BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION ----- -- ■ ■ ■ ..... j m" Favored to Win Over Tonight11 — ■ — ■ 1 ; _ ■ _ Singer Champit ■ I y peared favorably Inclined toward Sports his wish. l I BY EDWARD J. VEIL granting ■ Associated Press Sports Writer Nats and Phillies Show Value of Mound i NEW YORK, July 17—(ff)— The CARNERA WILL . Spade I of purses the fight faithful 1: .ed II (CROWDER r Kt-£|N*~i V today and pUed up a pot of gold Good Hurlers Mean More rr=> By HAL EUSTACE /*\ JSk m I for Sammy Mandell and A: BaJtKG Young To Club Than Sheer |FlTCW|NC| I' MILL TONIGHT «■■■■■■■■■■■ f Singer to fight for tonight In the 5 Power f \ POWtR ring at the Yankee stadium. Hitting Power “YOU’VE GOT HIM. Freddy- Hulking Italian to Fight Last minute predictions were for Don’t let him away!" get clownini a $200,000 This will be Man- gate. NEW YORK (>P>—In the ever re- ringworms shouted at Freddy Mey Negro Heavyweight dell's second defense of his light- concerning ers last night when Gus Sonnen- current argument pitch- weight title here in two years. the At Omaha berg, heavyweight champion, easily ing versus hitting Washington Some money appeared in the the tied the Chicagoan in knot aftei Americans and Philadelphia marts of chance at odds of 2 to 1 h knot. That bleat, time af Nationals this season furn much Nebr., 17—(TV-The repeated on the sleek challenger. If the OAHA. July ter time from around the illumination. 10-round bout ring same odds prevail at ring time. off-again. on-agatn characterized the to- As the major league teams swung Prmo Camera, huge general feeling Singer will be the shortest priced between ward the match. The fans came t< into the final stretch of the race Bearcat Omaha since Pancho Villa Italian, and Wright. challenger following the Independence Day see the champion, and did not ex- Wilde negro heavyweight, will be held 3 knocked out the aged Jimmy the Phillies were pect Meyers to make a strong show- double headers, tonight. ~l for the flyweight crown back In the In TOE ing against the man who rammec leading both leagues slugging, The bout was scheduled |oH days when fouls were something to originally and butted Strangler Lewis froir with the tremendous team average for was can- be frowned upon. Louisville, Ky., bu£ the championship throne. However of .326. was moved to Omaha By special ruling of the New celled. It then Meyers sent Sonnenberg hurtlin* Yet this team, possessing the Car- York State boxing solons, there where it twice was postponed. high into the air on several occa- league's leading hitter in Lefty 263 bn ad- can be no foul Both' the nera w4ll weigh pounds, sions when he ripped the cham- tonight. O’Doul, and another .400 hitter and and the have vantage of 45 pounds over Wright. pion's head with viclou! champion challenger home run in Chuck Klein, upward with walloper According to Leon See, Camera’s face locks. agreed to equip themselves found itself bogged in the cellar. European manager, this will be ■ ■ -. such devices as con- protective they And Washington, with a team ROUND TRIP Immune to Primo’s last fight in the United WE SUSPECT the match woulc sider will render them 22 batting average points below, on the tour. low blows. If either winds up cn States present have gone longer, had Freddy not j was up at the top of the American the floor he will have to look for been so vicious with this particu- League in a fine posit*on to haul c^rO^ sympathy in the vo ce of the referee, lar rough house ruse. Even the away and win the pennant. ALEX LIKELY TO ** DEPARTURE- champion cannot stand a lot ol tolling off the count of ten. The answer was plain. It lay In ****** On sale for July 19, 2$, August that. in the thirc Meyers got rough But Why? the hurling. Sweetie Sweetiand 2 and 23 : 30-day return limit. round and sent Sonnenberg’s bulk? won the first of the $31.15 round trip fare, with 15- in the tide toward game scasor body hurtling across the ring sev- The shift OBTAIN ANOTHER dav limit, on sale for August 9 for the Phillies by a 1 to 0 score, eral times. “Not so high, Freddy,’ Singer appears unjustified by the ****** and 30. and s’nce in the vast majority oi A supreme vacation lasting one someone knock ou past records ox the gladiators, al- yelled, “you'll games the club's staff month or two weeks. Then the i though it is generally admitted that representa- the lights.” champior - tive has been ■ mediocre. V'! A -r~. TRY AT DALLAS m. went Into action. It took only ont