Baseball Seventeen Years Ago From ACE Records
A game recap from May 27, 1923, showing the Athletic beating the Giants 8 to 6 in nine innings. Notable plays include Emmett Henke and Emil Henke with two base hits, Brown and Probst with three base hits, and Wilson Baenger stealing bases. Pitcher Brown struck out six. Hollmig threw a wild pitch and a double play occurred Hollmig to Probst. Time 1 40. Umpire Shapiro. Scorer R E Jordan.
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Lochte
Athletic
Giants
Emmett Henke
Holchak
Dugat
U. Henke
Brown
Probst
Emil Henke
Wilson
Baenger
By Brown
Hollmig
Hollm
Jto Probst
Athletics If Giants
Shapiro
R. E. Jordan
Fredericksburg Girls Softball League Plans Practices
A new girls softball league is being organized in Fredericksburg with practice sessions each Thursday evening after 6 p m. Plans call for the league to expand later with interleague play and out of town games scheduled.
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Fredericksburg
Samnes
Western Auto Store Ad Highlights Saturday June 15
An OCR fragment notes Western Auto Store sales event starting Saturday June 15 with special value tags and discount promotions indicated on price tags. The readable lines suggest a storewide promotional push centered on the weekend shopping period.
Girl Scout Troop Hikes Overnight at Tourist Park
The Sunflower Girl Scouts held an overnight hike at Tourist Park last week on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Leaders Mrs J B Roland of Florida Lilian Fischer a former Girl Scout Lieutenant Miss Josie Stahl provided First Aid demonstrations and Miss Flora Kneese a Senior Life Saver demonstrated artificial respiration and swimming. At the campfire investiture twenty Tenderfoot girls received Girl Scout pins.
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J. B. Roland
Florida
Lillian Fischer
Josie Stahl
Flora Kneese
Carters Edge Willow City In Tight Farmers League Clash
Carters nine edged Willow City 6 to 1 in a close ball game marred by errors. Wuest pitched for Carters allowing 4 hits while C Gold limited Carter’s bats to 7 safeties. Klein and Eckert led scorable efforts though no standout hitters emerged.
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Carters
Willow City
Farmers League
Wuest
C. Gold
Willow
Carter
E. Klein
Eckert
Rhe Carter
Kallenberg's rout and late homer edge Giants in tight game
In a Dan's Cafe vs Giants softball clash Kallenberg's team seized a one run lead in the second after Schnerr's error, then Klaerner belted a ninth inning homer for the decisive edge. Final: 4-2 Giants at Dan's Cafe with Klaerner earning the win on nine innings.
Klaerner's late homer sinks Dan Case at Seipp Park
Big Pat Klaerner belted Cathey's best pitch past the left field wall to break a 2 2 tie and lift the Giants to a 4 2 win over the Dan Case team of San Antonio at Seipp Park. Klaerner limited the opposition to six hits and fanned ten over seven innings. Molberg went 3 for 3 and O Schneider added key at bats.
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Elton Jordan
Pat” Klaerner
Cathey
Giants
Dan Case
San Antonio
Seipp Park
Klaerner
Molberg
O. Schneider
Giants to oppose Strong Frenchys in San Antonio series
Next Sunday the Giants renew their feud with the Strong Frenchys Black Cats of San Antonio in the first of a three game series. The club has enjoyed a very successful season this year and the game will start promptly at 3 30 o clock.
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Giants
Frenchy
Black Cats
San Antonio
Palace Theatre to Screen Flanders Evacuation Film
Newsreel shots depict the BEF and allied troops fleeing the Flanders pocket and being rescued in France. The Clipper flown film will be shown Sunday and Monday nights this week at the Palace Theatre, highlighting the remarkable evacuation.
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Flanders
Atlantic Ocean
Palace Theatre
France
Houston 2 1 Texas League duel as Klaerner tops Pollett
Hugo Klaerner defeated league leader Pollett in Houston in a nine inning pitchers duel to snap a 12 game winning streak and lift Shreveport into third place. The piece also recalls a Shreveport San Antonio three game set in Alamo City ending 5 2 with wet grounds and errors.
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Hugo Klaerner
Pollett
Houston
Hugo
Shreveport
Alamo City
San Antonio
Hallett
Stephens
Mission
Bilgore
Beaumont
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Famed Western Star Buck Jones Visits Fredericksburg on Way to Mexico
Western film icon Buck Jones passed through Fredericksburg en route from Hollywood to a Mexico fishing trip. He stopped briefly at the Palace Theatre with manager Walter Knoche noting a short visit and an overnight stay at a local hotel without making any public appearances.
