Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-19
Sports Chats
With -
Hal Eustace

Hail King Georgel Not King
| George Of England, but King George
Of Brownsville-master OF all Elk
billiard players. Sunday George
Bell and Jack Rowe played 200
points in a game that was virtually
for the championship. Neither OF
the two had been defeated previous
ly in the straight tournament. Bell
went out on his opponent with a
run of eight. making the final score
200-l90. There are other games
to be played yet, but Bell has the
title as we'll as in his hand with
Rowe out of the way.
Ernest Fernandez. defending
champion, has lost several games
although he has played an excel
lent brand of billiards Throughout
the tournament. The handicap
tournament still has a long way TO
20. No one has 1t clinched as Bell
has the straight tourney. Cups are
to be awarded in both OF the con-
tests.
That cupboard field at Point Is
abel Sunday was boocoo fast. The
Valley crafts didn't get a remote
Whit at the prize money. l.. +. Hell
ton of Houston touched near world
record time when he o the Class
o five-mile race, averaging 37.37
miles per hour. Houston racers
again took off the major portion OF
the prizes. Their crafts placed five
times as compared to twice for the
Galveston outboarders. San Anto-
Mo and Goose Greek each got one
place.
The visitors were evidently well
pleased with the races here. They
stated they liked the course and
would return for competition here in
the future. Yacht club officials also
we're pleased with the success OF the
affair and doubtless will stage an
other regatta next year.
Valley boats did not show up In
the meet very well. They we're run
ming in competition with the best
outboarders and crafts in the state.
What is generally believed to be the
best cupboard in the Valley-George
Leonard's "Hell-a-Poppin' did not
ret into action Sunday in the free
for-all. She spilled just before the
starter sounded the signal Tor the
race to begin.
Good baseball was the order OF
the day Sunday In the Valley. The
Brownsville Hat Makers and the
43rd Mexican cavalry mines split 2
pair g. and 5-4. These were close
affairs. well played and interesting
At McAllen. the Legionnaires ano
the Mercedes l. ms put on a con-
test that was a regular thriller. I
took II innings for the Macks r.
emerge winner %. 1t was the same
story at Mission. The 30-30's nosec
over a run in the tenth inning tc
win 80 scores. That's a brand o.
ball not to be scoffed at.
Matty Matsuda. the wonderful lit.
tie Jap wrestler, is dead. He was ;
victim of strains brought on b.
many battles. Matt had quite ;
few friends in Brownsville. Der
Freudenstein, Louis Sanford. anc
others. Matsuda was a great per.
former , knew his showmanship
Outside OF the usual humbuggery
that surrounds wrestling Matsuds
was an excellent man. He was dis.
tinctly a credit to the game.
Sanford ac> edits Matsuda Will
saving one Of his arms. Working II
the same stable, they We. II
Brownsville en- route TO Mexico CITY
Sanford wrestler a Tur in Mata
moros. The Turk almost bit one q
OF Dago's fingers off. Infection Sc
IN and the entire arm became swol.
len up. Local doctors were prepar.
ng to amputate re arm when Mat.
ty asked for a CT ance to cure 1t. Fl,
sat to work and thu next day wher
the doctors c7me. they found tn,
arm well on its way to recovery.
Matsuda was a Jap sailor. II,
came TO the u. S. In 1900 and joinec
a show as a catch-as-catch-car
wrestler. Later he drifted to Chi,
cago where he Iorked with id San.
tel and Frank Gotch. Matty 20
valuable experience here. He bro.
crossed rapidly md wen the welter.
weight title of the world in 1917
He held it for four years until alons
came Jack REYNOLDS to take thu
crown. Matty cane back later
however and held the title again FOL
five years.
The game little 140-pound Jap o.
uncertain age died at Battle Greek
Mich, recently. He had been in
sanitarium for about a year. Be.
lieving himself in shape once NOR
he left and wrestled with Basants
Singh. the Indian. at Cincinnati
Injuries received in the bout proved