Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-21
Sports Chats
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Hal Eustace

THE HARLTNGEN high school
CaruInai grlu aSplrants were caIieu
together Tuesday afternoon by
Coach j. A. Dutch Rektorik. The
Red Birds had a season last year
that could not be called highly suc-
cessful. They got off to a bad start
and never fully recovered. with
Rektorik, former Aggie star. in the
coaching harness, Card fans can
rest assured that only lack OF ma
terial could cause a poor year
Even with green players, Dutch
knows how to get the maximum
from them. He knows when 10
coax. when to Scold and when TO
keep quiet. Handling Of boys IS one
OF the hardest things required OF
a coach. The players have TO ike
their mentor personally and nave
confidence in his ability. Other
wise there would be half-hearted
play afield.
Dutch IS getting his squad off 10
an early start. He expects 10 put
his pigskin hustlers through prac-
tice session today. Most OF the
Valley squads will begin unlimber-
ing the mental and muscular kinks
about Aug. rs or q. The Ray
mondville gridders, under the guio-
ance Of Capt. Beatty McCharcn.
also are getting away to an early
start soon. The Cardinals are *
pected to concentrate their efforts
in pointing for the opening game OF
the a with the Brownsville
Eagles. The Eagles have entered
class "A" football. whereas the re-
mainder of the Valley teams are
still in the b classification Of the
interscholastic league. Naturally,
the remainder of the Valley would
like to see the naughty Eagles
humbled. Harrington will be the
only n Of their number to get the
opportunity to do so. They will DO
their best. The Cardinal game IS
a hangover from a previous con-
tract. II was a matter OF forfeit
500 or play. the way we under
stood IL. The contest will DC held IN
Harrington.
The Valley teams have several
new coaches this year who should
nut snap and ginger into the tus-
sles. Bud" McCallum. former U.
Of T. star. has been signed IN tne
Kingsville Javalinas. Dutch Rex
torik bv the Cardinals. Brady Rey-
nolds by the San Benito Grey
hounds. Brownsville has a new
coaching staff member in car
Surtees. There have been some
other changes but manv OF the old
fayorites are back. Doug Fes-
sender. most successful coach In
the Valley last year. again will be
at the helm of the local Eagles. All
OF the Brownsville athletic wise
acres are due back on deck now.
Besides Surtees and F~eSsenden..
there are Soc" Plato and RED
Irvine.
AND NOW comes water polo. This
section got its first taste OF this
sport last Sunday at the Point Isa-
bel regatta. The fans took TO IT,
as well as did the neaphvte players.
Smith Runnels OF Houston, NJ OF
the best outboard racers in the
Southwest. played a portion Of the
game. He was so elated with the
sport, that he plans TO organize a
team in his home town. Runnels
also stated that he would bring his
squad here for a contest in the fu-
ture.
Point Isabel players are planning
to continue the game. and will have
specially built boats manufactured.
Water polo is extremely hard on
hulls. Several boats were dam
aged Sunday. Paul Cottrell Is the
prime mover among the Point Isa-
bel h2o poloistS. When the boats
are manufactured. the players plan
to hold contests regularly.
JUST AFTER setting a National
league record by winning 373
games. Grover Cleveland Alexander
has been SUSPENDED for breaking
training bv Bill McKechnie. Card
inal manager. Old Aleck. national
hero. has always been long on
breaking training. That was the
chief reason whv the Cubs disposed
OF him to the Cardinals. Well. they