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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1941
Page
5
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Mort Cooper resumes pitching with the St. Louis Cardinals delivering a 3 2 18 inning win over Cincinnati to regain the NL lead. The Pirates win 4 3. Yankees fall 9 5. Detroit tops Cleveland 4 3 in 13 innings. White Sox pound Browns 11 1 behind Buck Ross.
Win Hambletonian Bill Gallon earns victory at Goshen N Y in a photo finish after losing heat one to His Excellency. Lee Smith drove Gallon to triumph in heat two and triumphed by three lengths in heat three. Owner R H Johnston of Charlotte N C.
National League results show St Louis 3 Cincinnati 2 and Pittsburgh 4 Chicago 3. American League scores include Detroit 4 Cleveland 3 and Washington 5 Philadelphia 4 with Boston 9 New York 65 listed in the night slate.
Boots Poffenberger, once with Detroit and Brooklyn, says he is ready to return to the majors. The 26 year old right hander, now with Buford in a Denver Post semi pro tourney, reflects on past suspensions and weight gain while insisting he can still throw his fastball for a big league club.
In Rye New York on August 8 eastern grass court action produced upsets as top seed Bobby Riggs and fifth seed Frank Parker fell to Wayne Sabin and Bitsy Grant respectively. Sabin and Grant won in straight sets with McNeill and Kovacs looming as potential challengers in the semis.
Harrisonburg to decide whether to adopt daylight saving time aligning with Valley communities and state rules. Mayor Ward Swank will call a council meeting as quorum issues delayed earlier action. Several counties and towns in Shenandoah County already proclaim daylight saving time.
New York August 8. The late Warren Lincoln Travis who died July 13 offered his diamond belt to anyone who can complete ten listed lifts within 30 minutes. Tasks include 100 pound overhead press, 350 and 560 pound lifts, one finger and back lifts, totaling strenuous feats to claim the belt.
Detroit report: John H. Hernden a 25 year old aviation instructor from Saginaw Michigan who was repeatedly denied enlistment by the Army Navy and Marine Air Corps finally enters the Army. He earlier sought the Royal Air Force Canadian Air Force and then ferried bombers to Britain before being drafted. He now awaits a transfer to the air corps to avoid grounding for a year. A reader quiz defines Army units with a squad of 12 men, four squads per platoon and three to four platoons per company led by a captain.
The Tri County League schedules Sunday games with Front Royal at Woodstock and Strasburg at Winchester. The Winchester Strasburg game moves to Berryville because the Redsoxs lack a home diamond. Lawrence Buckner will start on the mound for the locals.
Walt Samuelson found a four foot ball snake tangled in his lawnmower in Scottsbluff on August 8. He said the reptile appeared frightened as he freed the machine.
Question asks how many presidents were slave owners. Answer notes ten presidents owned slaves at some point: Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe Jackson Tyler Polk Taylor Johnson and Grant. The list reflects the historical fact that ten U S presidents owned slaves.
Tom Draper Jr. led the first round of the Canadian Open at Toronto, par 72, one stroke ahead of top U S amateur to be. Horton Smith Johnny Bulla and Lloyd Mangrum followed in contention. Defending champ Sammy Snead shot 71 as others posted 69s and 70s.
Morton Cooper of the Cardinals pitched and batted to a St. Louis win over the Reds, delivering the deciding run with a single in the 11th. Dick Newsome of the Red Sox held the Yankees to eight hits. Al Lopez of the Pirates hit a ninth inning homer to beat the Cubs. Al Early of the Senators went four for four with two doubles and two singles to aid a win over the Athletics. Schoolboy Rowe of the Tigers relieved with four shutout innings in a victory against the Indians. Buck Ross and Taft Wright of the White Sox combined for a strong day as Chicago topped St. Louis 11-0.
Frankie Duane defeated Joe DeJesus in Garfield New Jersey while Lenny Mancini stopped Pete Galiano in Youngstown Ohio. Bob Smith outpointed Johnny Flynn in Baltimore and Joey Silva drew with Joey Marinelli in Dayton Ohio with a no contest ruling.
SID feder reports Mike Jacobs will announce a non-title heavyweight bout between Lew Jenkins and Red Cochrane in Jersey City on Sept 12. News notes mention Al Lopez, Dykes, Nova and other baseball and football chatter with multiple references to athletes and events.
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