1 ■— — « —— ■ ■■ ■ —— been torn out, and a new aidawalk 3 WALKS PLUS 3 is being put in. < Cardinals Headed Toward * * * Both these store spares are also Pennant; Pitching TUNNEY NEARS being remodeled, and the Broad- EDINBURG ON Men's way Shop, owned by Ben HITS ONE was And Best In Avers Vessels EQUAL Epstein, and which damaged by Batting League * *. * fire several weeks ago, is to be re- opened soon. Lf FLAYING TOP IN UPPER RUN —PROF. HUG TRAINING END _ 17.—(A*—The Edcouch Go NEW YORK. July McAllen, Cleveland Indians have demon- Champ to Box and Eat Up As Donna and strated how a team can make three safe hits and receive three bases Great Quantities I _ Pharr Lose on balls in one inning and still Of Meat Out of score only one run. \ankees Snap this bracket— The Indians performed Upper feat for the benefit of SPECULATOR. N. Y. July 17.— Slump Taking Two; Team W. L. Prt. strange metropolian fans watching them a rest from all Edinburg 9 3 .750 (/Fb—After 24-hour lose both ends if a double-header Cards Emerge After McAllen 7 5 .583 ring work. Gene Tunney decided to to the New York Yankees yester- Donna 7 6 .538 renew exchanging blows with his Losing Pair Edcouch 5 7 .417 day. sparring partners today to fit him- In the third of the first Pharr 2 11 .153 inning self for his world's heavyweight title Lind to right and BY HERBERT W. BARKER Lower bracket— game, singled bout against Tom Hceney on July 26. went to second when Langford Associated Press Sports Writer Lyford 10 4 .714 After today. Gene will box but spilled another single past third Whether it’s because of Brownsville 9 4 .892 four more times’* be fire he enters psychol- base, Lind was nipped off second ogy. *he law of averages, luck or Harlingen .. 8 I .888 the Yank Stadium ring nine days base by a snap throw from Grab- what hare the White Weslaco 5 9 .357 hence. Besides swapping punches you, Chicago owski, Yankee catcher, for the Sox are playing winning ball under Rio Hondo. 2 11 .153 with Harold Mays and Billy Yida- first iut. Joe Sewell bounced an of Lena Blackburne. Sunday’s Result* heck. the Bayonne, N. J., heavy- managership infield single off George Pipgras* Since Blackburne took over the At Lyford 8, Brownsville 7. (11 in- weight, Gere mapped out a pro- hand and Langford was thrown out rein’s on 5, the day after Ray nings >. gram which included a long stretch July for the second out when he tried Schalk resigned as manager, the Sox Rio Hondo forfeited to Weslaco. of road work and a strenuous ses- to reach third base on the have turned in nine victories in 12 At McAllen 7. Harlingen 5. play. sion with the punching bag and then lost control and atarts. At Edinburg 13. Donna 0. Pipgras heavy body sack. walked B^’rns. and Sum- For the second time in two playing At Edcouch 14, Pharr 7. Hodapp Conclusive evidence that the ma, forcing in Joe Sewewll with days, the Pale Hose took over both champion has entered the last stages the only run of the inning, Luke ends of a double header with the With complete results turned in of his training came when a speci- Your favorite Sewell to for 0 bouncing Pipgras men of be Boston Red Sox Monday 4 to and and • special meat, which will standings compiled by Secretary the third out. 9 and Ted cut into steaks and arrived i last and leather to 1. While Red Faber L. B. Shifflett of the American Le- chops, Blankenship were holding the Hub from a New York restaurant. AH gion Valley baseball league, the out- at a team to 4 hits and a single run in through his boxing career Tunney saving. standing feature of the race seems to the two battles, the White Sox were has wound up the campaigns for his be the hot chase for honors around hammering out 29 hits off Ruffing, major bouts by consuming great the in the Harriss and Simmons. top rungs lower bracket. HEENEY quantities of tj\e«e high QUITS grade pro- One the fLCRSHEIH The New York Yankees demonstrat- game separates Lyford loop visions. Heretofore, milk, fruit and leaders and Harlingen in third place. ed conclusively that they have re- vegetables have been the champion’* Sliced in between a half a game’s covered from their recent slump by favorite viand*. most having only a length from either is the dethroned taking their second consecutive small part in the Tunney menu. SHOES Brownies. NIGHT double-header from the Cleveland In- BOXING The tosaers are well out dians, 7 to 3 and 6 to 2. Edinburg in front of the up-Valley nines with a Babe Ruth hit his 35th homer of N. 17.