Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-13
YODER IS
In LIMELICHT
Hamilton Of McAllen Leads
Batters with Mark
OF .533
VALLEY LEAGUE
Games Today
Harrington at Brownsville.
Raymondville at San Benito.
Mission at La Feri.
Rio Hondo at Donna.
McAllen off day playing Mission
Rifles.
Umpire Assignments
Observation-Disclosures and Ewing.
Donna-Eckoff and Johnson.
San Benito-NcElwain and Briggs.
La Feria-DrJcke and Wilder.
Umpire Assignments
Standings
By HAL EUsTACE

Dy nal ~
The Rio Grande Valley baseball
league gets back into action today
after a week OF turbulent strife
which sent the San Benito Saints
to the top Of the standings. The
Saints seem destined TO coast
through their engagement today as
they are carded with the Raymond
vile nine at San Benito. The On
iontown boys have not made an i'm
pressive showing this season and
the Saints will be topheavy favorites
TO win.
The fireworks may break out at
Brownsville and La Feria. The sec
ond-place Harrington nine. which is
leading the loop in both batting and
fielding, will come TO BrownSvilg
for an engagement with the Browns
vile BroncS. After playing brilliant
ball all season, the Broncs cracked
last Sunday and we're defeated l0-l
by the second-place McAllen Macks-
Ranch Boss George Desha has the
boys in a fighting mood, and a hot
battle Is expected here today.
Games Carded
The Mission Grapefruiters are set
for a comeback after a couple OF off
games and they may make things
mighty interesting for the La Feria
Boosters at La Feria. "Chueco'
Groves has pushed his crew up into
third place.
The other tilt will see two cellar
ties. Rio Hondo and Donna, in COM
bat at Donna. Rio Hondo is COM
ing to the front. taking a fall out
of La Feria last Sunday. Donna had
her taste Of blood last Sunday also,
cracking up the Mission entry.
Leading the league in three de-
partments-doubles. hits and runs
Bill Yoder. HarlinIsn second base
man, is continuing TO show the way
10 Valley ball players. In SO times at
bat. Yoder has scored Is times on
Is hits, eight Of which went for
two bases. Yoder's record IS the
most consistent in the league as
there is only one player-Lawrence
OF Harlingen-who has been at bat
more times than he. Wild Wnllam
is hitting an even 500.
Harlingen and San Benito e$e
waging a merry battle Tor home run
honors. Fifteen four-ply blows have
been driven out Of the lot IN the
Rio Grande Valley league this sea-
son and nine Of that number have
been accounted for by either a Har-
lingen ar Saint swatsmith. The
Saints hold the edge with five 70
their credit; Harlingen has raped
out four. Here's how the home I'm
hitters line up: N. Yoder. HG, two,
Blakeney. he. two, McCauley, SB,
two. Campbell. SB, one. Courtney,
SD. one. Cunningham. SD. one,
Swavze. RY, one, Ed Kachtik, RI,
one. !.
Batting honors go TO Hamilton Of
McAllen. who has hit safely eight
times in fifteen attempts az the
platter for a mark Of .533. Three OF
these went for two sacks. Bill Yoder
| and Punk Young might well be con-
sidered the leading batters. however,
for each has played in all the games
this season and is clouting an even
| 500. Other leading hitters, taken
from this standpoint. are Cannon OF
Mission .462, B. van Pelt Of La Feria
.462, Blakeney Of Harrington .438. Nc
Gee OF La Feria .435, Campbell OF
San Benito .423, Cunningham OF san
Benito 1893, Lawrence OF Harllngen
.378. Shipley Of McAllen -375. Nc
cauley OF San Benito .367, Evins Of
Mission 1854 and Rowland OF MIS-
sion $50.
Rubber Campbell, IN addition tc
eloutinr one home run, is leading
the loop IN triples with four. %ls
nearest challenger is II. van Pell
Of La Feria with three.
Records
Bill Yoder tops the league in run:
scored with fifteen TO his credit
Other leaders in this department in
clude Campbell SD IA, Lawrence
HG Is, B. van Pelt IF u, Ritchey
HG II, and McNair IF II.
Wild William also Is showing the
way in number Of hits with IL
packed away in the moth balls. 9th
er leaders: Blakeney HG IA. Law
renee HG IL, p. Young NC Is, Can
non MI u, B. a Pelt IF II, Ship
ley NC II. Evins MI u.
Despite a batting mark less thar
-&NJs EONAAd VI oAONAofA&AC - tAN
best bag puferer in this section. ac-
cording to the records. He has
waltZed away with eight bags. Once
safe at first, Rocha Is almost GER
tain 70 steal his way around II the
catcher is not on his toes. Other
leaders: Campbell SB z. T. Wallace
SB z, Kitchens LF 6, Ritchey HG 5
De Ia Rosa BY s.
Ball Of Brownsville Is leading the
league IN sacrifice hits. He has ad-
vanced his man five times this sea-
son.
The records as they stand do not
include the La Fs~ia-McAllen game
July 5. the La Feria-Rio Hondo till
Of July 6, nor the summary OF the
La Feria- Mission game Of Sunday
before last.
The records Of players who have
obtained as rfuch as One hit r SET
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