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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
CPORTS

BY BISHOP

DO you remember the last play
of the DePaul- Brownsville football
game? Here it is: The ball was
on the 5O-yard line. Newman pass
ed to Cablor for 20-yard gain.
Joe Roberts, Of Harrington, was IN
the city Wednesday. Joe related
that jim Sheffield, st. Edwards
coach at Austin, was proposed as
the manager of the Harrington team
of the proposed Valley league, some
time ago.
ct don't know if Harlingen would
enter a four-club league" Joe told
the writer. Il believe with a $500
per month salary limit the league
would be self-sustaining," MI. Rob
erts declared.
Whether the local American
Legion will put out a baseball
team this season or not, will prob
ably be decided in the next few
days. The Legion nine won the
Valley title last year, playing Nc
Allen for the title in a three game
series, winning two of the contests.
We are told that Jumpin' Joe Du-
gan's threat to retire from baseball
has come true. He has joined the
Boston Braves. Dugan IS renem-
bered as a member Of Connie Macks
White Elephants who trained IN the
Valley in 1919.
The recent rebellion" of GER
tain White Sox ball players train
ing at Dallas, gave the Texas lea
que clubs something to think
about. Art Shires, former Valley
player, seems to have been the
most "rebellious' of the players.
Whether or not Shires was justi-
fled in his statements, it is going
to hurt his chances of becoming
a big league star. If 1t be true
that Shires and Cissell did not
take the proper are of them
selves, and violated rules, then
they are to be condemned. We
admire Blackburne in his state
ment that he is "boss." 800. =.
Wear Schoonover, captain-elect Of
the Arkansas U. basketball team,
has been chosen as the most val
liable student in the Razorback
institution. Yes, athletes r studi-
Gus, also.
Ban Johnson. deposed presi-
dent of the American league. be-
am head of that organization
in 1893. 1t was then known as
the Western league. The season
lasted four and a half months,
and no player received a salary
over $500 per month.
Grover Cleveland Alexander has
been pitching professional baseball
for twenty years. His average has
always been above the 800 per cent
mark. In 1910 when he was with
Syracuse the Cardinal star pitcSed
81 successive scoreless innings, and
received SITS per month.
joe SewelI, the Cleveland short
s%top-third baseman, is noted as a
PLAYER who seldom whiffs. But In
1902 Nap Latcie, also a Cleveland
player, struck out only six times.
An interesting item other day,
which will start the old-time fight
fans buzzing, says that an offer of
$1,000 900 has been made for a As
round battle in Tijuana, Mexico.
Gentlemen, it's not how many
rounds a fight lasts that makes it
a success, but what the maulers
do while I'm the ring that counts.
They hold Around bouts in Cali
fornia recently. And they were 4
rounds of real battle.
There Is a lot more action In some
Of the 10 round scraps these days
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
ROPE CLIMBING RECORD
SET BY CRIPPLED BOY

LOS ANGELES, April 4.-(P)-A
high school lad, despite the handi-
cap of a 12-pound leg brace. has
broken the 24-year-old record for
the 25-foot rope climb. He is
Jimmy Burton, who since childhood
has worn a steel leg brace.
Burton, a member Of the Los An
geles athletic clubs gymnastic
team. recently covered the Is feet
in six seconds, lettering by two
fifths Of a second the record that
was held for nearly a quarter Of q
century by George Kuhna, eastern
star of two decades ago.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
School Nine Gets In
Shape Playing Second
Team; Looking Good

Coach Plato has his baseball
team composed of high school and
junior college players out each aft
ernoon at Tucker Field In practice
games with the second team and
ineligibles.
Prospects for a good team are
bright, the coach believes. Char
lie Baker and Bob Myers are doing
the catching and pitching for the
school nine. The club win play
Valley teams beginning next week,
the schedule not having been COM
pleted as yet.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
ATHLETIC PROGRAM

BRYAN, Tex, April 4.-CP-
Golfing, swimming, games, teas,
and other forms Of recreation will
make up the entertainment pro-
gram for ladies at the East Texas
Chamber Of Commerce convention
here on May ST. Mrs. Tyler Has
well, chairman Of the ladies COM
mittee, announced.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
TONY HAS TO SHOW ,EM

