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HornetsWin17AABaseballCrownThe Caldwell Hornets wrapped up the District 17AA baseball Championship this week with wins over Giddings and Navasota. It is the first time since the early 1940's that Caldwell has won a district crown in baseball, and the first time J ever for a Caldwell baseball team to advance into the playoffs. This also marks the first outright district championship in a major sport for the Hornets since 1956, when they won the basketball crown.ses. They have a record of fiveicuiek home with the third run wins and no losses in district of the inning. Caldwell’* other competition. The district game run came in the bottom of the with Giddings that was rained sixth inning. With one out Clar-out early in the season will not ence Howell walked, and movedCoached by Charles Matejows-ky, who is in his second years as head baseball coach, the locals racked up an impressive seasonrecord of 13 wins and two los-GENE BARBER3ARBERPhone: 567-3323II, TexasINSURANCE COMPANIESce: Bloomington, Illinoishe played, since it has no bearing on the outcome of the district championship.Caldwell will play a warm-up ga no* at BHlville, Thursday, May 16, before the hi district playoffs start. Game time will be 7:30 p.m. The date forthe bi-district game has not been set. The Hornets will meet the winners of District 18AA in bi-district play. More detailswill be available next week.On Thursday afternoon, May2, Caldwell beat the Giddings Buffaloes 4 to 1 at City Bark. It was the Hornets fourth win in district play.Caldwell got off to a fast start with three runs in the bottom of th«* first inning, andadded one more in the sixth.Giddings got their lone run in the top of the second.Allen Garbs opened the gamewith an infield single, and stole second. He moved to third on an infield hit by Dick Bowers. W ith one out Gregory Kocurek singled driving in Garbs and moving Bowers to third. With runners on first and third, Caldwell attempted a double steal, and Kocurek was safe at second when the second baseman committed an error on the throw.to second on Blton Davis’s single. James Story walked, and Allen Garbs singled to drive in Howell with the Hornets' fourthfun.Allen Garbs went the distance on the mound for the locals giving up one unearned run, four hits, two bases on balls and struck out four. Wathsmann took the loss for Giddings. Caldwell made four runs onseven hits and eommitteed threeerrors. Giddings got one run on four hits and had three errors.Leading the attack for Caldwell were Allen Garbs and Elton Davis with two singles each;Paul Batista with a triple, and Dick Bowers and Gregory Ko-(urek, each with a single.Tuesday night, May 7, the Hornets traveled to Nava sot a for their final district game of the season. Caldwell won the game 7 to 3 in extra innings. The game was tied at 3-3 until the top of the eighth inning,when Caldwell pushed across four runs. This was the second time this season that Caldwell and Navasota played an extrainning game. Both games were won by Caldwell. This win gave the Hornets a record of five wins and no losses in dist. play.Navasota started the scoring in the bottom of the first inning with two runs. Caldwell came back with one in the second. Paul Batista walked, Clar-♦ nee Howell followed with adouble sending Batista to third.Batista scored on Elton Davis’s ground out. Navasota got therun back in the bottom of the second and led 3 to 1.Caldwell came back in the top of the fifth to tie the score at 3-3. The first two Hornets Robert Kocuiek and Gregory Kocurek, reached base on errors, putting runners on second and third. R. Kocurek scored on a wild pitch and G. Kocurek went to third. Kocurek wasthrown out at the plate on an attempted squeeze play. With two out Batista walked, stole second and scored on Clarence Howell's triple.The Burleson Caunty CITIZEN, Thursday, May 9, 1968SCIENCE FAIRSPEI*SON AI(Continued fror page i)C-C Board Names(Continued frorn page 1)treasurer. Kocurek succeeds Dr. Ronald Dusek, D.D.S., a* president. New board members are Kocurek, Engelrnann, andM. J. Broaddus. Fngelmann served as an appointed director the past year. Holdover directors are Batista, Bernard Ryeh-lik, A. C. Pape, James A. Gray, Dr. Dusek, and Kenneth ( lark.Appointed directors for theBowers scored on the error. Paul j C-C year 1968-69 are John Hib-Batista then tripled sending Ko-Shower HonorsLinda KoehleiThe home of Mrs. Ernest Kne-sek in Houston was the setting for a bridal shower honoring her niece, Miss Linda Koehler of College Station, bride-elect of Michael Faust.M rs. Milton Koehler, mother of the future bride, and Mrs.Albert Faust, mother of the future bridegroom and 20 guests were served white cake sqares embossed with pink rose buds, nuts, mints and pink punch from a refreshment table carryingout the bridal theme of pinkand white the bride’s own chosen colors. A pink linen table cloth