Basebatl Seventeen Years Ago From Records
Compiled from game records and box score notes. Includes base hits by Brown Hollmig Lit Hodges Rees tolen Reich and other players with details on hits, errors, and pitching. Time of game about 1 hour 50 minutes.
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Giants
Brown
Hollmig
Hodges
Rees
Tolen
Reichkout
Holle
Ible
Langerhans Rees-Probst-Langen
Branch
Knopp
Ransleber
R. FE. Jordan
Stop at Federicksburg Drive-In Station
Rubin Crenwelge, proprietor, announces a next stop at Federicksburg Drive-In Station, designated as J2tf, with details on service and hours to follow.
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Federicksburg Drive-In
Rubin Crenwelge
Llano County Rodeo Opens With Big Parade
Llano County hosts its fourth annual rodeo after a Thursday parade led by Lieut. Coke Stevenson. The three night event features calf tie-downs bronco riding steer riding steer bull dogging and double mugging with 500 in added prize money and a 100 saddle prize for Llano area contestants based on three day average times. Fifteen cowgirls compete for prizes from boots to spur pins with entrants from Mason San Saba Gillespie Burnet and Llano counties. Clinton Hardin acts as manager and invites Gillespie friends to attend as events run Friday and Saturday nights.
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Llano County
Llano
Coke Stevenson
Junction
Austin Long
Moore State Bank of
Burnet
San Saba
Mason
Blanco
Gillespie County
Gillespie
Local Youth Attends Red Cross Life Saving School
William Dietel Jr son of Mr and Mrs William Dietel left Monday to attend a ten day Aquatic School at Camp Mystic Hunt Texas one of seventeen in the United States under the American Red Cross. In Hunt he will receive training in First Aid Life Saving Accident Prevention Swimming Recreational Swimming Canoeing Boating and Pro framing. Sponsored by Gillespie County Chapter he plans to return to Fredericksburg to promote water safety and swimming for Gillespie County citizens.
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William Dietel, Jr
William Dietel
Camp Mystic
Hunt
Texas
United States
American Red Cross
Dietel
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Delegation And Band To Attend Kerr Legion Meet
A delegation from the Louis Jordan Post of the American Legion and a group from the Legion Auxiliary will attend the District 21 Legion Convention in Kerrville on June 8 and 9. The Fredericksburg Junior Band, sponsored by the Legion, will accompany them and a parade is planned in Kerrville. The group will meet at the Agriculture Building Sunday at 7:45 a.m. and depart at 8 a.m. for Kerrville.
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Louis Jordan Post
American Legion
Legion Auxiliary
District 21 Legion
Kerrville
Fredericksburg
The
Legion
Agriculture Building
Alfred Neffendorf
Auxiliary
Zimmermann carries Giants to late win over Creamers
With two out and tied at 3 3 Zimmermann doubled to left field scoring L Schneider for the winning run in a mound duel between Hard Luck Al Grove and Prichett as the Giants beat the Dairyland Creamers 4 to 3 at Selpp Por Sunday. Both pitchers allowed thirteen hits while stranded runners mounted for both sides. Syark Plug O Schneider again led the Giant attack.
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Elton Jordan
Zimmerman Giant
L. Schneider
al” Grove
Prichett
Dairyland Creamers
Giants
Creamers
Syark
O. Schneider
Giants Rally in Ninth Despite Dreamers Lead
O Schneider leads with four hits including a game winning double in the ninth as the Giants beat the Dairyland 4 to 3. Early, O Schneider and Klett drive runs. Dairyland builds a two run third inning before Giants tie and prevail.
Membership Trip to Kerrville Invites Eligible Participants
Those eligible to membership are invited to participate in the trip to Kerrville. The district consists of some 45 counties in the Hill Country. Miss Florine Mangleberger of San Antonio is spending several weeks in Fredericksburg visiting with local relatives and friends.
