El Heraldo De Brownsville (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1940 Page: 5 of 10
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.Roweli May Be The First Recruit
To Win Big League Batting Title
—— *
Forced to Play
4 Second He Helps
Bees to Lead In
Double Killings
BV HARRY GRAYSON
NEA Service Spirt* Editor
CINCINNATI — The story of
Carvel William Rowell is an un-
usual one.
Alabam Rowell of the BoMon
Nationals threatens to be the first
recruit in the 40-year history of
modern baseball to lead one of the
major leagues in batting.
This despite the fart that he
does half of hLs swinging in the
toughest park for hitters in the
majors and hit ho more than 291
in the Eastern League last season j
Row.’ll is a bad ball hitter and
h'.« explanation of his new posi- I
tion is as fantsattc as his meteoric
rue
“I gt.e*a I'm looking at much
better pitching.'* he says. “In the
minors you see so many bad balls
^vou start chasing them. Up -here
'you get so many good ones you
can't help hitting!”
As a second baseman with Day-
ton. r Brooklyn branch in 1938
Powell established a rerord for
errors in the Mid-Atlantic League
W...52 in 114 games.
It was then that illegal manp-
ulation of his contract was detect-
ed by Judge Bramham. and the
president of the National Associa-
tion ruled the lad from the deep
aouth a free agent.
Rowell was so impressive at the
time that the Bees gave him all of
liOOO to sign
It was because of his poor field-
ing with Dayton that Bob Quinn
head of the H ve. iastructed hLs
Hartford farm manager to employ
Rowell in the outfield and it was !
as a flvchaser that lu* reported to’
the Bees last September
Remindful oi Hnrnsbv
Yet here is Rowell a double play
pgemnd baseman reminiscent of the
great Rogers Hornsby.
At time' his glove still appears
to be stiff on ground balLs. but he
Is gradually eliminating his one
fault.
Powell was so miserable at bat
• last spring that Charles Dillon
Stengel was on the verge of re-
turning him to the minors but the
Bees needed money and the man-
ege susoected they would g»*t
some of it by selling Tony Cticci-
nello to the Giants.
It was for this reason that
Stengel started the 24-vear-nld
Powell at second base. When the
club was losing. Rowell was a
nine-inning man When it was
winning going into the late ‘n-
ntngs. Stengel yanked the Citro-
elle Clouter as a defensive mens
900 COMPETE
• IN TRAPSHOOT
Dar’s Gold In Dem Dar
Clay Pigeons
V AND ALIA. O —■*»»— There's
fold in them fhar "pidgins' and
about WK> marksman—crack and 1
otherwise—went after $10000 Frl-
cay in the Grand American handi-
cap. most unpredictable of sport-
t lng events
The trajKihoot title hits been
wen by a 14-year-old boy. a 70-
year-old man. by millionaires un-
employed laborers farmers barb-
. crs. mechanics store-owners—by
* everyone exre.n experts.
No man ha sever won It twice.
Many have tried. The secret lies in
the handicap. Each man must
stand between 16 and 25 feet be-
hind the pigeon release according
to his registered scores for the
year e^d hi* known ability
Ro\ w M'ller. 45-year-old rural
mail carrier of Grove City. Minn
won the preliminary handicap
Thursday. His prize money amount- |
ed to almost f%o-years' salary.
Miller won the hard wav. crack-
ing 1(K. in a row for a perfect
score from the 20-vard line.
Henrv VIII. of England once
gave a banquet at which the first
course was served at 8 o'clock in
the afternoon and the i*si at 3 !
o'clock the next morning.
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HARMONIZE
BOWLING
Bowl with your friends or or-
ganize a team. Rowling Is
fun . . . it’s healthful!
THE
Business Men’s Club
Next to Rnllitrk'x
BROWNSVILLE
We have electrical
fixtures that will suit
the architectural de-
signs of your home.
PRECISE
’ ELECTRIC CO.
Phone 1321 Brownsville
Carrel Rowell
lire and substituted Rabbit War-
s'* lcr.
