Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-07-16

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BY Hal EUsTACE
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FOR THE second time, a Valley
amateur ball player has been signed
oy the Chicago White Sox. Mersky.
VINO twirled for the Legion three
years back. vas grabbed off by the
Cnisox- Now they have gotten Bill
xouer's name on the dotted line
according 70 Ben Epstein Of Har-
llngen- However, Bill, himself, will
neither confirm nor deny the report.
Xoder Is n Of the best prospects
ever developed In the Rio Grande
Valley. Rumor has It that the pater
lamilias Is opposed to Bills playing
professional ball. This Is not the
first time that Yoder has had the
opportunity of signing with q pro-
feSsional club. He made a remark
able showing with the McAllen club
which was runner up TO Browns
vile three years ago in the Valley
pennant chase.
Wrestling
THE LARGEST crowd ever gath
cred together for a professional
sporting event in the Valley is ex-
pected to throng the stands at Har-
lingen tonight for the appearance
OF Gus ~Sonnenberg, heavyweight
wrestling champion. Promoter Err
ME Stephens Is laying a lot OF cool
cash OF the barrel head for the
bouts tonight. He must have a world
OF confidence in Valley sports fans.
In addition TO the championship tilt,
Ernie has booked four other boys
who headline cards in metropolitan
centers.
BROWNSVILLE. a boxing town,
has turned to wrestling whole heart
edly. Every time Ernie puts on 9
Brownsville al speeding 70 Har-
card, the highway Is jammed with
llngen. Ernie states that a large
portion of the tickets to the champ
ionship tilt were sold in Browns
vile. Sheriff Frank Brown Is an
ardent wrestling fan. II you want
70 get into an argument, start tell
ing him that wrestling Is faxed. Tax
Collector Jim Fox also is a fire.
quenter OF the wrestling bouts.
THEY ARE beginning to compare
Oscar Eckhardt, the slugging Ex-
porter. with Ike Boone, who topped
the Texas league in hitting with the
San Antonio club. In 1923, Boone
went to bat an even 900 times and
crashed out pal hits for an average
OF .402. This was and still is a record
in the Texas league. Boone scored
1874 run and his hits included So
doubles, 26 triples and IS home uns.
He made only five sacrifice hits.
drew 4 bases on balls, was hit by a
pitched ball five times, stole seven
bases, famed 81 times and drove in
135 runs.
Pot Shots
JUST a few seasons back the
Yankees lost a pennant race MAIN
ly through a gigantic Ruthian
stomach ache. Hot Dog! And what
an ache!
THEY may lose by an eyelash, a
nose, a neck and even an ache, but
IL they lose this semester IL prob
ably will be by a finger nail.
RING FANS HAIL HE NEW
ADVENT OF SANTA. THE NEW
PORTUGUESE HEAVYWEIGHT
WITH DELIGHT. 1T SEEMS
THEY HAVE BEEN PLAYING
THAT ROLE THEMSELVES.
HERB PENNOCK was knocked
from the box the other day. Ma
jor league experts, however, predict
that Pennock will become a really
great pitcher as o as he acquires
a little mor experience.
WHENEVER those White Sox
win a ball game. the Lyons share
cf the credit usually goes 10 a young
fellow they call Ted.
BASEBALL is the most dangerous
popular form CT recreation, declares
a bulletin from a large New York
casualty company. Ping Pong was
blamed for three mishaps, how
ever.
THE Philadelphia National league
baseball park is a place where oc-
casionally there are more custom
ers on any given day than there
are bast hits. But not often.
THE new ruling OF the New York
boxing commission, abolishing fouls.
is unsportsmanlike, says a New York
boxing writer. Eustaquio says you
ought to laugh when referring 70
boxing and craftsmanship IN the
same sentence.
MAYBE Harry Rosenberg, young
coast star who asked $4,000 as a bon
us for Joining the New York Giants,
got a little too rosy all at once.
old PETE AT
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