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Texas improved 2,402.83 miles of highway in 1930 and will do better in 1931. It has more than 18,000 miles of designated highways within its borders. Why spend so much money for Trusses when we can fit you here so much more cheaper We guarantee satisfaction. Kallenberg’s Pharmacy, See elsewhere in this issue adv. of STEIN LUMBER CO. on a combination feed trough. Cail by our yard the next time and see how handy this trough is. 17-21 STEIN LUMBER CO. During the 1930 baseball sea son, the Fredericksburg Giants were a member of the Hill Coun try League. It was the first time in the history of baseball in the Hill Country that such a league was formed and car ried thru to a successful finish. Fredericksburg can be justly proud of its baseball club. First, that they won the first cham pionship of the Hill Country League, and secondly that tthe members who composed the team were all home county boys, who were called upon to cope with such handicaps permitted under the constitution and by laws of the league that club member teams were permitted to hire two experienced and talented players and were also permitted to use two additional men who were being paid their traveling expenses to enable them to play with the Giants’ opponents. Teams playing in the Hill Country League can figure only on a certain amount of gate receipts. To hire men and pay them a big salary for playing takes most, if not all, of the receipts. As a result the fi nancial status of several club members of the League were not so good at the close of the season. The Giants opened their season at home with the Kerrville Tourists and clos ed with wa 5 to 2 victory over the Magon Mavericks at Mason September 14th. We are again giving our readers a full and complete summary for the 1930 season, showing the batt ing, fielding and other averages for the season. The averages thus compiled include all games played. The following are the names of the men who composed the 1930 roster of the team: Paul Knoppeb, Edgar Klett, If; Mil ton Durst, cf; Felix Hollmig lb; Gene Fuller, ss; Elias Klaer ner, rf; Lawrence Peter, 3b; U Henke, ¢; Clarence Probst, pitcher; Hugo Klaerner, p; Hen ry Langerhans, utility; Emil Henke, (Capt.) p-lf; Walter Hollmig, utility; Felix Hahn, ¢ Levi Deike, ss; Chester Klaer ner, p. In addition to these Karl Kott and Marvin Deike took part in the championship series. Walter Hollmig did not take part in any of the games played. Levi Deike played in only eight games, while Chester Klaerner took part in only sev en games. There were twenty-six games on the Giants’ schedule. In ad dition to these, they played two extra games during the Gillespie County Fair and a three game championship series with the Llano Cowboys. Of the games on the regular schedule, the Giants won nineteen and lost seven, finishing in first place in the League standing with a per centage of .731. They lost to the Llano Cowboys 15 to 8 on the opening game of the Fair, but defeated the Comfort Bronchos 3 to 2 on the second day. The Llano Cowboys defeated the Giants at Llano 9 to 2 in the first game for the champion ship. In the second game the Giants nosed out the Cow boys 11 to 10 by a vigorous ninth inning rally. The final and third game was won by th Giants on their home grounds 11 to 6. The games won during the season were as follows: Kerrville 4-3; Mason 5-3; Ma son 6-4; Kerrville 5-4; Comfort 6-1; Boerne 4-2; Mason 4-0; Llano 3-2; Comfort (double header) 15-8; 1-0; Kerrville 4-2; Comfort 6-5; Comfort 3-1; Kerr ville 5-4; Llano 14-10; Kerrville 13-2; Mason (double header) 6-2 7-6; Mason 5-2; Comfort 3-2; Llano 11-10; Llano 11-6. Games lost: Llano 8-7; Llano 6-4; Boerne 5-3; Comfort 3-1; Boerne 6-1; Boerne 5-3; Llano 9-0 forfeited to Llano; Llano 15-8; Llano 9-2. The Giants scored a total of 170 runs compared with their opponents’ 145. They got a to total of 297 base hits to their opponent’ 262. Marvin Deike, who took part in only 3 games to clout 500 tops the list in the batting de partment. In 1929, Ernst Na gel headed the department with an average of .325. Only five men on the club hit over .300. The following list shows the number of games played, times at bat, hits and averages of all men who played with the team during the season: Player G AB H Ave M. Deike 3 6 3. .500 Kott 3 11 4 364 | Hollmig 31 105 38 .362 | Peter 26 87 28 322 | H. Klaerner 95 14 22 311 C. Klaerner ee 1 5 294 Klett 27 102 30 292, | Fuller 28 108 31 .287 | Durst 25 98 27 .275 | Probst 12 31 8 .258 | Knopp 29 120 30 .250 _E. Henke 25 90 21 = .233 E. Klaerner 18 53 12 = 227 L. Deike 8 22 5 228 U. Henke 26 97 21 .216 F. Hahn 20 62 12 .193| Langerhans , 3. @ 008 /W. Hollmig 000 .000 | Team average. 275. 1929 Aver age .266.
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Fredericksburg Standard
Fredericksburg, Texas, US
Fri, Feb 20, 1931
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