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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26

over another in the games won
column Is Of dubious value unless
matched by a substantial margin in
the lost column, but the fact re-
mains that the Mackmen have
reached the magic lead of ten games
Ter the first time since 1914.
Teams have been known to fan
short OF a pennant after topping the
field by ten contests. but such in
stances are rare. There are perhaps
no more than two such cases in the
history OF organized baseball.
The Detroit Tigers conducted
themselves peaceably enough for
six inngins at Navis Field, only to
fall upon Ed Walsh and the I'M
~suspecting White Sox for eleven runs
in the seventh. The Tigers won
IA TO 2.
Double Bill Split
Cleveland and st. Louis divided a
double-header at SportSman's Park
to complete the American league
program. The Indians came from
behind to take the opener by 10 TO
2. and this SO Infatuated the Browns
that they won the second by the
shut-out route. 8 to 0. The even
division dropped the Browns out Of
a tie with the Yankees for second
place.
The Big Western teams in the Ma
tional league spiked their guns yes
terday, leaving the Brooklyn Robins
free to occupy the center Of the
stage for their daily torture Of the
Giants. The Clan McGraw went
into the ninth inning with a lead Of
10 to 5, and Larry Benton In the box.
but the Robins soon shelled him for
enough runs to tie the score.
The Robins carried their assault
over into the tenth with Dutch
Henry in the box. scoring two runs
which Melted a u to 10 victory for
flatbush.
The Braves and the Phillies d.
vided n double-header in Boston.
The home boys took the opener.
) TO 4, but the Phils rallied in the
ninth round Of the night can for the
six runs to win BY 8 to 6. This vic
tory broke a string on nine Phila-
have received du to his visits.
delphia defeats.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26
'Thirty-Two Set For
Trans : Missis sippi
Golf Championships

OMAHA, Neb.. June 26.-lP-
Thirty-two shot makers from nine
states, survivors OF a IS hole quail
flying test that required f55 or bet
ter. today directed their firing to
match play in the battle for the
twenty-ninth transit Mississippi golf
championship.
While virtually ever favorite. in
Guiding the defending champion.
Arthur Bartlett Of Ottumwa. Iowa.
qualified, 4 was youth that led the
field In the severe test over the
rugged Omaha field club links.
Nathan Grimes. q year old life
insurance salesman from Denver
snatched the medalist honors with \
las strokes total. while Marshall
Becker. 20 year old iron expert from
Topeka was n stroke awav for
runner-up honors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26
New Skeet Range AT
Edinburg VIII Open
During Present Week
Especial to The Herald

EDINBURG. June 26.-The Edin-
burg municipal Skeet club range,
now under construction about one
mile, east Of the courthouse. is ex-
pected to be ready for operation
Thursday, according to John Rut-
ledge one Of the ranges s%ponsorers.
The field will be managed a a
municipal venture. Rutledge states,
each gunner buying his shells and
paving for his birds.
1t IS probable that a club will be
formed here and that meets will be
arranged with the Brownsville,
Point Isabel and Donna skeet clubs.
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lathering fire to the body. The
betting Is 6 to 5 with both favoriteS,
depending whether odds are sought
in the Spanish or the German sec
tons Of the city.
Both have finished outdoor train
ing in apparently perfect trim.
Something's work in Lakeside, ~. j.,
and Paulino's at Hoosic Falls. N. Y,
is over but neither will appear here
until Thursday. With all top priced
tickets of $50 sold. q gate Of ap--
proximately 100000 is expected.
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the Elks have announced that they
will abandon their benevolent
roles during the tournament-they
will be out to win and will not be
giving away anything. "A niger
billiard tournament may follow
later.
Make Schmeling seems to be
the Valley favorite in the coming
heavyweight joust tomorrow eve
ming at the Yankee stadium.
Benny F~reudenstein, N. X.
t"Dos") Cook and others OF their
Tx have expressed opinions to the
effect that Make viii take Paul
inc Uzcudun, the Bounding
Basque woodchopper. We are in
clined to string along with them
in their selection. UZcudun IL
noted for his ability to sop up
punishment and has not demon
strated a great deal Of ring cIev-
erness. He has not even demon
strated much Of n punch. The
fans want a champion because OF
his ability TO throw punches-not
his ability to absorb them.
Make, however. is the X guam
tity in a compound quadratic yet.
III he puts away Pauline by the
X. o. route the heavyweight situa-
ton viii be considerably cleared up.
II not. the Thursday bout win be
another What Of II fights. like the
one held at Miami Beach OF re-
cent date.
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Major League Leaders

