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MERCEDES NEWS-TRIBUNE
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1933
Kiwanians Victors
Friday In Battle
With Scrub Team
Batting Averages Of League Members
Given For April, May, Average To Date
Standings Of Teams
(Including Wednesday’s game)
Robins Forfeit The Firemen’s Long
Miller, ss..
_ 4
Score 7-2; Fielding of Dube
And Markham For Ki-
wanis Outstanding Work.
The Kiwanis added another vic-
tory this week, at the expense of the
Scrubs in Friday’s games, 7 to 2.
The Luncheoners made their 8 hits,
a walk and the two errors by the
Scrubs count. They clinched the
game in their half of the 1st inning.
Langford singled and went to sec-
ond on a wild pitch. Lewis singled.
C. Fikes playing second fumbled
Mitchell’s roller, and Langford scor-
ed, Lewis going to 3rd. In a play
to catch Mitchell going to second,
Lewis tallied and Mitchell was safe.
Brown popped to Galbreath, Dube
walked and stole second, and Mitch-
ell’s scored on the play to catch Os-
car, who came in on Schmitter’s long
single. The Scrubs made their only
scores in the 4th when David was
safe on Langford’s error and went
to 3rd on C. Fikes’ single. Galbreath
and Reynolds popped out, both run-
ners scoring on the long flies. John-
son, Stephens and Ohls hit succes-
sive singles, but all were left strand-
ed when Wise flew to short left.
A comparison of the batting av-
erages for the months of April and
May will show some terrific drops
as the pitchers have rounded into
form and the fielders have corres-
pondingly improved. The May av-
erages are a more dependable cri-
terion of the hitting strength than
that of April or the combined total.
A few of the players have main-
tained or increased their averages
during the second month of play.
Goldberg and Evans of the Robins;
Etnire, Brown of the Kiwanis; Gar-
ner and Hall of the Southland; G.
Busby, Jordan and McKinney of the
Firemen, and Jones and Galbreath
of the Scrubs have the most im-
proved batting ■ averages. Both P.
Fikes and C. Fikes of the Scrubs
are hitting at a fine clip, likewise
Langford of the Kiwanis, M. Bor-
chelt of the Southland Life and Por-
ter of the Robins.
Averages for the league members
are as follows:
Robins
G. Apr. May Totl.
C. Fikes .
Dailey___
Jones_____
13
_ 4
_12
.470
.384
The score:
SCRUBS—
P. Fikes, c. -
AB R H 0 A E
Webb, ss. ,---------
David, lb.--------
C.Fikes, 2b-cf. —
Galbreath, p.----
Reynolds, cf. ------
Johnson, r-ss.----
4
4
0
0
1
0
0
5
Stephens, rf----------3
J. Ohls, If-2b. — 3
Wise, 3b.--------3
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
32 2 9 18 5 2
KIWANIS—
Langford, 3b.-----4
Lewis, ss. — -----3
N.Harrington, c.—3
P. Mitchell, 2b------3
AB R H 0 A E
2
0
Brown, p.-------3
Dube, If.--------2
Schmitter, 1b.---3
Scott, rf.--------3
Markham, cf.----3
2
1
1
2
0
1 1
2 1
1 0
1 1
5
0 3 3
0 0 0
0 0 6
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
27 7 8 21 5 3
Summary — Doubles, Reynolds;
base on balls, Brown 1, Galbreath 1;
strike outs, Galbreath 4; earned
runs, off Brown none, off Galbreath
three.
Each of the five errors made by
the two teams were converted into
Wet ground made fast fielding
difficult, yet Markham and Dube
patrolling center and left f;eld for
the Kiwanis made more than half of
their team’s put outs, without a bob-
ble. These two boys know how to
field as well as play for the batters.
Galbreath bore down with a world
of stuff after the disastrous first
inning. In the 2nd, 3rd and 4th,
only 10 men faced him.
Local Riflemen To
Meet Rio Grande
City Club Sunday
Tentative Schedule of Rifle
Matches Outlined At Meet
Of Club Last Tuesday.
A team of ten men from the Mer-
cedes Rifle club will meet a similar
team from the Rio Grande Rifle and
Pistol club in a match to be held at
the local range Sunday morning.
