davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
WIN OVER Bluffs ENDS SPUD
LOSING STREAK AND PUSHES
FLAG LEAD TO SAFER EDGE
BY GAYLE TALBOT, Jr.
Associated Press Sports Writer

For the sake of argument Wichita
Falls pitched George Washington
Payne yesterday, and as a result
the Spudders were two and one-half
games ahead of Houston today. The
variety was welcome to the Spud-
ders as the victory ended a four
game losing streak for the champ
lons-apparent. 1t was Payne's 23rd
victory of the season.
Houston's hopes Of gaining the
top of the league before the end OF
the series with the northernerS
went glimmering with the game as
the Bluffs will still be a game and
one half out Of first place If they
win today.
The Waco-Dallas game at Waco,
which Waco won 10 TO four was a
tough one on pitch. Leo Dicker-
man was first under the gun and
he pitched himself out Of the ball
game and a job. After he had walk
ed the first three Dallas batters who
faced him in the first inning he was
taken from the game and found an
unconditional release awaiting him
at the bench.
Preacher Thurman, who relieved
him faced a tough situation with
the bases full, but he solved 1t by
forming two men to pop out and
Tanning ore. no n scoring. After
that the Dallas pitchers did the
worrying. Fort Worth lost to Beau
mont. Dallas and Fort Worth will
try conclusions again today with
their opponents Of yesterday.
San Antonio broke another Of
those monotonous losing streaks 10
slide Shreveport from third to
fourth place in the standings with
q 4 to 3 victory. Three Sport pitch
ers tried their luck on the tribe and
all Of them had bad luck. Chaplin
allowed Shreveport only seven hits.
It was San Antonio's fourteenth VIC
tory in So games played since the
start Of the second half. and most
Of them have acted as commas for
losing streaks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
TEXANS IN THE
BIG LEAGUES
EACH DAY
Sam West. Senators from J

Sam West, Senators from Roch-
ester.-Up five times. n hit, nc
runs. -Four putouts, n assist, nc
errors.
Homer Summa, Athletics from
Wichita Falls.-Up four times. one
hit. no runs. Two putouts, no as
sists. errors.
Sam Hale. Athletics from San An
tonio.-Up four times. no hits. runs
No putouts. two assists. no errors.
Alex Metzler, White Sox from
Wichita Falls. up five times, no
hits, one run. Two putouts. no as
sists. rrors
Carl Reynolds. White Sox from
Palestin.-Up four times. two hits,
one run. No putouts. assists. errors.
Art Shires. White Sox from Waco.
up three times. two hits. one run.
Nine putouts. no assists. one error.
Ted Lyons. White Sox from Bay
lor.-Held Athletics to elk hits and
won. Struck out two. allowed one
base on balls. Up twice. n hit. no
runs. No putouts. two assists. no
errors.
Jim Bttomley. Cards from Hous-
ton.-Up five times. one hit. one
run. Eleven putouts. n assist. no
errors.
Chick Hafey. Cards from Hous-
ton.-Up four times. one hit. no
runs. One putout. no assists, errors,
Hit double.
Fred Farmhouse. Cards from
Houston-Second pitcher against
Braves. Won, allowing no hits In
3 1-3 innings. Up once, no hits. runs
No putouts. one assist. no errors.
Lester Bell. Braves from Houston
up four times. one hit. n run.
One putout. three assists. no errors.
Hit double.
George Harper. Braves from
Wichita Falls.-Up three times, nc
hits. runs. No putouts, assists, err
rors.
Rogers Hornsby, Cubs from Deni-
son.-Up six times. two hits. two
runs. Two putouts. four assists, no
errors.
Mike CvengroS, Cubs from Wich-
ita Falls.-Started against Philadel-
phia. Won. allowing two hits In
3 l-3 innings. Up twice. one hit. no
runs. No putouts. assists. errors.
Pinkie Whitnev. Pills from San
Antonio high.-Up five times. two
hits. no runs. No putouts, four as
sists. no rrors.
Cedric burst. Yankees from Beau
mont.-Up twice. one hit. no runs.
Ore putout. no assists. errors.
Sam Gray, Browns from Dallas.
Held Yanks to seven hits. winning
100.
Curtis Walker. Reds from Hous-
ton.-Up five times. n hit. one
run. Two putouts. no assists. errors.
ANDY Cohen. Giants from Waco.
up three times. n hit. no runs.
One putout. four assists. no errors.
Sparky Adams. Pirates from
Wichita Falls.-Up four times. one
hit. no runs Two putouts, one as
sist. no errors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
HOME FANS WILL
= y. r.
BACK CUB GAME
X \ y
ON REDS FIELD