uncluding Games Of June 25)
CBy the Associated Press
NATIONAL:
Batting, O'Doul, Phillies, 1888.
Runs. OFT, Giants. 81.
Runs batted in, OFT, Giants, N.
Hits, Terry, Giants, 90.
Doubles, Hafey. Cards. Il.
Triples, L. Waner. PPirates, IL.
Homers. OFT, Cards. 81.
Stolen bases. Cuyler. Cubs, 20.
Pitching, Grimes, Pirates, won II,
lost /.
American:
Batting. Foxx, Athletics, 400.
Runs. Gehringer. Tigers, 65.
Runs batted in, Simmons, Ath-
letics, 10.
Hits, G%ehringer, Tigers. 90.
Doubles. johnson, Tigers, 25.
Triples, Manush, Browns. 8.
Homers. Gehrig, Yanks, 20.
Stolen bases, Gehringer, Tigers,
IL.
Pitching. Grove. Athletics, won
u, lost !.
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Fights LAST

fBv The Associated Press.l

(By The Associated PreSsl
BOSTON-Gorilla Jones, Akron.
o., outpointed Jack McVey, New
York. 10).
DAYTON. O,-Joe Sekyra. Day
ton. knocked out Jimmy Coogan,
Detroit. "a.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hack
ley. Indianapolis and Harry kid
Brown. Philadelphia. drew. (10).
Tracy Cox. indianapolis, outpointed
All. De Rose. Newark. ~. j.. C8).
LOS ANGELES. Cal-Earl Mas
tro. Chicago. o~utpointed Fidel La
Barba, former flyweight champion,
G0).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26
JACKFISH TAKEN By
FISHERMEN AT POINT

Several large jackfish and a tar
pom were hooked off the ~jetties at
Point Isabel Tuesday by a party
composed Of M. l.. Love. DR.. Z. Fos-
ter and N. G.. Cofer.
The jackfish were landed but the
tarpon broke away before it could
be played in to the shore.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26
Cupboard Racers
Are Flocking For
Galveston Events

GALVESTON. Tex, June 90
The Galveston Cupboard Motor
club regatta, to be staged July As.
may prove an outstanding event in
the seasons racing program for
this type of craft.
The piece de resistance OF the
two-day program Is the round
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26

THE
TEXAS LEAGUE
TUESDAYS Results

TEXAS LEAGUE
Tuesdays Results
Houston 7. Dallas 6.
Wichita Falls 1873. san Antonio $40.
Shreveport IA. Beaumont So.
Waco 10. Fort Worth 9.
Wednesdays Schedule
Houston at Dallas.
Beaumont az Shreveport.
Waco Mt Fort Worth.
san ArtnnIn ~ Wichita Eli
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Spuds, Tied in 1st,
Fall off as Second
Is Lost to Indians
CIV Associated Pressl

For something like an hour yesterday afternoon the pile driving Wich-
ia Falls nine shared the Texas league lead with the Steers, but clear pos
session OF the prize slipped through the Spudders' gloves when they took
one on the chin from San Antonio in the second tilt of their double bill
As they prepared to tackle the Indians in a final tusse TODAY the Oilers
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26
Athletics Increase
Lead to Ten Games
AS Ydnks Are Idle
(By Associated Pressl

Through a lul in the battle General McGuicuddv refusad y cut
fighting. With the Yankees idling in a Washington rain Yesterday. the
Athletics fell upon the helpless Red Sox for two victories 7 "a and
70 2 increasing their lead over the champions to 10 full games
1t often has been pointed out that an ADVANTAGE ~ \ ooo.ons.,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Tuesdays Results
Boston So. Philadelphia 4-s.
BROOKLYN IL, New York 10.
Only games scheduled.
Wednesdays Schedule
Philadelphia at Boston.
Brooklyn at New York.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
only games scheduled.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland 100. st. Louis ia.
Hhlladelphia rs. Boston 10.
Detroit II. Chicago 2.
New York-washington. postponpa
rain. rAVu
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wednesdays Schedule
chicago at Detroit.
Boston at PHILADELPHIA.
Cleveland at st. Louis.
New York at Washington.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-26

The Brownsville Elks are pre-
pairing for a billiard tournament.
Due to the presence Of several
sharks. such as George Bell. handi-
caps will have to be worked out.
This is being done now. Several Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01
Big and Little Farms.

