Fort Hill at Hagerstown Big Western Maryland clash
Fort Hill travels to Hagerstown for a key undefeated season test in a feature high school game. Hilltoppers have dominated Western Maryland with a 14 game win streak, led by Lynn Beightol and Leo Burke, facing a Hagerstown squad that has one defeat this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill of
Cumberland
Hagerst Town
Bill Hahn
Hilltoppers
Hagerstown
Fort Hill
Western Maryland
Lynn Beightol
Leo Burke
Allegany
Mount &J. Joseph
Patterson Park
Baltimore City
St. Joe’s
Patterson
Maryland Scholastic Association
Baltimore
Loyola
Baltimore Polytechnic
Severna Park
Forest Park Ofaltimore
Northampton
Hervre de Grace
Smyrna
Beall
Charles Town
W. Va
Montgomery Blair
Hyattsville
College Park
Bell
St. Mary's
Gilman
Episcopal Sidwell Friends
St. James
Bladensburg
Mount Rainier
Rizzuto Named Most Valuable Player Of The American League
New York October 26 1980 Phil Rizzuto the Yankee shortstop won the American League MVP in a landslide receiving 16 of 23 first place votes from baseball writers. Billy Goodman Yogi Berra followed with 4 and 3 first place votes respectively. Rizzuto led in hits 200 with 50 extra base hits 324 batting average and 36 doubles seven home runs. Goodman joined in multi positions for Boston and Lemon led pitchers with 23 wins. Rosalind the champion trotting mare died at Hanover Shoe Farm aged 17 after a storied career including Hambletonian and Kentucky Futurity wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hand
New York
Phil Rizzuto
New York Yankee
Scooter
Baseball Writers Association
Boston
Billy Goodman
Yogi Berra
Rizzuto
Goodman
Berra
Ted Williams
Joe DiMaggio
Detroit
George Kelly
Cleveland
Bob Lemon
Walt Drope
Vic Raschi
Yankee
Larry Doby
Vic Wertz
Phil
Little Phil
Williams
Red Sox
Dropo
Bobby Doerr
Vern Stephens
Johnny Pesky
Lemon
St. Louis
Ned Garver
Blue Ridge Major Bowling League Weekly Standings and Stats
Readable results from the Dacus Recreation Center Coliseum and Palace show standings with Damascus Recreation Center, Frederic Moose, Amer Legion, Coliseum Hagerstown, Palace Martinsburg and W F W Frederick. Highlights include top games by Bern Rees Palace 163 and Shankle Moose 418, with Legion leading team totals 837 and 1852. Season averages list Shankle 128.8 and Beacht 124.11 among others.
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Blue Ridge Major Bowling League
Dacus Rec
Coliseum
Amar
Legion
Fred’k. Moose
Vv. Flw
Palace
Damascus
Fred'k
Moose Varinas
Amer
Fred‘k
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
W.F. W
Frederick
Bern
Rees
Shankle
Moose
Logue
Damascus Recreation Center
Landis
Beacht
Wolfenaberge
iColiseum
Terps Picked To Beat Duke Sportswriters pick Terps to beat Duke
New York, Oct. 26. Our column lists a slate of college football picks with Maryland favored over Duke. It notes upsets by Navy over Southern California and UCLA over Stanford, plus a long list of near‑term predictions across multiple games and regions. Marquee names include Jim Tatum, Byron Townsend, Eddie Erdelatz, and Frank Leahy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Grimsley
New York
Navy
Southern Calif
UCLA
Stanford
Cornell
Princeton
Jeff Fleischmann
Notre Dame
Michigan State
Frank Leahy
Maryland
Duke
Jim Tatum
N. C. State
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Madison
Wis
Texas
Rice
Byron Town
Longhorns
Washington
Purdue
Boilermakers
Pennsylvania
Eddie Erdelatz
Red Bagwell
Quakers
Kentucky
Georgia Tech
Tech
Kansas
Nebraska
Jayhawkers
Detroit
Drake
Georgia
Boston College
The
Citadel
Presbyterian
South Carolina
George Washington
Mississippi Southern
Chattanooga
Army
Columbia
Colgate
Brown
Yale
Holy Cross
Syracuse
Boston U
Penn State
Temple
Dartmouth
Harvard
Lehigh
Rutgers
Maine
Bates
Bowdoin
Colby
Muhlenberg
Delaware
Lafayette
Bucknell
Pittsburgh
Miami
Fla
N.U
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Vermont
San Francisco
Fordham
Virginia
West Virginia
Massachusetts
Northeastern
Villanova
Georgetown
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio State
Iowa
Wichita
Houston
Michigan
Minnesota
Oklahoma A
Missouri
Oklahoma
Iowa State
Santa Clara
Marquette
Tulsa
Bradley
Wake Forest
Clemson
Florida
Furman
Mississippi
Christian
Tulane
Auburn
Vanderbilt
Arkansas
North Carolina State
VPI
North Carolina
William and Mary
Tennessee
Washington and Lee
Alabama
Mississippi State
VMI
Catawba
Duquesne
Louisville
Southwest
California
St. Mary’s
South
Califfornia
Oregon
Oregon State
Montana
Texas A and M
Baylor
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
Denver
Washington State
Idaho
Loyola
Calif
Nevada
Wyoming
New Mexico
Western Maryland To Meet Hampden Sydney