CHICAGO. Aug. 23-CPePlenty
Of home support will be with the
Cubs Sunday when they invade
Redland Field at Cincinnati. for
their 'grudge" meeting with the
Reds.
So great is Chicago interest H.
the sort Of reception Hack VIII
son will receive in the home field
Of Pitcher Ray Kolp and Pete
Donohue, with whom the Cub
outfielder had physical differ
ences on the occasion Of the
Reds last appearance in Chicago.
that excursions have beer ar
ranged.
The teams will clash in q dou-
ble-header Sunday. then will re-
turn to Chicago for q two-day
stand.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
Major League Leaders

(By The Associated Pressl
Including games Of August %.
National
Batting-Herman, Robins. 400.
Runs-Hornsby, Cubs, ia.
Runs batted in@Ott. Giants. 1T.
Hits-ODoul. Phillies. 1873.
Doubles-Frederick. Robins. AZ.
Triples-L. Waner. Pirates. Is.
Homers-Klein. Phillies. 80.
Stolen bases--Tle Cubs, 81.
Pitching-Grimes, Pirates. won
IS. lost 2.
American
Batting-Fox Athletics, .3Sl.
Runs-Gehringer. Tigers. lot.
Runs batted in-Simmons. Athle-
lies. 121.
Hits-Manush. Browns. ia.
Doubles-Manush. Browns; He'll
mann, Tigers. 80.
TripleS-Miller. Athletics. IA.
Homers-Rutf Yanks 80.
Stolen bases-Gehringer. Tigers,
80.
Pitching-Grove. Athletics. won
Is. lost 3.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23

can championship play at Cedar
Point. O.. was hampered to an ex-
IRENE by slow play. Two players
tied sixteen consecutive times in two
days. That ought to be a record Of
some kind. The boys pull their wis
kers and refuse to be rushed.
Checkers Is a game to mediate on
in the cool shadow Of a tree. The
trouble with this is that the sun
usually moves around to the play
ers before many moves are exc
cuted. We knew Of a pair Of old
timers who racked their brains over
a checker barrel under an old elm.
One could tell the time OF the day
by their position around the tree
as they followed the shadow around.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23

Chevrolet chassis from which sea
tons have been removed SO that afEW
moving parts may be viewed in OPP
Grafton.
The chassis Is nickel-plated and
was used in the New York and
Chicago Automobile shows.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
Sport
1S1ants
iOy.
ALAN J.GoULD

Like most other marks in TINS
fast-moving era of sport. the half
mile running record likely will fall
under the flying feet OF some new
Mercury but the two men most ca
pable Of knocking IL off quickly,
Douglas @. A. Lowe Of England and
Lloyd Hahn Of Nebraska. appar-
entity have hung up their spiked
shoes for good.
1t took a dozen years for Fed
Meredith's old record Of 1:52 is to
be lowered to Isl 3-5 by the gallop-
ing German. Otto PeltZer. Hahn ran
the 1880" in Isl 2-5 on a banked
indoor track a year and a half ago
but unfortunately indoor perform
ances have 10 official standing in
the blue-book Of international rec
ords.
Lowe seemed capable of a worlds
record last summer. He made a
show Of Hahn as we'll as Peltzer
at Amsterdam in the Olympic 300
meter finals. setting a new record.
Bridge. on a ~terrifically hot after
noon and after one hard race, Lowe
reeled off his half-mile leg OF a
relay in close to 1:50. He had the
aid Of q running start but he wasn't
extended. Had he been given the
chance for an official try that day.
it seemed Lowe might easily have
cut two seconds off the record.
There have been few greater ON
petitors or more graceful striders
than black-haired Douglas Lowe Of
Oxford. He likes to run, "for the
sport Of it." but he prefers now TO
concentrate on the more serious
business Of becoming an English
barrister while Hahn turns to farm
ing.
Relief pitchers seldom make good
starting pitchers. Some time ago /
asked Bucky Harris the reason for
this. Bucky handled n Of the best
relief men Of them all. Firpo Mar
berry, who helped Washington win
remnants in 1924 and 1925.
There must be something psy-
Geological about it or else it is like
the fellows who prefer attending to
other peoples troubles than to their
OWE" said Bucky. "Marberry al
vays acted to me as though no
didn't feel at ease unless he went in
there with the bases damned. no
one out and the ball game at stake.
Put him In there at the start OF a
game and he usually would feel so
lonesome he would fill the bases.
The trouble was he didn't solve his
own troubles as well as those some
other pitcher left for him"
The Brooklyn ditch-digger Fabri-
zio who took only 20 puts for an
is-hole round in the national pub
lie links golf championship tourna-
ment at st. Louis. with the startling
total Of is one-putt green's. set a
record for title play or any kind OF
competition. There's nothing even
remotely resembling such a feat in
the record books. In the last Amer
lean open, Gene Sarazen took only
IL puts for a nine-hole stretch.
including seven one-putt green's. but
Gene needed q for the round. Nor
malIy, putting Is Just half Of any
golf battle. with champions at their
best averaging around 80 to 50 puts
per round.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
Birth Registration
Urged By Harlinpen
(Snarial IA The HnrnlhN

