Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-09
SPORTS TALK

The Donna Skeet club has wor
the state championship at tht
shoots in Dallas. This has giver
rise to the suggestion by member
OF the Brownsville club that they
themselves, cannot be taken light.
in these gat welding affairs. TIT
local club has beaten the D0nns
aggregation each time in the -four
shoots between the two clubs
Brownsville Skeeters are anxious Il
see If they can still maltreat tht
Donna boys since they have OBJ.
tanned the state title.
Hurt BatseII and #. W. Markus-
sen arr claiming .410 titles since
breaking 20 out OF possible Csc
at the last shoot staged here. nc
takes a fast eye and q free swing
arm TO pulverize the pigeons with
these small arms. Jimmy George
also hung up a good round at the
same shoot by breaking 70
straight. Georges shooting has
been improving rapidly and he
win be hard to keep off the first
team In the future, If ne main
tains his fast pace.
AS q rule women skip the spor
section Of newspapers for otnel
pages Of more interest to them, but
there is one woman in BrCWnsvillt
who does not. She is Mrs. Mars
Stone. She scans the box scores
and, as q certain advertiser has it
There's a reason" Mrs. Stone /:
a sister Of Sgt. Connally, Dallas
hurler. She follows her brothers
diamond activities closely.
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Although a hot summer sun Is
bearning down and most fans are
spending their time following
their favoriSe ban teams, football
continues the topic Of converse
ton between the young bloods of
Brownsville. They are talking of
the great fight TO come for posts
IL the Eagle line. Last years
eleven is returning practically in
tact and in addition several in
ei1g1bles and new players OF real
merit viii be ont. Three of last
years i~neiigibles are going to be
hard TO keep out Of the starting
lineup, They are Bill Cabyer.
ITO" Sanano and the fleet foot
cd LoRgoria. lack Alien, who
played in the line two years arc.
also rs back from Oklahoma.
LongoTla probably has one END
position sewed up, ifasTluch as il
IS planned to take Grove from end
ana place him III the backfield
sylvester probably will hold his
END position without serious oDpo.
stitch. Samano, backfield star two
years ago, will probably be sent into
the lien due TO the wealth OF back
Ilelo material on hand. Allen and
Samano, expected to try for tackle
oerths, will have to win posts au-ay
from last years lettermen If they
perform in the Eagle uniform. n
looks like a hot fight.
The backfieId viii have speed.
Ptunging power, defcnSfve
strength and no small amount Of
grid cunning. big Dan" Barn
mart, one Of the best high school
ptungers in the state, is being
groomed TO do the punting. DIN
Weller, who performed these
chores last year, graduated
Barnhart underwent an opera-
ton on his injured wrist recently.
II that member ONE out okav
the locals will have an Additional
threat In Dams rifle shot masses
Cabler win add materially Ia The
defensive strength OF the hack
Held. Grove is extremely fast On
ms feet and hard TO tackle. He
should gain much yardage far
2 Eagles. boy" Newman will
OIL the smooth working trigger
unit Of the eleven with his smart
ness from the quarterback posi-
tion.
unattended by the loud ballyhoo
that characterizes heavyweiuht
championship bouts. the Tommy
Loughran-James J. Braddock battle
Tor the light heavyweight title Il
nearing. This bout probably will be
better than the long line of flons
or near flops staged in the heavv-
weight elimination but will not
draw near the attention.
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Loughran. defending champion.
~ perhaps the smartest boxer in
the business now. He could give