Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 23, 1948 Page: 1 of 8
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CHAMPIONSHIP OF HUG-THE-COAS1
‘ HIGHWAY BASEBALL LEAGUE WILL
BE DECIDED IN GAME HERE SUNDAY
Pirafes To Tangle With Danevang Cubs,
Winners Of First Half, In Season's Finale,
At West End Park; Close Game Assured
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1948
PALACIOS, MATAGORDA COUNTY, TEXAS
VOLUME XLI NUMBER 39
The 1948 champions of the Ilug-
the-Coast Hi way baseball league
will be crowned at West End I’niX
here Sunday afternoon when Shor-
ty Shelton’s VFW Pirates tangle
with the diamond wise Danevang
Cubs in the final game of a three
game series, pame time 3 p.m.
Danevang and Palacios tied in
the first half nnd the Cubs defeat-
ed the local nine in a one game
playoff. The VFW Pirates copped
the second half which threw the
winners of the two halves in a
three game playoff. The Cubs took
the first game of the playoff 2 to
1 here September 12. Then the
Pirates evened the series in Dane-
vang Sunday when a ninth inning
rally climaxed by Joe Tanner’s
money single into center kept the
Pirates in .the running for the
( championship scramble.
Sunday afternoon, here in Pala-
cios, the championship will be de-
cided. Palacios won the toss for
the game in the event the K C
Park in El Campo was not avail-
able. The El Campo field is in use
and the final game will be played
on the local diamond.
Tension will he at its highest of
D>p season as these two team*
have gone down to the fipish in
both halves neck to neck. Both
clubs field good teams, never have
the two teams scored a great many
runs. Great pitching and bustle
has featured the Cub-Pirate games.
Fan interest has reached its peak
for the crucial game. Baseball en-
thusiasm has been keen since Sun-
day in anticipation of the final
championship game.
In an interview early this week
with Shorty Shelton, manager of
the Palacios Pirates, he stated an
all out effort would be made to
have the strongest nine available
for the final contest. Never have
the Pirates met the Danevang nine
£ at full strength. Efforts will be
made to secure the services of
Lowell Johnson, Sonny Barrier and
Lefty Sanchez, who have difficulty
in getting relief from their jobs
for Sunday baseball games.
Jess Ling, the capable right-
hander will be available. His ser-
vices on the mound have always
been dependable. Ole Jess has
Hitched winning ball in every game
he has tossed for Palacios. If given
normal support on the field Ling
is the difference between the two
ball clubs. Danevang has the edge
in the field. They have baseball
experience the Pirates are sorely
lacking. If the Pirates can assemble
a defense that will support Ling
they are better than an even bet
to win the championship.
The Cubs will have Fred Olsen,
one of the league’s leading chunk-
ers on the mound. He has been
very effective against the Pirates.
Behind the plate will be Butch
Sherer, who has been out with a
ft hand injury the past two games.
Sherer is an experienced and a
capable receiver and a dangerous
man at the plate. Red Hermansen
at short, dangerous hitting Lang-
don at third and Brosgaard hard
hitting centerfielder. Wind who has
been behind the plate for the past
two games will likely be in left
field. He is a fleet outfielder and a
long distance hitter. The Cubs
have a well balanced ball club and
cap be counted upon to go down to
the finish as champions or efficient
challengers.
The largest crowd of the season
is anticipated here Sunday after-
noon as the two well matched teams
tee off for the deciding game of
the 1948 season in the local base-
ball league.
TB X-RAY UNIT HERE FRi. AND SAT.
CAA To Return January First
8 FAMILIES WILL
BE PERMANENTLY
STATIONED HERE
City Required To
Furnish Building;
Is $35,000 Payroll
After much preliminary work as
well as visits to Fort Worth, Mayor
J. L. Koerber has received the fol-
lowing letter from the Depart-
ment of Commerce, Civil Aeronau-
tics Administration which is con-
firmation of the report that Pala-
cios will again be a communica-
tions station.
The Honorable J. L. Koerber
Mayor of the City of Palacios
Palacios, Texas
Subject: Agreement Concerning Re-
habilitation of Building T-142 at
Municipal Airport for Interstate
Airway Communication Station.
Dear Mr. Mayor:
Confirming discussions in this
office on the morning of September
17, 1948, this will authorize the
City of Palacios to undertake at
its early convenience, the renova-i
tions to the subject building which
were outlined in-our letter dated
July 29.