EobtcIaI 70 The herald
HARLINGEN. Aug. pa booth
In the main business section of Har-
lingen Is to be established Saturday
'of this week as part Of the birth
registration campaign being con-
Quoted in the city.
All persons seeking birth registra-
ton blanks. OF advice or informa-
ton are urged to visit the booth,
which will be open throughout the
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
WHITE SOX CROWD ATHLETICS
FOR TIE AS LEADERS FEEL
RUN OF 3 STRAIGHT LOSSES

three rounds. The Robins cele-
brated with nine runs in the third.
their biggest inning Of the season.
and so in the lead when Nor
rison entered the box. Clark was
deprived Of the victory. however. BY
the National league rule which
forces a starting pitcher to work
five innings to win.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
San Benito Airport
Deal to Close Soon
Especial to The Herald)

SAN BENITO, Aug. 23.-Options
on the remainder OF the 100 acres
desired for the San Benito inter-
mediate government airport site viii
be secured within a few DAYS, Mayor
j. Scott Brown announced.
The matter was discussed at the
commission meeting here Wednes-
day night. Mayor Brown said that
most Of the land already has been
secured. and that ii will be only a
short time until improvements on
the tract are started.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
Houston Woman Is
Favored i'm Shoot

VANDALIA, Ohio. Aug. 23.-R--
Comprising a field officially esti-
mated at more than 1000 entrants,
trapshooters from all parts Of North
America today faced the pits in
competition for the grand American
trapshooting championship. most
coveted title Of the clay pigeon
marksmen.
Mrs. Nolan Tillog Of Houston.
Texas. was the chief favorite among
the women candidates. She shat
tered 90 out OF 100 targets yester-
day.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
SAN BENITO CLUB
WILL HOLD L

ESPECIAL TO The Herald.)
SAN BENITO. Aug. 23.--Members
OF n Business and Professional
Women's club here will 60 on an
outing to the Y. w. G. "A. camp at
Rio Hondo at their next regular
meeting. August 26.
"A dinner will follow the business
session.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
POST
NAMED

HARLINGEN. Aug. ga nomi-
mating committee to suggest the
names Of candidates for offices In
the American Legion post here was
named at the meeting Wednesday
night.
Elections will be held within two
weeks. Jack Carey is post COM
mander at the present time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
GGHTS LAST
&1NeGHT@

IbY THt AsSOCIdttu TItsSJ
WATERBURY. Conn. - Louis
kid Kaplan. Meriden. Conn. out
pointed Joe Trabon Buffalo, N. Y,
Q0l.
OKLAHOMA CITY-Babe Hunt,
Ponca City. and George Cook, Aus
tralia. drew. U0).
NEWARK. N. J.-Willie Lamorte.
Newark, outpointed Ivy Schwartz.
New York. d5).
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
Liner Rescues Crew
From Burning Ship

NEW YORK, Aur. 23.-LP-J. II.
Benson. master Of the Dollar Liner
President Harrison, wirelessed today
that his men had rescued the n
tire crew of IS men of the German
steamer Quimistan, which caught
fire in mid-ocean.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND
SAN RENITO CONCERT
(Snecial ~ The Herai,

Especial to The Herald)
SAN BENITO. Aug. pa large
crowd assembled e the municipal
park here Thursday night for a
band concert by the San Benito
municipal band.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-23
CHASSIS
DISPLAYED BY FIRM

Stevenson Motor company Is dis
playing Friday and Saturday In the
Chevrolet sales room a cutaway
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-30
Some Suggestions as to Our Political Posi-
ton Toward War and the General Tasks of
the Communist Party in the Struggle Against
Imperialist War-By GEORGE WILLIAMS.

