Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-07
Sports Chats
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Hal Eustace

Oi0 Mali Ddccbdil 4lne DCtAn "
show signs OF drowsineSs in the
Valley. His lids are dropping and
he IS about ready TO crawl up a hol-
low log and hibernate through the
winter. Teams are beginning e.
dlshand as the football rah. rah
grows louder. We would like 10 see
baseball hang Oh for two Or three
months yet. With the Valleys
climate the national pastime is we'll
within the realm Of possibility al
most the year round. Baseball and
football would not interfere. The
grid contests would be played in the
latter part Of the week while bail
games are almost invariably held
on Sundays or holidays. Few high
school athletes are on the amateur
mines.
The Valley has not had much Of
baseball season. True, several
strong mines have appeared, but
their schedules have been played in
a disjointed. u~norganized manner.
Despite the fact that the mines have
been busy all summer, it would be
a hard matter to pick the best team
in the Valley. The San Benito
Pentagons have had a good season
and their play was perhaps the best
organized in the Valley. The Mis-
sion 30-30's, the Donna Indepen-
dents, the McAilen Legionnaires,
the Brownsville Tigers and Hatters,
the San Benito Aztecs. the Harlin-
gen Red Ants and the La Feria
Boosters have furnished amusement
for the fans during the hot sum-
mer months. The 43rd Mexican
Cavalry placed a strong team in the
field for q while before the nag and
sabre outfit was transferred from
Matamoros.
Zen Proctor and several other
baseball enthusiasts are now sc
work on a league that would take
Brownsville and perhaps several
other Valley cities into a league
with Laredo, Corpus Christi, Port
Arthur, Austin and other cen1ers Uf
their caliber. This OF course Is a
long way off. but the sooner TIE
work of organizing the loop gets
under way the chances OF 1t seeing
light are better. A strenuous effort
was made this season to organize a
Valley league. but TO no avail. Scnlc
organization should be gotten into
baseball here next summer III the
league does not come through. The
amateurs should get together at the
beginning Of the season and map
out some schedule or system where
by a Valley champion could ne des-
ignated. This was done TWO Years
ago by the American Legion.
Brownsville copied the title after
a hard tussle with McAllen.
Things are beginning to perk up
IN the way Of a Brownsville Junior
college eleven. Morris Rankin. for
mel Main Avenue high star, put III
MS appearance on Tucker field FIJI
Gay afternoon. Last season he per-
formed with the 8. M. ". froSh
Rankin has seen duty both rs a
back and as an end.
Watching Rankin timber IN a BIZ
Coach Douglas Fessenden smiled
Morris and Boy Newman won me
a game at Main avenue agsInst
breckenridge that certainly kicked
over the dope bucket" Fessenaen
said. Breckenridge had had a GOOD
season, whereas Main was distinct
~ down At the heels. They were
quoting ten to one ODDS against ~
before the game. Morris and New-
man went wild and with fair SIM
port from the remainder ~ TIE clnr,
took Brackenridge's measure
Outside Of Rankin. Cevanes ana
Cueliar. however. little Is known ~
what VIII comprise the Scorpicn
eleven. Several Valley PLAYERS ~
merit nave indicated that they Vii
enter the Junior college this fau Z
GOOD schedule is being lined i'm ara
ne coaching staff II ortIr,irt,r
Iney are looking forward to ~
cest season yet experienced bv tie
collegianS. 80
Big Dan" Barnhart is continp,rc
10 STICK q vigorous boot into the
pleskin for the high school Eagles
FTloay afternoon he waited several
Of them down the field with 4 zen
tle breeze for 60 yards. Dams puntS
are the kind thst the coaches ike
70 see. They roll off his stiff ler
q pretty spiral with plenty ~
distance and height. Lots 81 tins
the ends to get down under
hem and they are none too earv
the opposing back 10 hands,.
The entire Eagle team a click
ng off In q good early eas man
her. There r still many vourh
'dges ~ Be sandpapered. but on 4
whole the squad Is running off the
fundamental plays given them In
good style. One would naturally
the squad to be q bit cocky-
champions and all OF that
but 1t Is not. The boys are confi-