II::::: The Brownsville herald sports section Cardinals* Collapse BRADDOCK MAY Hack’s Fistic Exploits North Texas Nines Held Greatest Fall USE LEFT HOOK Recall Good Old Jim Find Days i Bpttomley, Cards from Hous* May Trouble Jersey City Fighter Has ; ton, up five times, no hits. Ten I chances. New But Will When Walter In Diamond Swing, Players Fought Kocttger, Cards from In Southern four Teams History Not Houston—up times, no hits. Forget Right Four chances. v Associated Press Ernie Orsatti, Cards from Hous- of NEW YORK. 16.—UP)—'There By GAYLE TALBOT, Jr. it through its last southern invasion Here and there on the pages July ton—up four times, one run, one are rumors that Writer with the loss of two ; Baseball history are recorded the James J. Braddock hit, a double. Two chances. Associated Press Sports only games. OK ate has a At least two of the southern p@irte J dramatic collapse of powerful base- developed good left hook Andy Cohen, Giants from Waco— There is good reason to doubt St. which he to use with on the other hand, have ball machines, but the fall of the hopes good ef- Up four times, cue a strength- — — hit, double, that the northern clubs bent With fect when he faces today ened and braced since Louis Cardinals, National league Tommy Lough- drove in two runs. Four chances. j considerably threatens to ran in their upon their first invasion of the the reason was severed. Waco, tied | champions in 1928, to light heavyweight Curtis Walker, Reds from Hous- j as one of the battle at southern half of the Texas league with Fort Worth for the lead, Ms Hal i down in the books championship the Yankee ton—Up one no hits. Eustace twice, run, Two to ! most unexpected of form reversals, Stadium Thursday night, but the chances. since the season was split will find apt prove a hornets’ nest Wr i the Cards were chances are the Sports in the series beginning For two months the Jersey City chal- Cedric Durst, Yankees from Beau- anything like the bed of roses that The Elks billiard tournament got of the chase. wil fall today. Houston, its pitching staff in the thick pennant lenger back upon his trusty mont—Pinch batted for Durocher awaited them on their last sortie. have and with the off to a start when 18 Then they fell apart. There right when and if a crisis improved added incen- good Monday develops. and hit sacrifice fly scoring runner. It may be remembered that on of tor tive of licking its former been a number explanations Observers at Braddock’s training I Heinie Schuble, from their last swing through the south- pilot, games were rattled across the tables. Tigers Hous- Frank Snyder, will the of the champions but camn at White land the teams probably give collapse Sulphur Springs. ton—Up three times, one run. No from the north the This is a large number of contests can be Cats a fit. That, by the way, most of the responsibility N. Y., have noticed the challenger hits, four chances. pretty well wiped out all opposition. when it is considered that only one traced back to a veteran pitching should prove a torrid series. working away with a left hook. But Sparky Adams, Pirates from Up to that time the strength of the that cracked wide at a As a sort of breather in prepara- table was used most of the time. staff open James J.. Is not by any means ne- Wichita circuit had appeared well Falls—Tip four times, one divided tion for the series time when Billy Southworth had no his between the two important start- one of the three ranking play- glecting straight right. It was a run, one hit. Eight chances. sections, but when Only youngsters capable the ing today, only two games were up-and-coming straight right that broke Pete George Braves from Fort invasion had ended, the Steers. ers was present. That was George I cf into the breach. Harper, played yesterday. The Spuddera stepping Latzo’s law. knocked out Tuffy Grif- five Spuds, Sports and Cats to Worth—Up times, one run. two definitely closed their home with a Bell. He carried off his honors well, Southworth’s crew lost ground fith and had established long stay stopped Jimmy Slattery and hits, one a double. Six chances. their superiority 4 to 2 the bowing to held victory over the Steers. That defeating four by actual Dodgers yesterday, no one knows better than Braddock lister They the upper hand until tht players 7 to while Bell. Braves from Houston made it 'wo out of three. Beau- the New York Giants, 2, that his fortune is in his hand. season was split, all in ccores. Bell, although he was hand- back the right —Up four times, one hit, drove in finishing mont polished off the Buffs the the Robins were turning With that hand Braddock the first division. 