Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-31

The Wisconsin State Athletic Com
mission suspended a couple OF prize
fighters the other day for unethical
tacSics-and the commissions actions
are to be commended. Both fighters,
Lwick and Shack, resorted TO unfair
methods, such as the rabbit punch
and being overweight, and not hust-
ling in their bout. This action should
serve us notice to Z yer boxers and
managers over the vruntry that the
game OF boxing is . i should be as
clean as any other sport, and il one
enters the tistic profession either as
fighter or manager, he must toe the
mark or get out.
There is nothing wrong with
boxing as a game, but the profess
sion is overrun with fighters and
managers who should be banished.
and they are being turned out fast
by commissions such as that OF
Wisconsin, and the sooner the bet
ter.
We ran into . little story the other
day about a manager and the time
keeper of a certain bout being in
accord when the bell should be rang
regardless of whether the limit was
up or not. When the certain man
ayers protege would be getting the
worst Of the scrap the bell would
ring and vice versa. The public is
not fooled, and managers and fight
ers had better come TO that conclu-
sion If the business in which they
are engaged is to survive. Ii Is just
what they make it-and they are
doomed to oblivion, along with their
game, if they do not keep it on a
high plane.
Earl Sande, was once Americas
premier jockey. Today he is over
weight, and is to make an attempt
to reduce his poundage and re-entcr
the turf game. Sande had best be-
ware, because many jockeys have
ruined their health by trying to re-
ducc.
Give Roy Henderson credit-he
made a decision this week hat
won't be contested. The state
high school basketball tournament
will be held at Texas A. K NJ. March
: and 3, was the statement from
the Interscholastic league directors
sanctum at Austin. But high
StAto0t 4GhutS III AHG NdAltN arc at
a distinct disadvantage, because
they haven't indoor courts TO per-
form on.
Austin is boastiag that they have
a coming champ in the welterweiEht
division in Gene Cullen of that city.
Cullen has been going great guns Of
late, and Promoter Tex Becerril of
Brownsville might do well in match
ing Cullen with some Of the weller
weights IN the Valley.
MIR. Lee kyser and his Des
Moiaes baseball club is TO train
at kinGsville. That's news 10 VAL
Icy fans in that the Des Moines
president prOpositiOned several
towns down here TO put up $4,000
for privilege Of bringing his club
To train. San Benito fans got hot
and for a time il was thought they
would put up the three grand.
But common sense prevailed. MIR.
kyser may be tire best baseball
man in the world, but he pulled
a boner when trying 10 get San
Benito To pay him for the privilege
Of bringing his club for training.
Those Des Moines ball players are
not so good that IL would have
been worth three thousand dollars
10 watch them cavort in spring
limbering up. And another thing
the Western league II the slow
est Class A circuit i'm organized
baseball. The Valley has the eli
mate and the right kind Of citi-
Zenry. and if some Of these ball
rIV,H -Lsnfu MANI a. twzlE Awxr hrwA
to train, all well and good, and
the Valley would be glad TO have
them, but this pari Of the country
doesn't have to pay for that privi-
lege. and MIR. kyser may as we'll
take note.
San Antonio schools, in their prog
nostications upon debating as to the
ineligibility of gridders OF other
clubs. do not have an off-seasol in
.his line, and a recent dispatch from
the Alamo City has the following.
which is Of interest 10 Brownsville
fans in particular:
1.-The breach in athletic relations
between Main Avenue high school
and Corpus Christi high seems 10
have widened since its inception. en-
EtuNLlGus d@ IL Nd.s ny Ant IANAtNAH
filed against each other on ineli-
gible players.
"a real bomhshell was dropped in
to the case Tuesday by Coach Roy
Cochran. when be intimated that
Main Avenue high school would sew
or football relations with the coast
NJ city next fall. His information on
the subject came from sources high
er up, he stated.
Cochran announced that the lea
que required each team 10 play but
four district games and that Main
highs 1929 schedule would probably
be composed Of games with Alamo
Heights. Austin. Breckenridge, and
either Laredo or Brownsville.
Brownsville high, with Doug
Fcsscnden. former coach at Main
high, as its athletic mentor. is ex-
pected to enter Class A next sea-
son. and If so, will be n member
Of District s, in which the local
schools arc also entered. They
will no doubt book games with
4 1hran IF th- I,~-I --LUI- Mi