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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1942
Page
6
Frederick County and surrounding teams resume play with 15 games on tap. Key matchups include Mount St Mary's vs Western Maryland at Emmitsburg and Frederick High School vs Damascus High School at Frederick as leagues raise funds for USC efforts.
Frederick and Middletown meet for top place in girls league as Brunswick and Thurmont vie for a share of first. Industrial League at the Y M C A features Ox Fibre vs Frederick Iron and Steel with Everedy and M B Grove Limers also in action. Maryland School for the Deaf faces Headquarters Company Fort Myer. Frederick High meets Damascus led by Senseney. Friday offers Mount St Mary’s vs Baltimore and Frederick A C at Hanover against Hanover Shoe. Maryland School for the Deaf plays Silent Orioles Saturday. Westminster wrestling sees Gallaudet defeat Western Maryland 33 to 5 with Pennington and DeManns dropping first intercollegiate bouts.
New York baseball writers held their 19th annual dinner with a thousand guests including Landis Farley and LaGuardia. The event featured roasts of prominent figures and awards to Joe DiMaggio Mel Ott Hank Greenberg while officials prepared for upcoming league meetings.
Johnny Dawson, an amateur and longtime top player, won the sixth annual $5,000 pro-am tournament staged by Bing Crosby at Rancho Santa Fe Club. He posted a record 133 after 36 holes, 11 under par, three strokes ahead of Lloyd Mangrum and Leland Gibson who tied for second. Big names like Hogan Snead Nelson Demaret and others trailed. In unrelated notes, Richard Ohler of Keysville was fined $100 for speeding 90 mph on Route 32 and faces possible license revocation after a Taneytown magistrate proceeding.
Hank Greenberg, the baseball star, has rejoined the U S Army as a sergeant at Fort Dix New Jersey. Induction was conducted quietly and the public relations office did not learn of it until two days after the event. He had reported to the reception center after orders to reenlist followed a prior discharge for age.
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