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DRAFT WOULD
♦WRECK TEXAS
LOOP ELEVENS
One-Third of Gridders
♦ On Eligible List
BY FELIX R. McKMGHT
Associated Press Sports Writer
DALLAS—t/P)—In the next six
t weeks the lashings of a wounded
world may kick history's most in-
viting Southwest conference foot-
ball race Into wreckage.
Military conscription being arg-
ued in congress' halls as a Sept.
1 possibility would place on the
eligible list nearly one-third of
the lads In Southwest conference
loot ball uniforms.
145 Out of 480
Out of the seven-school mem-
bership that has given the nation
its No. 1 football team the past
two seasons the Associated Press
survey revealed that approximate-
ly 145 of the 480 listed on club
rosters were 12 years old and
physically able to play football—
and shoulder arms.
Scores of others were on the
borderline.
But the seven coaches gave sane
^iew to the situation. The general
feeling was summed up by Coach
Homer Norton of Texas A. and M.
the man whose national champion-
ship team of 1939—returning al-
most intact—would be gutted if all
fchgibles were selected in a draft:
Football Would Fade
••If the national emergency be-
tomes so grave as to demand con-
scription. then football would be-
come very unimportant to me."
The wind-burned Texas stars
would be missing.
Giant John Alec Kimbrough the
all-American fullback. Marshall
koch Robnett and seven more reg-
ulars off the magnificent Texas
Aggie team; the fine Baylor back-
field trio of Jack Wilson. Jim Witt
and Milton Merka; Co-Captains
Clarence Alexander and Logan
Ware of T.C.U. and Ted Dawson
and Jimmy Grubbs of Texas; Ken
tTuffyi Whitlow Rices th under-
.bolt center; running passing and
^kicking Ray Mallouf of S.M.U.;
Arkansas' great end combination of
Howard Hickey and Maurice Britt.
The list goes on—the standouts
or the conference. Veterans who
have reached the conscription age
sbmit.
Aggies Hardest Hit
The Aggies would be the hardest
hit. Thirty of the listed 56 mem-
bers of the squad would be eligi-
ble. including regulars Kimbrough.
Robnett. end Will Buchanan
tackles Ernest Pannell and Chipp
Routt guards Charles Henke cen-
ter Tommie Vaughn and Odell
Herman backs William Conatser.
Derace Moser and Marlon Pugh.
Most of the strongest replacements
also are of age.
Twenty of Arkansas' 43 squadmen
are available for duty including
probable regulars O Neil Adams
Howard Hickey and Maurice Britt
ends; Jan Carter and Robert Allin-
son. tackles; Milt Stmlngton. guard;
Jay Lawhon and Estes McDaniel.
* Youngest Squad
The youngest squad in the con-
ference Southern Methodist nev-
ertheless. would have 19 men of
the squad's 57 total on the eligible
^ist. From the team slated to hold
down the favorite’s position with
the Aggies would go such lads as
Malloul. center Rav Pope guards
Ed Bianchi and J. R. Fawcett
tackles Lynn Barn-tt and Fred
Harris ends Bob Baocus. Bob Col-
lins and Gus Tunnell; backs Bobby
Brown. Foster Elder. Clinton Mc-
Lain and Gerald GeLse.
f ALso losing 19 would be Texas
Christian the established “dark
horse.” Besides Alexander and
Ware quarterbacks Jack Odle and
Rusty Cowart the passing duet;
tackles Woodrow Adams and Dick
* Everett guards Bobby Sherrod and
Ray Standley and fullbacks Frank
Kring and Paul Smith would go.
Rice Has Seven
Seven men counted on doing
jegular duty for Rice Institute and
11 others would be missing from
the squad of 52. They include end
Doug Tipton tackles Fred Hart-
mann and Louis Kunetka. guards
Livy Bassett and Hugh Stevens
center and captain. Whitlow and
Earl Glaside fullback
Sewn Texas regulars would be
caught in a selective draft while
17 on the squad are of age In-
cluded would be guards Ted Daw-
son and Woody Johnson; tackles
Olenn Jackson. Don Williams and
Derwood Peveto ends Preston
Flanagan. Mike Sweeney. Jess Haw-
thorne ahd Jack Seale; backs
Johnny Gill and R. L. Harkins.
