Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-08-04
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Satarizing Schmeling

The cover page Of "Simplicissi-
mus" a German weekly OF recent
issue shows three figures Of men.
TO n left, small. Is pictured Herr
Goethe, author OF Faust and other
famous German drama and fiction
a little larger. toward the center.
IS shown the war lord, Bismarck
Above and overshadowing the Others
his clenched fist wearing a boxing
glove. is depicted Herr Adolph Otto
Sigfried Max Schmeling.
The caption above the group Is
"DeutschlandS Aufsteig.' which our
German operative says means. THE
Rise OF Germany And underneath
S the legend. "Welch Elm Fortschritt:
Won Goethe uber Bismarck bis III
Schmeling.' or What p~rogressl
from Goethe through Bismarck 10
Schmelingi"
Which makes il appear the Ger
mans know how 10 take their little
joke as well as their sauerkraut.
Hero Worship"
Turning 70 an inside page. there
IS a little more IN the same vein.
One a series Of pictures under
the heading German Hero Wor-
ship shows Gerhart HIuptmann
with Something's mother. The fam
Gus writer IS asking Frau Schmel-
ing. Tell me about your great son.
] need material for an heroic epic
Another picture in the group shows
police laying hands upon vulgar
characters. The lines read, You
spoke in favor Of Sharkey? Then
] have TO arrest you for high treas
OF and blasphemy."
Still another. and perhaps the
most keenly humorous Q. the three.
depicts a professor OF physiology
standing with pointer before a dia-
gram Of the anatomy OF the genus
homo. The professor is pointing
to a region below the belt. and the
lines say Here IS the liver. here
the gall bladder and here the worlds
championship
Which makes II appear that sun
dry voices in the Fatherland are not
averse 70 handing the worlds heavy
weight Thy foul) champion the Jolly
old Bronx cheer.
DID YOU KNOW THAT
Earle Sande's mother didn't raise
her boy to be a jockey 81. she wanted
him 70 be a school teacher ". Mama
Sande lives in Salem. Ore. now NJ.
she saws when Earle was a boy he
used 70 perch on rocking chairs and
ride lie fury. The first horse
Earl c rode was a neighbours plug
in GrCt0n, S. ID. ~. Mrs. SanGe earns
a little extra money designing gowns
for Salem society folk Earls
father, j. G. Sande. Is a foreman in
the yards Of the Spaulding Lumber
Co. /. In the sitting room of the
Sande home in Salem are pictures
of Earl UP on Man O. War, Zev and
Gallant Fox Eva. One Of Farl's
sisters, IS studying music in Port
land Mama Sande says football
players have shoulders like coal
beavers and that riding horses
requires brains.
Flight Of the Robins
Recent averages showed the
Brooklyn Robins were fourth in the
National league in fielding and in
third place IN batting. Last year
the Dodgers wound UP the season
DdLlAllE EAAAlA dAAA &AI40AkE EENEtAAA4s
finishing in sixth place. But ! don't
think that Improvement has been
responsible for keeping Wilberts
wonders up there SO long. Pitching.
rather. IS the answer 70 Flatbush
success.
Dazzy Vance has bettered his last
years mark. but he Is pitching only
about 500 ball right now. so YOU
can't give him the greatest part Of
the credit. Young pitchers who
have come through under Robbie's
careful direction and has-beens
who have been rejuvenated this sea-
son are proving 70 be the props
OF the team. Phelps. Elliott. Clark
and Moss have been pitching win
ming ball. The veteran Hollis Thur
ston. brought back from oblivion by
Wilbert and kept idle through most
OF the present campaign by the
Brooklyn boss. was turned loose on
the L Is recently and pitched two
shutouts, giving the Cards three
hits and the Braves two.
Wilbert, veteran catcher himself.
has no peer IN the development Of
pitchers. That's why Brooklyn Is
- NAa~n