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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03

in their different home towns. Up
at Mission Judge Strickland, and
others. including Marvin Goodwin,
have been written about the league.
And just below Mission is Meal.
len. Or. Utzman and Commander
Hirsch Of the American Legion there
are the mainsprings in the move
ment. And by the way, fans Of Nc
Allen are going % meet, say reports.
Monday night, and discuss the lea
que plans.
And quite a distance, about thirty
miles below McAllcn il Mercedes.
Quite a little city and a fine bunch
of citizens. when they all get to-
gether on . proposition John Jones,
Harry Rouse. Al Prince and lots Of
others are busy on the plan OF put
ting the Queen City on the baseball
map.
Mayor Sam Bolts Of HarlinEen,
and his fellow citizens Jack Cooke.
Bob Hall. George Toolan. Ben Ep-
stein. Woods Christian, and n host
Of others are making the wclitn'
ring IN the Junction City, and in
cidentally are preparing for a big
meeting there Tuesday night.
San Benito-well. practically every
citizen there is 4 baseball fan. Head
ed By Guy Trent, L. 3. W,nans, Mike
end Bill Scholcs. l.. l.. Zcnor, I'D
Brady. Bert Epstein. Fred Scherr.
Joe Shaefer, Alex Bowie and Elby
Mayer, and all the others, space
won't permit enumeration. but We
haven't forgotten them; San Beuito
nil Ia v.-nI~~ H.. -
Now Brownsville, with its loyal
bunch Of fans. A dozen or more
have told Is they will be on hand N.
the Harlingen meeting. Ben Proc
tor Is the man local fans arc look
ing toward TO put this city on the
baseball map. John Gregg. George
Bell. Johnny Starck. Fritz Schmidt.
Hurt Batsell, a. A. H~argrove, Har-
bert Davenport. Bob Pate, Hurt Bat
sell. Henry SHELTON. 7. III. Dudley.
John Fernandez, Sherwood Rishop.
Grover Wagner, Fred Rusteberr.
DR. Q. NJ. Lawrence. DR.. j. T.. Rentfro.
arc all baseball fans. and hundreds
and hundreds OF others.
When it is announced to the base
ball world that the Valley is in or
garized ball. under the Jurisdiction
OF Judge LanCfs- hiEn commissioner
OF organized baseball. this part OF
the country will receive advertising
Of the kind that couldn't be bought
with a million dollars cold cash.
Billy Burnett, Rio Crande Valley
manager Of the South Texas cham
Der OF commerce, who has Ills head
quarters in Brownsville. and who Is
working with Mr.. Trent in the or
ganization plans, wants it known
that every fan in the Valley and
elsewhere is invited 10 attend the
meeting at Harrington, Tuesday night.
February 3.
Mr.. Trent urges every town ex-
pccting to enter the league. Be
prepared 10 announce ready at
the meeting. as the time is passing
swiftly, and an organization must
be completed that night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
G G TO
MEET BLINN COLLEGE

COLLEGE STATION. Tex. Feb. 2.
Coach Roswell Higginbotham's
Texas AEgie freshman cage quintet
will meet the Blinn Memorial col
lcge charges Of Coach Sikh Skies az
the a. a M. Memorial gymnasium
Feb. % and 23, James Sullivan, bust
ness manager CT athletics at \. q
NJ, has announced.
Coach Skies last year wa captain
Of the AEgie cake team and was for
three years an outstanding perform
er N basketball. baseball and football
at "A. & M. His Blinn quintet has
established a good record thus far
this year and the Aggie freshmen are
looking forward to keen competition
III this brace OF games.
Coach Higginbotham's quintet has
won three of their four games play
ed thus far and several more games
are being contemplated for them be-
fore the close or the season.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
Schreiner And
Edinburg Will
Play On Feb. 81