Fullback Pete Lavden and tackle
Bo Cohenour will become of age at
The tag end of the season. Of age
but married is the veteran Bee-
fus Bryan.
17 at Baylor
Seventeen of Baylor's 47-man
lquad could be drafted. Ends Jack
Lummus. Wilson Lucas Ernest
Marshall: guards Odell Oriffin
and Jack Willis; backs Wilson
Merka Witt and Harry Touchy.
Baylor's sophomore backfleld hope
Miiton Crain is 20.
MACHINE TO BREAK EGGS
Useo In factories where whites
and yolks are canned separately a
special egg-b-eaking machine can
break and separate 3600 eggs an
'hour. Only 640 an hour could be
broken by hand by skilled labor.
About one out of each 2000 sup-
posed mftearites sent to museums
Wh year actually is a true me-
teorite.
Tarpon in High
mm - r- -
A maddened tarpon leaps 15 feet out of Tampa Bay. Jean Fulshall
landed him after three trips around the deck.
‘NORTH’S’ STAR
IS VALLEY1TE
Wally Spencer Lives
At Mission
! - !
MISSION—Wally Spencer foot-
ball star who was credited with a
major part of the 14-7 victory of
the North over the South in the i
All-Star game which climaxed the
Texas High School Coaches Asso-
ciation coaching school In Austin
last Saturday is a resident of Mis-
sion. Playing with the North be-
cause he played with the Corsicana
team during his high school career.
Spencer scored the first score for
his team in the game played Sat-
urday night before 11000 Tans.
Sports writers have heralded
Spencer as the second Bobby Wil-
son. because he weighs only 145
pounds and Is the type of player
that Wilson was.
With his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
William Penn Spencer the youth
moved to Mission in late spring.
The family lives four miles north
of Mission. Because of hts state- j
wide renown young Spencer has
had several attractive offers from
colleges and universities to enroll
for his freshman year this fall
but is undecided which to accept.
Another Valley youth. Truman
Cox of Donna was on the line-up.
Cox. captain or the South team
was credited with playing excep-
tional ball In stories written by
Austin sports writers.
Double-Header Set
For Harlingen Girl*
HARLINGEN — Feminine soft- 1
bailers will stage a doubleheader
at the Kiwanis softball park Wed- '
nesday. At 7:45 p. m. two Harlin-
gen teams De la Rosas and Optf- 1
mists will clash and at 9 p. m..
the Sebastian girls will take on
Rio Hondo.
Tuesday night the Missouri Paci-
fic ten came back in the last half I
of the seventh to take a 14 to 13
game from Pletchers.
Score by innings: :
Pletchers . 532 010 2—13 9 3
Mo. Pacs. 000 620 8—14 12 3
Batteries: Nowlin and Spud;
Pierce. Pinkerton and Schmoker.
Austin Little Rock
Nines Meet For Title
GREENWOOD. Miss.—<VP)—Little
Rock. Ark. and Austin. Texas will
meet here Wednesday night to de-
cide the championsh..> of the Am-
erican Legion Junior baseball tour-
nament for region seven embracing
Arkansas. Texas. Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Little Rock entered the finals
Tuesday night by gaining a close
decision from New Orleans. 8 to 5.
and Austin triumphed over Jack-
son. Miss.. 11 to 7.
The winner of Wednesday night’s
game will go to the national tour-
nament. 11
BOB MAY MAKE
30-GAME GOAL
Figures Put Him Well
On Way; 20 Won
By LARRY HAUCK
CLEVELAND —</P>— Albert my
scratch paper please.
This Is the story of how many
games Bob Feller la going to win
this season.
Clevelands ace fireballer who
notched his 20th victory Monday
In pitching the Indians Into first
place won't predict. He says
mathematics and percentages will
supply the answer.
About the pennant race Bob Is
more definite. He believes the Am-
erican League chase at Cleveland-
Detroit affair with Boston an out-
side possibility; that the Indians
will win and meet Cincinnati in an
All-Ohio world series: and that the
New York Yankees are through
lor the season.
Feller's Own Guess
Noting the Redskins have 45
more games to play Feller hazard-
ed this;
“If I start 12 games. I ought to
win eight of them.
