Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-23

TALK
Speaking Of baseball

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Brownsville. The Hat Makers will
play the 43rd Mexican cavalry
nine here in the morning and the
Brownsville Yankees will give the
cavalrymen a whirl in the afternoon
in Matamoros.
The Mexican army aggregation
has turned out TO be the dark
horse" in Lower Valley circles.
Last Sunday they set the Hat
Makers back on their launches
after the chapeaux manufactur-
erS had won the Brownsville city
earlier In the day. The Hat
Makers can be depended upon to
break n leg. IL necessary, to wipe
out the blight upon their fair
name. These boys not only are
adept at weaving lids. but knit a
neat dOilie on the ball field.
They have been reinforced over
the weekend by Billy Williams.
Willie performs in the far pastures
when his duties as a fire-eater do
not interfere. Last year, while with
the Brownsville Legion club, Will
hams performed stunts that would
have put Art Shires TO shame. He
put several grey hairs in Henry
Skeletons head through his insistent
When do we eat?" Henry was the
business manager OF the team and
doled out the coins for the chow
The club was several hundred dol
lars in the hole and Billy's queries
stabbed the business manager to
the heart.
The Brownsville Yankees are a
new organization formed from
picked players at Fort Brown.
They have several old timers list
Cd on their roll. RednarE will be
remembered as the ''cld felix's"
VINO waddied around first
for the local Legionnaires last
year. Saline. Sage. Schaffncr
and Henry PLAYED with the same
aggregation. Sehaffner was tho
seccrd best bet a. a tuirIer 60
MerEky. The city title shocId be
at stake Don again III a game be-
tween the Hat Makers and the
Yankees.
The Tigers have oisbanded-ac-
coTding to Halter players. Follow
ing their defeat last Sunday III a
Eruelling thinning game. they Just
faded out Of the picture-according
70 Halter players. However. their
best talent will appear in the line
M OF the z3rd cavalry mea-ac-
cording to Halter players. The
shock az their defeat last Sul(lav
was just too great-according 70
Halter players.
During the resent rO5kus or the
Hot Makers and the Tigers pre-
hninaTy 10 the game. VIC arc re-
iablv informed that several
siarde- suits were threatened. ii
would indeed be = queer sight 20
cee a pitcher behind the bars for
declaring that he could beat the
opposition 'left-reaCca."
The San Benito Pentagons will
c-aay a victory over the McAllen
Legion tossers Sunday afternoon Oh
the HarlinFen diamond. The c. p.
and L. boys are bloated with con-
fidencc after drubbing La Feria last
Sunday. They are chewing off a
biz mouthful in the Macks. If
Ham Hemberlain gets his cid
soup bone warmed up and has his
fast me hopping on the corners.
the PentsFon hitters arc in for a
tough session. And II they do hit
them, there are Yoder boys TO sscl:
them up out of the dust.
Juan Silvcti, crafty mataior.
will appear az Reyuosa on the
Fourth CT July. Silveti has en-
gagged In killing blOceet bulls In
MEXICO and Spain Stree 1915. De
spite many injuries received from
the sharp horns If infuriated
beasts. Silveti j. still In the bus
mess. He works calmly. barely
side-steppins the animals wild
rushes. Juan performed I'm the
ReyncSa ring last AuriI 90. thrill
Ing a large crowd with his appar-
eut %unccncern and def sword
piunges.
Pedro Lopez. Mexican heavy
weight title claimant. will match his
fists against those Of Oscar Koehler
OF Houston in the main event Of a
card to be staged at Revnosa on the
Fourth Of July. This fight Is being
held IN conjunction with the Nc
Allen celebration. Neither OF the
battlers arc very we'll known in the
valley. but come highly recon-
mendde.
Especially impressive Is Lope7'
scraD book. According % his
pugilistic diary, he has lost onIy
one Of his last 30 bouts and that
10 no less Of a fighter than John
nv RtskO. Max Schmeling's best
claim to fame Is his knockout
victory over the baker boy. Ma
or II. III. Blake. promoter. iS ex-
trerneiy optimistic aS 70 the fight
and states he firmly believes n
viii be one of the best ever held
in the South.
Major Blake sees the rise Of an
other heavyweight title contender
as 2 possible outcome Of the Rev.
nosa bout. Koehler j. on the up-
grade and a win over Iopez would
re him in a position to comr1anA
attention from the big shots" the
promoter AYERS.
Two VALLEY boys may appear on
the card. Thew are shaw and
Peck. Mai. Blake Is making an
effort 10 secure opponents from
up-state for them. shaw has
taken all-comers 20 far and sam
Ward. a popular Fort Worth
brawler. IS being sought TO do a
little skit with the Mercedes lad.