It is understood that such reno
vations as are accomplished by the
City will be completed on or be-
fore January 1, 1949, at which time
it is contemplated that our Com-
munications Station will be acti-
vated.
It has been a pleasure dealing
with the City in connection with
this matter, and it is our earnest
conviction that the proposed re-
habilitatir.n as discussed will pro-
vide a most suitable structure and
accomodations for our station.
Yours very truly,
Michael J. Haile, Jr., Chief
Contract and Procurement Div.
As further information. Mayor
Koerber states that the Civil Aero-
nautics Administration will be lo-
cated in the old Link Trainer
Building. There will be a concrete
sidewalk from the building to the
Instrument shelter, new windows
will be placed and floors ccr. erea
with asphalt tile, it is tt> be
equipped with fluorescent light fix-
tures and acoustical treatment on
ceiling of Operations Room only.
The windows will be equipped with
Venetian blinds and buildng is to
be repainted. When this situation
is established we will have voice
control for point-to-point contact
with pilots. These aids will require
seven or eight permanent person-
nel, with an approximate annual
payroll of $35,000.
Mayor also states that the City
has acquired title to the 385 acres
that was advertised by the War
Assets Administration some weeks
ago, without cost to the city.
NEW 'PHONE SYSTEM ASSURED
Ganado Indians Here Friday Nite
Sharks Prepare For
Second Tilt After
Tieing Sweeny 6-6
The Palacios Sharks will receive
their second test in another non-
conference game here Friday night
They opened the seqson last week
against the strong Sweeny Bobcats
and on a wet field came out with a
0 to 6 tie.
The Sharks will open their dis-
trict play the following week
with what is considered the strong-
est team in thq conference as well
as in this entire section of the
state, the El Campo Rioe Birds.
The game Friday night with the
Ganado Indians is a yearly battle
between the two schools. The
Sharks have played only the one
game. The Ganado Indians lost
their first game against the Class
“A” Sugarland Alligators by a 20-6
score, and tied last-week with Yoa-
kum by a 7-7 count.
The Indians have two backfield
men who are to be respected in
Dugan Hill and Walter Dierschke.
The Indians will have eight Seniors
in their line-up for Friday night’s
game which is saying they have
experienced players.
Coach Shelton, of the Sharks,
will probably throw the same start-
ing line-up into the Indian game as
the one he started against Sweeny.
The game last Friday night with
the Sweeny Bulldogs was a thrill-
ing battle and was played on a
wet, soggy field.
The Sharks scored their touch-
down in the second quarter and
failed to convert their extra point.
The Bulldogs, with Jack Poole, Jim
Poole and O’Banion carrying the
blunt of the plays scored their
six points in the fourth quarter and
also failed for the extra point. Jack
Poole, of the Sweeny team, played
a remarkable game before his in-
jury late in the battle.
The Sharks played very much
as a team, with<*o one player show-
ing up outstanding. The line play
was noticeable in quick opening
plays, and all backfield men show-
ed they could carry the ball. The
weak point for the Sharks was in
their pass defense.
The attendance at the game far
exceeded expectations so buy your
ticket early for Friday night’s
game with the Ganado Indians.
PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UP
Palacios friends of Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Collier, who now reside in
Cisco, have received cards announc-
ing the birth of a baby girl.
PALACIOS HIGH SCHOOL “SHARKS”
Name Position
Weight
No.
ROY MARKWARDT, Left End
125
38
ROBERT PETERSON, Left Tackle
150
32
JACK HALLIDAY, Left Guard..........
140
24
DOUGLAS GAYLE, Center
150
40
JOHN GAYLE, Right Guard
140
26
ROY WRATISLAW, Right Tackle......
......... 200
42
BOBBY TAYLOR, Right End
140
28
JACK PARTAIN, Left Halfback .......
135
25
PAT RICHMAN, Right Halfback
140
21
JIMMIE CLAYBOURN, Fullback
135
30
MILAM SIMON, Quarterback
145
33
COACH: R. C. “SHARKEY” SHELTON
GANADO HIGH SCHOOL “INDIANS”
Name Position
Weight
No.
ERNEST TIPTON, Left End
126
13
LEONARD GALOW, Right -End ................
164
\ 25
JOE WILLIAMS, Left Tackle.....................
