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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1946
Page
5
The season opens with strong local interest as at least five Valley players join American and National Leagues. Notables include Eve Shokes from Charleston and Duke alum Payed at Duke University, with ties to local circles.
The notes profile Virginia players in early major league rosters. Syracuse joins the International League and Cincinnati Reds ban first, with Floyd Baker now a regular third baseman for the Chicago White Sox. Clarence Campbell and Vance Dinges are cited as former Shenandoah County figures now with the Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies respectively, with Red McGillin also listed among Virginia athletes in the lineup.
A Brunswick Maryland native, longtime member of Winchester Park under coach Sandy Baker, departs as an outfielder to join the St. Louis Browns after several seasons with the local nine.
At Richmond Virginia and University of Virginia battled to an 8-8 draw in twelve innings. The Cavaliers and Spiders traded distant surges with Richmond leading 2-0 early and Virginia answering with late pushes as Neighbors and Burdette locked in a pitching duel.
Tokyo reports the Hankeiko colliery disaster in Manchuria where 1,549 Chinese and Koreans died on April 26, 1942. Allied intelligence says methane gas and coal dust caused the blast. many deaths from carbon monoxide while ventilators were unchecked. The event ranks with Pas de Calais’s 1906 mine disaster.
Major league openers draw an estimated 225000 fans with Detroit expected to top 50000 at Briggs Stadium to see the Tigers. Other openers include the Browns Cubs Reds Senators and Giants with notable debuts Grady Hatton and Ted Williams and rookies like Marv Rickett and Dick Whitman among those featured.
Health Center hosts the Hawthorne Classic this Thursday and Friday offering a $50 first prize, $25 second prize, plus special dash awards for lady contestants. Hawthorne adds $3 to high ladies and high men game prizes. five games with four fifths handicap. Entry is $3.00. bowlers may use 3 p.m. or 8 p.m. lanes both days.
The USS General Stewart AP 140 is a troop transport about 10,000 tons with a length of 622 feet 10 inches and a top speed of 17 knots, roughly half the speed of the fast liners.
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