Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-30
Sports Chats
With -
Hal Eustace

lens with the high school Eagles
have a way Of solving themselves.
Or at least it so appears to an out
slider. Doug's hand could be dis
covered, however, II one went deep
enough into the problems. The
Eagles lost an excellent punter last
season in DIN Weller. No one in
particular was thought Of to take
his place. Now with the training
season only a week old, several
kickers Of ability have arisen to
the occasion.
Dan Barnhart, ramming fullback,
and Harbert Davenport, lineman,
out last year because Of an injured
shoulder. r getting distance and
accuracy into their boots. big
Dan" especially showed great i'm
provement Thursday afternoon. He
gets plenty leg-power into his wal
lops and his form is improving.
Ito" Samano, who has not turned
out for practice yet, also is a like
ly candidate for the berth Of punt
er.
Two place kickers have been dis
covered TO gladen the coaching
staff. John Ueche) Sylvester
showed the boys how to end-over-
end them between the goal posts
day before yesterday. He continued
his good work Thursday. In order
not to make 1t a run away event
for Leche, Billy Summers tried his
hand-or. perhaps better, his foot
Thursday. The sturdy lineman is
plenty good at it.
Not satisfied with being the best
Boy Scout athlete in this neck o
the woods, Vance Wilson is now out
for the Eagle squad. Coach Fessen-
den chuckled a he watched Vance
in action yesterday. Hes a sweet
little player. Looks Just like Boy
Newman did when l first got hold
OF him at Main Avenue" Fessenden
said. Just about the same size
and build"
Vance tips the beam around the
128-pound mark, but the trouble is
that he's too smart. He'll be grad
uated before he could get the op-
portunity TO make first string. Al
any rate he's a welcomed addition
TO the squad ana probably will see
service with the class "B" eleven.
vance is an Eagle ;cout, as is Wal
ter Washington who is trying out
for a line post. They a off with
individual athletic hcnors at Camp
Perry this summer. Vance's broth
er, Walton, performed at end for
the Eagles sc 7eral years back.
Jack Allen, potential lineman. was
operated on Thursday afternoon as
his teammates cavorted about
Tucker field. Allen was suffering
from appendicitis. While he will
probably be out for the remainder
of the season so far as football Is
concerned. it is hoped that Jack will
be able to play basketball. He
would be welcomed on the Eagle
quint by Coach SOC" Plato. Sew
eral CT Aliens juddies were at the
hospital with him when the opera
ton vas to have taken place.
.
Coach Cowboy" Ogan IS optimis-
tic as TO the outlook for the Nc
Allen Bulldog eleven. Ogan, it will
be remembered, came to McAllen
from Kingsville high. The Bull
dogs got into action Monday and
have been working out ever since.
The Mackian eleven will be formed
around the following lettermen:
Captain, Gene ~.x. Burgess Stutz-
enberger, Charles Modest, Frank Al
len. JOHNNY CavaZos. Harold Earnest
and Jim Walsh. Two players will
step up from re strong Bull Pup
junior high eleven Of last season.
McAllen fans would like to OBJ
tain a game with the Brownsville
Eagles. 1T is problematical as to
whether or not this will come TO
pass for the Eagles will be occupied
the major portion of the time with
their class "A" schedule. The Ea-
giles will have a "B" team. however.
that would welcome Valley COM
petition. A sche : for this eleven
is now being arranged.
Coach Carl K''chens Of the Mer-
cedes high schoo. is expected to re-
turn from the Rockne- Warner
coaching school tie first Of the
coming week. Kitchens will more
than probably ct his squad out as
soon as possible thereafter. Kitch-
ems should have a COCA year. as he
Will have a flock of leftermCn back
and some new material. The Mer-
cedes eleven did not cut such a
large swath last season. but IL Is