Hampden Sydney visits Western Maryland as one of four undefeated Mason Dixon Conference teams in action. Western Maryland defends league title after beating Dickinson to raise its season mark to two and two. Randolph Macon leads with two conference wins, while Mount St. Mary’s and others seek pivotal results as Pennsylvanians challenge Maryland teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mason-Dixon
Hampden-Sydney
Western Maryland
Westminster
Gallaudet
Randolph Macon
Bridgewater
Dickinson
Mount St. Mary's
Catholic
Duke
Middies
Penn
College Football Attendance Drops Across Regions
Attendance for college football fell about 2 percent nationwide with the East down eight percent and the Pacific coast down 21 percent. The Southwest rose 21 percent and the South up 7 percent, while the Midwest declined one percent. Notre Dame and Michigan led in crowds as TV telecasts draw viewers. An AP survey of 195 schools across 262 games shows average attendance around 22,867 this year versus 23,275 last season.
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New York
Pacific Coast
T. V
Southern Methodist
South
Midwest
Big Ten
Notre Dame
Dumont
Associated Press
Luther Poling
Marshall
Michigan
Wolverines
Sells Business Now Army Doesnt Need Him
Salisbury, Oct 26 Ernest J. Gibbons sold his gasoline distributorship to rejoin the Army Reserve Corps. After reporting for a physical and listing dependents, he was ordered to Camp Campbell Ky. A Baltimore confirmation later reversed the orders, ending his recall and leaving him with a sold business. In Cumberland Kelly Springfield tire plant cuts to five days due to rubber shortages, affecting about 1,700 workers but not plans for layoffs. Truman proposed moving some agencies out of Washington to Maryland to survive potential nuclear strikes. Independent Mose Company No 1 will hold a quarterly meeting at the fire hall on West Church Street, Seety. The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station is testing wood chips to improve organic matter in soil.
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Camp Campbell
Gibbons
Baltimore
Cumberland
Kelly-Springfield Tire Company
Edmund S. Burke
Burke
Washington
Truman
Maryland
Congress
Mose Company No. 1
Weat Church Street
Russell Hahn
Emmitsburg Births and Local Community Notes
Births reported in Gettysburg Warner Hospital include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cool and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Eiker. Baptism at St. Anthony's Shrine named Stephen Patrick. sponsors Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Orndorff. Visitors include Dr. Charles Lyons and Nora J. Nognan from Binghamton. Mrs. James J. O'Leary. Community updates cover weddings, trips, church events, school news at St. Joseph's High School, Lions Club meeting, and plans for drives and sales for the Catholic Missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmitsburg
Joseph Cool
Warner Hospital
Gettysburg
Elwood Eiker
Carl Orndorff
St. Anthony's Shrine Church
Stanley Scarff
Sterling Orndorff
Stephen Patrick
Charles Lyons
Nora J. Nognan
James J. O'Leary
Binghamton
N. Y
John M. Roddy
Margaret
Emma Baumgardner
Keysville
Ella M
Cork
Carrie Fuss Long
Clarence Fuss
New Oxford
Teddy Tompkins
New York City
Mary C. Fuss
Ella M. Cork
Fuss
Allen Stoner
Walter Scott
Karen
Waynesboro
George Danner
Fort Campell
U. S. Air Force
Danner
Nancy Gerken
Herry Gerken
Harry Baker
Pauline Seabrook
Taneytown
Christ the King
Stunday
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Euphemia's Recreation Room
Russell Wantz
Robert Wantz
Wantz
Irene Miller
Herbert Miller
St. Joseph's High School
DePaul
Catholic Students Mission Crusade
John Walter
Club hears Holy Year trip tales and charter night plans
Professor Jones will present school children at the next meeting. The program committee announced the annual charter and ladies night will be held Monday night November 27 at Lutheren hall with speakers Miss Joanne Downey and Miss Nancy Johnson recounting a Holy Year trip to Europe from June 19 to July 19 with 00 students. They visited Paris Rome Florence Naples and described travel service from box lunch to hotel. They met Sister Marty Basil in Paris. They had an audience with the Pope and toured Haty. Next regular meeting is November 13 at 615. Weekend visitors included Joseph H. Shuff Manon Pa and Miss Mary Shuff and Miss Bess Castle from Frederick. Rosemary Sanders is attending Medical Secretarial School in Mapertown. Mrs Daugherty has returned after visiting her son and daughter-in-law the Neths in Gettysburg. Mr and Mrs Robert Daugherty spent the weekend in Washington for the Redskins Cardinals game.
