Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
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Sports Chats
- With -
Hal Eustace

junior COuege eleven
out on the grid for the first time
Thursday afternoon Twenty-Five
boys were issued uniforms and the
squad Is expected TO grow day by
day. Some OF the best known play
ers out were Ceyanes, ID. Martin. C..
Martin. w. Underwood, Cuellar,
Ball. Pipkin. Lebowitz and Gomez.
Surtees put the boys through a stiff
workout that had them pretty well
under the weather when the ses-
sion ended. The Scorpions will be
fairly husky.
There r now three separate
squads working out at Tucker field.
They are the class "A" and e"
high school teams and the cole
gians. About 10 players In all are
on the field each afternoon.
Coach Douglas Fessenden is drill
ing the Eagles intensively at the
plays he has given them SO far
and at the fundamental arts OF
blocking and tackling. He Is run
ming plays into the stars of last
year TO e how they handle the
situation. Fessenden is not salts
fled with a few good blockers and
tacklerS-he wants the entire
squad TO be well grounded in these
rudiments. He has each OF the
players under his microscopic eye
glass. searching for errors in form.
Fessenden wants them discovered
and corrected nOw-not when the
season begins.
Dean 8. A. Caldwell OF the iunio-
college was somewhat Of an ath-
lete IN MS school days. The dean
played halfback on the eleven ard
second base on the nine at the
University Of Richmond. Caldwell
says his football record was not
startling but his baseball marks
speak for themselves. Back in the
days when a home run was about
as common as hens teeth. the dean
hung up a record that probably still
stands He slashed out liz homo
runs during the ~university's regu-
lar schedule of is games. Babe
himself doesn't average a homer Ia
the game. During a three year STAY
at the university. Caldwell poled 81
homers ove the palings. His work
attracted the attention Of the scOuts
and he was offered a professional
contract but the dean decided &c
stick TO educational work.
Caldwell was a curiosity in those
days when players bumped I'D over
the plate and choked their bats LII
an effort TO crack one over the
infield. The pitchers had a off
ferent style, too. They were more
effective and used the curve bal
more than they do these days. Thc
dean was about 70 years ahead oI
his time. He swung from the
handle" and waited on the groove
ball.
Flor Navarro. who put up such a
miserable showing at Fort Brown
against Jack Avalon, missed his
chance at the Mexican light heavy
weight title. Navarro was beaten Il
a l2-rouad decision by Francisco
Segura, defending champion IN
Mexico City recently. Navarro
showed little In his fight here Will
the sailor. Both Of the boys seem
ed to be Sailing and the only
vicious thing passed between then
was a snarl or two.
Jack Sharkey. Boston's gift to ths
cultured science OF banging beaks
Is running true I'd form for his com
ing fight with Tommy LOughran al
New York Sept. 26. Sharkey ].
shouting at the top Of his voice thai
he will have the Philadelphia Al
onis laid u like a carpet before
the sixth round opens. Sharkey L
the favOrite IN the bout with thu
betting gentry. He admittedly hai
a punch. fair boxing ability anc
a nasty temper. Loughran. recent
ly advanced from titleholder in the
Interchangeable ranks. is the gen
tlemanly boxer sans the dynamite
In hts mitts. When the pair ster
into the ring. the betting money
will be on Sharkey. but the well
wiShers Of the fans will be with
Loughran.
In this day of palookas and hams
there Il one bright spot OH the
pugilistic picture in the dusky per
son Of Eligio Sardinas-otherwis