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The Monitor from McAllen, Texas • 5

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Series Mm negUiiGi. 1 r. 'V'- 1 ainiae VALUY 1VININC MONITOR IP (ID IT Br THI ASSOCIATED PRE 1 1 Twice, to far, the University of Ttxas Longhorns hva faced gridiron teami that wen gupposed to test their strength and no body yet can say just how strong Coach D. Bible's team really Using first, second, and third teams, the Longhorns beat Corpus Chrlstl Naval station 40-0 and Kansas state 04-0. Saturday the big, fast Orange and White eleven meets a fiercer foe in Northwestern, says Bible, who advised the expert! not to rate hia MIS WORN OUT (ROM CARDINALS' tiST STRETCH Tufiday, Stpttmbcr 29, 1 942 PACI 3 kicking drills will be administered A RIOTOUS SCENI IN THI CLUBHOUSE Of THI ST.

LOUIS CARDINALS after their Pennant clinching 9-2 victory over Chicago at 5t, Louii Sept, 27, Extreme left front, winning pitcher Ernie White; Coach Buzxy Warei (with g'fsw) 5 Manager Billy Southworth, almost hidden In center Just to right of man with back head to camera, who is Mike Conxales, coach; Mort Cooper extreme right. SPORTS ROUNDUP Ebes-Win LI. Saxon How Trains Flyers McALLEN Lt, 'Mack Saxon, uncle of Milton Saxon, a Bulldog who is rolling up plenty of yardage for McAllen's record this year, is training naval cadets at Banana River, Fla, By HUGH FULLERTON JR. Wide World Sports Columnist NEW. YORK Serious stuff! Off his national league record, Mort Cooper ought to win a couple of World Series gameB, but don't count on it too much Since the Yanks started their aeries winning streak in 1837, no pitcher has been able to beat them for the big money just by throwing the ball past the batters They've lost four games in eight series two to Carl Hubbell, one to Hal Schumacher and one to Whit Wyatt Stan Musial's kid brother, Ed.

an artilleryman at Fort Riley. Kans. saw the Cards Aggies with skull practice, Coach Frank Klmbrough told the boye about their mistakes against Hardin-Slmmona last week and gave them offensive plays. All the Bcara were In food physical shape, Southern Methodist University's Carroll Parker, who show ed his ability as a ball carrier last week, will be out of fiatur day'a game with the Pitt Pan then, He suffered leg injury. Three other backs who missed tht opener, however, will work! Wayne (Red) Shaw, clarence McKlnn and Pete Palmer, New offensive Plays were Is sued Monday, and tht Mustanri wm work on them most of tht week.

Coach Jimmy Stewart said. Fam Follow Bulldogs to San Antonio Via Air McALLEN Tire shortages. rationing, and 35-rolle speed Units didn't dampen the en thusiasm of four young Bull dog fans when the McAUen squad Journeyed to San An tonio last week end to play Brackenridge, Mae Parrtsh, Richard John son, Oene Fowler and Dahl Patillo, took out -after tht )o cal team via thumb and got to San Antonio in time to see tht game, From there they went to Austin to see the Longhorns trounce Kansas State, Llano Expects Good Deer Season LLANO unless the rationing of gasoline alters tht sit uation, Llano county will havt its full shareof deer hunters thil fall, according to present prospects, inquiries are received al most daily by the Llano Chamber of commerce from sportsmen wanting deer leases, Game warden Lewis Foster predicted that Llano county would have more hunters thil fall than ever before. Kansas Equipment Still In Texas MANHATTAN, Kas, (JP The reason Kansas State football players kicked up their heel go lightly In Monday's practice; They had no heavy pads -or equipment to drag around. They arrived home, from Texal all right, but the equipment hasnt.

