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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
b. FOREST c. PH0Gl ALLEN
president. National Association 81
Basketball Coaches.l


Why a. 81 many senior-yesr ath-
letic captains fail 70 measure upe
T have seen athletes perform bril-
Iian.ly in their sophomore and junior
years, only to fail - players. in
their senior years. with the burden
Of an athletic captaincy placed On
them.
Athletics. as conducted to-day, are
work. not play. Critical and cold
blocded groups thronE our athletic
arenas "a analyze and 20 criticize
every play and every mis-play Of the
athletes involved
In other days. coaching was an
avocation. Today, IL is a vocation,
in which the coaches too often hold
their position on their record %
wins. As 4 result. the athletes be-
come the coach's meal ticket They
must work for him and they must
win for him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
E@Ea Tie HERALD SPORTS SECTION E@naz
H~ar1ingen Meet Will Decide On "D" Loop Tonight
Baskets and


Every practice period IL intensive
work. The execution Of every play
Is timed 60 the nth degree Every
game Of every opponent Is secuted
and snalyzed in minutest detail.
Thus have u athletic contests be-
come serious business instead OF
play. They have become altogether
too serious for the average senior
who knows the additional RESPONSE
bility and the grind that = major
sport captaincy implies
Every normal athlete wants 70
win However, the o~li-fashioned
spirit Of my all for Alma Mater
Is no longer the same sharp blade
that 10 was in other years.
Along with the changes IN cur
methods and standards Of living.
have come the new attitudes of
present day youth. The preliminary
training, both AZ home and az school,
has not entailed much in the way
of herdships. Men In our college
groups today are out in search OF
freedom. In search Of q modern
.care-free Garden Of Eden where
they can work q little and play a
lCI- loo MuCN GHaChAlNK MAKES
them rebeilious. And the average
athletic captain, in his senior year.
Ia unable and unwilling 70 enter
into m ultra-serious pact with any
coach. for another seasons toll.
The honor system or selecting
captains now is in its trial stages.
tx may avert some Of the tragedies
OF the past. Minnesota. Indiana and
Kansas are experimenting now with
the plan. Under this plan. the coach
appoints q captain for each game.
After the competitive season is over.
the men who have participated IN
the games, elect an honor captain for
the season just completed.
In this way, the captain gets the
honor without the responsibility,
which has seemed in many instances
70 interfere with his technique and
h-Illisney as q player.
This type of po~st-election should
represent the teams affection-by
choices; and should not interiors
with the efficiency of the high
power OF the machine.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
RETAINS COLE TITLE

"A. e. ". GoslinE OF Toronto, Can
ada. Monday. retained his Bermuda
amateur golf championship. defeat
ing Nicol Thompson. Jr. or Toron-
to. five and four in 36 hole final
round.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

right arm packed full Of throwing
power. He also carries a good bat
ting punch.
With all ar his youth and all
around playing ability Colbert will
have 70 keep Old Man Maranville's
shoes filled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

Joe Stecher. who lost the heavy
weight wrestling championship to
Gus Sonneherg sometime ago. has
announced he is ready 10 wrestle
aeain. and Kansas City will he the
site.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

HARVARD WINS
Harvard defeatd Yale Saturday In
q polo game M to 10.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

This big boy SchmelinG, from the
Deutschland. undoubtedly Is some
mauler. He socked Johnny Risko
all over the ring at Madison Square
Garden last week. and il hailed as
the next heavyweight champion.
But don't ret in a hurry, you fell
lows. history has shown that it's
n long. long, and hazardous road
10 the championship OF any title
A star today may be a bust" to-
morrow. Max may get 10 the tor.
but he isn't there yet-he has
made a good start.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

VI was bound 20 como, sooner or
gentlemen. Jack Sharkey has
started his annual alibi. This time
it - the Florida weather-too hot"
is the story emanating from the
Boston B~eaneater's training camp.
And they 20 on 20 say ii will hand
leap" Sharkey in his coming struggle
with Young Stribling. The only
handicap Sharkey has. and they are
two-a fighting heart and Young
Striking.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05

Arkansas University IA the champ
basketball outfit of the Southwestern
conference. They have held that
honor Cor ths past thrss years, and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-05
CPORTs