Ten shots will be fired sitting, at
200 yards; 10 shots offhand at 200
yards and 10 shots prone at 500
yards.
A large group of local fans and
also a number of followers and club
members from Rio Grande City are
expected to attend.
A tentative schedule of matches
for the local club was outlined at a
meeting of the club held Tuesday
night, as follows: June 11 with Ed-
inburg; June 18, Fort Ringgold;
June 25, Fort Brown, and July 2,
Fort Mackintosh. All of these
matches will be held on the local
range.
The Mid-day
Let-down
BECOMES the peak of
D the day when you drop
in here for lunch. Just a
glance at the good things
on our menus cheers up
the most jaded spirits.
You forget the boss was
grouchy or that your feet
hurt from shopping.
Crisp colorful salads,
crunchy rolls, yummy des-
serts and fragrant coffee
send you on your way
with an additional cheerio
at the sight of the moder-
ate check.
HENRY’S
Sandwich Shop
Galbreath_____13
Vining _____.__8
Stephens _____6
Wise __________13
.300
.166
.555
.333
.318
.187
.111
.044
.419
.146
.316
.250
.360
.358
.073
Leading Team Batters
In 8 Or More Games.
Brown (Kiwanis) ------ 470
Smith (Southland) ------------439
Jordan (Firemen) -------------439
Porter (Robins)----------------439
P. Fikes (Scrubs) -------------432
Southland Lifers
Down Robins In A
Fast Game Monday
Agents Won Game In Last
Half Of Second Inning;
Game Ended Score 3-0.
Team—
Scrubs __
Southland
Kiwanis _
Robins__
Firemen .
P.
15
15
15
16
15
W. L. Pct.
10 5 .666
10 5 .666
9 6 .600
8 8.500
1 14 .066
Wednesday Game
To The Kiwanians
List Of Losses Is
Growing Longer
Scott, H.L., lb.__4
Goldberg, 3b._____4
Evans, c.________4
Shotwell, rf._____4
Harris, 2b.______4
2
1
8
0
0
0 '
2
Porter--------13
Bean---------13
Goldberg------11
Miller --------13
Shriver-------6
Byrns —:------12
Scott, H. L-----11
Shotwell------12
Martin -------11
.523 .373
.350 .181
.333 .409
.477 .231
.477 .160
.615 .214
.312
.235
E. Mitchell____13 .444
H. Mitchell____7 -
Evans---
Harris___
Etnire
.250
.176
.259
12 .312 .409
4.
.438
.261
.380
.341
,470
.295
.407
.243
.205
.333
.318
.370
.272
Kiwanis
G. Apr. May Totl.
. 11
N. Harrington _15
Langford
15
P. Mitchell----14
Brown -
Lewis -
Chandler
15
15
.12
Scott, W. C----11
Dube —
Markham
Schmitter
Hanshaw
15
9
6
.250 .350
.500 .363
.400 .361
.541 .213
.363 .551
.347 .264
.428 .310
.260 .210
.352 .250
_____4 .
Southland Life
C. Borchelt---15
B. Harrington 15
Smith
In a fast, well played game, the
Southland Life downed the Robins
Monday by the score of 3 to 0. The
Agents won the game in the last
half of the 2nd inning when A. Ohls
singled after Gessling had popped
out. C. Borchelt struck out, Ohls
going to second on a wild pitch. Hall
singled and when Miller in left
booted the ball, went to second, and
.325
.421
.370
.365
.470
.300
.349
.238
.300
.192
.353
.142
G. Apr. May Totl.
.224
15
T. J. Mitchell —15
M. Borchelt —-15
Anderson
Kveton _
Hoekstra
Thornton
Garner -
Hall ---
A. Ohls -
G. Busby
D. Glover
.321
.285
.576
.444
.521
15 .290
____11
____13
____14
____9
.529
.391
.133
.235
.323
.290
.346
.214
.063
.333
.135, .261
.200
— 9 .300
5 .
