Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-01
sports
Boxing card tonight at Mercedes.
BIZ BISHOP CLEMENTS

1Ooko IKE u ought 70 be one OF
the best prelims ever held in that
CITY,. There will be other pre-
liminaries also. Show starts at
3 p. m.
The recent walker-Loughran
battle in Chicago has brought on
endless discussion among fight
fans. Not about the outcome but
because of the distinction Walker
would have gotten had he been
able to whip his heavier opponent.
Ben Freudenstein, Brownsville,
who knows the fight game, has
these comments to make:
History repeats itself: a good
little man can beat a poor big man;
a good little man can not beat a
good big man. They have all tried
it; Fitz was the only n that
did it.
ruby Bob held the middle, light
heavy and heavyweight champion
ship while still a legitimate mid
d~leweight.
walker was no longer a legiti-
mate Welter when he beat Flow
ers for the middIeweight champ
iOnship and he was no longer a
legitimate middleweight when he
fought Loughran.
'Fitz held all three champida-
ships when he scaled under the
middleweight limit of $50 pounds.
Baseball. football, basketball
rules change but prize fighting
rules never change"
We believe if a few of the
rules Of the fight game were
changed the business would be a
lot better off. For instance, the
kidney punch, rabbit punch. Just
becsA use the rules have not chang
ed, Is no sign that the game has
progressed. Baseball, football,
basketball and many other sports
whose rules in some respects
change at times, is one of the
reasons these sports have made
such strides over the country.
Athletic Director Red Irvine of
the local public schools is now
making preparations for the dis
trict interscholastic league meet to
be held in this city April 10 and
20. Dean S. A. Caldwell, of the
Junior college, is doing likewise in
q s' ssss' meet . : '''' . -
One of the most interesting
contests of the county meet here
Friday and Saturday was the
playground baseball games be-
tween the girls of the different
schools. Coach Margaret VAL
enta's local team won the county
title I'm a blaze Of glory. With
the Cherry twins doing the bat
terry work and supported by an
alright defense, and a punish
ing offense the locals carried Off
the honors in great fashion.
Kid Guerra, of San Benito, may
not be a polished boxer, and he
isn't: he is a youngstsr, and a
conner. Weighs around 1873 pounds.
And can he sock--well, ask those
bows who have fought him, and
how! The kid" likes to fight.
One night in a sparring match in
San Benito, the kid" landed n
of his rights to the mouth of his
partner and down he went. They
were wearing 16-ounce gloves.
What's to become of Bib Falk,
recently traded to the Cleveland
Indians from the White Sox, is
being asked by Valley fans. The
best we can gather, since very
little has been heard Of Bib since
Joining the Indians, is that he is
slated for bench duty. The rea-
son is that Cleveland is well
supplied with c~utfieIders, such as
Jameson, a vet, and two young
stcrs, Porter and Averill, who are
going great guns in the camp
of the American league entry at
New Orleans. Bib, who played
In the Valley in 1919, may yet
get the call at first base.
Bucky Harris, Detroit manager,
and one of the few big league
managers we admire, says the Chi
cago Cubs are the greatest ball club
he has ever seen on the field. In
making these remarks Harris says
he is not stating it because the
Tigers were Inundated by the Cubs
In five exhibition games recently.
The Tigers trained at Phoenix,
'Ariz.
The Philadelphia National
league club may not be up In the
race this year, and by long odds
won't be, but they have n of
the sweetest pairs of keystoners
in the National. Thevenow and
Thompson have been doing
things for the Phils along the
double killing route that has been
missing many years. And over
at third base for this same nine
Is Pinkie Whitney, San Antonio
boy, regarded by many experts"
as a coming star. You remem-
her whitney was shunted off by
the Cleveland Indians, who once
owned his services. In fact they
grabbed Pinkie while he was a
high school boy in the Alamo
City. The Indians have been in
dire need of a capable third
sacker for five years. . 1t goes to
show that mistakes are made in
the majors as well as the smaller
circuits.
Referee Dave Barry, who Off
ciated at the Dempsey-Tunney