There is constantly recurring sug-
gestion that the basic trouble with
agriculture lies in the great number
of independent operators with small
holdings.
This prevents the application of eff
cheney systems associated "! h whole
some production in industry, necessi-
tates an enormous unnecessary over
head and an economical concentration
of labor. What would be the condition
of the steel industry, one might ask,
If it were scattered over hundred
thousand village foundries rather than
concentrated in few great establish
ments? Certainly the cost of steel
production would be so great that the
widespread use Of the metal would be
impossible.
How does agriculture differ essential
ly from any other industry? It is en-
gagged in production and marketing.
It's success depends on the efficiency
with which it accomplishes these two
things. It might be expected, therefore,
to follow the course Of other in
dustries into consultations permitting
the best application Of business prin-
ciples.
True, such a process would involve
far-reaching sociological changes. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01
Honor the Penny.

'"This car paid for with $500
pennies" is sign adjoining motor car
in which the owner and his wife are
now luxuriating along the New Jersey
seacoast.
The despised penny has again proved
its value as coin of the realm. This
man, proprietor of service station,
saved pennies for four years. He accu-
mulated nine sugar bags full, which he
hauled to an automobile sales agency in
q truck.
Four years of saving pennies certainly
is better than buying the "fivver" on
time payments with accommodating costs.
There are many who drive these civ
vers" and even higher priced cars who
are never out of debt.
These $500 pennies might well be
distributed for advertising purposes, to
every "fiivver" station as far as they
will go, and be exhibited with the sign
Il am one of the pennies that bought
an automobile" 1t might be a worth
while object lesson that would make
some people start saving-if only q
penny.
The old observation at that great
philosopher, Give me a fulcrum and q
lever long enough and I'll move the
world" might be modernized, IF I save
enough pennies can see the world In
my own motor car"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL.

gun over again, the term may be al
lowed.
The rapid response of a thirsty lawn
to real sprinkling Is one of the most
pleasing of garden phenomena.
Here one has to take nothing on
faith. With fertilizers, it is different
The gardener puts in handful of
patent fertilizer with a prayer, hoping
that one or the other may do some
good.
Too often, he has to believe, rather
than know, that his work has been to
some purpose. His plants look no par
ticularly better than they would have
appeared without his efforts.
Sometimes he is hard-put to it to
Justify his fertilizer, but he will never
pc at loss for proof Of the benefits of
his watering.
This is why there is no garden oper-
alton more enjoyable than sprinkiing.
Even the children like to Sprinkle"
ana their ministrationS will do as we'll
as any, If they can be prevailed on to
keep at 1t long enough.
There Is another way in which chill
dren are poor sprinklers. They seem
to get thS most kick" out of playing
the stream Of water upon a concrete
walk, where 1t does little good, or upon
garage roof, where it does no good
at all.
The splash Of the water evidently
Is what pleases the juvenile mind. But
sound effects will not water a lawn:
where the water must 60 is down to
the roots Of the grass.
4 X
The necessity for actually reaching
the roots is what makes thorough
watering necessary. just light surface
sprinkling will not do at ali. Perhaps
some refreshment of foliage is secured
by a lew minutes watering, especially
II done after the sun has gone down
but for real effect several hours must
be spent at the job.
1t Is better TO water three hours
every third day than an hour for three
evenings. This is the way Nature plays
her rains upon the earth beneath. She
seldom brings a rain every evening
at exactly the same time, but contents
herSef with pouring on water, then
giving herself a rest for several DAYS,
or maybe weeks.
Now mere man cannot hope to imi-
tate Nature in this matter, but at least
pie resources. She waters the earth
In the afternoon, usually, and when
she does 1t, in most cases she does it
thoroughly.
The home gardener, then, must
water with a will when he does get
out the old hose. He is lucky If 1t
does not leak. There Is nothing more
dlsheartening to both garden and
gardener than leaky hose. The leaks
take all the fun out of watering.
The ideal lawn would be one with
such thick turf, so well rooted, that
1t could stand any amount of drought.
Far-spreading meadows answer to this
description. Often they are In low
lands, which collect water from miles
around.
1t is asking too much Of the aver
age city lawn to expect it to get along
all Summer without recourse to artio
hclal watering. When the home
grounds really need water, therefore,
there Is but one thing for the home
owner to do who likes to keep the ap-
pearance Of his place up to its best.
He must get out the hose in the
evening. and water the lawn until
darkness comes on. He need not do
this except when the grass really needs
1t. but when it does he should do it
with a will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01

