Betting Odds Favor Sharkey As Time for Fight Nears
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.»«»»«»«««—»—— ■rrtirrri rrrr rrrr rr r r r~r ~i-..........-■ The BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION ********** ****************** TENNIS STARS DARBY BEATS Odds Favor Sharkey as Time for Fight Nears " — SET AT DALLAS Betting 1 " ■ . HARLINGEN 9 ■-- ---- ■ ■■■■■■.. I' Eighty of Southwest** Best BRUSHING UP SPORTS . By Laufer OLD TIMERS AND YOUTHS IS Gather for Texes McAUen Downs Rio Hondo AMERICAN |< And La Feria Wins VIE FOR MAJOR RECORDS Tournament Over Oniontown 2 TO 1 DALLAS. June 9—vP—Eighty of SHOT; BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR. \victories. He gave ample proof yes- the Southwest's outstanding racket Associated Press Sports Writer terday that he has earned this post Results Sunday 5chmeling Not Ruffled As by turning back the Cubs with four fielders were here today to engage A of the current major > At San Benito: San Benito 9, perusal hits while Brooklyn scored a 6 to 0 In initial rounds of the second an- to Indicate 3. He Wants to Enter 1eague records seems that increased its Harlingen victory and margin nua. i must be either very young Texas district championship Af La Feria: La Feria 13, Ray- player of leadership to three full games. as baseball to or courts the mond ville 9 Ring Under-Dog c>r very old, ages go. tournament, the of 1 8jet s full share of the season’s glory. Discard Dallas Lawn tennis A* McAllen: McAllen 3, Rio _ club. Picking a few names from the re- Hellmann. for whom the American Hcndo 2. FAD<AKlt> BY EDWARD J. NEIL Competition was in prospect dur- —Mission: |j:ords of those who have done some- league could find no use last season Mlsslon-Donna, post- W0J2MSBY CP Writer ing the week in senior men’s singles, joWsi vj). AOSTi^Tfe^ Associated Press Sports worth while in pitching and when Detroit decided to let him iKi ,hlng go junior single, and doubles, boys’ jjLred uS& NiBpAEoJS Bl6 IBAbUB NEW June 9.—(/P)—The ilittlng, we find such ancients as after 14 successive is close Schedule Next Sunday YORK. seasons, angles and doubles, women's singles B£668M~t- •ank and file of Fltsitana. from the 1aarry Seibold, Ad&lfo Luque, Sad to the top of the batters in the McAUen at and doubles and In the mixed dou- Harlingen. 5Sam" Jones, Ted Lyons, Harry Her- National league. In two games Rio Hondo. iigh powered experts down to the ties. BrownsvUle at "ROS4^ BIB ’mann and Ham- Rice, and the the he 11 against Phillies yesterday ace of Mission at ;wo-dollar seat who wili Bruce Barnes, of Austin, RaymondvUle. boys perch youngsters, Mel Harder, Bob Os- his latest official average Yankee Unproved the University of Texas squad and San Benito at Donna. n the /bleachers at the t Earl five x>m, Collard, Roy Mahaffey. of .402 by several points, hitting swlct Southwest conference cham- off KSI'xvIw are hail- La Feria day. 3tadium, Thursday night, ,Wally Berger. Joe Stripp, Smead hits in nine times at bat and giving as the pion was seeded number one and Standings ing Jack Sharkey today and Tom Oliver. a 5 to 4 in the Jolley Cincinnati victory a favor!to aext of the war established as slight W. Pet. heavyweight champion Of these, Luque and Heilmann are first contest with a heme run. Hell- Team L. the ovei the field in the senior men’s world. And Max Schmeling, j In the of the Sen Benito . 3 0 l.OdO tasking brightest rays mann could not offset the Philadel- have singles. German challenger, would not ] today. The veteran Cuban in the second McAllen . 3 0 1.000 limelight phia slugging game, Jimmie Quick, Dallas flash, rank- ?WS flDOMH&'P. ;t otherwise. has been in the . .750 Purler, who major and the Phillies won out, 9 to 2. Harlingen 3 1 ec number two and was regarded !:i Three days before the fifteen- a dozen Brownsville . 2 1 .667 leagues for nearly seasons, Seibold also did well after a couple American a* Barnes' most serious rival, with round battle in the big fis at the of the National s of bad He his tenth U Feria . 2 2 .500 top league games. pitched fl TbLOSAf^U^} ball where I the probability they would meet 2 .000 League park, possibly with a record of six straight in a dozen starts to Mission . 0 pitchers complete game in the championship match. CMMEOToTttE 70,000 of the faithful! will gather beat 10 to 6. Seibold had i Donna 0 3 .000 Pittsburgh. In the first round of play today, HA*it>LE0A»S to yell for their favorite and pay one when . 