Frederick High to Play Five or Six Baseball Games
Frederick High School plans a five to six game baseball schedule despite wartime travel limits. Coach Herman Knupple notes late practice and weather hindered preparations, with games set against Walkersville Middletown Brunswick and tentative Bruns wick date. Forty one players tried out as the Cadet nine builds this season under restricted conditions.
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Frederick High School
Herman Knupple
Krupgle
Knupple
Frederick
Middletown
Walkersville
Brunswick
E. W. Pruitt
Pruitt
Charles Staley
Harold Powell
Barrett Dorsey
Jack Kennedy
Mehrie Powell
Lkersville
Pirates Close Training School Delayed by Rain
Pirates training school halted by rain with players grounded for the day. Coaches debated trainee merit while organizers planned a scrimmage to gauge prospects for upcoming assignments. If sun returns, Frederick hosts a pony league visit. wet ground may push tryouts to another day.
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Pirates
Fred Hering
Bob Rice
King Lear
Poke Whalen
Old Sol
Hornell Pirates
Pony League
Frederick
Hering
Carpenter To Manage Tjamsville's Entry
Tramsville baseball team in the Maryland State League will be managed by Pete Carpenter after last night's business meeting and officer election. Funds will be raised via score card sales and a dance. Officers include Sherwood Red MacKenze as field captain Clark Castle as treasurer. Ads will be sold locally and 250 tickets offered for an April 17 drawing. The roster is large enough for two teams and practice will be held at the Wyamsville diamond Sunday at 1 PM if weather permits.
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Tramsville
Pete Carpenter
Sherwood
Red” MacKenze
Clark Castle
Wyams- 7Ville
Wyamsville
Exhibition Games Pittsburgh R H E
The Pittsburgh team defeated Philadelphia A 48 to 26 in a one sided exhibition. Batters Dietz Gornicki Sewell Heintzelman Lopez Knott Marchilden Harris and Hayes played.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Dietz
Gornicki
Sewell Heintzelman
Lopez
Knott
Marchilden
Harris
Hayes
Secret Orders and a Mayfair Club Encounter
Stephanie Mer rill wrecks her car on the way to a dinner, leading to an unexpected encounter at a Mayfair Club. Captain Kurt Knudsen and Henri de la Page vie for attention as Stephanie faces flirtation, danger, and the lure of aviation thrill. The scene follows a night of dancing, secrets, and growing attraction amid wartime undertones.
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Stephanie Merrill
Allison
Red Cross
San Francisco
Kurt Knudsen
AI Corps
Henri de la Pagewie
Stephanie
Captain Knudsen
Vicky
Bill
Angel
Henri de la Pagerie
Kurt
Henri
Danger
Tome
San Kurt
Heni
Lelgium
Henr
Terrors Top Colonials In Maryland Golf Meeting
Western Maryland upset George Washington University 5 to 1 under tough weather. Hausler led with 74 to defeat Wass 2 and 1. Holloway beat Stockwell 1 up. Gudmanson for GW defeated Phillip 1 up. Lavin edged Rein 5 and 4. Hustlers plan Sunday practice at Me Curdy Field. aim to scout new talent for the Frederick Hustlers.
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Terrors
Westnunser
Aoid
Western Maryland
George Washington University
Washington
Hausler
Wass
Stockwell
George Washington
Holloway
Gudmanson
Phillip
Lavin
The
Tout Rein
Fredericktown Duckpin Team Enters National Congress
Keglers of Fredericktown enter the National Duckpin Congress in Baltimore with a Pennolene sponsorship. The team led by Charles Hudson includes 17 year old state junior champion Powell and others as they compete in singles doubles and team events amid around 500 entries. Pairings for doubles feature Powell with Zimmerman and Myers with Beacht, pending alley draws in Baltimore.
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Fredericktown
Baltimore
Pennolene
Monumental
Frederick
Charles Hudson
G. W. Ford
Pennolene Company
Congress
Howard Jackson
Richard O'Connell
Frederick Pennolenes
Charles Zimmerman
James Sparks
Charles Myers
Harry Beacht
Lawrence Powell
Ed Toms
Hudson
Powell
Zimmerman
Myers
Beacht
Toms
Sparks
Foul Shooting Contest Winners Are Announced
Arthur Myers and Charles Linton won the American Legion foul shooting contest at the Y M C A Walkersville announced no entries this year. Awards will be presented April 4 at Francis Scott Key Post No 11. In A division Linton made 17 of 25. Myers had 14 of 25 for B division. Other scorers included Eddie Paugh 12, Charles Wiles 10, John Gouker 7 in B division. In A division Eugene Engle 13, Donald Brachey 10, John Griffin 8. Also notes on U S factory output and workforce history from the Census Bureau.
