Desperate Fighting at Adobe Walls Ends in Heroic Retreat
The Adobe Walls siege recounts a fierce Indian assault led by a medicine man and a bugler. Clinton Dixon Billie Tyler and the Shadley brothers hid near a wagon and fought back as five Buffalo rifles fired. Five men were killed or mortally wounded, two Shadleys died, Billie Dixon saved them, and the survivors retreated behind the walls. Aftermath praised Mrs Olds for steadiness and recounted the fates of participants, including Bat Masterson and Billy Dixon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Dixon
Billie Tyler
Shadley Brothers
Medicine Man
Billie Dixon
Miles
Bat Masterson
Tobe Robinson
Arthur Forrest
Charley Meyers
Fred Meyers
Bill Langdon
Charley O’keefe
Charley Rath
Joe Langdon
Fred Leonard
Jim Hanrahan
Mike McCabe
Lem Wilson
New York City
Panhandle
John Clinton
Abilene
Texas
Bronchos Defeat Giants in Boerne Fair Game
The Comfort Bronchos beat the Giants 8 to 4 to close the Giants 1924 season. Gudat earned his first win over the locals in three starts, allowing 11 hits. Goodwin started for the Giants, Hollmig relieved in the fourth, with Nowlin and Satcher among Bronchos’ heavy hitters. Final line score 8-4.
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Giants
Goodwin
Lefty Gudat
Hollmig
Goldsmith
Nowlin
Lochte
Peter
Faltin
Brinkmann
Satcher
Gudat
Linor
Faust
Kotts Defeat Meusebach In Fast Grounds Game
Kott's Ball defeated Meusebach 10 to 3 at the Fair Grounds in a brisk contest. Batteries went to Kott's Mogford Molberg and to Meusebach H Heimann E Heimann Weinheimer. Hits counted 14 for Kott's and 7 for Meusebach with 1 and 3 errors respectively. Mogford struck out 7, H Heimann 8, E Heimann 1. Three-base hits from Molberg Mogford and Jordan. Umpires were Peter Mann and Weinheimer. Time 1 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kott
Meusebach
Fair Grounds
Kott’s
Mogford
Molberg
E. Heimann
Weinheimer
H. Heimann
Jordan
Petermann
We Sell Cotton Duck and Wagon Covers at Low Prices
A catalog note promoting cotton duck in 8 and 10 oz weights and wagon covers at bargain prices from Schmidt Bros. Also advertised are children’s shoes at 1.35 dollars and a made to measure suit service promising guaranteed fit or the suit is ours.
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Schmidt Bros
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adobe Walls
Masterson
Billy Dixon
Goforth
Pankratz
U. Henke
E. Henke
Knopp
Goodwin Hollmig
Ford
Louis Kott & CO
Ogo
John Coolidge
Vermont
Woodstock
John
Austin
Jessie Daniels Ames
Cgeorgetown
Women’s Club
General Platform
Red Man’s
Gillespie County
A. R. Gold
Knapp & Metzger, Klaerner & Schmidt
Fredericksburg
Alex W. Maier
Sugarmann Bros
Sterling Bros
Waterman’s
Wahl
Eversharp
The
Wahl Co
E. L. Walter
Jeweler
Florsheim and
W. L. Douglas
Saenger & Ochs
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