Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-26
CPORTS
OFORUM
by BISHOP

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more in the main event, which
went 10 rounds, demonstrated be-
fore a local audience, In his first
fight here, that he Is To be reck-
oned with In the $50 pound class
Of boys. Stronger, heavier. with
a longer reach, Shaw whipped
the game La Feria lad. Wymore
game TO the core, kept boring In
and with shorter arms, but with a
good punch. landed on Shaw sev-
erai times, and sent him back but
these rallies were short lived. ms
the "Battler" came right back
and evened up matters.
Homer Goodman. one Of the fin
est and cleaneSt young men ever to
step into a ring. and Jesus Soils. Of
Saltillo, Mexico. put on an 8-round
skit that was good. Homer OUT
weighed Soils. These fellows land
ed some hefty wallops to the de-
light Of the fans.
Bcy, howdy. This bow Guerra
Is stiIl the Growing rooster he
has been In other fights. Fouled
and knocked down. he came back
and whipped Kid Saenz 10 n de-
ciSi0n. The rooster" N tough
and it Is going to take a mighty
good and clever boy 10 stop him.
Up In the Red river valley section
OF northern Texas and southern
Oklahoma, such towns as Vernon.
ChildreSs, in this state. and Law
ton and Duncan. Okla, have Signi-
fled their intention TO enter the
proposed Class ID league OF that
section Quanah. wellington and
Pampa, Texas, along with Altus and
Ardmore, Okla, also are anxious to
enter the league The circuit, II
organized. will be known as the Red
River Valley league. The towns TO
compose the league are about the
size If not smaller, than those Of
the proposed Valley league
Those fellows Of the Red river
valley know the value OF adver-
Using, and realizing that great
returns come from baseball. and
nj the same time wanting the ma
tional pastime, are an enthusiastic
bunch of citizens Just watch the
benefits 20 be derived from the
baseball league up there this year.
This boy Shaw's real name Is
Jose Flores; his home is in Laredo:
MS residence, Mercedes. Shaw came
10 Mercedes about ID months age
TO fight for al Robinson in the
arena there. He didn't look SO good
IN his first fight. but the fight fans
OF Mercedes saw In him a coming
tighter OF ability: they took him
ior their own; today he Is recogniz-
ca as one OF the leading $50 pound
boys IN Texas. He Is a clean liver
q gentleman and, according to John
Robinson, his manager, is not ches-
" or loud-mouthed. Fighting Is al
ne knows; he Is always IN superb
condition-therefore, Kid Panchc
Of san Antonio, had best beware Of
Shaw, If they mix it soon.
John McGraw. the driving man
ager OF the New York Giants, is
starting his twenty-seventh year
as boss OF the playing end Of the
national league entry. During
that time the Giants have won
ten remnants, and finished second
eleven times. The club this year
IS training In San Antonio, the
city McGraw believes Is a luck
sign. Regardless Of what you
may think of McGraw I'm his
methods Of managing n ball club,
you've got to hand ii TO him-his
clubs OF the past have NIL been
interesting to watch In action,
hustiing. and mp In the race and
70 beat the Giants every National
league club has a battle on its
hands. v
Any name the San Antonio club
OF the Texas league may be tackled
on 70 10. won't harm or hurt any.
ones feelings. II you are supersti.
tious. the name Bears" should ~
cast aside; they haven't even puI
Up a decent ball game under thai
c0gnomen In three years. The name
~Bronchos" was undoubtedly the
winning monicker. A contest 4,
brewing among Alamo City fans a.
TO the proper name. Why not name
them the Flyers" About the biz.
gest and most important, and mos
interesting thing about San Antonio
these days are It's airplanes-
Ben Freudenstein did himself
real proud last night. Ben did the
referee act In the main event on
Tex BecerriPs boxing card al Fl.
Brown. He knows the rules, the
ms and outs Of the game-ouite
a relief 10 both fighters and fans.
10 know that the third man In the
ring knows his business, and WIN
rule accordingly. That's what
Prize fights are fought under the
Marquis OF QueenSbury rules. IL
vogue for over fifty years. They
simply state that the fighters must
and shall break at the command NJ
the referee, fight with one arm
free The other rules can be made
by the principals. II they 80 desire
barring such licks as the rabbit
punch and kidney blows.
Wymore and Shaw agreed To
lay Off these rabbit punch and
kidney blows. They are 20 be
congratulated. These blows when
delivered I'm clincheS are danger
Gus, as always more than one Blow
~ made. Promoter BeccrriI would
do the fight game and fans n
great turn II he would bar any of
the fighters ON his cards from
using these blows while In cIinch-
e.