0 3 .000 % bad inning, the seventh, Raymondvlll' new the Qu:ck was matched against his fel- op m homage to the king of the Pirates scored runs on Ric . 0 1 .000 all their Hondo - low townsman. Frank Stevens, while '"3iC^-"- prize ring, the odds are climbing six of their seven hits, but the , He was B&rres was due to meet the wln- steadily in Sharkey's favor. BRONCS KICK Braves had tallied times in San Benito and McAUen are the V eight “even when the match i iier of a preliminary tussle between money” the second. The youthful Berger 1 luidlsputed leaders In the Rio ML 7 5 favorite. Charles Davis of Oklahoma City iMi was made, then a to his 17th home run of ►J contribute Allen of Eastland. baseball to- now he is a 3rd Key Grande Valley league B to 5, and becoming the season to this rally. back the bid of Jake Hess, Rice Institute star, following their victories Sun- 2 to 1 shot to beat PELS 19 TO 9 Waite another veteran, who day H'tyt, while the hard-hitting young teuton. sat. seeded number three, das over Harlingen and Rio Hondo ‘F'F- seemed to oe about through with the But enough the under- others accorded the distinction of •• strangely New York Yankees, made his first respectively. These clubs have won /MAV 2(o title tilt al- being spotted In the draw. In the dog in a heavyweight Point Isabel Hurlers Have start for Detroit and won out 1 to three without a of The o.-der ranked were: Earl Taylor, straight suffering ways feels surest victory. 0 in a six-inning game. Hoyt yield- Austin: J. B. Adoue, Dallas: Lucksn single setback. records of the prize ring, going Bad Day Before Local ed four hits, while his opponent, Ed into the earliest champion- La Coste. San Antonio: Karl Kam- The big battle of the day was back Morris, held the Tigers to two, but ship struggles of modern times, Sluggers rath Austin- John Barr, Dallas: that between San Benito and Har- lost out through an error in the first show few instances where the TED. Hackney, Fort Worth; UUUUf. lingen. These are admittedly two favorite came through to victory. Jri.nnv M^Diarmld. Fort Worth; runs clattered ac- Ted Lyons, one of the season's Bob Twenty-eight Charlie Sloan, Houston: Leslie of the strongest clubs operating John L. Sullivan, Jim Corbett, Phila- ross the plate and 24 base hits consistent winners, gave the Witcher Settle, along the lower reaches of the Rio FitEslmraons, Jim Jeffries, Jack Cclcman. Hcuston: rang out in a baseball farce put delphia Athletics four extra base Bill Grande and their struggle for Johnson, Jess Willard, Jack Demp- i Dallas; Doc Barr. Dallas: Joe on here Sunday by the Point Isabel hits in one inning. This was just constituted the hottest all lost the title In bouts in ! “’•alley, Austin; and Frost Carvel, supremacy sey. Pelicans and the Brownsville Broncs. enough to give the world s champ- the league had yet pre- which were favorites. Ear Antonio. spot VaUey they A total of 15 Pelicans attempted to ions a 6 to 5 victory over Chicago sented this season. With "Ox" Sharkey Has Edge stem the tide, but the count was producing four runs. Young Wet Darby bad In the fold hurUng 19-9 against them at the end of the Ferrel, of Cleveland finally passed G. Fox Eligible stellar bah. the Saints defeated Sharkey has gained the betting two and a half hour encounter. Lyons in the number of games won crew 5-3. Mc- wagering has been hopper Rigneys adge, although Point Isabel hurlers were by holding Washington in checlt For Classics of his trained left Three Big Cauley's home run sewed the game light, because and a run hammered hard in the first six in- ; finally driving In in the LOUISVILLE K>\, June S— in the eighth Inning. and, sharp right, boxing skill and up nings. At the end of that period ninth inning to win his own game Gallant Fox. winner of the Preak- McAllen defeated Rio Hondo 4-2 He punches well to the experience. the score was 19-2 against the Pels. 3 to 2. r.ess. the .Kentucky Derby and the In five and a half Innings. This body where the Germans ability George Desha decided to Ferrell’s victory Improved Cleve- Pelmont stakes, is eligible for the rain. The “take it” Is unknown. He is the Manager tilt was Interrupted by to relieve land’s as the Arr.eriean Derbv. $50,000 added race of ease up a bit and had Ball standing considerably ch.bs were to have played a double larger, stronger more polished St. subdued the threat Blak- Rocha in the box Up until that Louis Browns *o be run a* Washington Park. TIL, I header. Jones. If 1 0 0 2 0 1 Wait man.