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~1l-YEAR-OLD c

SHEFFIELD. Eng.-Unable to keep
up with his class in school, ~14-year-
old Ralph Carlstone hanged him
self.
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BIBLE SEEK
SPEED RECORD
42-Year-Old Mechanic Will
Attempt to Better Sea-
graves Mark

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, March
13.-(P-Lee Bible, carefree jack Of
all trades today has stepped out
of the grimy overalls of a garage
owner-mechanic into the ranks of
the worlds fastest racing car driv-
erS.
The 42-year-old mechanic was to
be given the golden opportunity
Of a life time" to use his own words,
as the driver Of the Triplex, pow
erful racing car of j. M. White of
Philadelphia, and he expected to-
day to attempt to wrest from Ma
jor H. o. D. Seagrave of England,
the title of speed king of the auto
mobile world.
But not without a struggle from
Major Segrave. He, too, was ex-
pected to try to better his own
mark. or that which Bible believed
he could set. If ideal beach and
weather conditions permitted, Sc
grave hoped to step his Golden Ar
row UP to 240 miles an hour. He
drove the machine Monday to an
official record of more than 231
miles an hour.
Overnight. however. Bible had
climbed into the limelight of pub
licity, an obscure father of two chill
dren. who will shoot the bolt" in
an effort to acquire fame and bring
back to America the racing title.
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Kid Juarez Accepts
Fight With Pancho
At Fort March rs

Kid Juarez, tough Monterrey
featherweight, would be delighted to
meet Kid Pancho at the Fort Brown
skating rink on the evening Of
March Is.
He said SO in a telegram to Pro
moter Tex Becerril Tuesday.
Therefore the scrap seems almost
a certainty now, for Pancho has
evinced a willingness to meet al
most any feather Becerril vas able
to obtain as his opponent. Nego-
tiations will probably be closed
within the next two or three days.
Kid Juarez. while not SO well
known here, has turned in credit
able work against such battlers as
Chico CisneroS. Carlos Garcia and
others. Both of these boys r now
headliners in San Antonio at the
present time.
Pancho is anxious to perform be-
fore a Brownsville audience again.
This will be his first appearance
since thrashing Johnny Hughes
here.
Pancho declared to San Antonio
sport writer's that he was victim
lied by an unfair decision at Mer-
cedes recently when he was award
ed only a draw with Battling Shaw.
He says he will sail in in his next
fight here and there will be no
draws If he can help it.
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Getting Set
For Game; Bears To
Tangle With Giants

DALLAS. Tex. March 13.-lP)-
Inc Wichita Falls Spudders will be-
put through a strenuous training
period for the next few DAYS IN
preparation for their exhibition sea-
son scheduled to get under wav
three days hrence. Manager Jim
Galloway is devoting most of his
time in getting veteran PLAYERS in
conoltlon. Every veteran pitcher
o a turn on the mound this
morning.
The San Antonio Bears and New
YORK Giants play in San Antonio
To-Day, barring a weather change
they play Thursday, Saturday and
Sunday. also. Neal Baker. former
Texas University star. was the hill
choice for the Bruins, while Carl
Huboell was the probable Giant
pitching selection.
Manager Frank Snyder will take
his Houston Buffaloes indoors again
today for the third consecutive time
due to weather. Rain has been fall
ing In Houston for three days now
and there is little prospect of the
weather clearing up in time for the
Bisons to get in a workout outdoors.
With IS pitchers in camp at Min
eral Wells and another. Leo Fitterer.
due to be dropped there by Detroit
within a few weeks, it has become a
matter of speculation who will be
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-13
PORAT BEATS
TOM HEENEY
Norwegian Badly Batters Up
Contender Setup For
Champ Gene Tunney

