will be staged. Eight
fast greyhounds will participate in
each Of the chaSes. In the future
races will be held each Tuesday.
Thursday. Saturday and Sunday.
according to Harry Behr. manager
These canine spee1sters put up
q fhrSI1fnn rarn With a lft4fa ,1--v-
on the nose Of one Of them. an apo-
pletic sportsman IS liable to plop
over any time. The greyhound Is
built for speed. Narrow OF hip. deep
OF lung and built streamline. they
streak around the field at an amaZ
ing rate OF speed. But they have no
chance with the mechanical rabbit.
1t hobs up and down in true rabbit
fashion as 1t glideS around the
course. The rattle. clatter and spark
ing of the rabbit machinery does
not deter the dogs. They are true
optimists no doubt thinking each
time they will catch the bunny.
There IS an excellent dog racing
layout in Matamoros but ii is doubt
full whether il will be re-opened this
year.
Nothing has been said about 1t so
far. Dog racing did not take s. well
here. This vas perhaps due In part
to the newness Ct the event. Few
fans in this section had seen any
thing like II. There is little thrill
to watching a dog race merely as a
spectator. That little bet is the
thing that makes IL interesting.
Much the same with horse-racing.
Mickey Walker. stepping into the
ht-heavyweight division. turned
in one of the best pieces of ring
work Of his career last night when
he earned a l0-round decision owe
Leo Lomski at Philadelphia. Walk
pr, middleweig' champion. cut
loose with the Punches and nearly
put the Aberdeen Assassin away In
the fourth. seventh and ninth
rounds. Mickey I; seeking 10 estab-
fish himself m the logical successor
To Tommy L0 ghran, who recently
gave up the Interchangeable
crown to enter the ranks OF the
heavies.
The Lower Gulf Coast Golf as
ISOLATION will hold its semi-annual
tournament at the Casa Blanca
Country club in Laredo Sept. ! and
2. The association is composed OF
the larger clubs in South Texas, in
Guiding Corpus Christi, Kingsville,
Edinburg, McAllen, Laredo. Browns
lille and several others. The tour
lament will find the local club bet
ter prepared than ever before. Due
70 strenuous efforts on the part Of
the golfing committee. recognized
handicaps have been established for
some IS or 40 local golfers. The
club tournament now under way
should have the players in fine fet-
tie for the NEE. Heretofore only
the best players have participated
in the tourney. but with handicaps
established many of the lesser lights
will be given a chance at the prizes
in Laredo.
Jack Rutledge, who used to tempt
us with gaudy haberdashery. had a
bit of hard luck in the Point Isabel
regetta Sunday. Motor trouble
forced him out Of the races Sat-
urday. He sat up all night anu be-
fore he quit. the cupboard motor