Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-16
Speaking Of baseball

speaking OF baseball
There PROBABLY Will not be much
Of a crowd out TO see il, but a sDir-
tied contest is expected when the
Tiger and Hat Maker mines tangle
on the Palm Courts diamond at $3.50
q. m. Sunday. Both teams got theIl
dander up during the past week
and just couldn't wait any longer
Both teams already had signed
games for Sunday afternoon SO they
came TO terms for a morning game
All Of this despite the fact that
their gate for the affair will be cut
considerably. "A Tiger-Hat Maker
contest in the afternoon would have
brought out a record crowd.
Sunday afternoon the Tigers
will take on the Mission 1890
team on the lccal Legion dia-
m0nd. The Hat Makers will play
the Forty-Third regimentaI team
in MatamorOs Sunday afternoon.
The Harrington Red Ants have a
pair Of games slated with the Fall
furriaS town team while the san
bcnitO PcntasOns will play In
Ferla. Both Harlingen and San
RenitO will play or their home
diamonds. Although baseball in
the Valley Is being carried on IN
q highly diSjointed and morgan
lZed manner, IL is obtaining the
interest Of fand0m. Sandlot and
ragknOt nine supporters are rs
loyal and partisan 6 the custom
ers sitting on the plush in the
Yankee stadium.
Local hunters are inclined to give
Senator Archie Pharr's bill, which
would Limit Valley hunters to one
eight-point or better buck a wear
and shorten the season. the rasp-
berries. They romp with sour en-
thusiasm on the "eight-point or
better phase of the bin. "A hunt
er IS doing we'll to distinguish
whether a deer running in the
brush is a buck or a doe. much less
count the prongs on his horns" one
local sportsman declared.
One imaginative gat wfelder
suggests that Senator PARIS hin
should carry a Kings y" clause.
Under this an arrangement
should be made with the deer.
When the hunter spots a deer he
shouts Kings y" and crosses
his fingers. The deer has to stand
during this armistice. The hunt
er then adds up the prongs on the
deerS horns. III the sum il un-
der eight he begs the deer's par
ION III over eight, he shouts
Co." and increases his fingers.
One should not fire until he has
counted four sc as to give the
deer a sporting chance.
The present season is Nov. Is 10
Dec. 81. Senator PARIS bill would
make the season Nov. Is To Dec. Is.
Hunters here are Of the opinion
that the bucks begin running"
later in the warm Valley climate
than in other parts Of Texas. Deer
hunting is said to be the best here
around Christmas. Dec. IS TO Jan.
has been suggested as the ideal
deer hunting season for the Valley.
As a result of the early" opening
Of the season. numerous doe are
said TO be killed in the Valley. ac-
cldentally and otherwise. During
the early part of the season. bucks
are hard to find but the doe are
relatively numerous. Consequently
the hunters get much more chances
60 doe than at bucks. The bucks
come into the open and are more
reckless during the running" sea-
That Is the time that the VAL
ley hu~ters want a chance at them.
A golf tournament Is In the
making at the Country club.
With tournaments looming al
Monterrey and Laredo, the club
officials will establish handicaps
a-nong the local players during
The coming weeks. The chief
drawback TO tournament play
here In the past has been the
lack OF official h~andicaps. These