covered by OAYUC TALBOT IT, ijouia -tfWBt. hawn re fjtoed extremely calm and col-jted bout the Impending World Series Its Cardinala their final workout today jad the renowned Yankees clo Vtn from the East, Unless one read the newspa aen. there wai nothing to Indl that the two flag winner were due to start belting each ether at Sportsman Park Wed IMtUy afternoon, There were no timers; no hoarse talk in hotel lobbies about "our Cards," In STort, the so-called World 8eries of other years ap peared to have taken a leave of ibsence. fXhe hotels were choked, and took both a reservation and i willingness to argue to get any ort of room, But they say that ti normal condition these days md in no wise related to base-bill's banner attraction, Fans Worn Out The local explanation of the teeming apathy toward the series ji that the town wore itself out rooting the Cardinals home in their amazing September drive to te pennant. The fans needed couple of days' rest before ta ing up the big assault on the Yankees Wednesday.

All reserv-id seats to the first two games jtere were sold a week ago. The Yanks not riding a ape. ial train this time, but occupy (ni uppers and lowers like every body else were aue to arrive shortly before dark tonight, too jtte for a workout. They will 80t see the field until tomorrow, iat the fact is of no importance Ibcsuse they played the Browns times at sponsmana Farts tins and know its every shad-w. Cards Go to Barn Dance fihoutini and carrying on fcuch as they have all season, the fiambuoyant ea siras neiq i long practice session Monday, then attended a barn dance in their honor last night and were scheduled holu another work- it toaay.

it was oovious tnat anager Billy Southworth meant to keep his scrapping youngsters at razor-edge. He didn't want them to relax and start thinking too much about the berles. Cards Full of Fight far as the naked ey can iscem, little if anything was taken out of South worth's he lions by their sensational stretch drive, in which they won 43 out of 1 lames. They look full of fight, and every regular will be wl.hii appointed post when the Jootlng begins, captiln Terry goore still has one leg tightly taped, and Second Baseman Jimmy Brown might be a trifle Hred, but otherwise the Nation Ml League champs came out of if in remarkably good shape. Incidentally, two baseball wrl ters from the East who have been travelling with the Cards for a fortniRht are raving about Stan Muslal.

the club's rookie left-Solder. They declare he has developed into as great a fielder ii his teammate, Terry Moore, who generally is considered the best in the league, and they preset he will be a sensation In Now in charge of the physical fitness program at the Florida operational base at Banana River, Lt. Saxon says of his assignment, "Our job is to make Navy flyers the toughest physically, in the world," Saxon was captain of the University of Texas grid team in 1826, being named all-Southwest Conference quarterback in 1023 and 1828, and later played professional baseball In the East Texas Leasrue four years, was athletic director at the Texas College of Mines when he was called Into the Navy In May, Landry, Jackson On Frosh Team AUSTIN That noise, you hear down on Freshman flefd in Austin these afternoons isn't imaginary. It comes from a hoard of frosh football players among whom are Oras (Tip) Jackson of Edinburg, and Tommy Landry of Mission, both 180 pounders, Clyde Littlefleld, Texas' veteran freshman mentor, refers to the turn outs-1 as perhaps the best-looking set of Yearlings to turn up in the Longhorn corraj ih-many moons. There's enough backfleld tal ent to furnish eight complete quartets and still have three-fourths of another left over, says Littlefleld.

up we season ana probably any ordinary fan Looks as if Whitey Moore had grabbed the "luckiest" title from French Bor-dagaray. He cut In on the series swag twice with the Reds and then landed with St. Louis this year because he hollered about being sent to the minors, Prediction After giving the Cardinals the benefit of as much doubt as we can muster, this department's World Series choice is the Yanks in five games The Cards ought to win one, but we don't know when or how, since they can't match the Yanks at the plate and In pitching and fielding about the best you can give them Is an even break, Today's Guest Star Samuel B. Cohen, Merlden (Conn.) Daily Journal; "The Athletics ended the season a week early, which wasn't soon enough The Phils moved into Eb-bets Field in the midst of a scrap team iqq man, Mort passing and mora goal- thia week, Bible asserted on six occasions last Saturday, thi Long-horns failed to convert after touchdowns, The extra points "are going to become precious this week," the coach predicted, Thert-weri no Injuries to Texas players In the K.uss State tame, Thirty fivt men will start tht trip to Chicago Thun- d7' Arkansas Mtfts TCU x-All Arkansas Ratorbacks will bt ready for their southwest Conference opener with Texas Christian thia week, provided senior Tackle Jay Lawhon, 312- Bounder who was shifted from to backfleld and back to line, recover! from a sprained back which has kept him in bed for three days, He was to work out today or Wednesday. Charles Lively, 300-pound sophomore tackle, filled Lawhon's place creditably last Saturday, Paul Paladlno, 202-pound Junior guard, was kept out of last week's opener because of a severe cut on his knee, He was counted on for the Frpg tilt, however, and was to be, spared heavy scrimmage during the week so the injury could mend, Dutch Meyer 'Kicking Coach Dutch Meyer of the Horned Frogs was kicking, fig uratively, and put his backs to kicking, literally, The Texas Christian coach was dissatisfied because three punts were blocked In the C.