BY BISHOP CLEMENTS

Valley baseball fans will meet to-
night at Harlingen in the city hall.
Guy Trent, OF San Benito, who
headed a committee Of citizens who
toured the Valley last week in the
interest OF the formation Of a Class
d league. is anxious that every fan
in this part Of the country attend.
Mission, MeAllen. Brownsville, Mer-
cedes, HAriingen, San Benito, will
have representatives &c the meeting,
ready 20 say yes or no. as to Theth-
er they will enter the league. reports
IN local baseball circles Indicate
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If YOU ARE A BASEBALL Fan
ATTEND THE MEETING To-
NIGHT AT HARLINGEN. PURPOSE
rs TO ORGANIZE A CLASS ID CIR
CUT IN The VALLEY.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
FANS GOING WILD
Followers of Athletics storm Shtbc par> fer Opening Games With New York Yankees,

Philadelphia. Aug. S UP)-Phil- adelphia baseball fans, looking for ward to a world series in their town in October, already are giving eNl- dencc of what officials of the Ath- letics and police reserves will have to cope with if the club wins the American league pcnnant.
 Fans stormcd ShiDc park for the opening games with the New York Yankees. and reserves had to be summoned to djsperse the overflow after the gates were closed, some waited all night in line to he on hand for today's game which winds up the current series,
 The Marlmcn nave lead of | '2 games and one more 10 play with tine Yankees before both teams make their final swing of the season into | the west Eubc Walberg and either ! Herb Pcunock or Tom Zachary will he today's pitchers.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
KAUFfMANN ABLE ID DEFEND GROWN
Prospects Poor Of Ending Reign
 Of Public Links Champion

st. Louis. Aug. s tPl-Prospects of ending the two-year old reign of Car! kauffmann. the goldrc Pittsburgh clerk, as champion of all nauonaI public links iron Nielders were not so bright today.
 Without much ado or effort. the champion demonstrated h" was OH no edge to defend his crown Tn tn"
 6 hole qualiflin ing test by combining two roun,ls of TIA for ] 5l total. which gave him a tie for the tour nament medal with two comparative cnknowns-Patsy' 'liso. a g year old student from New York, and Mil ton SoncIant. a Toledo mailman.
 kauffmann's rounds were the steadiest of the record field of ;4O which attempted to qualify. He was consistent with all his shots and looked even a better golfer than he did during the past two tournaments when he won and then successfully defended his title. Virtually all oi his 3l rivals in the c!amplonshlT bracket were untried quantities ll the event too. and it looked like 3 1 difficult task to stop him.
 Forest Park, the championship ] course, VAS d jnX for most ot lht entrants. Long, rugged and splicec ! everywhere by trees and water holes 1 it was so difficult that q total Of o' strokes. U moro than par, were good enough to gain berth In thu ! cham pionsnip flight. Eight Wh' 1 turned in 160 totals. fought 1t ou in a play-oft for three places tliln; the bracket. The survivors reErc gcnted 16 cities in F states. St Louis, New York and Louisville Ky led the cities with four entrant each out of a possible six. Otne cities and the number of their cham pionship hopes were: Chicago 3; St Paul 5; Buffalo ,; Toledo ?; Detroi 9; and Baltimore, Topeka, Philadel phia. Pittsburgh, Brooklyn. CleNc land. San Francisco and New Haver Conn. ore each.
 KauffniGnr's first opponent in th
 initlal s hole match play round to dav WAS <. H. AlbeCk of Chicas who s0ueczcd into the Championsni
 flight in the play-off. Tiso,s riTa vas James McAunife, Buffalo, Wh
 qualified with 1j9, and SoN"ran
 faced \. ]. Pardcc Sf New Havcr
 whose l55 qualified him easily 10
 the championship struggle.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08