CHICAGO, March 13.-(P-Otto
Won Porat's galloping gloves pound
ed a requiem to Tom Heeney's
heavyweight title aspirations last
night and sent the New zealander
hard rock to the hospital for re-
pairs.
Eighteen stitches were required
to close the inch-long cash in
Heeney's lip which Won Porat's
right hand opened in the final
round. The wound sent blood
c~ascading down over Heeney's
body, and the New zealander, real
izing how, despe. ate his plight must
have appeared, told Referee Ed
Purdy not to stop the fight, that
he was all right.
After the cut had closed, Heeney
left the hospital.
Heeney, upon whose body Gene
Tunney wrote his farewell to pugi-
lism last year, was a badly whip
ped man when the Norwegian
puncher got through his ten
rounds of work. Won Porat took
seven rounds, lost two and held
Heeney even in the other. To the
surprise Of most of the 5000 spec
tators he not only outslugged the
New Zealander but outboxed him
most of the time.
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tmlttee was appointed to confer with
Harrington and other Valley towns
to find out if those towns wanted
to enter the organization, as a six
club circuit was the number agreed
upon.
President o. N. Boston called the
meeting to order and Cam Hill an
swered for McAllen, w. B. Pyeatt
for Corpus Christi, L. B. Williams for
San Benito and Robin Pate for
brownsville, all Of whom declared
their towns ready to enter the
league.
Mercedes and Harrington failed to
send representatives as they had
declared they would do. 1t was the
sentiment of the meeting that Har-
lingen was ready to enter the or
g~anization, but doubtful If Mercedes
would. Six clubs will have to be
formed before the league is per-
manently organized, it was declared.
William T. Burnett Of Browns
vile, and l.. B. Winans OF San Ben
ito were appointed a committee to
find out If these or other towns
would enter the league, in a last
effort toward organization.
Mr.. Pyett, the Corpus Christi rep
resentative, stated that Robstown
and Kingsville, at meeting held in
those cities Tuesday afternoon,
would not enter the league, and ask
ed Mr.. Pyeatt to so state to the
meeting.
A goodly number of fans gathered
for the confab, and the situation
was gone into from every angle. The
league has been in formation for
the past six weeks, and delegates
have called on every town in the
Valley, and it was believed that if
some one person in each of the
towns to complete the league would
take the lead, it could be organ
lied.
Burnett and Winans are to report
their results to Boston the latter
part OF the week, and II the two
towns are found to complete the cir
cult then the organization will be
formed, If not, baseball efforts Of
those trying to form the league,
will be called off.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-13
AILINC GIANTS
SAID BETTERED
Wright Steals Robins Show
Yankees Seem to Need
Batting Practice

SAN ANTONIO, March 13.-QP-
Most of the cripples in the New
York Giants camp have recovered.
Carl Mays, Fred Fitzsimmons and
Andy Reese are ready to return to
duty. Mays, who broke a thumb
when he knocked down a line drive
some days ago, got back into &C.
ton yesterday and Reese's Char
ley Horse" has disappeared.
Glenn Wright seems to have stol-
en- the show at the Brooklyn Rob-
ms training camp at Clearwater,
Fla. The shortstop was the sub
ject of almost all the talking yes
terday. He Is undergoing treatment
for a shoulder injury, alleged to
have been incurred before he was
traded to Brooklyn by Pittsburgh.
Wilbert Robinson has threatened to
carry the case to John A. Heydler,
president of the league, if Wright's
shoulder doesn't respond to treat
ment.
Yank Guns Silent
More batting practice seems to be
the chief need of the New York
Yankees at Tampa. The worlds
champions opened their exhibition
schedule yesterday by nosing out
Tampa of the Southeastern league,
a class B organization, one to
nothing.
The Chicago White Sox and Dali
las Steers are scheduled to resume
their baseball argument today
providing the weather at Dallas per-
mitS. The SoX were rained out of
a practice session for the second
consecutive day yesterday and Man
ager Lena Blackburne is anxious to
get his hopefuls back on the job.
Manager Joe McCarthy'S Cubs
have their downs as well as their
ups. Yesterday his "murderers'
row. failed to function and his
pitching aces, announced as ready
for the seasons opener. were Is
wild as a March wind. The Cata-
linas defeated the Avalons IA to 3
in an inter-club game.
Rookie Limit Set
Billy Southworth'S regulars will
get the call in the remaining eX-
hibition games of the st. Louis
Cardinals. he said yesterday, at
Avon Park, Fla, the experimenting
with recruits being over. Rain
caused an abbreviated workout yes
terday in preparation for the in
vasion Of Bradentown to play the
Boston Red Sox.
At West Palm Beach, Fla, the
rockies already know how many
places are open for them on Man
ager Dan HoWley'S st. Louis Browns.
Howley set a numerical claSifica-
ton yesterday Of 10 pitchers. seven
infielders, five outfielders and three
catchers for his June Is limit of
Is. The roster shows three pitch
ers, two catchers, two infielders and
one outfielder are to get the hooks.
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l BLAZING TIE
SPORTS TRAIL

