Twelve District Winners To Be Here For State Semi-Pros Meet
Twelve South Texas Semi-Pros District champions will join the Southern Division Tournament at Gillespie Fair Park starting July 10, with 120 teams in district play through June. Fredericksburg hosts a late June district. Sinton Oilers seek to defend NBC title with Clarence Pfeil among the outfielders. Winners advance to Texarkana gear to decide the 1952 Texas state semi pro champion en route to Wichita.
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South Texas
Texas National Baseball Congress
Gillespie Fair Park
Jerry Feille
Dallas
Texas
Fredericksburg
Elgin
Livingston
Conroe
Ouston
Waco
Central Texas
Orpus Christi
Redericksburg
San Anonio
Sinton Oilers
NBC
Clarence Pfeil
Texas University
Sinton
Fredericksburg Little League Falls to San Saba 8-2
Fredericksburg youths aged 10 to 12 opened their season in San Saba, losing 8-2. Skipper Mumme pitched, Charles Marshall caught, and James Gerhardt led with two hits. Mumme hit a triple, Lions Club supports teams in Fredericksburg, Mason, and Liano with games slated Tuesdays and Fridays. Schedule shows later games on June 6, 10, and 13, with May 27 makeup moved to June 17 doubleheader.
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Fredericksburg
San Saba
Skipper Mumme
Charles Marshall
James Gerhardt
Mason
Liano
Fredericksburg Lions Club
Llane
Liane
Ocal
Doctors Run Texas Mental Hospitals With 290 Patients Each
Each full time physician in Texas state mental hospitals is responsible for the medical care of 290 patients, reflecting staffing and caseload pressures in the public system.
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Texas
Northern Division NBC Play-Offs Set For Texarkana
NBC announces Texas State Championship Northern Division playoffs will be held in Texarkana starting July 26 as part of the path to the Lone Star title. Winners meet in a post series to reach the National Tournament in Wichita August 15, with the national champion earning a Tokyo trip and a $10,000 first prize plus mileage allowances. District champions advance to the two Texas sectionals after 12 to 16 district events statewide preceding Fredericksburg and Texarkana tournaments.
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Gillespie County Fair Association
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Linton
Plymouth Oilers
U. S
Tokyo
Honolulu
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Fredericksburg Little League Expands Play Across Four Lions Clubs
Fredericksburg youngsters play about two games weekly with teams in Llano San Saba and Mason as Lions Club sponsors back the effort. Coaches Roy Langerhans Herbert Haas and W C Westerfeldt lead a growing program with multiple squads, aiming for intra squad games to give every boy a chance to play. Memorial Day doubleheader ace Max Molberg starred in a recent Albuquerque outing while Pampa sits third and Borger Gassers are seventh in the West Texas New Mexico League. Windy Eldridge tops hitting charts for Borger and Lloyd Brown’s squad continues to win.
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Fredericksburg
Llano
San Saba
Mason
Roy Langerhans
Herbert Haas
W. C. Westerfeldt
Lions Club
Lions Clubs
Max Molberg
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Pampa
Borger Gassers
Windy Eldridge
Borger
Lloyd Brown
Lamesa
Farmer Boys League Week Recap and Standings
Sisterdale leads the Farmer Boys League at 6 0 with Comforts 23 at Doss 6 2 and Enderlin 4 4 in the field. Results show Comfort 5 Enderlin 4 Harper 4 Enderlin 3, Sisterdale 16 Stonewall 4 with Comfort 8 Doss 1. Last week box scores list Enderlin and Comfort with multiple hits and errors. Harper and Enderlin also posted line scores and fielding notes.
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Comforts
Doss
Enderlin
Harper
Boerne
Stonewall
Comfort
Stonewall Comfort
Center Point
RHE
Einderlin
Beckmann
Matter
J. Serabia
A. Serabia
RHE Comfort
Ries
L. Baethge
E. Baethge
W. Hahn
C. Diamond
K. Cosper
H. Bierschwab
H. Becker
M. Dittmar
Old Timers Night at June 14 Game in Fair Park
Fredericksburg Giants honor former members at Old Timers Night on June 14 at the new lighted Fair Grounds field. A Lackland Air Force Base team vs the Giants game is slated with former pros adding to the roster. The Old Timers will sit in a special grandstand section and may attempt a ball over the park fence. Elton Jordan and Edgar Kietz of the Sports Committee urged fans to attend with the veterans.
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Fredericksburg Giants
Fair Grounds
Lorence Feller
Fair Sports
Lackland Air Force Base
Giants
Lackland
Carl Hardin
Fredericksburg
Elton Jordan
Edgar Kietz
Bogart Stars In Deadline U S A At Palace
Humphrey Bogart leads a bold Deadline U S A at the Palace with New York Daily News plant authentic background. A double bill features My True Story at Palace Saturday, plus Roy Rogers Dale Evans Pals of the Golden West. Also About Face at Palace Sunday Monday. Slaughter Trail with Donlevy and Gig Young screens Tuesday Wednesday.
