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A WIN Week’s Clashes With season wil get under way on Tucker However, Surtees seems to have to the wizardary of Howard Ehmke CHICAGO. Oct. 9.—(IP)—Rain From Sidelines Field Thursday afternoon when the accomplished his aim, and the Car- a solemn before was forecast at 7:50 tall, righthander with one night Lightweights Today Brownsville Junior College Scor- dinals will face a smooth machine o’clock this morning by the Come in the store enter of the slowest slow balls in base- pions clash with the Harlingen high Thursday. Bill Ball has had an- your The Brownsville school United States Weather Bureau. and total ball, the Athletics will leave high school *‘B" school Cardinals. other week’s practice at the center guess on the winner runs, tonight “The weather is threatening- The Brownsville high for Eagles went through only a light The Cards are one of the strong- position and his play has improved hits, and errors to be madf in to- Philadelphia with no worse than on the borderline of rain con- Eaglets will lead off into the cur- workout afternoon in est “B” high school aggregations in considerably. The line will be a an even break in the first two Tuesday ditionss” stated C. A. Donnel, morrow’s World Series game. It rent week’s football struggles by the Valley. They defeated Ray- staunch affair with Schiderman games of the world’s series, for their game here will a despite* preparation weather forecaster. “There and D. Martin at Monsees and costs you nothing, and you stand result of taking on the Mercedes light- mondville 83-0 last week. The Scor- ends; the the second game to- with the Robstown Cotton be rain before Friday probably night have defeated San Benito and Atkins at tackles: Cuellar and Pow- chance to win one of “Americas day. rain this weights at Mercedes Wednesday pions another new “A” member with possibly light were ell at and Ball at center. Ehmke’s Pickers, McAllen high schools. They guards Most Beautiful $1 Ties" .. spectacular 3 to 1 vic- afternoon, but hardly enough to afternoon. tory over the Cubs in he of the interscholastic league. Sev- not so impressive in the last con- First Home Game Chicago ; cause postponement of the base- Coach “Soc” Plato let the Eag- will test, however. The squad wras with- opening game take high rank j eral of the* first string Eagles ball game.” The backfield wil consist of Pip- with lets off early after a light practice out the services of Morris Pipkin, While here ask us sensational pitching perform- watched the practice from the side- kin, F. Ball. Jack Lebowitz and Sari- you’re ances afternoon. He captain and king pin in the back- in world’s series history, session Tuesday tos Ceyanes. Each of these per- to show the New Fall l.irice lines, out due to injuries. field. you in serious trouble, the na ! has two complete teams and both formers has been improving rapidly < tive New won in business! Fearful of the consequences of Clubs Anxious all seem to be in stock of shirts many Yorker, to full and good shape in f/SHTS CAST are practically up strength. Both of the clubs are extremely Philadelphia in the summer and scrimmage, Coach Doug Fessenden ; now. Lebowitz and Ball are good new colors ... all with the Detroit in the a The “B-’ boys have been showing anxious to win. The Cardinals, winter, pitched nursed his squad along without I receivers of passes and Pipkin has latest points. little slower each in to take a fall out of the time until danger much strenuous work. Several up well practice, scrimmaging failing few, if any. peers at heaving the i no threatened. X high school Eagles, would make the longer were in about against the larger clubs. in this section. His short g| Eagles bunged up the of their de- pigskin 13 Strikeouts '-- Press.) Scorpions “goat” bullet passes go direct to their --’EHMKE. five minutes Monday afternoon (By the Associated They may be thrown off form sire to defeat some Brownsville marks. With no lack cf Howard aniiuce, aging Athletic the “B" Chicago.