might result in an American peasantry
instead Of the present valuable element
of independent freeholders. But If the
small farm will not support the small
farmer there seems little alternative.
But there has been no certainty that
the small farm actually was less eff
Gent than the big farm. The United
States Chamber of Commerce has just
concluded an exhaustive study of this
question and finds that when all factors
are considered, there apparently is no
difference. Elements were found which
Offset the obvious advantages Of large
scale production. The little farmer
makes as much money, acre for acre,
as the big farmer-and neither Of them
makes enough to boast about.
The chief advantage of the small
farm appears to be in the application of
labor. A man working for himself
works longer and harder than one work.
ing for somebody else. Independence
has an economic value. The small
farm is an easier unit to handle, due
to the constantly varying nature of ag-
ricultural occupations. It is not like
the manufacture of automobiles, where
workman spends all his time making
one part and has skill in no other job.
The farmer must turn to several types
of skilled labor in a single day.
Actually the large farm probably will
gain slowly on the small farm. But
wholesale production will not have so
easy victory as has been the case in
industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01
Blindness From Moon
Proved by Experiments
BY E. e. FREE. PHI. d.

The ancient folk tale of persons
struck suddenly blind by moon rays
may hold. after all, grain of truth.
No less an authority than Prof. Bohu-
slav Brauner, unquestioned leader of
science in Czechoslovakia, has reported
to the Academy of Sciences in Prague
experiments which he carried out many
years ago on some phenomena OF sight
and which he has never previously de-
scribed publicly. One of them was tempo
rarily to strike blind one of his eyes by
gazing at the moon in certain way.
Every human eye has what is called Its
blind spot" small spot on the inside
of the eyeball where the flbers OF the
optic nerve pass through the sensitive
retina. ANY one can recognize this
blind spot by closing one eye, holding
the other in a fixed direction and no
ticing that objects within small area
at one side Of the eyes direction be-
come invisible. People are not ord1-
narily conscious of these "holes" in
their vision because the blind spots Of
the two eyes never cover the same spot
in the field of view. What one eye
misses the other eye sees. Prof. Brau-
ner's experiment was to hold his one
Enclosed eye in such direction that
the image Of the full moon fell directly
on its blind spot. After few seconds,
he reports, the eye becomes entirely blind,
not merely blind in that spot, some
thing which might happen accidentally
to a one-eyed man looking to one side
Of the moon or even to two-eyed man
with cast In one Of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01

Although the owner of q small gar
den often casts envious eyes upon the
great estate Of a neighbor, in one
respect he Is much the better OF of
the two.
He can put enough water upon his
yard in really hot weather to keep
it looking fine, whereas the owner Of
the big place must let Nature take
her course.
The power to WELD the hose Is some
thing. The magic of water is not
to be disputed. Even the gardener who
recognizes the dangers of halfway wa
tering must admit that the hose has
its place.
There is little question that an aver
age lawn gets along better, year in and
year out, with as little use of the hose
as possible.
The less water that the home owner
puts upon his grass artif1cially, the
better his lawn will be-except in hot
weather.
In times of drought, when the sun
remains bright and hot, and breezes
fail to blow, and the thermometer in
the shade registers between 80 and 100
degrees, not even indifference will take
the place of artificial watering.
+ X + X
This season there seems to have been
a generous spleen against the garden
hose throughout the city, except such
water as may be put on when giving
the children an imitation Seashore in
the front or back yard.
Right here let us digresS for a little:
Who remembers the time when the
nhilHrnY1 haU
ted to appear in bathing suits in the
average front yard?
There was time, and not so many
years ago, when the average mother
did not think 1t the right thing to
permit the little ones to sport with the
garden hose on the front lawn.
Go around to the back, If you want
to play" she would say. The mother
Of today rather prefers the front lawn,
where she can keep an eye on them,'
as she says, although she is probably
too busy playing bridge to think about
them.
As for the kids themselves, they
have a high old time in their bathing
suits and sun suits, and he would be
an old crouch, indeed, who would order
them to the back yard.
Back or front yard, the water which
Is put on the lawn during such a pop
ular playtime is Just what the thirsty
grass needs.
There are few reactions In gar
dentng so instant as this-few that may
be seen so easily with the naked eye.
See those brown spots which have
begun to appear here and there
throughout the yard?
Let no one tell you that they are the
result Of a strange parasitic disease,
which must be treated with certain
chemicals.
The chances are 100 to l that they
are nothing more than a lack of water,
and that within half an hour after
you begin sprinkling they will begin to
disappear.
Tomorrow morning they will have
vanished completely. If your sprinkling
was complete enough. thorough enough.
That word "sprinkling" Is perhaps
responsible for the short time spent
by many persons on the Job of water
ing the grass. A sprinkle" means Just
little rain, the first small rain be-
fore the real rain.
If the evening Sprinkling Is done in
that fashion, first until one Is rather
tired, and then the whole thing be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01
Saving of Single
Life Refutes Charge