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Humphrey Bogart
Palace Theatre
Bogart
New York Daily News
Palace
Helen Walker
Willard Parker
True Story Magazine
Roy Rogers
Trigger
Dale Evans
Virginia Grey
New Mexico
Allen
Andy Devine
Robert Hutton
Terry Gilkyson
Hermann Sons Ladies 10-Pin League Standings and Signups
In the Hermann Sons Ladies 10-Pin League standings Merl Ransleben leads with a high average of 152 and top scores of 173 in a 475 three-game series. Members may sign up for the next series before June 9. The item also includes mixed unrelated historical note about Queen Isabella financing Columbus' expedition.
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Hermann Sons Ladies
Lange Grocery
Dairy Kream
Moritz Elee. Co
Merl Ransleben
Isabella
Columbus
Giants Defeat Stonewall 8-4 To Keep League Lead
Giants beat the Stonewall Pirates 8-4 to stay atop the Hill Country League standings. Dudley Lee hit a grand slam in the second inning, giving a 4-0 lead as Dick Feller earned his second league win. Kenny Eckert closed the game with four strong innings after Schindler and Eckert kept Pirates at bay. Next, Giants face Goldthwaite Red Sox at Fair Park Wednesday night.
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Goldthwaite Red Sox
Fair Park
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Goldthwaite
Stonewall Pirates
Stonewall
Dick” Feller
Pirates
Schindler
Kenny Eckert
A. Klaemer
Melvin Benn
Feller
Lee
W. Maenius
K. Eckert
W. Maeni
Max Enderlin
Molberg
M. Bonn
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Ahrens
Moldenhauer
Enderlin
Agt Reichenaw
Iy Ae
A. Klaerner
C A. Ce
Pirates Abrhore Novian
Hodges
M. Burg
G. Maenius
Pehl
Luckenbach
Aee
Ee Schindler
Grobe
Novian
Eckert
Shhindler
Epp S. Eckert
Parish Football League results and upcoming games
The parish league reports Bethany beat Zions 12 to 11 with Holy Ghost, Bethany, Cherry Spring, Edison, St. Marys, and First Methodist all playing. Box scores include Edison over St. Marys 14 to 4 and Zions over Bethany 19 to 7, plus Giants and Pirates in a Hill Country League game with final 8 to 4, and Camp Stanley vs Boerne scheduled next.
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Zions
Holy Ghost
Bethany Cherry Spring
Edison St
Harper
First Methodist St. Mary’s
Zions Lutheran
First Methodist
L. Hahn
R. Langerhans
Hol
R. Wendel
Duecker
Pet
Fredericksburg
Comfort
Camp Stanley
Bee Boerne
Stonewall
Zoerne
Boerne
Comfort Camp Stanley
St. Mary's
Erhard Klein Injured After Scaffold Fall at Blanco Post Office
Erhard Klein fractured both arms Monday morning when he fell from a scaffold while plastering the Blanco post office building. The injury was reported by his grandfather Theodore Wahrmund.
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Erhard Klein
Blanco
Theodore Wahrmund
Wilder Chases Wildcat Then Slays It in Self Defense
Madisonville resident Wilder, a farmer, chased a wildcat from his chicken lot into a thicket. The cat turned on him. he grabbed it by the throat and choked it to death. He required stitches and an anti rabies shot at a clinic after the encounter.
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Madisonville
W. A. Wilder
Here
Wilder
Little Leaguers Defeat Mason 12 11 in Thriller
Fredericksburg boys beat Mason Little Leaguers 12 to 11 on Market Square diamond. Langehennig hit a grand slam in the fourth. Krause knocked in runs in the second. Mumme, Langehennig and Stafford starred for Fredericksburg as Mason rallied late but fell short.
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Mason
Fredericksburg
Market Square
Travis Langehennig
Robert Gail Krause
Mumme
Langehennig
Stafford
Focal
Hoffmann
Reardon
Reardn
Burnett
Turner Hale Ladies 10 Pin League Records
Turner Hale Ladies bowling column lists weekly leaders Nan Sembritzky with 155 high average Julia Gastinger with 193 high game and Nettie Wuest with 375 high weekly score.
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Turner Hale Ladies
Nan Sembritzky
Julia Gastinger
Nettie Wuest
State hospitals to feed patients 58 cents daily
By legislative appropriation Texas provides 58 cents per day to feed a patient in state operated mental hospitals.
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Texas
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