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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1955
Page
3
A long broadcast schedule lists CBS NBC and ABC programs from 7 PM to midnight with news, music, and comedy shows. A feature story highlights J A Cummings, a 70 year old Frederick Babe Ruth League fan, honored by Shell Oilers with banquet and autographed baseball.
Frederick Cadets travel to Wheaton High School as four to five touchdown underdogs in a three weekend segment of the 1955 schedule. Frederick has yet to win, losing to Annapolis, Bethesda Chevy Chase, Rockville, and Westminster while Wheaton has dominated the region, defeating Gaithersburg and LaPlata. Key players include Evie Ramsberg at halfback and quarterbacks Bob Moss and Bob Poole, with junior-heavy lines and changes after the loss of center Jack Molesworth. A win would lift spirits before the Hagerstown rivalry on October 28 at McCurdy Field and renew confidence for the upcoming challenge.
Syracuse hosts Maryland in Archbold Stadium with 30 000 expected in the intersectional showdown. Maryland, unbeaten in five and riding a 10 game win streak, is a two touchdown favorite behind Frank Tamburello. Syracuse counters with Eddie Albright and Ford Kuczala. Jim Tatum calls the Orange a top East team, while Ed Vereb and Jack Healey pace the Terps option, and Fred Hamilton injury opens Phil Perlo to start.
Frederick Tron and Steel League reports Wednesday matches with Molders versus Warehouse and Office versus Patternmakers. High individual game by Ensor of Warehouse at 147, high set 373, Warehouse also posts high team game 594 and season high 1,616 in team sets.
NFL forces a Sunday showdown as 12 teams collide with Pittsburgh and Cleveland atop the Eastern race at 3-1 facing New York and Green Bay. Other games feature Detroit at Los Angeles and Philadelphia versus Chicago, with point spreads signaling tight battles for division supremacy. A separate note reports Army and Navy selling out the 56th service game at Philadelphia Union Stadium for November 26, with over 100,000 seats claimed.
Details from the Detrick Bowling League list top performers across high scores, averages, games, and sets. Key figures include Maloney, Kanade, Bourland, and Wisely names across individuals and teams like White Sox, Phantoms, Ramblers, and Hi Fi.
In bowling action Diamond leads with high team marks while May’s Grocery and Gunther’s battle for standings. The Junior County Softball Playoffs headline a Sunday double header at Maryland Avenue diamond with EFAC and Walkersville set to clash and potential need for a second game.
A digest listing prominent 19th and early 20th century figures with birth and death details, including Know America figures like Forsyth and Damrosch, and events such as Princeton University charter, Texas president oath, and NATO vote. Also notes today’s birthdays for several notable figures and a brief horoscope.
A fragment notes a church social atmosphere with hints of enthusiasm but a prevailing native fatalism, described as yielding quietly without much reasoning. The line suggests cultural temperament rather than a specific event or person.
An opinion by Associate Judge Thomas M. Anderson holds that a General Acceptance Corp mortgage on Horton farm property has priority over a later Frederick Production Credit Association lien on shared collateral. The court awards GAC $747.40 from the sale proceeds, the remaining balance after a foreclosure failed to cover both loans. Horton residents had first mortgaged farm machinery and other items in 1953, later securing a larger loan in 1954 from FPC against cows and more machinery. The dispute arose over which lien prevailed for items common to both mortgages.
Baltimore and Washington seek to regain form in Memorial Stadium before about 30,000 fans Sunday. The Colts and Redskins opened 1955 with surprises, Washington beating the Browns and Baltimore toppling the Bears in the first games. The Redskins then defeated Philadelphia as Baltimore continued strong.
Detroit claimed the Western title as the Colts defeated Green Bay while Washington fell to Chicago. Baltimore and Washington reignited a local rivalry in a pre season game tied 28-28, amid search efforts for a missing girl found safe in Rock Creek Park after a diabetes diagnosis requiring insulin.
An obscure boxing note from Madison Square Garden lists Isaac Logart defeating Gil Turner by points at 147%3 pounds while Tur ner weighs 152%3 pounds. The report mentions Philadelphia and Washington and a reference to holidays and a 15 year old, Mariann Myers, with unclear context.
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