EDTNBURG, Feb. Opening Of
the new gymnasium for the Fdin-
burg schools Will 10 celebrated
February s and z with basketball
games between the Schrciner Insti-
tute quint OF kerrville and the
Edin5urg Junior college team. The
game.. which will be called at s
o'clock siarp will be followed each
night by q gymnasium dance.
Both teams arc confident Of vic
tory, and the games will be holly
contested, is the verdict Of those
who are familiar with the strength
Of the respective quints.
The new gymnasium in the junior
high school will serve the students
or that school. tie senior high and
junior college. II is pronounced
ore or the best equipped in the
southern part W the state.
Large delegations from Valley
towns are expected here fer the
opening events.
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the gaIne-is going TO sell a
lot Of ball players 20 higher
company, from five hundred dollars
on up; and that kind Of team is go
ing to be n drawing card; and that's
the kind OF club every town should
have.
Another thing-when you get your
bag Of peanuts, you fans. and your
sody pop. and get comfortably seated
for an afternoon Of the national
pastime-you can rest assured that
on the first and fifteenth Of each
rsonth you won't be harangued 70
death" for donations TO pay these
ball players representing your city.
The gate receipts. backed by 2 prop
er business organization viii take
care of that.
Something more-when those
kids" hit that good old baseball
diamond, yoa may cease your fears
Of anything uncthical in their play.
First, they won't know how 70 do
anything but what is right, and the
next thing they certainly won't be
playing for the money that is in i'd,
for one hundred dollars is just that
much and no more; but playing TO
20 higher; and that's what the VAL
ley league il organized. is going to
d~o-develop a lot OF major league
players. If possible. md reap the IL
nancial benefits derived from the safe
Of players. Suppose each club sells
twenty-five hundred dollars worth
Of players this season. and Il is just
as reasonable TO suppose they will
as not-why. then each club will
have made money
You may think that too rosy 4 pic
ture, hut we know there is a matter
or parks 20 be taken care of-but in
order to make money one must spend
IL. and If the league is organized.
and il seems likely it will. upon q
business basis. say for instance. each
town forming q corporation selling
stock. next year il may be worth
quito p bit more.
The possibility II t~here-and ID ~
up a. the Valley 20 make use of IL.
Now We come r. the fans-those
fellows who are pushing the plan
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
WIDE, NURMI
IN SAME RACE
World Famous Swede
And Finn Entered
In 2-Mile Event
BY TED yOSBURGH
ASSOCIATED Press Sports Writer.)

NAtHEOAtnAGu AA1H9 SRoANo
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-CPJ-With-
out ostentation but with confidence,
Edwin Wide, visiting school teacher
from Stockholm, tossed a quiet chal-
lenge to his old rival, Paavo Nurmi,
today.
in a most matter Of fact manner
the great Swedish runner, who has
matched strides with Nurmi a dozen
times and beaten him twice, revealed
that he intends to enter the W
mile race in the National A. "A. ".
championships at Madison Square
Garden Feb. % in the hope of try
ing conclusions with the famous
Finn.
The match appears as good as
pass up a worthy foe and has an
nounced his intention or running in
the title games. Only the particu-
lar event to be chosen was withheld
and since three Of the first four
races on Nurmi's America itinerary
were at two miles il is logical 10
suppose he will pick this distance
for his title bid.
While Nurmi holds the worlds in
door record for two miles at S min
utes. 5S is seconds as we'll as the
honor OF being the only runner in
history TO cover the distance in less
than nine minutes, Wide comes close
TO matching this performance with
his worlds outdoor record Of 9:0i
lis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
r BALL SQUAD
EXPECTED AT A. & Nj.

COLLEGE STATION. Tex. Feb. ,.
A large squad of Texas Aggie dia-
mond aspirantS is expected to be OF
hand to greet Coach Bob Countryman
when the work Of molding the 1929
Texas Aggie baseball nine gets I'M
derwav the first Of next week. More
than forty men have announced their
intention Of getting into the race for
berths on the varsity nine and sew
eral more are expected TO be added
to the list when practice starts.
Several candidates, who are now
members Of the varsity basketball
team. will not he released for duty
with The harehsn squad until th1
close 81 The AEEis basketball sched-
ule early IN March.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
Striking And
Sharkey Take 1t
Easy At Miami