NEW YORK. April 3.-(P-When
the Yankees appear here in their
first home game in April, the Babe
again will be the prize attraction,
but there will be a few thousand
out there to see for themselves as to
whether Tony Lazerri's throwing
arm is strong again. Fans and
critics alike have shown consider
able skepticism.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

Billy Coggin, righthanded pitcher,
has been released by the Erie club
Of the Central League. He had only
fair success last season and with a
rookie rule this year. it was thought
best by Manager Munich to give him
a chance to hook on elsewhere while
the hooking was good.
President Tom Hickey Of the
American Association, is following
the lead Of other league executives
md visiting the camps Of his clubs.
He dropped in on the INDIANAPOLIS
squad at Sarasota, Fla, last week.
Manager Pop kitchens Of the
Tampa team Of the Southeastern
league. last week announced the I'M
conditional release of Pitcher Red
Sweeney. He Joined the Tampa
team last July, going from Orlando
following the break UP Of the Florida
State League. He appeared to be
doing fine work in the training
games and the release came as a
distinct surprise.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

Harry Faulkner, athletic coach at
Terrill prep school in Dallas, has
been named assistant to Business
Manager Bob Tarleton Of the Dallas
club.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

Harold Catcott, a catcher from
Keosaqua, Ia, has signed with the
Dubuque team of the Mississippi
Valley League.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

Catcher Ed Doherty has been sold
by Wilmington Of the Eastern At
lantic League. The sale is condi-
toned upon the player making
good.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04
y 0eg cNgae't eUaseCk the SAMSONBAK
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sUon't by sUe@s'ing

The belt s.t.r.e.t.c.h.ess faarvelously,
but never rips. That belt goes three
quarters Of the way around your body
too-everywhere there's any POSSIBLE
ity of pulling Or binding. And there's
not a strand Of rubber i'm it to break
or lose elasticity.
You won't find this belt i'm any
other union suffer- anything like the
comfort. The whole idea is patented.
The cost is only one dollar. There are
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

STRONG men aren't all in the circus!
That's the warming we received when
we first challenged men to a tug-of.war
ON the new HANES SAMSONBAK Union
Suit. But we knew our garment. And
now big men and little men in every
walk of life are satisfied that here are
the longest service, the best fit and
the most comfort ever found in a
union suit.
Hustle around to your dealer. Tell
him you want to see for
yourself how strong the GAAEGl
SAMSONBAK really is. - -
Hall uat O str,uclehnI S
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-04

many other styles in
HANES Underwear. See
fhem all - particularly
the smart new shirts and
shorts. P. lei. Hanes
Knitting Co., Winston
Salem, North Carolina.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19

Heavy inroads on the gas
supply were made Monday
night by a storm and their
efforts to determine their To-
cation, after they became lost
in the fog.
Peck and Genaro this morning
supervised the cleaning and repack-
ing of the yellow plane at Hoosier
airport, anxious to get back in the
air.
Both the f1iers and the ground
crew have gained valuable expert
ence from the first attempt, and
from now on things should go
smoother than before" Major H.
LeR. Mueller, flight manager, said.
peek and Genaro and the refuel-
ing crew have the difficult feat Of
refueling in mid-air down to fine
science and there should be no diff
ficulty along that line"
The F1amingo was returned late
Wednesday from Cincinnati, where
it had been flown by Peck and Lieu
tenant G. o. Perry. refueling pilot,
for checkup of the motor at the fac
tory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
HEAT LACKING,
OFFICES COLD
City Plant Starts Work
After First Frost.

Office workers in Indianapolis
were forced to take up calisthenics
today between adding machine
totals as the temperature hung
around the 81 degree mark. The city
had it's first frost Wednesday night
City heat, within the mile-square
was slowly steaming through pipes
to office buildings. In the vicinity
of Washington and Meridian streets
warming pipes were reported.
indianapolis Power and Light
Company officials said downtown
district heat was turned on Wednes-
day. 1t takes twenty-four to
thirty-six hours to warm radiators.
The district between Tenth and
Twenty streets and Illinois
street and Central avenue has had
heat since last week.
Coal companies reported a rush
to fill cellars
Rain will follow the frost in In
dianapolis, and generally throughout
the state. according to j. H. Arm
ington, meteorologist.
Northern Indiana portions were
touched by light frost Tuesday night,
followed by more severe freezing
Wednesday night, indianapolis was
caught by frost Wednesday night.
The lowest temperature was re-
corded at Wheatfield Wednesday
night, when the thermometer
dropped to % degrees.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
PETTY CASE CLOSING
Deputy's Fate Rests With
Jury Late Today.

