Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-11
CPORTS

BY BISHOP CLEMENTS

4 1861 AA&A k11A AA ~ AIS
leagues rs a baseball player if he
would quit guessing with the oppos.
ing pitcher. And the latest outbursi
along this line Of battle is the state.
ment in a Houston paper recently,
which said that Heinie Soluble, for
mer Valley player, and last seaEor
with Houston, would make good with
Detroit. TO which club he has been
sold, IL he would quit guessing with
opposing pitchers.
Now. there isn't a bali PLAYER In
captivity today who doesn't guess
more or less with an opposing
hurler. Some. more than others.
But all good hitters will tell YOU
that when they step up 20 the plate
they are figuring with their worst
"enemy"-the pitcher.
No matter how far away a man
may roam. he Will always find some
one, mostly from his home town, ia
the faT-awsy place he has betaken
himself. So, when Lee kyser, part
owner and manager Of the Des
Moines club OF the Western league,
arrives in San Benito next week, he
will be greeted by his old friend.
Clarence Owens Of Brownsville. Mr.
Ovens and kyser formed a friend
ship many years when Kyser
was manager of the Ponca City.
Okla, team, and Mr. Owens was IN
business in that city. mighty fine
man, this Kyser," Owens told the
writer yesterday.
Ham Patterson. once owner and
manager OF the Dallas team Of tic
Texas league. along in 1917, was not.
cd as very hard on the umpires.
On Pats teams he also had some
hard bail players. One Of them was
Don Flynn, we'll known in Valley
baseball circles. The Sporting News
says CT Patterson:
Ham Patterson. former owner
and manager If The Dallas steers.
once pulled one in a league meeting
which went down IN the books. The
various and sundry moguls we're
deeply concerned in the problems Of
the league, financial worries. etc
when IL occurred u them thsi rat
terson hadn't 50 much az opened his
mouth throughout tho entire session.
81 the chairman, turhing 90 Fat.
Mr.. Patterson, have you anything
10 ssy.r
Fat arose slowly.
Yeah he draEled ont, what are
We gonna do bout them Ilaulety-
blank umpires7'
Our young friend. Bernard Ieho-
WITT. oi San Ben t1. who ,s attend
ins the University ~ Texas this
yra1 writes rs about Jack cewlrv.
NJ whtm 10 WIS reported sometime
aso would receive an appointment 20
Vest Point. CowIey was 4 star foot
hrll player On the Steers eleven last
season. ~ f~ollowst
Big Jack Cpwlry. star tackle on
the Longhorn football tcsm for the
past three years has withdrawn
from school and left Thursday for
For. Worth where he has accepted A
position with The Texas-Louisiana
Power company or that city.
"Cowlcv came 10 the University
in 1895 from Paris. where III was >
tar performer en- the high school
football, basketball. and baseball
teams. During his high school c.
reer en- the gridircn. he was consid-
cred enc ~ the best fuliburks in
north Texas. Since coming 20 the
lnifers iiy. he hus earned th. coveted
TT three times AZ a member Of tic
lonrhorn football teams. and in ia21
was unanimous choice for The all
conference berth.
Big Jack was III his last year ~
fchcnl Had hts withdrawal comes O.
y complete surprise for IL has been
generally understood since the close
If the ratt football season that H.
vas due q receive ar appointment %
West Point during the year
Rcd Irvine. athletic director Of
The local public schools. tells -
that within the next few days he
will have started one Of the big.
Eest athletic programs ever IN
d~rtsken In the schools of the
city. Every Roy end girl desir-
ing 20 participate in games will
have an opportunity. Basketball,
intTamurHl games of all kinds.
boxing. and what not. all will 70
70 add TO the programs.
San Berito baseball Tandem will
entertain Lee Kyser. part owner and
manager Of the ncs Mcines. Iowa.
baseball club az the Western league
next week. Sir. kvser is coming te
tho Valley with n view a bringing
his club down here for spring train
inE. While u has not been stated.
N u generally known that IL nes
Moines decides 10 train AZ San Be-
nito there will ts other clubs from
those regions also 10 .rain down here.
N seems % the writer that IL would
be utterly foolish for just enc club
10 train in the Valley. Exhibition
games are enc Of the most important
ways Of conditioning n club-in fact
they must To- had.
Baseball world IN turning IN the
Valley riimrtr. Ard dogrone n. ~e
hope March aud April, t~rs.nirr
iron'hs. reverse the mselver in fhim
weather matter. IN most years
these two months have hs-n rainy
and windy. Remember when the
Cards and Athletics we're down
here w 1922 Didn't the wind
blow and the rsin descend In tor
rents 80 - sprsk. during the ~hals
~ March, Corre on Sir. Weather
Man, be = little more lenient this
year
When Is the best tire 70 sssrt TIE
baseball season proper. n fhp VsI.