25’s and This left punches run. Two chances. third s’, .xight afternoon. 3 to 2. icapped 30's, dropped only Cincinnati Reds, 4 to 2. But that was another harder than any light heavyweight Sam West, Sens from Rochester- month, and The first half This was to the Robins only a game ar.d a half the four champs had cne handicap. Harry in the business, it would seem. But entries that dominated the of the first division. Texas—Up thre times, one hit. three lirst Wiltse. Spud southpaw', to blame for metal out hoat are likely to discover Richardson, sheet mogul. Loughran. at his camp in Hoosick chances. One error. they their loss of the closer. Wiltse w'ob- The second place Chicago Cubs | have stepped into a Falls. N. Y., unworrlcd. peck of trouble bled at the Their actual scores were Bell 50, appears Tlpe Fred Marberrv, Sens from Athens I wo outset, throwing George shaved a half game off Pittsburgh’s of the strongest northern clubs champion, apparently close to his —Lost to White sox 4-2. allowed six Bischoff a homerun ball with one Richardson 36. With handicap fig- lead by downing the Phillies in both Dallas and Fort Worth, are best form, is depending upon his badly on in the first, but from there on a double 9 to and hits in 7 innings, walked one. fanned ures, Richardson defeated Bell 61-50. ends of bill, 6, crippled, while a third, speed and boxing skill to keep him four. twice, no hits. Two Shreveport. he dealt the bandaged Bovines’ mis- *> * * 7 to 6. Chuck Klein hit his 24th. Up bi the midst of a serious out of the of the slump in the second runs the way challenger’s chances. Wichita ery. Wiltse cleared the best individual t&th and 26th home during Falls scarcely is Perhaps per- playing the bases with a sufficient double bill to assume league punches. Alex Metzlcr, White Sox from the same brilliant double, formance of the day was that major ball that carried to win. leadership in this department. Hack Wichita Falls—Up three times, one turned in by Bell against Robin Sparkling fielding marked the fi- Wilson got his 23rd, homer in the run, no hit?. Six chances. Pate. Robin had the hard luck to White Sox Manager nal at Beaumont, neither side com- first game. Art Shires. White Sox from Waco catch Bell at his best The Famous a game. one Champs To mitting bobble. Wetzel and Bai- An error by George Sisler enabled Go Out As Atz —Up three times, run. two hits, filling station operator went out in May ley turned in a of gems, the Pirates to beat the Boston sacrificed. Seven chances. Enter couple 16 innings to trounce Pate 50-11 Amateur Golf from all accounts. Bob Petrie Braves, 5 to 4, in 11 innings and Leaves For Carl Reynolds, White Sox from actual scores and 50-36 by Chicago drove in the winning tally for the by stretch their vanning streak to eight Palestine—Up four times, no hits, Meet In handicap. Bell got the highest California shippers with a triple in the sev- in a row. Tire victory left the Pi- CHICAGO. July 16. UP)—1The often two chances. runs for the dav also He obtained enth. Jordan contributed a homer rates leading the Cubs by two and a recurring rumor that Russell "Lena” Rogers Hornsby, Cubs from Den- NEW 11s 12’s and 13’s. YORK, July 16 —UP)—a to the Buff cause. half is to be times, one run, two number of • • • games. Blackburne, relieved of his ;son—Up eight International stars have half a The Yankees picked up duties as manager of *he Chicago hits, one a double, drove in run. sent in their entries for the The was that be- Dcnehue, upper left; McDlarmid, lower left; Heydler, lower right; national longest game on the Athletics by beating White Eleven chances. amateur game Sox. again has been relieved. Wilson, right. goh championship to be tween Fitch and Smith. It dragged 7 to 6. while the A’s were Busch. Cubs from W'ichita Detroit, It was reported yesterday that Jakie Guy played at Pebble Beach, Calif., in on for 149 innings before Smith splitting a double bill with Cleve- Atz, who recently resigned as man- WILLIAM RITT Falls—Beat Phillies first gams 9-6. September. Smith By ly love in clubhouse and along the won 50-29. The Puckett of the Fort 15 hits, walked two. fanned land- ager Worth club of the Central Press Sports Editor result from the cur- allowed Among an- was almost as It went base paths may outstanding players match long. Cleveland slugged Ehmke Pom- Texas was on his to two. one run. no hits, nounced T. league, way rent crisis over Hack Wilson’s one- Up twice, by J. McManhon, execu- 147 Smith was the victor, the first NEW 16.