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Suggestions This Week ..........ffAfr.fffft.<.fJ|rfffffffp^^..^..».>.........fr »»»»——»——*«—»—<••>•*—****************************** * * * »»+* 1 * 111 J I The BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION . • ■■■««*««*»«■» ■ ■ f | | fft.Ul.M, .-- _____________ | Bergerac bat brought the movement In to a head. A Marmanda player virtu, Rough Rugby ally strangled tha Bergerac captain, STATE? a AT DRAFT game EYES PORTS FORUM FIGHT CARD PLANS Beaussoleil. during while France Causes a thousands of spectators looked on. Beaussoleil was carried off tha CENTERED ON Bishop Clements • FORT UP TO Move field unconscious with his tongue By TUESDAY on his MINORS ‘Clean-Up’ out and foam hanging lips - ™! I ON THIS DATE MARMANDE. France. Dec. 14.—MV- while Marmanda rooteri howled 14 football has become so rough Friday, December Rugby "Well done! Kill him!” Tolice had I Cleburne and Abilene are lining up his dab. Here's an opportunity for in Goodman, Slasher and 10 Men Team France that newspaper* every- some one of the elevens Martinez, 1842—The Tipton Reject- to be summoned to keep them from for a the outcome where have begun a movement to iflGHBATTLES today game, upon aspiring Charles Freeman are forced to stop the down hers to mstch their the rest of Berger*' talent with Season Will "clean the game. attacking of which a great deal depend* on Littz, Marroquin, their bout in for the world # ed; up" a gopd eleven from Dallas. England A match between Marniande and I when po- team.__ which club will win the state high The Terrill team has an enviable heavyweight championship 16 Others Billed interfere. Open April school football And record this year. Price says his lice Port v#. championship. knocks out An- Arthur Mar- club has defeated the state high 1894—Kid Lavigne among the spectators at this game HAL EUSTACE 18 rounds at New Or- CHICAGO. Dec. 14.—The school champions or Oklahoma, the By dy Bowen in vs. none Fes- Promoter Tex Becerril has dished ia so beaten Major leagues have closed their shut- shall and Abilene will b« other than Doug T. C. U. Frosh. of Texas leans. La. Bowen badly University another morsel for he will die. ters on the baseball draft problem, senden, mentor of the local high; Frosh, tied Baylor Frosh. lost to S. op pugilistic that it is feared More Cleburne in Semi- fans to nibble and chomp at the Ft. Billy Smith, wel- but it still cast a chill of discontent Only Eight Shopping Day*! Director Soc Plato, Junior M. U. Colts, beat Denton Teachert’ 1892—Mysterious Irvine, Brown rink at 8:30 m. defeats Danny ever the minors today. Reserves and Arlington Aggies. skating p. terweight champion, Finals college coach and George Bell, busi- at San Francisco, Cal., in Refusing to budge from the.stand Today “By defeating Allen Academy 21 Tuesday. Needham man. fellows left for a $2,000 side bet. they have taken, officials and ciuo ness These early to 6 w« won the state academy title,” Continuing his practice of select- 14 rounds Belt. third baseman carters of the National and Ameri- yesterday for Abilene. saya Mr. Price. ing local fighters who have per- 191—Lester Dec. • • • for the Boston Braves, born in Har- can leagues, in joint session yester- DALLAS, 14.—MP)-SpecUl • e e formed satisfactorily before, Becer- j Pa. day. informed the minor that traina Terrill loses a ril has lined up Homer Goodman, risburg, ... leagues poured wild-eyed football fans Now on this good day comes one academy number of Guerra. Mar- 1909—The St. Louis Regals bowl- the perplexing question rested sole- into Marihall and Abilena foi Tex Rickard, fight empresario of stars this year, and have an exceed- Johnny Martinez, Littz, today Zavala ers roll 1,235 in a single game. ly with them. They rejected an in- and tells us in | ingly hard schedule for next year, roquin, Lupe. and Hinojosa tha two taml-flnal tussles In th« the United States, Basham wins the vitation to the coach writes. He ia anxious among others for the card. 1914—Johnny send representatives to yesterday’s fastest growing daily in very knock- state Most of above sea- British welterweight title by the meeting of minor clubs high school championship foot- an to bring his club to the for the are not the | league the south, that in 1913 he lost | Valley in 9 rounds at a in soned, out Johnny Summers at West Fnden, Ind., January 10. ball marathon. to promote a fight be- game 1929. sophisticated, ultra-profes- opportunity • • • sional no London. If a is at Two fighter who has interest England. conciliatory plan adopted hundred supporters of the tween Bolivia and Paraguay. Weissmuller sets a Thirty-four rounds of boxing— in the crowd, but are earnest lads 1922—Johnny the West Baden meeting, the major Port Arthur I Mr. Rickard says he went to Para- new world record for the 150 yards Yellowjaekets reached that's the program Tex Becerril, who have their own pride to defend league officials said, they will be ! in 1912, along with a number of back stroke at Cleveland. O. Time, Marshall to cheer the champions of guay popular fight promoter of this city as well what money they get out of glad to hear of it at their next meet- , Texas cowboys. the bouts. one minute. 