195
26
EDDIE STEPHENSON, Right Tackle
207
27
CASSEL BUCKLEY, Left Guard...............
145
12
LEWIS STEPHENSON, Right Guard.......
140
24
ROY KOENNING, Center ............................
142
18
WALTER DIERSCHKE, Left Halfback
143
20
JACK WALZEL, Right Halfback
133
21
SHELDON GREEN, Fullback ...............
146
23
DUGAN HILL, Quarterback......................
161
22
HEAD COACH: TOM TALLEY
ASSISTANT COACH: JAMES LITTLE
VOCATIONAL-AGRICULTURE CLASS ORGANIZES
FUTURE FARMERS CHAPTER AT HIGH SCHOOL
Last week we organized our
chapter of Future Farmers of
America. The organization will be
known as the Palacios Chapter of
Future Farmers of America. The
following named boys from the
Vocation Agriculture Classes were
elected as officers: Franklin Cun-
ningham, president; Billy Burt
Traylor, vice president; Eugene
Corporan, second vice president;
Milam Simons, third vice president;
John Gayle, secretary; Tom Boll-
ing, treasurer; \V. C. Robinson, re-
porter; Edwin Simons, parliament-
arian; Douglas Gayle, sentinel and
Jack Harris, historian. The names
of these officers have been sent in
to the Texas Association of Fu-
ture Farmers of America in Austin
and our chapter will be coming
back very soon. It is our plan now
to have the official installation of
these officers two weeks from to-
day a$ a Tegular meeting of the
Rotary Club. The officers of the
Bay City Chapter of F. F. A. have
consented to be here that day and
have charge of the installation.
We have begun some serious
thinking on the matter of projects.
Douglas Gayle seems to be a chic-
ken raiser at heart and is doing a
bit of experimenting with capons
with the new method of caponking
by using the chemical “K-Pin”
caponizer. In fact, Douglas plans
to branch out a bit and try the
method on some ducks. It will be
interesting to see just what hap-
pens there. Billy Burt Traylor is
thinking seriously of getting a
calf and having it ready for the
January F. F. A. and 4-H Club
boys show and sale in Bay City.
I am very anxious to have several
entries in this January show, and
I hope that you parents will help
us along by encouraging the boys
to get started on their projects
very soon.
Our new electric Arc-welder has
arrived and will be installed this
week. I haven’t experienced much
trouble in getting the boys inter-
ested in this phase of the shop
work, in fact they are ready to
start welding now.
We made about $37.00 selling
cold drinks at the football game
last Friday night, and Mr. Sulli-
van has kindly consented to let us
have the concession one more time
and that will be this Friday night
when Palacios plays Ganado. We
should do a little better this time
and with a few more dollars which
we intend to make selling Christ-
mas cards, etc., we hope to have
enough money to buy a good calf
or perhaps a gilt or two which the
Chapter will turn over to some
boy to care for as his project.
Next year that boy would be ex-
pected to return one calf or pig
or whatever he received from the
chapter. This animal will then in
turn be given to some other boy
who will repeat the process the
following year. In that manner, we
can get the boys some good live
projects going without expense to
them or their parents. This would
be the place to drop a hint that
^e would accept (gladly) a calf or
a pig as a donation from some in-
dividual in the community, but of
course, I wouldn’t do that here.
Hope to see you at the game
Friday night and don’t forget to
drop by the cold drink stand and
help out those poor little old F.F.A.
boys by buying a few cold drinks.
Junior Sharks To
Meet Papooses
Here Thurs. P. M.
The Junior High School Sharks,
through the aid of Jesse Alvarez’s
running and passing, scored two
touchdowns on the "big” Port La-
vaca Junior boys before they could
get started, in their conference
battle last Thursday night in the
Pert city.
“Jitterbug” Jesse Alvarez passed
to Pete Sardelich for one touchdown
and ran the two others over. Sam
Seale and George McHaney were
good for the yards that meant first
downs when they were needed. Pat
Regan and Jim Shearer divided the
quarterback position for the Junior
Sharks.
The line had a four quarter bat-
tle with the much heavier oppo-
sition. Carrying the blunt of the
attack were "Red” Wright, Dick
Erekson, Bob Lowry, Bill Hamlin,
Ralph Clement and “Red” Harvey.
Clint Wratislaw^and Byron King
also saw action against the Port
Lavaca “Freshmen.”
