Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-28
CARAVAN
TRIPS VALLEY
TUESDAY A. N.
Cementing of League
Is Object of Body
Leaving San Benito
At $3.50 A. NJ.

Before shutdown tomorrow after
loon, it will be known whether the
Valley is TO have organized baseball
or not.
That i the concensus Of opinion
OF the committee, headed by Guy
Trent Of San Benito, which viii make
a tour Of the Valley, leaving san Be
nito in the morning at $3.50.
The personnel OF the Brownsville
party TO make up the a had not
been known at Don today, but Mr..
Trent invites every fan in every
town in the Valley to join with the
committee in finding out il the VAL
ley towns in sufficient numbers
want baseball on a self-sustaining
basis, that a league may be organ
lied.
Ben Proctor. Harbert Davenport,
John Gregg. Sam Bell, Robin Pate,
Bob Wells, and numbers OF other
local fans are expected, in part, 20
join the San Benito delegation to-
morrow morning AZ $3.50. and go with
them Up the Valley.
Billie Burnett, Brownsville, officer
OF the South Texas Chamber OF Com
merce, and baseball enthusiast. and
especially anxious that the Valley
form a league. held a conference
with Mr.. Trent Sunday, and offered
his services IN any he can
70 help get tho league started. Bur-
nett will accompany the committee.
At the suggestion az Trent, Bur
nett is to get in touch with every
town in the Valley likely to enter
the league, and tell them q tho
plans, what time the delegation viii
arrive, and for those citizens inter
ested in the different towns ID bc
on hand, aud the baseball situation,
the why's and whercforcs will be gone
over. by and among everyone. and in
general, it will be a get-toRether
meeting Of every fan desiring TO be
present.
Mr. Burnett. in charge Of the itin-
erary Of the trip, says the Browns
Vile and San Benito delegation will
meet AZ San Benito, not later than .
o'clock tomorrow morning. They
will then proceed to Harrington, and
hope to be Joined ~ a delegation
from that city. Thence To Mercedes.
where, after meeting with the citi-
zens Of that city. will proceed TO
Weslaco. Donna, McAllcn, Mission
and Edinburg. at each Of which
places the baseball situation will be
discussed. and fans from those cities
who desire arc hoped "a Join III the
tour.
That baseball spirit w rampant I'm
over the Valley. IL 2 fact. fans state.
With SlJCD az Il salary limit for each
club. and to be enforced, the differ
cnt teams should be and will be self
sustaining, IL is pointed out.
The committee which started the
movement. and those Of Brownsville
and All other Valley towns u make
the tour in the interest Of baseball
for the Valley tomorrow. are doing
so 10 see ii this part Of the country
a. n whole. really wants baseball
in the spirit they will organize on a
business basis.
Its going to be one OF the biggest
and most enthusiastic trips Of this
kind the Valley has ever seen" Mr..
Burnett opines. san Eenito is bub-
bling over with enthusiasm. and
OF course every town in the Valley
expects Brownsville TO have a team.
But there must be a concerted effort
all along the line and the fact that
six Or more towns are ready to start
plans and play this summer in the
proposed league, must be known rs
a whole"
Mr.. Trent. an old-timer in Valley
baseball, believes ii the Valley Is 70
the national pastime. il must be
had on a self-sustaining basis. and
out that there isn't a town in
the Valley. Of any size, which couldn't
support a $500 per month club.
why the gate receipts will moro
than amount 70 that much the San
Benito man says. I'm 1926 when We
went crazy IN the Valley i'm regard
to salaries. the cash customers paid
IN more than that monthly 10 wit
ness games"
After the committee finds out if
a. many as four or six towns IN the
Valley want baseball. a general meet
ing will he called. al which time Of
ficers will be elected. and the league
will start fuHctioninE, MIR. Tren; an
nounced today.