44 3-5 seconds. districts 7 and 8 will present Tuesday night at the ings in February. in their onslaught Tex Rickard never rode a cow St- Louis Browns sell pony Fort Brown skating rink. It will Goodman has a strong hacking her 1927—The Rejection of the plan of John on the for I undefeated, untied Mav- in his life. 1 and his name alone would George Sisler to Washington m w be the last card of 1928, and aa bring Heydler. president of the National w I encka. Cleburne dispatched a spe- the attendance haa increased at out a fair-sized fight crowd. Homer $25,000. league, to have 10 men teams so that I But anyhow, arriving in the South a cial train of rooters for their Yel- each show, the coming houta prom- has style of his own, that is not a pitcher would rot have to bat; American country-. Rickard says he | ise to draw the largest crowd so extremely spectacular obtains re- decision to open the major league lowjeckets against tho Abilene a all big came across number of forts, sults and a far. has way of catching the reason on April 10. a week later jufgarnaut. were that filled with Bolivians. • • Expectations • popular fancy. Goodman's opposi- than last season, and to close it on But it seems that during the in- > 20,000 persons would witness the An bout will tion will be “Red” Turner. Turner PLANNING a be the TEX October C. week several interesting leter; terim of getting to these Bolivians 1 encounters. on# between Kid Litta of Ft. Brown has been trying to get a bout with trades and discussion of the “farm" a number of wagon teams had joined Goodman for some time. He feels Protests and Kid Guerra of San Benito. These question were high lights of action that threatened to mar Tex’s outfit. that Goodman has been avoiding the ooys weigh around 135 pounds, and at the joint meeting of the two ma- championship aspect of today’s And Rickard didn’t say so. but he j but Homer and have proven willing fighters, and him, says otherwise, jor organisations vesterday. games w-ere cleared away, for the was safely ensconced in one of these to his contention to the FIGHT know prove MIAMI how ami do mix it. Joe agreed time | Marro- Manager Miller Huggins, however, being at least, when Inter- wagons. and bout Tuesday. | quin Kid Pepper will battle indicated he to make a scholastic league officials declined These Bolivian soldiers told Rick- hoped swap When this neckwear again. These cauliflower eared Turner’s dukes have caus- to throw ard and tnat if didn't boys flailing o.th the rhib'delrhia Athletics and either Cleburne or Mar- his party they at 150 fight pounds. This bout ought ed an epidemic of black eyes, bruis- and the rumors were that would send shall out of tho raca. turn around and start back they’d Stribling Sharkey it to a whirlwnnd. es and boxers around Fort shoot them. prostrate Third Baseman Sammy Hale and 8eaman Squyres. Cleburne fullback • * « Clark recently. This is sched- Battle In the into the it's And right then and there is where pair May Pitcher Rube Walberg from the goes box, and said by some critics to bo the H. J. Ettlinger, new director of uled to ten rounds. Mr. Rickard began to think; he go "A’s.” fo the Yankees in exchange greatest schoolboy punter In the athletic* at the University of Texas, Martinez who Near Future says so himself, although he calls Johnny put up such for Pitcher Myles Thomas and state, was declared ineligible un- who has been ill for a week or more, a it a game fight on the last card against either Outfielder Bob Meusel or when it the “thought." is on the to der four-year clause, but it w-as ri*nd recovery, and Texas Goodman consid- NEW YORK. Dec. 14.—Tex proper-and That is he thought he had better despite conceding Benny Paschal. ruled thia would not affect Cle- students, alumni, and the Rickard has decided the south is en- turn back. Returning to Paraguay general erable weight, is again billed, this burne’s status as did not public at large, will be glad to know titled to a "break” in this matter of Squyres —that is among Paraguayan offi- time with “Young” Parker.
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