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Kerrville
Hill Country
Florine Mangleberger
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Fishing season dominance and gar fishing gains noted this week
The week centers on widespread fishing activity with Game Warden Heep reporting strong catches early in the season before declines. Ernst Wilke lands an 11 pound red eared bream in the Pedernales on opening day. Gar fishing is praised as a balanced, pressure-relieving sport. Wilbur Shaw dominates motorsports, winning the 1940 Indianapolis 500 with a 114.277 mph average, his second consecutive title. Dizzy Dean returns to Texas League action with the Oilers in Fort Worth as he plots a major league comeback. League leaders list Houston, San Antonio, Beaumont, Shreveport. Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, New York. Cincinnati, Brooklyn, New York, Chicago.
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Heep
Ernst Wilke
Pedernales
Gillespie
Wilbur Shaw
Shaw
Dizzy” Dean
Baliwick
Dizzy
Tulsa
Texas
Oilers
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Beaumont
Shreveport
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
New York
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Chicago
Births Surpass Deaths in Gillespie County May Totals
May vital statistics show 16 births including 9 girls and 7 boys, 8 deaths, and 6 marriages in Gillespie County per County Clerk Albert Klett.
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Gillespie County
Albert Klett
Stonewall Routs Harper 14-0 to Seize League Lead
Stonewall crashed Harper 14-0 at home to move into undisputed top spot in the Farmer Boys League. Harper collected four scattered hits off J Heep and Ruebsahm while Stonewall rapped 15 safeties off C Cottle, scoring two in each of the first two innings, seven in the third, one in the fourth and two in the fifth. Carters rose to first with a win as Comfort tied for second by beating Willow City.
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Stonewall
Farmer Boys League
Harper
Carters
Comfort
Willow City
J. Heep
Ruebsahm
C. Cottle
City Softball League Scores And Week Following Schedule
Kallenberg's 10 Stonewall 11 Cosden 20 Fat & Forty 10 Sunset 14 Stonewall 9 Fire Dept. 17 Cosden 19 Games Next Week Sixth Week Monday June 10 Fire Dept. vs Humble Tuesday June 11 Kallenbergs vs Cave Creek Thursday June 13 Fat & Forty vs Stonewall Friday June 14 Sunset vs Cosden
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Kallenberg's
Stonewall
Cosden
Fire Dept
Humble
Kallenbergs
Cave Creek
Fat & Forty
Sunset
Team Wrot
Sunset Nena Eke
Kallenberg
High Scoring Night in Local Ten Pin League
Leo Petsch led with a 205 high single while Hardy Moses posted a 582 three game series. Bright Star led teams with a 859 single and City Mattress claimed a 2437 three game team total.
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Leo Petsch
Hardy Moses
Bright Star
City Mattress
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RE. Jordan
Orre
Fey
Palace Theatre
Carson City
Sun
Mon
Jane Withers
Gene Antry
Jones Family
Thurs
Ames Cagney
Pat O’brein
Red Grass Life Saving School
Kerr Legion
A' Ry
Stein’s Ice Factory
Zimmermann
Schneider
Dan's Cafe
Dan’s Cafe
Mugford
Zimmerman
Dreamers
Neal
Stockton
Tabbert
Deike
Brand
L. Schneder
Prickett
Cowan
Schnerr
Pyka
Hoese
Ar Og Prichett
Bia. L 'Deike
iTewes
Abrhor E
Ahrens
Ie. Klaerner
Grobe
P . Ve
Tooang
Ornanet
If & Dairyland
Klett
L Schneider
Molberg
Luckenbach
Dairyland
Epp
Haese
Gar
State Game Department
Director On Inland Fisheries
City Softball League
Pet
G. Krauskopf
O. Juenke
F. Schoenewolf
E. Knoche
al Ith Ad
Eens
Kuenemann
Pirates Ibe Esis
Turn Verein
City of Fred’burg
Goodrich Wads Ae
Tustlers
Goodyear
Cherman
Engel Bros
Girl Scout
Benefit Party
Sunnyside Tavern
Laurie Wells
Ostrow
Age Seipp
New Braunfels
Otto H. Ae
Deike’s Hall
Hye, Texas
Henry and His Boys
Fritz Deike
Weinheimer's Hall
Stonewall, Texas
Pehl
Old Time Orchestra
Klingelhoefer
Tom Dickey and His
Showboys
Alt
Baron’s Creek Hall
Pehe
Elgin Rosenbusch
Sou
South Ou Seleet
Southern Select
South
Galveston-Houston Breweries, Inc
Galveston
Rive
Melton Keller
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