Party, to link up SUCH class strug-
giles as Gastonia and other forms of
struggle against our own bour-
geoisie in this country with the War
Danger. 1t is necessary to try to
give political slogans and political
content to the economic struggles
and strikes. Communists should
propose also political demands, such
as protests against the war, demands
upon the American bourgeoisie;
should try to transform economic
struggles into political struggles.
Stop Factionalism at Once.
Next, it is necessary-in such a
very responsible moment, when the
Party is facing a serious situation
to put an end once and for all to
factionalism in the Party. 1t is neces-
sary from this standpoint, which we
must make clear to all: that fac
tional strife in the Party now is
more criminal than ever. The
Strengthening of Party discipline is
now of vital Importance to the Amer
can Party. Without strong disci-
pline, without an energetic answer to
the slightest attempt to divide the
Party, without discipline in the
Party ranks-without this, the Party
cannot fight against the war. That
is. every member of the Party must
be on the job and under the strictest
discipline. All Party units should
discuss, not only the Resolution of
the Sixth World Congress and the
9Th Plenum on war, but also prac-
tically what this given unit, this
given nucleus can do in the concrete
situation in the struggle against
war.
The important task is to prepare
the Party for an illegal situation. ii. it,.
Special leaflets should be prepared
for the American workers, for the
American soldiers and marines. In
one of the next few days there should
be called a special meeting of the
leading comrades Of the trade unions,
mass organizations, language organ
izations, Party press, and so on, to
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-30

discuss the practical ways and means
of the struggle against war in the
United States.
Work on West Coast.
Next, it is necessary to prepare a
general thesis-very short, very
clear, which every worker can under
stapd-giving the position of the
American Communist Party on the
question of the wsr against Soviet
Russia. After having elaborated
such thesis, giving the general att
tude of Bolsheviks on the question of
war, we should call conferences of
functionaries in all the important
districts in the United States to pre-
pare our agitators and propagandists
to carry out the daily work. Special
attention must be drawn to the West
Coast-to Seattle, California, Los
Angeles-for these districts now will
have the greatest international i'm
portance, since they will be points
of departure for sending war
materials to China. The Party must
Immediately strengthen its organi-
cation there. At the same time, it
is necessary to reinforce and help
the Pan-Pacific Monthly, magazine
which will play an important role
in such a moment.
1t is the duty of the Party, Of the
leading farty organizations, aad of
all members of the Party i'm
mediately to begin the practical
carrying out of the concrete tasks of
the Party against war. 1t is not
only our international duty as work
ers, as Communists, to defend the
Russian workers and peasants; it is
also our duty before the American
working class, because in this coun-
try only the Communist Party will
carry out merciless fight against
this war upon Soviet Russia. Only
the Communist Party will be able to
organize the American workers, to
show the American workers the road
to fight against war, to the trans
formation Of imperialist war into
civil war against the bourgeoisie.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-30
New M ass Arrests
Of Communists Made
By Finland Fascists

HELSINGFORS (By MaiD.-The
Finnish police has effected numer-
GUS arrests. The excuse offered for
these proceedings is the alleged dis
covering of "secret Communist or
ganization purposing to effect a rev.
olution in Finland.
The bourgeois newspapers write
that enormous sums sent from Mos
cow had been confiscated. The old
story of the trolling rouble" seems
to pail on certain people.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-30
ZOLA'S MANA, AT. THE 55TH
STREET PLAYHOUSE

Mana, the French perturbation
of Emile zola's novel, is having its
first American presentation at the
55th Street Playhouse this week.
1t was directed by Jean Revoir, son
of the impressionist French painter.
Catherine Hessling, popular
French film actress, is Mana, Wer-
ner Krauss (of "Caligari" fancy ap-
pears as Comte Muffat, and Jean
Angelo, a member of the Coincide
Franchise, plays the part of the
Comte de Vandouvros. Valosca
Cert, German actress is Zoe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-30
Must Mobilize Party.

AS regards the inner party tasks:
The very serious international situa-
ton now demands from the Party the
concentration of all its forces, all
its energy upon the fight against
the war danger. First of all, Sc
rious presentation is necessary of
the fundamental question of the
Bolshevik tasks in the struggle
against war. It is necessary to pub
fish Immediately in the Daily
Worker, or possibly to send through
the Agitprop channels, the funda-
mental resolutions of the c. I. on the
question of struggle against war,
such as the resolution of the 9Th En-
larged Plenum, the resolution of the
last Sixth World Congress: also
some masterpieces of the work of
Lenin, as, for instance, Lenin's in
structions to the delegates to the
Hague Conference, and so on
very serious presentation of the
question of struggle against war.
We must have an internationaliza-
ton of the inner-party life and OF
the class struggles carried on by the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-30
Fight Pacifist Illusions.

