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Series The BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION ®i®® f .mmmmmmm ——————-1————————— ] CARDS ON EDGE FOR OPENING OF WORLD SERIES TIGERS, ■——————— < ed the fight with all he had. The de- cision was greeted with mingled joo* Condensed Facts BUCS DEFEAT 17 Cards And GARCIA WINS and cheers. U.S. TOURNEY Rowe, Dizzy Likely The four round opener, in which On Baseball’s Enrique Valdes of Brownsville de- To Twirl in culonrd *Chato" Gonsalez. also of Annual Classic Opener PELS 11 TO 9 Tigers Played OVER KENNEDY Brownsville, was one of the best IS UNDER WAY bouts on the card. They went at (By The WJciaUd Prsas) By ALAN GOULD confidence in the present momen'.uu It hammer and tongs from the open- that In Texas Contending clabo—Detroit Tig- DETROIT, Oct. 2. i/P;—The bus- of the St. Louis outfit many Loop ing round in an old-fashioned slug- *^ close observers looked for a short, New Orleans Has Chance To Morales, Cabler, Valdez bee. Valdez staggered the ers, American league champions To tling high-roads of baseball s jungle- ging Curtis Teams Expected decisive with the Dean whis- versus St. Louis Cardinals. engagement Oct. 2. “Bulldog several times with a the town, the lair of Detroit's truculent Dixie Series DALLAS, ^/—Seventeen Other Winners At brothers in the leading role. In gam- Cop Gonsalez. on the other National Produce Golfing the tling right league champions Tigers, rumbled Tuesday with a ris- Cardinals are I young men fidgeting about on bling parlance, the Tueaday Vet Arena hand, bored in at all times. Valdez Schedule of S and ing pitch of intense excitement, eve of the Worlds Senea—includ- games—Oct. Champion unquestionable the “hot choice" ;»a- has a fine right hand, but lacks .he a of 4 at Savin Field. Detroit; Oct. 8. mingled with note apprehensm® tU actual events on the ball field the Jerome Her- Baoe NEW ORLEANS. Oct 2— ing redoubtable Kennedy, ttmeveport iigiil- left necessary to set his opponents PHILADELPHIA Oct. 2.—UP)— among the natives as the enemy s to the 8. and 7 at Sportsmans Park. St. prove contrary man their weight, was tough but Carlos Gar- up lor a right hand opening. heralded the old call to Galveston's hope of winning toe (Dizzy) Dean—plied Despte the fsct that an original approach Unless there's more to the pre- cia, San Antonio veteran of '.he Louis; Oct. 8 and • at Detroit. rests trade in the Texas be tore World Series battle and a desperate Dixie baseball League — field of 157 has been reduced to 64 battle juggling of pitching prospects championship squared circle, proved a bit tougher starting tune l*:*» p. m. duel for diamond supremacy. than seems wa.ranted »t the slants of graduating to the majors and even- a for all route, it by logic, with wrong-handed in the 10-round mam event of (Central Standard Time) via 18-hole qualifying The Deans were coming.” will be Jerome Herman (Dizzy) Jim Walkup tual berths on the rosters of the fight card staged at the VFW arena Title Series To games at Detroit; 1:10 p. m, Is ;n»t as certain as golf can ever sound- has Through th« jungle-town Dean, elder of the famous brothers, The 40-year-old southpaw Detroit and St. Louis Cardi- nere Monday night. Garcia's mar- S.l'.i at St. Louis. the the Patte- of Tigers be list the two contending Ameri- ed warning, calling against Lynwood (Schoolboy) Rowe, drawn the pitching assignment gin of victory' wa> wide bul Ken Condition of play—world dun* to answer the chal- Buccaneers in the crucial" nals. win- can iid British Curtis cup teams rns Bengals 22-year-old Tiger ace, in the first the nedv continued to walk m aggres- ptonship goes to lean* first Dixie series here Tues- Open Wednesday lenge of the celebrated Dean broth- the game of the Just a few .seasons back "Dizzy four game* tba. fought it out at Washington game—a curling “natural" of sively throughout the 10 heats. Tne —»'■■■ .. ning games, postponed who have and where ers, spread dismay year between two of the greatest day. flipped his foolers over for the scrap was not particularly pleasing to be played off in city last veek will ultimately produce of Texas was for Walk- Brownsville's version of the ne*t destruction through the ranks tne baseball has All rooting due to lack of an effec- originally scheduled on pos- young right-handers of the Houston Buffs, Joe (Ducky Wucxy) Kennedy s world senes**—the Klwanis against tht *inner of the 38t!i women’s National League with their slingsnet up to repeat his triumph sible playing date, with entire ever produced. tive