R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, The Museum of the Big Bend is hosting the summer
 1-2     exhibit "Baseball:  The National Pastime and the Big Bend," and
 1-3     this auspicious occasion provides a fitting opportunity to
 1-4     recognize the storied baseball history of Alpine, Texas, and the
 1-5     city's "Mr. Baseball," Herbert L. Kokernot, Jr.; and
 1-6           WHEREAS, This exhibit will feature the famed Alpine Cowboys,
 1-7     the team sponsored by Mr. Kokernot, and will boast a wide variety
 1-8     of artifacts and memorabilia, including uniforms, programs, and
 1-9     photographs, as well as rarely seen footage of the Cowboys and
1-10     exhibition games played at Kokernot Field; and
1-11           WHEREAS, The smallest town in the United States ever to field
1-12     a semiprofessional baseball team, Alpine has also been the home to
1-13     the Alpine Fightin' Bucks, Sul Ross Lobos, Little League,
1-14     Internationals, and numerous other area teams; and
1-15           WHEREAS, In conjunction with the exhibit, a reunion of the
1-16     Alpine Cowboys and many other former local ballplayers will be held
1-17     on June 25-27, 1999, an outstanding occasion that also includes an
1-18     old-timers game on June 26; and
1-19           WHEREAS, The exhibit, which will be held June 5 through
1-20     September 15, 1999, at the Museum of the Big Bend, is truly an
1-21     appropriate way to pay tribute to the history-rich baseball town of
1-22     Alpine and its "Mr. Baseball," Herbert L.  Kokernot, Jr.; now,
1-23     therefore, be it
1-24           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas
 2-1     Legislature hereby commemorate the exhibit "Baseball: The National
 2-2     Pastime and the Big Bend" to be held at the Museum of the Big Bend
 2-3     in Alpine and recognize June 25, 1999, as Herbert L. Kokernot, Jr.,
 2-4     Day.
                                                                     Gallego
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                                                   Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.R. No. 1347 was adopted by the House on May
         30, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House