Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-14
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By BISHOP CLEMENTS

mi XII
Topper Rigney may manage the
Fort Worth Panthers this season.
jake Atz will revert to the office
of business manager, in that case.
Rigney is in FIT. Worth at present.
He belongs to the Kansas City club
of the American association.
Rigney is an insurance man of
Harrington. He has made his
home there this winter. He is a
graduate of Texas A. g. M. col
lege and went from Fl. Worth to
the Detroit Tigers, where he
starred at shortstop many years.
A lame back caused his dem0ti0n
to the American association.
Certainly the Panthers need a
business executive with baseball
knowledge; they lost one of the best
in the business when Paul LaGrave
passed on. Prior to LaGrave's death
he wasn't able to attend to bust
ness for two years. The Partners
went to second and then third di-
vision. Atz's legs are bothering him
considerably. They are not what
they used to be. He has trouble
doing the duties demanded Of a
manager. Rigney would be an ideal
choice, for sentimental reasons II
for no other, and he may prove to
be a real manager; and he can still
play the shortstop position; the
Panthers need a shortstopper.
Don't be surprised if an an
nouncement from Fl. Worth con-
fiEfning Rigney's appointment in
the next few days is published in
the south's fastest growing daily.
The Giants have always had good
first basemen, that's one Of the rea-
sons their infield has been above
the average; a first bascman who
can grab EN- puts confidence into
the others: they will cut the ball
loose from any position knowing
that il it's in reach the first base
man will get it. It's great to play
on a ball club, that is the infiel6
with a fielding firstbaseman. Nc
| Graw has Pat Crawford, from To-
ledo, who is to understudy Bill Ter
ny at first base this year. He is
pronounced ready for regular duty
right now, but it's the old story,
gentlemen, the older heaG gets the
call. Crawford halls from Society
Hill, South Carolina. He has had
three years professional experience.
Bats left haftded but does every
thing else in orthodox fashion.
True to his promise, PA"
Stribling is taking w. L. abroad
for fights. His first engagement
will be in England, where he will
trade waIIops with one Scott Of
England. Fifty thousand grand
will be the Georgia boys reward
for the set-to.
Coach Francis A. Schmidt of T.
G. U. was given a rousing welcome
to his new institution Monday.
He succeeds Matty Bell at T. G. u.
Schmidt announced that he had
signed Raymond Bear" Wolf and
Harvey Light as assistant coaches.
| Wolf will be line coach and Light
| will have charge of the track coach
ing. Both men are former T. G. U.
athletes.
How many more years will Babe
Ruth or can he 60 on, pounding
the pill and cavorting in the out
field for the Yankees. Ruth is get
ting up in years for a ball player.
It Is a fact of all athletes that they
continue to hit the ball with regu-
larity as age creeps on, but their
| speed slows down, and finally re-
verts them to the minors, or else
where in baseball. Here's what
Miller Higgins says of Ruth in this
respect:
-Four or five years more any
way. Even if his legs slow him
up a bit he still will be a great
hitter and a valuable man to the
club"
Roy Leslie will manage the Ty-
Ter club of the Lone Star league
this season. Leslie was at the helm
Of the Mexia team last year; he
had a bunch of youngsters and his
club finished way up in the race;
in fact the Gushers fought Tyler
and Texarkana to the last ditch for
pennant honors in the second half.
Leslie will play first base; he is a
popular fellow, knows baseball, as
he gathered knowledge just for the
duties implied upon a managerial
job while pastiming in the big cir
cult, Class AA and A leagues for
many years.
If Harrington and Mercedes de-
eide today or tomorrow to enter
the proposed Class d league, then
it will be a thing of reality, if
they don't then other towns will
have to be added to take their
place if the league Is to function,
is the sentiment of those trying
to form the circuit.
Billy Burnett and L. B. Winans
are in Mercedes and Harrington
today and will continue their eff
forts tomorrow, if necessary, to-
wards helping, or finding out for
certain if those towns want to en-
ter the league.
Kid Pancho is going to have
his hands full If he defeats the
scrapping 122 pound battler of
Monterrey, Kid JuareZ, in their
scheduled 10-round 60 at the Fl.
Brown skating rink on the night
of March rs. Promoter Becerril