Ferrell Wins Third As Cleveland Defeats White Sox
Cleveland backs Wesley Ferrell for his third win of the season as Chicago loses 8 to 2 in the second game of the series. Ferrell allowed five White Sox hits in five innings before the lead was built.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1931
Page
12
Cleveland backs Wesley Ferrell for his third win of the season as Chicago loses 8 to 2 in the second game of the series. Ferrell allowed five White Sox hits in five innings before the lead was built.
The Cobblers lead the Tri-State Intercollegiate Baseball League with a four game undefeated start. Tech plays Virginia at Charlottesville this afternoon and Maryland in College Park tomorrow for a decisive doubleheader. Babe Ruth’s thigh injury shows continued improvement at Peter Brigham Hospital in Boston.
Report shows precipitation to date and averages for January February and March 1931. It lists 24 hour totals ending 10 am today none. year to date 2.23 inches. since January 1 1931 total 9.52 inches. 18 year averages for January February March are 2.43 1.06 1.93 inches with 1931 figures 2.41 3.82 7.00 inches. excess to April 1 1931 is .29 inch. First four months 1930 totals are 1.55 0.48 2.22 1.79 inches.
One year ago on April 24 1930 the seventh annual Apple Blossom Festival began with ten thousand school children from Maryland West Virginia and Virginia marching in the Parade of the Blossoms. Brunswick and Knoxville Md students staged a circus in the parade and Miss Suzanne Pollard daughter of Governor Pollard was crowned Queen Shenandoah VII by Governor Hardman.
Staunton Military Academy planned its annual encampment during the apple festival with six hundred cadets and a fifty piece band marching in the parade. Eight out of town firefighting groups entered the torch light parade. Holy Name Society members traveled to Frederick Maryland for a meeting. John R Harmer and F A Shryock sold cattle and hogs at a sale bringing record high prices.
Fifteen years ago on April 24 1916 a fierce North Sea naval engagement drew British and German forces with reports of the German retreat. The recall notes J F Gray E M Streit and H B McCormac returning from Norfolk after attending the Royal Arcanum of Virginia meeting. Capitalists secured an option on Capon Springs signaling potential resort development and Baltimore citizens contributed 50000 to evangelist Billy Sunday.
Galax Virginia resident Mrs. H. H. Hampton reports exhaustion, insomnia, and digestive upset improved after using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery. She took two bottles of each alternately and felt greatly improved. Dealers everywhere advertise the remedies.
A remark on writers who earn praise for depth by leaving ideas unclear. It notes how readers infer meaning when authors fail to express concepts plainly.
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