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, Feb. 2.-lP-
There may be a fight scheduled here
between Sharkey and Stribling on
Feb. ~, but neither OF them seemed
to be aware Of the fact TODAY. Shar-
key, after a noisy welcome last
night. would make no predictions
regarding the fight and played golf
through the day. The Boston sailor
said he would start his training the
first of the week.
The other principal OF Madison
Square Gardens elimination bout.
Young StriblinC. swan for several
hours. He also refrained from work
outs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
Hat Makers Are
Preparing For
Baseball Year

The MARTINEZ Hat Factory or
Brownsville will put out a baseball
team this year, il was announced
yesterday by Fidel Loya, who will
manage the team.
Equipment is on hand, such as
uniforms, bats, and other baseball
paraphernalia. and the team expects
10 start practicing in the next few
days.
Manager LOya also states that he
will have = fast team this year, with
several star players to report from
Monterrey next week.
The first game will be played the
second Sunday in March, the oppon-
ent not being known at present.
Players Of the Hat company arc
taking an interest in plans for the
coming season, and are doing sorae
work daily in order to be in shape
TO stand the steady grind in prep
aration for the season proper.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
FRENCH HORSES TO
JOIN REICH COUNT

PARIS. Feb. o.-tP-Reigh Count.
wintering in England preparing for
the Ascot Gold Cup will have the
company of two French horses. the
owners of which have decided TO fol-
low the precedent created BY the
American 1928 champion and "a their
grand national training early and or
the ground.
Rhyticere, ~six-year-old sap -
Ramrod out OF Commerops and Far
more Cooper. a Swapping fc~ur-year-
old hy Rabelais out Of Fireplay. en-
tered for the grand national rnxt
spring. have been SHIPPED 10 Ain
tree from Paris recently.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
German Coming
Back to u. S. to
Clean 'Heavies'

NEW YORK. Feb. 2.-CFl-Max
Schmeling, the German model OF Jack
Dempsey, will sail for home within
three weeks for a vacation. then he
IS coming back to the United States
70 flight" every man who stands be-
tween him and the heavyweight
championship title which Gene Trn-
ncy relinnuished.
"Mocks," hardly able TO make him
self understood in English awoke to-
dav To find himself the latest fissic
idol 81 Metropolitan Tendon through
his Knockout last night OF Johnny
Risko in Madison SQUARE Garden.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
VALLEY FANS
WILL GATHER
AT San ENITO
Expected at Fol-
low-Up Session On
Caravan That Went
Over This Section
By BISHOP
Sports Editor.

The stage is set for the biggest
aseLall gathering ever held in the
ower Rio Grande Valley.
The meeting to be held in Harlin-
en Tuesday night, at the city hall,
the office of Mayor Sam Bolts,
br the purpose Of organizing a Class
league. is expected TO be attend
by Spokesman and fans OF every
kwu in the Valley, and probably as
r up the country as Corpus Christi.
The Valley gathering Of fans is
be result of q tour Of the lower
kunfry by fans of Brownsville and
IN Renito last Tuesday. headed by
NY Trent Of San Benito. The
Getting was approved and the e.
|rts- of the tourists" lauded By
|ns of the Valley.
At the meeting Tuesday night,
hich is scheduled to get underway
s o'clock. the plan Of which much
bs been said-whereby every club
II be self-sustaining. will be ex-
aimed. II is a duplicate Of the
me kind of organization in the
ebraska State league last year,
hich circuit cleared $4,000 net.
fteen hundred dollars per month
" ball players, Mr.. Trent says, and
bpcrtions il out as 500 per month
r player, with thirteen members,
hd $500 per month for n playing
anager.
OF course the expenses will be
ore than that. for uniforms,
Rseball, and other paraphernalia,
tch as outfit a baseball club.
Nd the salaries of the umpires will
kve TO be taken care Of by the
ember clubs Of the league. which
all, il is believed. viii run the
tal to around $4,000 per month, at
e most.
"The day Of public subscriptions
support ball clubs in the Valley
past" Mr.. Trent points out, land
Hess we can organize upon a basis
hereby this name Of securing fl
knees can be eliminated. and ! be-
Ive the proposed plan will do, then
can't possibly hope TO have base
PHI in the Valley: / mean the kind
|e fans enjoy and want"
That every probable member Of the
|ague is in favor Of the plan. is the
port reaching local fans. Mission,
|cAllen, Mercedes, Harliagen. San
Enito and Brownsville. have. as n
hole, in a fandom way. declared
|emselves in favor Of the proposed
|ague along these lines.
1t is claimed that the class Of
En TO be played by such salaried
layers will be 50 inferior that it
|ont be interesting.
But let's stop and consider this i'm
phase Of baseball from a
laying standpoint d few moments.
What makes athletics. ard base
Pill in this case? 10 is the Uniform
Of play. Don't you believe that?
/ right. then isn't IL just as rea-
Enable to suppose. and we know it
a fact, that when two teams are
laying. evenly matched, both max
q errors and b~oneheads. but hust-
hg and giving their all. and pro-
Fessing daily, that fans will flock
the parks TO witness such con-
lists. II is the unevenness Of n
|ague that makes il uninteresting.
Id a financial "bust."
A playing manager. who IS = gen
oman 10 begin with. who knows
|e game. has PLAYED IL a number or
Jars. and who takes a he~art-souled
|terest in each and every player.
ID grounds them in the ABC's Of
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03

