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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1939
Page
10
New York reports mix of sports gossip and court notices. Benches of coaches, players and referees loom with notes on Stanford, Templeton and Bierman, plus a Virginia circuit decree naming Master Commissioners to report assets and creditors in a local fraud case.
A lighthearted rundown of Sunnyside last night as the Junior Board of Trade hosts a Sports Circus with softball, badminton, horseshoes, and a bonfire. Pinckney Arthur leads hot dog duty while jokes and games fill the evening and several players suffer minor injuries. A closing quiz notes the average state governor age at about 51.
L C Davis reports a boxing bout where Pastor and Joe Louis spar and laps are counted as rounds. The Bomber aims to catch up with Bob in this feature style piece from the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Northern Virginia Open will start Friday August 11 at Fredericksburg with entry lists closing August 8. Last year 90 players from Culpeper Orange Dahlgren Quantico and surrounding areas competed. Championships trophies include silver cups for singles and doubles winners and a consolation singles trophy.
Detroit manager Del Baker says Freddie Hutchinson the coast kid now back from Toledo is approaching top form. The $80 000 pitcher shows improved control and velocity while the Tigers, in fifth, hope to move past Cleveland and Chicago as Greenberg and York recover and the team gains confidence.
Daily results show Detroit 7 over New York 2 and Cleveland 8 over Boston 4. Chicago 4 despite Philadelphia 13 1, and Washington 2 to St. Louis 1.
Charles Newbrough announces the six mile bicycle race will be part of the third annual Tomato Festival on September 2 to 4. The event starts 10 30 a m Saturday at a point six miles from Berkeley Springs, finishing at Washington and Fairfax streets. Rules from last year apply with riders gathered at Berkeley Springs State Park and transported to the start.
No 13 proved unlucky for Yankees rookie Atley Donald as Detroit’s Tigers won 7-2 behind five innings of seven hits and six runs. Schoolboy Rowe again showed form for Detroit while Mel Harder led Cleveland past Boston 8-2.
Blackie the parrot and Dominick Palugi were sentenced to one day in jail for peddling without a license. The showy bird perched on a cell bat and whistled My Time Is Your Time as patrons sought fortunes from Palugi's business.
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