“So much depends on how the
team happens to be hitting on the
days I pitch” Bob added. "My arm
feels fine. My most serious physical
trouble of the season came Mon-
day—I had a stiff neck because I
forgot to turn off the air-condi-
tioning on the train from St. Louis.
"In this stretch drive relief as-
signments will affect the number of
games I start. I can’t go out on a
limb.”
All right Albert more paper
and the records.
Feller now has only six defeats
against his 20 victories.
Laft Year’s Record
On this date last year his won-
and-kxst record was 17-6. He fin-
ished with 24-9. On that basis he
should win 27.
In 1938 he showed 12-6 on Aug.
13.
If Bob continues his present rate
of winning and starts 12 more
games—and open dates in Septem-
ber make the dozen figure a pretty
reliable guess—he would win 9V4
games. That would make 29’*.
So If Feller wants to let mathe-
matics answer for him. the 1940-
pece figures say hell be Just an
eyelash from the much-coveted ;
30-vlctory mark when the curtain j
goes dowm.
PERFUME BY ORDER
The scent of perfume to be used
by the guests on that particular
occasion was indicated in one cor-
ner of for mil dinner invitations
of the Louis XVI period in France
when baths were few and far be-
tween.
NO ADDITIONS MADE
Additional scales are not added
ay a fish no matter how large it
may grow. Those which covered It
from the beginning continue to
(row just fast enough to keep It
covered through Ilf a.
CHARLEY RIDES
BENCH AS CLUB
HITS THE SKIDS
Detroit Trying Hard
To Stay Near Top
By BILL WHITE
A. P. Sports Writer
The Detroit Tigers desperately
trying to stay In the thick of the
American League pennant fight
apparently are no stronger than
Charlie Gehringer—and their peer-
less second sacker is riding the
bench at the moment.
The pennant hopes of the Beng-
als are built around their Infield
and the infield for more years
than the oldest native can recall
has been built around Gehringer.
Legs Are Aging
But Charley s aging legs “ain't
what they used to be " As a result
the Tigers find themselves two
full games back of the Cleveland
Indians and with a record of four
straight losses. The second straight
setback to the Indians came Tues-
day by 6-5 as Dutch Meyer substi-
tuting for Gehringer booted an
infield smash In the ninth that al-
lowed the winning run to score.
However the cheering of Cleve-
land fans was drowned somewhat
by the ominous rumble of the
New York Yankees who looked like
the old gang again as they smash-
ed the Boston Red Sox by 9-1 and
19-8. Marius Russo pitched five
hit ball to win the first one and
Joe DlMaggio showed younger
brother Dominic of the Sox who
was who in the family by smashing
out six hits in the two games. In-
cluding a pair of homers in the
afterpiece
Sox Beat Browns
The Chicago White Sox. thanks
to Taft W’right's ninth inning
double that scored Luke Appling
with the winning run beat the
Browns 4-3.
The Athletics bunched their hits
to down the Senators 6-3 in a night
game.
The Cincinnati Reds managed to
stave off the peppy Pittsburgh
Pirates. 4-3.
The Giants lost to the Boston
Bees by 4-1. Jim Tobin got credit
for the win. his second straight
and the Bees’ 11th in their last 15
starts.
The St. Louis Cardinals crept to
within a half game of the fifth
i Place Cubs when they beat Chi-
cago 5-1 behind Clyde Shoun's sev-
i en hit hurling.
The Dodgers and Phils were
I rained out with Brooklyn leading
3-0 at the end off the first in-
ning.
I -
TITLE BATTLE
SET THURSDAY
i
I _
I Sharyland Edinburg
Are Finalists
i —m—.
1 McALLEN — Sharyland and the
Edinburg All-Stars Thursday swing
s into a three-out-of-flve series play-
off for the title In the men’s Texas
Amateur Athletic Federation tour-
nament here.
1 Tuesday night Sharyland de-
1 feated Matz of Harlingen 14 to 6
and the Building team downed the
1 Brownsville Edelsteins 9 to 3.
Although It was the first loss
for Matz. it was announced they
I were withdrawing from the tourna-
ment. leaving only the Sharyland
and Edinburg teams to battle It out
’ for the championship.
