Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-04


the Fourth. In Brownsville there
will be a double-header between the
Tiger-Hatter nine and Sinton Grey
Sox. At McAllen, the Legion nine
will take on the San Benito Penta-
CONS at $3.50 p. m. Later in the
afternoon Juan Silveti will play
the role Of matador in Reynosa.
Topping off all events will be the
fight card in Reynosa to begin at
8 p. m.
Neither of the men in the main
events are very well known in the
Valley, but they are said to be
the best pair of heavyweights to
invade this section in many years.
They are Pedro Lopez and Oscar
Koehler. Lopez, claimant to the
Mexican heavyweight belt, m
from Cleveland. Koehler is a
Houston product. Major Blake,
who is promoting the fights, is
enthusiastic over the bout to-
night.
Valley interest, however, is ex-
pected to center on Battling Shaw
Of Mercedes and Patsy Peck of
Mission. Shaw has been taking
them as they come in the Valley
for several years. The promoters
r bringing down Sam Ward of
Fort Worth to attempt to topple
Shaw from his reign of supremacy.
Sam will have to be tough and
know how to keep away from a
straight left if he goes the limit
with Shaw. Shaw has a left that
bangles at his side like a loose
rope. At the slightest opening,
however, the left flashes up, usually
connecting on his opponents pan.
Patsy Peck will attempt to
break a little new ground on the
features Of "Wild Cat" Ewing,
also of Fort Worth. Peck, as yet
inexperienced, has won all of his
Valley fights. This bout may be
the turning point in his career.
Peck appears to have everything
that a fighter needs. He is
smart, tough and has strength to
burn. Peck formerly starred on
the Mission high school teams.
He was a pillar of strength on
the Eagle eleven last year.
Wonder what's become of the
Valley promoters? The announce
ment that fights would be held at
Rio Rico each week has not held
up. 1t is probable that the double
Ais, Prince and Robinson, are lay
ing low until the Fourth of july
is safely out of the way. The Har-
lingen group is going ahead with
plans to hold fights in that city,
# the legislature legalizes boxing in
the state Of Texas.
We've often wondered on what
grounds that prize fights were
banned. The most common rea-
son heard from the rocking chair
fleet is brutality" To our mind
this does not hold water. It is
just as brutal for q couple of
amateurs to smear up each 9TH
er's pans as it is for professionals.
Wrestling is legal and there is no
sporting event more brutal than
this one. Anyone who has seen
a wrestler get a wrist-IOck on his
opponent and stomp his head
into the mat knows that boxing
appears sissified in comparison.
Coach j. A. Outch) Rektorik is
planning to get the Harrington high
school Cardinals out for early
training this coming season. Dutch
will not make any overly-optimistic
predictions as to his eleven but he
feels sure that the Cards will not
be on the bottom of the ladder.
Rektorik succeeds D. M. Denton as
coach. Denton decided he had
rather be a principal than a coach.
Rektorik will attend Coach Dana
Bibles coaching school in Corpus
Christi before starting fall train
ing August IL.
There are runlors Of a second
Skeet club being organized in
Brownsville. The chief indict-
ment against the present club is
that it has grown too large. AS
we have said before, the success
of a Skeet club is its downfall.
The nor members, the more
men to shoot; the more men to
shoot, the larger the squads be-
come. When eight or ten are
firing in each round, the long
delay between individual shots
becomes irksome. 1t may be pos
sible to work out a plan whereby
the present club can shoot in
smaller squads. That would re-
move the chief difficulty.
Skeet clubs continue to spring I'D
over the state. The latest town to
join the ranks is Austin. The cap
ital city gunners are taking to the
new form of competition well.
Edinburg now has a Skeet club
in full operation, making the
fifth in the Valley. The Edin-
burg club is run On a municipal
plan. It's chief sponsor is Jack
Rutiedge, former Brownsville
man. Rutledge shot several times
at Point Isabel, and then the
fever struck him. He decided to
have a Skeet club at home and
proceeded to organize the Edin-
burg