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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1935
Page
7
Pecos football boys head Monday for a Davis Mountains trip as the Pecos softball league nears season end. Fans grow sparse with funds for the kitty, lights, balls, and equipment, prompting league President R. E. Whalen to urge action and the writer to pitch in.
Pecos High School plans a two week conditioning camp in the Davis mountains under Coaches Withers and Cradlick as they form a year opening football squad. A Big Spring game is likely September 14 at Big Spring for the season opener with discussions ongoing in Lubbock. Mentone and Barstow urge larger donations to support league efforts.
Arthur Bergman head coach at Catholic University in Washington D C shows a new rainy day football ball. The demonstration occurred during a convention of football coaches in Brookline Massachusetts with possible adoption for the upcoming fall season.
The Pecos baseball diamond earns praise for its lighting and fast play conditions. Officials highlight the hard packed caliche surface as a distinctive feature, claiming it rivals other fields between Fort Worth and El Paso.
Morrison starred on the mound as the Fireboys defeated Barstow 11 to 4 at Pecos Park. Ward county hitters collected thirteen hits while Barstow managed four, ending Barstow’s chances for the second half title as Conoco Oilers pull two games ahead with three games left.
In a Tuesday night charity match to raise funds for Pecos high school football, the Conoco Oilers overwhelmed the high school squad 20 to 0. Conoco pitchers Matejowsky and Klinger held the school bats to seventeen hits, while Brawley King homered for the locals.
Mr and Mrs William L Kerr and son Billy spend a week in Cloudcroft with Mrs Roy Wilcox Marianna and Bobbie Mrs Louis Roberson and Billie Cole and Mrs Jack Hawkins. Messrs Roberson Hawkins and Wilcox visit in Cloudcroft over the week end.
Bids due August 2 for thirteen miles of cutback asphaltic concrete paving from Van Horn east on Highway 1 at an estimated cost of $80,000 per state highway commission.
An advertisement urges readers to treat functional kidney disorder with Doan's Pills. It lists symptoms like burning urine, backache, dizziness, and swollen ankles and claims Doan's Pills are for the kidneys only and widely recommended.
Barstow defeats Mercantile Telephone 24 to 10 in a wild late season game at Pecos Park. Barstow pounded 25 hits while Mercantile Telephone had 13 errors and 9 hits. Dorris and Henderson pitched for Barstow with Durddin on the mound for Mercantile Telephone.
A special musical attraction for Saturday only at the Grand Theatre has been announced by Manager Gene Hendon. The attraction features the original Texas Tommy and his banjo, a radio artist who recently appeared on several Texas stations, delivering a period of cowboy music.
The Balmorhea reservoir gained four and a half feet of storage over the past days due to heavy weekend rain of 1.37 inches and mountain floodwaters, reducing fears of a serious water shortage in the Balmorhea district.
The Conoco Oilers beat the Wadley Cleaners 6 to 5 to stay ahead in the Pecos city softball league. Klinger allowed six hits, struck out three and walked three for Conoco while Sharp gave up eight hits and fanned three with six walks for the Cleaners. The game stayed close through eight innings as Wadley rallied with two runs in the eighth and ninth.
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