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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1950
Page
4
A weather note reports fall underway as Gillespians see a 41 degree low on Monday morning followed by 45 on Tuesday. The week's high reached 94 degrees, with Alfred Neffendorf credited for the data.
Camp Stanley Defenders win the Hill Country League crown by defeating the Fredericksburg Giants 9 to 1 at Camp Stanley. Menn pitched superbly for Stanley, limiting the Giants to four hits, while Petsch homered for the champions who finished the season 19 of 20 and swept Bourne in the semifinals.
Fredericksburg High School Billies and Goldthwaite Eagles battled to a 0-0 tie in District 22 A play. Eagles won on two penetrations, with key plays by Davis, Beyer, Leitz, and Lawson. Both teams showed strong defense, with 9 first downs each and near even yardage.
Adolph Heep, local game warden, returned from West Texas where he aided the game department near Alpine and Marfa supervising the antelope hunt. The season runs October 2 to 11. Leo Tomlinson and his brother S. P. Tomlinson Jr. of Brady each bagged one antelope within the first fifteen minutes.
The Security State Bank will be closed Thursday October 12 in observance of Columbus Day. The item also notes a local ad urging early Xmas shopping at Western Auto Assn Store with a lay away plan.
In Fredericksburg the Hermann Sons Ladies Bowling League standings show Team witnes Mathilda Keidel Lodge leading with high games by Nettie Wuest who rolled 189 and a 486 three game series. Visitors Mr and Mrs Gordon E Cage from South Dakota joined locals in the Rio Grande Valley weekend, stopping by Mrs F W Hein.
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