Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-06
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Sports Chats
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Hal Eustace

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J. w. CRed) Irvine. athletic direc-
tor for the Brownsville pubic school
system. is whipping his program Tor
the coming year into shape. Irvine Is
planning a layout that will give
every school child in the city the
opportunity to develop undersuper-
vsed playground work. This Is ~
reality laying a basement floor Tor
the centralized coaching system
adopted here. The playground Eork
Will mean much as the years roll
along.
There will be three student as
sistants in this work. They are San
tos Ceyanes. Margaret Rowe and
Johnnie Capler. AL OF them are
known to the student body. having
participated in some form Of athlet-
les or other. The two girls played
on the basketball team last season,
while Santos performed ON the
Junior College eleven. he viii also
play this season.
The football sun Is hurdlmg up
over the horizon with remarkable
agility. Valley teams are beginning
TO shape UP pretty well and the
coaches know their material by this
time. This coming week, schedules
will be formed at a Valley-wide
meeting Of coaches and officials at
Harlingen. After that. 1t will be only
a short time until the season actu-
ally gets under way.
Brownsville's first taste Of COM
petition will be between the junior
college gridders and the San Benito
high school. These two institutions
will stage a little Shindig on Sept. 26.
That's just about three weeks off.
Then on the following day-gowl-
the Cards and Eagles begin a de-
pluming contest at Harlingen. Re-
gardleSS OF the outcome, Valley fans
will get q break here. "a contest
worth travelling many miles TO see.
will doubtless be unraveled before
the fans. Spirit IS high in 10th cit
les. Harrington has the underdog
psychology in her favor. But don't
tell the Harrington fans they are the
underdogs. Although Brownsville ad-
mittedly has a strong team. the
Cards will enter the fray headsup,
confident that they have a chance
to pluck the plumage from she tails
Of the Eagles. It's going to be some
battle.
Brooks Hooper, chisel-featured,
game little battler Of San Antonio,
left here last night for Kansas City.
Brooks has been visiting his uncle,
S. w. Brewer, of Townsville. He
fought at ReynoSa Labor day, drop
ping a decision TO Kid Gilbert OF
Laredo. It was a close fight and
fans romped on the decision lust
lily.
Hooper was the aggressor
throughout the bout. as Gilbert
stood back with a right jab in front
of him and his left cooked for a
punch. Gilbert hadn't fought in
some time-thanks to Guv'nor Dan
and he feared he could not 60 the
full 10 rounds. He had instructions
from his corner to take to the de-
fensive and not extend his energy
unduly.
Although Brooks tried hard, he
failed TO make Gilbert crawl out OF
his pugllistic hermitage. In the
tenth round they mixed 1t up at q
fast clip on about even terms.
Hooper danced, ducked and weaved
al around Gilbert as the Mexican
boy barely shifted his position
enough TO keep the San Anton.an
IN front of him. Both 81 them are
game boys. and had Gilbert been
IN good shape ana cared 10 step on.
the fans would have been IN for q
rare treat. As II was, this was The
best bout on the card.
Hooper is going into the stable OF
a friend at Kansas City.
The Brownsville Skeet club Is 90
ing after Donna again. They are
now making arrangements for an
other team shoot on the local field
Sunday. Both Of these clubs are
plenty good. Donna captured the
Texas team title, competing with
the best Eunners in the southwest.
And even al that, Brownsville and
Donna are pretty well matched.
The Valley could get together a
bunch Of Skeeters that would make
EN- sit up and take notice. say
Wllmonth, Wade, Decker, Batsell
Arnold and George. Or almost anv
other combination one might choose
from the two clubs. We would like
to see a Valley team take on the
boys at Houston and San Antonio.
II would have a good chance to
bring back the bacon.
IL now appears that Bob Sexton
broke an cupboard record in the 10
mile class 3" event at the Point
Isabel regatta. These figures 1ra
now being checked.