—A new era Innings. mel d Yerkes to take Chicago to discuss business with the YORK, July sacrificed twice. One chance. tive secretary of U. punch victory over Pete Donohue— S. G. A., who 60-43. gpjMl stopped mftmftmtmtmfw Sox management. of peace and good will ar.d brother- 'Whitney, Phils from San has of the • • • but we doubt it. Pinkey charge entries, are Bobbv their double bill with the ■gamt of Antonio High—Up ten times, three Jones, Don Carrick, C. Ross Somer- The Brownsville Yankees ran but Earnshaw Ball have always been As, 8 to 5, George players hits, one a double, dreve in run. ville, H. Chandler Egan, Harrison Into bad luck Sunday when they the Indians cold In the sec- pugilists at heart and we don’t be- stopped Four chances. (Jimmy) Johnson, Sweetster, Harrj took on the Pentagons at Har- ond which the Athletics won, 4 to lieve ukase which National any Fay Benge, Phils from Waco— Legg. Rudy Wilhelm. John D. Ames. lingen. The Pents were right and 0. Earnshaw gave seven scattered Bell President John A. Heydler George Outcues League Lost to Cubs first game 9-6. al’oved Arthur (Ducky) Yates, George the locals rame off on the short and fanned six men. or else utter can hits anybody might nine hits in 8 innings, walked six, Voight, Eugene Homans, Dr. Paul end of a 2-0 score. Moncus had his Walsh Fred I.Iar- Ed outpitched effectively abolish the colorful lit- fanned five. Up three times, two Hunter. James D. Standish, and he White Sox Jr., curves breaking nicely berry as the Chicago tle brawls which have brightened hits. Two chances. David Martin and Eddie Held. over en- 4 to and the Field on baffled the Yankees the beat 2, First Washington, Day baseball since the first time one Harold Elliott. Phils from Waco- Foreign golfers include: Cyril Tol- route. Saline and Browns five Bos- tire nine-inning St. Louis pounded player laid one on another's ear. Third Phil pitcher in second game, ley, Eustace Storey, T. A. Bourn. Bednarz were the only boys from ton hurlers for 16 hits to down the Hack Wilson, a premising heavy allowed three hits in 5 1-3 innings, Major Guy Campbell and Lord Fort Brown able to nick him for a Red Sox, 10 to 3. Of Elks' Tournament weight who has been disguising walked three, fanned one. Up twice, Charles Hope. blow. one each. They got as a one run. one hit. Two chances. Final date for of entries * * himself member of the Chica- receipt • is 23. go Cubs, had no idea what he was Phill Todt, Red Sox from San July Shaffner hurled good ball also but* Leaders three times, one hit. a Major League Handicapped 25's and 30's, George Butler five points to Corey. Ac- starting when he let fly a rocky Antonio—Up he was hit at opportune moments double, drove in two runs, National flashed the best form shown tual scores: Butler fist which zoomed up to connect eight and two errors took their toll. Wal- Bell 50, Corey 39. Houston Pitcher Herman. Robins, .392. of the with the chin of Pete the pitcher. chances. lace, in left field for the San Be- Batting: Monday in the opening day Handicap: Butler 50, Corey 44. Hack he was deliver- Charlev Brrrv. Red Sox from Dal- Runs: Ott, Giants, 85. Elks billiard tournament. Bell won High run: Corey six. Game went 63 thought only Gets Bonus For nitans, took a liking to Shaffner’s las—Un twice, no hits, drove in run. Runs batted in: Ott, Giants, 94 actual scores and ing a fresh load of knuckles by air slants early In the game. He col- four games by innings. Hits: Giants. 134. the mail. Instead he created a three chances. Indian Contract three before the was Terry, dropped only one of these by Reid 30 points to Groves. Actual: big lected day Frederick, crisis. AI Simmons, Athletics from Doubles: Hafey, Cards; handicap route. The oil, gas and Reid 50, Groves 43. Handicap: Reid league over. Shreveport—Un eight times, two • • • Robins, 27. trimmed Pate, Groves 73. Reid run with The crisis when Clue HOUSTON, July 16—UP)—Charlie greasing magnate 50, high developed in two L. Waner, Pirates. 12. hits, one a double, drove runa Aronstein. local amateur real book Triples: Corey, Cisneros and Richardson. The six. Game went 54 innings. President C. A. McDiarmid of the pitcher, Sunday's story game Homers: Klein. Phillies. 