Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-17

several years duration, baseball Is
in @ good way TO come back with
q bang IN the Valley. The national
pastime had been on a gradual de-
cline since the Valley league dis
banded. Moneyed angels" have
been hard to find since the Valley
loop went on the financial rocks.
Mounting interest in football turned
fans heads. Baseball hit rock bot
tom last year. There were no pro-
fessional or amateur leagues. and
little interest was evinced in the
~schoolboy article. Rank weeds waved
over Valley diamonds.
TOMORROW there will be ten
or eleven games over this Eectin.
That. in itself, shows revived
interest. There are eight high school
tits scheduled, and in addition. the
Grapefruit League, composed OF the
four western loop teams training in
the Valley. will swing into action.
Texas league moguls are seriously
considering establishing a ID" cir
cult here. Major league clubs are
paving their respects to this section.
Valley schools are behind the IN
terscholastic leagues boost 10 base
ball. With men like Bobby Cannon.
Red Irvine and others falling in
line, baseball should soon be a ma
jor sport here once more.
AN AMATEUR league has been
formed for the coming season. While
Brownsville has been counted IN,
she has done little toward the for
nation OF 4 team. Nearly all OF the
other towns are ready and have had
their squads practicing for some
time. SpitZ Clark and Mig Johnson
have been at work on the local pro-
iect but have been unable 10 arouse
much enthusiasm. Our performers
are signing I'D with other Valley
aggregations. If she intends 70 have
n team. Brownsville should get the
ball to rolling this week.
ACTIVITY on the links is boom
Ing. On the heels of the Lover Gull
Coast tournament. South Texas wo-
men held a tournament at Corpus
Christi. Mrs. c. c. Coleman Of
Corpus Christi won, but the part
that interests us. is the shoWlne
made by Brownsville women. Mrs
K. Tucker won thirt and Mrs. o. ID
Deputy was fourth. Their score:
were 90 and "a, respectively. Mrs
George White won a putting contest
which followed the tournament
other Brownsville women in the
tournament we're Mrs. B. o. Works
Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Rust and MIS-
Watson.
SATURDAY a group OF Browns
Vile golfers will fly to Monterrey
and play a challenge tournament
with golfers Of that city. Meanwhlit
interest In the junior links CONT
nues TO grow. The Brownsville
coursg. operated by the double Eds
,s giving prizes each week Tor low
scores. Sport Chats notices n tht
McAllen Press that Smitty know
his putts. Don't 20 too far, Smlttv
ar We will be forced to issue a chal-
Ienre. A 81 is our lowest. but we
are rapidly improving. Ahem.
WELL. WELL. Bat Battallno. tht
champion" has decided to fight a
last. But he plans to leave MS uIl'
back In the cold storage before "
inc into Bud Taylor. He may %
the ruler OF his division. but ne VII
have 10 prove it to many OF IN
fans. A game little Frenchman' ou.
a very poor fighter held the uti'
before him. The managers g w
Frenchman gave Battalino a ign
AFTER THEY HAD BOUGHT An
INTEREST IN BATTALINO. Bat
talino won. So there you are. Unit
they can buy interest in Kid Choc'
olate. the real champion will not y
crowned.
WHILE the Brownsville Elk bill
lard tournament nears its close
play In the national amateur three
cushion tourney opens today Al
French Lick. Eight players are
competing. Max Shimon Of Milwau'
kee is the defending champion
Twenty-eight games are to be play.
ed.