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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1937
Page
5
In Grimes Brazos Baseball League action Bryan defeated Navasota Red Sox 9 to 4 as College Station beat Shiro Giants 5 to 4. Bryan enters next week’s top clash with College Station at Kyle Field while both teams chase the league lead.
Judge H Ferguson presents Keith J Thomas's Personal Power to Mrs. Lee J Rountree for the Carnegie Library shelf funded by the Bryan and College Business and Professional Women's club.
Coach J. W. Sikes leads the Texas Aggie dia mondeers to thrilling wins over the Texas Longhorns on Thursday and Friday securing the Aggies' third Southwest Conference baseball championship and the Longhorns’ fifth loss under Billy Disch.
Marriage licenses recorded for Juan Lopez and Juanita Lara, Silman F Neff and Maggie M Milam, Willard Hamilton and Maggie Bailey, Sam M Palasota and Opal Allen, Moses Jones and Hattie Hanson, Charles B Lewis and Miblin Price, Earl Scott and Addie Leecoleman.
The Bryan volunteers routed Parker in Burleson County Sunday 40 to 9. Pitcher Barron struck out 11 in seven innings, holding Parker scoreless until the sixth. Mil ton Williams hit two homers, Degelia added a homer and a triple, while Degelia and Nigliazzo scored six runs each.
Paul Muth fanned 17 and gave up five hits but the Bryan Knights of Columbus lost 6 5 to the Magnolians of Caldwell in Caldwell Sunday. A rough first inning with several errors allowed Caldwell to score five unearned runs and seize the lead.
After frame by frame action Muth sparked Caldwell swingers as his mates fell short of victory. It was his second straight loss after a 2-0 Sunday pitchers duel. Julius Latterman and Willie Kuder posted three base hits for Pryan. Next Sunday Magnolians travel to Bryan for a rematch at the American Legion diamond with K of C. Batteries: Muth and Gomez for K of C. Deutsch and Schweda for Magnolians.
The American Legion Juniors led Crockett Juniors 3-1 through four innings before a collapse in Crockett Sunday afternoon produced a 24-4 loss for Bryan. Highlight plays included Paul Pierce Jr making a running catch with bases loaded and two down.
Pierce doubled and singled while Johnny Jones added two hits. Scanlin started six innings, Pierce relieved in the seventh and Machos finished. Buck Ware caught six innings and Daleford Towns wrapped three innings behind the plate as Bryan built a lead late.
E S Pritchard of Fort Worth collected 691.28 in delinquent state taxes and 2884.86 in back county taxes in April per the county tax assessor collector. Work began mid month and commissions of 86.41 on state taxes and 310.61 on county taxes were earned. Guy Harris notes no May report yet but more back taxes have been collected this month than in April.
The Bryan Federation of Young People's Societies will not meet until Sunday May 30. President Ernest Sample says the May 30 gathering will be the last of the year before the summer break. Officers for the next year will be elected at that meeting.
The May term grand jury returned seven true bills including five felonies and two misdemeanors with no murder or burglary cases. Indictments include Harvey Short alias James Asher for felony theft and four driving while intoxicated counts. A trial calendar targets Bill Spadadiene for murder with June 2 as the set date.
Mrs M B Parker presided at the Good Cheer Friday monthly meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The session opened at 4 o clock with six members present including D L Wilson Mrs W N Ezeki Mrs Charles Ramsey Mrs Travis B Bryan and Mrs Lee J Rountree.
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