tilt, Van Hall, Emery Nix and Dean Bagley were kept at punting practice in Monday's session, The Frogs were free of ln Juries after the game, The Rice Owls, also having escaped serious hurts in last Saturday's Joust, sharpened their offense and defense for this week's meeting with Louisiana State. Bob Tresch, the Owl captain, Is outwlth a knee injury and will not play Saturday. Aggies Shy of Tackles The Texas Aggies, looking to ward a duel with Texas Tech, found themselves shy of tackles with blocking prowess. "I'd even put Leo Daniels in at tackle if I thought it would solve our problem there," declared Coach Homer Norton. In line for duty at the weak Eolnt were Ed Sturcken, passing ack.

and Hank Foldberg, Bill Henderson's understudy, There were no serious injuries among the Cadets. The Aggies loss last Saturday to S. U. took the pressure off, "The players will not have to worry now about an undefeated season, national championships, and bowl games," said Norton, Bears Prepare for Oklahoma Baylor's Bears inaugurated their preparations for the Oklahoma and Hit touts- At'thrslmT time provide rke play It's sports A has NN two Francisco, Atlanta, With No Game Friday, Bulldogs Take it Easy McALLEN McAllen'i Bulldogs are taking it easy this week with no game to look forward to Friday, The following Friday La Feria1 will come to McAUen, The 19 to drubbing the Bulldogs took at the hands of a Brackenridge eleven they had defeated the previous year, did them no harm, Coach Chester Allen believes. Tt'a the best thing that eould have happened to thera, Allen said, While the defeat did not discourage them, Allen believed It would make them more cautious in future games, The Bulldogs, overcoming a slight ease of nerves they got when Brackenridge scored on the first play of the game, rallied to show a tough spirit throughout Friday's encounter.

A slight let-up in practice sessions is on the books for the Bulldogs this week to allow them to rest un while they have no opponent to worry about for two weeks, Bible Doesn't Know Which Center to Pick AUSTIN (fl1) Last year Dana Bible rubbed his bald dome and puzzled over who would start at center for the University of Texas Longhorns. There's a repeat performance this yearbut fofdlfferent reasons. In 1041, It was a problem, at leaskfor a time, of scraping up a capable pivot man, This season it's a question of whether to start Aubrey Gill or Jack Bachse, a couple of West Texas lads who turn in excellent performances by use of widely different techniques. Sachse la a rock-em and sock-em type from Electra. pill's forte is finesse, His home is Sweetwater.

Both Juniors, they have picked up enough varsity experience to handle most any assignment. Shreveport Seet First Dixie Game SHREVEPORT, La. UP) A record crowd of 10,000 was expected here tonight for the first Dixie Series game ever played In Bhreveport. Three thousand box and reserved seats were sol Monaay. The Shreveport Sports, who imisnea second in the Texas League and then conquered Fort worm ana Beaumont In play ous, nier ine local sec with a one-game ue with Nashville, Southern Assn.