From the Hartford Daily Times.
A scene In New York hospital pre-
sents a striking contrast to the impress
sion that this materialistic, machine
age holds human life cheap. An
Italian workman had inhaled gas In
attempting suicide and was at the point
of death, The police hurried his inert
form to the hospital and then joined
staff members in striving to prevent the
spark of life from escaping. Oxygen
tanks, electric pumps and eight men
were pressed into the service OF lie
saving. They worked in relays for 81
hours, employing the service OF "A men
and the contents of 152 tanks of oxygen.
They saved the life OF a man who did
not wish to live any longer.
In such incidents mans humanity 10
man is pointedly illustrated. There sui
beats sympathetic heart, contrary to
the apparent ruthlessness of the Jug
pernaut behavior of our civilization. in
the bosom Of modern man. In express
ing it he Is aided by the marvellous de-
vices of present-day therapeutics. AL
though the cost OF special medical
service may normally be high, the latter
is not withheld, in emergencies, from
the pennileSs.
Rather, as this incident also Illus
trates, life's so-called heartlessness is
more evident in what a person may do
to himself than in what others may
do to him. Assuming on the part OF
others the desire to save rather than
destroy, none should become his own
worst foe. Friendship Is close to the
heart of the universe. Man has not
wholly obscured 1t by building big
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-01
Move to Halt Navy Building
Arouses New Hopes of Peace

Times in this situation mot as an
idealiSt, but as one who has a firm
grasp on stern realities. If he presses
forward in this direct and practical
manner accepting one instrument and
guarantee of peace after another, he
yet may be known as the chief author
of an enduring Pax Americana. The
Rochester Times Union declares, with
administrations on both sides OF the
seas not merely giving lip service to the
idea of naval arms reduction, but reSo-
lutely seeking a way to make it eff
fective, the hope that expenditures for
fleets will decrease instead of increasing
seems bright"
There can be little doubt" con-
cludes the Charleston Evening Post.
that public opinion in both countries
is fixed in desire to find some formula
by which the naval policies OF the two
countries can be ruled in such way
as to preclude, as far as possible, the
idea of competition between them for
domination of the seas by force. The
strength of this idea is probably I'M
derestimated by professional military
men, but it is significant that the active
propaganda for expansion of the navles
which was so general is years ago is
nowhere in evidence nowadays, nor Is
it likely that any movement OF that sort
would get very far"
"The people will sensibly say that the
present understanding, signed or not
signed, is sufficient agreement to war
rant suspension of work on the
cruisers" AYERS the Baltimore Sun. The
Raleigh News and Observer suggests
that "the extension of time for laying
the keelS of new vessels Is JuStlflable as
a gesture of good faith to match that
of Ramsay Macdonald" The Flint
Daily Journal welcomes direct action"
between the nations, and the Hartford
Times argues: 1.-The program is pre-
liminary that points to geperal policy
the world should find most accept
able. The world can have dis
armament without losing either sta
bility or safety if it really wants 1t. Inc
extent to which it wants 1t Will be oe,
termined within the next few months"