The Junior Sharks play the Ga-
nado “Papeoses” on the P. H. S.
gridiron Thursday afternoon (to-
day) at 3:30. All fans are urged to
go out and see the boys who have
scored 36 points on both Weimar
High “A” team and the Port La-
vaca Freshmen. A high scoring
game may be in the making.
Palacios Subs
Name Wt. Pos. No.
R. Wesselman .........140 T 22
T. Bolling ..................150 C 29
J. Spruiel ...................145 E 38
B. Crawford................120 E 39
C. Cairnes.................120 E 27
W. Abraham...............110 B 34
F. Cunningham ....... 200 T 41
L. Ramsey ..................150 G 37
J. Penland ..............140 E 35
E. Newsom ................165 T 36
A. Lenz 130 B 23
School Colors: Maroon and White
Ganado Subs
Name Wt. Pos. No.
Beverly Walsh............134 E 10
Paul Seheel ...............145 T 11
James Gaskamp 120 C 14
Bobbie Girndt............122 E 15
Charles Smith..............141 G 16
Earl Frels........•............139 G 17
Victor Zptka................173 T 19
Colors: Maroon and White
The Suez canal is 104 miles long.
COMPANY PLANS
COMPLETION BY
LATE NEXT YEAR
Manufacturers Of
Dial Equipment
Promise Delivery
J. M. Burns, district manager of
the Southwestern Associated Tele-
phone Company, writes Mayor J.
L. Koerber, of the plans for the
conversion of the Palacios tele-
phones to the dial system some
time during the latter part of 1949,
Mr. Burns’ letter to Mayor Koerber
follows:
Mr. J. L. Koerber, Mayor
City of Palacios
Palacios, Texas
Dear Mr. Koerber:
This is to advise that an order
has been placed with the manu-
facturers for dial equipment for
Palacios and the shipping schedule
has been tentatively set for the
second part of 1949. If the manu-
facturer make the tentative ship-
ping date, conversion will probably
be made during the early part of
the 4th quarter of 1949.
We were quite surprised that
the manufacturers furnished us
with this tentative date, as it was
earlier than normally expected. I
am sure that you realize, however,
that it is possible that unforeseen
developments may prevent the
manufacturers from meeting their
delivery date. However, we can
assure you that we will continue
to follow this up and obtain the
equipment at the earliest date
possible.
Thanking you for your coopera-
tion in this matter, we remain
Yours very truly,
J. M. Burns
District Manager
Rev. Luke Bolin, Bay
City Pastor, Explains
UMT At Rotary Meet
Rev. Luke Bolin, pastor of the
First Christian Church in Bay
City, was guest speaker at the
Rotary luncheon Wednesday. Rev.
Bolin, who recently attended an
Experimental Unit at Fort Knox,
Tenn., spoke on Universal Military
Training, giving out a lot of in-
formation of special interest to
all and especially the fathers of
young boys.
Visitors were Frank Shaw Taylor
of Bay City and Frank Seerden of
Houston.
MOBILE UNIT AT
CITY HALL FOR
MASSSURVEY
State Health Dept.
Seeks Attendance
For Free Service
The mass chest X-ray program
under the supervision of the State
Health Department, for Matagorda
County opens this week when the
mobile unit will be in Palacios
Friday and Saturday.
Locally, the work is in charge of
the VFW Post, which is making
arrangements for registration tran-
sportation and other details.
The X-ray unit, for this free
chest X-ray will be set up in the
City Hall Friday morning. Photos
will be taken from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m. Saturday the machine will
go into operation at 11 a.m. and
close at 11 p.m.
Two buses will run down ninth
street to the hyway cutoff Friday
to furnish transportation to the
City Hall. Friday bus schedule: 9
a.m. and 3 p.m.
Saturday the buses will start
at 11 and run every hour as long
as they arc needed. Any person,
regardless of race or color, may
use the buses for transportation.
Cars are available for those who
are unable to take bus or for any
person who is physically handicap-
ped. Call phone 261 for this service.
The registration of persons to
be x-rayed will continue through
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
All persons are urged to fiH out
their cards as soon as possible.
The x-rays can be taken in c.-few
seconds, but the filling out of the
cards, if not done in advance,
will bottleneck the procedure. All
persons are urged to do this in
advance.