26. two chances. is named turned the score on him Reds failed to understood to have received a was between the San Be- last Corey 10 points to Fitch. Actual: pass over the inci- S.an clean clothes. played Stolen bases: Cuylcr, Cubs. 26. Sammy Hale, Athletics from bonus of $1.5C0 for his and the Mercedes when the handicap was taken into Corey 50, Fitch 13. Co- dent (Donohce is an old employe affixing nito Aztecs won 15 Handicap: eight times, one hit. And don't care where Pitching: Grimes, Pirates, of Antonio—Up signature to a Cleveland contract you Lions. It was a hurler’s duel be- consideration. Handicapped 25 rey 50, Fitch 23. Corey high run his) with the usual “Ha! Ha! lost 1. drove in run. Four chances. several days ago. He will the The and The points to Richardson, Bell lost with lour. Game went 52 Well, ball players will be ball join mercury goes! tween Darby Pnmarejo. American innings. play- Bib Falk. Indians from University Indians 50-61. 10 to Fitch. ers,” let out a of immediately. former has coached in the Valley .391. Craig points Actual: and, instead, yell times, one run. Batting: Foxx, Athletics, of Texas—Up eight Aronstein signed a contract for some time. former- Play in the tournament got un- Craig 50, Fitch 11. protest which caused Heydler to Pumarejo Runs: Gehringer, Tigers, 84. Handicap: two hits. Five chances. Two errors. to Houston C. and con- sit as a brought by C. Slap- ly was one of the best hurlers Ath- der way early Monday Craig 50, Fitch 21. Craig high run supreme court in judgment Of it’s understood Runs batted in: Simmons, Glenn Myatt. Indians from Hous- nieka, Cleveland scouting staff. course, In the Valiev league. Both came tinued throughout the day. When with four. Game went 52 innings. over the case. letics, 91. ton—Used as pinch runner. Two Texas league clubs and one and each allowed the tables were covered for the Fitch 15 to Smith. Actual: that you’re through only Hits: Manush. Tigers. 134. points He’s An Anti-Red Jimmy Zinn, Indians from WTaco other major team had been wearing coof, a of 18 had been nego- three measly blngles. The game Doubles: Johnson, Gehringer, Ti- night total games Smith 50, Fitch 29. Handicap: Just before the Donohue affair —Pinrh hit and double. tiating with the amateur star, who comfortab 1 e rocked along un until the last 31. played. Smith 65, Fitch 29. Each made absorbent, gers. Hack went after Ray Kelp, also of Jack Tavener. Indians from Fort has won 12 and lost three games half of thp ninth when the score Miller. Athletics. 12. threes for high run. Game went Triples: Best Game the Reds, and there may be some- Worth—Ran for Zinn. this season. that neither 149 underwear, still stood 0-0. Horkman was th^ Homers: Gehrie. Yanks. 22. The best game of the day, so far innings. thing in baseball's ring rules which He Stolen bases: no first un for the Aztecs. bti7zed Gehringer, Tigers; as performance was concerned, was Puckett-Smith, handicap. Ac- forbids hitting two men of any binds nor blankets—in a line. Cissell, Whitesox, 13. tual: Smith Puckett one down the third base turned in by Eell against Robin 50, 43. Smith one team in succession. Maybe that was Athletics, won with Zaragoza juggled it and he Pitching: Grove, Pate. Bell took only 16 innings to high inning four. Game went explains the Heydler probe. word, Mansco two-piece then 15, lost 2. 147 safe at first. Horkman pil- defeat Pate 50-11 by actual scores. innings. Hack is a swell ball player and 7 DANCING or fered second. The next two men suits union suits, that Bell made high run for the day his icsd by suspension would be no went out. Waitman stepped up to with 13 in his Cis- MEMBERSHIP DRIVE TO game against trifle to any big league club, es- In Jatio of are sized to fit the The crowd was In carefully platter. neros. pecially the Chicago Cubs, now in Boston—Ernie Schaaf, Boston, an exeited Here was the BE CONDUCTED BY POST Stonewall Jackson frenzy. j The longest contest of the day the thick of a pennant fight. Hence knocked out Jack Gagnon, Boston, men of every build. make or break point. Waitman was that between Fitch and Smith. the crisis. (6>. Hotel — San Benito leaned on a fast one for a single. (Sneci.il to The RernlH) It went 149 SxO?STANDING THE CLUBS=*=» New York—Sammy Dorfman. New ^ innings. Wilson is a player of the old Horkman came in from second SAN BENITO. 16.—The local The are EVERY WED. July games being played off TEXAS LEAGUE school. He is a throw-back to the York, stopped Petey Mack, Jersey NITE with the winning tally. Sounds American Legion at a f6). post meeting! regardless of schedule. Players are Monday's Results times when warfare raged in the City, like the scenario of a college mo- Thursday night will launch Toronto—Steve Rocco. plans meeting and marking their games Beaumont 3. Houston 2. clubhouse and under the grand- Toronto, Music by tion for the drive to be Wichita Falls Phil York picture. membership car-1 in future dates. 