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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
5
A retrospective compilation traces baseball events from seventeen years prior using RB and Jordan records. It highlights league standings notable games and player movements reflected in archived data.
The report lists base hits for Bowles Goldsmith and Henke, with Matthews and Lochte among others, plus eight strikeouts by Pipkin and a hit by pitch on Hollmig. It records eight left on base for Lake Austin and Giants, camp time at 1 25, and umpires Hy Molberg and Langerhans with scorer R F Jordan. In a separate anecdote a boy fears thunder but jokes that God is noisy and keeps him awake.
The tip explains cloudiness in jellies comes from improper straining. Pour juice into a jelly bag and let it drip dry without squeezing. Drip technique reduces pulp. a second straining yields clearer jelly but lowers yield.
Dizay Dean, once a colorful pitcher, ends his retirement and is rehired as coach with the Cubs. He receives unconditional release but is immediately brought back to the staff, restoring his role.
Giants defeat Boerne White Sox 6 to 3 at Seipp Park to extend their Hill Country League lead. Al Grobe limited Boerne to four hits while Giants racked 14 safeties, earning their fourth straight league victory.
Next Sunday the locals will journey to Stonewall to meet them in quest of their fifth Hill Country League victory. Sun day's game should be very interesting so come along and witness the contest.
Locals cost Grobe a shutout as the White Sox faced errors on the locals field. L Schneider, Giant short, held the homelings to five, while Arhelger and Knopp showed well for the rookies. Giants plated two in the second and two in the third, and added two more in the fifth. Visitors tallied twice in the sixth, and one in the eighth on errors and timely hits.
Those undergoing operations in local hospitals this week included Mrs. Lee Evers Mrs Harvey Gold Walter Jung son of Ada Jung pendingectomy and Edmund Reed tonsillectomy all on May 22 Alfred Baethge appendectomy and Chas Pressler operation on May 24 Miss Opal Reeves operation on May 26 and Ernest Kott son of Ad Kott tonsillectomy on May 28 A daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Duecker was injured Sunday falling from a moving car and received medical care before returning home.
A group of Tosca region ranchers with help from county neighbors and hunting dogs have made several attempts to confront wolves ravaging local sheep. A large posse searched Sunday morning but found no success.
Miss Mary Johanson of Fredericksburg will earn a Master of Science in Biology from Texas A and I College in Kingsville at the annual commencement. She is a Rocky Hill School and Fredericksburg High School and Southwest Texas State Teachers College alumna and the niece of several Rocky Hill Community residents.
The article notes an early license measure in Massachusetts, adopted in 1903, aimed at automobile owners. It highlights that enforceable driver licensing laws have precedents long before modern reforms.
The Fredericksburg National Bank will be closed on Tuesday June 3 in observance of Thomas Jefferson's holiday. Banking services will resume the following business day. The notice requests customers to plan accordingly and use nearby branches if needed.
The 1941 Hill Country League race tightens with Kerrville one game back of the Giants after early losses, while Fredericksburg and Stonewall vie for position. The Giants beat Boerne 6 3 at Seipp Park with a reshuffled lineup including Tony Knopp in right field.
A warm season brings snakes into view across the county. Marvin Priess, 17, captured a rattlesnake alive at the Wolf Creek area using a bucket and stick, later killing it. Ad. Kott and Striegler killed a large rattler with eleven rattles near a ranch porch.
A Fraternal Monitor survey shows Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society has over 62,000 Texas members, the highest of any life society in the state. Fifty six societies total 321,578 members in Texas, with Woodmen comprising about 62 percent.
Llano Texas May 25 H C Miller football coach at Llano High School for several years will be inducted into Army service on June 1. The local school board will hold the post vacant until it is known whether he accepts when he reports to Fort Sam Houston for training.
Gillespie County trustees and rural teachers meet in the Gillespie County courthouse on Thursday evening, June 5 at 8 p m to discuss the twelve grade system now used in Fredericksburg Public Schools and its effects on rural schools. County Judge Henry Hirsch calls the session to align rural and public curricula. Election judges who served in April may claim their salaries at the County Judge's office.
Mr and Mrs Albert Immel Miss Albertine Immel and Walter Fuhrmann and Davis Mugford left last Saturday for a two week visit in California. Davis will visit his sister Mrs Erna Perry and family in San Diego while the rest stay with Mr and Mrs Alvin Immel and Chester Immel in Holdsville near Los Angeles.
Referee Arthur Donovan defends the sixth round blow on Baer Louis fight as fair. Baer eyes another shot at Louis after knocking him through the ropes in round one. Meanwhile speedway overflow returns with stock car roars and Indiannapolis 500 race set for Saturday May 30.
High individual single game posts F Heep with 253 and Leo Petsch cards a 611 three game series. City of Fredericksburg claims high team single game at 912 while Pirates top team three game series with 2631.
The article notes that nearly 200,000 oil and gas wells have been drilled in Texas to date, reflecting extensive exploration activity and energy sector development across the state.
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