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Buck” Jones
Fredericksburg
Hollywood
California
Mexico
Jones
Walter Knoche
Palace Theatre
Illes pie Entrant Wins Third Place In Cowgirl Contest
Gillespie County entrant Mrs. Clinton Hardin won third place in the Cowgirl Contest at the three day Llano County rodeo in Llano. Ella Claire Bruhl won the event with Annetta Moss taking second. several other local riders placed in the final rounds and top finishes. The $100 saddle prize went to D. W. Behrens of Mason County with tight finishes by Hiram Davis and others, as 75 performers competed across 15 events over the three nights.
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Clinton Hardin
Gillespie County
Llano County
Llano
Ella Claire Bruhl
Annetta Moss
Roy Zesch
Mason County
Vivian Ellis
San Saba
Jasper Hardin
Carl Freeman
Tom Lowe
Moore State Bank
D. W. Behrens
Hiram Davis
Blanco County
Charley Capps
J. R. Phillips
Lynn Hardin
Punk Snyder
Bob Mansfield
van Brown
Windy Ryan
Joe Hood
Lawrence Melton
Ralph Collier
Ben Davis
John Merk
Turkey Hatch Good This Season, Game Warden Reports
Game Warden Adolf Heep announced a strong turkey hatch in Gillespie County and reports from Hill Country and South Texas indicate a good season ahead. The outlook depends on avoiding floods and harassment of the birds.
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Turkey Hatch
Adolf Heep
Gillespie County
Hill Country
South Texas
High Scores Noted in Men’s Ten Pin League
Leo Petsch led with a high single game of 255 and Hardy Moses posted a 582 three game series. Bright Star achieved a 859 team high single game and City Mattress a 2437 team three game series.
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Leo Petsch
Hardy Moses
Bright Star
City Mattress
Jimmie M Pfiester Arrives for Washington Vacation
Jimmie M Pfiester of Washington D C arrived Saturday to spend his vacation with friends and relatives in the area.
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Jimmie M. Pfiester
Washington D. C
Western Auto Associate Store Red Tag Sale Starts Saturday
The Western Auto Associate Store announces a red tag sale beginning Saturday June 15 featuring discounts on tools auto parts and home goods for shoppers seeking bargain prices and special offers.
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Western Auto Associate Store
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Jordan
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Stahman
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Cox
Remif Henke
Saenet
Oul Bunting
Abrhore
Nke If
Hans
Palac Theatre
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Aga
John Wayne
Ray Corrigan
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Don Ameche
Edward Arnold
Plas
Micky Mouse
Carole
Claude Rains
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Women’s Auxiliary Air Corps
Nancy Love
U. S
Britain
Cety Softball League
Kallenberg’s
Humble
Cave Creek
Fat
Fire Dept
Kallenbergs
Cosden
Fat & Forty
Stonewall
Beavers
Schnerr
Janowski
Mugford
Beaver
Sommers
Zimmermann
Klaemer
L. Schneider
Sngle
Dan
Pickett
Ludwig
Thomas
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Ransleben
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Sunset
C. Klaerner
H Pet Klett
Jung
O Schneider
Enderlin
E. Klaerner
Grobe
Pyka
Luckenbach
Ahrens
Icke
Mogford - Arenes
Peature
Dizzy’ Dean
Tulsa
Fort Worth
Rogers Hornsby
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Carl Kott
Alexandria
Carl
Texas
Game Fish and Ovyster Commission
Tivy High
Kerrville
David Coleman
The
Antlers
Adaepee
Jefferson Mustangs
Coleman
Hillbillies
Illespie
Peter’s
Petel
Nic Ah
Adolph Tofner
Klingelhoefer’s Hall
Wranglers
Alf. Klingelhoefer
Stonewall, Texas
Pehl
Old Time Orchestra
Girl Scout
Benefit Party
Sunnyside Tavern
Laurie Wells
Deike’s Hall
Hye, Texas
Musi
Fritz Deike
Tivydale Hall
Southern Swingsters
Raymond Klein
Seipp
Varvin Gold
Otte TH. Seipp
Southern Select
South
Galveston-Houston Breweries
IMC
Galveston
Melton Keller
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