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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
3
A compact retrospective recounts baseball history compiled from R. E. Jordan records, detailing notable games and season highlights from seventeen years prior. Names, locations, and key outcomes are highlighted to map the era’s competitive landscape.
May 21 1922 San Antonio Joske Brothers humbles Giants 6 to 0 at Fair Park. Swartzkopf fans 15, Hollmig 12, Lee 5. U Henke and Robert Lee with timely hits for Giants limited to two. Schedule notes include forthcoming games through May 30.
Stonewall baseball team beat Comfort Bronchos 8 to 3 in Comfort. Stonewall opened with four runs in the first inning and added three in the eighth and one in the ninth while holding off Comfort's late charge. Joe Pankratz led Stonewall with three hits in four at bats. R Schumann and M Deike also contributed multiple hits. Comfort pitchers Seward and Dummy Collins allowed 15 and 10 safeties respectively.
Homer Ray Pruitt, 9, was killed by a passenger train on the Fort Worth and Denver line near Electra while walking home with his report card in hand. The accident occurred May 24 as the boy finished his final lesson of the season.
This week in sports notes the Giants faced a no show by Cibolo for a scheduled game at Seipps Park leaving Giants without a contest last Sunday. The column says Cibolo offered excuses about army players being unavailable and asks for a reschedule later in the summer.
Sunset edged Radio Post 5 4 in eleven innings to keep top standing in the City Softball League. Leaders amid lower bracket teams face possible changes next week as league managers plan a meeting at Peters Hall on Friday June 2 to resolve operational questions.
Clarence Pfeil, stellar Texas Longhorns center fielder, elected captain for the 1949 season and named a varsity letterman. Johnny Langerhans also receives special baseball merit awards. Pfeil noted for leadership and friendships as Fredericksburg’s first captain since Louis Jordan.
Fredericksburg High School shows off its rebuilt athletic field behind the campus buildings. The area has been leveled sodded and grassed with a concrete retaining wall on the north side to prevent erosion. Bleachers will rise on the north slope, goal posts and equipment will be added, and lights may be installed before next football season.
National events to watch include the Memorial Day automobile racing classic at Indianapolis scheduled for next Tuesday May 30. A heavyweight prizefight between Max Baer and Lou Nova is set for next Thursday night June 1 in New York City.
J L Bates and Walter E Dickerson elected vice presidents at Corpus Christi meeting on May 22. Bates to supervise Guadalupe Victoria and Rice Belt districts. Dickerson to continue industrial development work. Other officers re-elected include Hill Cooper Neiswanger Loehr Boone Pierce Rhodes Manley and Menger.
Rio Grande City on May 21 reports two rattlesnake bite victims from Starr County arriving at Podriguez Hospital. The first patient is a 12 year old son of Hipolito Villareal of El Sauz, 15 miles northwest. The second is a 14 year old son of Ignacio Villareal of El Centro, 25 miles northeast.
Brady, May 21. Hospital attendants report Mrs. John Winstead Sr. 65, was critically burned Friday and is in serious condition. The injuries followed a kerosene stove explosion at her home on Friday afternoon.
The board will meet at Temple on May 29 to set up the state organization and approve district creation rules. Five elected members plus advisory members discuss office location, district framework, cooperation with agencies, and information dissemination. Districts cap at 3,000 square miles with a petition from 50 landowners. Supervisors must be landowners active in agriculture and may hire staff, enforce land-use regulations, and administer projects. Districts can be created or enlarged by landowner vote. districts can be dissolved after five years by majority. Details require study of the act itself.
The event showcased Pabst Brewery plants at Milwaukee and Peoria with potential annual output of 3,000,000 barrels. Mr. Bradford noted Pabst is the only brewery capable of producing all its own beer. A Dutch luncheon closed the program.
Former Smith County Judge Brady P. Gentry of Tyler was confirmed as chairman of the Highway Commission by Gov Lee O'Daniel. His six year term starts from Feb. 15, replacing John Wood of Timpson. R L Bobbitt remains on the commission. East Texas senators had urged the appointment from that region.
About 400 000 automobile vacationists are expected to spend roughly 40 200 000 in Texas in 1939 according to Joe H Thompson national director of the Conoco Travel Bureau. He cites surveys of 1938 hotel route and information inquiries and predicts a banner year for Texas tourism with visitors from almost every state and Canada. Estimated expenditures include 10 000 000 in retail stores 8 500 000 for food 8 000 000 on gasoline oil and repairs 8 000 000 for hotels and tourist houses 3 200 000 for recreation and 2 400 000 for refreshments souvenirs and miscellaneous items.
Lee McWilliams a Pedernales Electric Cooperative project superintendent based in Johnson City left Monday to attend a Rural Electrification Administration REA project superintendents meeting in Dallas Administrators John M Carmody and C L Falkenwald along with other high ranking REA officials will preside over the gathering
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