Paradise Palii inflicted the lirst defeat of the season on the Y. M. C. A. team in the Rotary league yesterday afternoon when it crush ed the association nine under 14 to 1 score in one of the games played at Walnut Hill park. In the second encounter of the afternoon Willow Brook nosed out the Burritt crew 9 to in a game played in all hour and 15 minutes.
 Games Friday
 Two postponed g,Imes. scheduled On July % will be played at Walnut Hill park Friday afternoon. Vance will meet Willow Brook and Para 1ise Park will battle Nathan Hale.
 Paradise Park 14-Y. NJ. C. A. I
 Little trouble was experienced by the Paradise Park team in swamp ing the Y. NJ. c. A. nine by the score of 14 to in the game played on Diamond No. ?. The winner scored in every inning but two and the score was so big at the end of seven innings that the game was called by agreement of the man. agers of the two teams.
 Murray. pitching for the winning oombina tion, was in exceptional form though his work was marred by streaks of wildness. He allowed the Y. NJ. C. A. a scant hit. this a double by Meotti, third baseman This hit was high fly which might have been covered and caught had E. Coyle started with the crack ',l of the bat. Murray famed five pat ters and walked seven. He forced ir the only run that the "Y" team got 1 in the fifth inning. The bases wert loaded with two out when the pass came to send Messenger home with the run. Murray walked four mer in succession in this frame.
 Cermier, OH the mound for the losers, was far from what he ha: been and there was strorg sus picion voiced in the bleachers tha he wasn't trying to win. His record for the day included eight hits seven strikeouts and II walks. Ht passed J. Coyle the five times h, was up.
 Paradise scored two in the first three in the second, one in th' fourth, four in the fifth and four Il the seventh making a total of l. in all.
 Heinzman was the leading hitte for his team, the only one to ge more than one hit off Cormier. H. belted out four bngles out of fiv' trips. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
Rv fine Asociated Press.

By the AsSo'ldtCd fTesSt
 With all but two Of the National league teams in transit yesterday from west to cast, the spotlight. glare rested upon the double clash =ef inc Yankees and the Athletics in Philadelphia. The As gained an even break with the runners-up in .the first two-thirds of what some @deem crucial series after the Yankees had won the opener,
 Led by Babe Ruth who hit his .2Sth with three on base. the Yankees @7eNploded five home runs about the Cars of Athletic pitchers in the open- ing game to win by lS to l. only to -eee the Mackmen run off with the second by to ,. This give-and- take 'performancc. of course left Con- -,nie Mack's margin of II and one sskalf games unmolested.
 e's The Babe hit his four run homer Nith one out in the second after the .Yanks had built up a 10 l lead on EHoward Ehmke in the first. The taIl Slight handler famed his rival, George zPipgras. to start the round, but ,Spassed Combs and Gehrig on either .sside of Rohertson's double. He then ,sfed two wide ones to Ruth. after sVhich he decided 10 try to sneak a sfast one through the middle. Simul- ataneously MT. Ruth hit the notion of etaking a cut at the ball, which took "a fine ride over the right center field .1ence.
 ,.. Following Ruths homer, Ehmke 4lait Lazzeri, and Sill Shores entered the box. A double by Dickcy and a hit Lazzeri. and Bill Shores entered homc run by kocniG added three to the Yankee total, and Shores dsap- peared after the finish of the inning. a9ssic Orwol did very well for the s1gst of the game, despite homo runs sv Meusel and Lazzeri, but Pipgras refused to weaken.
 Roy Sherid deserved better fate iR the nightcap, his second complete game in his major league career of one season. He entered the home half Of the eighth with q to lead FAer George Earnsh ..,. but three hits, two of them double, and 8 llHlDlt ny lIdGZeTl gave tlle MdCk' snen three runs and the game. Con. snie Mack sent Bob Grove in to pitcI athe nine just 10 remove any doub 4that the game was over.
 The Athletics and the Tanks vii sciose out their current series with single game today and then repai to the west for their final long tril Of the season.
 Next in importance to the bi double header in the America league campaign yesterday was tn tlfeeting between the Indians and tn gHgers in Cleveland. Dale Alexan .der treated himself to four hit (which helped the Bengals to hal eUleveland's rush toward third plac With a 14 to victory. As a result sthe tribe fell from tic with tn sRrowns for the third rung.
 fs Washington defeated the Red So lat Boston by to ?, and the Brown and the White SoX were travelling. :, The only activity in the Nationa s1eague was at Probes field where tn ~Pirates nosed out the Giants by { ,3s in the ninth and shaved a nor cor less inconsequential half gam
 From the margin of the Cubs, wh enow top the National field by seve f.,n
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
'PHANTOMS DEFEAT '. M. |. A. TEAM
Take Stronger Hold on Second
 Place in Junior League
Standing