Until he went into his present
streak which swept him past
Harry Danilina of the Giants to
the top players called Rowell a
\1k w
Chet Rom sbb* 8tatl
VALLEY LOSES
STATE TOURNEY
Houston Given Girls
i ASA Event
HARLINGEN — Because other
i teams found the distance to the
Valley too far to travel the Valiev
ha.s lost the state girls tournament
of the American Softball Associa-
tion. it was learned from Jack Raf-
lerty state commissioner Thurs-
day
La Ferta won the Valley ASA I
girls title here by defeating the
Brownsville Coca Colas In the finals
several weeks ago. and Mata’ of
Harlingen took the men's cham-
pionship in the tournament
The girls state tournament
which was to have gotten under
»av Monday will be replaced by
another Valley tournament to be-
gin at the same time. It has been
announced
All-Star girls teams from eight
Valley cities will be entered in the
double-elimination tournament.
Stealing horses’ tails Is a com-
mon crime in Temuco. Chile.
Horsehair brings a high price
there.
Future Bright
As Youngsters
Hit Stride For
Stengel at Hub
banjo hitter... .said he (rot moat
of his hits off the handle and
would slip. He quickened his pace
Instead.is currently hovering
around 330.
Rowell is a left-handed pull
hitter but hits the ball for dis-
tance to all three fields.
When It was necessary to bol-
ster the exchequer by sending
Cuccinello to the Polo Grounds
end A1 Lopez to Pittsburgh the
Bees were supposed to lay down
i nd play stone dead for the re-
ma.ndci of the campaign.
Interesting Club
But what was expected to lead
to a dismal finish after a poor
start turned out surprisingly well
for the Hub.
Ray Berres who came with the
cash for Lopez caught bright
baseball Big Manuel Salvo. who
came with the swag for Cuccinel-
lo. pitched as he never had pitch-
ed for Bill Terry’.
Rowell working with smooth
Fddie Miller suddenly strurk his
stride in the field and 20-year-old
Sebastian Sisti commenced to live
up to all his promise at third.
The club leads the loop in
double killings.
When Dick Errirkson shut out
the Pirates in opening the aeries
in Pittsburgh it was the Be™s'
15th victory in their last 22 starts.
With three phenomenal young-
sters in the infield and two in the
outfield—22-vear-old Chet Ross
who shows the way in triples and
Max West hero of the All-Star
.fame— the Bees have unlimited
possibilities for the future.
Right now they are the most in-
teresting club in either wheel.
Landis Warns Of
Bleacher Wagers
In Southern Loop
BY EDDIE BRIETZ
NEW YORK—Judge Landis is
shaking his big stick at Southern
Association magnates and telling
'em to stop all thr.t open betting
in the bleachers_The football
Dodgers may come up with a
couple more halfbacks—could thev
be Nile Kinnick tif he doesn't
ent^r the Harvard law schoolt and
Bonnie Banks M Fadden the Clem-
fon thin man?
Kennel Club
Doggone if a player In a
Minnesota amateur league didn't
get a homer because his long hit
rolled into a verv much occupied
dog house .. While the pooch
••napped and snarled the oppos-
ing outfielder stood hrlplessly by
... Meantime the hitter dashed
around the bases and scored the
winning run.
Billy South* or? h has the Card-
inals nlaylng «42 ball since he
took hold_Frank Kimbrough.
Hardin-Simmons coach is picking
the Texas Aggies to be the first
southwest conference champ* to
r-peat and he sav* it isn't be-
cause hi* two little brothers. Jar-
rin' John and Jack are on the
Agg es . . . Detroit offered Wash-
ington 20 grand for Buddy Meyer
e.s Gehringer insurance but Cleve-
land blocked the deal.
TODAYS GUEST STAR
James F.. Do vie Cleveland
Flain-Dealer: •'The atorv of the
National league home run race
Is a story tagged ‘of Mire and
men' trying to catrh him.”
Doc Sutherland's pals will toss
him a big feed when he takes the
Dodgers to Pittsburgh Sept 29
The game is a near sell-out alreariv
.Jack Dempsey is passing out
'T want Roosevelt“ button*.
Patty Berg Is lecturing at a Den-
ier golf clinic this week.
RED LIGHT
Buddy Kno*. the busy Irish
UMPS TO HAVE
HIS INNING AT
GAME TONIGHT
But It Appears Shaky
In Tight Race
OKLAHOMA CITY — — If
everything works out right the fans
at Frivay night! Texas League
baseball game between San Antonio
and Oklahoma City can be found
in the stands and not in the um-
pires’ hair.