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Jones
Lutheren Hall
Joanne Downey
Nancy Johnson
Europe
Marty Basil
Paris
Sisters of Charity
Florence
Naples
Rome
M. F. Shuff
Joseph H. Shuff
Manon
Mary Shuff
Bess Castle
Frederick
Rosemary Sanders
Maperstown
Robert Daugherty
Daugherty
Wilburn Neth
Gettysburg
Washington
Redskins
Cardinals
Griffith Stadium
Anniversaries and historical milestones in American figures
Know America Today's Anniversaries highlights births and deaths of notable Americans from 1811 to 1873, including Jane M. Singer Henry B Plant Whitelaw Reid and Theodore Roosevelt. It also notes Today In History events such as the 1787 Federalist Essays and 1810 West Florida annexation to Louisiana, with brief references to other early milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane M. Singer
Pittstown
N.Y
Henry B. Plant
Florida
Branford
Conn
Whitelaw Reid
N. Y
Xenia
Ohio
Halsey C. Ives
St. Louis Museum
Montour Falla
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
James J. Davis
Pittsburgh Steel
Pittlher
South Wales
Hamilton
Jay
Madison
West Florida
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Spain
U. S
Missouri
Irregular Debt Concerns Signal Complex Commitment
A fragment notes that neglecting financial concerns or questions may hinder dedication to fine entitlements. The statement hints at possible handicaps when devotion to those entitlements becomes excessive, implying tension between money matters and principle.
Union Bridge church homecoming to honor former pastors
Union Bridge notes report Addie Coombs moving from Miss Fannie Lynn house on Whyte Street to Hough sisters house on Farquhar Street. Mrs. George P Starr of Linwood has been a Frederick Memorial Hospital patient since last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lare of Walkerville were recent guests of Frank Bohn and family. Homecoming at Union Bridge Methodist Church will be observed November 5 with Rev Odell Osteen speaking in morning and afternoon and Rev C H Richmond delivering the evening message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Bridge
Addie Coombs
Odell Osteen
C. H. Richmond
Fragmented chronicle notes post 1860s birthdays and events
A garbled newspaper fragment lists varied facts from 1864 to 1949 including Mormon expulsion, Tweed’s bond, a Manhattan Bank robbery, Henry Ford’s government contract ineligibility, and UNRRA comments. It then shifts to oblique birthday notes for Owen D Young and others, followed by a horoscope predicting harmony and shrewdness shaping success according to character strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Lindols
Tweed
New York
Manhattan Bank
Henry Ford
James F. Burney
UNRRA
Fiorella la Guardia
Europe
Louis E. Denfeld
Owen D. Young
van Hornesville
N. Y
Robert C
Pendleton Herring
Social Science Research Council
Baltimore
White Horses Once White Foals Become Black at Birth
A historical note claims white horses may be born white but often turn black as they mature, with only a rare white colt foiled from this change. It discusses the rarity and observed patterns in horse coat color development across generations.
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Lexington
Rosalind
Hanover Shoe Farm
Hanover
Gibson White
Vv. F. W
American Legion
Terps
Camp Detrick
Detrice
George Poole
Edward Joy
Paul Hammond
Tuck” Willard
Carl Jaworski
Tom Murray
Harold Trout
Charles Dixon
William Talbott
Richard Stitely
Claude Hamburg
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Joan Eckert
Joanna Benchof
Nymn
Vatican
Salvatore Burgio
C. M
Lions Club
B. J. Eckenrode
Joanne Dawney
Jancy Johnson
St. Joseph's College
Johnson
Dawney
Leo Kelz
Lion William Kelz
Eckenrode
Ralph McDonnell
Harry McDonnell
Edward Smith
Carolyn McNair
Betty Smith
Alvin P. Jones
Frederick County
Ralph Sperry
Child Health and Welfare Committee
Know
America
Walter Snow
Elgin, Gruen
Bulova
Stieff
Doll's Jewelry Store
Philco
Motorola
Fom
Melvin M. Engle
Orteite
N. Carroll Sr
Chevrolet
Eas
WFMD
Woodsboro
VENI
ER & Lumber Corp
Walkersville
Lincoln Loan Service, Inc
W. Patrick St
Frederick, Md
N. Z. Cramer & Son, Inc
Woodsboro, MD
Ritchie Associates Finance Corporation
East Church
Frederick, Maryland
Henry Distributing Co., Inc
East St
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