Firemen
.333
.400
.258
.439
.363
.429
.242
.303
.364
.200
.267
.360
.364
G. Apr. May Totl.
.12 .333
.10 .588
Jordan________13
McKinney ____12
Campbell
_ 9
J. D. Busby _—10
Payne —
Atteberry
Barry —
Talbert _
Newby —
Miller__
Fossler -
Wilhelm
Green__
Utley —
J. Ohls
.421
.266
.217
.263
.440
.143
.455
.348
.000
.250
4.
13 .235 .239
11 .166 .192
6 .200 .143
10 .
3 .
. 7 .
. 7 .
.400
.387
.439
.316
.167
.259
.300
.236
.167
.177
.315
.156
.570
.136
.384
.188
Scrubs
G, Apr. May Totl.
11
P. Fikes______13
David
Johnson
Webb .
12
.12
.13
.400 .357
.470 .407
.600 .208
.250 .118
.372 .219
.375
.432
.386
.152
.275
SCHEDULE
Friday, June 2—Kiwanis vs. Fire-
men.
Monday, June 5—Southland vs.
Firemen.
Tuesday,.June 6—Robins vs. Dy-
namic Scrubs.
Wednesday, June 7—Kiwanis vs.
Southland.
Thursday, June 8—Firemen vs.
Robins.
Friday, June 9—Dynamic Scrubs
vs. Kiwanis.
Non-Conference Game Play-
ed Between Picked Team
And The Kiwanis Crew.
Robins Take Easy Victory,
12-0, From Firefighters
In Game Thursday P. M.
---------0----------
Scrubs and Firemen
Meet In Tuesday’s
Game; Score 5 To 3
Jordan, Firefighter, Makes
13 Put-Outs At First Base
To Equal Season Record.
Due to the absence of several of
his players, Manager Robinson for-
feited the regularly scheduled game
Wednesday with the Kiwanis club.
A “non-conference” game was
played between a picked team and
the Kiwanis club, in which the All
Stars won by the score of 14 to 2.
Miller with 3 singles and a home
run and 'Shotwell with a single, dou-
ble and triple were the heavy hit-
ters. Martin did not allow an earn-
The Firemen earned one loud Hoo-
ray!
Their path is full of terrors,
They seldom win, they lose today;
No runs, four hits, six errors.
FIREMEN— AB R H 0 A E
37 12 14 21 10 1
*-Out, hit by batted ball.
Summary—No doubles, triples or
home run smacks; no free transpor-
tation to the first base sack; Por-
ter whiffed one, McKinney none;
the Robins earned six, the Fire-
men *!? x ? x* ] * x x . -
Jordan, lb.______3
G. Busby, If._____3
0 0 3 0 0
Utley, r.ss.
Green, 3b.
_3
-3
McKinney, p.____3
0 1
0 0
ed run.
The score:
KIWANIS—
Etnire, 3b.____
Lewis, ss.----
AB R H 0 AE
.3
.3
Espey, 2b.
Tipps, ss.
Barry, c.
Miller, cf.
2
. 2
2
0
0
3 0
3 0
0 0
2 0
N. Harrington, c._3
P. Mitchell, 2b----3
Langford, cf-lb. —3
Brown, p. _______3
Dube, If.________3
Markham, r.ss.---3
Scott, rf.________2
0 0 3 0
0 0 3 3
0 2 3 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 2 0
110 0
10 10
0 0 2 0
0 0 10
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Atteberry, rf.____2
ROBINS—
Porter, p.___
Byrns, If. __
12 2
0 2 0
10 0
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
Miss Mary Lee Kern and Miss
Gabrielle Vann left Tuesday driving
to Austin. They will be accompan-
ied home tomorrow by Miss Estelle
Vann who has been attending the
state university.
J. 0. Ward returned Thursday
morning from Corsicana where he
attended a meeting of the board of
trustees of the Oddfellows Orphans
home in that city.
25 0 4 17 5 6
AB R H O AE
. 5
.4
2 0
0
*E.Mitchell, cf.__4
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Take someone with you on your
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willing to share expense. Get to-
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Ohs tallied. They chalked up two
more in the 6th on a double by Har-
rington, two successive errors by the
usually reliable Porter, an infield
out, a fielder’s choice, another error
by Porter and A. Ohls second sin-
gle. The Robins filed the bases in
the 3rd when with 1 down, Goldberg
hit a whistler down first base line
which Smith speared with one hand,
and stepped on the bag retiring E.