It's be kind to umpires’’ night
a little thing dreamed up by the
home club bosses to honor the for- I
gotten men in the bl*e serge suits
who get all of the jeers and none
of the cheers—especially in Okla-
homa City.
Extra Boisterous
Right now. the fans are extra
boisterous. They re trying to keep
their team in the first division for
a Shaughnessv playoff berth and
each considers it a personal insult
when the “limps" on the field don't
agree with those In the stands.
So the front office asked the cus-
tomers to check their sarcasm at
the gate hide their hatred for ol
“Blind Tom" and take him to their
; hearts if only for an evening.
Whether they recognize them or
not. the cheers—if any—will fall on
the ears of Eddie Palmer for 16
years a Texas League plaver and
umpire; Tim Tongate. a newcomer
last season and Bill Wilson back
on the job af'er a lengthv suspen-
sion for brandishing a knife during
an argument at home plate.
Free Tickets Givfftl
The sponsors offered 100 free
tickets for the best poems about
umpires and the fickle fans imme- j
diatelv splattered once-hated bad-
blood" with everything from coup-
lets to omelets.
Some got sentimental even ad-
mitting that —
*T’nder his hearr coat of blue.
He’s got a heart like me and you.”
Some were more personal. A
young ladv penned the following
about rotund Dusty Boggess. a
newcomer to the league who pushed
the scales well past the 200-pound
mark:
The batter yelled: ‘Boggess. you’re
crumby!
“That pitcher and you are too
«hummy.”
Said Dusty: Tm right!
• It trust be a strike.
“But 1 can't «ee the plate for my
tummy.*
Wilson came in for an extra share
of ribbing front the poetic fans One
of manv rhymes about him was
C ome shed a tear for wilson. dar.
His mrals are such a strife.
When steak is served he grow*
unnerved.
*C'ause he daree not touch hU
knife.
Dwyer Quit* Pro Grid
For Good; Hunt* Job
ALBUQUERQUE. N M.—**'—
Big Bill Dwyer. New Mexico Uni-
versity star half back and border
conference sensation la hunting
a job. "glad” that his fling at pro
gridirons "is all over."
Of his release by the Chicago
Cardinal* because of a knee in-
jured in a Nrw Mexico-Arizona
university football game in 1938.
he declared:
*Tm glad It Is over with 1 ran
forget ever playing football again ”
The Cardinal* picked up Dwyer
in the 1938 draft as one of the
1 ‘finds” from smaller colleges. He
nas put through special training
at bicycle ridng which team man-
agers thought might improve hi*
knee.
Dwyer Is a graduate of New
Mexico university in phvaical edu-
cation He is looking for a coach-
ing job.
heavvweight makes his 13th
•tart of the year in Hollywood
Friday September 13 .. Thi* is
the second tim* In his rareer
Buddy ha* faced thia combina-
tion.
BRAINS DErT
Bert Bel» of the Philadelphia
Eagles long has been known a*
one of the shrewdest traders in
football but his last deal tops
them all_He sold Dave Smukler
to Detroit for cash and plavers... ;
Smukler then Joined the armv.
It's Always Hard To Beat The House-Man
— |
It make* no difference what you're placing you'll with a 171 pin average. E. (for Elgar) J. Wattman
always find the house-man a pretty tough custom- known a* •'Snake" when he twirled for San Antonio
er. C. F. Stuart lahorei operator of the Harlin- in the Tesaa league led the winter league at
gen bowling alleys la leading the summer league Harlingen.
CONCHITA CINTRON COMES TO MATAMOROS
Conchlta Cintron famous Peruvian girl bullfighter
la shown setting the Tejon” (darted spear) on a
bull's hark as she eludes the rharging beast with
her hor«e. She will fight t«r«j hull* on a fire-hull
corrida at the Matamoroa Blenvenida plana Sunday
August !V at 4:30 p. m.
i
Outdoors in the Valley
BY HART STILWIILL
We have made a little progress
in dealing with that bird at our
window.
Our Triend Capt. E. Cock Is cer-
tain that it is not a songbird at all
but a screech owl He Imitated a
screech owl in its meaner moments
pointing out that the little owl has
two calls—a soft warbling one and
a virtual shout.