With five defense witnesses to tes-
tify this afternoon in the criminal
court trial of Elmer E. Petty. dep
uty sheriff, charged with drunken
ness and operating car while
drunk, the case was expected to go
to the jury tonight.
Two defense witnesses testified
today that Petty was not drunk
when they saw him before the acci-
dent. They were Joseph w. Yakey.
coal dealer at Thirtieth' street and
the Canal, and William Watkins,
Negro, employe of Yakey's.
Petty is being tried as result Of
an accident at Sixteenth street and
Riverside drive June 6, when a dep
uty sheriff's car he was driving
crashed into a car driven by John
Stack, 1864 Roache street. Maxi
mum penalty, on which Prosecutor
Judson L. Stark will insist, is a $500
fine and six months imprisonment
at the Indiana State farm. Munich
pal Judge Thomas E. Garvin is trial
Judge.
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BIZ United Press
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Sept. 19.
Earl F. Peacoxs own story of how
and why he killed his 20-year-old
wife and burned her body was in
terrupted today by court adjourn
ment.
The trial will be rsumed Friday in
the courthouse here. at which time
Police Captain Michael Silverstein
will go back to the stand to finish
the reading of the confession which
Peacox gave him. The adjournment
was announced late Wednesday by
Supreme Court Justice Tompkins.
Twelve witnesses testified Wednes-
day, chief among them being Silver
stein. In the confession as read
by the police captain, Peacox ad-
mitted he strangled his wife, but
added: II want to tell you some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
RoIIin Stewart Permitted
Leave ito Attend to
Business

BIZ Times special
PENDLETON, Ind, Sept. 49,
Rollin Stewart, 25, Indianapolis
lier-bootlegger, was at liberty today
on a Jen-day parole to attend to
business interests" after serving
nine months of two-year sentence
in the state reformatory for trans
porting liquor.
Stewart discarded his prison togs
and duties as assistant to the chap.
lain Friday, and Wednesday is sale;
to have appeared at Marion county
courthouse with his brother, local
radio dealer. Ostensibly he was at
tending to business affairs" the
nature of which he has not dis
closed.
Because several attempts have
been made to gain his release on
grounds of good behavior. conjec-
ture on his appearance here con-
nected the temporary parole with
personal effort to gain permanent
freedom.
In 1927, according to police,
Stewart was near an airplane that
landed near Ft. Benjamin Harrison
to discharge booze cargo into a
car he drove away. Convicted of
transporting liquor, the young col
lege student and man-about-town
was given a suspended sentence. In
the pursuit before his capture, he
was wounded in the heel by a
deputy sheriff's bullet.
A year later, driving large sedan
sixty miles an hour through down.
town Indianapolis, Stewart again
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
JURY VOTES ON
CO-ErS FATE
AcquittaI or Death, Plea Of
Husband-L LaWyer.

Bg United Press
NEW BAUNFELS, Tex, Sept. 1e.
Becky Rogers today awaited news
from the jury which debated her
fate behind locked doors.
The twelve farmers who received
the bank robbery charges against
the girl late Wednesday and delib-
Grated until $3.50 p. m, when they
were ordered to bed by Judge John
Watson, returned to their chamber
early today.
Final arguments were concluded
wednesday, afternoon and Judge
Watson committed the jurors to the
task of determining whether Becky
was criminally responsible or insane
when she held up the cashier of the
Farmers National bank of Buda,
Tex, and escaped with $1,000.
It was not revealed how the vote
stood when deliberation ended
Wednesday night, although several
ballots had been taken.
Otis Rogers, youthful husband of
the defendant, who married her
when she was his claSsmate at the
University of Texas and conducted
her defense, asked the jury to assess
the death penalty, provided for rob-
berry with firearms in Texas, rather
than to send his wife to prison. He
had entered a plea of insanity for
the girl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
PEACOCK WIFE SLAYfNG
STORY READ TO COURT