offense. the Pan-American for the It used to be 'he second game of the series—an 8-1 Mcdwi.'k knocked down fence pal- Flyers schedule advanced accordingly. cha :u?ionship. pitching. much as Meanwhile, with both managers, Garcia as agile and clever along victory in which the Birds got only Playground Ball title of the city- 48.008 si Tiv “big Six" ol the tournament habit of the American leagues of Cardinals, ings lor the same club, l^nwocd hammered Seating capacities: Frankie Frisch, the thus even the en- the ropes as ever, sway will get under way off the Thirty- is co posed of Gienna Collett Vare, standard-bearers to strike terror four hits—end • Rowe's gangling torm Detroit; 40.000 at St. Louis. and Cschrane, of the Tigers, with- Schoolboy) with his best punches, but he fail- Sixth diamond ime Van tire play at three victories apiece. Wednesday night, Rival Frtrek, five champion; Virginia with the old threat of the twin iiitil was the Beaumont Exporters b<g tat managers—Frank holding definite nominations New Orleans still has the series ed to put the tough Kennedy on and the seiie6 will be continued with Wi< he soli spoken Chicagoan who bombers Ruth and mound threat. Henry tHank) Cardinals; Gordon S. (Mickey) Gehrig. Wednesday, speculation oontinued ro Mon- floor. The Alamo City scrapoer the second game set for Friday successive title; edge, though bitterly beaten Cochrane. is set-ong her third "The Deans were coming”—echo- a Greenberg smacked homers for Tigers. swirl around the possibilities of 11 to 9 m something of a slug- whipped across several nght hand night. CsrdlnnlB Ma-.nen Orcutt and Charlotte day on down the Betting odds—5-8 on ing the war cry themselves—and switch. There were those who sus- Beaumont—and so which would have relied The Klwanis tied the Veterans New Jersey stars. Mrs. fest, by one game. Manager Larry punches to win series; 4-5 on Cardinals te alumg, with them a swaggering, swash- vith line. for the first-half then Caiil.. pected Cochrane might gamble Gilbert plans to send young Denny most oi the lightweights operating pennant and win Leo at Cheney of San Gabriel. marauders from who once answered reveille j opening game. buckling band of his veteran A1 Crowd- in of New Oriels' Dean, in this .section. eliminated them in the play-off, Wil- anr. liana Fishwick, the golden- nght-hander, Galehou.-c quest empires—National league. St. Louis, all looking for trouble vud than send Rowe as a buck private in the army at to lanu one of the games being an 18-tn- haiied British girl, who won her er. rath?r against fourth conquest. Although he unable liam J. Kiem and John Reardon: superbly confident of contributing lor the Pelicans will San Antonio, was luted from the nmg 4-3 affair. nat.>r championship ui 1930. the great Dean. A victory effectively, Kennedy continued the American league, Clarence Brick) a lull share of it in the the for Galveston, sand lot*, of that city by Housun The Pan-Am Flyers copped the Mrs Vares remarkable showing struggle From St Louis came the sugges- mean pennant; aggressor throughout the battle. He Owens and Harry Getsel. that starts with o«t- in new life in the series in that after he had been given a rattier I second-hall crown without unduly hi Lie qualifying round Monday Wednesday, tion that the Dizzy one. his arm a was continually walking into Gar- Weather prospects— Generally balls honors and will be allowed to football with the home town extending themselves. when she shared a three-way tie highest greah^st need of an extra day's rest rorr. they play chilly tryout cia. who backpedalled and bounded fair and warmer for opening game ai stake. for the Dixie club In was chased lor me medal at 82 was not sur- spoils the pennant strain, might yield the game Wednesday fact, "Dizzy about In his old time style, but Wednesday at Detroit. from the San Antonio one to the she to wild BUI flag. park unable to do any- prises squad captained stands to Be Jammed opening assignment Kennedy appeared Orders Chase last week when tht spring atternoon when one of Ms Batting Swuser land s form o at Chevy Hallahan. Pel* f avored thing about it when he caught up Oct. 2. produces went a trifle and DETROIT, (VPi—The prob- American team trounced England "I with Rowe, Crowaer fast ones wild with the Carlo*. rock light enough to float on wet* I he battle will be on and the *:d may go elusive. able batting order for the first game 8iu vas in so much better a whole lot "beaned" one of the clubs star Jig- m at 135.
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