The imitation didn't sound quite
as bad as the original—but it was
pretty nad. We guess that a the bird
all right.
Rut we don't like the suggestion
he made for getting rid of the pest.
He saveth as follows:
“You know how the fellows do
when they w-ant to stop you from
singing and playing on that guitar.
Well. Just do the same Just go to
the window and yell out 'Go away
and stop the racket'.'*
Well try It and let you know.
fishermen in these parts are
being called to gather at Harlin-
gen Monday evening for a dis-
cussion of the coastal fishing situa-
tion.
We hereby urge all those who
have an interest in fishing to be
on hand and take part in the pro-
ceedings. It is unlikely that any
progress ran be made locally with-
out a state-wide program being
adopted and such a program seems
some distance in the future vet.
But its a good idea to get together
and start the ball rolling.
This has nothing to do with the
outdoors but we thought you might
like a little sample of cold logic.
Baseball
Standings
TVXAfl LEAGUE
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Houston I Pnrt Worth 4
Tulsa 3-1 Shrevepor* 1-g
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Boaumottt 1-1 Dallas o-t.
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hesumort ai Dallas >Ni
Houston at Port Worth >Dl
Shreepor' at Tulsa '1*'
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AMKE1CA* LEAGUE
Standing*
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Detroit . <7
l»e* Torn . II
Boston .. 41
Ch:cigo . M
Washington . w
•t Lou it. M
Philadelphia _ *t
Result* Thor«4ay
Detroit I. Boston I
He* York II; Clereland I
•t Lout* I Piultdeiph.a 4
Chirac* at Washington rain
Cimm Today
Cloroland at 4#* York
Detroit at Botton
B* Louis at Philadelphia
Chicago at Wathtnfton.
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Cincinnati . 71
Brooklyn . 88
We* York . M
Bt Lout* . II
Pittsburgh . 87
Chteaco . II
Boston . 44
Philadelphia .. II
Boaaltt Yfearsday
Cincinnati I; Boston I
Hew York 1-4 : Pittsburgh 4-4
It Louis I. Philadelphia •
Chteaco •; Brooklyn a
Game* Today
Botton at Cincinnati
Philadelphia a' Bi Louia
Brooklyn ot Chicago
Hew York at Pittsburgh.
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Coming Into the city this morn-
ing. our young girl right out of a
clear *ky says:
“Daddy you sure are lucky to be
working Tor newspaper*.”
“How come.” we replied. "We've
never seen anything lucky about
It.”
“Well If you were a gold miner
and Germany won the war gold
wouldn't be worth anything; but we
don t send newspaper* over there
so you will still have a job on a
newspaper.”
That s our Idea of logic. We defy
you to find a flaw in it.
Jark Daugherty «f Rraniff Air-
ways 1* stewing around over a
telegram he got from Bill Beattie
Bill and Jack along with Bill
Talbot steered Edwin Johnson
outdoor editor of the Chicago Newt
around these part* after tarpon
and got none. They then went to
Port Aransas and this wire came
to Jack.
* "Comb the vast Valley and all its
waters but you cannot find tarpon
like we have. But thanks to Col.
BUI and you.
The Rover Boys.”
Shute Lad to Watch
In PGA Tournament
HF.RSHEY. Pa.—<JP—Golfs pro-*
fessional journeymen llmbenng up
for their longest PGA tournament
test. on the 7.077 yard Hershey
course tabbed Dennv Shute Friday
as one of the boys to watch. Play
starts Monday .
Shute dropped eight birdie* on
Thursday In a practice round over
the 18-hole layout and came in with
arf unofficial 68. five under par.
Other unofficial cards included
70« bv Kv Laffon of Chicago and
Jimmy Demaret of Houston. Tex.
Rio Hondo PAA Wirt
HARLINGEN—Rio Hondo took
Sebastian 8-7. and Brownsville Pan-
American downed San Perlita 16-
2 in a couple of girls' plavground
baseball contests hert Thursday
night.
The score* by innings:
Sebastian .. . 003 031 00<V—7 13 2
P.io Hondo .. 401 100 101—8 9 4
E Schultx. B Keene and Mor-
•ow; Jones. King and E Jones.
