m >»»»« *••»♦#»»•###»#••••»##•••*••••*•*****•*•************" The BROWNSVILLE HERALD SPORTS SECTION ■ rrrr- r i n 11 n ■ 11 mi-r _ jjjjjfrfrrfTrr~"~‘“*"*^“*“~**‘“-******"* ■ The U. S. BEATS GERMANY IN DAVIS CUP DOUBLES MATCH l Sports aside to* make room for foupi and speedier talent. TO BRUSHING UP SPORTS . —By Pap 0. s. STRONG • • • l Spade AMERICANS I HOOKS And the Girls! Not long ago Stella Walsh, fee m IAL EUSTAGB AND Cleveland girl sprinter who decided BE IN FINALS IN WEIGHTS to aooept the Polish emblem foe ■ ■■■■■■■■■I the coming games. loM ms ah* anti- kind of com- PAAVO NURMI Is still the storm cipated the hardest Conner SLIDES ath- •enter of an amateur row, but he Allison and Van Ryn Win Sexton, Anderson, petition from the German girl will letes. “They go In for athletic* more probably be qualified for the 6-4 Expected To Take Easily By 6-3, the of Olympics. Let him run, we say, this Following quickly warning than the girls of other countries," Points win- “•mateur* hooey is the bunk these And 6-1 Many Mel Sheppard, U. S- Olympic she said. ner at London in 1908, u> “watch Frau Thimm haa done 13 aeoonda days. There Is no difference be- j Great Britain in the middle-dlr- In the 100 me term That equals tween the amateur and profession- STATE ROLAND GARROS. tanoe events," comes word from world record time. *1—except the professional gets his BY ALAN GOULD Paris. July 23. <AP>—'The United that for Btrfc- direct and the amateur Press London England* strength Frauleln Hau*. Frauleln pay gets won the doubles (Associated Sports Editor) hi* 1 States today the games at Loa Angeles holts and Frauleln Plrch have cov- Indirectly. We get a big laugh KOkJtRl HEaMHOtfl LOS coming match to take a lead of two to one I<0#Y ANGELES, July 23.—uP>— be on the hurdles tr> 11.3 out of the fact that Jim Thorpe was will concentrated entirely ered the 80-meter over Germany in the Interzone Tme Cornish BUctewgR, In each of the three principal' track events. disqualified years ago because he seconds- That’s fancy stepping final of Davis cup play, Wtlmer weight tossing events of the Olym- Mr- this column’s played in a semi-pro baseball game. QDNS10E«Epa/M^,rTte- Milton Bronner, Sisters Frauleln Ellen and Inft Allison and John Van Ryn defeat- track and field Be set an all-time record in the: (jQ&& tfew/uJEMT pic program, the observer in England writes that Braumuller will be at Los Angeles. ing Daniel Prenn and Oottfried United States has only one out- “Great Britain, the very com- rec- Olympics to see it erased be- U>AS W40CKEO by Ellen holds the world Javelin only Von Cramm 8-3, 6-4. 6-1. I. Of MLTfME, standing competitor with a chance of its team, has cause he had played a game of position given up ord for women Inge is Germany** The American combination, vet- #i *»» to on the basis of latest make a -'‘OOT Fn£ TiM£$ win, hope of taking from the United best •etni-pro ball. Nurmi has m girl high Jumper. erans of three Davis cup cam- performances. tates are all-around championship living—and a good one —cut of his held the upper hand These are Leo Sexton in the but the belief exists that “amateur" races for years. His rec- paigns. record, throughout, except for one game John Anderson In the will come ords are still on the books and he shotput several Briish runners In the second set when the Ger- discuss and Frank Conner in the with titles. will probably compete again this away Olympic mans led 3-2. and sent the United hammer throw. All three carried year. Lo, the poor Indian! States into the final two singles the colors of the New York Ath- Title Meet Disappointing matches favored to win and chal- letic club to victory In the national ONE OP NURMI S stunts was in •The British Olympic Association Prance for tne trophy. championships and final tryouts. the of the team ( charging "expenses” to track mees lenge left composition “IN >UR Brilliant individual and masters Sexon's principal rival for Amer- much to the Amateur Athletic over the country. He would start very Allison and Van ican Herman holds at New York and make meets ail of double strategy, shotputting honors, Associations, which a great eight games in Brix failed to The 235- summer in Lon- over the country. His expenses at Ryn yielded only qualify. athletic meet every and became as each of the meets Included a ticket the match stronger pound former Georgetown star has don. From the standpoint of win- ALLEY” After 53 