Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-19
CPORTS

BY BISHOP CLEMENTS

Dazzy Vance has signed to twirl
for the Flatbush outfit again this
year, and it is reported the Dodger
players are happy, and none more
than Hank DeBerry, catcher, who
handles the shoots Of the dazzler.
That assures me Of another year on
the Brooklyn team" Hank is quoted
as saying when informed that his
battery mate had signed a contract.
BY the way, do you know the
reason why they call the Brook
Ign team the Dodgers" Not be-
cause they have been ~"dodging"
first position for a number of
years, but because Of the colOrs
of their stockings, or vice versa,
a, regular lodged effect. They are
also called the Robins" and
Uncle Wilbert smiles when they
are SO termed.
Johnny Hughes, as tough as they
come, and game as they go, was in
Brownsville Monday. He came down
to visit old friends, and left last
night for San Antonio. Hughes
wants to fight in this city again. He
says he is in good shape, and looks
it.
Coach o. C. Emery of Laredo
high school, will bring his baseball
club to the Valley sometime next
month and play a series of games
with high teams in this section.
The Laredo mentor was for three
years athletic director Of the
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo high
school, resigning last fall to ac-
cept the job at Laredo. He also
coached at San Benito for two
years. He knows baseball, and
how to impart it to the boys. In
the triple cities position he puts
athletics on a high plane. His
club, when 1t comes TO the Valley
will be watched with interest.
Alibis have started, and course we
all knew they would with the first
box scores of the season. For in
stance, a Houston sports scribe says
that "a questionable dicision caused
the downfall Of the Bluffs in their
game with the New York Giants
Sunday" It's a great life. and
makes fine" reading matter for the
more partisan fans. And then too.
the jumps Go go blind some time,
just as ball players make errors.
THE REAL SPORT
Tell me not in doleful measure.
Baseball nears a sad decline;
Other SPORTS may bring you pleasure
Ill take balls and bats for mine.
Pat Patten
Among the charges made against
Among the charges made
st. Louis Cardinal manager. and
now at the helm of the Rochester
club Of the international league.
was that he was too careful in not
letting base inner after they
had reached third, tn take a very
long lead. GREASY Meals Job. we
are told, will be TO see that rTn-
ners take every advantage possible
from third base, from where the
former Virginia mentor will be
coaching. Now that NAV seem \
trifle, but pennant winning clubs
take advantage. and many chan
ces. A foot or two at times means
the Southern Association.
Newcomers in the managerial line
include such men as Bill Alexander
at San Antonio: Milton Stock at
Dallas, for the Texas league. Stock
is well remembered as the third
baseman Of the st. Louis Cardinals
who trained in the Valley in 1919.
For the past three wears he has
been managing the Mobile club of
the Southern Association. Il. ....
gers, who have cone and gone
with the regularity Of the st. Louis
skippers. George White, The News
scribe. has this to say:
Milton Stock has been around
now about long enough for the
boys to form their opinions about
him and to begin discovering flaws
IF there are any. So far none has
developed. The scribes who have
been watching Dallas managers
come and go for the last ton wears
are thoroughly impressed with the
new skipper.
"The lack of optimism that made
a hit with the little fellows inter-
viewers when he first reported isn't
the only reason for predictions that
he'll do well enough as a helms
mar if the owners give him a ball
club and no interference. Stock
hasn't the unquestionable dominat-
ing appearance of a McGraw and of
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