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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1937
Page
3
Standings from the South Texas League show Fredericksburg beating Boerne 5 4 and Hondo D Hanish 2 Pearsall 1. Upcoming fixtures include D Hanish Hondo at Fredericksburg and Pearsall at Boerne next Sunday.
Last week Harper defeated Fredericksburg 9 to 8 and Bandera beat Medina 4 to 3. This weekend Eagles visit Harper for the WOW Barbecue Celebration, while Medina travels to Bandera.
Seipp's baseball team strengthened their first place bid in the Farmer Boys League by defeating Grapetown 7 to 4 at Grapetown. Novian hit a bases loaded homer for Grapetown, while Seipp's started strong with six runs in the first inning and added a run in the sixth. Also, Stonewall edged Luckenbach 2 to 0 and Cain City defeated Sisterdale 13 to 10 in the other Sunday games with multiple standout performances.
Mrs Hilmar Pfeiffer and children of Comfort joined by multiple relatives including Mr and Mrs Henry Arhelger Mr and Mrs Otto Arhelger and son Mr and Mrs Henry Peterman Mrs Louis Schaefer Mr and Mrs Eddie Peterman Mr and Mrs Felix Hahn Mrs Louis Mueller and son Mr and Mrs Anton Staudt Mrs Albert Reichenau and Mrs Hugo Klaerner and son Travis Roger celebrate a significant milestone honoring a local octogenarian.
This week in sports reports the Northern Division schedule ends with Hondo D Hanis at the Giants in Fair Park and Pearsall at Boerne as title contenders. Playoff plans will be finalized at a Monday meeting in Boerne with Pres C C Roeder. The Giants plan a winter rest and then book strong semi pro teams for interlude games.
A barber shop column notes the Farmer Boys League shifting from pure amateur status to an “out and out” professional circuit. It laments hiring players from distant cities and warns of inevitable disputes harming a once well regarded local league. The piece urges returning to playing baseball for fun and glory.
Klein’s one leads with 8 wins and 1.000 Pct followed by Humble. Publishers and Stein Lumber trail. This week results show Klein 1 Kraus 0 and Publishers 2 Stein’s Lumber 0. Games this week include Humble vs Pearl and Klein vs Publishers with Stein’s Lumber facing Humble on Wednesday.
Paul Creiglow arranges a full day of events at Tourist Park Swimming Pool. The program runs from 8 a.m. with a golf tournament open to all, then swimming preliminaries for men women and boys, followed by underwater swim, softball, and water polo finals. The event highlights the toughness and excitement of water polo.
Rayne Louisiana newspaper reports Chester Klaerner, now a pro baseball player, tops the Evangeline League with four wins in four starts and a 1000 percentage. The item recalls Lindsay Red Brown of Mason the son of Jim Brown, noted for football and baseball in Mason, who began in Springfield Three I league then moved through Beaumont, Fort Worth, Toledo and a trade to the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League.
The Southern Division of the Texas League won last Saturday’s All Star Dream Game as ties held until the eighth inning when two hits produced the decisive runs. Tommy Farr, the British heavyweight, arrived in New York Tuesday ahead of his August 26 bout with Joe Louis, boasting of confidence and a blunt critique of Louis. Farr weighed in at 208 pounds and claimed several rivals have fallen to him in short fights.
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