champion. Shreveport fans were hopeful that Larry Gilbert would start Paul Erickson, a righthander, on he mound for the Vols, The "'Dorts drove Erickson from the hi in the first game In Nash-Ule last week. Gordon Maltzberger was the probable starter for Shreveport, Al Hostak To battle Matthews SEATTLE (JF) Al Hostak. ho despite his fragile fists once ought his way to the B. A.

middleweight title, will merge from almost a year's re-'rement tonight. He faces Harry (Kid) Mathews, a war worker who has ound time to collect nine knock-uts and three decisions. Each i expeoted to weigh 160 for the 0 -round bout. Mexico's Gates Closed in Flood SAN BENITO Because flood-ay levees along the Mexican ide of the Rio Grande were not 'nlshed, Mexican authorities did ot open the gates on their side the river during the recent lood. Had they opened the gates heir lands would have been ln-indated, L.

M. Lawson of El 'aso, international boundary ommissioner, said here Monday, The two countries, said Law-on, have an agreement whereby lood conditions are relieved hrough the use of flood pro tec -ion works, including flood gates vn both sides of the stream but hat the Mexican control system vas not yet finished. Cotton Bowl Officials Meet DALLAS W) Cotton Bowl Uhletlc Assn. officials meet to-lay to consider whether the Southwest Conference football tampions will play a collegiate team or a service eleven In the 1843 show. WILL PAY CASH FOR DEAD ANIMALS Call 4tl BrowniTUle, Collect PORT TALLOW REDUCTION WOIES Brownsville GREAT SPOTS mm Portland IL Will Have 'Goof Grid Squad So All Can Play PORTLAND, L.

Mathews of the' University of Portland, one of the Far West's oldest football coaches in point of service, today propounded a wartime sports code for his own and perhaps many another independent school: "Eligibility can go hang itself on the nearest tree for as long as this world strife lasts. No boy wanting to play football will be turned down at Portland. Even the pay students can play." Mathews, a former University of Idaho football coach, gave a GREAT SPOUTS STAFF JOE MAGUOLO, hard-hitting Galveston junior who la play, ing hia first year with the varsity, Is the discovery of the year In longhorn football circles, A veteran of two spring, training seasons, Magllolo never came back- for varsity in the fall because of his parent's objections, They donrt mind now, though, ao he's leading Interference for the No. 1 Texas backfleld these daya, Jameson Joins Chicago Club CHICAGO Betty on, the former San James Antonio sports writer, now is working for a Chicago insurance house and win do her golfing as a renre sentative of a Chicago Area Club next year. Winner of the only two major women's golf tournaments held this year the western open and the western amateur, the Texas girl has played golf only three times since her August victory over Mrs.

Russell Mann or Omaha, Neb. In the finals of the amateur. Betty was an honor guest, along with Patty Berg and Virginia Van Wie, both former national champions, at the Women's Western Golf Assn. annual meeting Monday. Oklahoma Waddies Lead Rodeo Races ALBUQUERQUE Three El Reno, Okla.

cowboys took money Monday night as the first go-around was completed in the New Mexico State Fair rodeo, Andy Curtis won the bulldog, glng event; and his brother, Eddy, took second in bronco riding, which was won by the third Oklahoman, Frank Finley. The other winners included: Bulldogglng; Dick Herren, Aubrey, third; bronco riding; Jesse Like, Kim, third; bull riding; J. K. Lewal-len, Blackwell, Texas, first; Jim-mle Hazen, Tucson, second: David Shellenberger, Maiet-nvi thin. UnittUk 6 BsUkmt.

v'VV I 1 1 tjf SLJ Jtl 7 i J-x got more kick out of it than drive and had quite a battle to prevent themselves from being included in the salvage," One-Minute Sports Page Two days before Secretary Stimson called off the Louis-Conn fight, Mike Jacobs had handed his resignation as promoter to War Boxing (Red) Inc. He didn't want any part of a suit over the broadcast The Dodgers' pennant "fight" carried right on after the season ended into a mild "rhubarb" between Bobo Newsorn and Leo43urocher and a livelier row betweenDucky Medwick and Ed Head When the president signs a bill cutting the West Point course from four to three years army will announce that plebes will be allowed to play on the Marty Glickman, the old Syracuse and Olymplo sprinter who has been broadcasting sports for WHN, has reduced from 185 to 169 pounds for another fling at track competition this winH ter. Lobert Wants More Daseball PHILADELPHIA The Phils lost 108 games this year and finished 62 Va games behind the pennant-winning St, Louis cardinals but Manager Hans Lobert is sorry the season has ended. "Sure we won only 42 games," the 60 -year-old veteran smiled, "but I wish the season was just getting under way. That's how much I like baseball.