At the same time, the Commun-
lists should carry on ruthless critic
ism, a merciless fight against all
pacifist illusion, all pacifist ide-
ology, must expose these pacifists
as an instrument in the prepare
ton and carrying out of the war.
In one of his articles written in
1916, Lenin gave very good, clear
Characterization of the social role
of pacifism. Lenin said:
"To preach peace at the pres
ent time lie, during the warl,
without at the same time calling
upon the masses for revolutionary
action, can serve only to SOW illu-
sions, to corrupt the proletariat by
imbuing them with confidence in
the humaneness of the bourgeoisie
and to convert it into a plaything
of secret diplomacy"
This is a very good analysis of
the social role of the pacifist: they
preach peace without at the same
time calling the masses to revolu-
tionary action. Pacifist propaganda
without a call to immediate action
is effectively not only prepare
ton for war, serves not only as a
smoke screen for the imperialists,
bus is an instrument of the imper-
ialists in the war.
The next point as to our general
attitude is to fight to create a
united front Of all revolutionary
workers in the fight against the
war. l repeat, the practical slogans
and actual organizational steps will
depend also upon the forms Of in
PREVENTION of American Imperialism
in this war whether this interven-
ton is in the form of a military
blockade by either navy or army,
or of organized raids, or of trying
to organize internal uprisings in
Soviet Russia, or perhaps of direct
POI eiSipdllOi III Iilc wal we liluol
expect also the intervention of the
bourgeois pacifists of all kinds, of
the supporters of the League of
Nations, and so on. We can expect
also the utilization of the League of
Nations and other institutions as an
instrument against Soviet Russia.
You probably have already noticed
in the newspapers, especially in the
cables from London London is now
giving the political line as to the
position of the bourgeoisis in the
war against Soviet Russia), first of
all, that Soviet Russia planned the
mobilization and concentration OF
troops a very long time ago, that
this fact of the concentration OF
Russian troops provoked Chang
Kai-shek to take such measures as
the seizure of the Chinese Eastern
Railway. The object of this propa-
ganda is, first, to present Soviet
Russia as the aggressor, as being
the one who planned this campaign
months ago. Second, probably we
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-07-30

Will be sent by American imperial
ism to China. Second, it is possible
to expect also the sending of Amer
lean battleships, of American de-
stroyers and cruisers to China, in or
der to Safeguard and protect the
lives and interests of American citi-
zens in China" These are the pos
sible forms of American interven-
ton in this Particular period, when
the war against Russia is still To-
Called in China. Perhaps, tomor-
row, in a week or in ten days, we
will have quite another situation.
The forms of American intervention
in this new period will be different
and our slogans and tasks will be
different. l am taking only this
given moment.
Must Organize for Mass Action.
The main characteristic of the Boil
shevik position in active struggle
against war is that the struggle
against war is not an individual
action but mass propaganda leading
to mass action. Our Bolshevik ia
tics consist precisely in organizing
a mass movement, mass struggle
against the war; and this mass
struggle against the war must be
led to the highest point, to the
transformation of the war - the
class war of Imperialism against the
working class into civil war in
every country.
AS regards our tactics, we must
reject any frivolous treatment of the
question of war, as, for instance,
that we shall answer the declara-
ton of war with a proclamation
of a general strike, or that the mere
fact of the proclamation of war
against Soviet Russia would signify
the world revolution. Such wrong
note was struck in an editorial ar
ticle in the Daily Worker some days
ago. Our task is not to underesti-
mate the gravity of the situation,
not to belittle the danger of the
situation, not to play with the
danger of war. We must also re-
ject the neutrality-suspicious. position,
expressed long time ago by Gus
tave Herve, that the workers will
answer the general mobilization for
war by a general strike. 1t would
create an illusion to say to the work
ers upon the proclamation of war we
shall Immediately answer with a
general strike. 1t is an illusion. But,
at the same time, we must not re-
nounce the general strike as wea-
pom in the struggle against imper-
ialist war. We must carry out con-
tinuous propaganda and agitation
for the general strike prior to the
war and during the war, but the
general strike is a propaganda and
agitation slogan. 1t depends upon
the concrete, revolutionary situation
in each particular country when the
slogan of general strike can be put
forward as slogan of immediate
action. That is, our position is now
propaganda and agitation for a gen.
eral strike but not as an immediate
slogan of action.