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

Before sundown tomorrow after
noon. it will be known whether the
Valley is to have organized baseball
or not.
That is the concensuS Of opinion
lcf 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 20 make up the caravan had not
been known at noon today, but Mr.
Trent invites every fan in every
town in the Valley to join with tho
committee in finding out IL the Val.
ley towns in sufficient numbers
want baseball on a self-sustainins
basis, that a league may DC organ
lied.
Ben Proctor. Harbcrt Davenport
John Gregg, sam Bell, Robin Pate
Bob Wells, and numbers of other
focal fans are expected. in part, "a
join the San Benitoa delegation TO-
morrow morning at $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 q conference
with Mr.. Trent Sunday. and offered
his services in any manner he can
10 heir get the league started. Bur
nett viii accompany the committee.
At the suggestion Of Trent, Bur
nett is to get in touch with every
town in the Valley likely to enter
the league, and tell them Of the
plans. what time the delegation will
arrive, and for those citizens inter-
ested in the different towns to be
on hand, and the baseball situation.
the why's and wherefores will be gone
over. by and among everyone. and in
general, il will be a g~et-together
meeting OF every fan desiring TO be
present,
Mr.. Burnett, in charge Of the itin-
eFary 81 the trip. says the Browns
willie 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 BIZ a delegation
from that city. Thence 70 Mercedes.
where. after meeting with the citi-
zens Of that city, will proceed 70
Weslaco. Donna, McAIlen. Mission
and Edinburg, 1t each Of which
places the baseball situation will be
discussed, and fans from those cities
who desire are hoped to join in the
tour.
That baseball spirit is rampant an
over the Valley. is a fact. fans state.
With $500 a. 4 salary limit for ench
club. and TO be enforced. the differ
ent teams should be and will be self
sustaining. ID III pointed out.
The committee which started the
movement. and those OF Brownsville
and all other Valley towns 70 make
the tour in the interest OF baseball
for the Valley tomorrow. arc doing
20 to see If this part Of the country
as a whole. really wants baseball
in the spirit they will organize on a
business basis.
Its going 10 be one OF the biggest
and most enthusiastic trips Of this
Kind the Valley has ever seen" Mr..
bling over with enthusiasm. and
Of course every town in the Valley
expects Brownsville 70 have a team.
But there must be a concerted effort
all along the line and the fact that
GA VI MoiN AtNBN Aft AtaAt 10 start
plans and play this summer in the
proposed league. must he known rs
a whole"
Mr.. Trent. an old-timer in Valley
baseball, believes In the Valley ~ to
have the national pastimc. il must be
had on a self sustaining basis, ard
points out that there isn't a town IN
the Valley, of any size, which couldn't
support a $500 per month club.
"W ny the gate receipts will more
than amount 10 that much" the San
Benito man says. "In 1926 when we
went crazy in the Valley in regard
TO salaries, the cash customers paid
in more than that monthly 10 wit
ness games"
After the committee finds out If
NJ many as four or six towns in the
Valley want baseball, a general meet
ing will be called. at which time Of
ficcrs will he elected. and the league
will start functioning, Mr.. Trent an
nounced today.