overlaid with a lace clothbier, Henry Shaw, Henry Yali-gura, Langston Boatman, James Engbrock, Nancy Talasek, Nar-ris Braly, and Charles Smith. The C-C fiscal year begins May 1. Les Bourland was re-elected manager with a $25 month increase in travel allowance at theMay 29 directors’ meeting.Chairmen of C-C Action Groups were announced at the meeting by Kocurek, and thechairmen selected committee members from the membership,as follows:Organization 1 mprovement: M. J. Broaddus, chairman; K. B. Clark, co-chairman; Alma Schweda, Bud C ross, ( harles Sebesta, Jr., Roy Herrmann, Edgar Plemper, Robert Siptak, Charles Easter, and Ray Vali-gura, members;Women’s Division: Nancyman; Cecil Brown, Dr. Dusek, Wilton Chaloupka, KennethWeaver, and Monard Mobley;Parade Float: (■harles Smith chairman; Glen Brinkman, AlexPiwonka, Allie Barnett, Frank Batista, Harry Bowers, Hubert Fitzgerald, and Alvin Dippel; Community Betterment: James Engbrock, chairman; D. L. Alford. Jr., Billy Blaha, L. H.I Stokes, Don Leach, and ColbertDrgac;Retail: Henry Shaw, chairman; John Hibbler, co-chairman; Billy Groce, H. A. Willis, Milton Engelrnann, Adolph Ha-jovsky, Glenn Schiller, and Frank Overby;Hot Action: James Gray,chairman; Billy Broaddus, Allen Oliver, James Marsh III. V. V. Brinson, Jack Faulds, and R. R. Novosad, members.The score remained tied until the top of the eighth inning when Caldwell broke through for four runs. Paul Batista picked up his fourth straight walk of the night and stole second. Clarence Howell walked, and both runners advanced on awild pitch. Elton Davis then singled to drive home Batista and moved Howell to third. On the throw in Davis went to second. Howell scored on a wild pitch, and Davis scored when the catchers return throw to the pitcher went wild. Lucio Mendez was hit by a pitch, and stole second, and moved to third on a wild pitch. Allen Garb* then walked, and James Story ran for him. Pi rich hi Iter Harold Eubanks drove in Mendezw ith a long sacrifice fly to cap the scoring for Caldwell.Caldwell made seven runs on five hits and made three errors. Navasota had three runs on three hits and four errors.Hornet lefty Allen Garbs pitched the final 6 2-3 inning*for Caldwell in relief of starterGregoi'y Kocurek. He turned inprobably his best pitching performance of the year in running his record to nine wins and one loss. His district record is four wins and no losses. In gaining his ninth win, Garbsnight is a program put on the school to show all parents,relatives, friends and any otherpeople who come, the achievements that are made by the seventh and eighth graders.What do you see at science night? The answer to that question is projects, which are made by the student*. All students are divided into committees. One person from each project will be at the project at all times. They will tell you abouttheir project and -will try to answer any of your questions. Who is in charge of scienceMr. and Mrs. Herbert Boeh-Lyjmi virited their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Harmel and .Shelia, of Hunt, Texas several days last Week and also visited with other relative* and friends in Kerrvillend Fredericksburg.night ? The man inMr. Edward Siebold,rector and assistantTo sum it Siebold arecharge istcience di-principal, all up about Mr.these few words.He’s a pretty good ole guy.elPERSONALMr. and Mrs. Dan Howry \ aU°welt;l no runs, n° hits, walked• 1 «i • * « » ..._ \ __spent last week with their children, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L.Massey and family in Seguin. While there they spent an enjoyable day at HemisFair inSan Antonio and report thatone, hit one batsman, anti registered 17 strike outs. From the fifth to the seventh inning, he struck out seven in a row.Leading hitters for Caldwell were Clarence Howell, two hits,they saw' many interesting ex- and Allen Garbs, Gregory Ko-hibits from other countries and curek and Elton Davis, one each.* ifound the food and drink pricesvery moderate in consideration of the fair.Paul Batista received four walks in four times at bat and scored three times.PRnight, will I*Ifm* hjto come to science u aren’t there, you rig something great.LOCKER TlPS ‘T QaSduxM LOCKER PLANTsewv mo Most cfiforr/YOU© B ~L 16 B1C6EPTHAN IT 5WOULD BENOW—II r-THEN CUT rr DOWN TO WHAT rr OUGHT TO BE A NO MAYBt I?TP*Y5T©OtALW!TMCALDWELLLOCKER PLANTTHE IP POICEC APT' COPPECT AND THE IP lt;?-■».( uNiOOA^EOJLOCKER PLANTX QUALITY FRESH £, SMOKED MEATS*MEAT-for FREEZERS / We Buy @9umtyFtyfUJtctHIWAY 21-TWO BLOCKS NO. of COURTHOUSE •CALDWELL,TEXCYGON* 267stopsearlycotton insectsOnly V3 of a pint per acre of Cygon 267 insecticide goes to work• on contact• as a residual on foliage• systemicaHy inside the plantrr\ntrr\i rnttnn th»-inc anhiHc anrl mitPQ
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Caldwell Burleson County Citizen
Caldwell, Texas, US
Thu, May 09, 1968
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