—Earl Mastro, Chicago, confidence in his scrimmaging against somewhat due to the fact that team. The collegians do not w’ant hurler, who Tuesday rose to fame and Bud Terre Haute, Ind., Thursday’s contest will mark the support, the pitcher disposed of Eaglets. Taylor, have been they using Robstown a high school team to get the nod of the local season for the 13 of the hard Cubs by turning back the Chicago Cubs Carroll Crowe drew, GO.) Salvatore Ruggirello, opening hitting without Barney Moore, the How- over them. in the first of the worlds San plays against Eagles. Their first two games assistance from anyone but his game and Billy Summers were on the Italy, outpointed Les Kennedy, Scorpions. ever, they were back running their There is little to choose between were on soil. catcher. The Baker’s dozen strike- series and setting a world’s rec- sidelines Tuesday afternoon. Moore Francisco, (10). My Sullivan, St. foreign old plays Tuesday afternoon with the squads. Sheer fight will prob- A crowd is to turn outs set a new record, bettering ord, striking out 13 of the maul- is said definitely out for the Robs- Paul, outpointed Jackie Brady, large expected few hitches. ably determine the outcome of the out to the eleven. Ed Walsh's in the ing Chicagoans. town tilt. He suffered a wrenched Syracuse, N. Y., (10.) greet college performance The little team has begun what contest. 1906 v/orld’s series when the White left knee afternoon. It is New York.—Johnny Dundee, New Monday looks like a march through the Lack Co-ordination Sok pitcher forced 12 Cubs of an- that Harbert York, outpointed A1 “Rube" Gold- Miller, rc; Dykes, 3b; Boley, ss; probable Davenport ranks of the lesser “B” and rural The Scorpions are once more up other generation to miss third will fill his in the line. Dan berg. Brooklyn, GO.) Earnshaw. or; Quinn, p. post schools elevens of the Valley. to full strength. Pipkin will start strikes. and fullback, is Tulsa. Okla— A1 Fay, California, Cubs—McMillan, 3b; English, ss; Barnhart, captain Stuart Place and El Jardin fell be- at the fullback post, calling signals. THE STORE MEN DEPEND ON Big George Earnshaw, speedy still from a he outpointed Babe Hunt, Ponca City, Hornsby, 2b; Wilson, cf; Cuyler, limping leg injury fore them by top-heavy scores. Since the McAllen game, Coach Bob Grove and veteran Jack Quinn received over three weeks ago. Okla., GO.) rf Stephenson,If; Grimm, lb; Tay- After Mercedes, St. Joseph’s acad- Calvin Surtees has been concentrat- were to the front in the pre-game The Eagles, however, seem to be Indianapolis.—Roy Wallace, In- emy comes next on the Eaglets’ ing on smoothing out the collegians speculation with a lor, c; Malone, or; Carlson, p. are young Jack Dil- i only scattering in good spirits and snapping dianapolis, stopped into a unit. Lack of co-ordination at schedule. thought here and there that Ehmke Umpires, Dineen, (American), through practice. The team seems lon, Louisville, (5.) might get the assignment. Ehmke plate; Moran, (National), first; fairly confident, although it is not had Van Graflin, second; pitched cnly two complete (American), up to full strength. games during the season and his Klem, (National), third. BULLDOGS PROMISE TORNADO innings of work in the champion- Box scores of Tuesday’s game: Valley Football ship campaign totaled only 25. His Philadelphia— ab r h po a e | j on mound 2b 4 0 0 2 1 0 i GRID NO appearances the had been Bishop, Wednesday ATTACK ON DONNA REDSKINS TIES, few and far between and he was Haas, cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 i-r ■ i_ 1.1, i- ...mi ■■ Brownsville “B” Eaglets at Mer- vSj no$ even asked to accompany the Cochrane, c 3 1 114 1 0 By Gale Talbot, Jr., cedes (lightweights). 0 team on its last invasion of the Simmons, If. 4 1 0 2 0 Associated Press Sports Writer. Thursday McAllen, Oct. 9.—Coach Claude posed to be able to muster much MEN-r<a * 4 1 2 4 0 0 west. Foxx, lb The redoubtable Bo McMillin, Harlingen high at Brownsville Dailey’s Donna high school Red- strength. rf 0 4 0 1 3 0 who Miller, brings his Kansas Aggies down (iunior college). skins are to realize Friday what The with the Redskins will i 50,900 Spectators game Dykes, 3b ...... 4 0 1 1 9 1 from Manhattan to face was Saturday Fridav sort of a miniature tornado the confer- Charles 4 0 1 0 2 0 the Texas formally open Bulldogs’ Root, losing pitcher, left Ehmke, p j Aggies at Fair Park sta- Robstown at Brownsville.
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