Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-01
CPORTS

BY S Fl CLEMENTS

kingSville Saturday night Tor the
right to enter the state finals al
Texas A. & NJ. college next week.
The Valley as a whole should
and we believe is pulling for the
Bulldogs to trounce the Bucca-
neers of Corpus Christi, and go 10
the state finals-and come out
winners. Coach Dykes has an eX-
Ceilent team, and q fine bunch OF
boys, and we are pulling for him
and his club to come out victo-
rious. Come on, Bulldogs, the
Valley is with you. Bear down
hard:
Organization OF McAlIen, Mission
and Mercedes. into teams to Join
the proposed Valley Class . league.
is expected to be completed today.
according to 0. N. Boston. who
along with Bob Wells, will make a
follow up trip into Fidalgo county
today for that purpose, These two
fellows were appointedt@ the base
ball gathering in thiskity Tuesday
night Of last week. 10 work out
plans, if found feasible, for a league
They spent Tuesday ard Wednesday
Of this week, and two days Of last
week in Hidalgo county for this
purpose, as it had already been an
nounced that Harrington, San Be
nito and Brownsville would Join the
league.
McAllen American Legion and
citizens in general, meeting at q
luncheon Wednesday noon, along
with Cam Hill, Of Edinburg, a
baseball enthusiast, and player,
too, waXed hot over the poSsibili-
ties OF a professional baseball club
for that city, and Mr.. Boston an
nounccd ii Brownsville yesterday
that NIcAilen looked like a GER
tainty. The meeting was attend
cd BY Boston and Wells, both Of
whom explained the original plan
Of the circuit, that is a $3.50 per
month salary limit.
This afternoon, according 10 MI.
Boston, he and Wells are to meet
with Mission citizens, headed by
Judge Strickland. Holm Rankin,
Dr.. Burnett, Marvin Goodwin and
others, and 60 over the proposition
thoroughly. The committee Of two
expressed confidence that Mission
would enter the league.
"AI Prince Of Mercedes told us
that il Mission and NIcAlien join
cd the league, to count Mercedes
in, toO," MIR. Boston quoted Mr..
Prince as stating Wednesday aft
ernoon to him and Wells. "Xes,
sir ITTHcEGn nnrVTfu tanfre leLro -
has taken on an air Of baseball
spirit that has not been shown i'll
many years." Boston believed.
Now that prize fighting is in the
limeNght, to a certain extent, 1t
might be proper to state that Texas,
which has banned prize fights since
1895, when Charley CulberSOn WaG
governor. has them within lis con-
fines III many cities and towns The
law, as stated, was enacted in 1895,
to prevent the COrbett-FitZSimmOns
battle for the championship of the
world, and it prompts George White,
sports editor Of the Dallas News. to
reminlsce on this subject, as fol-
lows:
Much to Go made here during the
last few days over the holding OF
boxing bouts recalls to Pat O'keefe,
veteran DallasIte, circumstances
nearly thirty-four years ago that
brought about the passage of an
emergency measure that depriveS
fans Of today the right to legally
watch modern exhibitions in the
manly art.
"O'keefe and another old-timc
citizen, Bonnie Kahn, were asso-
ciated with Dan Stuart, who at
the time was a resident here. Seek
ing to put over something big in
Dallas. Stuart these figures
from the News files Of 1880 went
east and offered a purse Of Sal, COO
for James J. Corbett to defend
his world title in a championship
battle here with Ruby Robert
TitZSim mons.
"Stuart's plans called for the
staging Of the spectacle at the Dali
las Fair. His preference was Drum
mer'S Day, about Oct. 90. Both prin-
cipals had been signed. Plans had
been made for the building Of a
funnel-shaped arena to seat $4,000
Corbett had arrived at San Antonio
and had pitched his training camp
Fitz was busy at Corpus Christi get
ting III shape. Stuart already hac
spent quite q sum of money making
ready on the assurance that ht
would be within the law, as it reaC
at the time, IN going ahead with
arrangements.
"O'Keefe is authority for the
statement that considerable bit
terncss existed between Stuart and
Gov. Charles A. CuIberson, who
called a special session of the leg
isiature, and on Oct s, 1895, passed
the anti-prize fight law, becom-
ing effective Immediately and de-
signed specifically TO prevent the
staging of the Corbett-FitzSim
mons fight In Texas.
Stuart is quoted in interview
appearing in the News the follow
ing day as saying that he had no
up to that time violated any law o
the state, and that since the legis
lato-s had ruled as they had, HI
had ne desire to defy them. H
| would stage the fight, yes, but no
in violation of the law. He wculc
take it elsewhere. His only regre
was that he was out q sizeable sun
as a result Of arrangements alread,
made. and doing which he was with
in his legal rights. Stuart and hi
associates in the venture were op
Grating under the name Of the Flor
ida Athletic club.
ut is recalled by O'Keefe that
Stuart later returned to Dallas
and spent a number of years here.
He cites an instance when the
Dallas Fair under the presidency
of w. c. Connor, was unable to
Open its gates for lack of funds
until Stuart put up $500 for con-
cessions in which he was inter
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