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Arthur Myers
Charles Linton
American Legion
Walkersville
Francis Scott Key
Linton
Myers
Eddie Paugh
Elim Street School
Charles Wiles
John Gouker
Eugene Engle
Frederick High School
Donald Brachey
Frederick High
John Griffin
Broad Run Hosts Middletown in Double Header Practice
Middletown softballers in Frederick County League schedule a double header practice tomorrow afternoon with Broad Run as the home team. The Broad Run battery may spring a surprise on visitors with their regular catcher and slugger. Bob Huffer returns from the Army to lead behind the plate. Broad Run formed its club at a recent meeting with Jack Maight named manager. Leonard Boyer assistant manager and Arlington Huffer treasurer.
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Middletown Softballers
Broad Run
Broad Run Battery
Bob Huffer
Plac Huffer
Army
Fustaugh
Jack Maight
Leonard Boyer
Arlington Huffer
War era notes and golf, racing and sports items
War era notes shape sports with Long Island Sound sailors quitting big sails for smaller crews and Navy recruitment of seasoned sailors. Giants adopt a defense fee by selling 25 cent stamps with free admissions. Eddie Fry hoards 10,000 old golf balls as they rise in value. Illinois Turf Board will require driver questionnaires for shipments of horses to tracks to curb ringers. Sailor Bill Posedel in command of a Pacific gun crew. Moe Daty with Gen Wainwright near Bataan. Early NY race start times due to war. USGA reports 372 clubs organized 1,800 Hale American tournaments and $120,525 already raised for Red Cross by tours in multiple cities. Masters course at Augusta closed all summer. Bill Shirley linked with Travelers as utility infield. Ken Overlin returns to sports commentary in Washington.
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New York
Spinnakers
Long Island Sound
Navy
Giants
Tom Deegan
Defense Service
Eddie Fry
Alameda
Calif
Eddie
U.S Golf Association
Red Cross
Tacoma
Phoenix
Lakeland
Fla
Daytona Beach
Belleair
Augusta National Golf Course
Augusta
Bill Shirley
Little Rock
Travelers
Ken Overlin
Washington
Local Feminists To Bowl In Baltimore
Five Frederick women will compete in national Duckpin Congress events in Baltimore over the weekend. Sponsored by Health Center Bowling Alleys, the team plans singles and doubles entries, with Ethel Pemsel, Marian Shipley, Ann Ogle, Tory Horne and Nellie Kumpers. Shipley and Pemsel will pair in doubles and also enter singles.
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Frederick
Baltimore
Health Center
Frederick Health Center
Boosters
Imperial
Baltimore. Sunday Afternoon On the Recreauor A Ieys
Ida Stallings
Southway
Ethel Pemsel
Marian Shipley
Ann Ogle
Tory Horne
Nellie Kumpers
Shipley
Mrs Pemsel
Frederick County hosts Brotherhood campfire event at Camp Ary
Frederick County sportsmen are invited to a May 12 and 13 campfire at Camp Ary near Thurmont. 140 have signed up including Governors O Conor and possibly O’Conor, with Big Hunting Creek fishing planned and hundreds of trout stocked for anglers. Reservations through Joseph W Brooks Jr. Skeet rising in popularity with Camp Kanawha near Point of Rocks offering skeet and trap. The government promotes skeet and trap as a defensive measure and second line of defense against invasion.
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Frederick County
Brotherhood of the Junglecock
Camp Ary
Thurmont
Blue Ridge Summit
Catoctin
Ohio
North Carolina
O'Conor
Big Hunting Creek
Big Owens Creek
Joseph W. Brooks, Jr
Munsey Building
Baltimore
Frederick County Fish and Game Prostective Association
Camp Kanawha
Point of Rocks
Silentee volleyball team seeks local opposition
The Silentee athletes of the Maryland State School for Deaf seek games on school or opponent courts. George Singer, athletic supervisor, notes the team will schedule matches with local clubs. Coach Dave Rothenhoefer of the Y M C A calls for players to form a squad. New Jersey records a 1939 tuberculosis death rate of 41.3 per 100000.
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George Singer
Maryland State School For Deaf
Saxi
Silentees
Dave Rothenhoefer
Rothenhoefer
Silentee
New Jersey
Pictor Poised To Win Southern Maryland Handicap
Maryland racing fans expect Pictor a 5 year old challenger I son of Challenger I to capture the 5.00 added Southern Maryland Handicap at Bowie. He shares top odds with Chaliomine the 4 year old filly, both carrying William L Branns red and yellow silks in the mile and sixteenth race. Other contenders include Mac chance Trois Pis toles Air Master Alaking Warlock and Cis Marion in a nine horse field. George Woolf rides Pictor with trainer Ed Christmas guiding the team as he aims to extend a strong Maryland campaign from last fall.
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Bowie
Maryland
Southern Maryland
Pictor
Challenger I
Chaliomine
William L. Brann
John P. Turner
Jack Campbell
Phil Bieber
Ella K. Bryson
John L
Warlock
Gustave King
Hialeah Park
Miami Jockey Club
Ed Christmas
Pimlico
Laurel
Dope
George Woolf
Challenger II
Lady Legend
Maurice
Moose) Peters
Florida
Woolf
Frank Walker
Challemine
Cape Cod
Cis Marion
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