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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
3
A compact historical recap of baseball events from seventeen years prior, drawn from R E Jordan’s record compilation. It highlights notable games, players, and team outcomes, emphasizing league standings and key performances across the season.
The Giants defeated the Mason Mavericks 4 to 1 in Mason. Hollmig and Henke held opponents to five hits while Probst and others logged multiple base hits. Game length was 2 hours 30 minutes with Umpire Larmore and Scorer R. E. Jordan.
H Welge Lewis local independent oil distributor announced he became the local Onyx leaded gasoline distributor. The product meets Ethyl Corporation specifications and will be sold at a reasonable price through the Independent Service Station. The addition expands his lines of oil and gasoline.
Cyril Johnson of Birmingham England pleaded guilty to making counterfeit money and had been a leader in church work before his arrest.
July 27 Humble meets Kuenemann and July 31 Radio Post faces Sunset. August 1 Kuenemann plays Cosden. August 3 Stein Ice challenges Humble.
Bruno Knopp announced this week he had taken over the Knopp Store on West Main Street and renamed it Knopp's Cash Store The store has been remodeled and now features a complete groceries stock An announcement about the change is printed elsewhere in this issue
Lee McWilliams of Pedernales Electric Cooperative and Rae Lee of Texas Quality Network will discuss Electricity on the Farm on the Texas Farm and Home Hour. The show airs July 27 at 11 30 a m from WTAW College Station and can be heard on WOAT KPRC and WFAA. An inexpensive process for imparting a dead white finish to aluminum has been developed.
This week features the 47th Gillespie County Schuetzenfest at Baron's Creek Schuetzen Platz over two days. About 98 Schuetzer are expected to compete with six clubs Scharf Schuetzen Hubertus Grapetown Barons Creek Bear Creek Tivydale. The finale Sunday names the Schuetzen Koenig after scores are tabulated.
Sharpshooters from across Gillespie County gather at Barons Creek for the 47th Schuetzenfest sponsored by the Hubertus club. The event runs July 29 and 30 with a 9 am welcome, 10 am meeting, shooting from 1 pm Saturday and 8 am Sunday, plus dances both nights.
Felix Saenger posts a 246 single in men's ten pin league. Law Knopp leads with 609 for three games. Goodyear Service tops single game at 915 and captures team three game total with 2571.
Merchants score four in the top of the ninth to rally past the Giants 4 to 3. Bowmann Cody Suche Gussem Klett Jung drove in runs. Gussem Sudhe homered. Key miscues and pitching by Klaemner paced the rally as Giants stranded four and Merchants eight. Umpires Pfeil and Schaefer. Time 2 10.
Sunday in Fredericksburg features a game between the Owl Cafe team of San Antonio and the Fredericksburg Giants. The Giants aim to rebound after a 4-3 loss to the Prospect Hill Merchants and a pair of defeats in a row. Game time, as usual, will start the evening.
Sunset moved to the top of the City League after a 10 5 victory over Stein's while Radio Post lost 19 4 to Cosden. Next week Radio Post faces Sunset in a key race for first place as Cosden meets Kuenemann and Stein plays Humble Ice. An all star game is planned at Seipp's on Sunday August 6 with 20 players chosen, 13 from Doss.
Local fans recall a Fredericksburg native Hugo Klaerner who pitched for the San Antonio Missions in a 3-2 win over Shreveport. He left the game injured in the eighth. he expects to be ready for his next turn within days. The Missions remain atop the Texas League standings amid tight, one run wins and a road trip lasting until August 8 before returning home.
An invitation from the Austin Skeet and Gun Club invites all shooters to a day of enjoyment Sunday July 30 at 9 am. The field is on the San Antonio Highway half a mile south of Austin city limits. The writer muses about inviting Austin people to attend the Schuetzenfest as guests.
Tarzan finds a Son brings Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O Sullivan to the Palace with Tarzan Junior and five year old Sheffield in a jungle adventure. Stagecoach opens at the Palace with John Wayne and Claire Trevor amid Apache danger and frontier drama. Winter Carnival at Dartmouth is showcased with authentic background and alumni involvement for the film Juarez starring Paul Muni and Bette Davis.
Crockett Riley leaves his parents in San Antonio to resume work in Juneau Alaska. He will travel by train from San Antonio to Seattle and then by steamship to Juneau. Wisconsin fur farm reports an albino porcupine and an albino skunk.
Bob Snow of the game department reports that wild mountain sheep in west Texas mountains number in the hundreds and are highly alert, fleeing at moving objects from as far as two miles away.
Eighteen states have enacted laws allowing nonprofit hospital service plans under the supervision of state insurance departments, authorizing regulated operation within their health care markets.
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