Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-27
Sports Chats
- With -
Hal Eustace

put through a stiff little workout.
The sun was still high but the boys
labored willingly. The squad will be
increased to about so when school
gets into full swing. Doug" Fes-
sender, Gal" Surtees and Soc"
Plato, who comprise the coaching
staff, stepped into the thick Of 1t.
tossing balls about as they gave the
boys advice IS to form.
An hour of this stripped down
play was enough for the opener.
Fessenden decided. and sent the
squad to the showers. Theren be
quite a few sore muscles by the end
OF the week. Most Of the bare
backs showed coats Of tan but q few
did not.
"Leche" Sylvester furnished the
surprise of the day. He seems TO
have taken on considerable weight
during the summer. "Leche" has
q way OF springing surprises. At
the beginning of the season last
year. hardly anyone had heard OF
his abilities on the gridiron. Prob
ably he didn't know about 1t him.
self. Before the season ended. he
was recognized as one Of the top
notchers on the champion Eagle
SQUAD. Sylvester should make q
whale OF q uefr 1--WE end this year
with his added eight and strength.
If that hot sun blisters him, II
looks like q case "leche quenc Ia"
In addition to the veterans. Barn
hart. Newman, O'Bryan, ct al, there
was a likely looking group of young
sters going through Doug's bag OF
tricks. Some OF them were big and
rangy and should make excellent
material in the future. Walter
washington has the frame and
reach for a good linesman.
The Eagles viii work out at 0 q.
m. and 4 D. n. each day during the
coming week. Id Sol is still beat
ing down pretty heavily and Fes-
sender believes &C can tougher the
players up quicker with two short
sessions during the cooler hours Of
the day than he could by enc long
session. The boys seemed in fair
condition in their workout klonuay
and they shot 1 not encounter much
difficulty in rounding into shape
despite the I'm weathe..
Fessenden and Supt. G. Gotke
felt encouraged after the workout.
They recalled that only about ten
boys answered the opening call last
year. Things look decidedly better
for the coming season.
The Harrington Cardinals are
looking good under Coach Dutch"
Rektorik. II. e. burgess, former Ag-
gle star. reports. Burgess. now
living in Brownsville, was with REX
torik on the de the Card camp
was opened. The 'rlingen players
showed considerable spirit and
snapped into p lctice with vim.
Rektorik wr5 pleased with the
squad. Burgess said. The Washam
brothers. who came to Harlingen
from Waco where they played IN
der the famous : -.ul -.son. looked
especial good.
Brotherly love is all RICH in its
place-but that place is not on the
gridiron. judging from the action
OF the Lawrence b. hers. 'Veyman
and Jimmie. Jimmie has t-cn q
quarterback ever since he Logan the
grand old game. He Is seeking the
first string post on the Red Bird
eleven this year. Weyman has de-
cided that he. too. would like to be
the man who points the gun and
pulls the trigger. They r staging
a lively combat.
Burgess has some interesting
views on athletics, particularly
track. He was : dash and hurdle
man OF no small ability while in
high school. The Hall Center pro-
duct Is q strong believer in the the
DRY that too strenuous competition
will burn out" q hiPh school per-
former. He had a great season In
his last year at high school. The
coach N-rally entered him In ev-
erything In sight. Burgess came
through admirably. coping right
and left. Gaping off q brilliant
season. he wcl third place In q
hurdle event at the Chicago IA
tional meet,
But after that season, Burgess
declares he was ID ned out" Fin
ished by too strenuous competition.
or course he turned IN fair per-
formances at A. & M. in track, but
never did regain the form he dis
played In high school. II would
not advise q young track man to
run anything over tn 220 yard
DASH" he says. II have noticed
that the greatest Of distance run
ners at college usually have not had
much training In high school. They
are developed in the colleges after
they have reached mature growth
when their physique can better
stand the gruelling distances"
o
Football is not so bad. he says.
However, the Cridiron Is a thing Of
the past SO :ar as he Is concerned.
doesn't wish to coach or play.
The Hale Center star viii keep in
touch by viewing as many games as
possible, or he might officiate II
called upon.
The chief benefit derived from
football is the presence of mind and
turn for quick deci-ions developed.
Burgess believes. Football brings
out these traits as no other sport