in front Of me all the rest Of the
round. That punch hurt worse
than the inc that sent me out Of
the ring. We were up against the
ropes then and I lost my balance,
but 1 was lucky to get back in and
last the round"
1t is a strange coincidence that
Dempsey'S fight with Firpo was re-
sponsible for the rule-about retir-
ing to a neutral corner-that cost
him a probable victory over Tun-
ney at Chicago in 1927. If the
Mauler got the breaks" in his bat
tie with FirpO he failed to get them
at Soldier Field, where the four
teen-count that Tunney received
while being chased from one corner
to another enabled the champion
to recover faster from the effects
Of his knockdown in the seventh
round.
That seventh round possibly was
Dempsey's last great charge, the
final fling of one of the greatest
two-fisted punchers Of all time. For
six hounds .Tunney had piled up
points, outbOXing and OutStepping
his foe. Came the seventh, as the
dramatists say and quite properly.
The tiger within Dempsey sprang
at an opening. A right-hand smash
flush to the chin started Tunney
down. A half dozen more shots to
the jaw and the champion was a
dazed, blinking spectacle on the
floor. The old savage spirit in
Dempsey kept him near his prey.
He stood over him menacingly, then
moved unwillingly to his own corner
nearby. The referee, Dave Barry,
had started to count and reached
five" before he himself apparent
~ awoke to the demands Of rules,
then motioned Dempsey to a neu-
trail corner. The count was picked
up at "one," Tunney scrambled I'd
at nine and fitted from Demp-
Sey'S reach.
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BY ALAN J. GOULD
associated Press Sports EditOr.)


Whether or not Jack Dempsey
returns to the ring this year, the
famous Mauler of Manassa car
hardly hope to add any greater
thrills to the fistic pages than he
did in his memorable battles with
Luis Angel Firpo at the Polo
Grounds in 1923 and with James
Joseph Tunney at Soldier Field in
1927.
In all the history Of heavyweight
boxing, there has never been a
more savagely wagcd contest than
Demp6ey'S SUGGEST with Firpo MOI
q bout followed by greater contro-
versy than that surrounding the
long count" in Tunney's favor at
Chicago.
They will still be talking about
these battles around the fistic fire
sides fifty years from now. And it's
fairly safe to say that the glamour
around Dempsey and his perform
ances over the period of years from
Toledo to Chicago will be as great
as that which has been preserved
in connection with John L. Sulli-
van up to this time.
For Dempsey not only brought
new competitive thrills to the prize
ring, but marked a new era i'll the
boxing buSiness-from the. view
point of gates" as well rs the size
of his purses.
When they talk about his epic
bout with Firpo, it is chiefly in rec
election Of the Whitehead Dempsey
hurting backward through the
ropes and clear out Of the ring
from the force Of a h~alf-shove and
a right swing. delivered in blind
rage by the Wild Bull after he had
been knocked down seven times IN
the first round.
A worlds championship was in
Firpo's hands then and there, as
the shaggy Argentine stood alone
in the ring for q fleeting few sec
eds, but an upward shove from
the newspapermen acting in self
defense helped the champion re-
gain the canvas and weather the
storm.
No two fighters ever went to
their corners groggier than did
Dempsey and Firpo after that hec-
tic opener. The seconds and hand
lers of the two men were too excit-
ed themselves to be of any use.
Jack Kearns could not find his
smelling salts for Dempsey and in
the confusion took a punch at one
of his helpers. But Dempsey'S re-
Operative powers helped him and
he was able to deliver the coup de
grace in the second round, knocking
Firpo down for the ninth time and
! out.
Three years later, with the men,
DRY of that fight as vivid to him as
it was a few days afterward, Demp-
sey talked to this writer about it
and told a version somewhat diff
ferent from the popular conception.
The first punch Firpo landed
did more damage to me than any
other he landed" Jack declared.
You remember how he came out
with a rush at the start? He
smashed me with a right to the
side Of the head before I could get
set. MY knees wobbled and all I
could do was reach for him and
| clinch. I saw at least three FIrpos
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-13
EAGLE SQUADS
CLASH TODAY
Regulation Football Game
At Tucker Field Begin
ming at 4 p. M.