thing before I start. I loved my
wife. I always loved her. But we
had different temperaments and
didn't get along. She had not been
doing the right thing and her
mother knew It,"
The confession then went on to
relate the details of the murder on
the first anniversary of their we'd
ding.
Young Peacox explained how he
washed the blood from his arms and
carried the body downstairs and
stuffed it in the tonneau of his car.
Reaching Ardsley road. he said he
left the body there after tying a
piece Of cord around the neck.
Il wanted to be sure she was
dead" the confession read.
Five days later, he said, he re-
turned to the scene and set fire to
the body.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
Deficit of
$4,000 at
StuteBank
Columbia City Institution
Official Is Alleged to
Have Confessed,

Shortages of $4,000 in accounts
Of Lloyd s. Crouch, assistant sec
retary of the Provident Trust Com
pany of Columbia City have been
discovered by William Dexheimer,
state banking examiner, it was
learned today.
Bank records were being exam
ing by Dexheimer Wednesday prior
to it's merger with the Columbia
City State bank when the shortage
was discovered.
Crouch, son-in-law of G. H. Foust,
bank president, has admitted the
shortage, it is said, attributing it to
changing totals of certificates of
deposit.
Full details will not be revealed
by Dexheimer, it was said, until a
final statement is prepared Friday.
Thomas D. Barr. deputy state
bank commissioner, has been called
to Columbia City to confer with
DeXheimer, it was learned.
Crouch now is making an attempt
to make good, the shortage, accord
ing to reports.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
COAST GUARD
BOAT FIRES ON
CANADIAN SHIP
Two of Five Abound Shots
Strike Vessel on
High Seas.
CAPTAIN TO PROTEST
Declares Ensign Was at
Mast TWenty-Six Miles
From Coast.

By United Press
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 10
Bearing down on the Nova Scots
motor ship Shawnee Friday night
about twenty-six miles off New
York, the United States coast guard
vessel No. 145, 75-footer, came
within ten yards of the port bow
with her lights doused and fired
five four-pound shots in succession
two of them finding their mark, ac-
cording to Captain John Mcleod
master. following the arrival OF the
Shawnee in Halifax today.
Captain Mcleod declared he
would make formal protest to Ot-
taWa.
According to Captain Mcleod, the
Shawnee, showing all lights, was
from Bermuda to Halifax in ballast,
when No. 145 hove in sight.
Says Ensign Was Flown
The Canadian ensign was up to
the masthead, he claimed. Without
warning the No. 145 opened fire, he
said. the third shot piercing the hull
on the port side near the stern and
going through on the other side
scraping part of the asbestos from
the muffler and the fourth touching
the rail OH the wheel house.
The No. las hailed the Shawnee
asking What ship is that?" Captain
Mcleod replied:
well you should know"
Captain Mcleod stated 1t was
quite dark and the No. 145 turned
or her search light to examine the
Shawnee and commenced signaling
to the U. S. c. G. Gresham.
Vessel Increases Speed
The Shawnee was making about
ten knots and her speed increased
to tewlve knots to take her out to
sea. Four hours later the Gresham
hove in sight relieving the No. 145.
On Saturday morning the
Shawnee hove to in order to make
repairs to her pump. At noon the
Gresham was relieved by a 125
footer.
In the evening the Shawnee con-
tinued on the voyage to Halifax
Captain Mcleod said he could as
sign no reason for the action.
Following the arrival, the hole in
the hull was visible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
FLIER-BOOTLEGGER
ALLOWED PAROLE

was apprehended on a transporting
charge. Police said they found two
bottles Of liquor in his car. Grim
inal Judge James A. Collins re-
voked the former suspension and
imposed another two-year term.
A winged 'airplane is housed
in an Indianapolis hangar awaiting
Stewards return.
Members of the parole board who
granted the temporary release are: I:
John H. Hoy. Lebanon; H. T. York,
Marion; Brook T. Ceilings, Kokomo,
and Glenn Harrison, Attica. The
boards order Stipulates he must re-
turn to the reformatory Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
AIR TRAGEDY FEARED