Pan American.. 200 370 4—18 17 1
San Perlita _ nno 002 0— 2 I I
Yates and Cherry; Park and
Bristol.
MOBILGAS
Quicker »t ■ r t a
more m 11 * a r ft
Drive bv today and
fill up!
bracht’s '■’s.sr'”
Jrd Elisabeth Phone 71
Rrown«eiIIe
A Complete Stock of
American and
Scotch Whiskies
Popular Priced
VANDEVER’S
DRUG A PACKAGE
STORE
1131-Elisabeth — Phone 7M
BROWNSVILLE
I
POTATO GROWERS
Now is the time to condition your ground
for next season's crop.
GYPSUM
(Calcium Sulphate)
$3.00 per ton at the mine 5 miles south of Falfurrias
Gulf Gypsum Company
Edinburg Tex. Phone 11
CONCHITA WILL
FIGHT SUNDAY
Famed Girl Performer-
To Kill Bulls
MATAMOROS — Conchita Cin-
tron. the worlds mast famous girl
bullfighter. will arm* in Matamo-
ros probably late Friday or early
Saturday. She will light to death
t«o bulls on a five-bull 'corrida''
in the Matamoros Bienventda bull*
nng Sunday beginning at 4:30 p
m.
The bulla five big. ferocious first
class fighting stock animals from
the San Luis Potosl Santo Domin-
go hacienda are on exhibition at
the bullpenx near the Plaza de To-
i os.
A cowboy and his horse narrow-
ly escaped being gored by one of
the beasts as the bulls were being
herded to a pasture Thursday
afternoon. The horse was slightly
gored.
Two of the fierce charging beasts
will be fought to death by the fa-
mous Permian rider and girl bull-
fighter Conchita Cintron who
thrilled Valley and local bullfight
fans wirh her daring skill and ex-
relent cape work when she fought
to death other bulls In the Mata-
moroa flienvenida nng on past
cards
Carlos Vera known as “Canitas."
and Lm* Briones two of Mexico*
up and coming bullfighters will vie
for honors fighting the rest of the
five bull corrida.
Immigration Chief Andres Guer-
ra G. announced Thursday that
tourists and others visiting Ma ta-
rn or os Sunday will not be required
to have Mexican immigration cards.
f“"“-—|
Seat Cover
Sale
For All Cars
as Low as
Installed
FREE
LION
AUTO STORE
Arrow from the
New Municipal Building
David Abelman Mgr.
Home Owned — Home Operated
1102 Eliiaheth Phone 130
Rrownarille
LANK MUELLER •
HURLS PERFECT
TILT; REBS LOSE
Beaumont Moundsman
Detroit Property
VIt The Associated Prm
Le* Mueller a lanky pitcher
for Beaumont turned In a no-hit
no-run Tmm league i»m» against
Dalian Thursday night.
Mueller. who haa been In pro-
fessional baseball four seasons and
tuat thl* year reached voting age
pitched the Export fra to a 1-0
decision In the first game of a
doubleheader. He also hit a doubla
and came In with the winning
;un on Oeorge Meyer's error.
The Beaumont pitcher 1* tha
property of the Detroit Tigers. He
has won 15 games and lost 10 this
season.
The Exporters also heat Dallaj
in the aecond game 3-2.
Oklahoma City lost to Ban An-
tonio 3-2 on Loy Hanning a four-
hit pitching.
The leading Houston Buffs heat
Fort Worth 5-4 with a three-run
ially in the ninth.
TuLsa and Shreveport divided
the Otlers winning 2-1 behind
Julian Tubbs two-hit hurling and
Shreveport faking the nightcap
«-l on Jackie Reid's five-hit ex-
hibition.
Some kinds of bacteria have such
astonishing vitality that they have
been kept at a temperature of 331
degrees r below aero for six month*
and yet lived.
We want to extend all kinds of
courtesies to our Valley visitors■*
Sr Guerra said.
WASH A
LUBRICATE
$1.00
Pan American
24-Hour
Service Station
]4th. Monroe
Brownsville
getc
UNDO! THE SUN'
Fragrant as mint is the
rare bouquet of this
superb bnttled in bond
Kentucky bourbon in a
tail cool drink.
AY LOR
*
BOTTLED
IN BOND
KENTUCKY STSSIGHT I
IOUIBON WHISKEY^
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