Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-25
PLAYOFF SEEN
AS UNLIKELY
Waco Continues Beating
Visitors to Cub
Night Games
BIZ GAYLE TALBOT, JR.
Associated Press Sports Writer

Eight Texas league clubs, sever
OF them hoping for better times.
faced the barrier for the second
neat today. The Wichita Falls
Spudders, winners OF the first half
by a margin Of eight and one-half
games, were prepared TO be very
well satisfied with a similar show
ing in the added event.
While they opened the season as
outsiders, figured by a majority OF
observers to finish along about fifth,
the Spudders 90 into the second
half as top-heavy favorites to re-
peat their triumph and dispense
with formality of a play-off. Sew
eral clubs, notably Dallas, Fort
Worth and Houston. have bolstered
considerably in hopes OF heading
off the Oilers, but 1t Is extremely
doubtful they will turn the trick.
The north countrymen have great
pitching, great fielding and timely
If not o~ver-robust hitting. which is
about all it takes to win ball games.
Opening Day
The seasons second Opening
day." TO be observed with a deal OF
fanfare in several instances, found
the favored Spuds at Shreveport.
Dallas at Fort Worth, Waco at
Beaumont and Houston al San An
tonic. 1t was to be Jim Chaplin
Day." in the Alamo city, the big
chunker toiling his last game for
the Indians before leaving for New
York TO Join the Giants. Tomor-
row there will be a Grover Cleve-
land Alexander Day" at Dallas. the
honoree a b~a.tle-scarred veteran at
tire opposite end Of the trail. At
to say very slim, the club owners
are overlooking very few bets.
AS the first half closed yesterday.
there really were two leaders. While
the Spuds finished on top on the
basis Of plain, every day baseball.
the Waco Cubs had the distinction
OF trimming the field at their own
speciality, night ball.
Night Hawks
They wallopeG the Dallas Steers
again last night, 5 70 0, to chalk up
their fourth straight victory under
the arc lights. Il vas Lefty STEMS
second triumph after dark. He held
the Mavericks 10 five hits, all sin
giles, and struck out II. Michaels
collected three Of the blows off the
Cub poTts!der. Grady Adkins hurl-
ed fine ball, himself, limiting the
Prattmen TO four safettes, but one
Of them was q homer by Pet that
sailed into the darkness. The Steers
made three plumbers afleld, while
the Cubs again manned their po-
sltlons perfectly.
The Spudders. giving some Of
their regulars q breathing spell in
preparation for the second half.
divided their closing double header
with the Bluffs. Florrid. slim right
handler, held the Bisons TO two sin
giles as his mates slugged out a Z
70 ] victory in the opener. but the
junior Cards came back behind Art
Reinhardt's steady twirling TO cap
ture the second, Is to !.
An unusual feature OF the night
cap vas that the Bluffs had only
two men left on base. Burns smack
ed q triple and two singles for the
Spudders in the first tilt.
Tiny Owens hurled the Sports to
an 8 to 3 victory in the final at
Beaumont. The Sport veteran gave
up nine hits, only two less than his
opponent, young Walt Newman, but
he scattered them more judiciously.
Oscar Eckhardt drew a blank IN
the four times he faced Owens.
singles, did the boss hitting for the
winners.