Internal strife has broken out in
the ranks of the spring training
camp of the Brownsville Eagles grid
squad and as a result, a full four
quarter regulation game will be
played on Tucker field at 4 p. m.
Wednesday.
Dan Barnhart, captain-elect Of
the 1929 team, will lead the Blues
and Clarence Bennett will captain
the "GreyS."
In addition to seeing the old stars
who captuerd the Valley title and
went undefeated last year, fans will
have the opportunity of seeing new
corners perform. In this list, in
Guiding ineligibles, + Summers
Longoria, Samano and Washington.
The boys have been in training
under Coach Doug Fessenden for
several weeks.
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ElGnTS LAST

(RN the Accnniotnd prnsel

tby the ASSOCIATED PreSSD
CHICAGO. - Otto Won Porat,
Norway, outpointed Tom Heeney,
New Zealender. (10). M. Sullivan.
st. Paul. won on a foul from Clyde
ChaStain, Dallas, Tex, C2). Phil
Mercurio, New York. outpointed
Red Fitzsimmons, Wichita. Kans.,
go. Brownie Truman, Wichita,
Kans., outpointed Alberto Palumbo,
Italy, (6). Paul Pantaleo. Chicago,
outpointed Pat Keemer, Oklahoma
City, 60.
TORONTO.-Izzy Schwartz. New
York, outpointed Albert Frenchy
Belanger, Toronto, 12).
MINNEAPOLIS. - Dick Daniels.
Minneapolis, outpointed Len Darcy.
Grand Rapids. Mich, GO. Johnny
Ryan, Milwaukee, outpointed
Jackie Sharkey, Minneapolis. (6).
Honeyboy Conroy. st. Paul. out
pointed Jack Mulvaney. Montreal.
"a. Tim Derry, Seattle. knocked
out Packey Terrier, Minneapolis.
~.
PARIS.-Marcel Thil. France
knocked out Ivan Laffineur, France.
~.
DIES MONT Stony Legouri.
Des MoineS. outpointed Roscoe
Eall, DeS Moines, C0). Steve Ket-
cheil, Kansas City. outpointed Hy-
ME Wiseman, Des Moines, QO.
Ray krause, Oelwein. Ia. out
pointed frankie Larrabee, Lincoln,
Neb.
LOS ANGELES-Earl MAESTRO.
Chicago, outpointed Young Ma
tionalista. Filipino. QO.
INDIANAPOLIS. 80 Eddie Shes
Chicago, knocked out Carl Ire
maine, Cleveland. ~. Joe Dragon
CINCINNATI. defeated Bobby Allen,
Chicago. 90.
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Y Y n u u n u u u u II Z n q "a = . u VI u Z y q u y
. PORTS FORUM .
. ~ By Bishop Clements :

Lew Williams, Of San Benito, was
in town the other day, or was pas
sing through at least. William, a
great fielder in his playing days,
but never much with the willow.
Trent, also of San Benito, is
authority for the story, that a cou-
pie of years ago, Lew was playing
with a San Benito team, and their
opponents were strangers. that is
the personnel of the opposing club
was. The score was tied. Second
and third occupied, and it was Lewis
turn to bat. The San Benito stands
rose up in unison and yelled for
Williams to knock a home run.
Believing they were about to face
a Babe Ruth at bat, the opposing
pitcher walked Williams. And. that's
the story.
Arthur Cowden, Cameron coun-
tvs tax collector, knows a thing
or two about this baseball bust
ness, and can make out a schcd-
IIe. Cowden says he would be
glad to make out the Valley lea
quo schedule if Bert Cecke of
LIZ Feria could be induced to at
tend to overseeing that the ball
fields were laid out right, and
put in shape for the coming sea-
son.
And they named it the Red River
Valley league, Quanah and Child
ress, Texas, and Oklahoma towns,
have formed the Glass D circuit.
Fine. The only way to have base
ball is in the organized way-that
is join with organized ball. In that
way both players and those at the
head Of each club are protected in
every way possible by the laws Of
baseball. If a player Is developed
TO the proportion whereby he Is
ready to step higher, the club gets
the benefit; on the other hand, a
player need not feel he won't get
the we'll known pay check on the
first and fifteenth Of each month.
Kid Pancho is going to battle
at For. Brown skating rink on
the fight card March rs. That
ought to draw a crowd, in itself.
His opponent hasn't been signed
up as yet. Whoever he may be, he
is going TO face a mighty clever
boy in the Kid. The feather
weight championship of the world
was in the San Antonio boys
grasp a few years ago, but Pancho
began dissipating, and chunked
the opportunity away. He states
ne is coming back, and being
young in years, he ought to be a
good boxer for many more years.
We hope Promoter Tex Becerri]
bars the kidney and rabbit blows
from the ring that night, and Al
Robinson, the Mercedes promoter,
does likewise. AS we have pointed
out before, when fighters go into
a cllnch and begin beating each
others kidneys, 1t is disgusting and
not craftsmanship; and further
more is dangerous. Come on Tex
you and AL, bar those punches from
your rings.
What's the matter with OkIha-
homa City and Tulsa? They haven't
Withdrawn, verbally, from the
Western league this season, ano
Joined up wit hthe Texas league
For several years, until 1929. these
two cities have been wanting tt
withdraw from the Western circuit
Well, n of the reasons they are
staying put this year, is that Tulsa
IS controlled by the st. Louis
Browns.
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Valley Potatoes
VIII Be Shipped
Under u. s. Grades