Mitchell who had singled. They,
filled the bases again in the 6th but
Miller was forced at second and
Porter flew out to Garner. The
score:—
ROBINS— AB R H 0 A E
The Firemen took another drub-
bing today, the Scrubs winning 5 to
3. The losers counted two runs in
the 2nd on two successive errors by
Jones, a single by Ueckert' and a
wild throw-in on the hit. They ad-
ded another in the 4th on Barry’s
single, a stolen base, a wild pitch
and an outfield fly. The Scrubs tal-
lied in the 5th on C. Fikes’ double,
an error by Utley, a fielder’s choice
on which no one was retired and
Wipe’s sacrifice fly. They collected
four more in the 6th on successive
singles by Smith, Reynolds, David,
two of which should have been easy
outs; three successive errors, and
Schmitter, Ib-cf. _2 0 2 2
*Porter out, infield fly 1
28 2 5 18 4 7
ALL STARS— AB R H 0 A E
B. Har’ngtn, r.ss._4 2
Byrns, If.-------2 2
J. Ohls, cf.______2 0
*Porter, 3b._____4 1
Smith, 2b.-------4 1
Scott, lb.-----:—4 3
Miller, ss.. -
Shotwell, rf.
C. Fikes, c.
_4
_4
-4
C. Borchelt, cf-lf._4
Martin, p.
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
4
3
1
0
1
0
2 0
3 0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
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Porter, 3b.-------4
E. Mitchell, cf. —4
Goldberg, ss.----4
Scott, lb.--------4
Miller, If.-------3
Evans, c.--------3
Martin, p.-------3
Harris, 2b.------3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
2
0
0
1
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
28 0 5 18 7 4
SOU. LIFE— AB R H 0 A E
Haringt’n, B.,r.ss. 3 112 0 0
Mitchell, T.J., ss._3 0 0 9
Smith, lb.-------3
M. Borchelt, 3b. __3
Garner, If.------3
Gessling, cf. -----3
A. Ohls, rf.------3
C. Borchelt, p.---3
Hall, 2b----------2
Thornton, c.-----2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 2'
0 4
0 0
2 2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
an infield out.
SCRUBS—
J. Smith, 2b..
Reynolds, cf. —
David, p.-----
Jones, 3b.-----
C. Fikes, If. —
Webb, ss.-----
Vining, r.ss. —
Wise, lb.----
J. Ohls, rf.
The score:
AB R H 0 AE
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
3 0
3 0
3 0
3
Nordmeyer, c.----3
0
1
0
0
0,
2
28 3 8 21 7 4
Summary—Doubles, Harrington;
strike outs, Martin 1; earned runs,
off Martin, none, off Borchelt none;
double plays, Smith unassisted.
The Robins were weakened by
having only 8 men in the line-up,
Miller and E. Mitchell having to
play the entire outfield.
Miller set a season’s record when
he retired Borchelt, Garner and
Gessling on flies to left in the 4th,
and starte d off the Sth, by snagging
A. Ohls’ smash, making four con-
secutive put-outs. Garner for the
Agents, was almost as busy.
0
2
1'
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0 0
0 0
2 1
2 0
3 3
0
1
0
3
0
0
5 0 1
4 0 0
0 0 0
3 0 0
38 14 13 21 5 3
Summary—Doubles, N. Harring-
ton, Schmitter, Shotwell; triples,
Byrns, Shotwell; home runs, Scott,
Miller, Martin; base on balls, off
Brown 1; struck out, by Martin 1;
earned runs, off Martin 0, off
Brown 7.
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FIREMEN—
G. Busby, 3b. —
Utley, ss.------
Glover, 2b. L---
Jordan, lb. ----
Barry, c.------
Miller, cf._____
Ueckert, If.----
Espey, rf.-----
McKinney, p. —
32 5 6 21 5 5
AB R H 0 AE
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3 0
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1
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28 3 5 21 8 4
Summary — Doubles, C. Fikes;
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