— NOW I Yankeesque percentage mark of .750, FAIRHAVEN, J.. July Mexico Executes the year in the third inning of the —Tom slid having won nine and lost three Heeney back into the opener and now stands 22 games, 20 serious games. are two full games grind today, after a day's and five home runs ahead of They days ahead of the layoff, returning to the practice of his 1927 schedule. runners-up. McAllen. 4 In Arms Sales out The main seems to working in the afternoon in- The Philadelphia Athletics dropped controversy range about second, third and fourth. Don- stead of the cool of the evening further back in the race when MEXICO CITY. Julv 17—<£b-l)is- | they na with a mark of .538 is one-half Boxing at night, Heeney found, gained no better than an even break patrhes from. San Luis Potosi today A FEW STYLES $9.85 a game behind McAllen and close on disrupted his entire program, par- in two games with the Detroit Tigers. said two army officers and two their heels is Edcouch with a mark of ticularly his sleep. He did not get Jack Quinn, veteran of Connie Mack’s civilians had been court martialed For a short time ® .417. Edcouch into bed until midnight or later with only pulled up Sunday by and executed arms to | firing squad, registered his 12th vic- a for smuggling a 14-7 win over Pharr as Donna went result he did not get his requh.d tory of the season in the first strug- insurgents. Dobbs down before Edinburg 13-0. amount of sleep. He prefers work- Sailors gle, 3 to 2. George Earnshaw had A special investigation ordered by 9 in last Pharr ing out at night, because the oppres- the second in his until the Floundering place, Governor Cedillo revealed that pocket and Rio sive heat of mid-afternoon takes a Now, $3.95 Hondo are tied for the doubt- Tangama hi« eighth inning when the Tigers ham- lot out of Captain Joaquin and Nation- ful honors with marks of .153 each in him but he figures he mered him out of the box and Here’s a of big guns of the St. Louis Cardinals, apparently destined to win their second brother. Lieutenant Rodolfo Tcn- slug- quartet the and lower needs to get into bed earlier. Rube and Joe Bush al in three The right arms of Big Jess Haines ("enter) and Old Alex upper groups respect- garr.a had been selling arms and ged Walberg League pennant years. mighty ively. Heeney starts his final week of around until thirteen men had bat- have elevate the Red Birds’ pitching staff to a high state of perfection, l he speed ammunition belonging to the in- (upper right) helped Rio Hondo, however, has played training with no signs of physical ted and nine of them had scored. of Frankie Frisch left) and the batting punch of Sunny Jim Bottomleyf lowet right) have been surgents. The sales had been made (tipper only four games, winning two and fatigue and with enough excels Alvin Crowder hung up his 11th lf*£8 success. through Zenon Gomes, and Fran- two other major factors in the Cardinals’ dropping two. The rest of the nine "eight to withstand the rigors k win against a single defeat as the cisco Cells, nrnmiront merchants in games have been forfeits. Part came the stretch drive. He weighs ab sit the for- Fan Luis Potosi. acting as inter- Browns romped off with a 4 to 2 de- By JAY R. VESSELS Irs ups and downs at Pittsburgh, is rest of the season as mere 203 nounds and while the franchise was under the nlans to bring his mediaries. cision over the Senators. (Associated Press Writer) ! credited around the senior mality of the Cardinals playing out All four were executed Washington Sports fully cir-1 regime of Mercedes. Los Fresnos is weight down gradually so he will Winning and losing streaks have NEW </Pi—The cuit with having the their schedule. Tney consider the after courtmartial. YORK, league j engineered to assume the burden next Sunday, enter the ring for his title match become the fashion in the National Red Birds of St. Louis are < ardinnls’ remarkable showing. I pennant race over. They are think- leading taking up the mooted berth. Rio w-ith Gene Tunney a week from league. saw the off the with the Even such as inf: in terms of world’s series. Their Yesterday’s affrays fighting opposition things crippled play-1 Hondo, unable to ball Thursday weighing about 195 or 19*5 Old Sidewalk as construct- keep enough Being Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago effective ferocity of an eagle de- ers haven't cramped his style.