Scores by Innings:
R H E
* Mata . 040 200 0— 6 7 2
“ Sharyland ... 401 018 x—14 15 2
Batteries: Medved and Carpen-
! ter; Breshear Wallace and West-
[ brook.
R H E
’ Edelsteins . 000 000 3—3 6 1
; Edinburg . 000 027 x—9 10 0
Batteries: Castillo. Torres and
1 Oarza; Southwell and Cavazos.
Texas Clips Wings
Of France’s ‘Angel’
AUSTIN—<JP>— Maurice "Angel"
Tlllet French wrestler with the un-
beautiful physiognomy was sus-
i pended for an Indefinite period
Wednesday by the boxing and
wrestling division of the state bu-
reau of labor statistics.
The division notified Tillet he
was deprived of his right to wrestle
In Texas because of his failure to
fulfill a contract to appear In Hous-
ton Aug. 9.
There are about 1700 species of
edible mushrooms.
Budget Terms
On Cameras and supplies. Small
i down payment and terms up to
12 mo. on balance.
A. ROGERS F£to
Across from El Jardln Hotel
Phone 99 — Brownsville
BOWLING
Bowl with your friends or or-
ganize a team. Bowling Is
fan . . . It’s healthful!
THE
Businesa Men's Club
Next to Bollack's
BROWNSVILLE
Bobby Jones Is At
It Again—Busted
Pat on Home Links
By EDDIE BRIETZ
NEW YORK— (JF) —The Reds
positively are not accepting World's
Series reservations so save your
stamps boys...Lou Nova who has
been idle for a year walked into an
Oakland auto store and bought two
(count ’em) of the highest priced
cars in the joint.
May Have Something There
Does what happens twice hap-
pen thrice?...The Cincinnati En-
quirer points out that the Nation-
al League won the spring all-star
game in Tampa and the July
classic In Si. Louis..Is the worlds
series next?
111 ■
Plx Pierson line coach at Tampa
U. has sent in his check for <100
to help pay for scholarships for poor
footballers... Umpire George Barr
bought himself a cheering section
at the Polo Grounds the other day
when he took 30 kids from a con-
valescent hospital to the game as
his guests...Gen. George C. Mar-
shall chief of staff of the U. S.
army never attended West Point
but graduated from Virginia Mili-
tary where he captained the 1900
football team.
TODAY’S TRUE STORY
Leon Raines chairman of the
Pennsylvania boxing commission
is in town with this one.. .A negro
lad paid $5 for a license for a six-
round fight...The kid was knock-
ed out in the first heat...Next
day be showed up at the commis-
sion offices demanding a rebate.
Old Jim Thorpe once called Am-
erica's greatest all-around athlete
i is touring schools and colleges lec-
turing on sportsmanship ... That
Bobby Jones is at it again—a three-
under-par 68 at Atlanta's East Lake
| club the other day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY—-NIT
The Cubs beat the Reds 5-3 on
Bill McKechnle’ft 53rd birthday
It's gettting to be a joke ... Bill
I .says that made ten in a row his
clubs have lost on his birthday.
TODAY’S GUEST STAR
Art Cohn. Oakland Tribune:
i "Who remembers way back in April
when Joe Cronin made a national
weekly with the sensational claim
•Well beat the Yanks!* ... Well.
who*nell won't.**
M’COY LEMON?
CONNIE THINKS
HE’LL DO OKEH
But Some of the Lads
Recall Paul Strand
PHILADELPHIA—{fr—Have the
Athletics come up with a $65000
•’bust* in Benny McCoy?
Connie Mack manager of the
A’* doesn't think so. Although he
has benched the Granville. Mich.
second sacker to whom he paid
$45 000 to sign a contract plus
$20000 as salary for two years
Connie declares he will not sell or
trade McCoy.
T feel satisfied that Benny Is a
better ball player than he has
shown to date.” Connie explained.
Things haven’t broken any too
well for him this season. He should
be close to a .300 batter."
Latest averages show McCoy hit-
ting at .258. more than 40 points
below the .302 mark he made with
Detroit last year. In addition his
fielding has been below par.
"I have no alibi” McCoy admit-
ted. **1 have a bad year. I have
been foulding off the good pitches
and hitting the bad ones. Mr. Mack
did the right thing when he took
me out. I know I am capable of
playing better ball but this was
the season of all years I wanted
to make good."