The Phantoms took a stronger hold on second place in the Junior City Baseball league last evening when they handed the Y M. (. A. a 17 to pasting at Walnut Hill park in a game that was called in the last half of. the eighth inning by Umpire Larry Mangan because Of darkness.
 The association boys were no match for the Ghetto Ghosts who stepped into three-run lead as the result of Buchas' home run with two On in the first inning. From there on they were never headed. The winners scored in every inning and it was not until the closing frames when Lefty" Cohen eased up that the losers were able 10 dent the rubber.
 The chief cause of the 'I" teams defeat was its wretched work in the field. A charitable scorer charged the club with only nine errors, but nc was obliged to overlook several minor misplays.
 | While the losers were unable 10 do anything right in the field they were even worse when they got 10 the plate. Cohen had his opponents eating out of his hand and allowed but two of them to reach first base in the first five innings. In the meantime the Phaptoms kept pluggings away. mixing numer- ous hits with their opponents errors and their total of runs mounted 1ast' i The team fielded well and was al- ways capable of arising 10 inc oc- casion when the losers made, the | least scoring threat.
 The summary:
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
By HENRY l.. FARRELL.


 Philadelphia, Aug. S. - Connie Mack thinks his Philadelphia Ath- lctics are in To interpret this for those who are not conversant Nlth baseball parlance it means that the venerable and beloved leader of the Athletics thinks that his club is go- ing 10 be in the world series this fal! for the first time in , years.
 Mr. Mack will not come out and say flatly that he is going to lead a team into the series, but there are other ways of saying things.
 Your ball club is going very good, Mir. Mack.' we said to him in his office.
 "Yes. we have very good ball club and we have survived some bad breaks and a slump or tWo,' he said. "I am looking to the future with more confidence than l had in the spring.
 Was Sick Man
 Ut appeared in print that l de- serted my ball club in disgust in Florida. But that is not a fact I did leave the club to go home be- cause l was a very sick man and didn't feel capable of making the exhibition games. l had a severe at tack of the flu before l went south and I didn't recuperate as quickl, as I thought I would. So l decided to go home and get complete rest
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
CRACK FIELD IN RACE
Western Performers Dominate List of Crack Handicappers ill flaw thornc Handicap Today.

Chicago, Aug. s (RH-A crack field of a2 handicap horses, dominated in the overnight list by western per formers, was entered for the third running of the Hawthorne Handi- cap, 5000 added, at a mile and ! sixteenth, at the Hawthorne track today.
 Misstcp. four year old from the Lamar stock farm. which triumphed over great field in the Arlington handicap. was long favorite, lE spite Of the fact that he had an inn post of 129 pounds. top weight. He was quoted al s to overnight, with the Wild Rose farms DoWag- iac, winner of the s15.000 Stars and Stripes event at Arlington park down at to 1.
 Migstep's post position was mum
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
MACDONALD SMITH :. DEFEATS SARAzEN
GoIhng Star 1ucks Long Island Open Title Into Bag

Salisbury. Plains, N. Y. Aug. S. P-MacDonald Smith. has tucked the Long Island open title into his already well filled bag Of minor tour nament trophies with all aggregate 72 hole medal score of 2S6. Second to Smith came Gene Sarazen. long, hitting former open king. two strokes behind. Seven strokes behind Smith and five rearward to Gene came George Eoigt. North Hills amateur who won the crown in 1928,
 The story of the tournament hinges around the final S6 holes. starting the first round Sarazen blazed away with 66 to put him two strokes ahead of Smith. This ad- vantage was shortlived however. The afternoon round saw Smith even matters on the first two holes with birdies. Then the new titleho4deF played par to such advantage that al the conclusion of the IS holes he turned in total Of v. just what the architect specified the course should be accomplished in.
 Sarazen. on the other hand, was four down to par with a 76, his two stroke advantage being replaced ! with d deficit of like amount Noigt who, starting the final round was II strokes behind Smith, shat tered par by four strokes. neat 6S ! still leaving him seven strokes 1T third place.
 Others in the money included: C ] Smith. North Shore, 297; Wlill' Klein. Wheatley Hills. 29o: N. Frey ! Greensboro. sol: and Pat Costello Bntmore Shores. George Heron 1 Meadowbrook, Jack Farrell, Norli
 Shore and Rudolph kolash, ROCK
 vile. each with 303.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08

