Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
The.
Sports
Spade

DON'T MISS the next opportun.-
ty you have to see a pair Of fast
CUNTS in action on a good gymna-
SUM. Say, for instance, the
Brownsville Junior college Scorpions
and the Harrington Methodists at
Harrington next Monday. Or the
collision between the Methodists and
the San Benito Saints at Harrington
Feb. is. Fans in this section have
never properly appreciated basket
ball, because they have not seen the
cage game at its best. All they have
seen Is the rusty heel" or dirt
court variety. Even We won't try to
pick an argument as to the merits
OF that brand Of the cage game.
But anyone who wouldn't pay IS
cents 70 e a Saint-MethOdist
classic wouldn't fork over a dime to
see a battle royal between Jack
Dempsey. Ben Freudenstein. Babe
Ruth. Mary Garden and Jim Lon
dos.
SOME TEXAS solon will likely IN
troduce a bill looking toward repeal
Of that m~oss-covered antique known
as the anti-boxing bill. Rope pull
ing politicians began enforcing the
unfair measure about two years ago
as a direct play to the rocking char
vote. The term unfair IS used
because wrestling Is legal IN Texas.
On what grounds IS boxing ban
ned? Brutality? Crookedness?
Boxing Is not one half as brutal &c
wrestling. A knockout is merciiul
and painless as compared to the
full split and toe hold. Did you ever
hear g boxer grunting and groan-
ing in the ing? IL boxing is crook
ed. the correct term tor the clown
ish frame-upS Of the mat has not
yet been coined. Furthermore, II
they wish to curb crookedneSs, why
not a state boxing commission? II
boxing Is SD vile that II Is not fit
for the fans TO see, then surely
wrestling Is in the same boat. If
1t is going to be a sweep, let ii be
a clean sweep. But II wrestling IS
permitted. then boxing should be al
lowed. If the ~anti-boxing law IS
repealed, we would like TO see a state
commission, such as operates IN.
boxing centers.
ON THE SCORE Of punishment
dealt out in boxing. think OF the
poundings amateur athletes take
every year on the gridiron. They
take 1t plenty. Those linemen get
the works all the time and an over
dose when the play comes over their
position. What was that big shin
dig out en- the West Coast about
the Toughness OF the Notre Dame
Gallopers? Did you see the Scorp-
Victoria tilt last year? Yet no one
yelped about the punishment that
was dealt out in that game.
And still, that is n Of the scores
held against boxing.
Down the Stretch
The Gaycutter Is dead-long live
Nebs. But will Nebs oblige us with
the story Of what the Scotch min
lister said2
When a fellow needs q friend:
Five pins behind in the last
frame, spare and get a two-split.
WHAT BECAME or ALL THOSE
WHITE HOPES THAT WE DE-
vELOPED TO CONQUER JACK
JOHNSON?
knight Douglas. former Oklahoma
newspaperman. can account for one.
This guy, IL seems, was buggy
riding with his lady love. He
lovingly slapped her. She re-
quested her purse on which the
big beef was sitting. She wanted
TO get her handkerchief" so she
said.
he RAISED UP G. H AND
SHE REACHED INTO THE PURSE
AND BEGAN SHOOTING WITH A
SMALL PISTOL ESCONCED
THEREIN. THE WHITE HOPE
SUFFERED THREE WOUNDS
EATING OFF THE MANTLEPIECE
FOR FULL MANY A MOON.