feet was a dis- to and from New York. And Jim the match continued. losing consistently approached ners, this year’s meet of the third set. this and should have a in that of the played In a ball game! the first game year great appointment, none • • to end the at • they won six straight battle with least two of the British athletes reached Olympic Congratulations— WE ARE NOT censuring Nurmi. contest. highly-touted foreign entries—Emil standards in the field events. For min- Hirschfield of They all do It. The Olympics should The match required only 40 Germany, present that reason, and also for reason* of To the winners— utes to and necessitated the holder of the world record of 52 it was decided to send no be an open competition anyway. Aa play economy, an exhibition con- feet 7 1-2 which Sextan events- British And to the losers— Oldvpic champion is generally re- scheduling of Inches, competitors in those test to the crowd some enter- has beaten three times in to track garded as a world champion—but give competi- strength will be confined tainment. and Franz the Czecho- We would say— that is not the case as long as tion; Doutia, events.- pro- both of whom slovakian fessionals, that is open profession- The Germans, entry who has also The ace of the English sprint- showed There’s no discredit— als. are not admitted. It is the played singles yesterday, bounced the 18-pound iron ball to ing team, according to Mr. Bronner. the effects of their hard matches. record distances. is F. P. Reid, little Scot •ame thing as a light “champion” gallant In losing a hard fought who conveniently draws the color Von Cramm never had a chance If there is such a thing as discus from the Atlanta Club. Reid lid ]lfM> to make his cunning net game destiny, it points to an Olvmplc 100 vards in 9.9 t conds, beating E battle— effective and the gymnastics of GmE$v'ZlMMV" triumph for riant John Anderson, L. Page of the Blackheath Harriers THE “AMATEUR* ideals of the Prern availed little against the former Cornellian who was Just a and E C. Fuller of the Great Yar- Better luck next timei but there Americans who held the court like good runner-up until this spring mouth Athletic club inches. He Olympics are wonderful ZIMMERMAN, by ' a Anderson 230-meter To winner and loser— will be very few men in the games j fort and played fine tennis legless Swimmer, suddenly got that “some- also won the assignment who have not made money out of throughout. thing extra” into his throws and by defeating Page ar*ln. and S E. Swam k» co^secuKve hasn’t over those whose their sport careers. Nurmi, the j Allison and Van Ryn both nlay- been beaten this vear, suc- Kng.ehirt of the York Harriers, Including ED PflCRiUG A the in Z2 *r.*.-*nds. Reid. greatest runner known to the world ed top-flight tennis, with Allison hours IN HONOUXU fboL ROMMEL, cessively getting off throws of lfl , furlcagr favorites— 1897 especially work over- feet, 1R3 and 165 on Ills victorious Fuller and will da up to now, was born June 13, doing good MS GAMES. lco< PART Page, Lr.glehart old He married head and at service. It we* a r^al way through the sectional all of at Los and is thus 35 years Hdavs And H hours ••IN 11 DOUBLE PLANS'- and, England's sprinting Won or lost— in May this year, which is said to comeback for the Texan from Vs final tryouts. Ar» .5- the track Indifferent Thev are about ready to con- denote that he will leave j play at Wimbledon PHUADElPWA aJSleT<S Come in to the Fashion cede the » forever as soon as the Los Angeles where he and Johnny were put out hAWN’AN iSUMDS-JUL^ <931 W24 hammer throw title to PM llorjhlry A(a'n who the f also mentions Lord games are over. Those, however, j in semi-finals. O'Callagahan. Ireland's noted rT- Mr. Bionner To collect or pay— know Nurmi wellt say that he will | Rene LaCoste reported 111 with around athlete. O’Callaghan has David Burghley. But we know not stop until his legs refuse to obey j tonsilitls todav. another of the averaged nearly IP feet better than plenty of this tilled young athlete. That election bet— him. m«nv misfortunes which have be- the throw of 170 f*»et with which According to Ivlr. Bronner, Lord Nurmi was far from the "star fallen him the last. f»w vears. and Conner won the American trials. Burghley will douole up in the high Anyway—it was a good class when lie first competed. Thu said he nrobablv would bf unable and low hurdle* for his country As of 17 election.