Spanish Mail Plane, Five Persons,
Missing; No Trace Uncovered.
BE- United Press
CASABLANCA, Morocco, Sept. 10.
There still was no sign here early
today of the Toulouse-to-Casa-
blanca plane which carried four
passengers and pilot. Spanish
planes searched the route, but re-
ported they had found no trace OF it.
The air mail plane was piloted by
fiier making his first trip for
the postal line. 1t was presumed
here the plane might have fallen
into the sea and number Of sea-
planes we're searching the Medt-
terranean coast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
IS EPIC OF COURAGE AND DEVOTION TO AN IDEAL

it could carry enough hydrogen gas
to lift it's own weight; ne must
build it larger still If it we're to
carry motors, fuel, crew; larger still
If it should carry a load.
His -hip had to be as large as an
ocean steamship. And it must
weigh no more than a small lake
schooner.
The calculations of strength TO
weight are highly intricate. Stress
analysis in the past had largely been
applied to bridges and to buildings
The science of aerodynamics
hadn't even been born. The light
weight gasoline motor was still in
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19

The creation of airships is diff
ferent from al other inventions in
that it can not be started on small
scale.
The builder of the early automo-
bile could work at it in a shed
after hours. If it failed, he could
find what was wrong, correct it,
and try again He would not be
out much except his time.
He could keep on trying until he
succeeded. Many of the inventions
that have changed the economic and
political map Of the world have
been started IN sheds and attic
lofts.
But Count Zeppelin had to have
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
SLAYER BOUND over
Killer of Wife Held to Jury
on Murder Charge.

Andrew judi, 66, of 423 Virginia
avenue, today was held to the Mar
ion county grand jury on murder
charges for alleged shooting of his
wife, Mary Ann judi, 35, in their
home Tuesday night. He was bound
over Wednesday in municipal court.
judi admitted he shot Mrs. judi,
but said he killed her in self-efense,
according to police. He charged she
beat him over the head, and
grasped a knife, screaming, "I'll kill
you," during an argument that be-
gan when he rebuked her for not
keeping their son, Charles Thomas,
2, clean.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19

A S volunteer officer in the
N Union army during the Amer
lean Civil war, Count Zeppelin had
flown in free and captive balloons,
first at Fl. Smelling, Mimi, then
in Virginia during Grants cam
paigns. He was never to forget the
experience.
For years afterward he had spent
all the leisure hours that come to
an army officer in working up plans
and blue prints. He wanted TO build
balloon that would carry motors
and rudder, something that would
enable man to achieve his long am
bition to ascend into the third
6imsusioA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19

richshafen on Lake Constance,
contributing articles on economics
and other subjects to the Frank
furter zeitung and other periodi-
Gals, sailing small boats upon the
lake, and following the life of a
student and scholar, while still
planning to complete a book deal
ing with economic affairs of the day.
Meanwhile, also on the shores Of
Lake Constance, Count Ferdinand
Zeppelin was embarked upon a
project requiring probably the
greatest and most persistent exer-
else Of courage and devotion In the
whole field Of invention and re-
search
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
CONTRACTOR GUILTY
Prison Term Imposed in
Evansville Case.

By United Press
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Sept. i9.--
Convicted on charges of misrepre-
senting a claim to the city of Ev-
ansville for $217,099 in connection
with construction of a $1,000.000
sever, George Pontarelli, contractor
today was sentenced to two to four
teen years in prison and fined $1,000
The defense Immediately an
ncunced plans for appeal to the su-
preme court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19
HANNAH SENTENCED

Pleads Guilty, Gets 1-to-10 Term for
Stepfather's Death.
Pleading guilty before Criminal
Judge James A. Collins on an in
voluntary manslaughter charge a
day before he was to be tried by
ajury, Make Hannah. 81, today was
sentenced to the state reformatory
for one to ten years for the kill
ing of Andrew oakley, his step
father. May /.
Hannah is alleged to have struck
the fatal blow with his fist. Since
his arrest he has been held at the
county jail without bend The alter
cation occurred at the Benlis Bag
Company factory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-19

100 acres of ground, building as
large as the town hall at Con-
stance, and hundreds of thousands
of dollars in money before he could
build even single ship.
q
TIE wanted a metal framework TO
Ia his balloon so as to give ade-
quate strength and speed. Steel was
too heavy, aluminium too soft. Dur
alumni, which has the strength Of
steel with a third its weight, had
not been discovered.
Using metal Of any kind he had
to build the ship very large bsfors