Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-21

bids fair to become a large thing in
Valley sport circles. Three races
will be staged this summer for the
inaugural cup to be donated by the
Point Isabel Yacht club. Five cat
boats have been entered in Sun
days events. These races will get
under way at $3.50 p. m. They can
be seen from the road crossing the
yacht channel. Spectators will be
allowed to park their cars on the
road.
The outboard events will get
under way at 10 a.. n. Chief in
terest in these races center on
George Leonard's new boat, Hell
a-Poppin'." This craft, a Pen
Yam hull powered by a 50 horse
power SeahOrse, will be entered
in the free-for-all event. We
took a ride in this speedy little
hull while Leonard was breaking
in the motor on Iona Alta lake.
IL has lots of pep and power and
slaps and slips its way over the
waves at a gait better than 40
miles an hour.
Leonard also will enter Half Pint
II and Baby Bootlegger in the races.
Bob Sexton will drive the first nam
ed and Buster MonseeS the second.
In the lower end of the Valley the
name Leonard means "~outboards."
They are his hobby.
Baseball scheduled for today is
follows: Hat Makers at Mission
double header Yankees at Ma
tamOros; Pentagons at McAllen;
and AZtacS and Box Makers at
San Benito. The fans should see
some good bal cut of these con-
tests. The Pent-Mack contest
should be a hot one. They have
played twice, each winning one.
Big Dick Jeffries will probably
attempt to tame the Legionnaires
Sunday.
The Yankee-43rd Mexican cav
airy game also is for the money"
-Four games have been evenly di-
vided between them. Schaffner,
who has never been beaten by the
Mexican sabre and nag outfit, will
probably hook and hop them over
the platter Sunday. Young will be
his batterymate. The Yankees were
oozing with optimism after their
final workout and expected TO WIN
the deciding game.
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Several mmebcrs of the Yankee
club played on The Brownsville
Legion nine, Valley champions,
last year. Schaffner, Sage, Bed
narz and Saline are among these.
Old Folks Bednarz still is able to
cavort around the first sack like
a frisky fiIlv. He takes a mean
cut at the nugget and rides 1t a
far piece when it connects. sage,
a bit light on hitting, is a fleet
outfielder and he travels far and
wide to gather IN the fly balls.
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The Donna independents have
organized a formidable seml-pro
team and are in search of contests.
Dick Hornbuckle Is at the helm OF
the organization. Any manager
that chooses the independents
should get in touch with Dick. He
promises any club IN the Valley an
entertaining afternoon, to say the
least.
Brownsville Elks are taking even
more interest than was expected
in their billiard tournament. They
are turning out well and the
tourney is ahead of schedule.
George Bell has shown by far the
best form. He has won Is
straight contests and has not
been pressed to a dangerous ex-
tent. He is a cool, calculating
player woh takes advantage of all
opportunities. Ernest Fernandez,
defending champion, flashed a
classy brand of pool Saturday
when he copied five straight
contests without a loss. He has
played IL games and dropped
only two.
One Of the outstanding features
Of the meet has been the play OF
Charles Reid. This elderly player
has played twelve games, losing
one. This entities him to second
place in the percentage columns.
He knows the table we'll and plays
for position at all times. The COM
mittee placed him in the second
handicap classification but that
now appears to have been a mis-
take. He can hold his OWL with
the first three-Bell. Rowe and Fer
nanedz. Reid, is leading IN the
handicap tournament.
Low rumblings of the formation
of a baseball league which would
include Brownsville again are be-
ing heard. Nothing definite has
been done but various interests
are sounding out the possibilities
Of a league composed of some OF
the following towns: Brownsville,
McAHen. Harlingen, Laredo, Bee
vile. Victoria, Corpus Christi,
Austin, Port Arthur and Calves
ton.
Ben Proctor and Cam Hill are
interested in the league in the VAL
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