Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-18
Sports Chats
- With -
Hal Eustace

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outboarders at Point Isabel. They
got off to a fair start Saturday with
Houston, San Antonio and Calves
ton sharing honors. Each of these
cupboard racing centers captured a
first place. But they held back a
bit. They will cut loose today for
the big cash prizes. Valley fans
should take advantage Of this OPP
portunity to see the best the state
has TO offer along this line.
The cupboard visitors were sur
prised themselves at the class of the
field. Never before, a Galveston
racer declared, has the cream Of the
Houston. San Antonio and Calves
ton outboards been gathered in a
meet. Therefore he predicted ex-
tremely hot competition Sunday.
The events will get under way at
$50 a. m, when efforts to estab-
lish a new record ver a mile
Straight-away cousre will be made.
At that time Of the morning the
waters of the Laguna Madre are
unusually calm. AS the day pro-
crosses, the waters become rougher.
The leaders among the outboarders
expressed themselves as believing
near record time will be made in
these trials.
AS we said before, the speedSters
did not quite open UP Saturday but
they will cut loose Sunday. APP
proximately 80 boats are expected
to be entered. Several crafts did
not get into the races Saturday. An
other added attraction for the
spectators will be a water polo game
in the yacht basin at 2 p. m. A
cabrito barbecue will close the two
day regatta.
Only one Valley driver placed
Saturday. Bob Sexton herded
Half Pint" ove the finish line
third in the free-for-all. His craft
was powered by a 16-horsepower
Seahorse. The first two crafts we're
powered by four-cylinder. 32-horse-
power Seahorses. "Hell-a-Poppin','
George Leonard's rize craft, is ex-
pected to make q determined bid in
the frec-for-all Sunday.
|. Buck Runnels Of Houston cap
tured the five-mlle class b event
Saturday in Baby Johnson" He
is a favorite to repeat Sunday. The
class c five-mile chase was pocketed
by j. M. Barnon Of San Antonio.
His boat is Miss Evinrude." Bob
Tevault of Galveston took the 10
mile free-for-all in his Step-s-ed
COCO No. J." All Of these boys
are likely to repeat Sunday.
There is a solemn caddy at
Brownsville Country club who says
little, but certainly knows his nib
links. He is Robert Champion. Rob-
ert won the caddies' 36-hole golf
tournament Saturday. Par figures
for the tourney was IA. Champ
ions net score was 1873. And, by the
way, his handicap is nine. There
are only four local golfers with low
er handicaps than his. Figure It
out for yourself.
Champion got off to q miserable
start Saturday morning when ne
took nine strokes on the first hole.
He had only a one stroke lead over
William Escalante at that time.
However, the caddy champion came
back in excellent form. On the last
nine holes he played exactly par.
One could stand around the links
here several weeks before seeing
these figures beaten.
Champion is unusually quiet. he
rarely says anything when caddylng
unless a question is asked him. he
makes no suggestions. If he grins
when a duffer slices, the duiler
never sees 1t.
William Escalante was o IN
the tournament With a total OF IA
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