All potatoes to be shipped this
season by the Rio Grande Valley
Potato Growers association will go
under the U. S. Grades.
Screens for grades were received
this week. The U. S. No. l requires
a mesh Of one and seven-eighths
inches, and the U. S. No. Us a mesh
Of one and one-half inches.
A large number of new graders
also have been ordered and will be
installed in various packing sheds
this week.
This will assure better grading of
potatoes, officials of the association
state. The old grades carried a
1 ga inch mesh for the best grade
and l 1-2-inch for second grade.
Heavy movement of potatoes Is
expected to start the first Of the
week, and will continue until the
middle Of May.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-13
CANDY POISONER CAUGHT
AFTER SEVEN-YEAR CHASE

Munich.-The arrest here of Karl
Friedrichs terminated a chase that
had lasted for seven years and had
progressed through almost every
country in Europe. Friedrichs is
accused Of the murder Of two boys,
both of whom died after eating
poisoned candy sent to Fraulein
Hedwig Lerische. their sister. Fried
richs. according to the Berlin de-
tectives who captured him, sent the
candy to the girl because she re-
fused his attentions and the boys
ate all of it before their sister knew
of its receipt.
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Joe Mccarthy has to do is win the
flag.
! one of the most colorful aggre-
yr1Gions in the clubs history-and
Of the snappiest outfits seen in
many seasons-has been in spring
training on this pleasure isle. The
inclusion in the lineup Of Rogers
Hornsby and his mighty bludgeon
appears to have much to DO with
the Cubs envied position as favor
ties.
The punch lacking in the final
days Of last years campaign the
Cubs hope will be contributed by
Hornsby. Then, such swattsmiths
as Hazen Xxi" Cuyler, Hack"
Wilson and Jackson Stephenson will
be there to aid in boosting the Cubs
over the top with their long range
Smelling.
While Mccarthy is depending con-
siderably upon the star second
sacker. he also lays great stress on
his reserve material which he de-
scribeS in enthusiastic terms. Be-
lieving that strong reserves from a
necessary adjunct to a squad, the
Cubs pilot has lined up an able sub
Stitute for each department.
Two newcomers will make the
mound corps if their performances
to date count for anything. Ed
Lautenbacher, 21-year-old acquisi-
ton from the Reading, Pa, club,
comes to the Cubs with a record
of 10 victories and five defeats and
it is more than likely that the
youthful hurler will drape his six
foot three-inch stature V e the
mound in the coming campaign.
Berlyn Horne, somewhat older,
having had some 10 years expert
ence, and poSseSSor of a consistent
record, has been puzzling batterS
with his deliveries this season, and
Mccarthy has indicated the former
Jersey City pitcher also might be a
member of the stair.
AS for the veterans, the Cubs will
have such noteworthy throwers as
Charley Root, Guy Bush, John
Sheriff" Blake, Harold Carlson,
and Art Nehf, the latter a south
paw deliverer. Mike Cvengros. who
went to the Wichita Falls club Of
the Texas league from the majors,
and turned in 81 wins as against
eight reversals last year. is another
.eft-hander upon within Mccarthy
will depend.
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FROGS GET IN A

FORT WORTH, March 13.-Long
practice sessions each afternoon, a
hard routine outlined by Coach
Meyer, and exceptionally warm
" 4ther the past week has enabled
the Horned Frog baseballers to
whip themselves into good enough
shape to be ready for the few prac-
tice tits that will precede the
opening of the conference season at
Austin on March 81.