King Ranch Pays
Top Coin (or Colt
SARATOGA SPRINOS. N Y —
(Tv—A top price of $7500 was paid
by Robert Kleberg of Texas Tues-
day night in the sales paddock for
a brown colt by Cavalcade out of
Watch Her.
The colt from the Blue Ridge
lot. Is a son of Watch Her who
achieved lasting fame seven years
ago when she bolted from the
post before a race at Belmont Park
ran away four miles and then won
the race.
Max Hirsch. famous trainer who
now handles Kleberg's King Ranch
stable trained Watch Her then.
Ohio Is nicknamed for the buck-
eye tree which received Its name
because of the resemblance of Its
partly opened pods to the eye of
a deer.
La Feria Girls
Beat All-Stars
MERCEDES—The La Feria girl*
winners of three Valley softball
titles this season. Tuesday night
took a IS to 7 win over a team of
all-stars selected by fans from the
Texas Amateur Athletic Federation
tournament contestants here.
King of Rio Hondo and Watson
of McAllen pitched for the All*
Stars and Rowe and Brooks for
La Feria.
The La Feria and Edcouch teams!
received 75 per cent of the gate
Tuesday night to aid In defraying
their expenses to the state tourna-
ment.
In the second game of the night
a men’s game Mercedes downed
Donna 5 to S.
HOUSTON COPS
TENTH IN ROW
Bob Muncrief Fails to
Halt Win Streak
'By The Associated Press )
The Houston Buffs are no re-
specters of royalty.
Bob Muncrief of San Antonio
king of Texas League pitchers with
22 stars in his crown crept to the
showers Tuesday night after a six
run barrage in the first inning
started Houston toward a 7-5 tri-
umph.
The game was heralded as a duel
between Muncrief and Howard Pol-
let. who with Newlln of San Antonio
was runnerup for league honors. In
the second Inning Pollet also was
chased.
It was Houston’s tenth straight
victory and the 17th in 20 games.
Oklahoma City held Tulsa score-
less until the ninth inning to win
3-L
Dallas clipped Fort Worth 3-1.
Shrevefart drove Hal Manders
from the mound in the opening
frame to win handily from Beau-
mont 7-2.
SOME NONE; NONE SOME
In 1889 nine states of the Union
had blast furnaces but have none
today: Connecticut. Georgia. Maine
New Jersey North Carolina Ore-
gon. Texas. Washington and Wis-
consin. In the same year Minne-
sota and Utah had no blast fur-
naces. but do now.
MAX BAER MAY
BE JOE’S NEXT
Delay In Pastor-Conn
Bout Changes Plans
NEW YORK —OP— Somebody
threw cold water on the Billy Conn-
Bob Pastor fight and Mike Jacobs
has a lot of work lined up for him-
self.
With rain pouring down Tues-
day afternoon. Jacobs cast one ey# '
at the weather reporta the other
at the box office and decided to
call off the scheduled 15-round
battle at the Polo Grounds.
As a result Mike came to theoe
conclusions:
<1> Instead of a brief post-
ponement it would be better for
ad concerned to stage the Conn-
Pastor fight September 5 In Mad-
ison Square Garden where th*
weather always la settled and
tnere's no ball-park rent to pay.
<2> The September fight be-
tween Champion Joe Louis and the
Conn-Pastor winner which was hia
crlginal plan .is out now and since
the Brown Bomber Is eager for
action some sort of a substitute
must be devised.
The substitute may be Max Baer.
Georgia Nine Takes
Crown After Rally
DENVER—/P—You may say for
Buford. Ga. the new champion of
the Denver Port baseball tourna-
ment. that there Is a ball club that
never knows when It's licked.
The score of Tuesday night's
final was Buford 15. Duncan Okla.
14
The Georgians will go home with
a record of six triumphs without
a loss.
Few would have given the Dtxia
brigade a chr.nce when they cams
up to their half of the eighth In-
ning. trailing 14 to 7.
HOT WEATHER
SPECIAL
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can drink at our drug
store.
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Drug and Package
Store
1131 Elizabeth — Phone 75€
Brownsville
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