Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-20

q little history on this American
classic would ot be amiss. Post
season play for the blue ribbon Of
b~aseballdom Is not OF recent ORR
gin. The National league in 1884
accepted q challenge from the AM
eTican association, operating then
only IN the middle west, and this
resulted in the first series OF an
nual contests wl>ch continued
until the A. A. was oishanded after
1890.
IN 1894 William Chase Temple.
OF Pittsburgh, donated a Gun to be
fought for at the end OF the Ma
uonal league -eason (there was
only n major circuit them be-
tween the first and second teams.
Play continued from 1894 10 1897
inclusive, On the basis OF best
four out Of seven with the follow
ing results:
ls94-New York beat Baltimore,
4 10 O.
1so5-Cleveland beat Baltimore,
4 to !.
lss6-Baltimore beat Cleveland,
4 to O.
l8s7--Baltimore beat Boston, 4
to /.
THE AMERICAN league, formed
IN 1900, became a rival of the
National a year later. Until nearly
1908, they were at war. Then
peace came. At the conclusion of
the regular season OF 1903, Pitts
burgh, winner Of the National flag,
and Boston, champions Of the
American. exchanged challenges,
and the result was the first of the
modern series. However. .-either
league attempted TO control play.
The rules for the series were
made by the clubs. Eight games
were played. Boston winning 5.
Pittsburgh 3. The attendance was
reported to be l00,429 and the re-
ceipts somewhere near S50.000."
THE FOLLOWING year u904)
when the New York Nationals and
Boston Americans won remnants,
Boston challenged New York, but
New York refused to play. The
reason for non-acceptance was
that New YORK did not regard the
American IS a major league. Be
fore 1905 was concluded. both
leagues agreed on an annual post
season conflict. 10 be governed by
rules laid down by the National
commission. Those rules, almost
unchanged, exist today. 1t was
stipulated that the series vas to
be on "b~5t four out OF seven
basis, which rule was operative
until 1919. In 1919, 1920 and 1921
Ii was five out of nine" but then
was changed back to -four out OF
seven In 1922. In the 81 series
played from 1903 to 1880 inclusive.
the American league has won II
and the National 10.
WORLD SERIES gate receipts
hit their high water mark IN 1926
when six games between the st.
Louis Nationals and New York
Americans played seven games.
bringing s1.2O7. 1854 through the
turnstiles. {.
THE BROWNSVILLE high
school Screaming Eagles will busy
themselves this week with polish
ing I'D their offense and defense
into a smooth grid unit. They face
q game with Weslaco Friday after
noon Coach I. r. Martin has an
other good squad at Weslaco this
season. from all accounts drifting
this way. Last Friday the Panthers
went on a junket 10 Alice and came
off with a 90 tie. The Valley Cats
outplayed the Alice club most OF
the way and threatened to score
on two occasions.
LOCATION OF this eyeopener on
the Eagles has not been determined
as yet. Martin would like to bring
his squad here on the belief that
the game would draw better IN
Brownsville. The local coaching
staff would like to play in Yves
laco as the Brownsville field IS
rot in condition due 70 sub-suriace
thing work recently installed.
WHILE THE season is too young
to tell much about the squad. the
most logical c~ortenderS for posts
with the Eagles are as follows:
Center-Thomas and Cooper;
Guards-Scanlan. Yates, Keller,
Roberto Escobar and Alvarez:
TackleS-Rodolfo Escobar. Sid Ben
nett. Frazier. Mickle and Rodriguez:
Ends-Allison Taggart. Walter
Washington. Thomas Glenn and
Schneider; Quarter-Edward Ems.
TIC Villarreal and c. Ceyanes:
Backs-R. Truiillo. John Cooper.
G. Pacheco, George Cabler. Car
los Delgado and NJ. Trujillo.
A MEXICO CITY friend has
sent Spade several enthusiastic
clippings over the Manuel Villa
Battling Shaw fight for the Mex
ican lightweight championship.
villa. titleholder, shaded the Valley
battler in a sensational l0-rourd
battle. Shaw. who has fought at
Brownsville and Mercedes on nu-
7 occ ms under Al Robin
SON and Tex Becerril. carried the
fight to the champion and won
the first three rounds by effective
iabbing. He lost the fourth, but
came back to take the fifth. From
then on. according TO Mexico City
critics. Villa shaded Shaw TO win
six rounds to four. The clippings
hail Shaw as the second best
lightweight in Mexico
THROUGH a lip. Spade had
Chief George, Brownsville country