4. Dallas 2. and often a outpointed Tobias, New * • • stand, during game. ried out by this post as part of the The San Antonio. Waco, Fort Worth and (10). Eddie Monday scores follow. First Back in those roaring times, a Werner and Valley-wide campaign. Shreveport, off day, play double-head- Fights, disagreements general line shows of was as Grand Rapids—George Godfrey. handicap players; ers Sunday. player almost proud of his And His Orchestra dissehtion that have broken out in Leipverville, Pa., Ralph second, actual scores; third, handi- Tuesday’s Schedule uppercut as he was of his batting- stopped *11 snort circles tins year Smith, San Francisco. (2). cropned umpire forfeited the game to the cap scores; fourth, high run; and Fort Worth at Houston. average. And no league president — put Sunday. The Hat Makers lost at locals 9-0. fifth, number of innings in game; Shreveport Waco. ever interfered, save perhaps when the morning game to the Mission • * * Dallas at San Antonio. Scores a stray fist collided with an um- *0-30 1-0. Several of the Wichita Falls at Beaumont. team boys George Leonard's Bell 25 points to Pate. Actual “Hell-a-Pop- Standing of the Clubs pire. got their fur rubbed the wrong way is scores: Bell pin’” being groomed for the 50, Pate 11. Handicap Team— P. W. L. Pet. Ty the Terror in this contest. The thing came to a outboard races at Point Isabel scores: Eell 50, Pate 36. Bell high Waco 16 10 6 .625 One of the greatest battlers of head In the ninth inning of the Sunday. It is a speedy, douhle- run with 12. Game went 16 innings. Fort Worth ..16 10 6 .625 all time was Ty Cobb. He would rPemoon game. The score stood Pen-Yann hull Bell 30 Wichita Falls 15 9 6 .000 stepned powered by points to Corey. Actual: rush to the colors on excuse 1-0 Beaumont 14 8 any against the Hatters when they a 32 Bell 6 .571 New Seahorse. It 50, 18. and Mobiloil horsepower Corey Handicap: Bell he always came out of his cor- rame to bat. Aldaoe cracked out a Shreveport 14 6 8 .429 should get around 40 miles an 50, Corey 48. Bell high run with 11. San Antonio ner swinging. Size meant double. Garcia followed him to the 15 6 9 .400 nothing Amazing hour This boat Game went 21 easily. is favored innings. Houston 13 5 8 .385 to Cobb. He tackled a platter and r>oked one out to the in- Big Schmidt, 1 to the free for all event. Bell 30 to Dallas capture points Cisneros. Actual: 15 5 10 .333 mammoth catcher, and he once field. A close play was called * * * Bell 50, Cisneros 18. dueled with the small "safe" bv the The Mission Handicap: Buck Herzog. umpire. The Skeeters turned Bell 50, Cisneros 48. NATIONAL LEAGUE Sunday ip Bell high run When Ty got mad it took a plavers threw down their doves His- I Monday's Results him remarkably good scores. They with 13. Game went 38 whole season to and Irft the field. The innings. Chicago -7, Philadelphia 6-6. cool off. He fought gnstedlv j should be for Donna, state Bell 25 to ready points Richardson. Ac- Pittsburgh 5. Boston 4. umpires, infielders, pitchers and soon. tual: Bell champs, again Jimmy 50, Richardson 36. Handi- Brooklyn 4. Cincinnati 2. even noisy spectators. Sometimes George shot two 24’s. Wade also Bell New York 7. St. Louis 2. cap: 50, Richardson 61. Bell he battled with his own again’* teammates. proves Tuesday's Schedule got a 24. Young. Wade and high run with 10. Game went 31 Ty didn't Pittsburgh at Boston. usually fare so well but George obtained 23’s. Markussen innings. it made no Cincinnati at Brooklyn, two difference—he was al- broke 21 birds with a .410. This is games. Richardson-White, no handicap. St. Louis at New York. ways ready for more. He sailed in- Millions use Sur-Lay because it ms!tea believed to be a record. The Actual: Richardson 50. White Chicago at Philadelphia. to Babe Ruth \ tair soft and pliable, and keeps it 45. on one occasion. This latest flash on the horizon is 'iii* combed all day. A liquid tonic. Not High inning: Both made 6 s. Game Standing of the Clubs one ended in no decision. Johnny Young. 12-year-old. He went 54 Team— P. w. L. Pet,. innings. Ty was a fiery southerner and stood alongside of his Dad Sun- Richardson Pittsburgh . 78 52 26 069 five points to the Detroit was an Corey. Chicago . 77 4p 2R ro6 Tigers just th" old fact and broke 17 of the day sailing Actual: Richardson 50, 43. Now York team for him. Corey . 85 49 36 .576 The Tigers fought | I targets. St. Louis Handicap: Richardson 50, Corey 54 . 82 40 42
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