Miss Lucille Duffy, who has
charge of that part of the pro-
gram states that as we go to press
only 450 have registered. Between
2000 and 3000 x-rays are expected
to be made and most of that num-
ber should be registered before
Saturday in order to complete the
project. Miss Duffy has her per-
sonnel at the Post Office and at the
City Hall for that purpose. All per-
sons locally are urged to register
early. It is inconvenient for those
in the outlying communities to reg-
ister before being x-rayed.
City Office To Remain
Open Noon Hour For
Benefit Of Public
As a service to the public, for
their convenience in paying their
bills to avoid penalty, the City Hall
will remain open during the noon
hour. v.
The hours will be from 8:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m.; except on Saturday
at which time the City Hall will
close at 12:00 noon.
PIRATES EVEN PLAY-OFF SERIES FOR LEAGUE
CHAMPIONSHIP WITH WIN AT DANEVANG SUNDAY
Good Ship 'Linda Lee'
Still Floats Due To
Fast Vol. Fire Dept.
The fire alarm shortly after noon
Sunday called out the Palacios Vol-
unteer Fire Department to the
turning basin where they found
their services were needed to ex-
tinguish the fire that was about
to destroy a shrimp boat, the
Linda Lee, owned by a man in
Aransas Pass. A defective battery
charger caused the blaze, and W.
L. Allen, who was in charge of
the boat, said he was certainly
glad it happened while docked
here, otherwise the boat could not
have been saved.
He highly praised the Palacios
Fire Boys for their prompt arrival
and efficient work.
Coming to bat in the first half of early innings
the ninth inning with two men out,
the score tied and^three men on
base, “Joe Joe” Tanner, Pirate
bareheaded leftfielder, dropped a
single into eenterfield scoring Grov-
er with the winning run and Bubba
Ling as the Pirates took a 7 to 4
count over the Danevang Cubs
in Danevang Sunday to even the
series in the Hug-the-Coast Hiway
Baseball league playoff.
It was sweet revenge for Shorty
Shelton’s VFW Pirates as the vic-
tory was the first over the Cubs
for the Pirates since the season
opener in Danevang. The Pirates
dropped five straight games to the
Cubs before Sunday. Danevang had
beaten the Palacios nine three
scheduled league games and two
playoff games.
Jess Ling, the curve ball artist,
pitched his usual good game. He
allowed the opponents only 5 hits
and not a Cub earned run crossed
the plate. However he had per-
formed equally as well before and
found his name on the losing side
of the ledger. After having a little
trouble with his control in the
Ling retired the last
14 Cubs to face him in order.
The Pirates scored two in the
Danevang opener as Dunnham
walked, Grover singled and B.
Ling walked filling the bases. Then
Marcus Harvey, Palacios short stop
singled to center to score Dunn-
ham and Grover.
Danevang knotted the count in
the second when Brosgaard was
hit by a pitched ball. Wind singled
down the third base line. Bros-
gaard scored and Wind took third
as Dunnham overthrew first on
Nohavitz roller. Wind scored as
Nohavitz was thrown out at third
base.
Palacios went out ahead in the
fourth when Rainey walked and ad-
vanced to second on Davis’ sac-
rifice bunt. Rainey then scored as
Jess Ling laced a line single to
center.
The Pirates lead was short lived
as they donated the Cubs two more
runs on a series of bonehead plays
in that inning. Red Hermansen led
off with a single and advanced to
second on E. Hermansen’^ bunt. F.
Olsen singled and Hermansen went
to third. When Olsen was caught
between first and second Herman-
sen scored on Harvey’s wild throw
to the plate. Langdon singled and
Olsen went ot third. On the next
pitch Langdon raced for second
and Harvey grounded Ling’s short
peg allowing Olsen to score.
Not to be outdone, the Pirates
came back strong in the final
frame. Duenow the leadoff man
struck out. Dunnham beat out a
bunt down the third base line, men
stole second. The fleet Dunnnai*.
scored as Maurice Grover laced a
screaming line single into center.
Grover took second on the play at
the plate. Bubb Ling, who had
doubled and trippled in two official
trips to the plate was purposely
walked. The bases were filled when
Harvey beat out a slow roller to
third. Shelton was called out on
strikes after working the count to
2-3. Then with the count one-one on
Joe Tanner, he punched a single
over second that scored Grover
and Ling and was the winning
margin for the Pirates. Harvey
then scored as Wind let a low
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