Men’s Ten-Pin League High Scores Report
Hy Knee se earns high individual single game with 24 percent. W Schroeder tops three game series at 593. Radio Post posts top single game 926. Pearl Beer leads 3 game team series at 2533 in the weekly standings.
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Hy. Kneese
W. Schroeder
Radio Post
Pearl Beer
Peesomerwemeenaten
GW i Fe
Oeeren
Bright Star
Grand Prize
Texaco
Kallenberg’s
Peter’s Bar
E. Z. Aces
Nimitz Hotel Nt
Goodyear
Great American
Southern Select
Octer’s Nine Edges Harper 3-2 On Carter’s Diamond
Fredericksburg based Octer’s Nine defeated Harper 3-2 at Carter’s Diamond on the San Antonio highway. Harper led in the fourth. Carter’s forged ahead in the sixth and ninth innings with key hits and errors.
Doss Drones Lose Double Header To Palo Alto
Doss dropped both games on their home field Sunday afternoon to Palo Alto. The visitors swept the series by scores of 7-6 and 7-1. Interested teams may contact Harold Jung or Luther Itz to arrange matches as there is no league this season.
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Doss
Palo Alto
Harold Jung
Luther Itz
Youth Injured After Fall From Embankment Into Tracks
Archie Dean fell about thirty feet to railroad tracks after losing footing on an embankment while a group of scouts walked nearby. He suffered head and leg cuts and received first aid before transport to a local hospital. He remains in bed for several days to recover.
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Archie Dean
LeonzZwiener
Miss Viola Schaefer and Max Joseph Attend Grand Lodge Meeting
Miss Viola Schaefer and Max Joseph represented local lodges at the Herman Sons Grand Lodge gathering in San Antonio. They served as official delegates from their respective lodges.
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Viola Schaefer
Max Joseph
Herman Sons Grand Lodge
San Antonio
Fredericksburg Giants to wear new uniform ads this season
Fredericksburg's baseball team will debut fifteen new grey uniforms with red and blue trim, the first to feature back ads funded by local merchants. The Giants travel to Stonewall to face the Stonewall nine led by ace Dummy Collins, a rematch of last year’s two games.
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Fredericksburg Ciamis
Fredericksburg
Giants
Stonewall
Collins
Frederiksburg
Gillespie County
Jordan
Missions Extend Streak with 12-5 Victory Over Exporters
The San Antonio Missions stretched their win streak to three with a 12-5 win over the Beaumont Exporters and rose to third place in the Texas League. In the American League the New York Yankees led by two games, while Chicago led Philadelphia by one game in the National League.
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San Antonio Missions
Beaumont Exporters
New York Yankees
Chicago
Philadelphia
Herman Sons Meeting Closes With Banquet
The Herman Sons of Texas grand lodge finished its 26th tri annual convention at Herman Sons Hall with officer installations by Julius Schramm. George Haeusler was reelected grand president and a slate of officers and trustees was chosen, with San Antonio and Houston reps prominent. The gala banquet at Plaza Hotel drew about 600 delegates as plans for a golden jubilee in San Antonio on March 27, 1940 were announced and Galveston hosts in 1942 were noted.
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Hermann Sons
Texas
Herman Sons
Grand Finance Committee
the Home For the Aged At Comfort
San Antonio
Carl Biebers
Biebers
Galveston
Gulf Coast
Plaza Hotel
Gerald Mann
S. A. Express
Drunken Man in Trough Declares Willingness to Swim
In the early hours a police officer found a drunken man standing in a horse trough waving a handkerchief. He replied when asked his purpose that he would save the women and children first and that he can swim.
Beer firm suffers weekend raid on Grand Prize Disttributing
Robbers looted the Grand Prize Disttributing company at 1309 East Houston Street, stealing 2632.88 dollars in cash and checks. They battered the safe after failed attempts to open it, then turned it over and bored a hole in the bottom. The crime occurred between noon Sunday and 3 a.m. Monday and is noted as one of the era’s largest San Antonio robberies. Evidence left includes a sledge hammer and five punches.
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Grand Prize Distributing Company
East
Houston Street
Grownoner
San Antonio
War measure would call president and congressmen first
Rep. Olmers of New Jersey introduced a resolution proposing a selective draft in war. The president, then the vice president, cabinet members, and all lawmakers who voted for war would be drafted with private ranks. If unable to respond they would be confined to bed for the duration of the conflict.
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Washington
Olmers
R-Nj
United States
House
Mother Bathing Baby Drowns Child in Bremerton Portrait
In Bremerton Washington on a Friday Mrs Ruth Maneval fainted while bathing her four and a half month old son Lloyd Jr She regained consciousness ninety minutes later and found the infant dead A doctor and inhalator squad tried unsuccessfully to revive the child.
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Bremerton
Wash
Ruth Maneval
Lloyd Jr
Navy Frigate Constitution Sails Power and Speed
The Constitution, a War of 1812 veteran, generated about 600 horsepower from full canvas and could reach 12 knots with a favorable wind. Its effectiveness prompted the British Admiralty to deploy frigates in pairs and avoid single ship actions with American frigates whenever possible.
Prize And Pot Shoot At Grapetown Club Draws 79 Shooters
Seventy nine or more sports men took part in a prize and pot shoot at Grapetown Rintracht Club range on Sunday April 23. The results list many shooters led by Grantbzen, with Henry Beckmann, Albert Martin, Harry Klinksiek and Prantzen high on the board. In a separate game the Fredericksburg Giants beat Blanco 2 to 1 at Fair Park in a pitcher’s duel, Dummy Collins fanning 14 for the Giants and Al Hollmig 11 for Blanco.
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Collins
R. E. Jordan
Giants
Fredericksburg
al Hollmig
Hondo
Grapetown
Fein
Prantzen
Max Enderlin
Edwin Kusenberger
Hubert Reichenau
Theo. Hohenberger
Harry Alberthal
Benno Tatsch
Otto Kolmelier
Pelix Heep
Rein, Enderlin
Emil Moeh
Pe Casalas Usta
Benno Weiss
Marvin Eckhardt
Harry Moellering
Jul Marquart
Alex Gehmidt
Chas Kiinksiek
H. W. Moellering
Arno Moellering
Henry Schmidt
Herbert Grenwelge
Palmer Hohenberger
Henry Frantzen
Chas Kallenberg
Alex Frantzen
Geth Martin
Rubin Doebbler
Harry Jenschke
Frank Loth
W. H. Moellering
Herman Hoffmann
Ernst Kallenberg
Guenther Lochte
Edwin Rausch
Walter AG
W. L. Moellering
Werner Rausch
Albert Moellering
Elgin Herbert
Harry Reichenau
Hubert Tatsch
Henry Feller
Elmer Hubbell
Rudolf Nuerenberger
Fredericksburg Giants
Blanco
Fair Park
C. Buckner
Hollmig
Reichenau
Rhe Blanco
H. Wagner
Lochte
U. Henke
G. Buckner
Langerhans
Buckner
Krauskopf
Pyka
Edmondson
Gillespie Waters Open to Anglers May 1
Gillespie waters open May 1 for fishing with licenses for residents and non residents. Non residents pay 5 season or 1 10 five day license. Bait sellers need a 2 license. Size limits include catfish nine inches bass 11 inches crappie seven inches. Daily bag limits total 20 fish with species caps and perch 20 per day 60 per week.
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Gillespie
Mr and Mrs Otto Hoffmann Visit Grapetown Friends
Mr and Mrs Otto Hoffmann of San Antonio visited with friends at Grapetown recently, sharing time together during a social outing in the community.
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Otto Hoffmann
San Antonio
Grapetown
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