But to tell you the truth I wasn't too enthusiastic about my ball club before the season started. l even had doubts about it until the last western trip. But the boys showed their spirit on that trip.
 Cy Filled in Nicely
 Road trips are always strain on ball club. Especially when the club is setting the pace. Then we had on that last trip a number of casualties. Cochranc. Haas and Bo- ley were out Of the game and l fear ed that it would dishcartcn the boys. But Cy (Perkins) went in behind the bat and did most beautiful work and rallied the boys around him."
 "It isn't true then" l asked him. that you sent an emergency call for Cochrane to come back to the team, crippled or not
 T did call him back to the team, :" he said. But not exactly for that reason. l was figuring on an emerg- ency that would arise is Perkins had the misfortune to meet with injury. Cochrane also is great influence on the ball club. The players all like him and respect him and they seem to be more steady when he is behind the bat"
 His FayOritcs
 The old gentlemans eyes sparllled when he spoke of Mule Haas. Jimmy 1,o impression was easily acquired that
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
PARADISE PARK DEFEATS
 Y TEAM IN ROTARY LOOP
Association Team Suffers First Loss of the Season. Murray Allows Only One Hit in Seven Innings Played - Willow Brook Aggregation Noses Out Burritt Crew By to Score-Lyons in Fine fettle in the Box For the Winners-Details.
900 0l0 O. l

Y NJ. c. A. 900 Ol0 O. l. TWO m base hits: Neottl, Heinzman. Struck out: By Cormier :, Murray 5.
 Willow Brook 9-Burrltts 6
 Behind the sensational hurting of Lyons, the Willow Brook aggrega- ton nosed out the Burritt team in a hard fought battle, the final score being to 6. The game was played in the unusually fast time of one hour and 15 minutes.
 The Willow Brook pitching ace was in fine fettle yesterday after noon and allowed but four hits dur ing the contest. Fourteen of the opposition found his slants too diff cult to solve and fell by the wayside on strikes. |.
 The contest was close throughout and it was not until the late innings that the winner was decided. The winners broke into the scoring col umn early when they tallied a single counter ill the opening session with out the aid of hit. The Burritts showed their only real offensive in this canto when they pounded out d pair of hits to register two runs. The winners went into the lead in the fourth frame when they tallied l twice on a pair of hits.
 Three more runs were added to the Willow Brook total in the sixth but the losers came back to cut this lead by one run.
 The count was knotted at sX-all in the seventh when the Burrjtts pounded in two runs but an offens- i've in the eighth and ninth sessions enders.
 J. Melisonis and Fink were the hitting kids" for the winning crew. The summary:
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08
SEEKS MORE ACTION
Sammy Nfandell Signs for Bout on August 23 With Unnamed Op- pOnent in Chicago.

Chicago, Aug. s P)-Sammy Man dell, world lightweight champion, will open his campaign for more ac- tivity at the Chicago Stadium Aug ust 2S.
 Mandell has signed for bout with an opponent to be named. His title will not be at stake. the bout being over the weight limit engagement.
 Negotiations are going on with Jack Berg, Joey Medill, Armando Santiago. Billy Petrolle and Billy Wallace as possible opponents for Mandel.
 Heinie Manush. beaten out of the 1928 American league batting title by one point. is trying hard for the 1929 cham mpionship.
New Britain herald., 1929-08-08

they are his particular pets.
 Don't you believe that Foxx is hitting over his head?" we asked.
 Not at all. Not at al." he an- swercd. "To the contrary the boy is hitting under his head.'
 "I suppose you know that it would be very popular victory if you ball club won the pennant" we said.
 Dividing the Honor
 "Wcll," he said, with the hint of smile, T suppose it would. By that I mean the public wouldn't object if the Yankees didn't win again. I am saying this impersonally. The Yankee manager and his players are my friends, but the public tires of seeing the same team winning all the time. I think l am Lalified to speak from experience. l had a team once that won number of cham ponships and I had 10 break it up. The players had become pennant rich, if I might put it that way. They had become sated with victories and didn't care much.
 "I don't believe it would hurt baseball If the Yankees did not win this year. I'm not putting my ball club forward. I think it would be the same if the Browns or the Tigers or tho Indians, or any other club finished first"
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