Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-04

basis where the hea umpire IL paid
$40 and the base umpire $3.50 was a
compromise after it had been pro-
posed that they be paid $3.50 per
month plus expenses on the read
Salaries Of umpires. like those OF
ball PLAYERS has always been
moot question. In the Arizona
State league the double umpire
system il in vogue. The Valley
league, as proposed, will have a
single arbiter, thus eliminating
added expense. The circuits OF
established regulations have found
IL more satisfactory 10 pas the
rmpires n monthly stipend. letting
them pay their own expenses.
RELEASED
Somewhere the sun is shining.
Somewhere the children shout;
But there is no joy for Casey,
His clubs just let him out.
Anonymous.
Gerald Mann. one Of the great
est football players ever to perform
in the Southwest conference. will
he IN the Valley next week. max
ing Harrington his headquarters, Gn
n scouting expedition for =. Nj. II.
his alma mater. where he Is assist
ant to Head Coach Ray Morrison
Mann will coach baseball ut :. vi.
L.. this season. Ben Epstein. of
Harrington. n friend nf Mann's. SAYS
Gerald likes the Valley, and IL
looking forward 10 having n num-
her OF Valley high school athletes
attend S. NJ. T. next year.
The Hughes Tool Co. of Houston,
a large corporation employing thou
sands Of men and has ore
of the most elaborate athletic pro-
grams for its employees in that city.
Every kind OF game is INDUCED in
by the workers. and at noon il is a
common sight to see as many ax a
dozen handball games going on be-
mural athletics as we'll as city COM
petition is had BY this corporation.
Last weeks Sporting News has an
interesting slant on salaries of base
ball players. as pertaining to the
minor ieaguers breaking into the big
circuits. as follows:
"Some young ball players who have
been connected with minor league
clubs. hold that when they are ad-
vanced 20 major league clubs they
are entitled TO normal major league
pay simply because they have been
selected for a trial.
"The theory OF baseball il that the
higher the league the higher the pay
will be. How much theory in real
ity D. there about payment OF sal
aries? X is a very practical matter.
IL rests more upon performance than
upon theory. There is no objection
to the belief that a ball player is
entitled to all that ne ear obtain mr.
personal reimbursement. That holds
good IN all commercial pursuits and
in artistic pursuits.
"The advancement OF n ball player.
who is without experience in major
league baseball. Is more the provi-
sion OF an opportunity than n reward
for what he may have done. Il is an
invitation for him 10 do his best
that he nay obtain a better recon-
pcnse for his services. Ii is not n
stamp Of approval upon n fact that
he is a major league player entitled
10 major league compensation. for
he has yet to prove that he il such
a player.
"The young ball player who sits
back In a pout and says that a ma
lor league club must come TO him in
his salary demand. because he has
become a major league player, and
before he has proved that he is such
a player. stands in his own light and
his attitude Of defiance to his own
interests more than likely will land
him back in a minor league. instead
OF obtaining for him more pay by a
major league club that may ". per-
feetly willing to grant him his in
crease when he has proved that he is