It's in my blood." Crain, Doss Will Play for Athens ATHENS, Ga. Jack Grain and Noble Doss, former University of Texas players', will make their debut with the Athens Navy Preflight school football team in its game with the Chapel Hill. N. C. Preflight eleven here Friday night.

Cram, a tailback, and Doss, a wingback, reported for duty in the military department here last week. Both are ensigns. rj(s THAT FRESH, FRAGRANT AROMA OF FRINC6 AL55RT MATCHES RIGHT IN THE FAPER5, TOO-FAST, SMOOTH NO-WASTE WHIN. NO OTHER T06ACC0 UKE ISA. NATIONAL JOY 8MOKI the amenities or collegiate ama teurism the rough side of his tongue; "These boys might be here today and gone tomorrow.

War makes for uncertainty. If it's a question of stopping bullet passes today and plain bullets tomorrow then we don't want to set up the barrier that might deprive some deserving lad of a chance to enjoy life while he may, "Our great country's armed services are crying for physically fit young men and Portland doesn't intend td be slack in ful filling its obligations. I've long contended that football provides the kind of contact needed to whip a maninto shape for all kinds of combat, so we'll get 'em ready with football. Eligibility can go hang." Mathews invited the whole 450-man student body of Portland to the football field, promised a chance to play to everybody freshmen, "pay students who are a bit shy echo-lastically. Mathews said Portland, besides its varsity eleven, would have a "goof" squad, a "goofier" squad, a "double-goof" squad and as many more as are needed to give everyone a chance to play.

THI 'r I fO i Bl ma iiir ijiui i "ejinuimHUWr tii0iiri tJBJBJItjaBBABgB rVti the country's gresteit sports'itaff fe cover rke country's greatest sporti eve nti for hundreds of Amerks'l Rewtpapers. The Associated Frost, and its sffiliate Wide World, hm thit stiff, Rifht now it'i swine ni Into action Hm 1942 WrU VkfWlroplioteRTTelomst stfcasi by play pictorial itory. coveraio without parallol, eocaoto- sports writers it Okaplesto, Saat Dallas, Lot Atelet, Colemsrt, tnl Momts, Dearn, Kansas City, Detroit ti i mm TRANSLATION; Aisuredly, 0 Prince ycur ttstl will rj8 honoured end your puna tptred, If you but remejnben "Thi very best big Is the whiskey that's ia-Ped Jones!" -Frti ft Ory W8i tf MTvi tow CuaT hSortet, fall football from cosit ft coast, ivwim in urge genorai srarr now. i ens mm than 200 seocial corroseondtnh. Conn fight.

Millions of Amoricaa fans will follow rhftt mats with such exports of AT and Wide World si AP Sport! Ediro? Herb lirk.r. Wide World Sports Editor Dillon Graham, columnist! Whitney Martin, Hugh Fulterten, sports cartoonist Tom faprocki, and Ar sports writer! Sid Fedor, JedsoR lailey, 6yle Talbot, Harold CUiim, Asitin leslmesr and Orlo Kobertioav 'AF operates six football wires ttrwghevt tbt Miton, protidlnf at least 100,000 andupHcattl WOV, very Saturday, exclusive of itate covtrafo. AF dotrvtrt thg picturt with tat story f4Km sWHoi. through Wide World a complete feiturt tptrts some. '1 PitUltriu, Jm, 11 FOR SPORTS PEiAV Dtf PLA'l? REAB EYENINGnOMTOR.

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