Unless Dale Alexander, Detroit
rookie from Toronto. uncorks some
unexpected hitting strength, Hsr-
ry Heilman will be seen at first
base exclusively for the Tigers next
season.
Heilmann. after years in the
outfield, was shifted to first last
season and covered the bag in sat
isfectory style. With that expert
ence behind him together with the
training at the southern camp,
Harry should develop into an ex-
cellcnt guardian Of the initial sack.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
Rush Springs
Wins Tourney
In West Texas

PAMPA. Tex. Feb. 2.-(PJ-A dark
horse team from Rush Springs,
Okla, nosed Estclline, the favorite,
out b. one point today to enter the
finals of the all panhandle basketball
tournament against Pampa high
school. Rush Springs downed the Is
telline high school five % % -.
PamPa reached the finals by dc
f%eating Borger 30 to 10. Rush Springs
reached the scmi-Finals 81 beating
Panhandle. - to Is, after the Pan
handle team had beaten Hedlcy % to
Is. The finals will be played to-
ni-ht,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03

MOSCOW. Feb. 2.-QP6The So
Wet news agency, Tass, announced
today that eleven persons persisted
IN a huge snowslide in Central Asia
near Alma Alta. the town IN which
.on Irotzky has been residing al
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03

wiz Return Feb. 12.-Dr. Jas. L.
Rentfro, who has been in New York
several weeks will return to his Of
flee ~ Brownsville Tuesday. Feb
ruarv IL.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
MISSOURI PRO
TAKES HONORS
Smith Holding Lead
In Hot Springs
Golf Event

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb. ID
Over "A wintry course. young Horton
Smith, sensational Joplin. No, pro.
today maintained his lead in the
South Central open golf tournament,
turning in his second successive T1
for n card Of 71-71-l42. two below
for the first Sc holes Of the 72-holo
meet.
With "A final 36 dIolcs tomorrow.
Billy Burke. or New York. was mis-
nearest rival, with q card Of 72-73-
las.
Out ......... G45 asa 5i5-aG
IN ........... o4i s53 Iii-35-Tt
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03

WAS PLAYED IN 1898

CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-P1-Moonlight
football announced as an innovation
in the middle-west last fall, was
first played in 1928 when the power
full Chicago Athletic association elev-
on PLAYED at the stadium of the CO.
lumbar exposition.
Calcium lights furnished whatever
illumination there was.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03
MISS FoRDYCE WINNER

MISS F0RDNCE WINNER
PISEHURST. M. C-, Feb. 2-tP-
Miss Louise Fordycc, Youngstown,
Ohio, today won the second annual
womens golf tournament Of Pine
Needles Country Club here when -
defeated Mrs. Richard Clemson. Mid
dletown. y. Y. 4 and 3.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03

Red Irvine, athletic director Of the
Brownsville public schools. expects
70 put on a night football game this
coming season on Tucker Field. Mr..
Irvine intended trying the stunt out
this past season. hut was too busy
70 get around TO il.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-03

