Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-14
FARMERS Nd ONGHORNS DIVIDE DOUBLE HEADEF
CPORTS
oFORUM
By BISHOP CLEMENTS

81 oorJS section OF The Herald un-
tns-er the direction of the writer.
r going to miss the pleasant
A1atlons from within and without
The Herald, and if this colum
mas met with your approval, and
the sport section in general, it
has been due to your cooperation.
The writer, after a few DAYS vaca-
ton, expects to take UP the same
work on another publication.
Spring Is here-the robins are
CHIPPING. And when these birds
start their tweet-tweet-the LATEST.
and yet the prettiest season of the
year, Is ushered in. All over the
country, too.
We are glad the proposed Double
A Interscholastic league proposition
has fallen through. It fell through
right where it started-in Dallas.
The idea was promulgated by a
Dallas prof. 1t would benefit
Dallas, because their football
teams of the past few years have
not been able to stand up under
the whitening attack Of the small
Ter cities clubs.
San Antonio refused to join the
proposed league, which would have
been composed of schools. in Hous-
ton, Dallas, San Antonio and TT.
Worth. Undoubtedly the Dallas
prognosticators figured if such a
league could be formed that they
would win a Texas pennant. They
might have.
But It so happens that Dallas
doesn't run the interschoIastic
league, and they certainly haven't
made any showing with their
teams against other grid outfits
for many years.
Brownsville, Corpus Christi, La
10, RobStown and the three high
AoolS of San Antonio will form a
At Glass A circuit next season.
VI
The Valley enjoyed a successful
football season last year. Opt
mism prevails among the schools
for another good season. We hope
for such.
Herby Pyle, who has been with
training, has been sent back to the
Chattanooga club of the Southern
league from whence he came to the
McGraw clan. Pyle pitched for
Brownsville in 1925.
Art Veltman, who paStimed in
the Texas Valley league in 1926,
and who has been with the New
York Giants, along with Shortstop
Eddie Marshall, have been sent
to Bridgeport of the Eastern
IeaguE\ Marshall was with Beau
m6ErHAst season. Exporter fans
haoS hoped the crack shortstopper
would be sent back to their club if
farmed out.
La Feria has organized a baseball
team, with Manager Trotman in
charge, and is open for games with
any Valley team. They are well
equipped, and have some well known
players on their roster, among them
being Gordon Holmes, the high
school coach there.
They played their first game
last Sunday, winning from the
Edcouch nine. There are many
amateur clubs in the Valley, and
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cent additions.
Harley Jackson, manager of the
McAllen team of the American Lee
gion there, believes that an indie
pendent league could be formed,
with a set Of rules, the same as in
organized baseball.
That's an excellent idea, Harley.
Make out a schecule, rules, ETC.,
and interest will be keen. Then
too, 1t will take on a business like =
form. This thing of matching
games is too uncertain. Mana
gers of the different teams should
get together and draw up a sched-
ule.
Dallas has a first baseman this
year who may not be the best in
the league, but he is a hutSler. They
call him Country" Davis. The
Steers got him from New Orleans
where he was a favorite with the
fans, and the negroes went wild over
his playing. Nonchalant, long and
skinny, left-handed-he makes hard
chances look easy with his gloved
hand.
Herbb pennock has been with
the New York Yankees for seven
years. He has pitched the OPEN
ing game for the champs during
that time. But fate hasn't been
kind to the left-hander this spring,
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