Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-13
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Sports Chats
With
Hal Eustace c.

Brownsville junior college eleven
out on the grid for the first time
Thursday afternoon Twenty-Five
boys were issued uniforms and the
squad IS expected to grow day by
day. Some Of the best known play
ers out we're Ceyanes. d. Martin, G.
Martin. w. Underwood, Cuellar,
Ball, Pipkin, Lebowitz and Gomez.
Surtees put the boys through a stiff
workout that had them pretty well
under the weather when the ses-
sion ended. The Scorpions VIII be
fairly husky.
There are now three separate
squads working out at Tucker field.
They are the class "A" and b
high school teams and the collie
gians- About rs players in al are
On the field each afternoon.
Coach Douglas Fessenden Is drill
ing the Eagles intensively at the
plays he has given them 50 faE
and at the fundamental arts OF
blocking and tackling. He Is run
ming plays into the stars Of last
year to see how they handle the
situation. Fessenden l. not salts
fled with a few good blockers and
tacklers-he wants the entire
squad to be well grounded In these
rudiments. He has each OF the
players under his microscopic eve
glass, searching for errors in form
Fessenden wants them discovered
and corrected noW-not when the
season begins.
Dean s. "A. Caldwell OF the iunio:
college was somewhat of en- ath-
lete in his school days. The dean
played halfback on the eleven an-
second base on the nine at the
University Of Richmond. Caldwell
says his football record was no.
startling but his baseball mark.
speak for themselves. Back in thu
days when q home run was abou'
as common as hens teeth, the dear
hung up a record that probably still
stands He slaShed out IL hon.,
runs during the university'S regu,
lar schedule Of IS games. Bah,
himself doesn't average a homer 4
the game. During a three year sta
at the university, Caldwell poled 3
homers over the palings. His worl
attracted the attention Of the scout
and he was offered a ~prcfessiona
contract but the dean decided Il
stick to educational work.
Caldwell was a curiosity In thosl
days when players bumped up owe.
the plate and choked their bats Ii
an effort 10 crack one over TIL
infield. The pitchers had a diff
ferent style, too. They were morI
effective and used the curve bal
more than they do these days. tn
dean was about % years ahead d
his time He swung from TIL
handle and waited on the groove
ball.
Flor Navarro. who put I'D such ;
miserable showing at Fort Brown
against Jack Avalon, missed hi
chance at the Mexican lght-heavy
weight title. Navarro was beaten L.
a 12-round decision BY Francisc;
Segura. defending champion il
Mexico City recently. Navarro
showed little in his fight here Will
the sailor. Both Of the boys seem,
ed TO be stalling and the onll
vicious thing passed between then
was a snarl or two.
Jack Sharkey. Boston's gift to tn
cultured science of banging beaks
is running true TO form for his com,
ing fight with Tommy Loughran a
New York Sept. 26. Sharkey j
shouting at the top Of his voice tia.
he will have the Philadelphia Ad.
onis laid out like a carpet befo-,
the sixth round opens. Sharkey i
the favorite in the bout with tn
betting gentry. He admittedly ha
a punch. fair boxing ability ans
a nasty temper. L0ughran, recent
~ advanced from titleholder in tn
light-heavyweight ranks. i the gen.
tlemanly boxer sans the dynamite
in his mittS. When the pair stel
into the ring. the betting none,
will be on Sharkey. but the wci
wishers OF the fans will be witt
Loughran.
In this day Of palookas and ham,
there is one bright spot on thu
pugilistic picture In the duSky per
son OF Eligio Sardinas-otherwiS