San A%atonio sports writer's are
IN in rms. and rightfully 80,
Why. Because the recent golf
tournament held in the Alamo City
was advertised as the Texas Open:
tho scribes opine that II should
&c known as the San Antonio tour
nament. thus giving that city the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
TRY 1T ON YOUR INSECT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July 25.--If
we want to tell how fast man or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
-By Ahern
By Taylor

times during the last eighteen years,
without knowing Of each others
presence.
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While Freed heads an orchestra
which has won quite some fame
over radio ard via the records. the
basic idea Of the offering is enter
tainment.
Besides being a musician, Freed
is also a comic.
On this same bill is Fleurette
Jeofrie, youthful coloratura So
prano, who says she is opera bound
but for the present finds the vaude-
Vile theater her camping ground.
She is an American girl Of French
descent and inherits her singing
voice from her mother, who is a
graduate of the New England con-
servatory OF music.
Miss Jeofrie's voice has been de-
clared by such eminent an authority
as Giorgio Polacco. conductor OF the
Chicago Grand Opera Company, as
a perfect specimen OF coloratura
type.
The third feature act on this pro-
gram will be served by the Four
Covans. acknowledged to be a sem
sational dancing act.
Father and Son" the Columbia
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25

drama of unselfish father love, syn
chronized with dialogue and mus
ical score is the photo-feature start
ing Saturday.
1t is story of deep heartinterest
and its cast includes Jack Holt,
Dorothy Revier Mickey McBan and
Helene Chadwick.
indianapolis theaters today offer;
Chase Boy Singers at the Lyric;
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney" at the
Palace; Broadway Babies" at the
Ohio; Twin Beds" at the Circle;
Behind That Curtain" at the
Apollo; Time. Place and the Girl"
at the Granada; The Flying Fool"
at the Indiana, and movies and
stage show at the Colonial.
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horse or a cat is breathing, We

horse or cat is breathing, We
watch his chest.
But a study Of an insects respira-
the abdomen instead.
Not that the insects throat is not
involved in breathing: but the prin-
cipal body movements that take in
and expel air for an insect are car
ried on by the abdomen.
This is among the facts set forth
in a study of insect respiration by
DR.. Milton o. Lee of Harvard uni
versity, which will be published in
the forthcoming issue Of the Quar-
terly Review Of Biology.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-25
THIs HAS HAPPENED

MOLLY BURNHAM and JACK WELLS
seem fatsd TO quarrel Molly IS a re
porter. and headed Tor career. Jack
u Craftsman n an architects oflce,
and getting nowhere at all.
They quarre! when Molly goes 10 New
YORK and reads JACK the synopsis Of a
play, 70 be called The Death Of Del
phlne DarroWs" u is a play founded
on the actual facts OF the mysterious
death OF woman named BERNICE
BRADFORD. 4 man named BarroWs was
tried fer the Bradford woman death
and Molly covered the trial BaTrows
was acquitted And. later. RED FLYNN,
a police court reporter. discovered some
sensational fast which he and Molly de-
eide 70 use for the plot for crime
Molly is very happy and excited. and
confidently expects TO De successIu4
playwright. But Jack IS Jealous ana
o!d-iashioned He protests that he does
not Ike 70 have her write NTH ana
muck. Molly has changed great oea-,
Re rejects. during the few months tnaL
have elapsed since her graduation from
college. Her dearest friends, IN eoAege
days, we're RITA MELNOTTE and hOI ID
WOODS. both Of whom we're secretly
married before commencement. BOD IN
fnitely preferred the old friendships 70
Molly's new ones.
now co on WITH THE STORY
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PLAN IMPERIAL VILLA
New Toxic Residence Will Cost
Total of $3.50, 900,

TOXIC, July 25--It is reported
the imperial household department
has decided to appropriate yen 900,-
900 for the purchase of land on
which new imperial villa will be
constructed at Hatsugoyemura
Miuragun, Kanagawa prefecture
not far from Toxic.
The imperial family already has
number Of villas within few
hours motoring distance Of the cap
ital, including the fine seashore villa
near Kanakura where the late
Emperor Taisho died two. years ago,