The Deike brothers from Hye, Texas took sibling rivalry to another level. In August 1935 they left their regular jobs on the farm, at the store and at the cotton gin to battle the Stanczak brothers from Waukegan, Illinois for the All Brothers Baseball Championship. Baseball was big stuff in the Texas Hill Country so it was natural that Fritz Deike’s 9 sons, ranging in age from 13 to32, would form a family baseball team. Hill Country baseball was a social event in those days - part athle ...