Mandell, after eleven years of war- ***** ,-===============—» Leave S:15 p. The team has had the sad • of his famous flying tackles to pul fare, has begun to show signs of expe- [MARBERRV | | Q‘DOUu| BORDLR LIMITED” rience nurm ous times of a stop to Meyer's tactics. With i : wear. He reached his peak in whip- getting DALLAS. July 17—fjp\— The ten and 12 runs and With hurlers like Fred Marberry and Alvin Crowder, the fast stepping Washington Genators this sea- short dive. Into which went amaz- ping husky Jimmy McLamin in losing. fate of Grover Cleveland Alex- The staff of the club, son clearly demonstrate the importance of the pitching staff. Lack of pitching, on the other hand, has ing leg drive, Sonnenberg knocked the Polo Grounds two years ago Washington ander. veteran big league pitcher | on the other hand, has ticked kept the Philadelphia Nationals in the cellar despite such hitters as Lefty O'Doul and Chuck Klein. Meyers high as the proverbial kite but since then the clouting Celt along who Tuesday was placed on the I like a clock. In 16 and he came down with the resist- twice has belabored the straight games list of the Dalle, base- champion second division. The team appeared by Johnson. The club got Alvin plon or pitch1 ng in this slugging suspended ance of a balloon. the starting pitcher finished, and ball awaited the deci- punctured in overweight matches. Sammy had and club, today almost on to lack a murderous punch Crowder from the St. Lou's Browns era. The club is managed bv a time out invariably top. sion of Bob Tarleton, business desperate edging the hence was out. About The record was rolled and in this of he of the hurlers of ail Freddy decision over Tony Canzoneri n up during company pitches greatest manager. Tarleton expected to CITY TICKET OFFICE: MEYERS is a freak. He doesn't the team's last home The team did develop a strong won five of his first six and one of the bosses his last tit’e defense in Chicago stay. During games. every frorr decide tonight. "Old Pete” had HOT. Levee SL Phong 1207 look the of a wrestler. He that time the Nats attack, but it was the pltchinp It seems that Wash- President Clark Griffith on part almost a year ago. played ball at appropriate down asked to be reinstated and given isn't a card. no one an .889 pace for 18 which put it by the New York as the on the drawing But The increasing years have added games. ington should appear cham- formerly appeared mound. another chance. Skipper Atz ap- can kick at the he has Walter Johnson's Yankees and in the same showing to the difficulty Mandell always pitching, base- right made on the mat. After a fashion ball followers are with the experienced in making the class now beginning to neighborhood Philadelphia of Gene Tunney, Meyers does not j say. for all around is the Athletics. limit of 135 pounds. Singer, a gen- abil'ty, have much appeal to the fans. But | most effective in either uine lightweight, has had no trou- league. Marberry proved a winner as a as stated before, his record will But this one factor ble holding irs full strength at was the starting pitcher. Sad Sam Jones, the bear out the fact that he is one the 134 pounds. thing experts over-looked when old cast-off. staged a come-back, of the best wrestlers operating in the vast majority during spring the younger talent Liska, 1'idley Texas circles. Meyers is one of Retrie Champ May training rated the Senators in the and Brown were nursed into those weak looking fellows who the rhape The chances are town bully picks for a fight—only that Sammy will retire if to his sorrow Freddy has had a va- tonight Singer chases him ried life in the sport world. He has into the shadows. A careful cham- boxed, wrestled and while in school pion, Mandell has piled up a for- SPUDDERS TRY THEIR HAND played basketball, football and base- tune of about $250,000 although he In ’a ball. has defended Ivs crown statesman Before entering the profes- only three AT it’s Vision sional ranks, he was a champion j times since winning it in 1926 SLUGGING WITH SUCCESS among the amateurs. from Rocky Kansas in Chicago Sammy has kept himself busy In BY AL SINGER, who fights Cham- the over-weight and no-dersion GAYLE TALBOT JR. the rubber game of their series. Two (Associated Press pion Sammy Mandell tonight for districts. Sports Writer) twirlers worked for each team and the title, is more than a The to is a Having done else a worthy swing Singer swing everything were clouted the Cats contender.